A capacity crowd of about 60 people gathered in the chambers at Anna Maria City Hall Nov. 9 to watch city clerk Alice Baird administer the oath of office to newly elected Mayor Michael Selby.
Baird also gave the oath of office to incumbent Commissioners Jo Ann Mattick and Chuck Webb, who were unchallenged in the Nov. 2 election.
It is Webb’s second consecutive term on the commission, while Mattick began her third term. Webb also served a term from February 2002 to November 2003.
Webb chairs commission
In the commission’s organizational meeting following the swearing-in ceremony, Webb was elected commission chair and will serve as the city’s deputy mayor in the absence of Selby.
Mattick was elected vice chair.
Webb accepted the position, noting he has an active law practice on the Island, and he will rearrange his work around commission meetings.
He also thanked Commissioner John Quam for the seven years he served as commission chair and for running the commission during some difficult times.
“He kept the lid on the kettle many times when it was about to boil over,” Webb said.
Quam had been chair since he was first elected to the commission in 2003.
He said he could not have done the job “without the support of the city staff. It would have been very difficult, but they made it easy and a pleasure.”
Commissioners adopted “Roberts Rules of Order” as well as a suggestion by Selby that all elected officials get to speak during a meeting after recognition by the chair.
The commission and mayor also agreed to sign an elected officials code-of-ethics statement after each election.
Liaison assignments
Selby will serve as liaison to the Coalition of Barrier Island Elected Officials, the Island Transportation Planning Organization, the Sarasota/Manatee Metropolitan Planning Organization and the Manasota League of Cities.
Quam will liaise with the Island Players, including inspections, and with the Anna Maria Island Historical Society.
Commissioner Dale Woodland is liaison to the capital improvements advisory committee, while Commissioner Gene Aubry will work with the Anna Maria Island Community Center.
Webb continues as liaison to the Anna Maria Island Chamber of Commerce and the city pier centennial committee, while Mattick remains liaison to the transportation enhancement grant committee, the environmental education and enhancement committee and for grant exploration.