Parkersburg City Councilwoman Wendy Tuck speaks to Sydney Barber before Tuesday night’s organizational meeting. Council elected Mike Reynolds as their new president and Roger Brown as their new vice president. (Photo by Douglass Huxley)

PARKERSBURG — Parkersburg City Council elected Mike Reynolds as its next president and Roger Brown as the next vice president during an organizational meeting Tuesday night.

Reynolds and Councilwoman Sharon Kuhl were nominated with Reynolds winning with five votes while Kuhl received four votes.

Brown and Chris Rexroad were nominated for vice president with Brown winning with five votes while Rexroad received four votes.

“Congratulations to everybody. Everybody had to work really hard to get elected, and that’s a lot of work,” Reynolds said. “I look forward to working with everybody in 2025. I feel like we’re going to have a really strong council. I feel like we’re not going to have any problems with the attendance.”

Council also unanimously approved Mayor Tom Joyce’s nominations for C. Blaine Myers as city attorney, Jessica Myers as judge of the municipal court, Ryan Barber as development director and Jennifer Schoenhut as personnel director. All are already serving in those capacities.

Parkersburg City Council President Mike Reynolds, second from the left, congratulated everyone on council for all their hard work during the election in November. Reynolds said he feels like they will have a strong council with no problems with attendance. (Photo by Douglass Huxley)

“I will say, they all perform, I think, very well,” Joyce said. “I couldn’t ask for a better bunch of folks to work with me and what I’ve done.”

The next regular meeting of the Parkersburg City Council is scheduled for Jan. 14.