Council Oath of Office ceremony Tuesday

ROSEBURG, Ore. – Roseburg residents are invited to witness the Oath of Office ceremony being administered to recently elected or appointed City officials on Tuesday, Jan. 3.

City Recorder Amy Sowa will administer the Oath of Office to Mayor Larry Rich, who was re-elected in November; newly elected Councilors Kylee Rummel, Shelley Briggs Loosley, Ellen Porter and Ruth Smith; and recently appointed Councilor David Mohr.

The public ceremony will be held at 4 p.m. in the Roseburg Public Safety Center’s Umpqua Room.

Rummel was appointed in May to replace Alison Eggers in Ward 1 and Briggs Loosley was appointed in June 2021 to replace Sheila Cox in Ward 2. Porter was elected to Ward 3 and Smith was elected to Ward 4 to replace City Councilors Bob Cotterell and Beverly Cole, respectively, who retired Dec. 31 after not seeking re-election in the Nov. 8 general election.

On Dec. 12, the City Council appointed Mohr to replace Ward 1 Councilor Sheri Moothart, who resigned in early October to focus on a new job. He and the two other new Councilors will attend their first City Council meeting on Monday, Jan. 9.

Roseburg City Council meetings are held at 7 p.m. on second and fourth Mondays of each month. For more information, check out the Roseburg City Council webpage.