Smiths Station City Council to discuss filling mayor’s seat Nov. 10

SMITHS STATION, Ala. (WTVM) - The Smiths Station City Council will look to fill the mayor’s seat at its next meeting on Tuesday, Nov. 10, nearly two weeks after Mayor Richard Cooley died.Who is handling mayoral dutiesUnder Alabama law, the position is currently vacant. Until a new mayor is chosen, City Council Chair Pro Tempore Victoria Green is exercising any mayoral duties.How the next mayor will be chosenAccording to Councilman Dwayne Peterson, the council will decide on the next mayor because the population of Smiths Station is under 12,000.Council members will hold a work session Nov. 10, with a City Council meeting to follow.“At the regular meeting, the city council is going to sit down and we are going to discuss who actually we think would be the best person to sit in as the mayor. And once we make that announcement, we will go into another session on another meeting to actually vote on that,” Peterson said.Who can be consideredPeterson said the next mayor does not have to be s