LAKEPORT, Calif. – The Lakeport City Council welcomed its two newly elected members and selected the mayor and mayor pro tem for the coming year Tuesday night.

Businesswoman Stacey Mattina and Tom Engstrom, the retired Lakeport Police chief, took their seats on the council shortly after the meeting began.

The council first unanimously approved two resolutions to accept and certify the Nov. 2 general election results.

Councilman Bob Rumfelt presented plaques of appreciation to outgoing Council members Jim Irwin and Ron Bertsch, thanking each for his four years of service.

Then City Clerk Janel Chapman administered the oath to Mattina and Engstrom, who led a field of seven candidates in last month's election.

When it came time to select the council's leadership for the coming year, Councilman Roy Parmentier nominated Rumfelt for mayor, while Engstrom nominated Suzanne Lyons.

Lyons won the mayor's seat 3-2, with Parmentier and Rumfelt voting no.

Engstrom then nominated Mattina for the mayor pro tem job, while Rumfelt nominated Parmentier. Mattina was selected 3-2, with Parmentier and Rumfelt again voting no.

The new council proceeded to hold a nearly two-hour-long public meeting in which they went over redevelopment, construction, police requests, economic development and other business, before adjourning into closed session for employee negotiations.

Reports on the other items on the agenda will follow this week.

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