Crosby Is New Mayor of Kingsland

KINGSLAND - Kingsland City Council member Sharon Crosby is now mayor of the city after the council formally accepted the resignation of former mayor Luke Neal during its regular monthly meeting last Thursday night at Kingsland City Hall. Neal had served as mayor since May 2019, having been appointed to the position by the city council following the resignation of former mayor Ron Workman. Neal represented Ward 2, Position 1 on the Kingsland City Council when he was appointed to lead the city. Councilman Lee Penister chaired the start of last Thursday’s council meeting in Neal’s absence. Penister opened the meeting by reading Neal’s resig‐nation letter, which was effective on Aug. 15, 2022. “I have enjoyed my time as mayor of Kingsland and will be always open to helping the city in the future. I just want to go back to being a citizen with my own life and own opinion. I hope the counsel will accept this resignation and I wish the best of luck to the future mayor. I will also help with forwarding any contact information for projects to whoever is next appointed,” Neal wrote in his res‐ignation letter. All four council members were present for last week’s meeting: Crosby, Penister, Keith Spencer and Karen Wiscaver. All four voted in favor of ac‐cepting Neal’s resignation. Shortly after taking the vote, Penister asked the council for nominations for mayor, and Wiscaver quickly nominated Crosby. Her motion was seconded and her appointment was approved by a 3-0 vote of her fellow council members. Crosby said in an interview after the meeting that her intentions are to serve out the remainder of Neal’s term through the end of the year, and “see how it goes” should she consider staying on any longer than that. Neal and Crosby were both set to end their respective positions within the Kingsland city gov‐ernment at the end of the year. Neither filed for re-election this year, and their ...