UNIVERSITY DAILY KANSAN
Wednesday, April 12, 1995
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Kathleen Driscoll / KANSAN
Ray Hummert, city clerk, swears in Bonnie Augustine and Allen Levine, newly elected commissioners; and John Nalbali, re-elected commissioner and new vice mayor. The new city commission held its first meeting last night.
Lawrence mayor is chosen
Commissioners pledge to strengthen broken ties within the city
By Sarah Morrison Kansan staff writer
The new mayor of Lawrence has been warned: When meeting people in the community, make sure your pantyhose have no runs.
The commission erupted in laughter last night as Jo Andersen, the woman who has served as mayor for the past year, issued those words of wisdom to Bob Moody after the new commission unanimously elected Moody mayor last night at the city commission meeting. The commission then unanimously elected John Nalbandian as vice mayor.
Moody was elected to the commission in 1993 and was vice mayor last year. He will serve a one-year term
as mavor.
Moody said he had no set agenda for his term as mayor but hoped to see the Lawrence community come together again.
"I have no miracle solution to bring us together as a whole community," Moody said. "My hope is this commission and the rest of Lawrence will work together for a more unified community before we disembowel ourselves over divisiveness."
Also at the meeting, Doug Compton and Bob Schulte, who did not seek re-election, stepped down, each thanking the commission, city staff and their families for support during their terms.
Newly elected city commissioners Bonnie Augustine and Allen Levine and Nalbandian, who was reelected, were sworn in office.
Augustine said she had spent much of the last week reading up on rules, regulations and procedures of the city commission to help her make a smooth transition into
office.
"I've been looking forward to this for three months, and I am ready to get started," Augustine said. "I don't want the work of the commission to be slowed by the newly elected commissioners. My goal is to learn everything as soon as possible."
Andersen said the experienced commissioners and city staff had tried to help Levine and Augustine learn about the procedures of the commission by providing orientation handbooks and by answering questions.
Andersen said she was eager to work with the new commission.
"The thing about the previous commission that was so great was that we agreed to disagree," she said. "It is OK if we disagree. We just have to respect each other so we can make good decisions. I can already tell I am going to be able to say the same thing about this commission."
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