On Monday night, the Brentwood City Commission will have one new member.
Rhea Little, with 2,700 votes, received the most votes in Tuesday's Brentwood City Commission race. Incumbents Regina Smithson and Paul Webb tied with 1,979 votes. Current Mayor Joe Reagan received 1,929 votes and will have to run again in two years.
The fourth-place finisher fills out the remaining two years of the late Bill Youree's term. Youree, elected in 2007, died less than a year into his term. Former City Commissioner Alex Noble was appointed to serve until this election. Noble decided not to run citing family responsibilities.
Rod Freeman came in fifth, with 1,906 votes; followed by Devin McClendon with 1,606, Natalie Mertie with 331, Patsy George, 235, Lydia Hampton, 189, and Miguel Palmer, 188. There were 24 write in votes.
In all, only 3,829 of 26,014 registered voters cast ballots in the municipal election. Of those, 1,594 voted Tuesday, 2,208 voted during the early voting and 27 voted with absentee ballots.
Little's family has a long history in Brentwood and he is anxious to serve the town he has worked and volunteered in his entire life, he said. His term will officially start on Monday when he's sworn into office but unofficially City Manager Mike Walker told him tonight that he'll have a budget packet on Wednesday. The commission will start fine tuning next year's budget at their Thursday work session.
"I'm just looking forward to serving Brentwood as a commissioner," Little said after the announcement. "I'm real humbled by all the support I've gotten throughout the campaign season."
Devin McClendon, the youngest candidate, raised the bar for future Brentwood elections by utilizing social networking sites such as Facebook, Twitter, text messaging and web blasts. He said his "only disappointment was in the turnout."
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Devin was very impressive. I voted for him, and I hope he continues to serve Brentwood and mounts another campaign in the future.
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