Monday marks the last Salem City Council meeting of 2024 -- and the last meeting for the outgoing mayor and three city councilors.

The terms for Mayor Chris Hoy and City Councilors Trevor Phillips, Virginia Stapleton and Jose Gonzalez end on Dec. 31.

The council reconvenes on Jan. 13, during which City Councilor Julie Hoy will be sworn in as mayor and City Councilors-elect Shane Matthews, Paul Tigan and Irvin Brown will take office. City Councilor Vanessa Nordyke, who won reelection in an uncontested race, will return for her second full term.

Julie Hoy's seat representing Ward 6 in east Salem will remain empty until a special election on May 20, 2025.

The meeting is at 6 p.m. It will be held in person in the City Council Chambers at the Salem Civic Center, 555 Liberty St. SE, and can be watched on Comcast Cable CCTV Channel 21 or on the Salem YouTube channel in English/American Sign Language and Spanish.

Those wishing to comment in person can sign up on the rosters at the chamber entrance before the start of the meeting.

Written public comments on agenda items can be emailed by 5 p.m. Monday to [email protected]. Or preregister between 8 a.m. and 2 p.m. Monday at cityofsalem.net/Pages/Public-Comment-at-Salem-City-Council-Meeting.aspx to speak during the meeting via Zoom.

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