Following the recommendation of Mayor Gregory Harris, Paula Ackley has been appointed as Councilmember of the Village of Chatham to fill the vacancy left by the passing of Councilman Marvin Davis. The approval was granted by Councilmembers Laverne Mixon, Toni Malone, and Sue Proffer at the regularly scheduled meeting of the Council held on December 13th at the Chatham Town Hall. Mike Wilson was absent.

In a corresponding move, Resolution 2022-21, which called for a special election in conjunction with the gubernatorial election in the fall of 2023 to choose a councilmember was agreed upon. Also of note was the adoption of Ordinance 2022-04 which officially changes the name of the municipality to the Village of Chatham as well as Ordinance 2022-05 which rezoned lots per the application made by Jared Flynn.

The session opened with the previous monthly meeting minutes being accepted and payment of monthly bills being approved and closed with the financial statement being approved as presented.