The Junction City Commission has voted 5-0 for Pat Landes to serve a consecutive one-year term as mayor.

Landes told JC Post he wants to see more business in Junction City. I want us to get more property developed and jobs here in this community. Jobs drive everything from business sales to homes to moving these Land Bank lots.”

This will be the fourth time Landes has served as mayor since he was first elected to the city commission in 2011. “I want to see us move forward with the roads around the high school, get things squared away over there so they have a good safe area to have the school and see if we can connect some of those streets to the existing Sutter Woods and Sutter Highlands.”

Jeff Underhill has been elected vice mayor. During that process commissioner Tim Brown nominated Phyllis Fitzgerald to serve as vice mayor but Fitzgerald nominated  Underhill for the position. The commission then voted to elect Underhill.

The commissioners serve on a variety of different public boards and committees, but there will be no changes for 2019. For example Underhill will continue serving on the Chamber of Commerce Board of Directors.