A trio of familiar faces were sworn in as Powell City Council members last week, as incumbent councilors Steve Lensegrav, Zane Logan and Tim Sapp began new terms.

Sapp — the council’s longest serving member — is entering his sixth term and 21st year of service. Meanwhile, Lensegrav is starting his second four-year term on the council and Logan — who was appointed to replace councilman-turned-commissioner Scott Mangold in early 2021 — is beginning his first full term. All three councilmen ran unopposed in last year’s elections.

Also at the Jan. 3 meeting, the council adopted Mayor John Wetzel’s recommendations and voted unanimously to retain Municipal Court Judge Bret Allred, City Attorney Sandra Kitchen and Deputy City Attorney Scott Kath for the next two years.

Allred has presided over Powell’s municipal court since 2017. The judge holds court at city hall two times a month, handling roughly a half-dozen misdemeanor cases each session. He receives a flat salary of $18,000.

Kitchen has served as city attorney and Kath as a deputy city attorney since 1988. They prosecute violations of city ordinances in municipal court, provide advice on any legal issues, review and draft contracts, draft ordinances and attend city council and planning and zoning meetings. The city has budgeted $94,778 in salary for the city attorneys this fiscal year.

As for the Powell City Council members, they continue to receive $110 per meeting.