Fairfield City Council

The Fairfield City Council is the elected legislative body for the City of Fairfield. It consists of six members, each elected to represent a voting district, and a president elected at-large. Fairfield previously operated under a Mayor-Alderman system.

The powers of the Council were reduced under legislation lobbied for by then-mayor Larry Langford beginning in 1988.

In November 2012, Mayor Kenneth Coachman began presiding over City Council meetings, citing state law for cities with less than 12,000 residents.

1925

• M. Appleby
• W. E. Brown
• R. H. Bumgardner
• J. C. Fuller
• J. E. Harrell
• J. H. Holmes
• J. T. Phillips
• F. D. Reynolds
• P. Williams
• William Wren

1985

• Jerry Coleman, president
• Juanakee Adams
• Ronnie Cole
• Carstella Scott
• King Smith
• Larnetta Williams
• Charles Willis

1992

• President: Charles Willis
• District 6: Willie Hardley, Jr
• Ronnie Cole
• Yvonne Coleman
• Ronald Kidd
• Jerry Kilburn
• Terrence Witherspoon

1996

• President: Charles Willis
• District 5: Jerry Kilburn
• District 6: Willie Hardley, Jr
• Marion Evans
• Ronald Kidd

2000

• President: William Murray
• District 3: Roderick Scott (elected April 2003 to fill vacant seat)
• District 4: Michael Johnson
• District 6: Willie Hardley, Jr
• Howard Cook
• Marion Evans
• Yvonnne Coleman

2004

• President: Eldridge Turner
• District 1: Frederick Scott
• District 2: Vincent Smith
• District 3: William Murray
• District 4: William Yow
• District 5:
• District 6: Willie Hardley, Jr

2008

• President: Eldridge Turner
• District 1: Frederick Scott
• District 2: Primus Mack, appointed January 2011 to fill the vacancy left by Vincent Smith's retirement
• District 3: William Murray
• District 4: Ronald Struthers
• District 5: Jerry Yarbrough
• District 6: Ves Marable

2012

• President: Darnell "Shank" Gardner
• District 1: James "Bubba" Reasor
• District 2: Primus Mack
• District 3: Harry C. Lee, Jr,
• District 4: Paralee Britt
• District 5: Jerry Yarbrough
• District 6: Willie Hardley

References

• Chambers, Jesse (January 9, 2013) "Gardner presides over Fairfield city council meeting." The Birmingham News