Columbia aldermen elected April 17, left to right, incumbent Dan Row, and new aldermen Fred Stumpf, Candace Hejna and Brad Oberkfell were sworn in at the May 7 city council meeting by city clerk Wes Hoeffken.

Newly sworn-in Waterloo Mayor Tom Smith, right, congratulates Dan Hayes during Monday night’s city council meeting on his appointment as the new Waterloo city attorney. Hayes, a Belleville attorney, is considered a municipal law specialist, being an attorney for the Mascoutah and Belleville East school districts, and the attorney for the Village of Sauget and the American Bottoms Utility. Hayes was recommended by Waterloo resident and attorney Bill Schmitt, Smith’s initial choice for attorney.

Longtime Waterloo Police Officer Jim Trantham, first row, second from left, is congratulated by area police officers, deputies and troopers after he was appointed as the new Waterloo Chief of Police. Alderman Jeremy Krump and Steve Notheisen were the two “no” votes on the Trantham appointment decision. Alderman Rita Trantham, wife of Officer Trantham, chose to abstain.

Waterloo Aldermen Jim Hopkins, second from left, and Rita Trantham, congratulate former Waterloo Police Chief Joe Brauer, left, and former City Attorney Tom LeChien for their four years of hard work. Brauer and LeChien were appointed by now former Waterloo Mayor Terry Kipping, who did not attend Monday night’s meeting.