The mayor’s office at Mountain Brook City Hall is decorated with artwork from the city’s grade school students.

Some of the pictures have been on the wall a while — a long while.

“We have an elementary school art exhibit going back to 2019,” said Graham Leigh Smith, recalling a recent review of the display. “They knew some of these children had already graduated.

“Maybe it’s time for an art freshen.”

The mayor’s office will have a new look soon, starting with the person behind the desk. Smith is set to become the first woman elected mayor of the city.

The 45-year-old native of Long Island, New York, will be the second woman named Smith to hold the office. Retiring Council President Virginia Smith was interim mayor for two or three weeks when Mayor Terry Oden died.

Before her, Margare

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