Homewood will mark a historic milestone Monday evening as the city swears in its first woman mayor and formally transitions to a council-manager form of government.

Mayor-elect Jennifer Andress will take the oath of office at 6 p.m. during a public organizational meeting at City Hall. Also sworn in will be four newly elected council members who will serve under the city’s new structure — approved by voters in 2024 — that reduces the size of the council and introduces a full-time city manager to oversee daily operations.

The change ends Homewood’s traditional mayor-council system and begins a structure used by cities across the country to separate legislative responsibilities from administrative oversight. Under the new model, each of the city’s four wards will be represented by one counc

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