On Tuesday, December 5, 2023, the City of College Park inaugurated eight Councilmembers (2 from each district) and the Mayor.

The City of College Park inaugurated a new City Council at the Council meeting on Tuesday, December 5, 2023. The newly elected Council will work together during their two-year term to address City-wide issues. During the ceremony, Mayor Fazlul Kabir was sworn in by the Honorable Mahasin El Amin, Clerk of the Circuit Court. Mayor Kabir then swore in the newly elected Councilmembers: Jacob T. Hernandez & Alan Y. Hew (District 1), Llatetra Brown Esters & Susan L. Whitney (District 2), Stuart M. Adams & John B. Rigg, III (District 3), and Maria E. Mackie & Denise C. Mitchell (District 4). This will be the first term for District 1 councilmember Jacob T. Hernandez. Denise Mitchell was reappointed Mayor Pro Tem by Mayor Kabir. As part of the ceremony, the City of College Park accepted the State of Maryland’s prestigious Maryland Sustainable Growth Award for the City’s Hollywood Streetscape Project. The award recognizes the project’s strategic community design. Check out the project at www.collegeparkmd.gov/hollywoodstreetscape. Learn more about your City representatives at www.collegeparkmd.gov/mayorandcouncil.