City of Columbia

Street Address: ...... 1737 Main St Elected Officials ...... Columbia, SC 29201-2819 Mayor: ...... Stephen K. Benjamin Councilmember:...... Will Brennan Mailing Address:...... PO BOX 147 Councilmember:...... Sam Davis ...... Columbia, SC 29202-0147 Councilmember:...... Howard E. Duvall* Phone: ...... 803.545.3000 Councilmember: ...... Tameika Isaac Devine* Fax:...... 803.401.8800 Councilmember:...... Edward H. McDowell Jr. Website:...... www.columbiasc.gov Councilmember: ...... Daniel J. Rickenmann

Population:...... 129,272 Key Municipal Personnel*** County: ...... Lexington County, Richland County Manager/Administrator:...... Teresa Wilson Planning District:...... Central Midlands Asst. Manager/Administrator:...... Melissa Gentry ...... Council of Governments Asst. Manager/Administrator:...... Jeff Palen Council Meets: ...... 1st & 3rd Tue, 6 p.m. Asst. Manager/Administrator: ...... Clint E. Shealy Form of Government: ...... Council-Manager Asst. Manager/Administrator: ...... Henry M. Simons Election Date: ...... 1st Tuesday after 1st Monday Building Official: ...... Jerry Thompson ...... in November of odd years Business Licensing Dir: ...... Lakesha Y. Shannon Election Method: ...... Nonpartisan Chief Judge: ...... Jessica R. Mangum Method of Representation: ...... Combination single member Clerk/Treasurer:...... Erika D. Hammond ...... and at large Comm/Econ Dir:...... Ryan T. Coleman City Hall Hours:...... M-F 8:30-5 Comm/Econ Dir:...... Gloria Saeed Full-Time Employees: ...... 2,200 Finance Dir: ...... Janice L. Alonso Fiscal Year Start:...... July Fire Chief: ...... Aubrey Jenkins Human Resource Dir:...... Tiniece Javis State Legislators Information Technology Dir: ...... Sylvia White Senator:...... Richard A. "Dick" Harpootlian Parks/Recreation Dir:...... Randy Davis Senator:...... Darrell Jackson Planning Dir:...... Krista Hampton Senator: ...... J. Thomas McElveen III Police Chief: ...... William Holbrook Senator:...... Mia S. McLeod Public Information Dir: ...... Leshia Utsey Senator:...... John L. Scott Jr. Public Works Dir: ...... Robert A. Anderson Senator:...... Nikki G. Setzler Purchasing Dir: ...... Sandra Middleton Representative:...... Risk Manager:...... Chip Timmons Representative: ...... Beth E. Bernstein Treasurer:...... Jessica Barlow Representative: ...... Wendy C. Brawley Utilities Dir: ...... Joseph D. Jaco Representative:...... Micajah P. "Micah" Caskey IV Lead Attorney: ...... Teresa Knox Representative: ...... Kirkman Finlay III Representative:...... Kambrell H. Garvin Representative: ...... Christopher R. "Chris" Hart Representative:...... Leon Howard Representative: ...... Representative: ...... Jermaine L. Johnson Sr. Representative: ...... Representative: ...... J. Representative:...... Representative: ......

* Graduate of the Municipal Elected Officials Institute of Government ** Graduate of the Advanced Municipal Elected Officials Institute of Government *** Titles describe the individual’s role, not necessarily the official title within the municipality. 9/25/2021