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:......................................................Nathan Ballentine 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: ............................................................Chip Huggins Representative: ...........................................Jermaine L. Johnson Sr. Representative: .................................................................Seth Rose Representative: ....................................................J. Todd Rutherford Representative:.................................................Ivory Torrey Thigpen Representative: ............................................................Chris Wooten * 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.