BY HANNAH GOLDFINGER
HGOLDFINGER@OPELIKAOBSERVER.COM
SMITHS STATION — The Smiths Station City Council officially appointed Place 4 Member Dwayne Peterson during its meeting Tuesday night.
The council had previously nominated Peterson during a specially-called meeting last week on Feb. 5.
The council’s former Place 4 Member Richard Cooley is now Smiths Station mayor following the death of former Mayor Bubba Copeland.
Peterson is a retired first sergeant of the U.S. Army, originally from New Orleans, Louisiana. He has served on the Board of Directors for the Smiths Station Fire Protection District and as vice-chairman on the Smiths Station Planning Commission.
Peterson was sworn in by Lee County Judge Jeff Tickal Tuesday night.