BRENTWOOD, Tenn. – The Brentwood City Commission elected Commissioner Mark Gorman as the city’s new mayor during its May 8 meeting. Gorman takes over the position from Commissioner Rhea Little, who served two terms as Brentwood Mayor.

Gorman was first elected to the City Commission in 2013, and he has served as Vice Mayor and as a representative on the Brentwood City Planning Commission.

“Thank you to the commissioners for electing me to serve as mayor of the great City of Brentwood,” Gorman said. “Special thanks to (Commissioners) Anne Dunn and Regina Smithson, God rest her soul, who appointed me to the Planning Commission 19 years ago. That’s what got this all started and got the ball rolling.”

Every two years following the regular City Commission election, the City Commission votes to appoint a commissioner as Mayor and a commissioner as Vice Mayor. During Monday’s meeting, the Commission also named Commissioner Ken Travis as Brentwood’s new Vice Mayor. Commissioner Nelson Andrews previously served as Vice Mayor.

Travis joined the City Commission in 2015, and he was reelected as a commissioner during the city’s general election earlier this month.

“I look forward to the next two years,” Travis said. “I was made for this job, and I think it’ll be fun to do the tasks that are associated with it, and I look forward to serving along with Mayor Gorman.”

Brentwood voters also reelected Andrews, Anne Dunn, and Susannah Macmillan during the May 2 general election. Those commissioners took the formal oath of office during Monday’s meeting. They join Little and Allison Spears as the other members of Brentwood’s Board of Commissioners.

The City Commission meets at 7 p.m. on the second and fourth Monday of every month for regularly scheduled meetings at City Hall, located at 5211 Maryland Way.

Information about the Brentwood Board of Commissioners is available at https://www.brentwoodtn.gov/your-government/board-of-commissioners.