A veteran member of the Danville City Council has been selected as the city’s new acting mayor. Rickey Williams Junior will take over the mayor’s duties on November 6th when current Mayor Scott Eisenhauer resigns. Williams was selected in a two-and-a-half hour long meeting of council members behind closed doors last night, and says he feels incredibly humbled…
Thirteen aldermen voted to approve William’s selection with Alderman Mike Puhr voting ‘present’. And Williams had a message for Danville residents last night…
[In the photo, Williams (on left) is congratulated by Ed Butler, President of the Danville Branch of the NAACP.]Williams also says he intends to run for the mayor’s job in the next city election. He also intends to split his time working the Mayor’s job and keeping his position as head of the Project Success after school program….
Williams has served on the Danville City Council for nine years.
