Shawn Fugate II is the new mayor of Pineville.

The former councilman was nominated by Alicia Slusher immediately after Scott Madon’s resignation was accepted at Monday’s special called meeting and unanimously approved by the rest of the city council.

“First I want to thank the City Council for the opportunity to represent our city as mayor. I’m excited about the future of Pineville and look forward to working with all of you,” Fugate said after being sworn in by Judge-Executive Albey Brock. “It’s truly an honor to serve the people of our great city, we have so much to offer and I know that the future is bright.”

Fugate added that there was work to do.

“We have projects to complete, improvements to be made. We as a community — citizens, leaders, business owners and city employees — need to work together to accomplish things and I look forward to making that happen,” he said. “I ask for your patience during this transition. Pray for us, root for us and help us strengthen our community.”

Fugate was first elected to the Pineville City Council in 2015 when Madon was also elected mayor and has served ever since. He thanked Madon as well as outgoing council member Ben Madon for their service to the city.

Brock then swore in the entire city council: Alicia Slusher, Scott Jeffrey, Pat Bingham, Bobby Valentine and newly elected member Mikey Long.

The council unanimously approved a new garbage collection contract with Mills Garbage, a measure giving the new mayor the authority to sign documents for the ARC, USDA and all others associated with the Courthouse Square project, and a measure making Fugate the authorized signer on all city bank accounts.

Fugate said the council plans to appoint a new member to replace him at their next regular meeting on Jan. 13.

“We’ll address that then. I know we’ve had a few that have talked to some of the other council members, anybody who is interested can throw their name into the hat,” he said. “We’ll review those in a closed session and then we’ll open it up and have a vote.”