Toledo Mayor-elect Brian Sokol takes the oath of office from City Clerk Kim McAdoo on Monday night, Dec. 23, during the regular meeting. Chronicle photos/John Speer

New Toledo Mayor Brian Sokol along with new council member Jeremy Cremeans and reelected member Joe Boll all were sworn-in on Monday night, Dec. 23, during the regular council meeting. Outgoing Mayor John Lloyd did not seek reelection.

Sokol is moving from a council seat to the mayor’s post. On Dec. 9 the council voted to fill his unexpired two-year term by appointment planned to be made on Jan. 13. Applications for the position are to be filed by Jan. 9.

Toledo voters can also file a petition asking for a special election. It must be filed within 14 days after the appointment. It would require signatures of at least 10 percent of the voters in the Nov. 5 city election in which 272 total votes were cast according to Tama County Elections Administrator Karen Rohrs.

Cremeans takes the place of Steve Vesely who did not seek a second, four-year term on the council.

In other business on Dec. 23 the council:

Joe Boll takes the oath of office delivered by Mayor-elect Brian Sokol to serve a second four-year term on the Toledo City Council on Dec. 23.

voted 4-0 to adopt a city ordinance spelling out a distracted driver policy for city employees. It covers operation of city vehicles and private vehicles while on city business. While it addresses obvious prohibitions including drunken or impaired driving, it targets use of cellular telephones,

It allows their use only when the driver has no distraction from driving and can begin a call by touching a single button. The policy was recommended under regulations by Iowa Workmens Compensation.

approved a 75-cent hourly wage hike to $23.29 hourly for Brad Meek who passed the Grade 3 Wastewater certification qualifying him to operate the waste water treatment plant according to Department of Natural Resources permit requirements.

accepted bids for a 1976 Ford F600 dump truck and a 1983 Ford F700 dump truck for $200 each. Both bids were made by Taylor Devig.

set a council budget planning work session for Jan. 6 at 5 p.m.

New Toledo City Council member Jeremy Cremeans takes the oath of office on Dec. 23 from Mayor-elect Brian Sokol.