Mayor & City Council

Mayor and City Council

The City of Emporia has the Council-Manager form of government. The governing body, comprised of the Mayor and seven Council members, sets the policies, budgets, and laws that direct City operations and services. City Council hires the City Manager to administer the day-to-day operations.

City Council is made up of members from seven electoral districts. The Mayor is elected at-large.

                                        Mayor
                                    Samuel W. Adams, III
                                                      532 Ingleside Avenue
                                                    Emporia, Virginia 23847
                                                    (434) 634-3768 - Home

City Council

District 1

Carolyn S. Carey
    6510 East Atlantic Street
       Emporia, Virginia 23847            (434) 634-4803 -Home



EMail:carolyn.carey@ci.emporia.va.us

           District 2                                           John R. White
           232 Lewis St.                           Emporia, Virginia 23847
(434) 634-6607 - Home

            District 3

            Jim Saunders
           400 Battery Avenue
                      Emporia, Virginia 23847
                    (434) 348-4030 -Home

                        E-mail: lifestyles@telpage.net

District 4

    F. Woodrow Harris
1105 West End Dr.
Emporia, Virginia 23847
                          (434)634-2725 - Home                              Email:harrisfw@comcast.net

          District 5
            Doris T. White

         501 Gowin Street

       Emporia, Virginia 23847

          (434)634-4085- Home

   E-Mail: ron_white@verizon.net

District 6
Dale Temple
615 Temple Ave.
Emporia, Virginia 23847
(434)634-2084 - Home

                                         District 7
          Edward V. Lankford, IV
            413 Oak Hill Drive

        Emporia, Virginia 23847
           (434) 348-7254 - Home

E-mail: nlankford@ci.emporia.va.us