New leaders step up: mayors, council members take oaths of office

With results of the Nov. 2 general and special election now certified, newly elected officials in Camas and Washougal are being sworn in to their new positions and hitting the ground running this week.

In Camas, newly elected Mayor Steve Hogan took his oath of office on Tuesday, Nov. 23, during an in-person ceremony at Camas City Hall. Camas City Attorney Shawn MacPherson conducted the ceremony in front of Hogan’s family, other city officials and the city’s interim mayor, Ellen Burton, the former Camas City Council member who was named acting mayor in May 2021, following the unexpected resignation of then-mayor Barry McDonnell, and then appointed interim mayor by the remainder of the council on July 26.