The Waycross City Commission seated three members, made a host of appointments to local boards and committees, approved two resolutions and honored two members of the Waycross Police Department last week as it began 2026.
Commissioners Shawn Roberts (District 1), William Simmons (District 2) and Shawn Sanders (District 3) took the oath of office after being elected to four-year terms in last year’s Municipal Election. Simmons and Sanders are new members while Roberts had been in his seat since winning a special election in 2024 held to fill out the term of the late Norman E. Davis.
The resolutions altered the employee handbook and changed the commission’s meeting schedule to accommodate the Martin Luther King Holiday, Monday, January 19. WPD Det. Mark Horne was honored as City Employee of the Year while Officer Takira Bledsoe was chosen Employee of the Month for January.
