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Elected officials for Oxford — promises, tenure record, and accountability.

20 officials6 council

Mayor

Michael Smith

2025-11-24–2027-11-01 (start: sworn in as Mayor at the City Council organizational meeting November 24, 2025 per CivicClerk organizational meeting minutes, council member since November 27, 2023; month-level end: November 2027, mayor chosen by council for two years and council seat elected November 2023 per cityofoxford.org city council page 'Term Expiration November 2027')

171 meetings35 decisions

City council

Alexandria French

Vice Mayor

2021-11-01–2029-11-01 (month-level start: November 2021 first elected November 2, 2021 and seated at the November 2021 organizational meeting per Journal-News; sworn in again for the 2025 term November 24, 2025 per organizational meeting minutes; month-level end: November 2029, four-year term of the 2025 four-seat cycle per cityofoxford.org staggered 3 and 4 seat council description, the city council page lists November 2027 for all members which does not match that cycle)

171 meetings35 decisions

Jason Bracken

Council Member

2023-11-27–2027-11-01 (start: sworn in at the City Council organizational meeting November 27, 2023 per CivicClerk organizational meeting minutes; month-level end: November 2027, four-year council term elected November 2023 per cityofoxford.org city council page 'Term Expiration November 2027')

171 meetings35 decisions

Amber Franklin

Council Member

171 meetings35 decisions

Roxanne Ornelas

Council Member

2025-11-24–2029-11-01 (start: sworn in at the City Council organizational meeting November 24, 2025 per CivicClerk organizational meeting minutes; month-level end: November 2029, four-year term of the 2025 four-seat cycle per cityofoxford.org staggered 3 and 4 seat council description, the city council page lists November 2027 for all members which does not match that cycle)

171 meetings35 decisions

William Snavely

Council Member

171 meetings35 decisions

Jim Vinch

Council Member

171 meetings35 decisions

Former officials (3)

Chantel Raghu

Council Member

2021-11-01–2025-11-24 (month-level start: November 2021 current four-year term per Journal-News organizational meeting coverage, vice mayor and second-term councilor; end: seat turned over at the organizational meeting November 24, 2025 when Franklin, French, Ornelas and Vinch were sworn in per CivicClerk minutes, Raghu is absent from the council after that date)

David Prytherch

Council Member

2021-11-01–2025-11-24 (month-level start: November 2021 elected November 2, 2021 per Journal-News; end: seat turned over at the organizational meeting November 24, 2025 when Franklin, French, Ornelas and Vinch were sworn in per CivicClerk minutes, Prytherch is absent from the council after that date)

Glenn Ellerbe

Council Member

–2023-11-27 (end: seat turned over at the organizational meeting November 27, 2023 when Smith, Snavely and Bracken were sworn in per CivicClerk minutes, Ellerbe is listed present as an outgoing member; start not published in sources read)