Calling for an end to “petty personal agendas,” incoming City Council President Nick Mosby gave an inaugural speech urging fellow city leaders to commit to more “collaboration and partnership.”

Just hours later, Mosby released a restructuring plan that stripped chairmanships from four incumbent councilmen, including popular progressives allied with Mayor Brandon Scott.

The new set of chairs unveiled on Thursday rewards those closest to outgoing Mayor Bernard C. “Jack” Young and includes four of the Council’s most conservative members – Eric Costello, Sharon Green Middleton, Isaac “Yitzy” Schleifer and Robert Stokes – based on their voting records.

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