City Council
The Forest Acres City Council is led by Mayor Frank Brunson.
Mayor Brunson has served as the Mayor of Forest Acres for 28 years. Each council member represents an at-large district, meaning they each represent all citizen interests and can all be contacted for any needs you have. Council seat terms are four years and the elections are staggard so there is an election every two years in the city.
Mayor Frank Brunson
incaresc@bellsouth.netMayor Brunson has served Forest Acres from city council to the mayor's office since 1995.
One word someone may use to describe Mayor Frank Brunson is loyal. He celebrates his 50th wedding...
Councilman Thomas Andrews
thomasandrews3@gmail.comCouncilman Thomas Andrews also serves as Mayor pro tem. He is in his first term and has been serving Forest Acres since 2019.
When elected in 2019, Tom Andrews was one of two fresh new faces to...
Councilman John Barnes
barnes4fa@gmail.comCouncilman John Barnes is in his first term and has been serving Forest Acres since 2019.
It wasn’t long after moving to Columbia for work more than 20 years ago that John Barnes knew he wanted to...
Councilman David Black
davidblackfa@gmail.comCouncilman David Black is in his first term and has been serving Forest Acres since 2021.
David Black knows Forest Acres. As he likes to say, he is a third-generation Forest Acres resident. After...
Councilman Haskell Kibler
hhkibler@gmail.comCouncilman Haskell Kibler is in his first term and has been serving Forest Acres since 2021.
In joining city council, Haskell Kibler had to run for his seat not once but twice in five short months...