ST. LOUIS 鈥 It will be a new mayor for 狐狸视频 on Tuesday but the same old pandemic, as Tishaura Jones takes office in a socially distant inauguration event at City Hall.
Jones, the first Black woman to hold the mayor鈥檚 post, will be sworn in along with Comptroller Darlene Green in a noon ceremony in the historic building鈥檚 rotunda.
Only about 90 people, all invited guests and participants, will watch from first-floor seats spaced six feet apart. Other invited guests will watch from the second floor. The third and fourth floors will be open to the general public.
All visitors will have to undergo temperature screening and are required to wear face masks and maintain six feet distancing.
Jones, 狐狸视频' 47th mayor, will be sworn in by Missouri Court of Appeals Judge Angela Turner Quigless and Green by U.S. District Judge Ronnie White.
Among the speakers will be 狐狸视频 County Executive Sam Page, Kansas City Mayor Quinton Lucas, East 狐狸视频 Mayor Robert Eastern III, former state Sen. Kiki Curls of Kansas City and Anthony Thompson, chairman and CEO of Kwame Building Group.
Jones, who has been the city treasurer since 2013, was elected April 6 to succeed Mayor Lyda Krewson, who did not seek a second four-year term.
Green. the city鈥檚 first Black female comptroller, was reelected the same day.
Because of the pandemic, city officials are encouraging the public to watch the ceremony online at
The weather may offer an incentive to online viewership: snow is predicted on Tuesday.
In response to the forecast, Jones tweeted: 鈥淩eally Mother Nature? Of all days! Snow on my Inauguration Day? #FixItJesus.鈥
Really Mother Nature? Of all days! Snow on my Inauguration Day?
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狐狸视频 Mayor-elect Tishaura Jones takes questions about her newly announced appointments during a press conference at City Hall in 狐狸视频 on Thursday, April 15, 2021. Photo by David Carson, dcarson@post-dispatch.com