It’s a new year and an election year to boot in Georgia’s capital as the City of Atlanta General Election will be held on November 5, 2013 and any required General Run-off Election will be held on December 4, 2013.

This past November, Mayor Kasim Reed announced he would run for re-election in 2013 and would not be seeking a higher office in Washington D.C.

Most councilmembers are expected to run in 2013. In a previous version of this article it was reported that District 1 City Councilwoman Carla Smith would not seek re-election, but that is not correct. Patch regrets the error and has made the appropriate edit.

Last July, State Rep. Ralph Long (D-Atlanta) lost to fellow incumbent Simone Bell (D-Atlanta) in the race for the Georgia House District 58 seat that includes portions of Midtown. Now it appears Long is preparing himself for a run for a city council seat as Atlanta Progressive News reports here.

But there’s much to be done before the election rolls around in more than 10 months. The next full Atlanta City Council meeting following the winter recess will be held at 1 p.m. on Monday, January 7, 2013 in the Council Chamber, Atlanta City Hall, (Second Floor) 55 Trinity Avenue. The Committee on Council will meet at 11:15 a.m. on January 7 in Committee Room No. 2.

When the council convenes next week, there will be seven standing committees: Finance/Executive, Public Safety & Legal Administration, City Utilities, Committee on Council, Zoning, Transportation and the Community Development and Human Resources Committee. All committees are comprised of members of the Atlanta City Council.

Atlanta City Council President Ceasar C. Mitchell announced last month the committee assignments for the coming legislative year.

“I am extremely proud of the Council’s work over the past year” said Mitchell in a news release. “We have tackled some important issues and have moved the City forward. I look forward to even greater accomplishments in 2013.”

2013 Atlanta City Council Committee Assignments

City Utilities Committee

Howard Shook, Chair

C.T. Martin

Yolanda Adrean

Carla Smith

Aaron Watson

Alex Wan

Natalyn Mosby Archibong

Meeting: Tuesday, 9:30 a.m.

Community Development/Human Resources Committee

Joyce Sheperd, Chair

H. Lamar Willis

Kwanza Hall

Howard Shook

Cleta Winslow

Ivory Lee Young, Jr.

Meeting: Tuesday, 12:30 p.m.

Public Safety Committee

Michael Julian Bond, Chair

Ivory Lee Young, Jr.

H. Lamar Willis

Keisha Lance Bottoms

Kwanza Hall

C.T. Martin

Cleta Winslow

Meeting: Tuesday, 3:00 p.m.

Transportation Committee

C.T. Martin, Chair

Keisha Lance Bottoms

Aaron Watson

Felicia A. Moore

Carla Smith

H. Lamar Willis

Michael Julian Bond

Meeting: Wednesday, 10:30 a.m.

Zoning Committee

Keisha Lance Bottoms, Chair

Alex Wan

Carla Smith

Joyce Sheperd

Howard Shook

Ivory Lee Young, Jr.

Meeting: Wednesday, 9:30 a.m.

Finance/Executive Committee

Felicia A. Moore, Chair

Yolanda Adrean

Howard Shook

Aaron Watson

C.T. Martin

Alex Wan

Natalyn Mosby Archibong

Meeting: Wednesday, 1:00 p.m.

Committee on Council

Yolanda Adrean, Chair

Joyce Sheperd

Natalyn Mosby Archibong

Felicia A. Moore

Cleta Winslow

Michael Julian Bond

Kwanza Hall

Meeting: Monday, 11:15 a.m.

Committee Chairs

Ceasar C. Mitchell, Council President

Felicia A. Moore

Howard Shook

Joyce Sheperd

Michael Jlian Bond

C.T. Martin

Keisha Lance Bottoms

Yolanda Adrean

Meeting: Monday, 9:30 a.m.