City Council
Mayor of Shorter
Willie Mae Powell
Shorter Town Council
(Members are from L - R)
Greg Manning
Desiev Howard
Mark Bailey
Mayor of Shorter
Juanita Magruder
Betty Jeter
Governmental Structure
Municipal government in the Town of Shorter is a mayor-council form. The Shorter Town Council has five elected members serving four-year terms. Appointed committees include the Shorter Planning Commission and Board of Adjustments and appointed positions are the town clerk, the building official, police chief, fire chief, municipal judge, court clerk, municipal prosecutor, and the town attorney.