 The Brainerd City Council unanimously elected a new council president at their meeting last night. Gabe Johnson was elected by the council to succeed former city council president Dave Pritchett, who reached the end of his term. Johnson ran unopposed in the 2018 election for Alderman Award 4. This is the second term on the council. The issues that are always most important to me are the livability for the citizens in our town. So I'm going to try and enhance our trail systems and we have some things coming down the chute that are going to be adding on to our trail systems and finishing the Kymuna Lake State Trail and things like that that actually help the citizens who live here. And that's what the government should be doing. As city council president, Gabe Johnson will run each meeting and assign council members to serve on various city committees.