Architect Phillip Black wins three-way race for seat on Mountain Brook Council

Phillip Black won a place on the Mountain Brook City Council in the municipal election held today, easily defeating two other candidates vying for Seat 2. The seat was left open when retired Judge Jack Carl chose not to seek reelection after two terms.

Black, an architect, won 1,104 votes, more than 63 percent of ballots cast, in unofficial totals. Attorney Vincent J. Schilleci received 409 votes, or about 23 percent, and Tripp Watson, also an attorney, received 225 votes, for a little under 13 percent.

Virginia Carruthers Smith, the current council president and its only incumbent, was unopposed in City Council Place 4.

Stewart Welch, a financial planner, was also unopposed in his quest to fill the office occupied for many years by Terry Oden, who is retiring after 24 years in elective office in the city.