The St. Paul City Council will soon have a new president.

After nearly three years leading the seven-member council, Council Member Russ Stark is stepping down. Council member Amy Brendmoen will run council meetings as of January.

Brendmoen, who represents Ward 5 and lives in the South Como neighborhood, has chaired the city’s Housing and Redevelopment Authority since 2014.

Council member Rebecca Noecker, who represents Ward 2, will serve as the council’s vice president. Council member Jane Prince, Ward 7, is expected to be appointed chair of the St. Paul Public Library Agency. Council member Chris Tolbert, Ward 3, will chair the HRA.

“I am grateful to Council President Stark for his smart, patient leadership over the last three years,” Brendmoen said in a written statement. “Russ challenged us to reform our city’s recycling and garbage programs; guided us with compassion through the tumultuous aftermath of the killing of Philando Castile in Falcon Heights, and ensured St. Paul’s budgets … remained intact following major changes to our Right-of-Way assessment policy.”