CHOCOWINITY — For the first time in 18 years, Chocowinity welcomed two new faces to the town board.

Casey Langley and Kurt Jenkins were sworn in at Chocowinity’s regular meeting of its Board of Commissioners on Tuesday night. In the November election, Langley and Jenkins unseated incumbents M.L. “Red” Dunbar and Arlene D. Jones.

Dunbar served as a Chocowinity commissioner for 46 years; Jones for 28.

Mayor Jimmy Mobley, before swearing in the board’s newcomers, took a moment to publicly thank Dunbar and Jones for their many years of service.

“Both of y’all have been with the town a long time and both of you have done a good job,” Mobley said. “On behalf of all of us, we appreciate the job you’ve done.”

“It has been an honor to work with each and every one of you. I couldn’t have picked a better team, including the town employees, to work with,” Jones said. “Casey, Kurt, I wish you well.”

Dunbar said the growth Chocowinity has seen over his 46 years on the board, including the expansion of or new sites for the town’s police, fire and EMS departments, was a group effort — the board always did what they thought best for the town, not themselves, he said.

“I’d like to thank everybody who’s taken part in any of it,” Dunbar said.

Commissioner William Albritton was appointed to take over Jones’ seat on the Chocowinity EMS board.

In other business, the board, including Jenkins and Langley, approved a conditional use permit that would allow Chocowinity resident Milton Crawford to put a family cemetery on his land.

Public Work Director Kevin Brickhouse updated the board on the state of Chocowinity’s sewer expansion, which is behind schedule.

“The engineers are hopeful the project will be done by Christmas,” Brickhouse said. “I’m less hopeful.”

Chocowinity Police Chief Greg Garris reported on police activity since November’s regular meeting: 54 calls for service, six arrests, 40 citations and two accidents. Garris said he is asking for quotes to have two Chocowinity Police cars painted. The new color scheme will be white with red markings.