Rich Zwicker will preside over the Renton City Council in 2012 as the council’s president.

The council also has made committee assignments for next year.

New council member Ed Prince will serve as chairman of the Planning and Development Committee. He has been a member of the Renton Planning Commission.

All council members sit on the Committee of the Whole.

Finance Committee

(meets first and third Mondays at 4 p.m.)

Terri Briere, chair

Greg Taylor, vice chair

Don Persson, member

Community Services

(meets second and fourth Mondays at 4:30 p.m.)

Marcie Palmer, chair

Ed Prince, vice chair

Greg Taylor, member

Planning and Development

(meets second and fourth Thursdays at 3 p.m.)

Ed Prince, chair

Terri Briere, vice chair

Randy Corman, member

Public Safety

(meets first and third Mondays at 5 p.m.)

Don Persson, chair

Marcie Palmer, vice chair

Terri Briere, member

Utilities

(meets second and fourth Mondays at 5 p.m.)

Greg Taylor, chair

Randy Corman, vice chair

Ed Prince, member

Transportation (aviation)

(meets second and fourth Thursdays at 4 p.m.)

Randy Corman, chair

Don Persson, vice chair

Marcie Palmer, member