Despite a turnover of five new members, the Denver City Council has decided to stick with the same leadership it has had for the past year.

The council voted unanimously 13-0 on Monday night to keep Jolon Clark as the City Council president and Stacy Gilmore and council president pro tem.

“Thank you very much for this vote of confidence and I will do my best to serve this body well,” Clark told his colleagues after the vote.

Gilmore, who presented Clark with a ceremony gavel on behalf of the council, said she appreciates his leadership style.

“You are very inclusive. You value the work of City Council and you do a great job of serving our residents of Denver,” Gilmore said.

“And you’ve brought us together through retreat and policy committee. You always position council to be in a very strong leadership role in regard to policy,” she added.

Clark represents District 7 in south central Denver, including the neighborhoods of Baker, Valverde, Athmar Park, Overland Park and Washington Park West.

He was unopposed in winning re-election in the May 7 General Election.

Before his election to the council in 2015, Clark worked with communities along the South Platte River to develop distressed and underutilized park space.

He also led an effort to create a $5 million outdoor learning park in his district that opened in May 2015.

As council president, he presides over meetings, determines committee assignments and sits as a member of all committees for the next year. The job pays $102,928-a-year as opposed to the regular council member’s annual salary of $91,915.

He also serves on the board of the Denver After School Alliance, Levitt Pavillion Denver and as an alternate board member on the Denver Regional Council of Governments. Gilmore represents District 11 in north east Denver, which includes Montbello, Green Valley Ranch and Denver International Airport.

Gilmore and her husband co-founded the Environmental Learning for Kids in 1996. The non-profit cultivates a passion for science, the environment and leadership in children.

Councilwoman Kendra Black nominated Gilmore for the pro-tem post, which essentially is vice president of the council.

Black cited Gilmore’s commitment to the communities she serves.

“And as anyone who knows her well will tell you, she is a very passionate and hard-working person,” Black said. “She’s got very deep roots in her district and in Montbello. Her family has lived there for nearly five decades.”

“She cares deeply about her district, her constituents, kids, families and seniors,” Black added.