Chris Lane flipped the script Tuesday night in Homewood’s Ward 3 runoff — overtaking first-round frontrunner John Manzelli to win the final open City Council seat and complete the city’s new council–manager government.

Lane received 749 total votes, including absentee ballots, to Manzelli’s 688 — a swing of more than 230 votes from the Aug. 26 municipal election, where Manzelli had led the field with 633 votes and Lane trailed with 454.

With the runoff settled, Lane joins Mayor-elect Jennifer Andress and council members Paul Simmons, Nick Sims and Winslow Armstead — all elected last month — as Homewood’s first council under the new mayor–manager structure approved by voters last year.

“The voters have made a choice, and I vow to work with the City Manager, mayor and councilors to make t

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