here as well called the Lakeland Blue Ducks. Sun 'n Fun was home to Lakeland's only roller derby league, the Lakeland Derby Dames; however, the team was dissolved in November 2015. The Lakeland Center also hosts the Florida High School Athletic Association's state basketball finals. Government and politics Lakeland is governed by a six-member city council. Four members are elected from single-member districts; the other two are elected at-large, requiring them to gain a majority of the votes. The mayor is elected. Mayor The City of Lakeland was incorporated on January 1, 1885. The mayor is one of seven members of the City Commission, acting as the board chair and performing mostly ceremonial and procedural duties beyond the powers of the other six. Prior to 1988, the City Commission selected Lakeland's mayor from among its members. Mayors can be on the board for up to 12 years in a lifetime, or 16 years in combination with holding a regular commission position. Lakeland's first mayor was J.W. Trammell. The first female mayor was Lois Q. Searl, who served in 1965. The 1970 municipal election placed the first African-American on the City Commission, Dr. John S. Jackson. In 1972, he became the first black mayor for the city. In 1980, Carrie R. Oldham became Lakeland's first African-American female mayor. Since 1988 the mayor has been elected by the city's voters. John W. Trammell, 1885 John D. Torrence, 1885 Eppes C. Tucker Sr., 1886, 1887, 1888 Napoleon B. Bowyer, 1889, 1890 Herbert J. Drane, 1888–1892 J. T. Park, 1894 Clarence A. Boswell, 1894–1896 James P. Thompson, 1897, 1899 Samuel L.A. Clonts, 1898, 1903, 1904, 1912 C. M. Marsh, 1898 Park Trammell, 1900–1902 John F. Cox, 1905–1907, 1911, 1916, 1917 John S. Edwards, 1909 Jackson, William K., 1910 Oscar M. Eaton, 1913–1915 Edwin C. Flanagan, 1918, 1919 Frank H. Thompson, 1920 Hubert C. Petteway, 1921 J.T. Hodges, 1922,1923 Daniel C. Boswell, 1924 John W. Buchanan Jr., 1925 J. Bunyan Smith, 1926 Jesse F. Council, 1927, 1928 William S. Rodgers, 1927 William F. Reid, 1928, 1931 Charles I. Dwiggins, 1929 H. Dean Grady, 1930, 1931 Benjamin M. Pulliam, 1932 Elijah A. Godwin, 1933, 1935 Edward L. Mack, 1934 George W. Mershon, 1936 H. Clay Haynes, 1937 Lutie M. Koons, 1938 Thomas D. Conter, 1939 Ira C. Hopper, 1940 George J. Tolson, 1941, 1944, 1947 Elmer E. Kelly Jr., 1942 Horace W. Gibson, 1943 William Cade,