As new councilmembers Joan Bloom and Frank Yamamoto were sworn in Tuesday night, the Edmonds City Council reached a milestone — for the first time ever, women members are in the majority.

Edmonds Mayor Dave Earling said he was delighted with the new council make-up, noting that when he was on the council two decades ago, women weren’t running for council seats.

Earling was also sworn in for the second time in a month, along with Councilmembers Diane Buckshnis and Lora Petso. That’s because the Nov. 29 swearing-in applied to the shorter terms for the appointed positions they were filling, while Tuesday’s swearing-in was for the full four-year term.

In addition, the City Council unanimously elected Strom Peterson for his second term as Council president, and selected Lora Petso as Council pro tem. Peterson then made committee appointments, which are as follows:

Community Services/Development Services: Adrienne Fraley-Monillas, Lora Petso

Finance: Diane Buckshnis, Frank Yamamoto

Public Safety: Joan Bloom, Michael Plunkett

Community Technology Advisory Committee (CTAC): Yamamoto

City-Wide Parking Committee: Plunkett, Fraley-Monillas

Disability Board (appointed by the Mayor): Fraley-Monillas, Bloom

Economic Development Commission: Bloom (Buckshnis as alternate)

Highway 99 Task Force: Plunkett, Fraley-Monillas

Historic Preservation Commission: Plunkett, Petso

Lake Ballinger Work Group: Petso

Lodging Tax Advisory Committee: Bloom

SnoCom: Yamamoto

Public Facilities District Oversight Committee: Petso

Port of Edmonds: Yamamoto

Regional Fire Authority: Petso, Earling, Peterson

Seashore Transportation Forum 2012: Bloom

Snohomish County Tomorrow: Yamamoto

Salmon Recovery: Buckshnis

In addition, Fraley-Monillas was appointed to the Snohomish County Health District Board and Earling — a former chairman of  Community Transit — was selected as the city’s representative to the Community Transit board.

The Council also:

— Voted to ask the City Attorney to prepare language for a code amendment to the Edmonds Historic Preservation Commission to increase the number of commission members from nine to 12.

— Scheduled the 2012 City Council Retreat for Feb. 10-11. The public is invited to attend.