City councillors officially started another two-year term on Monday, taking the oath of office and electing City Councillor At-Large Stephen Murphy to a second term as president.

Frank Baker, who once wielded a broom part-time in City Hall, was among the 13 councillors raising their hands and reciting the oath during a morning ceremony in Faneuil Hall. Baker handily won the District 3 race last November, replacing former City Councillor Maureen Feeney, who opted out of running for reelection after almost 18 years in office.

Feeney, sworn in as city clerk on Friday as quietly as she left office in November, oversaw Monday’s swearing-in ceremonies at Faneuil Hall.

Mayor Thomas Menino’s mention of Baker before he administered the oath of office drew boisterous hoots and applause from the audience, which was filled with supporters and family members, along with current and former elected officials.

“I’ve never been through anything like that,” Baker said afterwards.

Baker, a former employee of the now-defunct City Printing Department, is still in the process of setting up his council office. He has hired Amy Frigulietti, a former aide to ex-Sheriff Guy Glodis as his chief of staff, and Katie Hurley, a former aide to state Rep. Linda Dorcena Forry, as his community liaison.

“We have no doubt that he’s going to make a lasting impression and many, many contributions,” Murphy told councillors as they reconvened at City Hall for the first council meeting of the year and the vote for City Council president.

In a 13-0 vote, Murphy was easily reelected, a ceremonial post that helps goose campaign accounts. Councillors are limited to serving two consecutive terms as president.

Murphy, who was born in Dorchester and raised in Hyde Park, said he would be setting up a special City Council committee on gambling. Sal LaMattina, the district councillor for East Boston, will chair the committee as proposals for casinos mount.

LaMattina, who lives near Suffolk Downs, a race track angling to be transformed into a casino, supports keeping a referendum to the ward the casino would be located in. The state law legalizing casinos includes a provision that allows for the City Council to move for a city-wide vote, or allow a ward-only vote.

Asked about his position, Murphy told the Reporter he would wait for the committee process to play out.

Murphy said conversations about a casino in East Boston should be tied to fixing up the hole in Downtown Crossing, since the New York based Vornado Real Estate Trust, which owns the site of the former Filene’s, also shares in Suffolk Downs.

“We should join that chorus” demanding action, Murphy said.