Mayor To Be Elected On Tuesday

THE Upper Hunter Shire Council has advised the new Mayor will be elected by Councillors at an extraordinary meeting on 5pm, on Tuesday June 16, following the resignation of Wayne Bedggood this week.

Deputy Mayor, Maurice Collison is currently acting as Mayor and if he becomes Mayor, Councillors will also need to vote for a new Deputy Mayor.

Councillors will also vote to decide if they should apply to the Minister for Local Government to hold a by-election to fill the vacancy of one Councillor or maintain the vacancy until local government elections are held next September.

The meeting will be recorded live and posted to the Council’s YouTube channel.