SYDNEY, N.S. — Coun. Earlene MacMullin will serve as the Cape Breton Regional Municipality’s deputy mayor for at least the next year.
The second-term councillor was acclaimed as the deputy to Mayor Amanda McDougall during the new municipal council’s first order of business at its inaugural meeting Tuesday night.
MacMullin, who represents District 2 (North Sydney and area), was nominated by District 12 Coun. Lorne Green. There were no other nominations.
The deputy mayor can hold the position for no more than two consecutive one-year terms. The post, which comes with a $5,000 honorarium, was last held by Ivan Doncaster.
