COVID-19 has certainly changed the way we live and not only have the cancellations and postponements thrown our lives into turmoil, it's created some interesting challenges for local government.
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If the scheduled September local government election had been held, Monday night's Blayney Shire Council ordinary general meeting would have been the first for the new council, with potentially a few new faces to choose the mayor and deputy mayor for the next two years.
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There would have been some background lobbying going on as the chairs got shuffled, particularly for the role of deputy mayor currently held by Allan Ewin and contested by both him and Bruce Reynolds during Monday night's brief meeting.
Those allegiances though haven't changed and what occurred at the start of the zoom meeting was the same as two years before.
The mayor Scott Ferguson was elected unopposed but in the race for deputy mayor there were two, incumbent Allan Ewin and second-time contender Bruce Reynolds.
As it was two years ago Cr Ewin was voted in with four votes to Cr Reynolds' three.
That situation though may not be the same after the election on December 4 when they'll be able to do it all again during a mayoral election on December 23.
But with David Kingham not running for council in the next election and Scott Denton yet to make an announcement as to his future on council, how those numbers will roll in three months time is anyone's guess.
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