Cr Ferguson was elected unopposed however there were two candidates for deputy mayor, councillors Bruce Reynolds and David Somervaille.

Voting was conducted through a show of hands with Cr Somervaille receiving the votes of councillors Gosewisch, Pryse Jones, Ferguson, Ewin and himself.

Cr Reynolds received two votes, himself and John Newstead.

The positions on both Upper Macquarie County Council and Central Tablelands Water County Council were then called for a vote.

As an employee of CTW Cr Gosewisch had declared a conflict of interest and didn't participate in the election of councillors on the CTW County Council.

Councillors Newstead, Ewin and Somervaille were all nominated for the two positions.

The vote was undertaken by the preferential system via a secret ballot with councillors electing Cr Somervaille in the first round.

In the second round of voting the vote was three each for councillors Ewin and Newstead and in a somewhat surreal moment Cr Newstead was eliminated from the contest via a draw from the hat.

With two councillors nominating for the two positions on Upper Macquarie County Council there was no election and councillors Ewin and Reynolds gained those two roles.

The final item on the agenda was if one of the councillors was to resign from council within 18 months the position would be backfilled by Iris Dorsett.

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