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The next City Council looks on during Mayor Nancy McFarlane’s speech. From left to right: Eugene Weeks, Russ Stephenson, Randall Stagner, John Odom, Bonner Gaylord, Thomas Crowder and Mary Ann Baldwin.
The council’s newest member Randall Stagner signs his name to become an official Raleigh City Council member. Judge Jane Gray watches and waits to affix her signature to the document.
Raleigh’s new mayor Nancy McFarlane watches the choir during the swearing-in ceremony.
The F.B. Weaver Choir of the Watts Chapel Missionary Baptist Church sings “Everybody Clap Your Hands” during the end of the ceremony.
For the first time in a decade Raleigh has a new mayor. Judge Jane Gray swore in Mayor Nancy McFarlane and City Councilors Monday night.
McFarlane served as the District A councilor since 2007. Newcomer Randy Stagner will take McFarlane’s old seat, representing North Raleigh.
The new council will get to work Tuesday with its first regular meeting.
The new council
Here’s the lineup for the next two years:
Mayor: Nancy McFarlane
At-large: Mary Ann Baldwin
At-large: Russ Stephenson
District A: Randall Stagner
District B: John Odom
District C: Eugene Weeks
District D: Thomas Crowder
District E: Bonner Gaylord
County Commission Leaders Re-elected
Members of the Wake County Commission re-elected their chair and vice chair Monday. Paul Coble will return as chair for a second one-year term, as will Phil Matthews as vice chair.
