Council swears in members; Fred Bush elected council president

At a borough council meeting, councilmembers were sworn into office and the council elected Fred Bush as council president.

Several members took the oath of office during the meeting. Fred Bush recited, "I, Fred Bush, do solemnly swear... that I will discharge the duties of my office with fidelity." Cindy Rickards, Michael Salanson, Joseph Stratton and a member identified only as Bill also recited the oath during the ceremony.

After oral nominations, a motion was made to nominate Fred Bush as council president; the motion was seconded, nominations were closed and the council voted in favor. The transcript records the outcome as unanimous, but individual yes/no vote tallies were not specified. For vice president, a nomination for Cindy Werkers (name as stated in the transcript) was made and seconded; that nomination likewise passed on a unanimous council vote as recorded in the meeting.

The newly selected leadership exchanged brief remarks about working with "old and new council members, and our new mayor," and the meeting moved on to other agenda items.

The council did not record individual roll-call tallies for the leadership votes in the available transcript. The meeting proceeded to consider appointments, a fee schedule, committee assignments and closed the public comment period before adjourning.