Many Mayor Ken Freeman has named Mary Beth Key Brocato to the position of City Councilman at large for the Many City Council.
The Many City Council members voted unanimously for Brocato to fill the position.
She fills the vacancy left by the death of City Council member and Mayor Pro Tem Barbara Richardson Peterson who served in these positions since 2001.
Mayor Freeman also nominated longtime City Councilman James Kennedy as the new Mayor Pro Tempore. He was unanimously approved by the City Council members.
Kennedy is the first African American to serve as Mayor Pro Tempore of the Many City Council. He became a member of the City Council in January 2004 when he was appointed to the position to fill the unexpired term of his wife after she passed away. He then ran for the council seat at the next election and has been elected to the City Council every four years since that time. January 2019 will mark 15 years that Kennedy has been on the City Council.
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