Maher is mayor again

Cr Laurie Maher has been elected Gosford mayor and Cr Craig Doyle re-elected as deputy mayor.

Cr Maher thanked his fellow councillors for their support and said he was grateful for the opportunity to again serve the people of Gosford City for the next mayoral term.

"My fellow councillors, council staff and myself have been working together for a while now in helping to achieve much success for this city and I am honoured to be leading this team into the next chapter," Cr Maher said.

Outgoing mayor of the past two years Cr Chris Holstein said he was proud of what Gosford council had accomplished over his most recent term as mayor.

"I would like to congratulate Cr Maher on being elected as mayor and he has my upmost support for the ongoing job ahead with the Gosford Challenge and the Draft LEP."

Cr Doyle said he was proud to have been elected to the position of deputy mayor and looked forward to working with his fellow councillors over the next 12 months.

"This will be my seventh term as deputy mayor so while the mayoral hat may have changed there is still some continuity in the leadership of our council," Cr Doyle said.

Press release, 27 Sep 2010 Gosford Council Media