Montrose elects new mayor [Video]

MONTROSE, Colo. (KREX) — Montrose City Council promoted Councilor J. David Reed to mayor during a city council meeting.

Reed was chosen to succeed Barbara Bynum for the 2024-2025 mayoral term.

Public Relations Officer for the City of Montrose William Woody explains to WesternSlopeNow how the mayor was selected.

“Since the City of Montrose is a home rule municipality under the Colorado Constitution, The City Council selects its own mayor by its own ballot. Each city councilor, there’s 5 city councilors, (they) will write down a name on a piece of paper. The city clerk will tally it and whoever has the most votes wins the mayor. Then they have the same process for the mayor pro-tem and the mayor serves for one-year terms from April to April.”

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