Dan Landrum is the town of Signal Mountain's new mayor.
First elected to the council in 2014, Landrum was re-elected in November to a second four-year term. Following a vote of his peers at the council's Nov. 30 work session, two of those years will be spent as mayor.
The town selects its mayor by a ballot vote of the five-member town council, which took place following the swearing in of recently elected councilors Susannah Murdock and Bill Lusk at the November agenda work session.
Prior to the vote, Murdock and Councilwoman Amy Speek both took their names out of the running for the office.
The first vote resulted in a tie between Landrum and Councilman Bob Spalding, who joined the council in 2014. Both received two votes, with Lusk receiving one vote. When a second vote was taken to break the tie, Landrum received three votes to Spalding's two.
Speek will continue in the role of vice mayor. She was nominated in August by outgoing Mayor Chris Howley to serve the final months of Dick Gee's term after he moved outside town limits.
The vice mayor position is also decided by a ballot vote of the council. Speek received three votes, while Murdock and Lusk each received one vote.
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