SIDNEY — Mayor Mike Barhorst and Vice Mayor Mardie Milligan were reappointed by council as Sidney’s mayor and vice mayor during a special Sidney City Council meeting on Monday.
Also during the meeting, City Council members Milligan, Darryl Thurber, Ed Hamaker and Steve Wagner, who were re-elected in November, were sworn-in by Sidney’s City Clerk Kari Egbert.
Milligan will continue to represent the 1st Ward; Thurber, 2nd Ward; Hamaker, 3rd Ward; and Wagner, 4th Ward, for the next four years.
Immediately following council members’ swearing-in ceremony, council retreated into an executive session for the appointment of a public official. When they emerged from the session, two resolutions were adopted appointing the mayor and vice mayor, followed by the swearing-in of each.
“I want to thank council for their confidence, and trust that the next two years will be wonderful years for the city of Sidney,” Barhorst said at the close of the meeting.
The mayor and the vice mayor are appointed by council every two years.