A SLICE of Uralla history was carved out in Tamworth today, with Michael Pearce becoming the first popularly-elected mayor in the region’s history.
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Cr Pearce won the mayoral poll by a landslide taking out about 44 per cent of the number one votes.
Cr Pearce will take the reigns for a four-year term and he already has his sights on some major initiatives.
“During my campaign I really wanted to address a tourism strategy for our community and also to re-establish a business chamber,” Cr Pearce said.
“We have a number of jewels in our beautiful shire and we need to showcase them at the top level.”
Uralla recently escaped a four-way amalgamation with Armidale-Dumaresq, Guyra and Walcha, and Cr Pearce said the shire was ready to prove its credentials.
“We have to look at our action plan we submitted to the state government, through the Fit for the Future process. We need to address thing like our operating deficit, our asset management plans, our service delivery to customers,” he said.
Jacob McArthur
Jacob McArthur is opinions editor for The Canberra Times and Australian Community Media. As part of the Canberra Times' production team, he helps the people of Canberra and beyond get the stories they need, when they need them across a range of platforms, while helping maintain a high editorial standard. Before moving to Canberra in 2020, he started with Australian Community Media in 2015 as a journalist for The Northern Daily Leader in Tamworth where he kept a close eye on Tamworth Regional Council. Jacob was also the co-host of ACM's Water Pressure podcast where he and Jamieson Murphy took a deep dive on issues and key decisions arising during one of the region's worst droughts on record.
Jacob McArthur is opinions editor for The Canberra Times and Australian Community Media. As part of the Canberra Times' production team, he helps the people of Canberra and beyond get the stories they need, when they need them across a range of platforms, while helping maintain a high editorial standard. Before moving to Canberra in 2020, he started with Australian Community Media in 2015 as a journalist for The Northern Daily Leader in Tamworth where he kept a close eye on Tamworth Regional Council. Jacob was also the co-host of ACM's Water Pressure podcast where he and Jamieson Murphy took a deep dive on issues and key decisions arising during one of the region's worst droughts on record.
