He was re-elected to the position at a meeting on Tuesday night.

Vicki Neele was elected deputy mayor.

Cr Weston thanked his fellow councillors for their support.

"I thank my fellow councillors for allowing me to lead this council for another year, the last year of this council's four-year term," he said.

"I look forward to the year ahead, delivering many community projects as funded through our budget, continuing to deliver our services on a day to day basis, and progressing a number of key projects.

"Service and asset planning are top of this project list. Service planning will ensure that the services we provide meet the changing needs and expectations of our community while remaining cost effective and financially affordable, both now and into the future.

"Service planning also supports reviewing our assets. By better understanding our community's service needs we are able to better plan for the assets needed to deliver those services."

Two Memorandums of Understanding were signed at the meeting - one between the mayor and chief executive, and the other between the councillors on the adopted values.

Both outline working relationships to support ongoing good governance.

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