STRATFORD resident Carmel Ripper will be sworn in as a Wellington Shire councillor during Tuesday night’s council meeting.
Ms Ripper, was last week declared the winner of a recount of Northern Ward votes from the 2020 local government election, finishing ahead of Christos Iliopoulos in a distribution of preferences.
Ms Ripper will replace Malcolm Hole, who died on April 10, as one of three councillors for the ward.
It is the second time Ms Ripper has filled a vacancy on council, having replaced Keith Mills in 2017.
