Bristol council reelects mayor, appoints city manager and city clerk; approves multiple board seats

Madam Mayor presided over the Bristol City Council meeting on Thursday, Jan. 2, 2025, where the council reappointed the presiding mayor, appointed Megan Irwin as city clerk, selected Randall Leeds as city manager and approved a slate of board and commission appointments following a closed session on personnel matters.

The vote to adopt the meeting agenda was unanimous. Council member Anthony Farnham moved to appoint Megan Irwin as city clerk; the roll call recorded Farnham, Council member Jake Holmes, Council member Neil Osborne, Council member Michael Pollard and Council member Becky Nave voting yes.

Later the council voted to reelect the presiding mayor by nomination and to renominate Jake Holmes as vice mayor; both motions passed on roll-call votes with all members recorded as voting in favor.

The council appointed Randall Leeds as city manager on a roll-call vote in which four members voted yes and one voted no; Council member Michael Pollard cast the lone recorded no vote. The council also voted to appoint Randell Yates as city attorney; roll-call results recorded a majority in favor and one recorded no vote.

Before approving a list of board and commission appointments, the council convened…