Bellevue’s 2012 officials sworn in as Mayor David Kile says goodbye
Kile, mayor since 2004 and council president before that, handed off to Treasurer Donald Berkey. Officials listed 82 projects finished on his watch.
Bellevue City Council members and other newly elected officials took their oaths Monday night after the regular council meeting. Municipal Judge Kenneth Fox swore in the group, including Auditor Steve Smith, Law Director David Wallingford and new City Prosecutor David Claus.
It was also Mayor David Kile’s farewell. Kile, who did not seek re-election, served as mayor from January 2004 through 2011 and as council president from 1996 through 2003. He told about 30 people in the audience it was time for a fresh group, and said the city was in good hands. Earlier that day he swore in his successor, City Treasurer Donald Berkey, who becomes mayor Jan. 1, 2012.
Safety-Service Director Jeffrey Crosby read a list of 82 city projects completed during Kile’s time as mayor and thanked him for the chance to serve. Outgoing at-large councilman Sherrard Barr noted the hard financial choices council faced in the previous two years.
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