At the Dec. 5 Brea City Council meeting, the councilmembers voted unanimously for Councilmember Christine Marick to serve the next year as mayor and Councilmember Blair Stewart as mayor pro tem.
The two roles are chosen by the councilmembers each year from among their ranks.
Marick, who served the last year as mayor pro tem, and Stewart were nominated together by Councilmember Marty Simonoff, who was wrapping up his year as mayor, and seconded by Councilmember Cecilia Hupp. There were no other nominations nor any discussion. The vote was 5-0.
Marick was first elected to the City Council in 2012, and re-elected in 2016 and 2020. This is her third time as Brea’s mayor. She previously served as mayor in 2016 and 2020. Stewart just completed his first year as a councilmember. Not bad.
So what can we expect from our city’s new leaders? Marick said, “My goal is work with my colleagues, city staff and our engaged resident/businesses to keep Brea a top-tier city that continues to attract families, businesses and visitors.” She added that they would have a continued focus on homelessness, infrastructure, including Arovista Park, and major investments in public safety.
She and Stewart recognize a lack of affordable and workforce housing and the major importance of public safety, including support of the Brea Police Department’s planned integrated crime center to help combat crime, including the smash and grab crimes so prevalent today.
Marick serves on the Orange County Waste Management Commission, the Orange County Public Library Advisory Board and the city’s Investment Advisory Committee.
In the past year as a first-time Brea councilmember Stewart worked on the city’s Development Committee, and is a member of the Wildlife Corridor & Conservation Authority and the Hillside Open Space Education Coalition or HOSEC. Stewart expressed interest in being the city’s representative for the Orange County Sanitation District. We’ll see if he gets…
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