At Tuesday evening’s Borough Assembly meeting, Assembly member Kelly Cooper, who represents District 8, Homer, was elected as the new Assembly President.
Cooper replaces Blaine Gilman who represents District 2 – Kenai.
Assembly member Wayne Ogle, who represents District 3 – Nikiski, was elected to the Vice President seat.
Ogle replaces Brent Johnson who represented District 7 – the Kasilof/Clam Gulch/Ninilchik area and served as Vice President. Johnson recently termed out of the Assembly seat which he had held since 2010.
Paul Fischer was elected to replace Johnson, representing District 7 on October 4.