Fay Hull is officially the newest Ararat Rural City councillor after accepting the first of two vacant positions on Tuesday morning.
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Ms Hull accepted the position via phone on Tuesday morning.
It comes after Ms Hull’s success in the countback on Monday with the election set to leave the council with one more seat to fill to have a full panel.
Acting mayor Gwenda Allgood said Ms Hull would bring a lot of experience to the current council.
“I think it is really interesting and the people in Ararat themselves decide on the mix,” she said.
“Everyone has a different style and Fay’s experience will really help her.”
Ms Hull served on council from 2002 to 2008 and again from 2012 to 2016.
Her tenure included two mayoral stints - in 2003-04 and 2007-08.
Cr Allgood said the two had worked closely during previous terms and is looking forward to seeing what Ms Hull adds to the mix.
“Out of all the councillors, I would be the only one who was there when Fay was last in council,” she said.
“I think Fay can bring her knowledge to the table, if you look around the table, it is getting to be a really interesting mix but we need to continue to work hard.
“They’ve nominated to be part of the council and we need to start working together and knuckling down, because I think that is what the people of Ararat want now.”
Ms Hull topped the countback ahead of Gary Hull, Frank Deutsch, Murray Winston Woods and Bernardine Atkinson.
The countback to fill the remaining vacancy left my Darren Ford is set for Wednesday June 6 at the Ararat and Grampians visitor information centre.