Today marks the first day on the job for new Mt. Carmel mayor Joe Judge. Judge was sworn in by Judge Michael Valentine during ceremonies last evening at City Hall. After being sworn in, Judge delivered a three minute speech touching on a variety of issues he’ll undertake during his four year term…
Jobs were a big topic of the campaign that saw Judge defeat former Mayor Bill Hudson by 40 percentage points in last month’s election. And the new mayor touched on the subject last night..
Wrapping up his remarks, Judge embraced the challenge of the next four years…
Also sworn in last night were commissioners Justin Dulgar who will continue to oversee the water and sewer departments, Rod Rodriguez who remains fire commissioner, Eric Ikemire who is the new finance commissioner, and Tom Meeks who is now street commissioner.
