Bradford has a new Mayor with a familiar name.
Tom Riel was sworn in as Mayor at the end of tonight’s City Council meeting. Riel, formerly the Deputy Mayor, assumed the office upon the resignation of former Mayor James McDonald.
Riel was first elected to the office in 2011. In 2019 he lost a bid for a fourth term to a write-in campaign by McDonald and was elected to the City Council in 2021.