The Bremerton City Council elected Eric Younger as council president and chose Jane Rubalowski as vice president during its Jan. 2 meeting.

Council members nominated candidates for both officer positions and held ballots. With only one nominee for president, a motion directed the city clerk to cast the ballot for Eric Younger; the motion carried unanimously on a roll call vote. For vice president, councilmembers cast individual ballots; Rubalowski received five votes and Jennifer Chamberlain received two, making Rubalowski the council’s vice president.

The votes followed the council’s public comment period for the nominations; no members of the public addressed the items. The council conducted the officer elections at the start of the meeting after an earlier briefing and an amended agenda that added item 5(c).

The officer elections set the council leadership for the year. The council moved immediately from elections to other business, including the consent agenda and public recognition.