Mecklenburg County commissioners will be sworn in for a new term a special meeting Monday night, where they'll also elect their leadership for the next two years. The big question is whether commissioners will re-elect the current chair, Democrat Trevor Fuller.
Fuller was the No. 2 vote-getter among at-large candidates in the Nov. 8 election. The Charlotte Observer reports that top vote-getter, Democrat Pat Cotham, has brokered a deal with the three Republican commissioners to elect Democrat Ella Scarborough as chair.
Democrats ousted Cotham as chair in 2013, replacing her with Fuller. He was re-elected in 2014.
That deal supposedly would make Republican Jim Puckett the vice chair.
The meeting begins at 6 p.m. at Charlotte Mecklenburg Government Center.
[UPDATE: Commissioner Scarborough was elected chair by a 5-4 vote, with Commissioner Puckett named vice chair by the same margin.]
