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# Larry DeVilbiss is officially the new mayor of the Mat-Su Borough
- URL: https://ktna.org/larry-devilbiss-is-officially-the-new-mayor-of-the-mat-su-borough/
- Published: 2011-01-31T09:00:00.000Z
- Updated: 2011-01-31T09:00:00.000Z
- Description: Larry DeVilbiss officially became the new mayor for the Mat-Su Borough when he took the oath of office last Friday at the Assembly chambers in Palmer. In a special election
- Author: KTNA Staff
- Tags: Local News, #wp, #wp-post, #Import 2026-07-22 01:28

Larry DeVilbiss officially became the new mayor for the Mat-Su Borough when he took the oath of office last Friday at the Assembly chambers in Palmer. In a special election held in early January, DeVilbiss managed to receive 3,964 votes. The runner-up candidate Brian Sullivan received 2,616 votes.

DeVilbiss will serve a partial term in office until October 2012 because the former mayor Talis Colberg resigned when he took a job with the Mat-Su College.

With the mayor’s position filled, the Mat-Su borough is still looking for a borough manager to run day-to-day affairs.

The assembly decided a few months ago to put a search firm in charge of finding a new borough manager. The decision came after the assembly did their own search and identified a top candidate who reconsidered, and didn’t accept the borough’s offer.

The search firm has received a list of 50 interested candidates and whittled it down to a few. The assembly in their next special meeting on Tuesday will narrow it down even further.