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Commissioner Beam Furr Takes Over As Broward County Mayor

man is sworn in to mayor office.
Caitie Switalski
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WLRN
Broward County's newest mayor, Beam Furr, is installed as of Tuesday morning during the commission meeting.

Beam Furr is the new mayor of Broward County.  

He was greeted with a standing ovation in the commission chambers in downtown Fort Lauderdale Tuesday morning.

He previously served as vice mayor under former Mayor Barbara Sharief. He also was a Hollywood city commissioner for 12 years. Before entering public service, he was a schoolteacher for 26 years. 

Furr also introduced the first ordinance to ban fracking in Broward County. 

The Broward County Commission chooses every year a mayor and a vice mayor among the nine members elected by district.  The mayor is considered the county's official representative and presides over  the commission's meetings. 

Hollywood City Commissioner Debra Case came to watch the swearing-in ceremony: 

“Beam is a long time friend of Hollywood. We’re looking forward to him being mayor. I think he’s going to do an awesome job,” she said.

U.S. Congresswoman Debbie Wasserman Schultz was also in the audience. She gave Sharief praise for being a strong and accomplished leader, but she believes Furr will do a good job in the year to come.

“I’m thrilled for Beam Furr, the incoming mayor, known him for years. A calm and steady hand,” Wasserman Schultz said.

The commission also picked a new vice mayor, Mark Bogen. However, Commissioner Dale Holness was also nominated.

Outgoing Mayor Sharief thanked Furr for the work he’d done as vice mayor. She gave the State of the County address just before Furr was installed. Sharief received accolades of her own for presiding over the commission during the Fort Lauderdale airport shooting and Hurricane Irma this year.

Caitie Muñoz, formerly Switalski, leads the WLRN Newsroom as Director of Daily News & Original Live Programming. Previously she reported on news and stories concerning quality of life in Broward County and its municipalities for WLRN News.
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