Joan McGilton was selected Jan. 4 for a third consecutive term as Burien mayor by fellow council members.

The vote was 5-1 with Councilman Jack Block Jr. voting against McGilton. No one else was nominated.

Rose Clark was elected as deputy mayor on a 6-0 vote.

Councilwoman Lucy Krakowiak attended the council meeting but arrived after the votes.

McGilton said she was "very pleased" to be selected again as mayor.

"I think my strength is at facilitating meetings and making sure every council member has a voice," McGilton said.

McGilton was first elected by Burien voters in Nov. 2001 and reelected four years later. She served as deputy mayor in 2005.

McGilton is retired from the Boeing Company where she was an environmental engineer and project manager. Prior to Boeing, she worked as an engineering consultant and on the staff at the city of Seattle Engineering Department.

This is Clark's fourth term as deputy mayor.

Clark served on the council from 1999 to 2003. She returned to the council for a second time after being elected in Nov. 2005.

She also served on the Burien Planning Commission from 1995 to 1997.

She is a library technician at the Tyee High complex in SeaTac.