City of Broken Arrow Broken Arrow City Councilors Debra Wimpee and Christi Gillespie were elected mayor and vice mayor, respectively, at the council's Tuesday meeting, the first time in city history the positions will both be held by women. Wimpee, an incumbent who held off multiple challengers to retain her council seat earlier this month, was nominated for the position by Gillespie. (In Broken Arrow's council-manager form of government, mayor and vice mayor are chosen by a vote of the council from among the five elected city councilors.) Each vote was unanimous. "You know, mayors don't cry," longtime Councilor Johnnie Parks told Wimpee, who teared up shortly after the vote on her nomination.