The first-term councillor becomes seventh candidate to register so far for the Norfolk mayor’s chair. Ward 6 councillor Adam Veri has joined the race to become the next mayor of Norfolk County. The first-term councillor filed his nomination papers on Thursday making him the seventh candidate to register so far for the mayor’s chair. Article contentJoining him the race are Noel Haydt, Doug Brunton, Ken Hewitt, Rhyus Reeves, Keith Milner and David Finch. Veri said he’d wrestled with the idea of running for mayor for the past couple months.