Every member of city council sits on several municipal advisory boards, committees and commissions as part of his or her duties, but sometimes councillors have to withdraw for particular reasons.
That’s the case with Coun. Jamey Logan, who had his appointment to the Moose Jaw Tourism Board rescinded during the Feb. 16 regular council meeting. Instead, Coun. Kim Robinson was appointed to the board for a term that starts now and concludes on Dec. 31, 2021.
Council members were asked in late 2020 to indicate on which boards, committees and commissions they wanted to serve, a council report explained. Some councillors put their name forward for the same board, committee or commission, after which votes were cast to approve members to those groups.
“Once all the appointments to the various boards, committees and commissions were completed, it was apparent that the shared number of appointments … were not equally distributed among councillors,” the report added. “A discussion took place among the councillors and they are in agreement to this appointment.”
Coun. Heather Eby supported the change, noting that she hoped in the future that council was more aware of sharing the workload of committees more fairly amongst each other.
Logan agreed, adding this change is to share the workload more evenly and nothing more.
New deputy mayor, committee chairs
During the meeting, council also approved a motion to appoint Eby as deputy mayor starting March 1 and ending on April 30, and/or until a successor is appointed.
Furthermore, Coun. Dawn Luhning was appointed chairwoman of the executive committee and Robinson was appointed chairman of the personnel committee for terms starting March 1 to April 30, and/or until a successor is appointed.
The next regular council meeting is Monday, March 8.
