As part-owner of the Buffalo Pound Water Treatment Plant, the City of Moose Jaw will use its voting powers to re-elect two directors during an upcoming membership meeting.
City council voted unanimously during its April 12 regular meeting to have city manager Jim Puffalt — as a proxy — exercise the municipality’s voting rights in the Buffalo Pound Water Treatment Corporation (BPWTC) at the upcoming membership meeting to re-appoint Grant Ring and Dave Richards for new three-year terms that end April 2024.
The corporation’s current board comprises seven directors whose terms expire in April 2021, 2022 and 2023. A council report noted that the BPWTC board supports the re-appointment of Ring and Richards, especially since the organization is launching a major water plant renewal project.
Ring is a chartered professional accountant and is the vice-president, supply chain at SaskPower, while Richards is a professional engineer with much water management experience in Saskatchewan.
The two re-appointments round out competencies on the BPWTC board and ensure geographic representation from Moose Jaw and Regina, the report added. Besides approval from Moose Jaw city council, Regina city council planned to consider the nominations on April 14.
Board members are limited to nine consecutive years of service.
The next regular city council meeting is Monday, April 26.
