The Moose Jaw Museum & Art Gallery and the Cultural Centre will vote for their own directors during their respective annual general meetings, after city council declined to nominate any candidates to the two boards.
Council made the decision to not exercise its nominating authority during its March 25 meeting.
Election of directors of Buffalo Pound Corporation
City council voted 6-1 to authorize city manager Jim Puffalt to vote for the election of Judith May and Dale Schoffer to the Buffalo Pound Water Treatment Corporation board of directors, during the corporation’s upcoming membership meeting. These re-appointments are for three-year terms.
Coun. Brian Swanson was opposed.
The City of Regina and City of Moose Jaw are voting members of Buffalo Pound. Each municipality can use its voting rights to appoint members to the board of directors, based on the recommendation of the governance and nominating committee.
Buffalo Pound Corporation believes the best number of directors for its board is six, according to a report from city administration. Since 2016, directors have been elected on a staggered basis.
Schoffer retired recently from the University of Regina as associate vice-president of finance, a position he held for 20 years.
May retired from SaskPower in 2015, after working for the Crown corporation for 34 years in roles such as customer service and management.
Art museum annual general meeting
City council voted to not exercise its ability to elect a majority of the board of directors at the annual general meeting of the Moose Jaw Art Museum.
The municipality has the power to appoint directors to the museum board based on a bylaw created in 1995. According to an administrative report, the municipality’s past practice has been to not exercise its authority to appoint a majority of the board of directors. The museum board has been allow to elect its own directors during its annual meeting each March.
One city councillor sits on the board as a representative of city council.
The art museum’s AGM is on Thursday, March 28 at 7 p.m. at the Moose Jaw Public Library.
Cultural Centre annual meeting
Council also voted to not use its ability to elect a majority of the board of directors at the upcoming annual general meeting of the Moose Jaw Cultural Centre.
The decision to not exercise this ability was based on similar reasons as for the art museum.
The art museum’s annual general meeting was held last night.
