City council has approved an updated schedule that lays out the roles each member will hold on council and other committees for the next 12 months.
During the Jan. 11 regular meeting, city council approved a schedule that appoints members as deputy mayor and chairs of standing committees from Jan. 1 to Dec. 31, 2021. Traditionally, the appointments of deputy mayor, executive committee chair and personnel committee chair are for a term of two months on a rotational basis.
City administration had presented this schedule in December, but the list needed to be updated after one councillor pointed out the nominations didn’t reflect past practice of appointing deputy mayors based on the percentage of votes received during the municipal election.
During the 2020 municipal election, Jamey Logan received 3,858 votes, followed by Crystal Froese with 2,913, Heather Eby with 2,899, Dawn Luhning with 2,686, Kim R. Robinson with 2,195 and Doug Blanc with 2,132.
Logan was deputy mayor for November and December, while Froese was chair of the executive committee.
According to the new schedule for 2021:
- From Jan. 1 to Feb. 28, Froese will be deputy mayor, Eby will be the chair of executive committee and Luhning will be the chair of the personnel committee
- From March 1 to April 30, Eby will be deputy mayor, Luhning will be the chair of executive committee and Robinson will be the chair of the personnel committee
- From May 1 to June 30, Luhning will be deputy mayor, Robinson will be the chair of executive committee and Blanc will be the chair of the personnel committee
- From July 1 to Aug. 31, Robinson will be deputy mayor, Blanc will be the chair of executive committee and Logan will be the chair of the personnel committee
- From Sept. 1 to Oct. 31, Blanc will be deputy mayor, Logan will be the chair of executive committee and Froese will be the chair of the personnel committee
- From Nov. 1 to Dec. 31, Logan will be deputy mayor, Froese will be the chair of executive committee and Eby will be the chair of the personnel committee
The next regular council meeting is Monday, Jan. 25.
