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Setting the stage for the next two years, Mayor Roy Avis appointed councillors to the numerous town committees and district and regional boards at Monday night’s meeting.
And reasoning that councillors have done such a good job, the mayor re-appointed each of them to the same committees and boards they’re currently sitting on.
“We’re exactly halfway through our term,” Mayor Avis noted. “It’s our first meeting for the next two years, and I’d like to thank those members of council for participating.
“It’s been extraordinary the last two years,” he added. “We’ve had so many issues that have come forward and council has always stepped to the plate, and I’d like to thank you for that.”
And because they all have been working so diligently in their positions, Mayor Avis said he decided not to move anyone from any of the boards or committees they currently sit on.
The appointments are as follows:
•Administration and Finance executive committee—Couns. Ken Perry, Sharon Tibbs, and Andrew Hallikas;
•Planning and Development executive committee—Couns. John Albanese, Rick Wiedenhoeft, and Tibbs;
•Operations and Facilities executive committee—Couns. Paul Ryan, Wiedenhoeft, and Perry;
•Community Services executive committee—Couns. Albanese, Hallikas, and Ryan;
•“Citizen of the Year” selection committee—Couns. Hallikas and Ryan;
•Court of Revision—Couns. Perry, Albanese, and Tibbs;
•Economic Development Advisory Committee—Coun. Perry;
•Regional Economic Development Advisory Committee—Coun. Perry;
•Fort Frances Chamber of Commerce—Coun. Albanese;
•First Nations Relations Advisory Committee—Mayor Roy Avis, and Couns. Wiedenhoeft, and Ryan;
•Sister Betty Kennedy board of management—Couns. Albanese and Hallikas;
•Town of Fort Frances Police Services Board—Mayor Avis and Coun. Wiedenhoeft;
•Moffat Family Fund steering committee—Coun. Albanese, Hallikas, and Ryan;
•Northwestern Health Unit—Coun. Ryan;
•Fort Frances Volunteer Bureau board of directors—Coun. Wiedenhoeft;
•Rainy River District Municipal Association executive—Coun. Tibbs;
•Suggestions Awards Committee—Coun. Perry;
•Street Lighting Inspection Committee—Coun. Perry;
•Negotiating committee for CUPE Local #65—Mayor Avis, and Couns. Hallikas and Ryan;
•Negotiating committee for Fort Frances Professional Firefighters Association—Mayor Avis, and Couns. Hallikas and Perry;
•St. Francis Sportsfield Management Committee—Coun. Wiedenhoeft;
•Theatre Management Advisory Committee—Coun. Hallikas;
•Fort Frances Public Library Board—Couns. Tibbs and Wiedenhoeft;
•Business Improvement Area board of management—Coun. Albanese;
•Salary Structure and Administration Practices Committee—Mayor Avis and Coun. Hallikas;
•Municipal Control Group—Mayor Avis (alternate is deputy mayor Tibbs);
•Rainy River Social Services Administration Board—Coun. Perry;
•Doctor Recruitment and Retention Committee—Couns. Hallikas and Ryan;
•Sunny Cove Camp Advisory Committee—Couns. Tibbs and Perry;
•“Fun in the Sun” steering committee—Couns. Hallikas and Perry; and
•Off-Leash Dog Park Committee—Couns. Hallikas and Perry.
These appointments are for a two-year term ending Nov. 30, 2014.
A motion also was passed Monday night to appoint Coun. Tibbs as deputy mayor.
The mayor and all six councillors also were appointed to the committee of the whole, with the chairperson to rotate on a six-month basis.
Coun. Hallikas will serve as chair first until March 31, 2013, with Coun. Perry to be vice-chair.
