At its regular meeting Nov. 10, Peace River town council chose its deputy mayor for the year.
Brad Carr will be the active deputy mayor for the next year, representing the town with Mayor Shelly Shannon in the two top positions.
Shannon explains it had been suggested at the end of the last term to rotate the position of deputy mayor through each council member, excluding the mayor, every four months in alphabetical order of their last name. Shannon explains this change was not completed at the regular meeting, with council choosing to instead elect its deputy mayor for the year.
“It was originally changed at the end of the last term (to the rotation), but we decided we preferred a more consistent approach,” Shannon explains.
“The current council decided it was better the way it was before, with the deputy mayor being selected at the organizational meeting annually.”
The change was initially proposed because last term’s council thought having each councillor experience being deputy mayor beneficial, however; administration said changing signatures every four months and other administrative efforts may be too cumbersome to be effective.
Shannon says council decided at the Nov. 10 meeting they agreed with the concerns of administration and chose to revert back to the original bylaw.
Emily Plihal
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