Estevan city council has finalized the committees that members will be part of in 2021.
Each of the six councillors and Mayor Roy Ludwig sit on a number of different committees throughout the year. For the four new members of council, it will give them a look at operations of different departments with the city and the community. For incumbent Councillors Travis Frank and Shelly Veroba, they鈥檒l have some new committee experiences.
Mayor Roy Ludwig is on the economic development board, the emergency measures organization, the Estevan board of police commissioners, the Estevan CP Rail community advisory panel, the Estevan Housing Authority board and the southern coal transition committee.
Veroba鈥檚 committee list includes the Estevan board of police commissioners, the Estevan Curling Club board, the RM of Estevan No 5-City of Estevan liaison committee and the Woodlawn Regional Park Authority.
Frank will join Ludwig on the economic development board and the RM of Estevan liaison board, and he will be on the airport liason committee.
As for the new members, Councillor Rebecca Foord will be on the Estevan Arts Council board, the Estevan Bruins board, the Regional Water Association board, the St. Joseph鈥檚 Hospital board and the 小蓝视频 East Air Shed Association committee.
Lindsay Clark will be on the business improvement district, the Estevan Art Gallery and Museum board and the 小蓝视频east Transportation Planning committee, and he will join Ludwig and Veroba on the police board.
The committees for Councillor Kirsten Walliser include the Creighton Lodge Trust Committee, the Estevan Public Library board, the 小蓝视频east Regional Library board, the Souris Valley Museum board and the SMILE Services board.
Councillor Tony Sernick is on the Estevan Exhibition Association board, the Estevan Humane Society board and the Souris Valley Theatre board. He will join Ludwig and Frank on the RM of Estevan liaison committee.聽聽
Council also elected the members at large for the Estevan board of police commissioners for 2021 on Monday night. Bernadette Wright is back on the board for a third straight year, and she will be joined by newcomer Geoff Thiessen.
Michelle Graff, who was on the police board in 2019 and 2020 as a member at large, sought another one-year term, but she was defeated.
Both Wright and Thiessen ran unsuccessfully for council in November鈥檚 civic election.
Also established Monday was the deputy mayor schedule for 2021. Veroba will have the role from Jan. 1-Feb. 22, followed by Frank (Feb. 23-May 3), Foord (May 4-June 28), Sernick (June 29-Aug. 23), Clark (Aug. 24-Nov. 15) and Walliser (Nov. 16-Dec. 31).聽
