There were some shake-ups during Wednesday night’s city council organizational meeting.
Les Ellsworth was appointed as Deputy Mayor, taking the reins from Councillor Kathy Valentino, who had served in the position three times before.
Ellsworth will also chair the Finance and Legislative and Government Affairs committees, and will co-chair the Development Review committee.
During yesterday’s City Beat, Mayor Colleen Smook explained the reason why she decided Ellsworth was up to the task was because he had the most amount of votes during last year’s municipal election, and worked hard during his first year as a councillor.
Smook also ran down the other new committee chairs and members, and appointed the new Youth Members from R.D. Parker Collegiate, who are listed below:
City of Thompson Committee Chairs 2019-2020
Finance and Administration
Chair: Deputy Mayor Les Ellsworth
Vice-Chair: Councillor Kathy Valentino
Human Resources
Chair: Councillor Judy Kolada
Vice-Chair: Councillor Earl Colbourne
Public Works and Infrastructure
Chair: Councillor Kathy Valentino
Vice-Chair: Councillor Andre Proulx
Public Safety
Chair: Councillor Brian Lundmark
Vice-Chair: Councillor Duncan Wong
Recreation and Community Services
Chair: Councillor Jeff Fountain
Vice-Chair: Councillor Kathy Valentino
Legislative and Intergovernmental Affairs
Chair: Deputy Mayor Les Ellsworth
Vice Chairs: Councillors Duncan Wong and Brian Lundmark
Development Review
Chair: Councillor Judy Kolada
Vice-Chair: Councillor Brian Lundmark
Communications
Chair: Councillor Andre Proulx
Vice-Chair: Deputy Mayor Les Ellsworth
Board of Revision
Chair: Councillor Earl Colbourne
Vice Chairs: Councillors Judy Kolada and Andre Proulx
Secretary to the Board: Tammy Parobec, Executive Assistant
Youth Members of the Standing Committees
Kendra Martinussen: Recreation and Community Services Commitee
Jasraj Kullar: Communications Committee
Taylar Hanson-Oliveira: Public Safety Committee
Karisma Vyas: Finance and Administration Committee
Drew Heskin: Student Delegate to City Council
