Former Council member Bruce Kleeberger won the Mayor’s chair by acclamation...
New mayor sworn in
MAYOR BRUCE KLEEBERGER--is sworn in by Town Administrator Pat Vincent at Monday’s regular meeting of Elk Point Town Council.
New Elk Point Mayor Bruce Kleeberger was sworn in Monday night, and lost no time in taking up the reins of office. Kleeberger told Council he would have preferred to test the electorate at the polls, but since no other candidates for the position came forth, he is prepared to lead the Town to the best of his ability. Kleeberger says he has ‘a lot of catching up to do’ to acquaint himself with the current status of the Town’s operation, and has already started to do this by studying the minutes of recent meetings and committee meetings.
Kleeberger himself was quickly placed on one committee, the Development Appeal Board, where he replaces Larry Demchuk, who voluntarily filled in — an elected official was available for the post.
Plans regarding signage at the Recreation Land ball diamonds came before Council, who sent the correspondence from the Lions Club to the Recreation Board for their input. The Lions were the only local group to contribute locally raised funding to the construction of the ball diamonds.
Information on a community promotion package offered by Trade and Commerce magazine. was presented to Council by Chamber of Commerce President Vicki Brooker, following a recommendation by the Tourism Action Committee. However, it was determined that funding through the Tourism Action Plan cannot be used on projects initiated before the approval of the plan, and while the idea of advertising in the publication and obtaining the accompanying brochures was approved in principle, it will be delayed until the next time the magazine covers the Alberta market area.
Elk Point’s aforementioned Tourism Action Plan preliminary draft was approved in principle by Council, and will now go before the public for their input before a final draft is made for presentation to the government.
Council also approved the renewal of the residential and non-residential garbage collection contract with Laidlaw Waste Systems for a further 3-year term. Rates for both will stay the same as 1988 during the first year of the contract, with a 5 percent raise in each of the two following years. It was noted that Elk Point is paying one of the lowest rates in western Canada for collection and disposal of non-residential refuse, at $2.14 per cubic yard, compared to a western Canadian average of $3.50 per cubic yard.
Increased costs for putting the Water Treatment Plant’s two additional banks of filters into operation were brought to Council, who determined that since the originally planned for liquid alum feeder is not thought to be necessary since the filter medium was changed last summer, the extra funding can be applied to the filters.
November 23 1988
And now..a by-election
Dr. Bruce Kleeberger became Elk Point’s mayor by acclamation last Wednesday, when he was the lone nominee for the vacant chair at the head of Elk Point’s Council table. Kleeberger is a former member of Town Council, serving from 1983 to 1986.
Three nominations were received for the vacant Councillor position: Adele Mandryk, making her first attempt at a Council seat, Lawrence Pidluzny, who also ran in the 1986 general election, and former Elk Point mayor Ed Buck.
Elk Point voters will go to the polls Wednesday, December 14 to make their choice for councillor in the by-election.
