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Wednesday Nov 3D Election or appointment for mayors post m m Continued from page I council ate a on any move to ward a municipal complex since I haven had access to the reports and if elected maor would ask council authority to set up a citizens review to consider all the actions taken to date lloss Kaechlrl Ross Knechtel has written a letter to his fellow councillors advis nil them he avail me interim mayor if council decides to fill the vacancy by ap pointment He also says if he chosen for the post he won be a candidate for any council position in the election He has urged council appoint a full time mayor to finish this term and suggested regardless if council opts for an election or appointment the post should be filled with delay Knechtet noted the budget committee and council will be working on the budget in the next little while and to attempt to con struct a budget during an election campaign is unfair to the taxpayer and to the candid ales Budget items becoming elections issues would make things awkward Speedy completion of the Georgetown Secondary Plan is of vital importance to every taxpayer In Halloa Kills both flnin dally and from a community point of view An ejection for mayor at this stage will re- unnecessary and expensive delay In opinion the speedy completion of the final Geor Secondary Plan it more to the finances and the future of Hills than the choosing of a mayor far the balance of this term Turning to the Stevens property purchase he said it should then this should happen when there is an election for the whole coun To do otherwise an exercise in futility To construct a new building or to remodel the existing one is expensive It is my opinion that wc will not have the money to do cither of these in 1364 or in In 1966 or 1967 we may be able to make a start Theappropnalelimeforthistobean election issue is when the 1966 council is elected Rather than spend CO to elect it makes more sense to me to spend a small part of this amount for an independent consultant to give us an unbiased op of the two proposals Bonnet te is solidly opposed to an appoint and feels an election is essential He says he won be a candidate for mayor or any other post which might become vacant He noted council held a by election to Till one of area council seats so one is needed even more now It would be fool to appoint for the top job on council Bonnette also observed there are two years left in council current term the same amount of time as used to constitute a complete term He warned citizens want and expect there will be an election and added while it will cost money to bold byelections there a price for democracy and It must be paid there an election the people will have a choke among candidates who really want to be mayor However as appointment there will be councillors who don really want to be mayor but are willing to lake It if there no risks Jake out of the country on Hon and be reached to comment his preference Sheldon Pam Sheldon says shes weighing the merits of an election against an appoint men She said benefits of an appointment include saving money and being sure that whoever the next mayor will be is someone familiar with the issues She added it would be hard for someone outside of council to step in and know what is go on Sheldon noted there are capable people on council now who are interested in the post At the same time she believes the people have a right to speak democratically on who they want for mayor for now she declared She ruled herself out as a candidate for and said an appointment to region for her at this point is so hypothetical it occurred to me However she added any responsbtle councillor has to look at moving onward and upward if the opportunity presents itself John McDonald McDonald is not running for mayor He says be has a young family at home and wants to spend time with them I enjoy what I doing both at local and regional and with that workload and my job I wouldn t take on a commitment tike the mayors office unless I fdt I could do a good Job He admitted the election would cost approximately but said think the people would probably want to decide who the mayor will be so we should have an elec tion seeking the mayor out but will wait lo sec who the competition is He admits he is still considering the appointment versus election issue I don t know if the taxpayers want to pay for It He noted the recent byelection for one ward only cost and emphasized there was only an IB per cent turn out of voters So I don t know if it was really worth it He recalled that byelection was in good weather and predicted a lower turnout on a January polling day Marilyn SerjeanUon is not trying for mayor at least not right now She favors an election while admitting it would be easier and cheaper to appoint She noted the approximately Mo ooo cost which she felt was a small cost to preserve people demo cratic rights I don I think we have the right to take that away inn Pool trap Poulstrup will definitely not be in any race the the mayoralty He contends there should be an election There are enough contentious Issues that if an appointment was made we would be per to he duping the public He noted there are two years left in this term and pointed out that was the full term of office until last year We have little choice but to bold an election DaveWhluag Prior to leaving town on vacation Dave Whiting said he a candidate for the mayor post through an election or appoint He said be hadnt made up bis mind about an election versus an appoirlment as Harry levy Levy said there is a possibility he could consider trying for mayor but doubted he had the lime to do the job which he said is a full time commitment He sold he had been in council for 17 of the last a part time basis and I don depend on it for my bread and butter He noted as a mayor he would have to devote a great deal of time to It Levy wants the mayor appointed from w thin council claiming the Town needs someone who is knowledgeable or the Town operation as it is now He specified the new Planning Act the Croatian issue finance and a Yes or No to the develop ment of the Stevens property He contend the election of someone outside of council would set them back a year He noted an ap pointment formayor would probably neces sitate a by elect ion somewhere down the line but pointed out it Is much simpler and cheaper to bold a byelection for an area council seat Carney Carney Is not in the mayor On the election versus appointment Issue be said be leaning more to an appointment at the moment after polling many of his constitu ents They re runing He suggested tiicre are ways to spend of the taxpayers money especially when an for mayor would probably be followed by another election