Council for the Village of Holden held a special meeting on Monday, Nov. 10 to appoint the newly elected council members to the local boards and committees.
The agenda item had been deferred from the organizational meeting held Monday, Oct. 27 so that the councillors could first attend the regional council presentations and joint council orientation later that same week.
Council decided to remove Battle River Alliance for Economic Development from the list of boards and committees. Councillor Alan Ramshaw was appointed to the Beaver Ambulance Society with Councillor Tammy Hill as alternate.
Mayor Carl Marsh and Deputy Mayor Tyler Beckett were appointed to the Beaver County Intermunicipal Committee, with Councillor Shawn Cole appointed as alternate. After much discussion, Beckett was appointed to the Beaver Emergency Services Commission with Hill as alternate.
Hill was appointed to Beaver Foundation with Beckett as the alternate, Ramshaw will represent Council on the Claystone Waste Public Advisory Committee with Marsh as the alternate, and, as is often held by the mayor and deputy mayor, Marsh and Beckett were appointed to the Beaver Regional Partnership Committee.
Hill will represent Council on the Beaverhill Players Society with Cole as the alternate.
In the past, Council used to appoint two members and two alternates to the Farmer’s Day Planning Committee but this year Council decided to reduce the representation on that board to one member and one alternate, and those positions will be held by Cole and Hill, respectively.
Hill was appointed to the Go East board with Ramshaw as alternate. Marsh, as mayor, was appointed to the Heritage Resources Committee with Cole as alternate.
Marsh was appointed to the Highway 14 Regional Water Services Commission with Beckett as alternate.
Ramshaw will sit on the Holden Agricultural Society board and Cole will serve as the alternate.
Hill will represent the Village for the Holden Community Hall Association with Beckett as the alternate.
Ramshaw and Beckett were appointed to the Holden Economic Development Committee with Hill as alternate. Cole will represent the Village on the Holden Historical Society (Museum), with Marsh as the alternate.
Hill was appointed to both the Holden Library Board and the Northern Lights Library System (NLLS), with Ramshaw as the alternate for NLLS, as alternates are not permitted on the Holden Library Board.
Marsh was appointed to the Intermunicipal Development Planning Committee with Beckett as alternate.
Cole was appointed as the member for Studio 14 (The Gallery) and Marsh was appointed as alternate.
Cole was appointed to the Tofield and Area Health Services Foundation with Hill as alternate. Ramshaw was appointed to the Viking/Beaver Family and Community Support Services board with Hill as the alternate. The next regular meeting of Council is scheduled for Monday, Nov. 17.
Kari Janzen
Staff Reporter
