“Thanks to my wife for not having me around for a month and a half campaigning. And, thank you to my team.”
Lequire joins Mayor Lori Ackerman, Trevor Bolin, Lilia Hansen, Gord Klassen, Byron Stewart, and Tony Zabinsky on council.
Lequire will be sworn in at the beginning of the May 25th regular council meeting.
Voter turnout was up by one percent over the last by-election in 2017 to right per cent. A total of 1,240 votes were cast out of 15,249 eligible voters.
The 2021 by-election saw a high number of mail-in votes due to the pandemic.
A total of 1,120 voters headed to the polls during the 2017 By-election.
Remuneration: $35,514.29
Overall, recently retired City Manager Dianne Hunter earned the most out of all employees at $352,678, up from $241,223.07 in 2019.
In the report, it’s mentioned that Hunter’s compensation includes “vacation entitlement not taken but accrued over 13 years and paid out in 2020.”
“Further employment compensation obligations with this former employee, post-retirement, will continue through to 2022,” the report continues.
In total, the city doled out $20.19 million on salaries and $136,541.37 on expenses. In 2019, the city paid $20.6 million in remuneration and reimbursed $382,063.07 in expenses.
Over $71 million was spent on goods and services in 2020.
The full financial statement can be viewed here.
The report will be presented to council on May 10th.
Lilia Hansen and Moira Green from Community Futures and Russ Beerling from the Fort St. John Chamber met with Baptiste Marcere at the North Peace Cultural Centre Friday, part of a walk downtown to . . .