Nominations open for Carberry councillor seat in byelection
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The Town of Carberry has opened nominations for the byelection of a vacant councillor position.
People have until Feb. 9 to hand in registration papers for the March 17 byelection, which was triggered after Coun. Mike Sudak resigned at the Dec. 9 council meeting.
His last day was Jan. 1.
“Things just got busy, and we’re busy,” Sudak said at the December meeting.
“I don’t want to be the person that’s not coming and getting paid,” he said. “I was going to try my hardest until October, but I would have started not showing up to things and that wouldn’t have been fair to anybody, and especially the public.”
Council thanked Sudak at the meeting, before voting to hold the byelection.
Under the Municipal Act, council wasn’t required to schedule a byelection, as Sudak’s resignation came within a year of the next municipal election on Oct. 28.
Mayor Ray Muirhead said having a byelection would be better for the town, as council wouldn’t be left with four members, making ties more likely.
“We can get by with four, but sometimes four isn’t good, because if (a vote) is a tie, it’s automatically defeated and can’t be addressed for another year,” Muirhead said at the meeting.
Muirhead also said that a byelection would allow the successful candidate to see “if they like it” ahead of the October general election.
Coun. Debbie Rea said having a byelection would allow people “to get their feet wet,” and spoke in favour of scheduling a byelection.
Sudak said council should also consider the cost of running the byelection, before he ultimately voted with the other members.
“How much money is going to cost, and how much personnel time is it going to take?” he asked. “Where do you guys sit on how you agree with things?”
Assistant chief administrative officer Callie Sudak on Wednesday said the dates haven’t yet been set for advanced voting, in case only one or no candidate comes forward.
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