Vegreville Swears in New Town Council

Rosanne Fortier - News Correspondent

His Worship Mayor Tim MacPhee welcomed everyone to the Swearing In Ceremony for the new Town Council for the next four years at Council Chambers on October 27.

The evening began with Commissioner CAO Sandra Ling swearing in Mayor MacPhee to Town Council.

MacPhee then went forth and swore in the Town Councillors-Marielle Brodziak, Justin Curtis, Lisa Gegolick, Jerrold Lemko, Taneen Rudyk, Colby Warawa.

MacPhee mentioned that this new council has been learning a lot in the past few days.

On how they felt about this learning curve. This is the first term for Warawa, who shared that there have been about 10 hours of learning so far since Wednesday, October 22, and it is a lot to take on, but he is excited to learn and represent Vegreville as best as possible.  

Gegolick will be in her first term. “I am excited. There is a lot to learn, and I will go with the flow for the first little bit, and learn all the ways we can make positive change.”

Brodziak is in her third term and used to all the learning involved. “There are a few things that changed, but overall, everything looks pretty much the same. So, I am relaxed in my role, and looking forward to getting back to work and serving the constituents of Vegreville.”

Rudyk will be in her fifth term and shared that her goals are to continue more of the things they are doing well, and to do a better job of communicating with the public, which is an area they can always grow in. “I am excited about having some fresh faces and some experienced points of view, and balancing that as we move forward as a community with 6109, as of last year, for the first time.”

Curtis will be in his second term and feels more knowledgeable about what is going on. He plans to be super effective.

For Lemko’s third term, he wants to continue to move Vegreville forward as they have been doing for the last two terms. They have been making a lot of progress in the community, and he wants to keep this energy up.

MacPhee looks forward to starting his fourth term, to building a new team, and moving the ball forward in what they have been working on for quite a few years. He also looks forward to getting together and listening to what everyone’s points of view are because it is nice to have new people and learn what their thoughts are, as well as being effective and working for this community as fast as they can.