Hall Getting to Work Right Away
( at right, Mayor elect Lyn Hall)
Hall is already thinking about when the new team will be able to huddle to set the strategic goals for this council “I think it will probably be in the first week of January as it stands right now. The reason it’s not in December is because I have learned a couple of the councilors may be away for a period of time in December, and I also want Administration to have the opportunity to set that strategic planning session up the way I think it will best meet the needs of Council.” He says he anticipates that strategic planning session could take two or three days.
The election on the weekend saw an increase in voter turnout in Prince George, up about 6% over the 2011 election.
In all there were 19,710 ballots cast, but not all made a selection for Mayor.
If you add up the number who voted for each Mayoral candidate, you get a total of 19,313 which is 397 short of the total number of ballots cast.
Would those ballots have changed the result? No, but the numbers do provide some food for thought as there were nearly 400 voters who felt a disconnect with the two candidates, and in effect, chose “none of the above” by deciding not to support one or the other. “Perhaps if there was a third candidate running, they would have voted for the third” says Hall “but I think it’s a different race when you just have two candidates running.”
Mayor elect Lyn Hall has promised he will work to reconnect the community with City Hall and will work to define the strengths of each of the members on Council so they can work to the benefit of the whole community.
One of the first items to be dealt with will be the fluoride referendum. There were voters who ignored that question as well. 18,935 voters marked yes or no on their ballot, while 775 took no stand on the referendum question it was the side that called for the city to cease it’s practice of adding fluoride to the water which won out in the end. Hall says he hopes to have that issue dealt with sooner rather than later “I would like to deal with that in January or February” He says he will be looking at the items already being developed for upcoming agendas, “If we could fit that referendum in in January, that is where I would like to deal with it. I would like to see it taken care of immediately and not let it drag out.”
Comments
I think mayor Hall is saying the right things so far. I look forward to council following up on the referendum results as soon as possible. I hope he is able to coral city administration and provide for proper oversight that the community can have confidence in. I wish him the best of luck.
Time Will Tell
Let the resignations begin in upper city management
kendoo – Let us hope that Hall(chair) does not repeat SD#57 thank you to exempt staff for their so-called retirement departure – $25,000 for each individual to a tune of $500,0000. It was certainly was a great gift at the same time that schools were shutting down and students were receiving lesser resources.
Good management can save millions, poor management can waste millions, there is a balance. Maybe it cost $500,000 but what was the gain? I don’t know but we are not talking about a small business, the city is a $100+ million operation and so is the School Board. Just sayin. That is a $100,000,000 budget, you are talking about 0.5% of it’s budget.
^ if this is true… then good for him. Senior teachers could make up to $100,000 a year. A new teacher? About 40,000. Looks like that decision would have paid off within half a year.
Now we will get to see what Hall’s agenda is….
The $25,000 good-bye kiss (SD#57) DID NOT go to support staff or teachers – just exempt and administration.
Hall is already thinking about when the new team will be able to huddle to set the strategic goals for this council “I think it will probably be in the first week of January as it stands right now. The reason it’s not in December is because I have learned a couple of the councilors may be away for a period of time in December..
So when do the councilor’s pay start .. first of January/first of December??? On would think that everyone elected would be ready to go asap!!
Congratulations Lyn Hall. Good to see that you are already gearing up to hopefully tear down the secrecy surrounding City Hall and stop the terrible waste of our tax money.
Brian Skakun has been trying for years to get answers out of City Hall and all the bureaucrats there have done is throw roadblocks up to prevent him from obtaining the truth that the taxpayers elected him to do. Again, the results of the election on November 15 confirm the voters support Brian Skakun fully.
It is time to clean house in City Hall. Let’s send a few to prison or at the very least, show them the road which takes them far away from the city payroll!
I am sure looking forward to that fluoride coming out of our water supply. I just hate that smell…every glass that I drink smells like bleach..don’t even want to drink it when I smell that!
sunnyday 2, the smell in your water is not due to fluoride. It is chlorine and the chlorine stays, it is what keeps our water safe to drink.
sunnyday 2, sorry to tell you that while you may be looking forward to the fluoride coming out of our water supply, that bleach smell is from the chlorine in the water system!
Posted on Monday, November 17, 2014 @ 9:17 AM by bcracer
Now we will get to see what Hall’s agenda is….
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You mean, just like we do after every election?
“It is time to clean house in City Hall. Let’s send a few to prison or at the very least, show them the road which takes them far away from the city payroll!”
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Silly Joe, don’t you know, the old boys clubs will never turn on their secret keepers.
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