New City Council To Be Sworn In
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Monday, December 05, 2005 03:30 AM
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The Inaugural meeting goes at City Hall this evening
Amid much pomp and circumstance, the new City Council will be sworn in this evening.
The ceremony gets underway in Council Chambers in City Hall at 7pm and will open with the Bel Canto Junior Choir singing the National Anthem.
Mayor-elect Colin Kinsley will then present outgoing councillors Cliff Dezell and Dan Rogers with gifts recognizing their long-standing service to the City. After almost a quarter of a century in municipal politics, Dezell decided not to run in the November 19th. After four terms as a councillor, Rogers decided to challenge Kinsley for the mayor's job, but lost by 642 votes. (see earlier story)
The Oaths of Office, officially swearing in the mayor and council to three year terms, will be conducted by Mr. Justice Ian Meiklem. Of the eight councillors, six are incumbents, while Shirley Gratton is returning after a three year absence, and Debora Munoz is making her debut.
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Posted by: owl on December 6 2005 12:14 AM
Inact a by-law to remove heavy traffic from the 5th Avenue - Carney Street corridor. This puts the emphysis on the province and the feds to get their act together and build a bridge if they want the tax revenue that is generated from the mills along river road.
Prince George can't afford to be held hostage any longer by big industry in the downtown core. Making them use the bridge behind Northwood across the Fraser River would add incentive for them to lobby the feds into a new bridge; level the playing field with other mills not located in the downtown; and most importantily ensure the safety of the citizens of PG in the town core on one of the cities most congested routes.
Then with the stick delivered the city can start to look at options to relocate those mills out to the old Shelly site if they still want to be right across the river from the pulp mills. This would be the first step in reclaiming the river front for the downtown to be followed by a relocation of the CN Rail yard.
Either way the feds and province help pay for a new bridge at the urging of industry, or PG gets its river front back. Both would be good for the citizens of PG.
Time Will Tell