Council appoints service board and committee members

By John Watson Local Journalism Initiative Reporter

Wheatland County council members decided, Oct. 24, during their first organizational meeting which boards and committees they would serve on to begin the new term. 

Unless otherwise noted, service on respective boards and committees will be until the 2026 organizational meeting, when positions will next be adjusted. 

All members of council are to serve on the Agriculture Service Board, as well as the Municipal Planning Commission and Public Presentation Committee, the latter of which will be chaired by Reeve Scott Klassen.

Generally, for many of the bodies county council members sit on, two elected officials will serve as representatives unless otherwise necessary. 

Klassen will also serve as the county’s representative on the Regional Emergency Management Committee, and the Drumheller District Solid Waste Management Association.

Deputy Reeve Shannon Laprise will serve as vice chair for the Public Presentation Committee. She has also been decided to represent the county on the Regional Emergency Management Committee, Wheatland Family and Community Support Services, and the Wheatland Regional Corporation. 

Donna Biggar will also represent the County with Wheatland Family and Community Support Services, as well as with Community Futures Wild Rose, and as the alternate representative with Addictions Resource Coalition of Strathmore and Wheatland.

Keith Clayton, newly elected to council and replacing Tom Ikert, has been decided to represent the county with the Marigold Library System and the Wheatland Housing Management Body, and to be the alternate representative for Community Futures Wild Rose, and the Wheatland and Adjacent Districts Emergency Medical Services Association.

Berle Hebbes, also newly elected to council, will be the alternate representative for the Marigold Library System. He will sit on the Addictions Resource Coalition of Strathmore and Wheatland, and the Strathmore and District Ag Society Indoor Writing Arena Advisory Committee.

Glenn Koester, returning to council and restored from his previous sanctions, will once again serve on the Wheatland Housing Management Body, as well as with the Wheatland Regional Corporation, and Wheatland and Adjacent Districts Emergency Medical Services Association.

Rick Laursen will serve as the alternate representative for the Wheatland Family Community Support Services, Wheatland Regional Corporation, and Drumheller District Solid Waste Management Association. Additionally, he will sit on the Wheatland Housing Management Body, Alberta Care, and Wheatland and Adjacent Districts Emergency Medical Services Association.

Specified by division, local councillors will serve as appointed representatives for rural fire associations, and seed cleaning plants, should a facility fall within their divisional boundaries.