By the time the municipal election comes around this year, our city council will have held 19 regular city council meetings (not counting special sessions like Wednesday night's meeting required).
With meetings for the most part twice a month now (some months ask for a less onerous comittment), the need to be in attendance to tend to the affairs of the city isn’t quite as challenging as it was in recent times when council meetings were held every week.
On November 15th, Prince Rupert residents will make that trek to the polls that they make every three years, ready to choose those candidates that will get to finish the final council session of December 10th for the 2008 council year and start a brand new year of governance in 2009.
So with all of that drama to come, we thought we’d provide a bit of an attendance check, just so Podunkians can see who spent the most time in council chambers in 2008 and who was absent from their twice a month duties during the current council year. We’ll update this list every two weeks, as the details of each council meeting become public domain.
We shall glean our statistics from the city’s very own website, where each upcoming meetings agenda features the minutes of the preceding council meeting, including the naming of the names of those in attendance.
Much like grade school, Gold stars will be assigned prior to Election Day for those with the best attendance record. Poor attendance will require that a note be sent home for further discussion…
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The attendance tracker will be found in the right hand column section, in the Podunk Service section listings.
Scheduled City Council sessions in 2008
City Council attendance tracker 2008
Regular city council sessions (18* so far in 2008)
Mayor Herb Pond-- In attendance for 16, absent for 2
Councillor Ken Cote-- In attendance for 13, absent for 5
Councillor Tony Briglio-- In attendance for 18
Councillor Sheila Gordon-Payne--In attendance for 16, absent for 2
Councillor Nelson Kinney--In attendance for 15, absent for 3
Councillor Kathy Bedard-- In attendance for 13, absent for 5
Councillor Joy Thorkelson--In attendance for 16, absent for 2
*session for April 28 had Councillor Briglio participating electronically
*session for March 25 was cancelled (see description below)
Click on dates below for more information
November 10, 2008
October 27, 2008
October 14, 2008
September 8, 2008
August 18, 2008
July 28, 2008
July 8, 2008
June 23, 2008
June 9, 2008
May 26, 2008
May 12, 2008
April 28,2008
April 14, 2008
March 25, 2008
March 10, 2008
February 25, 2008
February 11, 2008
January 28, 2008
January 14, 2008
Special city council sessions (3 so far in 2008)
Mayor Herb Pond-- Absent from chambers for 1 *, In attendance for 2
Councillor Ken Cote-- In attendance for 3
Councillor Tony Briglio-- In attendance for 3
Councillor Sheila Gordon--Payne--In attendance for 2, Absent for 1
Councillor Nelson Kinney--In attendance for 3
Councillor Kathy Bedard-- Absent for 1, In attendance for 2
Councillor Joy Thorkelson--In attendance for 2, Absent from chambers for 1 **
**-Mayor Pond participated electronically on January 23
**-Councillor Thorkelson participated electronically May 5
Click on dates below for more information
November 12, 2008
October 16, 2008
January 23, 2008
May 5, 2008
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