3 minute read
Lyndie Nickel Becomes Mayor for the Village of Ryley
Lyndie Nickel Becomes Mayor for the Village of Ryley
Michelle Pinon - News Advertiser
At the Oct. 10 organizational meeting of Ryley village council, Lyndie Nickel was voted in as Mayor.
Nickel stated that, “Councillor Murphy Murphy nominated me for the mayor seat as she knows that I do an efficient job sitting as the library board chair. I accepted as I thought I would be good for the seat as well.
Brian nominated himself for Mayor but with a split vote, majority were in favour of my nomination. Brian was nominated for and declared Deputy Mayor by acclamation.”
She pointed out that, “We have all been able to share some of the workload with the two new council members with the organizational meeting taking place on Tuesday. We focused most on where our councillors would be most beneficial to the boards and commissions.”
As far as the financial outlook of the Village? Nickel said, “There will be more to do to get the financials back to the satisfaction of council and the residents.” As well, “Bylaws and policies will be reviewed by council in the upcoming months.”
Council members attended the recent provincial conference for elected officials, and said, “The Alberta Municipalities conference was held at the end of September and had a great impression on all of us, and I believe we will want to debrief each other on what we learned and maybe some potential future plans at the next Committee of a Whole meeting.”
There have been a couple of key changes with the Village of Ryley in recent months with the rehiring of former Chief Administrative Officer Glen Hamilton-Brown and Family & Community Support Services (FCSS) Director Mickey Wilson.
Glen as our new CAO has been working on many items that were on back burners as well as the new items that are being brought to his attention almost on a weekly basis from residents.
He's updating council as he gets information and answers all questions from council very timely as he has a lot of knowledge from his background and experience. So far, a month and a half in, I believed we (council and residents) are pleased.
FCSS up and running again has been working well for our residents and I believe they are happy with this change. At the same time, I want to thank Tracy Boast Radley for stepping up for our residents needs as they arose.”
FCSS recently hosted a Community Market and plans are to hold those on a monthly basis. Nickel added that Chair Yoga has restarted and a new program called Tween Time is for youth 10 to 13 years of age.
