They do not get sworn in until December 1st, but Tanya Vrebosch already has some strong opinions about how this new look city council should operate.
Tanya, who is joined by her father Bill Vrebosch on council, finished on top in the 26-person council race and is excited to take on the title of Deputy Mayor and Budget Chief.
She believes West Ferris Community Centre, Kings Landing and the Splash Pad with change rooms are some of the key priorities for the new council to figure out. She also pointed out Casselholme, a potential new police station and a library are also in the mix.
Vrebosch believes the new council needs to find a better way to communicate, as she felt that was a problem the last four years.
“The first thing we need to figure out is a really good way of communicating, because communication has not been the best at city hall internally or externally with the public and that needs to be the first thing we need to address I believe,” said Vrebosch.
Vrebosch says she will be having a meeting with mayor Al McDonald on Friday to help get the ball rolling.
A lot of decisions on major projects in the city were not made and the election may have caused some of that delay. However, Vrebosch believes that decision making was something that was a challenge for the former council well before election signs were planted into the ground.
“If you go back the last four years it was like that the whole four years where decisions were never made and everything was put to sub-committees so I do not know,” said Vrebosch.
“It got worse before the election but I think this council from what they said it sounds like they are going to be more decisive and it does not mean we all have to agree. Maybe we make a decision that we do not go forward or we do not pick the option that was kicked around by the last council. All we have to do is make our decision, no matter what it is, and move on.”
Vrebosch hopes the new council can get together for a brainstorming session before December 1st.
“Everything is going to be pushed back but we kind of need to have a rough plan on where people’s priorities are and from what I understand people are ready to get things moving, take things off sub-committees and make decisions,” she said.
