
By MorinvilleNews.com Staff
Morinville – Mayor Lloyd Bertschi and the six councillors who will serve by his side over the next three years were sworn in by the Honourable Ken Kowalski, speaker of the Alberta Legislative Assembly and Barrhead-Morinville-Westlock MLA, Friday afternoon.
The public ceremony was well attended by Town staff, friends and family of the council members and by members of the general public.
Veteran councillors Gordon Boddez, Paul Krauskopf and Ben Van De Walle are joined by first term Councillors Nicole Boutestein, Lisa Holmes and David Pattison, each of whom have been appointed to various boards and committees.
Mayor Bertschi will again be involved in Disaster Services with Ben Van De Walle as an alternate.
Newcomers Nicole Boutestein and David Pattison will represent council on the Assessment Review Board but will have to take training prior to sitting in on any hearings.
Van De Walle will continue representing council with the Alberta Capital Region Waste Water Sewage Commission and will be Morinville’s alternate to Mayor Bertschi with the Capital Region Board.

Councillors Boddez and Holmes will represent council on the Christmas Festival Committee and Holmes will be council’s representative to the Northern Lights Library System as well as the Morinville Public Library Board. Prior to the election Holmes was vice chair of the Morinville Public Library board.
Council’s position on the Roseridge Waste Management committee will be filled by Councillor Pattison and Councillor Boddez will be responsible for participating with the Sturgeon Regional Economic Development Committee.
Councillors Holmes and Krauskopf will be the two council members on the Subdivision and Development Appeal Board and Councillors Holmes and Boutestein will be involved with volunteer recognition.
At the same organizational meeting, Councillor Krauskopf was sworn in as Deputy Mayor, a position he will hold for the next six months. Councillors will each take a six month term as Deputy Mayor over the next three years.
Morinville’s new council steps up to the plate Tuesday night for their first regular council meeting, facing an agenda that includes a delegation complaining about the odour coming from Champion Pet Foods, a public hearing and four bylaw decisions.
