Kyle Sheppard to act as Iqaluit mayor for 1 week later this month
Mayor Solomon Awa, deputies, will be out of community from Nov. 27 to Dec. 3
Coun. Kyle Sheppard, seen here in a council meeting last month, will act as Iqaluit’s mayor from Nov. 27 to Dec. 3 while Mayor Solomon Awa and both deputy mayors are out of town. (Photo by Jeff Pelletier)
Coun. Kyle Sheppard will be Iqaluit’s acting mayor for one week later this month.
At Tuesday’s city council meeting, Mayor Solomon Awa announced that he, as well as deputy Mayor Kim Smith and alternate deputy Mayor Harry Flaherty, will all be out of town at the same time.
Therefore, an acting mayor was needed for Nov. 27 to Dec. 3.
No city council meetings are scheduled between those dates.
Awa suggested Sheppard, who was previously deputy mayor, take on the acting mayor role temporarily. He noted the acting mayor will have “signing authority” on banking and payment matters on those days.
The five councillors present at Tuesday’s meeting voted unanimously to appoint Sheppard as acting mayor for that week.
Awe, how cute. LOL
His going to have an extra bounce in his step for that week, move aside people coming through…
Congratulations Shep! You got this.
Kyle, please make a 3 way stop in front of the hospital or actual traffic lights please. The cross walk lights are ignored by many drivers and the community folks staying at hospital residence ignore them too. Let’s save lives by putting in something that works.
Let’s go party council changes do happen..
Funny