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North Battleford’s new mayor and council are sworn in

The City of North Battleford has officially sworn in the new mayor and council. Their first meeting of the new term was a ceremonial one held at the Dekker Centre for the Performing Arts on Monday.

The City of North Battleford has officially sworn in the new mayor and council.

Their first meeting of the new term was a ceremonial one held at the Dekker Centre for the Performing Arts on Monday.

There, Mayor David Gillan and the six members of council — Kelli Hawtin, Kent Lindgren, Greg Lightfoot, Len Taylor, and newcomers Bill Ironstand and Ross MacAngus — took the oath of office as administered by North Battleford provincial court judge Murray Pelletier. The newly-elected officials then signed the roll and were officially introduced.

It was a brief ceremony, and one that stood in contrast to previous swearing-in ceremonies. This one was live-streamed on the ZOOM platform to the public, and also was held at the larger Dekker Centre venue instead of at City Hall. Normally, previous swearing-in ceremonies were usually very crowded, with family members filling the gallery at the council chambers to watch the swearing in.

Missing from this ceremony was the council members taking their seats in council chambers — instead, they took their seats on the Dekker Centre stage.

Council is expected to get down to business at their next meeting on Nov. 23.