A couple of community members attended a Village of 亚洲天堂 Lake council meeting last week to voice their concerns and ask questions.

One of the local residents used the public comment period at the beginning of the meeting to voice her concerns.

鈥淚 would like to publicly state that I am deeply concerned about the with the municipality, and specially with village council鈥檚 handling of the CAO鈥檚 absence,鈥� said the local resident to council.

Most recently, the village has filled the positions of chief financial officer and city clerk with new employees. However, the village is still in the process of hiring a new director of recreation.

And with regard to the chief administrative officer鈥檚 (CAO) absence, the local resident was referring to every two weeks to fulfill the CAO duties while Sheryl Worthing was away.

At the end of the council meeting, the same resident used the public question period to ask 亚洲天堂 Lake Mayor Chris Beach to provide an overview of the last 鈥榖reakfast with the mayor鈥� event. She also asked him how well the event was attended and what kind of feedback he received.

The breakfast with the mayor event was held on Oct. 5, 2017, at 7:30 a.m. at the Heritage Centre.

鈥淚 think the fact that it鈥檚 early in the morning, we are never going to get a really large turnout, but it鈥檚 been roughly 13, 15 people,鈥� said Mayor Beach.

The mayor then asked CAO Worthing to explain to the local resident what was discussed during the event.

鈥淚鈥檓 sorry, I had a long week, can you refresh my memory?鈥� he asked Worthing.

Worthing then provided a detailed explanation to the local resident.

鈥淭ypically the mayor will pick a topic or two - either based on things that are happening or requests from people in the community; in this one we talked about people鈥檚 priorities as we move into the 2018 budget season,鈥� explained Worthing.

鈥淲e got lots of good feedback, requests for council to look into upgrading the band shelter at Spirit Square for acoustic reasons; there were a few people there who were passionate about that and wanted to use that facility as the entertainer, not as the spectator,鈥� continued Worthing. 鈥淲e had a good conversation about that.鈥�

鈥淲e also had a good conversation about climate action, roads and streets, we talked about Eighth Avenue a little bit and where council is as far as infrastructure plans; we had a quick breakfast and then we do a roundtable where people make comments to the mayor; it lasts for about an hour.鈥�

鈥淲e can certainly put you on the invite list if you鈥檙e interested in attending the next one,鈥� added Worthing. 鈥淲e probably won鈥檛 have another one until January.鈥�

Mayor Beach then jokingly said, 鈥淓xcellent review.鈥�

The local resident thanked them for the explanation.

All community members are allowed to attend regular council meetings, make comments at the beginning of these meetings and ask questions to council at the end.

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