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The Council of the R.M. of Pense consists of a reeve and one councillor for each division of the rural municipality. Elections for reeve and councillors for odd-numbered divisions are held in even-numbered years, for even-numbered divisions the elections are held in odd-numbered years.  Terms of office are 2 years commencing at the first meeting of council held after the election (held in November).Council 2009


Council members from left to right: Lorne Straub, Eleanor Durie, Garry McRae, Kerry Ogilvie, Brian Short, Tom Lemon and Ashlea Street.

Council of the R.M. of Pense
Current Council: Name: Term of Office:
Reeve Tom Lemon November 2008 – November 2010
Division 1 Kerry Ogilvie November 2008 – November 2010
Division 2 Lorne Straub November 2009 – November 2011
Division 3 Eleanor Durie November 2008 – November 2010
Division 4 Garry McRae December 2009 – November 2011
Division 5 Ashlea Street November 2008 – November 2010
Division 6 Brian Short November 2009 – November 2011

Council meetings are held on the second Wednesday of the month.  Meeting dates may be changed to accommodate seeding and harvest operations.

Council Appointments:
Assessor Administrator Meadows
Auditor Robert Tiede, CA
Board of Revision

Gord Krismar &
Associates Ltd. 

Board of Revision Secretary Christina Krismar
Building Official (MuniCode)

Wayne Meier
Remi Boissonnault
Pat Daley
Josh Kulyk
Clayton Meier

Deputy Reeve Councillor Straub
Deputy Returning Officer Cathy Ripplinger
Development Officer Administrator Meadows
District A.D.D. Board member Councillor Straub
Tom Mann
EMO Co-ordinator Reeve Lemon
Employee Relations

Councillor McRae and Reeve Lemon

Equipment Committee

Councillors McRae and Straub and Reeve Lemon
Fire Rangers All councillors for their respective divisions
Grasshopper Committee Councillors McRae and Straub
Library Board (Regional) Councillor Street
Local Assistant, Fire Prevention Act Wally Andrews (PVFD Chief)
Lumsden Heritage Home Rep. Margaret Dunning
Moose Jaw REDA Board Member Reeve Lemon
Moose Jaw River Stewardship Councillor Durie
Occupational Health & Safety Rep. Ken Lovell
Pest Control Officer Grant Peeling
PVFD Fire Protection Committee Reeve Lemon
Recreation Board Reps. Councillors Ogilvie & Street
Returning Officer Administrator Meadows
Road Committee Reeve Lemon & Councillor Straub
SARM Agriculture Councillor Councillor Straub
Signing Authority

Administrator or Assistant Administrator and Reeve, Deputy Reeve or Councillor Ogilvie 

Stray Animals Act, Administrator Administrator Meadows
Waterworks Councillor
(Stony Beach & Keystown)  
Weed Inspectors Devon Parcher & Tom Beingessner - Prairie Eco System
Zoning-Dev. Appeals Board Vacant

 

  Past Council Members  
         
Reeve: Year:   Division 1: Year:
H. McGillivray 1913-1917   E. Badley 1913-1920
A.W. Wallace 1918-1926   J.R. Martin 1921-1926
A. McLaren 1927-1934   F. Nuttall 1927-1944
J. Short 1935-1937   R. Howard 1945-1950
J.G. Hamilton 1938-1941   John W. Wood 1951-1952
C. Harlton 1942-1945   Wesley H. Brunskill 1953-1958
J.G. Hamilton 1946-1965   H.N. Lasby 1959-1965
H.N. Lasby 1966-1974   Harold R. Ulrich 1966-1974
Harold R. Ulrich 1975-1980   Terrance W. Anderson 1975-2008
William G. Street 1981-1990   Kerry Ogilvie  2008-present
Ken W. Johnson 1991-2004   Division 3:  
Tom Lemon 2005-present   T.S. Atkins 1913
      W.J. Newman 1914-1915
Division 2:     A.W. Wallace 1916-1917
R.E. Bigham 1913-1921   T.S. Atkins 1918-1920
G.R. Haggerty 1922-1926   R.C. Foote 1921-1930
H. Bate 1927-1933   W.G. Allcock 1931-1944
G.E. Haggerty 1934-1939   D.A. MacKenzie 1945-1957
W.G. Davidson 1940-1947   C. Carefoot 1958-1988
J.F. Wilson 1948-1951   Bruce Durie 1989-1998
R. Taylor 1952-1956   Roy Morrison 1999-2007
A.S. Haggerty 1957-1966   Eleanor Durie  2007-present
C.L. Lasby 1967-1977   Division 5:  
James R. Wood 1978-1981   W.E. Badley 1913-1916
Lorne A. Straub 1982-present   J.R. Brooks 1917
      H.H. Keys 1918-1926
Division 4:     J. Short 1927-1934
J.A. McRae 1913   V.L. Street 1935-1947
I. Coutts 1914-1915   H.A. Robb 1948-1960
J.A. McRae 1916   William G. Street 1961-1980
A. McLaren 1917-1923   Earl Good 1981-1992
J.G. Hamilton 1924-1925   Chris Vanderstoel 1993-1998
J.A. McRae 1926-1933   Tom Lemon 1999-2004
A.J. Broomfield 1934-1941   Janet Lemon 2005-2008
T.A. Ogilvie 1942-1951   Ashlea Street 2008-present
F.W. Young 1952-1960   Sec-Treas/Administrators:  
R. Harvey 1961-1966   P.F. Weiss 1913-1923
C.A. Klemp 1966-1973   B.S. Gunn 1923-1943
K.C. Hamilton 1974-1977   H.W.R. Atkinson 1943-1961
William K. Spearing 1978-1997   N.A. Atkinson 1961-1965
Lyle Stewart 1998-1999   K.C. Merrells 1965-1977
Bruce Good 2000-2007   E. Delmage 1977
Garry McRae  2007-present    Julia M. Foster 1978-1997
Division 6:     Carolynn A. Meadows 1997-present
J.W. Cafferata 1913      
J.C. Poyser 1914-1937      
H. Hagerty 1938-1943      
C.J. Hammond 1944-1947      
J.G. Sheppard 1948-1963      
A. Young 1964-1967      
Ken W. Johnson 1967-1990      
Brian G. Short 1991-present      
         

 

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