Grande Prairie Mayor-Elect Jackie Clayton says she is both thrilled and honoured to take a seat around council chambers for the next four years.
Following Monday’s unofficially election victory, Clayton says with the hustle and bustle of the campaign behind them, she wanted to thank those who helped get her re-elected.
“I appreciate all the support that I received from those who voted for me, I’m really looking forward to bringing council together and get started.”
Clayton says she’s looking forward to what the latest iteration of council will be able to accomplish, and believes those sharing seats around the table will bring a fresh approach. She adds there is at least one major talking point from the campaign trail that she knows will get a lot of attention.
“I expect you are going to hear a lot about ways that we can be proactive in our communication with our community. We’re still hearing that people aren’t necessarily getting the information that they need.”
Clayton will be joined by two new faces this term, Jena Flach and Leonard Auger. Clayton says that she is excited to see what they have in-store for this term.
“I’m sure ill hear from my new colleagues as to what they are hoping to achieve, and then we will go into strategic planning and really put that pen to paper and put a plan together.”
Wade Pilat, Dylan Bressey, Kevin O’Toole, Grant Berg, Chris Thiessen, and Mike O’Connor were all re-elected as incumbents for this term as well.
This is slated to be Claytons 4th term on the council on council, and her 2nd full term as Mayor.
Results for the election will be ratified on Friday.
