By-election date set for November as Holden Mayor Doug Hanson resigns
At the regular Village of Holden council meeting on Monday, Sept. 16, CAO Sherry Garbe presented the council with Mayor Doug Hanson’s resignation.
“Although his resignation was effective immediately from Saturday, Sept. 7 when he tendered it to me, I had to formally present it to the council,” Garbe said. “A councillor must be a resident of the jurisdiction that they are elected to as per the Election Act Revised Statutes of Alberta 2000 Chapter L-21 current as of August 1, 2019, and since he doesn’t reside in Holden any more, he no longer qualifies to be on council.”
Garbe said that there were rumours circulating around immediately after the Aug. 19 regular council meeting.
“The administration office received multiple calls and walk-ins with enquiries about three councillors resigning then,” Garbe explained. “There was no discussion about resignations during the Aug. 19 council meeting. The mayor had informed council and administration that his residency was changing to a different location but he did not provide any information as to where he was moving to, and when he moved out of Holden at the end of August he tendered his resignation.”
