The results are in, and there are three new councillors ready to take the helm of the Village of Carbon.
A by-election was scheduled for the Village of Carbon on September 21, to fill three seats left vacant following the resignations of Councillors Brian McHugh, Renee O’Brien and Mayor Bryan Peever.
Since the resignations, the Village has yet to be able to establish a quorum. In a letter from the Honourable Ric McIver, Minister of Municipal Affairs, Mr. Douglas Henderson has been appointed official administrator to assume council duties.
There were six candidates who stepped up for the by-election.
Travis Cormier received 182 votes, Rosalie Jimmo received 124 votes, and Marie Kooiman received 110 votes, to be elected councillors.
Stacey McKenna had 90 votes, Sheri Cooper had 60, and Christine Walsh had 15. Prior to the election, Walsh indicated she wished to withdraw her name, however, the ballots had already been prepared.
These three new councillors will join current councillors Michelle Lomond and Trina Anderson. An organizational meeting will be held on Monday, October 16 to appoint a mayor and for councillors to receive their committee appointments.
Kooiman posted via social media that arrangements will be made for her to attend remotely as she is under a notice prohibiting trespass to the Village office.

Members of the Wheatland Regional Emergency Management Partnership (WREMP), is planning to hold a regional live exercise on Thursday, September 28 to help members be prepared for an actual emergency.
The regional partnership is made up of Wheatland County, the villages of Rockyford, Standard, and Hussar, the Town of Strathmore, and the City of Chestermere, which joined the partnership earlier this year.
“We will have two incidents, one in Chestermere which will be a natural disaster, and one in Strathmore which will be a hazardous materials incident,” WREMP Emergency Management coordinator Sara Coutts tells the Mail.
She notes the specifics of each of the planned scenarios are confidential and was unable to comment further. What she was able to share is that the scenarios will have multiple participants from Chestermere, Strathmore, and Wheatland County, as well as the village partners; Wheatland County will have firefighters from its multiple county-operated fire departments participating, and Wheatland County is also providing use of its Emergency Communications Centre (ECC) for the scenario.
There will also be an estimated 34 external agencies involved, and Ms. Coutts explains the scenarios will help everyone involved to grow their capacity in an emergency situation, and help them to work better together.
High school drama students from Chestermere and Strathmore high schools will also participate as patients for each of the respective scenarios. Ms. Coutts says the students are very excited to be part of the exercise.
“We’ve seen growth in natural disasters, and disasters in general. We want plans in place and want to be ready,” she says.
She acknowledges the practice from the live exercise will be helpful in “bridging the gap” so first responders and other emergency personnel are better prepared in the event of a real disaster, whether it is natural or otherwise.
Strathmore and Wheatland County will be utilizing the Voyant Alert app, which is only available to those who sign up, to share real-time updates and notifications while Chestermere will be sharing its updates via social media.
This will help to expand the audience and help residents be involved and informed about the scenario as it unfolds. Any properties within the scenario area which may be used as part of the exercise will have door knockers attend the properties with information and how their properties were used, which