Wawa Municipal Council will consider replacing a resigning councillor in a pair of meetings tonight.
That includes a regular Council meeting with a resolution to accept the resignation of Councillor Robert Reece, with the preceding Corporate Planning Committee meeting including a report on options for filling a vacancy - provincial rules require the seat be filled, but let Council decide whether to call a byelection or simply appoint someone.
Clerk Cathy Cyr discussed options with Council last month, noting a byelection "may appear to be the best choice" for following a democratic process that lets the public choose, but noted it could be a longer timeline than an appointment process and would cost about the same as an election - and an election's already scheduled just over a year from now.
At that time, Cyr noted the fifth place candidate in the 2018 election, Cathy Cannon, had indicated she'd be willing to be appointed, if that was Council's wish - a resolution to appoint Cannon to fill Reece's seat is included in the regular meeting agenda.
The meetings also include a memo on the MMCC reopening, another memo suggesting Council again physically close meetings to the public - continuing to broadcast on YouTube - and a by-law adopting a multi-year budget and annual estimates.
There is a single "in-camera" item, a personnel issue about the Wawa Transformational Plan report received last month.
The meetings will be held back-to-back, starting at 6:30 tonight - the public can attend with restrictions or watch through the Municipality's YouTube channel.