Municipal Affairs
December 22, 2009
The following is being
distributed at the request of the Municipal Assessment
Agency:
Board
Members Elected
The board of directors of
the Municipal Assessment Agency is pleased to announce
the election of the municipal representatives on the
agency�s board of directors. �The election process was
quite successful with 31 candidates for the six
positions and 83 per cent of municipalities casting
ballots,� said nominating committee chairperson Harry
Hallett. �I welcome the new representatives and
congratulate all the candidates.�
Elected for a four-year term, beginning in January 2010,
are:
Labrador Deputy Mayor
Terry Hancock, Forteau
Western Mayor Dean Ball, Deer Lake
Central Councillor Randy White, Comfort Cove-Newstead
Eastern Mayor Fred Best, Clarenville
Urban Councillor Peggy Roche, Torbay
The Avalon election
resulted in a four-way tie. A runoff election will be
conducted in January 2010, between four candidates:
Councillor Deborah
Quilty, Paradise
Mayor Betty Moore, Clarke�s Beach
Deputy Mayor Paul Davis, Conception Bay South
Councillor Gerald Greenland, Bay Roberts
The Municipal Assessment
Agency provides real property assessment service to 228
municipalities across the province. Its board is
representative of the agency�s stakeholders with six
municipal representatives, two taxpayer representatives,
and a representative from Municipalities Newfoundland
and Labrador, and the Professional Municipal
Administrators.
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Media contact:
Sean Martin
Executive Director
709-724-1540, 685-3981
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