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For the next year, Clearwater County council will be led by a new reeve and deputy reeve. Following the municipal election on Monday, Oct. 20,
Clearwater County saw five new faces come to the council chambers. Among those is Drew McKay, who represents Ward 3 and was sworn in as deputy reeve during the organizational meeting on Thursday, Oct. 30. Councillor for Ward 2 Hazen Letwin nominated McKay and there were no other nominations.
Jordon Northcott, the councillor for Ward 4, will serve as reeve. Ward 7 councillor Lorne Humphrey nominated Northcott for the position and there were no other nominations.
The remainder of council is made up of Breanne Powell in Ward 1, Tyler McCauley for Ward 5, and Bryan Cermak for Ward 6.
Clearwater Council elects a reeve and deputy reeve at the organizational meeting every October. During the organizational meeting county council also fills councillor spots on a variety of boards and committees.
The newly elected town council was officially sworn in on Oct. 30 during its inaugural meeting, held just one day after a joint orientation session with county officials. One of the first orders of business for the town was finalizing the deputy mayor rotation schedule.
Mayor Shane Bonniface, presiding over his first meeting in the role, proposed a minor adjustment to the traditional alphabetical rotation. Specifically, he recommended that councillor Dale Shippelt take the first term as deputy mayor, originally slated for councillor Denise Boniface.
“Councillor Shippelt has been here for the last term,” said mayor Boniface. “He’ll be able to bring us up to speed.”
Council unanimously passed the motion, approving the following amended deputy mayor schedule: Oct. 30, 2025, to June 30, 2026 - councillor Dale Shippelt; July 1, 2026, to Feb. 28, 2027 - councillor Trevor Kalyn; March 1, 2027, to Oct. 31, 2027 - councillor Ken Moesker; Nov. 1, 2027, to June 30, 2028 - councillor Denise Boniface; July 1, 2028, to Feb. 28, 2029 - councillor Justin Sinclair; Mar. 1, 2029 – until inaugural meeting in Oct. 2029 - councillor Kevin Stalker.
