New Caronport mayor looks to strengthen relationship with Moose Jaw
New Caronport mayor looks to strengthen relationship with Moose Jaw Sasha-Gay Lobban
Daniel Buck, the newly-elected mayor of Caronport is looking to deepen relationships with Moose Jaw and Mortlach. The byelection took place on March 14 whn Buck received 227 of the 307 votes cast. The other candidate was Jordan Grant. Buck has been Acting Mayor since October last year, succeeding former Mayor, Darrell Tunall.
Buck was previously on the village Council for eight years. He says he is looking forward to continuing working with residents of Caronport. “We had a record 307 people come out, which is a pretty good turn out percentage for our population. I received 227 of those votes of which I am very appreciative,” he said. “A vote for me is a vote for the current council and the previous council and that they agreed with the direction in which we’re moving; how we’ve been handling taxes and developing projects.”
Some of Buck’s plans include deepening ties between neighboring communities, Moose Jaw and Mortlach, both of which are about 21 km from Caronport. “The most significant challenge that we’re facing is that we need to develop our waste water facilities, probably a lagoon. We want to do this because currently that is limiting our potential for residential and commercial growth. We want to grow and we’d like to be in connection with both the Moose Jaw and Mortlach communities. If we have facilities here and land to devel- op for businesses and residents that do not want to live in a larger town, our village can be an option. We’re looking to develop our waste water facilities over the next year or two so that we can have more regional co-oporation.”
He also wants to strengthen communication. “We want to definitely increase communication; there’s value in hearing from residents and also making them aware of the projects. We are also working with Briercrest College and Seminary which is a very large stakeholder in the community so we want to encourage more communication with them as well.”
Buck sits with three other members on council. There is a vacancy for a new councillor now that he is mayor. “We will be having another byelection in April to fill that vacant position.”