The RM of Weyburn No. 67 held its municipal election on November 13th where new Reeve, Bud Grohn was elected. Grohn reflects on election day saying he was prepared for any outcome.
“Win or lose, like, I was prepared to do whatever I had to do. If I lost, you lose and you just carry on.”
However, he still expresses his gratitude for his team during the campaign saying “I couldn't have done it without them.”
It has been less than two weeks since Grohn stepped into his new role, but he explains he’s had to hit the ground running, as the first council meeting was immediately followed by the public meeting regarding the wind farm.
“I mentioned a lot of times that I'd have to hit the ground running, and it was actually a lot more running than I expected.”
“The first council meeting was the next day, and that night we had a public meeting about the wind farm. I touched base with the Weyburn Regional Economic Development Committee, so I could kind of get a feeling what that was all about. I haven't contacted the mayor yet even. Those are all things that I'm going to have to do as time goes on.”
He describes his first week as being full of information as he attended the Saskatchewan Association of Rural Municipalities (SARM) convention in Saskatoon on November 20th and 21st.
“I got to network with people I met, and I went to breakout sessions where they described things that you could do to save money, or new programs they were talking about, the marshals program, a whole bunch of other presentations. Our RM got to present a resolution at the convention. And, yeah, I got to say a little bit about renewables. There was a discussion about renewables, and I got to know the feelings of other councillors and reeves in a large group of people.”
Despite his activity this past week, he says there is still more he needs to do.
“I'll want to connect with the surrounding councils, the RM councils and reeves, and I definitely want to connect with the Weyburn City Council. I realize there's a lot of problems we have out there, especially with, you know, the inch of rain that we had in the surrounding area and the roads and stuff. I think that with all the concerns and comments that I've had, we're in kind of an era of change. And with everyone's help I know that we'll thrive.”