The first time Mayor Dale McBain ever attended a council meeting as a local elected official, he admits that it was a little scary.
“But after probably the first time or two, you aren’t nervous anymore... You realize it’s part of our routine,” he told the Times-Herald on Tuesday evening at city hall, just minutes after tapping his gavel for the last time, concluding his final council meeting.
For nine years, McBain has sat on the decision-making side of council chambers. For the past three years, he served as mayor. While he still has some official duties to perform prior to a new council being sworn into office early next month (following the Oct. 28 municipal election), the retiring McBain won’t get to attend another council meeting as mayor.
“I guess what I’ll miss is really going through the reports and analyzing and making the decisions that we do." - Dale McBain
“I guess what I’ll miss is really going through the reports and analyzing and making the decisions that we do.”
I am not a rig pig. I hold a degree in mechanical engineering from the University of Saskatchewan. My wife is also a mechanical engineer as were both of her parents. I think we are the kind of people this city is trying to attract. we could easily live elsewhere it is our choice to live here. True, there is a lot of drug use in the oil patch, but there is also plenty of it in this city as well. In the oil patch I send people home who are stoned and hopefully into treatment. You can believe what you like it is allowable, but I can tell you from my own perspective it would have been better to spend the money on a new hospital that creates a lot of good paying jobs and attracts residents...much better than $10 flipping burgers for a few hours a couple of times a week.