District of Lakeland Councillor resigns
Citing a number of issues related to recent comments made by the Reeve, and stating they were false, a District of Lakeland Councillor has opted to resign.
Treena Alpine’s letter of notice was included with Wednesday’s council meeting agenda. In addition to her duties as councillor, McAlpine was also chair of a committee behind a proposed Environmental Stewardship Bylaw.
The bylaw, which included a number of measures to improve lake quality and preserve the shorelines, passed first reading last month and was on the agenda this week for second and third reading. An article published on Feb. 24 by paNOW, outlined the need for community consultation and also included comments from Reeve Walter Plessl.
Plessl described a number of concerns he had with the proposed bylaw and stated he planned to fight it. In her own letter, McAlpine claimed Plessl chose to use personal opinion and misinformation in an attempt to defeat the proposed bylaw.