Mayor Letham called the Open Session of the Meeting to order at 2:00 p.m. Councillors I. Breadner, P. Dunn, D. Elmslie, G. James, G. Jilesen, B. Junkin, R. Macklem, M.A. Martin, G. Miller, P. O'Reilly, J. Pollard, K. Seymour-Fagan, H. Stauble, S. Strangway, A. Veale and E. Yeo were in attendance.
CAO R. Taylor, City Clerk C. Ritchie and Deputy Clerk A. Rooth were also in attendance.
The Mayor shared the following message:
We are deeply saddened by the Humboldt Broncos tragedy. Our thoughts are with the City of Humboldt and the families and friends of the victims during this difficult time.
As a sign of respect the flags at City Hall and our Municipal Service Centres will be lowered to half-mast for the remainder of this week. As part of the grieving hockey community, we will also be lowering the flags at all of our arenas with flag poles that enable us to do so.
This Thursday, April 12 we invite staff to wear hockey jerseys to show our support for those impacted by the tragedy. We will also observe a minute of silence today in Council to honour the victims.