The City of Dauphin will be holding an information session on Thursday, July 14th at 7 p.m. at City Hall for people eyeing a run for office. The R.M. of Dauphin will be holding one as well. That one will take place at the R.M. of Dauphin Office on Wednesday, July 13th at 7 p.m.
The information sessions will cover council and committee meeting schedules and time commitments, compensation, applicable legislation and the roles of the mayor (in the case of the City), councillors, and municipal staff.
According to Kirk Dawson, a senior election official for the City and the R.M. of Dauphin, the R.M. of Dauphin information session will feature a guest speaker, Joe Masi. Dawson also said that Masi has worked in the public sector for 38 years with senior positions at the federal, provincial and municipal levels of government.
"Certainly, Joe will be talking about municipalities across the province... He saw first-hand some of the characteristics of good municipal councils and what to avoid," he added.
Those interested in the City of Dauphin's information session are being asked to call City Hall at 204-622-3200 by Tuesday, July 12th at 4:30 p.m. to register.
For the R.M. of Dauphin's session, those interested have until Monday, July 11th at 4:30 p.m. to register and are being asked to call the R.M. Office at 204-638-4531.
