Richmond Councillors Renew Mombourquette's Term as Warden

ARICHAT - For the first time in nearly a quarter-century, Richmond County's municipal councillors are on track to have the same warden serving them for an entire council term. 

District Four's Amanda Mombourquette was unopposed in her nomination for the warden's position at Monday's regular monthly meeting of Richmond Municipal Council. The mid-term election process followed Mombourquette's first two years as county warden, which came shortly after her victory as a District Four candidate in her inaugural campaign. 

She will now have the opportunity to become the first warden to lead Richmond County for an entire council term since Richie Cotton was first chosen for the position in 1997. John Boudreau, who was chosen as warden at the midway point of the 2004-08 council term, was also selected for the position by his fellow councillors in 2008 and 2010 but passed away in the spring of 2012, five months before he was slated to finish his second straight term on council. 

District Five councillor Brent Sampson, whose northeastern Richmond County constituency borders on the warden's District Four, was unopposed in his nomination for the deputy's spot. The previous Deputy Warden, District Three councillor Melanie Sampson, put forth the nominations for warden and deputy warden at Monday night's meeting. 

Also on this week's edition of TELILE 24/7:

5:30 - Council votes to support Premier Tim Houston's demand for answers from Canada's major telecommunications companies following a rash of cellular and internet service outages during and after Hurricane Fiona. 

11:33 - Complaints about spotty service from the Strait Area Transit Cooperative in Richmond County are prompting District Three councillor Melanie Sampson and Warden Amanda Mombourquette to seek answers. 

15:52 - The consulting firm hired to provide a new trails strategy for Richmond County, Upland Planning and Design Studio, delivers its final report at Monday's regular monthly council meeting. 

33:29 - The Town of Mulgrave reaches out to Richmond Municipal Council with a pitch to cost-share a joint By-Law Enforcement Officer position that would serve both counties. 

35:26 - Host Adam Cooke interviews Cape Breton Transgender Network founder Veronica Merryfield about her recent appearance in front of the provincial legislature's Standing Committee on Health, chaired by Richmond MLA Trevor Boudreau. 

51:57 - We wrap up the show with a presentation to Monday's Richmond council meeting by Nadine Boudreau of the Cape Breton YMCA's local Nova Scotia Works office, which is located in Port Hawkesbury but also has satellite offices in St. Peter's and Inverness.