The Rural Municipality of Portage la Prairie held its inaugural meeting this morning.  6 Councillors were sworn in along with Reeve Toby Trimble.  Trimble says taking the oath and being sworn in as Reeve was special and looks forward to working with the new council.  Committee Chair appointments were also determined this morning.
Newly elected Ward 2 Councillor Larry Gibbs will be looking after the Winter-works and Noxious Weeds committee, newcomer Terry Simpson will chair the Finance committee, Ray Davidson has been named committee chair for Machine Routing, while Bill Alford handles Drainage, Arnold Verwey chairs Human Resources and Owen Williams looks after gravel purchasing.  The ward 1 councillor will be decided in early January after a re-count is held.  Once elected the ward 1 councillor will chair the Machine Purchasing Committee.