MELFORT — Cam Lee, a former radio broadcaster, has put his name down as one of the nominees that Melfort residents can vote for this November to join council.
Lee, who grew up in Melfort, worked in the news department at CJVR for 18 years, with 15 years as news director.
“As a reporter, I attended many council meetings and politics always interested me, so I thought why not throw my hat in the race,” Lee asked. “I got a little bit of free time so I thought I’d check it out.”
Lee said he wants to keep council on the direction it’s going, with a continued focus on lobbying the provincial and federal government for funding to repair the city’s damaged water lines.
The city’s water loss problem through broken lines continues to be an issue, costing the city thousands annually.
“Once that’s done, of course, repairing some of the roads that are over top of the lines that need to be resurfaced – that’s one of my goals.”
Another one of Lee’s goals is to attract new businesses and retain current businesses through maintaining lower taxes. He also said he intends to examine the possibility of “lowering some of the red tape” on construction of homes and businesses.
“I know a few contractors in the community who would like to get going on projects and stuff, and it takes a while. I’d like to see that process reduced, as far as timelines go,” he said.
“Obviously I haven’t been behind the scenes, perhaps there is a reason why it takes a little while.”
Whether it’s for him, or someone else, Lee said he hopes this year has a higher voter turnout.
“The cool thing about municipal politics is that everybody, even though they might have a different opinion, everybody seems to go the same way and row the boat the same way. Differences in opinion aren’t as big of a deal in council as they are in other politics,” he said.
“Even though people might disagree on how to get there, they get there all the same.”
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