Two members of Estevan city council had perfect attendance for open council meetings in 2015, and the other council members had very good attendance records.
Councillors Brian Johnson and Kevin Smith attended all 16 meetings. There were 14 regular meetings, a budget meeting in January and a special meeting in June that was called so a number of tenders could be awarded.
Mayor Roy Ludwig missed just one meeting on Nov. 7, because he was on vacation. Three councillors also missed one meeting. Greg Hoffort was absent from the meeting on Feb. 9, Dennis Moore was absent from the March 16 session, and Lori Carr was on vacation for the meeting on Nov. 23.
Councillor Trevor Knibbs missed two meetings. He was on vacation for the Apr. 13 meeting, and he was absent from the Aug. 17 deliberations.
All seven members of council were present for 10 of the 16 meetings last year. And there were at least six council members present at all of the meetings.
Council held one open meeting each month for most of last year, but they reverted to their traditional schedule of two monthly meetings for November and December. They are expected to continue to have two open meetings each month this year, except for July and October.
Three meetings are slated for November, as there will be a special meeting to swear in the council members elected in the next civic vote on Oct. 26.
