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Vanriel to serve on several PC committees
BY MARK CUMMINGS, Observer West senior reporter
Thursday, September 03, 2009
SAVANNAH-LA-MAR, Westmoreland -
The Peoples National Party's (PNP) Bernard Vanriel who was last month sworn in as the new Councillor for the Cornwall Mountain division, is likely to be named on several committees at next Thursday's regular monthly meeting of the Westmoreland Parish Council.
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| VANRIEL... last month sworn in as the new Councillor for the Cornwall Mountain division |
"He will most likely be named on the poor relief committee as well as the health and water and infrastructure committees," said Sav-la-mar's mayor, Bertel Moore, who chairs the Westmoreland Parish Council.
Vanriel, 63, a former councillor for the Petersfield and Cornwall Mountain divisions, polled 2,104 ballots to the Jamaica Labour Party (JLP's) Keith Barnes' 1,922 in the July by-election to win the Cornwall Mountain division which became vacant earlier this year, following the death of the PNP's Michael Smith.
Moore told the Observer West yesterday that all the Westmoreland councillors are looking forward to working closely with Vanriel, who had previously given more than 18 years of service to the council.
"We are happy to have him back and we look forward to his expertise," Moore said, adding that Vanriel had a very good relationship with the council during his stint at the local body.
Meanwhile, Vanriel has pledged to create employment opportunities and to establish training facilities in the division during his tenure in office.
"My main areas of focus will be to improve water, roads and light. Myself and the member of parliament for the area, Roger Clarke, will have to work as a team to satisfy the needs of the people," he told the Observer West.
The Opposition PNP has control of all the 14 parish council divisions in Westmoreland, as well as the three constituencies in the parish.
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