Town to advertise for new logo
By Chris Fell - Express Staff

Town council passed a resolution to place an advertisement in The Express asking for logo submissions from the public. The deadline for submissions is May 31. At that time council will decide how to proceed with choosing a design.

However, as expected, the resolution didn't pass without some controversy.

Deputy Mayor Robert Reid said the resolution was improper since council had already passed a resolution to advertise for a logo for Georgian Highlands. "It's not appropriate for this to be brought forward. We already have a resolution for a corporate logo that hasn't been rescinded," said Reid.

Councillor Sam Luckhardt brought the motion forward and said a new one was needed because the municipality had changed its name. Mayor Gerald Shortt suggested a clause be added rescinding all previous resolutions concerning logos, for which Luckhardt was agreeable.

Councillor Linda van Aalst asked how the logo would be selected, whether or not a jury would assist the municipality or if council would do it themselves. While she also suggested the person designing the winning logo should receive recognition from the municipality in the form of a framed copy of their design. Other members of council were supportive of the recognition idea, but wanted to wait and see what kind and the number of designs that were submitted.

"Hopefully there's something really neat out there that council can accept and hopefully we have some logos come in, but I think we have to wait and see what we get," said Luckhardt.

However Deputy Mayor Reid was skeptical of the entire logo suggestion.

"The last resolution we passed was not acted upon. What's to say this one will be? Can any member of this council that disagrees with this subvert the process?" Reid asked.

However that comment lead Chief Administrative Officer Chris Webb to enter the debate.

"The previous resolution was for Georgian Highlands and the name has since changed. We're assuming council still wants a logo and that the previous motion is no longer appropriate," said Webb.

Reid then asked for a recorded vote and the resolution passed 6-1 with only the Deputy Mayor opposed.