Kimberly Cawley remains Vauxhall mayor following Oct. 19 meeting

Posted on October 29, 2026 by Vauxhall Advance

By Nikki Jamieson
Vauxhall Advance
Local Journalism Initiative Reporter

Vauxhall Council has re-elected Kimberly Cawley as Mayor and Marilyn Forchuck as Deputy Mayor.

The appointments were confirmed during their Oct. 19 organizational meeting. During the meeting, they also appointed members of council to the following boards and committees:

• Municipal Planning Commission: Forchuk, Coun.(s) Henry Zacharias and Russ Norris, with Coun. Shelley Deleeuw as alternate

• Chinook Intermunicipal Subdivision Division & Development Appeal Board: Cawley

• Taber Regional Joint Economic Development Committee: Zacharias and Deleeuw

• SouthGrow: Zacharias, with Deleeuw as alternate

• Regional Assessment Review Board: Norris

• Vauxhall Public Library Board: Cawley and Forchuk

• Chinook Arch Library Board: Forchuk

• Taber & District Solid Waste Management Committee: Forchuk and cCoun. Paul Ballard

• Taber & District Housing Foundation: Ballard, with Cawley as alternate

• Vauxhall & District Regional Water Services Commission: Norris

• Oldman River Regional Services Commission (ORRSC): Norris, with Forchuk as alternate

• Protective Services Committee: Ballard

• Vauxhall Regional Fire Authority: Zacharias and Coun. Jimmy Wolf

• Inter-municipal Development Authority: Forchuk and Norris

• Vauxhall Emergency Advisory Committee: All of council (mandatory)

• Vauxhall & District Chamber of Commerce: Ballard

• Policy, Bylaw and Rate Committee: Forchuk and Deleeuw

• Barons-Eureka-Warner FCSS: Deleeuw

• Pheasant Festival Committee: Ballard

• Inter-municipal Collaboration Committee: Cawley (mandatory), Norris, and Wolf

• Veterans Memorial Highway Association: Norris

• Vauxhall Business and Tourism Committee: Wolf and Zacharias

• Vauxhall Community Center Advisory Committee: Ballard and Wolf

• Vauxhall Ag Society: Wolf

Council also passed a motion to hold council meetings in the council chambers at the town’s administrative office on the first and third Monday of every month at 6 p.m., with meetings in December, July and August being held on the third Monday. If a meeting should fall on a statutory holiday, the meeting would be held the following Tuesday.