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Russ Wyatt
Candidate in the 2014 Transcona Council Ward race.
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Council hands Bowman first defeat
Thursday, 11 December 2014
How council voted on Bowman's austerity motions. -- On the motion to end the council severance plan. Lost 6-10. For: Mayor Brian Bowman, Couns. Scott Gillingham, Janice Lukes, Marty Morantz, John Orlikow, Russ Wyatt. Against: Couns. Matthew Allard ...
raid brief
Thursday, 11 December 2014
Russ Wyatt said the plan was too restrictive for small business and urged councillors to vote against and restart the planning process. Despite Wyatt's urgings, council voted 15-1 to approve the plan. Coun. Jenny Gerbasi, whose ward includes the ...
Council hands Bowman first defeat
Thursday, 11 December 2014
How council voted on Bowman's austerity motions. -- On the motion to end the council severance plan. Lost 6-10. For: Mayor Brian Bowman, Couns. Scott Gillingham, Janice Lukes, Marty Morantz, John Orlikow, Russ Wyatt. Against: Couns. Matthew Allard ...
RCMP to announce large, multiprovince drug takedown Thursday
Wednesday, 10 December 2014
... Winnipeg said RCMP made raids in several provinces Wednesday morning, two of which were in Manitoba. One of the homes is owned by former city council candidate Ray Ulasy, who ran unsuccessfully against Coun. Russ Wyatt in Transcona in October, ...
Council approves Corydon development plan
Wednesday, 10 December 2014
A development plan for the Corydon neighbourhood that was nine years in the making was approved by council Wednesday but not before an impassioned plea to kill it. Coun. Russ Wyatt said the plan was too restrictive for small business and urged ...
Update: Mayor Brian Bowman loses severance vote
Wednesday, 10 December 2014
Only Bowman and councillors Scott Gillingham, Janice Lukes, Marty Morantz, John Orlikow and Russ Wyatt supported the mayor, so his motion was defeated 6-10. After the day-long meeting, Bowman said while he's disappointed his motion on severance ...
Transcona council candidate Ray Ulasy's home raided in RCMP drug seizure
Wednesday, 10 December 2014
RCMP raided homes in four provinces Wednesday morning, including at least two in Manitoba. One of the homes, CBC has learned, is owned by Ray Ulasy, who made an unsuccessful bid to replace Russ Wyatt as city councillor for Transcona. Ray Ulasy with ...
Winnipeg councillors vote against ending severance payments
Wednesday, 10 December 2014
Winnipeg city council has voted 10-6 against a cost-cutting measure, proposed by Mayor Brian Bowman, that would end severance payments for council members who retire or get voted out of office. The vote came following hours of lively discussion on ...
Winnipeg city council rejects mayor's motion, votes to keep severance pay
Wednesday, 10 December 2014
Mayor Brian Bowman promised during the election to try to end severance payments for outgoing politicians, but Wednesday only had the support councillors Scott Gillingham, Janice Lukes, Marty Morantz, John Orlikow and Russ Wyatt. A motion to reduce ...
Council votes to keep their severance payouts
Wednesday, 10 December 2014
Councillors Janice Lukes, Scott Gillingham, Marty Morantz, John Orlikow, and Russ Wyatt supported his motion, but council's other 10 other members rejected it. Bowman remains committed to rejecting his own severance when he leaves office. Morantz said ...
Mayor Bowman loses his bid to cut city councillors' severance packages
Wednesday, 10 December 2014
"If the mayor really wanted to walk the walk, he would cut 50 per cent of his (salary) top-up, in my opinion." Coun. Russ Wyatt, who was one of the six to vote to kill severance, dismissed the concerns of those who defended the plan. "I can't recall ...
Plan to end political severance appears to be DOA
Tuesday, 09 December 2014
Here is how council stood on the issue of political severance pay on Tuesday: In support of ending severance: Mayor Brian Bowman. Coun. Russ Wyatt (Transcona). Coun. Janice Lukes (St. Norbert). Against ending severance: Coun, Ross Eadie (Mynarski).
Bowman, Eadie set to lock horns over severance payments
Tuesday, 09 December 2014
"I know how I'm going to vote and I know how Eaide and Bowman will vote but the others… I just don't know." Also, Coun. Russ Wyatt (Transcona) is working on a plan to go Bowman one step further on the salary reduction issue – to eliminate the top-ups ...
Gary Doer's exit and old wounds
Monday, 08 December 2014
Transcona City Councillor Russ Wyatt was his campaign manager. Selinger had Rosann Wowchuk, Kerri Irvin-Ross, Eric Robinson, Diane McGifford, Bill Blaikie, Christine Melnick and then Winnipeg MP Judy Wasylycia-Leis. He also had the support of ...
Bowman gets moving on election pledges
Saturday, 29 November 2014
Russ Wyatt said he's pleased with Bowman's money-saving initiatives and he plans to support them. "This is going to be a tough budget year," Wyatt (Transcona), a former member of EPC, said. "The mayor is leading by example, and I hope all members of ...
Bowman to introduce proposals next week to keep campaign promises
Friday, 28 November 2014
It's been a little more than three weeks since Brian Bowman was sworn in as mayor but he is now acting on some of his campaign promises. Bowman's office released a flurry of announcements Friday afternoon, saying the mayor will make good on his ...
Where's the money? Council wants to know
Thursday, 27 November 2014
the money was eroded just as was intended. whatmeworry! And Russ Wyatt is sitting back thinking: "Damn, a million bucks would buy a lot of flowers and buffet dinners at the Royal Fork"! Anse Hatfield. How does that guy keep getting elected? whatmeworry!
Bowman supports furlough program to cut costs
Tuesday, 18 November 2014
An attempt in the 2014 budget by then-finance chair Russ Wyatt to introduce 3.5 mandatory days off without pay during Christmas for city employees was later scrapped. Colin Craig, prairie director of the Canadian Taxpayers Federation, said if savings ...
Police board head supports inquiry call
Thursday, 13 November 2014
Jenny Gerbasi (Fort Rouge-East Fort Garry), Russ Wyatt (Transcona) and Mike Pagtakhan (Point Douglas). Protection and community services: Chairman Jeff Browaty, Couns. Ross Eadie (Mynarksi), Jason Schreyer (Elmwood-East Kildonan) and Matt Allard ...
Councillors on best behaviour first day
Thursday, 06 November 2014
Russ Wyatt, no longer a member of executive policy committee, spoke diplomatically about his diminished role on a council led by newly elected Mayor Brian Bowman. And the new mayor, facing one of his first gauntlets of reporters, proved he already ...
Inaugural meeting for 14th City of Winnipeg council to be broadcast online
Tuesday, 04 November 2014
... Schreyer, Matt Allard, Shawn Dobson, Scott Gillingham and Janice Lukes. Returning to council are Jenny Gerbasi, now the longest-serving member, Ross Eadie, Jeff Browaty, Devi Sharma, Mike Pagtakhan, John Orlikow, Brian Mayes and Russ Wyatt.
Bowman gets head start on running city
Tuesday, 04 November 2014
Ross Eadie (Mynarski), Mike Pagtakhan (Point Douglas), Devi Sharma (Old Kildonan); 5 pm East Kildonan-Transcona community committee: Couns. Jeff Browaty (North Kildonan), Jason Schreyer (Elmwood-East Kildonan), Russ Wyatt (Transcona). Nov.
Who will be on EPC? (Our best guess)
Friday, 31 October 2014
Russ Wyatt (Transcona). His experience as the city's finance chair may be enough to let him keep his position, but he's not exactly Mr. Popular at City Hall. John Orlikow (River Heights-Fort Garry). There probably isn't enough room for both him and ...
Majority support for city hall cuts remains to be seen Moneysaving measures loom
Wednesday, 29 October 2014
Russ Wyatt (Transcona), who has been deputy mayor and a member of EPC, said he wouldn't indicate his support on the issues until they are published in a council agenda. Jason Schreyer, newly elected to Elmwood-East Kildonan, said he was too busy to ...
Meet your new city councillors
Thursday, 23 October 2014
Schreyer, 47, has already gotten lots of advice from such returning councillors as Jeff Browaty and Russ Wyatt. Of course, his father, Ed, is a former Manitoba premier. "It's a new phase and I look forward to learning the ropes and going from there ...
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