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Council Meetings

Meetings are held at the Council Chambers in Oakbank, 628 Main Street.

Council


Reeve Jim McCarthy

Council Involvement:

Elected to Council in October of 2010.

Darlene and Jim have been residents of Springfield, living in the Cooks Creek Area since 1975.  They raised their three children Ryan, Meaghan and Bohdan in Springfield and all three attended the Elementary, Junior High and High Schools in Oakbank.  Our family has been a past member of Cooks Creek Community Club, Hazelridge Community Club, Oakbank Community Club and all three children were members of the Selo Ukrainian Dancers in Anola.  Jim and Darlene curl on a regular basis at the Springfield Curling Club in Dugald.

Jim was employed by  Manitoba Hydro for 36 years and he has enjoyed this career from beginning to end.  He started as a Power Electrician travelling throughout all of Manitoba and progressed to the position of the Electrical Apparatus Manager for the Winnipeg and surrounding area.  While working and raising their family with Darlene, Jim took evening courses and has graduated from the Canadian Institute of Management and Public Sector Management at the University of Manitoba.  Jim believes that learning is a lifelong process and has completed numerous leadership, management and human resources related courses.

Contacts:

Telephone: 232-1018

Email:  jmccarthy@rmofspringfield.ca

Councillor  Robert (Bob) Bodnaruk

Council Involvement:

Elected to Council in October 2002 as 
Councillor for Ward 1.

 

 

 

 

 

 

Board member

  • Cooks Creek Conservation Dist # 12

Member

  • Association of Rural Municipalities (ARM) 
  • Springfield Resource Centre 
  • Red River Basin North Chapter 
  • Eastern Regional Development Inc. 
  • Floodway Expansion Committee
  • Workplace Health & Safety Committee
  • Public Cemetery Committee 
  • Association of Manitoba Municipalities (Voting Delegate) 
  • Seine Rat River Conservation District
  • Winnipeg River Brokenhead Community Futures

Education:

  • Bachelor of Arts – Economics / Mathematics
  • 2 yrs Engineering (U of M)

Career:

  • Systems Administrator with Manitoba Hydro
  • Surveyor with Water Resources (2 yrs)

Community-focus:

  • Coached Girl’s Fastball & Ringette
  • Block Captain for Neighbourhood Watch
  • Past Member Rural Crime Watch Steering Committee
  • Volunteered for Meals on Wheels & Canadian Cancer Society
  • Past Member of Big Brothers Association

Personal: 

  • Married to Audrey, have one daughter Crystal & 3 Grandchildren, Chelsea, Caden & Avery
  • Enjoy spending time with family, gardening, fishing, & landscaping projects.

Contacts:

  • Home telephone: 224-3147       
  • E-mail:bbod@mts.net                  
  • Fax: 224-9364



Councillor Karen Lalonde

Council Involvement:

Elected to Council in October 2002 as Councillor for Ward 2. 

 

 

 

 


Board member

  • Kin Place
  • Eastern Regional Development Inc. 
  • Oakbank Beautification Committee (Secretary) 
  • Eastern Tourism Association 
  • Springfield Public Library
  • Springfield Community Wellness Coalition

Member

  • Springfield Recreation Committee
  • Seniors Housing

Career:

  • Sales/Marketing
  • Retail Management – T. Eaton Co., Boes Ltd.
  • Small business owner- Oak Barrel Clothing & Karen’s Sweet Treats
  • Bakery in Oakbank , Beaver Pump Service in Winnipeg

Community-focus:

  • Volunteered at Zora & Oakbank Community Clubs as a member
  • Assist seniors in our community
  • Member of Citizens on Patrol (COPPS)

Personal:

  • Have lived in Springfield for 34 years, 24 of them in a rural environment
    and the past 10 years in Oakbank
  • Married to Keith, 2 adult children, Michelle & Bradley,and 4 grandchildren of which 2 reside in Springfield

Personal interests:

family focus, physical fitness, gardening, writing

Contacts:

  • Home telephone: 444-2285
  • Cell : 232-1334

E-mail : klalonde@mymts.net


Councillor Brian Thompson

Elected to Council in October 2011 as Councillor for Ward 3.

Councillor Ken Lucko

Elected to Council in October 2006 as Councillor for Ward 4.














Board member

  • Cooks Creek Conservation District

Member

  • Association of Rural Municipalities (ARM)
  • North East Agassiz Water Management Association   
  • Workplace Health & Safety Committee
  • Brokenhead River Restoration
  • Shoal Lake Aqueduct Stakeholders 
  • Red River Basin Commission/North Chapter 
  • Manitoba Association of Regional Recyclers
  • Springfield Tache Weed Control District

Contacts:

Councillor Garry Brown

Elected to Council in October 2010 as Councillor for Ward 5.


Contact Information

Phone: 782-1197

Email: gbrown@rmofspringfield.ca

               

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