WESTMOUNT INDEPENDENT Weekly. Vol. 11 No. 4a We are Westmount April 4, 2017 Trent to resign, won’t finish term Asks council to name an interim mayor By Laureen Sweeney “I want to leave at the top of my game,” he said. In a surprise move, Mayor Peter Trent Trent was first elected to council in 1983 announced officially April 3 he will not and then as mayor in 1991, serving in that seek a sixth term in office and intends to capacity for a total of 18 years, twice as resign in the next few weeks to avoid being long as any of his predecessors. viewed in a “lame duck” role until the In a departure from his longstanding November 5 elections. practice of not declaring his intentions in He told the Independent he was asking an election year until after the summer, he the council to choose an interim mayor said that once he had made the decision from among themselves, as allowed by law not to run this time, he felt obliged to within 30 days, to provide a smooth tran - make it public and leave as soon as possi - sition. His resignation would take effect ble. when this occurs, “at the pleasure of coun - “I don’t want to be viewed as a lame cil,” but certainly by the end of April, he ex - duck or lose my moral authority to lead the pects. Association of Suburban Municipalities,” of which he is president. Trent was expected to state his inten - Letters p. 10 tions at the start of the council meeting Social Notes by V. Redgrave p. 31 April 3, after the Indepen - Mayor Peter Trent in his office at Westmount city hall March 31. dent ’s press time. continued on p. 28 Bought & Sold by A. Dodge p. 19 Cenotaph area to become Max Vimy Park, marking WWI battle Castle By Laureen Sweeney Westmount’s Royal Montreal Regiment (RMR) and left another 176 wounded, At its meeting April 3, city council was some of the casualties being Westmount expected to adopt the name Vimy Park for residents. the triangular green space east of Argyle, The greenspace around the cenotaph 514.941.8802 where the city’s cenotaph is located. 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The advent of spring has ushered in a “We’re also making stakes from the trees new city program to recycle the city’s felled that are cut down to hold up the new ones trees into stakes for holding up new plant - we’re going to plant,” Lulham said. “So we ings as well as to provide wood chips for are using the old to hold up the new.” refurbishing the main paths in Summit Woods. One ash to yield 675 stakes The city regularly cuts down trees for This “planking” work by a specialist was safety reasons, disease and, in the case of being undertaken last week near the cor - ash trees, those being attacked by the ner of Sherbrooke and Melville in West - emerald ash borer (EAB). mount Park, where a large ash tree was In announcing the recycling projects, taken down. This one tree is expected to Councillor Cynthia Lulham, commissioner provide most of the 250 stakes the city will of Sustainability and Parks, said last week require, Liveanu said. the work on the Summit paths will require The stakes will bear a distinctive brand - the closure of the parking lot at the top of ing that depicts the city shield and the Belvedere Rd.