Irma residents will have to wait another year to fill the vacancy on village council during the municipal elections, which are held every four years.

Village of Irma Council met Oct. 13 and decided not to hold a by-election based on a ministerial order pushing back the requirements to have a by-election within a certain time period.

Council has been without a fifth councillor since the resignation of former mayor Dennis Fuder. A by-election was set for April 7 but was postponed indefinitely after then CAO Lisa Brown left.

Joan Green has since taken over the mayoral duties with Doug Coubrough remaining on as deputy mayor. Two other councillors, Richard Langley and Mervin Firkus, round out the four non-vacant council seats.

There would have been two by-elections in 2020 if the April by-election had not been postponed. Firkus won his seat in a by-election in January after then mayor Vance Fuder resigned in November 2019.

Any chance of holding a by-election after that date in April was nixed by the COVID-19 pandemic, which postponed it until further notice as the village concentrated on keeping their community safe.

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