Prince George Coun. Garth Frizzell held on to his seat with the country's national organization representing local governments.
The local politician was re-elected to his fifth term on the Federation of Canadian Municipalites' board of directors Sunday during the group's annual conference in Vancouver.
The elections were part of the four-day event - which wraps up today - attended by the mayor and members of council.
Eight people contested five open positions in the B.C. caucus, with two previous directors losing their seats.
"It was a bit of a turnover," Frizzell said. "[Nelson Mayor John Dooley], [Squamish-Lillooet regional district chair Susan Gimse] and I are now some of the longest-serving members on the board."
The weekend has been so full of programming that Frizzell said he hasn't seen much of the other Prince George representatives at the event.
Fellow councillor Cameron Stolz was recognized, along with Langley Coun. Bob Long, for their fundraising efforts for the FCM's Canadian Women in Municipal Government Scholarship.
"It's a task that goes to the hosting province every year, and they broke a record," Frizzell said. "They raised $5,000 in a matter of days for the scholarship program, so that was really good news."
Moving forward
The goal for the weekend was for the nearly 2,000 delegates representing about 90 per cent of they country's population to set the course for the next year of work for the FCM.
"All those reports are being collated as we speak and they'll be ready for the first board meeting coming in September," Frizzell said.
During the event, the federation released their 2013 report on the state of cities and communities. The document suggests the relationship between local and federal governments isn't working, with policies that address short-term pressures as opposed to the base structural issues.
Among the changes the FCM is proposing is a framework to guide the development of federal policy and collaboration with municipalities to focus on issues that go unaddressed due to outdated policies.
"As we said in our new report, governments working together must be the rule, not the exception, and we're determined to build a better system of intergovernmental co-operation so together we can deliver better results for Canada," FCM past president Karen Leibovici said in a statement.
