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Calls for Vagramov to again step aside Mayor should be on leave until sex case resolved: Dilworth Mario Bartel mbartel@tricitynews.com
Port Moody council will consider the future of Mayor Rob Vagramov at its next meeting. At Tuesday’s council meeting, Coun. Diana Dilworth filed a notice of motion for council’s next meeting on Oct. 8 that Vagramov continue his leave of absence if his sexual assault case has not yet been resolved — or resign if he hasn’t been fully exonerated of that charge. Earlier Tuesday, another veteran councillor also called for Vagramov to step aside until his court case in concluded. Meghan Lahti, who’s on vacation, said in an email to The Tri-City News that Vagramov
Karin Khuong, a Grade 10 student at Port Coquitlam’s Terry Fox secondary, returned to school for the first time last week after being diagnosed with Stage 4 cancer one year earlier. She is the keynote speaker Sunday at the Terry Fox Hometown Run, one of four Runs in the Tri-Cities. More info, see page 3. JANIS CLEUGH/THE TRI-CITY NEWS
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“should not be sitting in the mayor’s chair” until he’s cleared of the charge and he’s able to assume “all the duties and responsibilities he took an oath to perform.” That includes the mayor’s role as chair of the Port Moody Police Board, a position that passed to Lahti when Vagramov went on leave and she became the first acting mayor in his absence. Lahti said she would no longer fulfill that role “as this would be completely inappropriate and not compliant with the Police Act.” Dilworth’s notice capped a contentious meeting that began with a round of applause from several members of the packed gallery as Vagramov took his position at the apex of council’s semicircle of desks on the stage at Inlet Theatre for the first time since March. see
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