Kingsville honours former Deputy Mayor

Former Kingsville Deputy Mayor Gord Queen appeared at the October 7 council meeting to receive some well-deserved accolades after recently announcing that he was stepping away from public service to spend more time with his family.

Mr. Queen had been a school board trustee for many years before being elected to council, encompassing the past 30 years of his life.

He was most recently Deputy Mayor under Nelson Santos and briefly took over as interim mayor when Santos resigned three years ago.

Current Kingsville Mayor Dennis Rogers presented Mr. Queen with a certificate, after telling him how much the community appreciated his service.

“On behalf of the Town of Kingsville, council and its residents, I want to thank you for your 24 years of exemplary service on council and the various volunteer capacities that you took,” said Rogers. “You did it with grace, you did it with honour.”

Rogers acknowledged the hard work that Queen put in over the years.

“Gord, we appreciate everything that you’ve done, every moment that you put  your blood, sweat and tears into,” he said. “No one is going to hold it against you that you want to take a step back to spend more time with those beautiful grandbabies. Thank you Gord, for everything that you’ve done.”

Queen was moved by the gesture.

“I would like to express my thanks to the mayor, the council and particularly the staff,” he said. “Because when I was on council, we were all guided by a number of great people. Thank you for the recognition.”