Province suing former Manigotagan mayor
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THE province is suing a former Manitoba mayor, accusing him of misappropriating over $40,000 in billings for unapproved road maintenance.
Between May 2015 and August 2016, then Manigotagan mayor Larry Wood “established a pattern of behaviour in which he personally and repeatedly collected funds he was not entitled to,” the province alleges in a statement of claim filed last week.
Wood, who at the time was also area works supervisor for the Manigotagan maintenance yard, was informed in April 2014 that maintenance yard employees would no longer be responsible for maintaining community service roads and that any maintenance work was to be done only with the approval of the Department of Manitoba Infrastructure, the statement of claim alleges.
“Despite the department’s directions, and without prior authorization and approval from it, (Wood) continued to instruct departmental employees under his supervision to conduct maintenance on the community service roads, utilizing departmental equipment and materials to do so,” says the statement of claim.
As mayor, the statement of claim alleges, Wood billed the Manigotagan Community Council for $43,460, “and collected the funds for his own personal benefit and gain.”
In August 2017, Wood met with an infrastructure department representative and government lawyer and agreed to repay the money, alleges the statement of claim. To date, none of the money has been repaid.
The allegations have not been proven in court and Wood is presumed innocent.
Manigotagan is approximately 190 kilometres north of Winnipeg.