Wetaskiwin mayor returning to city hall after being banned
The City of Wetaskiwin and its mayor Joe Branco have come to a court approved agreement to allow the mayor back inside city hall after being banned in mid-January.
The City of Wetaskiwin and its mayor, Joe Branco, have reached an interim agreement to lift the ban placed on him earlier this year. According to the court order, Branco will be allowed to officially return to city hall once he completes a respectful workplace training course, and he will need to refrain from contacting the complainant.
This development comes months after the city council voted to ban Branco from attending city council meetings in person in January and a few months after it was revealed that Branco had verbally harassed a female city employee with terms such as "sweetie," "honey," and "his girl." Branco's lawyer, Roberto Noce, had initiated a judicial review of the ban, but it has now been lifted. Noce anticipates the first hearing in the fall of 2027. Katherine Ludwig reported on this story.
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