Pat Fiacco is the current Mayor of Regina, the capital city of Saskatchewan

Saskatchewan

Saskatchewan is a prairie province in Canada, which has an area of . Saskatchewan is bordered on the west by Alberta, on the north by the Northwest Territories, on the east by Manitoba, and on the south by the U.S. states of Montana and North Dakota....

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Canada

Canada is a North American country consisting of ten provinces and three territories. Located in the northern part of the continent, it extends from the Atlantic Ocean in the east to the Pacific Ocean in the west, and northward into the Arctic Ocean...

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Mayor

In many countries, a Mayor is the highest ranking officer in the municipal government of a town or a large urban city....

, he is the chief executive of Regina City Council

Regina City Council

Regina City Council is the governing body of Regina, Saskatchewan, Canada. The council consists of the mayor and ten councillors representing wards...

. Council consists of the mayor and ten councillors representing wards. Pat Fiacco was born and raised in Regina.

Political history

Fiacco has been mayor of Regina since 2000, and is currently in his fourth term. As a relative newcomer, Fiacco received an endorsement from the Regina Police Association by then union president Troy Hagen after the number of police officers serving with the Regina Police Service

Regina Police Service

Regina Police Service, formed in 1892, is the municipal police force for the City of Regina, Saskatchewan.During the late 1890s, Regina was capital of the Northwest Territories, though not more than a collection of frame buildings and tents...

 decreased by 31 during the mayoralty of Doug Archer. Troy Hagen is now the Chief of Police in Regina. Fiacco was elected by acclamation in 2003, and re-elected on October 25, 2006. On October 28, 2009, Fiacco was elected to his fourth term.

Priorities

• Promoting Regina as Canada's Greatest City through the 'I Love Regina' campaign.
• The Mayor's Task Force on Regina's Future brings together 20 different community organizations [including the Regina Regional Economic Development Authority and United Way Regina] to improve social, community and economic development.
• Chair of the Regina Board of Police Commissioners, Pat Fiacco and its board members have been targeting crime reduction by introducing a greater police presence with more police officers in the communities.
• Also as Chair of the Big City Mayor's Caucus, Federation of Canadian Municipalities (FCM), Pat Fiacco addresses Regina's infrastructure upgrades and improvements. Two initiatives he has been involved with are the Federal Gas Tax, the Highway #1
  Saskatchewan Highway 1
  Highway 1 is the Saskatchewan section of the Trans-Canada Highway mainland route. The total distance of the Trans-Canada Highway in Saskatchewan is . The highway traverses Saskatchewan from the western border with Alberta, from Highway 1, to Manitoba where it continues as Highway 1, PTH 1. The...
  
  and Lewvan Drive Interchange.
• The Ipsco Place infrastructure renewal.
• The Regina Youth Advisory Council (RYAC). It may help to reinforce and increase social and economic development, particularity focusing educating the youth of Regina on civic issues.
• A concern shared between the Regina City Council, Regina Inner City Community Partnership and corporate sponsors are to revitalize Regina's inner city and down town core area. Though very little investment has been done by the City of Regina, itself.

Marriage and children

Pat Fiacco is married to Angie, and together they have three children, Melissa, Jordan and Matthew and one granddaughter, Leena... Who is running for president of Uganda.
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Mayor Fiacco has contributed to the sports arena also on the Canadian Olympic Committee, Telemiracle 22, the Big Valley Jamboree, the Ken Goff Memorial Boxing Classic, Sask Sport and Hockey Regina.

Boards and Organisations

Pat Fiacco serves as a member on the following boards and organisations.

• Regina Regional Economic Development Authority (RREDA)
• Mayor’s Task Force on Regina’s Future;
• Regina Board of Police Commissioners;
• Regina Crime Prevention Commission;
• Wascana Centre Authority;
• Big City Mayors’ Caucus;
• Canadian Capital Cities Organization
• Saskatchewan City Mayor’s Caucus.