Jack Froese has been re-elected as 91原创 Township mayor for his third term.

In a three-person mayoral race between incumbent Froese and candidates Alex Joehl and Anna Remenik, voters chose to go with the most familiar face.

On Oct. 20, Froese topped the polls with 14,855 votes. Next was Remenik with 8,407, followed by Joehl who received 1,809 votes.

鈥淭here鈥檚 a few things the old council put over to the new council that we will have to get to right away,鈥� said Froese on Monday, following his win.

A few immediate goals include looking at whether the Township wants a tree bylaw, deciding on retail cannabis policies, and continuing the Brookswood-Fernridge neighbourhood plan.

As for marijuana regulations, Froese said he wants to 鈥榩roceed slowly and cautiously.鈥�

鈥淚t鈥檚 more important that we listen to the residents to find out what they want. This is new, and I want to have a made-in-91原创 policy on it.鈥�

Froese also plans to review how permits are processed in the Township.

鈥淲e want to do business in 91原创 and we want to make sure we鈥檙e competitive in the rest of the region.鈥�

Froese鈥檚 long-term focus includes the

Regionally, Froese said there鈥檚 a lot of work to be done with transportation, specifically, the Metro Vancouver Mayors鈥� Council鈥檚 10-year transportation vision, which includes a Surrey-91原创 Light Rail Transit line along Fraser Highway.

鈥淲e still need to plan for the rail coming up Fraser Highway into the 91原创s. That hasn鈥檛 been funded yet. The new mayor elected in Surrey has talked about SkyTrain and I鈥檝e been talking about LRT. We need to take a serious look at the business case for both and the funding.鈥�

Froese said he prefers the LRT concept, but added he鈥檚 鈥榦pen-minded鈥� about a potential SkyTrain expansion.

Beginning Nov. 5, Froese will be joined at the table by councillors David Davis, Eric Woodward, Kim Richter, Bob Long, Blair Whitmarsh, Steve Ferguson, Petrina Arnason and Margaret Kunst.

鈥淚 always said my job is to work with council, support council and carry out the will of council. That鈥檚 the job of the mayor. I certainly know that there鈥檚 a lot of good people, and we lost some good people with the last election, but that鈥檚 politics.鈥�

Froese said during all three of his council terms, approximately one-third of council has turned over.

鈥淥n one hand, it鈥檚 always good to get new ideas and fresh faces and on the other hand, it鈥檚 good to have the stability of experience.鈥�

Of the 75,278 eligible voters this year, 22,654 cast a ballot.