When they mayor's away, the councillors don't play - they take his place.
Each councillor gets a turn in the big seat as acting mayor, appearing at events when Mayor Derek Corrigan is unavailable.
Council approved the acting mayor appointment schedule for 2012 at the Dec. 12 meeting.
Coun. Dan Johnston is scheduled to be acting mayor for January and August.
Coun. Anne Kang is acting mayor in February and October.
Coun. Paul McDonell is acting mayor in March and November.
Coun. Nick Volkow is acting mayor in April and December.
Coun. Pietro Calendino is acting mayor in May.
Coun. Richard Chang is acting mayor in June.
Coun. Sav Dhaliwal is acting mayor in July.
Coun. Colleen Jordan is acting mayor in September.