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Council Meeting	July 10^th 2006
	Trying to make these meetings relevant

On right is Tanalee Hesse who has ‘replaced’ Tom on interim basis

Post Tom Ireland city hall

Most meeting taken up with CityWest Governance (see below)

FOI officer appointed

Mayor Pond asks for Council approval 2 travel junkets- approved

Then back to closed meetings

--- corrections of this article made when official minutes received—end of article

Perhaps because no real business on agenda Council took some of their closed meeting material into public session	Alarm Bells should be ringing
	At some level City West governance looks like really boring stuff that should just be rubber stamped and moved on --- the present board wants to amend the ‘Articles of Incorporation’ and what council received was the draft before sent to Lawyers. Councillors Thorkelson & Gordon-Payne took their elected roles seriously and dared to question if some of the provisions were in City’s best interest

Carver Governance Model & Best Practices

Jargon or Substance?

Thanks to Councillor Gordon Payne’s request that public be able to read document if so wished, I was given a copy (minus any sensitive material see below). At face value the board is trying to fulfill its role effectively; they chose a readily available governance model and are trying to apply it. Specific Requests: More board members (7 instead of 5) $$ be paid 600$/month and up to 200$ in CityWest ‘services’ Less obvious at Council meeting is that board also seeks more autonomy New CEO? – while not in public meeting Carver Governance seems to deal with board’s relation to CEO (of City West)

Briglio (representing ‘Old Guard’)) agreed that the City West articles of incorporation were ‘rushed through’ and were ‘very restrictive’ Pond’s travels: Regional Round Table meeting on July 12th and the Pacific Northwest Economic Conference

Alarm bells

Gordon Payne questioned the remuneration which was equivalent City Council or School Board (56T$ total plus I expect per diems etc will be included) Old Guard said City West profit making business and that Credit Union faced same dilemma and $$ offered was on low end. Thorkelson started to question the articles minutely – she was told that this not required as articles already accepted and these were only some small changes and she would have chance to dissect it when comes back from lawyers BAD Move Thorkelson was pursuing directions that would ensure City West board members represented best interests of people in PR. Thus wanted that at least 3 people live here etc Pond and old guard – said don’t worry But if anyone had actually read the document present would see that is was those very residency provisions etc that Board wanted to remove and make the only requirement one of ‘required skills’ (mistake on my part see below) --- Many of the changes were to meet Council’s expectation that Annual General Meeting and thus Financial statements of company be ‘open to public’’ a laudable goal.

OOPS My Mistake	Corrections from the Minutes
	Received the minutes of the meeting and Thorkelson’s amendment that 3 of 7 members reside in PR was passed by Council, and her 2^nd amendment that one of the directors on the Board be a designated senior manager employed by the City was also passed --- thus Council did the ‘right thing’--- and presumably agreed with Thorkelson’s concerns that board reflect citizen’s of PR best interests.

Created by LG on July 13, 2006

Last updated on Thursday, July 13, 2006