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Sea, land, river

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SQCRD in chaos	Administrator fired; chair survives non-confidence vote
	Will RD be dismantled?

Part one

(part 2 wil ldeal with the real business of meeting)

Compromises were available but majority board voted them down

(How do I know? I was told to get the compromise ‘in-writing’ and it would be presented to board)

TL Hesse (PR Administrator G Howie’s wife) presently SQCRD Administrator

I am told Janet will be offered severance package etc --- 19 years service at 1 month per year=??)

Boards lawyer was at the Friday meeting --- (One had to arrive exactly on time as front door was locked at 7PM – as one citizen found out when tried to enter--- which is somehow a metaphor for this SQCRD travesty) --- I hear they have subsequently changed the locks on the doors – perhaps fearing ---- what?

Non Confidence Vote

Several questions raised about minutes

(I have a tape of session which I will put this 2 minute clip up later)—

Ian Hetman questioned the chair about if ‘in-camera meeting’ was announced to public--- this was answered with it was written on agenda (which these people seem to interpret as all that is required)

Then Des Nobles asked if a crucial motion was passed as a motion – he admitted it was discussed—but not passed as motion

(remember that Janet Beil had taken minutes last meeting and her minutes were not used – in fact unclear where the present minutes came from)

Presumably majority chose to remember it as a ‘motion’ and thus end of discussion

This was too much for Des Nobles who asked to record in minutes a ‘motion of non-confidence’ in the Chair – based upon ‘alterations to minutes’, discrepancies, and that minutes ‘were not a true reflection of what took place’

Pages seemed taken aback at motion but almost laughed at idea and went to vote where municipality reps all voted against and rural reps all voted in favour

More later on apparent split rural and municipal on board

Amateurs – on legality ‘in-camera’ meetings

The community Charter came in with Campbell Liberals and was heralded as making municipal councils more transparent --- looked good too at the time – what issues that could be discussed ‘in-camera’ were listed and a legal procedure for their implementation given – thus has to be passed as a resolution stating the section which covered the items to be discussed outside public purview

Note having it on the agenda – nor posting a notice on bulletin board are not legal --- but Campbell’s Liberals don’t wish to get caught up in local politics so they will not enforce --- (several people told me this)

So again I return to the image of SQCRD locking the door at 7PM as metaphor for their view of democracy

More later

Created by LG on Feb 26, 2007

Last updated on Monday, February 26, 2007

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Administrator fired; chair survives non-confidence vote