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SQCRD fires Janet Beil	Done during ‘illegal’ in-camera meeting
	Chaos? Future?

I am told this was done at the ‘in-camera’ meeting last Friday.

Assuming Regional Districts have to follow same rules as municipalities then closed meeting was illegal (no motion etc)

Whatever—not in doubt they would have the authority to terminate --- ‘how’ depending on contract

Why was Janet fired?

One ‘explanation’ going around is that the municipalities felt the rural areas were obtaining benefits disproportionately --- Easier to change director than impose different direction --- along same lines when 2005 census results became ‘official’ I was told a rural district on QCIs would gain and a municipal would lose in voting --- some votes are ‘weighted’ based upon population/ revenue

	Friction at meeting
	Looking back at meeting there was only one person that was aggressive or ‘angry’-- Queen Charlotte City Mayor Carol Kulesha --- take this budget document --- Kulesha wanted to know why SQCRD ‘owed’ anyone 4.4M$ --- it was ‘explained’ that was accountant speak – then why not footnoted?

Finding Fault	Garbage mix-ups on QCIs
	ISWAC the garbage collecting again brought some anger/ irritation from Kulesha – who questioned why one of her residents was being ‘double billed’ – at one point she thumped a stack of documents on desk that presumably ‘proved’ point. One director suggested those kinds of matters should have been dealt with back on QCIs when ISWAC meetings held

-Most Telling

Tony was to sign checks

When Minutes read Kulesha wanted to know where the motion that check signing was to be done preferably by chair or vice chair--- Beil explained that motions was made for another Hospital(?) committee and would be in next months minutes when that committee met again.

Both taken together imply Kulesha (and presumably others) was worried about money.

As there was no motion to hold in-camera meeting – thus no discussion—one must assume the board had already made up its mind before meeting to terminate/ reprimand Beil. I suspect not all were aware of it --- but that is only speculation

End of SQCRD?—time to re-think its usefulness/ purpose

Chaos?--- No budget--- No experienced managers remaining

If the Garbage ‘double billing’ mix-up was what triggered this – implication that a small dispute blown out of proportion. There were 2 local levels before SQCRD that could have ‘solved’ dispute.

If this was the reason – then implication is that SQCRD should be restructured. The Charlottes separated off from main land. The realm of Haida separated from realm of Tsimshian.

Then what to do with mainland? Either lump in with Terrace or with Central Coast depending if marine or highway seen as decisive.

Created by LG on 22/1/2007