Readers of this blog should note that Councilors Taylor and Malerby sit on the Fire Halls Building Committee . One can assume then that they would be the first elected officials to be aware of any issues related to the construction of these 2 fire halls including timeline, costs, and construction screw ups or adjustments. As Chief Administrative Officer, Wendy Kay would be responsible for relating this information to these 2 councilors and Mayor Corner. We can only guess what the Fire Chief was dismissed for, but if it relates to his public criticism of the process of construction and poor liaison with district staff, then these four individuals are the ones to go to for the answers.
Coun. Taylor points out in his reply to the invitation to attend the upcoming meeting (see this blog) that there is “ no change in the operations” and that the “department is business as usual with no financial implications to taxpayers” in the dismissal of the Coldstream Fire Chief. Is this not like saying that we don’t need a Fire Chief (volunteer or paid) nor did we ever? What a bizarre and insulting comment!
Of particular concern to Coldstream voters should be the fact that Coun. Taylor, in bothering to reply, is signaling that he is going to run for Council again; we should then brace ourselves for business as usual in Coldstream (big spending, bad decisions, lack of community consultation, subversion of the OCP , tax hikes and the lingering question of who is actually running the show ).
Greg Ockert
Coun. Taylor points out in his reply to the invitation to attend the upcoming meeting (see this blog) that there is “ no change in the operations” and that the “department is business as usual with no financial implications to taxpayers” in the dismissal of the Coldstream Fire Chief. Is this not like saying that we don’t need a Fire Chief (volunteer or paid) nor did we ever? What a bizarre and insulting comment!
Of particular concern to Coldstream voters should be the fact that Coun. Taylor, in bothering to reply, is signaling that he is going to run for Council again; we should then brace ourselves for business as usual in Coldstream (big spending, bad decisions, lack of community consultation, subversion of the OCP , tax hikes and the lingering question of who is actually running the show ).
Greg Ockert
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