Sunday, August 31, 2008

What happened to our open and responsive Council?

Administration's response to CRPA's request to present the resolutions arising from the Town Hall meeting is puzzling.
"Given that the resolutions to which you refer are directly related to the dismissal of the Fire Chief, we are not able to grant your request to appear as a delegation. Personnel issues are reserved for In-Camera meetings of Council."
No question, their meeting was in-camera and we understand that they cannot discuss it in public. Our resolutions were passed at an open meeting and the president was only going to pass them on to Council.

Council had three options. They could have received and filed them, they could have dealt with them in camera or they could have ignored them as per usual. Nevertheless, hearing the presentation would not have broken confidentiality. This was just another poor decision by Administration just like the refusal of my request to have the Auditor present for questioning him regarding the budgetary process.

Open and responsive Council we do not have in Coldstream. Administration is not working for the majority of taxpayers. Do they forget who is paying their wages?


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I have been a resident of Coldstream since 1976. I have had 15 years of experience on Council, 3 years as Mayor. As a current Councillor I am working to achieve fair water and sewer rates and to ensure that taxpayers get fair treatment. The current direction regarding water supply is unsustainable and I am doing all I can to get the most cost effective water supply possible.