January 25, 2012
Townships get back to
business
by Kay McQuade
It was back to the business of running the townships for the
councillors at Head, Clara & Maria during last Friday’s council
meeting - with no mention of code of conduct or harassments complaints
appearing anywhere on the agenda.
The only reference to the events of the past several months was to
announce that there will be a special closed session of council this
Thursday, January 26, in council chambers to receive and discuss the
report and recommendations of Ray Bonenberg of the Delfi Group.
The Delfi Group was hired by council to investigate the harassment
complaints filed by the township clerk Melinda Reith against council in
early October 2011, and the harassment and code of conduct complaint
filed by an unnamed ratepayer against council in general, councillors
Dave Foote and Jim Gibson in particular, and against township clerk
Melinda Reith in December 2011.
In a related matter, Reith reported she has been contacted by Yvonne
Hegge of the Ombudsman’s office concerning the investigation of the
closed sessions of council on October 21 and November 4, 2011 which
dealt with various harassment complaints filed by the clerk and a code
of conduct complaint filed by resident Wayne Clouthier.
She believes they will be contacting each councillor in the near future
concerning these sessions.
By-election update
Residents of HCM will have a chance to “Meet and Greet” the township
by-election candidates, listen to a brief statement and ask questions
on Sunday, January 29, from 2 to 4 pm at the township hall in
Stonecliffe.
Two candidates, Doug Antler and Debbi Grills, are vying for the vacancy
resulting from the resignation of Ed Aiston last December.
Election day is Monday, February 13, 2012 and an advance poll will be
held on Saturday, February 4.
Voters are reminded to bring their identification; they won’t be able
to vote without it.
Full details are available on the townships website.
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