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I strongly endorse this recommendation to extend the powers of
Municipal Integrity Commissioners to be able to review staff conduct
when complaints arise in order to facilitate the ability to review
matters and provide the opportunity for dialogue and/or mediation.
Although my community of Guelph does not have an integrity officer,
this could also raise awareness of the importance of this role for
all of our municipalities. Norah<br>
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On 03/09/2010 11:58 AM, Louisette Lanteigne wrote:
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<td style="font: inherit;" valign="top">Hi folks<br>
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I just got off the phone with the City of Waterloo's new
Integrity Commissioner Gregory Levine. He's a really nice
man to speak with.<br>
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The powers of the municipal Integrity Commissioner is to
review the conduct of council members so if one behaves
inappropriately there can be a measure of scrutiny to
understand and resolve various issues or sanctions if need
be. For example, I filed a complaint regarding a certain
council member who intimidated a public speaker at a
Waterloo council meeting a few months back. The Integrity
Commissioner reviewed the matter and asked if I wanted to
take further action to get an investigation happening. I
dropped it because this person isn't running for office
again but I told him I wanted to give him the heads up
that issues like this have taken place in council
previously.<br>
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It is interesting to note that the Integrity Commissioner
does NOT have powers to review the conduct of municipal
STAFF. This is due to the fact that staff are protected by
Labour Unions and that complicates how the matters are to
be addressed. There could, in theory, be measures made at
the COUNCIL level to allocate these extend the powers to
the Integrity Commissioner to allow them to review conduct
by staff but to date no municipality has done that
although this is STRONGLY recommended by David McMullen,
the Integrity Commissioner from Toronto as noted in the
Bellamy Commission Report. <br>
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I suggest that GREN consider taking the position to
recommend extended the powers of Municipal Integrity
Commissioners to be able to review staff conduct when
complaints arise in order to facilitate the ability to
review matters and provide the opportunity for dialogue
and/or mediation. Should the conduct warrant some form of
sanction, the dialogue can than include union reps if need
be. <br>
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If we had such a system in place, the planner at the city
level who authorized work to be done in the West Side
Lands, prior to the completion of the OMB mandated
studies, could be reviewed and held accountable. <br>
<br>
Lulu :0)<br>
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