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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>I am deleting old emails here and reread this
one.</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>I was told today, but have not confirmed this info,
that our city clerk is the integrity commissioner for Cambridge. If powers
were to be extended, this would not be a cool thing in my opinion.</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Jan</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial">----- Original Message ----- </DIV>
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style="BACKGROUND: #e4e4e4; FONT: 10pt arial; font-color: black"><B>From:</B>
<A title=nrchaloner@hotmail.com href="mailto:nrchaloner@hotmail.com">Norah
& Richard</A> </DIV>
<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>To:</B> <A title=all@gren.ca
href="mailto:all@gren.ca">all@gren.ca</A> </DIV>
<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Sent:</B> Thursday, September 09, 2010 9:55
AM</DIV>
<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Subject:</B> Re: [All] Integrity
commissioners: What they can and cannot do</DIV>
<DIV><BR></DIV>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><BR>On 03/09/2010 11:58 AM, Louisette Lanteigne wrote:
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<TD vAlign=top>Hi folks<BR><BR>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><BR>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><BR>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><BR>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><BR>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
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