Council briefs
Today at 4pm the cobourg Council will listen to seven delegations, that's good for at least two hours of listening and questions. But one of the delegates is a person named Jerry Ford, perhaps he is the putative candidate for Council who may be sussing out the joint and picking a chair. He will be talking about a very valid issue - why is there no pool in the Community centre.
Also for the watchers of the Community Centre questions will be asked about the move to set up a "special contingency fund" of $500,000 to be funded from council's 'playmoney' fund - the HoldCo dividends. If the Project is on track why do they need another half million?
And the hoary chestnut of a pay raise is being punted to the next Council, a report about the wisdom of a payraise and how much it should be is to be presented as a first order of business for the new Council in January. No cajones in this motion. This Council should be ruling on this before the election to avoid the stupid gotcha questions at an all candidates meeting - "Will you be taking a raise?" and the equally stupid reply from cowardly candidates of "No", "Perhaps" and "I'll decide when I see how much it is".
4 comments:
This would be the perfect time for councillors to decide on a pay raise. Since the majority of them are not returning it would be done at a time when those voting would have minimal conflict of interest.
As it was explained at council, the contingency fund is a precautionary move to provide a bridge between this council and the next, during the lame duck period and the initiation period of the new council. It is NOT money being set aside, only made to be available in the event if some unforeseen crisis manifests during those periods. The fund has an expiry date of Dec 31 2010.
That should smooth your feathers Ben. It might also hint that not everything that council does has an ulterior motive, as you seem to enjoy speculating upon. .. just sayin'
If some unforeseen crisis appears where we are on the hook for an over-run the bill can be delayed until a new Council comes in. No smoke no fire - just saying - someone knows something!
now THAT sounds like experience talking - this could get interesting after all,(and I don't mean to offend with my earlier remark)
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