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Saturday, September 12, 2009

Monday Council - Cllr. Steve Ferguson Proposes Making it Right

Monday, September 14, 2009 Township Council Meetings are as follows:

Special ToL Council Meeting - 3:00pm
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Public Hearing - ToL Council Meeting - 7:00pm
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Regular ToL Council Meeting - 7:00pm
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Councillor Steve Ferguson will present this Motion to Council (see below) in the 3:00pm Special Meeting of ToL Council. Cllr. Ferguson's Motion addresses Mayor Rick Green's presentation before the ALC (in violation of his Oath of Office and the Community Charter). It also addresses Green's ongoing problems working with Council. Despite what the Milner Greens tell you in The Langley Mimes rag, it is Mayor Green that is wrong and not the world.

If the mayor votes against this motion, then clearly Green does not believe himself when he says he represented himself as private citizen and not as mayor when dealing with the ALC. Of course students of democracy and parliamentary procedure will tell you that the mayor cannot shed his fur robe that way. We are certain that Councillor Mel Kositsky will have much to say on this topic, as parliamentary rules and procedures flow through his veins.

Council Steve Ferguson's Motion:

Goals and Directions 2010/11

Whereas Township Council is approaching the end of its first year of
a three-year mandate, and

Whereas the Mayor and Council have specific priorities, goals and
direction they wish to be presented at the Council table, and
Whereas Mayor and Council are bound by the Community Charter and
certain procedures need to be followed to carry out Council direction, and
Mayor and Council need to work together as cohesively as possible,

Be it resolved that the Township of Langley hire a consultant to do the
following:

1. Meet with the Mayor and each Councillor to clarify concerns, individual
goals, and possible directions for the next two years.

2. Have a workshop with Mayor and Council to discuss issues of concern,
procedural matters, and team-building relations.

3. Report back to Mayor and Council on the findings.

2 comments:

Anonymous said...

IT WILL TAKE MORE THAN A CONSULTATION TO FIX THIS MESS.I HAVE SEEN TWO YEAR OLDS IN A SANDBOX WITH MORE SENSE.TWO YEARS IS A LONG TIME TO SUFFER THROUGH THIS BUT I SEE NO ALTERNATIVE.

Anonymous said...

Any update on the meeting, I read in 'Politics Dotcom' that the vote was 8 for 1 against. I guess if you have something to hide one needs to shy from a teamwork approach.
To think, this person teaches our students and doesn't want to support teamwork......ta da!