City Council hosts a Closed Session, Public Hearing and Regular Open Council session tonight (image from City of PR Annual Report) |
As they head into the home stretch of the final three months for municipal governance for 2021, Prince Rupert City Council reaches a benchmark tonight, with Mayor Lee Brain and his six council members set to reach a 50/50 split between the Open Public Council sessions and those that they take behind Closed doors.
The split as of the end of business tonight will be at 16 Open, 16 Closed, with tonight's Closed Session of 5PM set to cover off a few items of note from the criteria specified in Section 90 of the Community Charter.
As they settle in for the early evening get together at City Hall, or perhaps a Closed Zoom Session online, Council will address four of the fifteen elements of the checklist for closing the doors to the public, among then:
(a) personal information about an identifiable individual who holds or is being considered for a position as an officer, employee or agent of the municipality or another position appointed by the municipality;
2014 NR Article - More transparency, more town halls the call from the Lee Brain campaign
ReplyDeleteIn order to remedy the closed nature of the current Mayor's approach, Brain has proposed three ways he will create a transparent and open government:
- Have a weekly column via print media or electronically
- Host a monthly public town hall meeting
- Send out a monthly email / social media newsletter
You are what you do, not what you say you'll do.
Election day is Saturday, October 15, 2022.