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TheReview Wednesday, April 10,1991 — A5

Pre-council meetings should stop

€ Arguing the public i is being kept
in the dark on town affairs, some
Sidney aldermen say afternoon
meetings between council mem-
bers and administrative heads
should be stopped.

However, they were outvoted
Monday night by a majority on
council, who saw nothing wrong
with the meetings and vowed to
continue holding them in the
future.

Ald. John Calder dropped the
bombshell when he said what had
started as a “pilot project” has
evolved into “an informal meeting
to discuss agenda items prior to
the regular (council) meeting.”

Among his charges was that
aldermen discussed the entire
agenda for their March 25 meeting
the Friday before, on March 22,
and recommendations were sug-
gested to bring forward on the
25th.

Another meeting scheduled for
last Thursday was postponed to
Monday afternoon. He said he
refused to attend on a matter of
principle.

“Discussion of agenda items
before the regular council meeting
can eliminate some of the public
involvement in those discus-
sions,” he told aldermen, sparking
a spirited debate. -

After consulting with officials
in North and Central Saanich,
Calder said, “they are amazed we
are conducting meetings to discuss
agenda items before council takes
- place.”

Calder was supported by Ald.
Dave Goulet and Ald. Bob Jones,
who was unable to attend Monday
night but has written a memo
against the informal meetings, Cal-
der said.

“T was somewhat shocked to see
another meeting take place today,”
said Goulet.

“T think it stymies the process.”

He said town matters should be
aired “in this assembly, with ever-
yone present.”

Calder and Goulet were out-
voted on Calder’s motion to stop
holding the meetings. Against

@@ were Mayor Marie Rosko and Ald.

Brenda Harfield, Don Amos and
Ted Daly.

“Tm going to continue attend-
ing these meetings as long as due

process is followed,” said Daly.

He said he did not want to see
these sessions with administration
“put in the form as a dress
rehearsal or clandestine.”

He said they save administration
time and help council members
prepare for their meeting armed
with more information.

Ald. Don Amos said he has
attended the two meetings, and,
“they’ve provided additional
background information,...and
they did not result in a debate of
the issues. ”

Harfield added she got involved
in town affairs because of a per-
ception that decisions were being
made in isolation from the people
of the community.

The sessions help new aldermen
who are less familiar with the
details of all the issues, she said.

“We are very careful that we are
not debating issues when we are
having these briefings,” she said.

Rosko added the information
provided by administration at the
meetings has been beneficial.

“It is a workshop briefing with
staff,”* she said.

Calder responded Tuesday there
will be “serious ramifications” if
the meetings continue with discus-
sions of agenda items.

He said staff should attend the
regular council meeting every
second Monday if they need to be
available for advice and consulta-
tion by elected officials.

He said he was reluctant to bring
the matter to the public’s attention,
but efforts to stop the sessions
internally have failed.

“(Other aldermen) can’t see
anything wrong with it,” he said.

Lions/ Review Food Bank treasurer retires
after 19 years of community service

A longtime worker with the
Sidney Lions/Review Food Bank
and the Lions/Review. Christmas
Hamper Fund is leaving the Penin-

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