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A protest was called Thursday afternoon outside the Municipal Office in Coleman. On less than three hours notice over 100 people showed to voice their concerns. Here is some of the footage.
Crowsnest Pass Herald Video
NOTE: For those who do not know my wife Diane, she's front and center in the black floral sweater, right at the beginning of the video.
:-)
Good question for our local government, now isn't it?
The spirit of resistance to government is so valuable on certain occasions, that I wish it always to be kept alive.
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I searched through the MUNICIPAL GOVERNMENT ACT looking for the duties and powers of the Mayor. What I found is quoted below - did I miss anything?
It appears the Mayor is just one of seven councillors with the additional duty of chairing Council meetings and two very minor powers. As chairman he cannot prevent the other six councillors from moving resolutions and voting on them if they stand up for their rights as our representatives (if they think of themselves as such).
So I think people are focusing too much on the Mayor. The other six have abdicated their power and responsibility and gone into hiding. If the current train wreck is not what they planned and intended, they have the power to pass resolutions to change policy.
As for running for Mayor, the way the electoral system works, a person has a much better chance of getting elected as a councillor. Unless one wants the chairman duty and to be called "Your Worship", why do it?
("chief elected official" occurs 64 times but most of it is administrivia.)
General duties of chief elected official
154(1) A chief elected official, in addition to performing the duties of a councillor, must
(a) preside when in attendance at a council meeting unless a bylaw provides that another councillor or other person is to preside, and
(b) perform any other duty imposed on a chief elected official by this or any other enactment or bylaw.
(2) The chief elected official is a member of all council committees and all bodies to which council has the right to appoint members under this Act, unless the council provides otherwise.
The only specific powers I can see are:
194(1) The chief elected official
(a) may call a special council meeting whenever the official considers it appropriate to do so ...
457(1) The chief elected official may appoint a person as an acting member of
(a) a local assessment review board, or
(b) a composite assessment review board
if any member, other than a provincial member, is unable for any reason to attend a hearing of the board.
Anon 8:17 I agree with you on this 100%. While cutting off the head would help it would NOT solve the problem.All of council must go.If the mayor is removed the other 6 members of council could carry on with this plan of theirs.
The previous council is an example of a Mayor not having any power. The fab 4 ran the show.
ALL OF COUNCIL MUST GO!!!!
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