Was having a
chat with my friend Ron Bolin the other day, in fact there are a few of us that get
together Saturday mornings to discuss municipal issues and goings on, and had
brought up that we seem to be having far more 'In Camera' meetings than usual.
It is also important to note that these meetings predominantly fall under sec
90(1) of the community charter, link below.
Key word in this section being, “‘may’ have to be closed." Have written
other posts re this so am not going to go on other than to say council opts for
the choice to have these meetings, under sec90(1) held out of the public eye.
Any
who in our discussion I was wondering how to find out if there were more In
Camera meetings and it appears Ron has delved into the question and come up
with some answers and a very interesting graph that can be seen at http://nanaimocityhall.com/2012/05/08/3223/
Seems to me that at some point in the not too distant past there was mention of council setting a timeline as to when "In Camera" meeting information would be posted; guess they forgot:)
While
we seem to be making inroads into having council become more transparent, i.e.
taping FPCOW meetings, council seems to also have found the means to do the
opposite.
While we seem to be making small inroads into
having council become more transparent i.e. taping FPCOW meetings, council
seems to also have found the means to do the opposite.
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