To the editor:
Coun. Shelby Ch'ng's motion should have been ratified at the city council meeting immediately after the committee of the whole meeting when it was introduced on Sept 23.
Why did Thunder Bay's city clerk, John Hannam, not allow Coun. Ch'ng's motion at the committee of the whole meeting on Sept.23, that asked for the resignation of Senator Lynn Beyak, that failed in a tie vote, (not) to go to the city council meeting that same night for ratification?
The public needs to be reminded that councillor Ch’ng's motion was also brought in as new business, at the 11th hour.
On Oct. 16 at the committee of the whole, a deputation from a group asking for funding for a pavilion at Waverley Park, was also brought in as new business.
This time deputy city clerk Krista Power allowed the motion to go to the city council meeting that same night for ratification.
Are there two sets of rules, if any, of what motions passed at the committee of the whole can proceed to a city council meeting for ratification if one is held the same night?
Hopefully the mayor will send the final resolution to NOMA, the group that voted to ask for Senator Beyak's resignation, that was put forward by Coun Iain Angus, that the City of Thunder Bay rejects their resolution.
Henry Wojak,
ThunderBay
