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Town Legal: Motion to Make Mayor Pay $1,302.62 “Not Authorized” By Law

April 6, 2021 / GCFRG

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A late addition to tonight’s Committee of the Whole agenda is interesting correspondence from the Town’s legal firm, Aird & Berlis. In the letter, John Mascarin provides legal clarification on a recent motion ordering the Mayor to pay $1,302.62 due to a breach of the Code of Conduct that was deemed by the IC as being “trivial and without consequence”.

Notes: Council 2021-04-01 – CAO Terminates Three Senior Staffers

April 2, 2021 / GCFRG

Photo Credit: The Brampton Guardian/Fair Dealing

At an unusual Thursday night sitting of Council, it was learned that the CAO/Town Manager, Mr. Harry Schlange, had terminated the employment of three senior staff members on Tuesday.

Near the start of the meeting and before reading the closed session declaration, Mayor Jordan stated:

Is The Committee of the Whole System Really Working?

February 24, 2021 / GCFRG

With the most recent Committee of the Whole/Council meeting clocking in at almost 9 hours (excluding breaks), the question of whether a system that was touted as promoting “efficiency” has really delivered up to it’s promise or not.

NOTICE: Ward Boundary Review ZOOM Meeting – January 26, 2020 @ 5:30 PM

January 26, 2021 / GCFRG

While it came to our attention just recently, it is still worth noting that the Town is having a public meeting (via Zoom) for it’s ward boundary review. To ensure adequate representation in local governments, municipalities will regularly review their ward composition.

If you would like to have a say on how your area should be represented at Town Hall for the next election, tonight is your opportunity to have your say. Only a handful of people have registered for the meeting, so residents are encouraged to participate.

You can register for tonight’s event (January 26th @ 5:30PM) at https://www .letstalkgrimsby.ca

How They Voted: Main Street East Heritage Conservation District Study By-Law

December 22, 2020 / GCFRG

The combined Committee of the Whole and Council meetings on Monday night resulted in a long and contentious meeting with the proposed Heritage Conservation District Study of Main Street East coming to the forefront.

NOTICE: COTW/Council Meeting – September 21, 2020

September 19, 2020 / GCFRG

Council is back in Chambers for their first regular meeting under the “Committee of the Whole System” aka COTW. If you aren’t familiar with COTW, essentially the old Committees have been dissolved and now all of Council will consider most matters together.

Their first agenda is quite full, 408 pages worth of material to be considered and as with any new change in governance structure, there may be a bit of a learning curve with the new Procedural By-Law that was passed earlier this week.

Let’s dig in!

How They Voted: Century Condos Reconsideration (APPROVED)

September 15, 2020 / GCFRG

It was a long Special Meeting of Council on Tuesday night starting at 5PM. After some debate back and forth on the new Procedural By-Law (governing how Town meetings are to be carried out), Council took up the main course… a reconsideration of a settlement agreement for Century Condos downtown.

NewsNow: “Grimsby Five Stick Together” on CAO Schlange

February 12, 2020 / GCFRG

Image Credit: The Brampton Guardian/Fair Dealing

According to NewsNow, Monday’s Special Council meeting on the “administrative leave” of Town CAO Harry Schlange ended up with some Town staff members “moved to tears in the lobby after the meeting”.

Going Once, Going Twice, Sold…. The Biodigester That Is!

September 30, 2019 / GCFRG

In a Special Meeting of Council earlier today, Council approved an agreement that will see the sale of the Biodigester to a subsidiary of White Owl Limited, which according to the Town press release is “a leader in waste management services throughout Canada”.