A Chatham Politician Hopes to Lobby Against A Provincial proposition to Allow Removal of Council Members who Seriously Violate A Standardized Code of Conduct.
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Coun. Michael Bondy Entered a Notice of Motion at Chatham-Kent Council Monday, to be voted on the next meeting, to write the province objecting to the measure.
“I think it’s the Most Undemocratic Thing in the World,” He Said after Monday’s meeting.
In december, The Ontario Government proposed changes through the municipal accountability act to create a new, standardized municipal conduct code, a consist of integrity commissioner inquiry process and mandate training code for members of coucils and certain local boards.
Under the Changes, A Member in Serious Violation of the proposed code COULD FACE Removal and disqualification from Office. That would would require a municipal interior commissioner’s recommendation, the integrity commissioner of ontario’s competition, and a unanimous voting of remaining councillors, except those with a financial conflict or absent with council’s approval.
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Bondy doesn’t think that’s the proper way to remove an eled official.
“I don’t believe that bureaucrats, unlelect people, should be able to unlect people that has been ellered,” he said. “If you don’t like me, or anybody else, that’s fine, you voting for me.
“We lose our job one way and one way only, and that’s by the public.”
Though the legislation, Bill 241, Died when the Provincial Election Was Called, Bondy Still Wants Council to Send A Message.
“I usally do support letters. I call them ‘Save the Whale’ Letters, “Bondy Said. “But this, i think is impactful. . . This is something the provincial government is proposal to do. ”
In Announcing the Bill in December, Municipal Affairs Minister Paul Calandra Said The Aim was to take consist of accountability.
“We had to make sure we go this right, which is that we worked with an ontario’s integrity commissioner to find the best path forward to create a standardized code of conduct process across the province,” he said.
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