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Knight’s ‘tone’ questioned by new councillor
Councillor Allison Dekroon, who
had just been sworn in as a
councillor at the beginning of the
Aug. 13 meeting, says she feels
municipal staff could conduct
themselves better when dealing with
certain issues.
Dekroon referred councillors to an
e-mail exchange that was included in
the meeting’s information package
between Chief Administra-
tive Officer Brad Knight and
wind turbine opponent Dennis
Mueller.
Dekroon, secretary for Huron East
Against Turbines (HEAT), said she
detected a certain “tone” in Knight’s
responses to Mueller and suggested
that staff should be more
“professional” whilst dealing with
the public.
She also suggested that Knight
was responding to e-mails on behalf
of council with responses that
councillors hadn’t necessarily
“vetted” or “approved” before being
sent out.
Several councillors disagreed,
however, coming to Knight’s
defense.
Councillor Andy Flowers said that
he went through the entire e-mail
exchange and found it to be
extremely professional and thought
Knight’s responses were
representative of council.
He went even further to say that all
of council was being ‘carbon-
copied’ on the e-mails, so they knew
what was going on. If Knight had
stepped out of line, or been
disrespectful while representing
council, Flowers said, councillors
would have every opportunity to see
that and call him on it.
“Well I disagree,” Dekroon said
simply in response to Flowers.
Dekroon was also concerned that
Knight had breached Mueller’s
privacy in forwarding one of his
e-mails to a wind turbine developer.
Dekroon said that Mueller did not
intend for his e-mail to be sent to the
developer, just that it be sent to
council. Knight, however, responded
by saying that once an e-mail is
sent to council and included in
the information package, it is
made public and available to any-
one.
He said that when Mueller posed
certain questions that he couldn’t
answer, he simply forwarded the e-
mail along to the developer, who
likely could answer Mueller’s
questions.
Several councillors told Dekroon
they felt Knight did nothing wrong
by forwarding Mueller’s e-mail
along and that it’s a common
practice to forward e-mails along
that you can’t answer to someone
who can.
No direction was taken as a result
of the discussion.
By Shawn Loughlin
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Despite there being a conflict
between Huron East Council’s Sept.
17 meeting and the Brussels Fall
Fair, council’s September meetings
will remain as scheduled.
The issue was brought up by
Brussels Councillor David Blaney,
who volunteers extensively with the
Brussels Agricultural Society. He
said he would like to be able to
attend the fair, without having to
miss a council meeting.
Council’s regularly scheduled
meetings are slated for Sept. 3 and
17, with its “level of service”
strategic planning session
scheduled for Sept. 24.
Because of the level of service
meeting and how long it has been in
the works, councillors said they
were reluctant to reschedule any of
the month’s meetings.
Blaney said he would simply try
to be a part of the fair’s opening
ceremonies at 7 p.m. before making
his way to Seaforth for the council
meeting.
By Shawn Loughlin
The Citizen
Fair conflicts with meeting
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