{"id":4435,"date":"2021-07-27T12:17:57","date_gmt":"2021-07-27T15:17:57","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.qccrfm.com\/news\/?p=4435"},"modified":"2021-07-27T12:17:57","modified_gmt":"2021-07-27T15:17:57","slug":"council-exploring-options-to-promote-more-conversation-on-issues","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.qccrfm.com\/news\/2021\/07\/27\/council-exploring-options-to-promote-more-conversation-on-issues\/","title":{"rendered":"Council exploring options to promote more conversation on issues"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Region of Queens Mayor Darlene Norman. Photo Ed Halverson<\/span><\/p><\/div>\n

Region of Queens council is looking into the possibility of adding a Committee of the Whole to their calendar.<\/p>\n

Mayor Darlene Norman says the idea of adding a Committee of the Whole meeting was floated in an effort to more fully explore issues that come to council.<\/p>\n

\u201cSome members of council basically felt they do not have enough time to debate things and then go out to the public and get the public response,\u201d said Norman.<\/p>\n

The mayor supports the motion to add the committee brought forward by Councillor Maddie Charlton at July\u2019s Region of council meeting.<\/p>\n

In her previous terms on council Norman says there were several committees but subsequent councils did away with them.<\/p>\n

Norman expressed concern that should they decide to replace a council meeting with a committee of the whole meeting it could slow some services down.<\/p>\n

\u201cRight now, we can move a planning matter through in three months, following the recommended time for hearings and public hearings,\u201d said Norman. \u201cWith a once a month council and a committee of the whole, we\u2019re looking at five and six months to move a planning matter through.\u201d<\/p>\n

Adding another meeting is not the only option on the table to try and help councillors be better prepared to address issues at the council table.<\/p>\n

\u201cPerhaps getting the agenda a week earlier so then they have a week to go out and consult and debate,\u201d said Norman.<\/p>\n

Should council decide to bring in a committee of the whole they would also have look at making changes to their rules of order.<\/p>\n

Currently, the municipality follows Bourinot\u2019s Rules of Order, which wouldn\u2019t allow anything discussed at COW to be discussed again at council.<\/p>\n

To do anything more than vote on an issue would require council to change their own rules and procedures.<\/p>\n

Council has directed staff to come back with a list outlining the pros and cons of committee of the whole and will make a decision based on the staff recommendation.<\/p>\n

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Region of Queens council is looking into the possibility of adding a Committee of the Whole to their calendar. Mayor Darlene Norman says the idea of adding a Committee of the Whole meeting was floated in an effort to more fully explore issues that come to council. \u201cSome members of council basically felt they do […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":6,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[13,5],"tags":[357,79,95,24],"class_list":["post-4435","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-community-news","category-news-posts","tag-committee-of-the-whole","tag-darlene-norman","tag-maddie-charlton","tag-region-of-queens"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.qccrfm.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4435","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.qccrfm.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.qccrfm.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.qccrfm.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/6"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.qccrfm.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=4435"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.qccrfm.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4435\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":4438,"href":"https:\/\/www.qccrfm.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4435\/revisions\/4438"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.qccrfm.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=4435"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.qccrfm.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=4435"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.qccrfm.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=4435"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}