Pollution task force won't operate in secrecy, city says Final Edition

The thorny issue of closed-door meetings came to light over the past few weeks. While The Whig-Standard prepared of a series of articles about contamination of downtown land, brownfields co- ordinator Joe Davis was reluctant to provide an agenda and minutes from meetings of a task force reviewing th...

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Published inKingston Whig-standard (1993)
Main Author Annette Phillips and Ian Elliot
Format Newspaper Article
LanguageEnglish
Published Kingston, Ont Postmedia Network Inc 23.05.2003
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Summary:The thorny issue of closed-door meetings came to light over the past few weeks. While The Whig-Standard prepared of a series of articles about contamination of downtown land, brownfields co- ordinator Joe Davis was reluctant to provide an agenda and minutes from meetings of a task force reviewing the issue. The brownfields task force is different from other city committees because councillors only hold two of about 20 seats. Other task forces and city committees typically have more elected officials. The small complement of councillors means the work of the task force is exempt from Municipal Act regulations governing open meetings, [Bert Meunier] said. Photo: (Cynthia) Beach; Photo: Ian MacAlpine, The Whig-Standard / Joe Davis, the city's brownfields co-ordinator, was reluctant to share details of task force meetings with The Whig-Standard, saying the media and the public had "no right to be present"
ISSN:1197-4397