A8 - Sunday, April 10, 1983 - North Shore News

Loucks angry over publ

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out that there appears to be

conflict between two
sections of the bylaws
concerning the matter,
council's own solicitors,

Bull, Housser and Tupper,
confirm: ° we are of the
opinion she is substantially
correct in her interpretation
and analysis.”

However, Mayor Jack
Loucks is not accepting that
the matter ts settled. He says
of the legal opinion con-
cerning council’s present
procedure: “It doesn’t say it
is illegal.”

Loucks is angry that Dean
has gone to the North Shore

News with the solicitor’s
letter.
“Alderman Dean and

others will take the lawyers’
opinion when it suits them
and others’ when it doesn’t,”
he says.

But Dean counters that
she is perfectly justified in
taking the matter straight to
the News.

“It was reported I was
mischievous and untruthful
and I want to vindicate
myself.”

In fact, Dean says, she has
raised the whole “secrecy”
issue because of increasing
inquiries and rumours by
people over major decisions
which have been made in-
camera without the public
being aware of them.

A major incident occurred
recently when council made
a decision to lay off 15 of its
outside workers without the
public being aware.

Dean acknowledges the
practice of announcing in-
camera decisions im-
mediately after the in-
camera session, regardiess
of whether or not there are
stll any members of the
pubhce inp the council
chamber, has existed for no
other purpose than ex

pediency

Speaking at the March 14
meeting, she said: “I admit
that I have been just as
responsible for this situation
as any other member of
council or any staff member.
I am certain that there is not
ope member of this council
or member of our staff that
ever intended to delude the
public.”

Loucks acknowledges that
as things stand in-camera
decisions can be announced
to an empty council
chamber: “Oh yes, quite
often,” he states.

He chuckles over the fact
that the in-camera
discussion over which Hall
and Dean made their stand
last week concerned nothing
more sinister than = ap-
pointments of one person to
the board of varmance and

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NEWS photo Stuart Davis
one to the library board.

As to why he is digging in
his heels on the issue Loucks
says tume is often of the
essence in enacting decisions
and that he does not see any
reason for people involved
to go through another week
of apprehension before
knowing of their ap-
pointment to a function.

“Pm not excited about the
thing,” he maintains. “I just
don't happen to think
Alderman Dean is the source
of all wisdom, or that some
lawyer is.”

Meanwhile, Dean con-
tends: “I think council has to
be very prudent and abide by
their own bylaws if they
expect the citizens to. If they
are not going to abide by it,
they should amend it.”

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DEAN... resented being
called “mischievous”,
now vindicating herself.

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