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nizational review for West Vancouver in 25 years.

Councillors said they hired Cuff based on his “rep-
utation and experience.” They specifically asked him
to review the “overall structure and function of the dis-
trict and rccommend appropriate changes.”

But the publicly released version of the report has
been edited by Lidstone Young Anderson, municipal
solicitors, and contains many large gaps, missing para-
graphs, and blank spaces.

This stcp, according to Mayor Pat Bonamc, was neces-
sary in order to protect individuals from being identified.

She said the municipal law firm had advised council and
had edited the report to bring it in line with the Freedom of
Information (FOI) and Protection of Privacy Act.

George Horwood, director of finance, was officially dis-
missed last week. Boname denies the action was related to the
Cuff report.

Still, the omitted sections seein to have left some council-

THE Cuff report made public on
Monday shows that numerous
passages have been removed
from the document.

“WEST VANCOUVER MUNICIPAL REVIEW

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outl nes
THE following represents an
abridged summary of details
contained within the Cuff
report.

Observations from the public
‘The council and committee sysucm is
viewed as:

@ unnecessarily compicx and confus-

ing;
@ acts in an inconsistent manner.

Speeches from the gallery should

subject to time lines;
@ subject to the rules of debate.
ministration is viewed 43:
B ning t00 Jong to respond to pub-
lic inquiries;
B® not tracking issucs and inquiries

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Wi lacking in cooperation between

departments; : .

re lacking integration benveen

icpartments, Te,
: B being less than cooperative or con-
: Cues TEA Lites sistent in the handling of penmits;
roblem..I -have is that I believe that the whole wie oatrge ee / * folbesa! & being tou. detail-oriented and not“

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‘Allan. It is known that the resulting 4 -3 vote was not enough to
;warrant Allan’s:dismissal. According to the municipal act, a two-
thirds maj f a5 to2 vote, is the required minimum.
“Cuff, who also’ advocated public release of the original executive
‘summary, defends his original report and reputation.
-.; | “§ don’t,think council has any choice but to accept its legal advice
.and cake oat whatever the lawyers think is either offensive or could lead
uinto.a {3 he said. “But_I find it curious that it happens here
“(in West Vancotiver) and doesn’t happen elsewhere.
. . ” “Obvinusly when you are talking about a mayor and council you only
- have one. mayor. When you're talking about an administration you only have one CAO
(chief administrative officer). It’s pretty hard to dance around that.”
“Ultimately, Cuff believes that the fate of the report lies in the hands of the public.
He told council: “If you (council) decide to alter it (the report) in whatever number
‘of ways that West: Vancouver finds appropriate then I’m not offended by that. You
_décide how bést to alter it and your public will tell you at election time whether that was

to get across its’
message of what it felt to be impor-
tant as its objective. |. .
WF there should be  cléar definition

has not resultéd ia the Kind of mutu-
ally-supportive relationship that

essen jal to good government.

‘Wi the role of the mai ecient moet:
g is neither well-understood nor as

tematic way by which the

_ The ‘report generally recom-

“mends:

, Ml decreasing the number of depart-

" ments reporting to the CAO (chief;
administrative officer or municipal
manager); : : .
@ combining similar functions within
‘a singic department;

” WB de-layering the organization;

@ adopting methods of change that
minimize the disruption to the orga-

: nization and the personal impact. on
oer we oe @ reducing to district hall to five
brought in by West Vancouver to c interrelated administrative compo-
neil has handled the releass : oe - nents.