Just like the September 11 council meeting agenda, the October 10 Regular Council Meeting agenda listed UNFINISHED BUSINESS but linked to the cheque registry.
At the October 10 council meeting, Councillor Diane Pouget asked questions about the Cheque Registry that was mistakenly labelled Unfinished Business so the majority of the public would not be aware of this document.
Mayor Prue noted the error that the UNFINISHED BUSINESS was actually the cheque registry list and asked if anyone had any questions on the cheque registry list.
Councillor Pouget asked about listings on page 9 pertaining to Anne Marie Frauts Professional Corporation Legal Fees for:
- 40,000.00
- 3495.23
- 5425.77
- 232,000.00
- 4340.62 For a grand total of $285,261.62 just for the month of August
I believe it was the treasurer that answered, since staff often don’t identify themselves, this is legal fees and a professional corporation for the legal fees and has been discussed in camera with council.
Mayor Prue said he didn’t hear that and asked it has to be or it has been? I didn’t hear who answered but Prue then said twice, it was, it was ok.
Councillor Pouget said she didn’t recall hearing of that legal corporation.
The total does not include the legal fees for Mousseau DeLuca, so it appears the total for legal fees is $323,894.89.
Councillor Pouget campaigned ‘to regain the loss of trust by many of our taxpayers.’ Following her motion to reinstate accounts payable on public agendas, council and administration discussed it for about fifteen minutes at the December 5, 2022 council meeting. Read the full post: Accounts Payable On Agenda: A Matter of Trust. Deputy Mayor Gibb was the lone dissenting vote.
Is it any wonder the public doesn’t question any items under Cheque Registry, when it is labelled Unfinished Business?
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