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Originally Posted by jaysay
Please point out where it says in council regulations or standing orders just where council officers have to concern themselves with things not conected to the running of HBC, in fact things not even conected with this country, I await your answer with great interest
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The Council Constitution (believe it or not) does not preclude the Council from discussing issues ´not conected to the running of HBC, in fact things not even conected with this country.´ Indeed, I remember sitting at countless Council meetings over the years where issues ´not connected to the running of HBC´were raised, but which members felt warranted discussion.
Officers ´have to concern themselves´ with implementing the Council Constitution, and I see nowhere in the constitution that would have allowed them to tell a councillor they couldn´t raise an issue which the councillor felt was important to the community.
So faced with the thankless task of guiding the Council through a difficult situation, I think they did well.