By Alan Halberstadt
http://www.alanhalberstadt.com/
On January 17th, at the end of a long strategic planning session at Hiram Walker, City Council effectively voted to remove Chair Max Zalev, Geroge Sandala and myself from the audit committee. Counc. Bill Marra said he didn't believe Councillors or employees of agencies such as EnWin Utilities ( Zalev) and Windsor Utilities Commission (Sandala) should be on the committee. Mayor Francis wholeheartedly agreed.
Last night, the last day of February, after an elongated in camera meeting attended by lame duck audit chair Zalev, Mayor Francis made a proposal, passed by Council, to hire an auditor general and have the mayor develop a plan on how to properly resource the function. Part of the proposal was to have EnWin President Max Zalev, the mayor's captain at the Hydro Utility, develop the audit "resource" plan with him.
It poses the question: If Mayor Francis thought a month and a half ago that Zalev should be removed from the audit committee because of a real or perceived conflict, how can he now be the guy who is helping him shape the committee's future? Stay tuned for the Francis-Zalev plan on accountability, transparency and audit independence at City Hall.
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I think people should say what they mean and mean what they say. The waffling is getting a tad tiresome.
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