Wednesday, October 17, 2012

City And Port Authority Guide

City Staff and Council Unaware of Agreement

An agreement signed in 2004 by then mayor Gary Korpan and the Chairman of the Nanaimo Port Authority was brought to council's attention by Ms. Cathy Davis at the end of the last city council meeting.

Whether this document would or could have any bearing on the current changes taking place in the harbour is not clear. However, it is clear that neither city staff nor council had any idea such an agreement was in existence.

Among other items covered in the agreement  of interest is item #3 which states in part that the CEO of the NPA and the City Manager shall meet on a regular basis to review current issues that are relevant to the two organizations.

I wonder when the NPA CEO and our City Manager sat down face to face and discussed the planned changes for the harbour?

Of even greater interest an perhaps more important is the last item on the agreement which states:
- ensuring effective public consultation on significant decisions relating to Port and adjacent lands in the City.

Is the idea of 'effective public consultation' to hold meetings after the fact to discuss the details of a significant decision which was already made? That does sound like the 'Nanaimo-Way'.

The complete agreement can be viewed by clicking on the above graphic.



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2 comments:

  1. Submitted by Janet Irvine -

    According to the Minutes of the Regular Council Meeting of March 12, 2012, Council unanimously ratified the appointment of Mervin Unger to serve as the City of Nanaimo representative on the Nanaimo Port Authority Board, for the term 2012-JUL-01 to 2015-JUN-30.

    And it appears from the City of Nanaimo’s website, that Mayor Ruttan and Councillors Bestwick and McKay are the City reps on the Nanaimo Port Authority Board.

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  2. Submitted by Janet Irvine -

    Further to what I submitted earlier, my understanding is that the role of the three current Council members would be that of acting in a liaison capacity only, (as intermediaries).

    In the Minutes of the Regular Council Meeting of December 19, 2011 on page 6, you will see the item “EXTERNAL BOARD APPOINTMENTS (Appointed by Council)" and the City refers to the Committee as the “Nanaimo Port Authority/City Liaison Committee”.

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