PUBLIC NOTICE
PROPOSED AMENDMENT NO. 056-01; A BY-LAW OF THE MUNICIPALITY OF QUISPAMSIS RESPECTING THE COUNCIL CODE OF CONDUCT
Public Notice is hereby given that Council has reviewed the Council Code of Conduct By-law and intends to consider an amendment to the By-law that would incorporate various changes, highlighted as follows:
- A more detailed description in the “Conflict of Interest” Section with the proposed new language mirroring the wording in the Local Governance Act.
- The addition of an “Informal Complaint Process” as an option under the ‘Complaints’ Section.
- A clearer outline of the process to be used when Council is addressing Formal Complaints.
- Changing the review requirements of the Code of Conduct By-law to take place within the first 12 months of a municipal election vs every four years.
- The addition of a clause requiring that in instances where Members provide a personal view or opinion on social media, they take steps to ensure that such personal views or opinions are not construed to be those of the Town or Council as a whole.
- The addition of a new section that acknowledges Members should have no expectation of privacy on their town devices and all town business communications is subject to the RTIPPA legislation.
- The addition of a new section under Sanctions for the provision of removal of town devices.
- The addition of an Appendix “A” which is a statement of Commitment to the Code of Conduct.
Third and final Reading of the proposed amendment will be considered by Council at the March 21, 2023 Regular Meeting beginning 6:00 p.m., in the council chambers of the Quispamsis Town Hall, 12 Landing Court, Quispamsis, New Brunswick.
The proposed by-law amendment may be inspected by any interested person during regular office hours, 7:30 a.m. to 5:00 p.m., Monday to Friday inclusive, at the Quispamsis Town Hall, and can also be viewed on this page of the Town’s website.
Catherine Snow, Town Clerk
Town of Quispamsis
P.O. Box 21085
Quispamsis, NB E2E 4Z4