Councillor Debbie Wiggins-Colwell had to leave Tuesday night\u2019s meeting for one council motion that directly involved her. After two code of conduct complaints were received by the town in March 2023, council met in camera and decided to retain Montana Consulting to conduct an outside investigation. They then met again, also outside of public view, to review Montana\u2019s findings. On Tuesday, they passed the following motion (in part):<\/p>\n
COUNCIL HAS DETERMINED THAT COUNCILLOR DEBBIE WIGGINS-COLWELL HAS BREACHED BY-LAW NO. 2022-02, A CODE OF CONDUCT BY-LAW FOR THE COUNCIL OF TANTRAMAR BEING IN VIOLATION OF THE FOLLOWING SECTIONS:<\/p><\/blockquote>\n
SECTION 3.A(ii) REPRESENTING TANTRAMAR
\nSECTION 3.C(i) RESPECTING THE DECISION-MAKING PROCESS
\nSECTION 3.D ADHERENCE TO POLICIES, PROCEDURES AND BY-LAWS
\nSECTION 3.E(ii) RESPECTFUL INTERACTIONS WITH COUNCILLORS, STAFF, THE PUBLIC AND OTHER MEMBERS OF SOCIETY
\nSECTION 3.H IMPROPER USE OF INFLUENCE
\nSECTION 3.H(i) IMPROPER USE OF INFLUENCE
\nSECTION 3.I(i) USE OF MUNICIPAL ASSETS AND SERVICES<\/p><\/blockquote>\nThe motion included a requirement for Wiggins-Colwell to attend training \u201cto better understand her roles and responsibilities as an elected official, including effective communication and teamwork.\u201d<\/p>\n
The motion passed unanimously, with just Councillor Bruce Phinney, who has been the subject of code of conduct censures by his colleagues in the past, commenting. Phinney said he would vote in favour of the motion, but only because Wiggins-Colwell had told him she would like to do the training involved.<\/p>\n
After Tuesday\u2019s meeting, Wiggins-Colwell declined to share details about the complaints. The former Dorchester mayor said she was \u201cjust glad it\u2019s all over. Now we [can] all move on and make Tantramar a better place.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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