Conflict over one agenda item leads Kamloops mayor to recuse self from entire meeting
from the entirety of the Dec. 6 regular council meeting. After declaring a possible conflict of interest with items on that day’s agenda — without specifying which agenda items those were — the first-term mayor turned the meeting over to Coun. Bill Sarai to chair.
Hamer-Jackson spoke to Kamloops Last Week co-hosts Christopher Foulds and Marty Hastings about the events at the council meeting, explaining that his decision to recuse himself was due to a report on social agencies received by council and because of a variance permit request tied to a family friend.
Hamer-Jackson has been the subject of an exchange of legal letters between himself, in his capacity as mayor, and the ASK Wellness Society, with the lawyer for the society, Scott Huyghebaert, expressing concerns about some of Hamer-Jackson’s critical comments about the non-profit during the election campaign and to media as being defamatory toward ASK Wellness and its CEO, Bob Hughes. Huyghebaert has asked that Hamer-Jackson stop making such statements and stop using Hughes’ name.
Hamer-Jackson said he did not return to the council meeting for other items not tied to potential conflict of interest because he believed the report on social issues would take a long time to discuss.
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