New board members are being pushed to bring back virtual participation at meetings that are among the most scrutinized at city hall.
released a call on Monday for the board, which is charged with overseeing the Ottawa Police Service, and which Sutcliffe has promised to sit on, to bring back a virtual option for appearing before it with the start of a new council term.Sign up to receive daily headline news from Ottawa Citizen, a division of Postmedia Network Inc.By clicking on the sign up button you consent to receive the above newsletter from Postmedia Network Inc.
These procedural rules can change but it would have taken multiple board meetings to do so, said El-Chantiry. Between the convoy and resulting public inquiry, preparation for Canada Day and the hiring of a new chief, El-Chantiry said the thought was to leave any further decision about meeting format to the next board, post-municipal election.Article content
Horizon isn’t the only organization looking for this to change. Robin Browne, co-lead of 613-819 Black Hub and a fixture on the police board’s public delegates list, said the in-person-only requirement was an “elitist barrier,” challenging participation by people who can’t take time off work or travel to city hall, and immediately cut down the number of people coming to the board to present after it was brought back in the spring.
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