Renfrew Mayor Tom Sidney is going through calls to resign from the city’s high political place, two months after council voted non-confidence within the mayor.
Coun. Kyle Cybulski launched a movement at Tuesday’s City of Renfrew council assembly, calling on Mayor Sidney to “resign instantly.” It handed by a vote of 5-1, with Reeve Peter Emon the lone vote in opposition.
In January, members voted 4-3 in favour of a non-confidence movement in opposition to Sidney, expressing issues over the mayor’s dealing with of the enlargement to Renfrew’s Ma-Te-Means Exercise Centre, now often known as the myFM Centre. The worth tag for the enlargement has jumped from $18 million to $35 million.
Earlier than being elected mayor, Sidney spearheaded the enlargement mission for the Ma-Te-Means Exercise Centre as chair of the recreation committee.
Sidney vowed to remain on the job after the non-confidence vote, prompting Cybulski to introduce the movement calling on the mayor to resign.
“Renfrew City Council name on Mayor Tim Sidney to resign instantly as a method for the City to maneuver ahead and for accountability for the dearth of oversight and management,” Cybulski’s movement says.
The movement calling on Sidney to resign got here simply days after the City of Renfrew obtained the findings of a third-party overview of the Ma-Te-Means Exercise Centre enlargement mission.
The report from WSCS Consulting says there was a scarcity of accountability and transparency with the mission, a failure to adjust to the procedural bylaw, a scarcity of governance/oversight, “insufficient” monetary and mission reporting, a poisonous work atmosphere, and unrealistic budgets. The report additionally says there may be “ample proof that implies” the Parks and Recreation Division engaged in sole/direct supply contracts and “questionable tendering incentive practices.”
Council directed workers to hunt authorized recommendation pertaining to the findings of the overview and potential recourse to handle issues within the report, in response to a media launch final week.
Coun. John McDonald additionally launched a movement on the assembly to take away the mayor from all remaining committees, working teams and exterior boards, efficient instantly. It additionally handed 5-1, with Emon voting in opposition to. Chief Administrative Officer Rob Tremblay says this implies Sidney might be faraway from the Renfrew Public Library Board and the inner workers engagement staff. His statutory duties beneath the Municipal Act, together with chairing council conferences and representing the municipality, will proceed so long as he stays the mayor.
A separate movement advisable Reeve Peter Emon be faraway from all committees, working teams, and exterior boards, noting Emon was a member of the Ma-Te-Means Enlargement Challenge’s advert hoc committee. It additionally handed by a vote of 5-1, with Sidney voting in opposition to. Emon will stay on all County of Renfrew related our bodies.
