Steve Rant - Notifying the Public around meetings at City Hall

Last week, it was noted at the April 20th WL Council meeting that there were no meetings scheduled for this week (May 3 - 7) however at 5:00pm last night, a Special Committee of the Whole meeting was held to discuss the draft Suitability maps for the "Imagine Our Future" project. These draft maps will be discussed at the Community Partner Cafes on May 12th, check out http://www.imagineourfuture.ca for times/locations

WL Council must publish on its' website (it doesn't now, but Quesnel Council does) its' meeting schedule of:

i) Committee of the Whole meetings
ii) Central Cariboo Joint Committee
iii) Regular or Special Council Meetings
iv) In-Camera (reasons to meet In-Camera under Section 90(1) of the Community Charter should be published as well)

The reason to do this is to ensure the public knows when/where/why their local government is meeting. Not to do it breeds secrecy and we know that secrecy by the federal government on the federal political scene is not being tolerated by the federal opposition parties