As I enter my 25th year of attending Saanich council meetings, the 2018-2022 council holds the record for being inconsistent in regards to calling points of order.
For example, on Aug. 24 there were 18 members of the public that telephoned in on various agenda items. Mayor Fred Haynes interrupted eight speakers for infractions to the rules of order. However, neither Mayor Haynes nor any member of council called a point of order when Coun. Ned Taylor said B次元官网网址淏次元官网网址 think the, uhm, the proposed EV infrastructure in this project is quite pathetic.B次元官网网址� It should be noted that council removed the code of conduct from the Council Procedural Bylaw on Jan. 28, 2020. However, council is still governed by rules of the Community Charter.
Another incident at the same meeting warrants comment. Coun. Zac de Vries called a point of order twice on the CAO for interrupting him for allegedly going off topic, and by stating that B次元官网网址渢he CAO did not call B次元官网网址減oint of order.B次元官网网址� What is most interesting, the manager of legislative services interrupted Mayor Haynes twice by saying B次元官网网址淢r. Mayor, sorryB次元官网网址�.B次元官网网址� , and Coun. de Vries made no such call on that staff member. It should be noted that both the CAO and the manager of legislative services do consistently call B次元官网网址淢r. MayorB次元官网网址� and are recognized by the mayor.
IB次元官网网址檓 not saying points of order should not be called. I am just saying that points of order need to be consistently applied for good governance to take place.
Katherine Whitworth
Saanich
