Mel Foat, Stephen Hanley, Jeff Colvin and Blaine Funk have unsuccessfully argued twice in the Court of King's Bench that their dismissals should be set aside until a judicial review can be held.
Booze, favours and lawyers: Chestermere sues fired mayor, councillors alleging $650k in 'improper' spending
The men were removed from council by Municipal Affairs Minister Ric McIver in December 2023 following an investigation and inspection, which concluded the city was being mismanaged. The inspection was ordered by McIver in January following the determination that the elected officials refused to adhere to the minister's directives, issued in March 2023 and, in fact, "continued to manage the city in an irregular, improper and improvident manner."
The defendants are also accused of paying a company called Electronic Countermeasures $15,000 in November 2023 to conduct sweeps of Chestermere's municipal building for electronic listening devices, according to the court document.Colvin also used taxpayer funds to move his personal piano into city hall and spent $100 on a digital family crest and personal seal, according to the claim.
Douglas Lagore, who was appointed as official administrator for the city in 2022, "repeatedly quashed these motions as they were introduced and passed by the defendants as the majority voting-bloc on council."
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