Medicine Hat city council found that Mayor Linnsie Clark breached the city’s code of conduct bylaw in her treatment of the city manager at a council meeting last year.
After many of city council's sanctions against the Medicine Hat mayor were struck down this week, the province could be called upon for an inspection of the mayor, council and city administration. A Calgary judge has reversed most of the sanctions Medicine Hat city council placed on Mayor Linnsie Clark earlier this year, restoring her mayoral duties and her full salary.
A Court of King's Bench Alberta decision by Justice Rosemary Nation, released earlier this week, struck down most of the sanctions against Clark. It described the decision to suspend her presiding duties, slash her pay, remove her as spokesperson and bar her from administration committee meetings as disproportionate and unreasonable.
The meeting is also scheduled to include a discussion about whether to call for a municipal inspection by the provincial government, which would examine whether the mayor, council and city administration are acting appropriately and in accordance with provincial rules. Clark said she's open to a discussion about a potential inspection but wants to hear about potential consequences associated with it, including how long it could last as a municipal election is scheduled for next year.
Nation added that council members "appear to have no sense of proportionality" in crafting sanctions, imposing penalties with "no rational connection" to Clark's breach of conduct.
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