'What I see happening is a lot of computer usage and what I know happens is outside sources bringing information into our meetings,' Dyas told council during Monday's meeting.
Kelowna city council is changing its code of conduct policy in hopes of limiting texts during meetings. The mayor proposed banning personal electronic devices in council chambers but councilors voted it down. Victoria Femia has more.“What I see happening is a lot of computer usage and what I know happens is outside sources bringing information into our meetings,” Dyas told council during Monday’s meeting.
During a discussion about council’s code of conduct, which was implemented about a year ago, the mayor put forward a motion Monday to ban all electronic devices from meetings. If it were to pass, council members would be provided a monitor set up with only the necessary information. “It comes from a position of wanting to make certain that the decisions that we make we all have the same information and there’s no outside information coming into any of those decisions,” Dyas told Global News on Tuesday.Coun. Maxine DeHart said, “I think it’s overly restrictive. To tell you the truth I think it’s rather insulting. Personally, I’m not speaking for the rest of you. I’ve been on council for 14 years I’ve never been challenged on anything I’ve said or done.
Coun. Mohini Singh called Dyas the ‘Team Captain’ during the meeting, advising him to call out a council member if necessary. “If he feels one of us is doing something we shouldn’t be doing, haul us up on the carpet have a talk, and just say, ‘Hey did you get extra information? If you did, it was wrong to bring it up in a discussion when nobody else has it,” Singh told Global News on Tuesday.“I think this will advance over a period of time and they’ll work with those and we’ll see what other items are implemented into the code in the future,” said Dyas.
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