Mayor Neil Driscoll made an appeal to local citizens concerned enough to email him about local issues, to allow him to share their concerns with other members of council.
At the Nov. 22 council meeting, Driscoll commented that he often receives emails from the public on township issues “and then when I reply and ask if I can share their concerns with council and put them on the public agenda, then they get all up in arms that ‘this is between you and me as the mayor.’”
Driscoll continued, “If you want to send me a letter on any issue please let me share them with council.
“I’m only one voice on this council.”
CAO Brad McRoberts told the Wellington Advertiser that council members cannot share such communications from ratepayers without written permission.
The mayor also noted that often people contact him about issues that could have been dealt with more quickly had people contacted township staff, rather than a politician.
