Former Ward 2 Councillor Karen Ras subject of harassment
February 7, 2022 - LETTER TO COUNCIL: Ward 1 city-affiliated ratepayer and residents' associations including TOPCA have sent a Letter to Mississauga Council: Feb. 7, 2022 (2p PDF) concerning information of harassment that has come to light and resulted in the resignation of former Ward 2 Councillor Karen Ras effective January 28, 2022. Click image at left to zoom.
SPECIAL COUNCIL MEETING: Wed. February 9, 2022 @ 9:00 am. The Agenda includes the Associations' Letter at Item 16.1. The Special Council Meeting will be virtual and livestreamed here.
ITEM 8.1: Robert J. Swayze, Integrity Commissioner, to explain the rationale for not investigating former Councillor Ras’ complaint and to explain how Sections 2(2)(a) and 2(2)(c) of the Council Code of Conduct Complaint Protocol applies to this situation.
▶ Webpage: Council Code of Conduct.
NEWS ARTICLES:
Mississauga News (April 20, 2022) - 'Expecting some answers': Report on allegations Mississauga councillor keyed colleague's SUV delayed indefinitely; New information to be investigated, Mississauga integrity commissioner says.
CBC News (Updated: Feb 3, 2022) - Mississauga council wants integrity commissioner to investigate allegations councillor keyed colleague's car.
Planning and Development Committee - Time Change
TOPCA STATEMENT & ADDENDUM re: PDC Meetings - Change to 1:30 pm time.
► View TOPCA Statement (February 26, 2019) - 2p PDF (or click images).
UPDATE - June 18, 2019: The TOPCA Executive has reviewed the Staff Report posted with the Council Agenda for Wed. June 19, 2019 @ 9:00 am (Item 10.4; pp. 251-259 of the PDF) for public consideration.
At issue is the composition and scheduling of the Planning and Development Committee (PDC), which is now to be finally and publicly decided after the previous in camera decision.
► *NEW* View TOPCA Addendum to Statement (June 18, 2019) - 1p PDF, or click image at left.
► CAN'T ATTEND? The meeting will be live-streamed (and later archived by date) here.
► Ward 1 Councillor Stephen Dasko has indicated his support for retaining evening PDC meetings for all development applications and will put forth a Motion that evening PDC meetings be reinstated. See PDC Article on the Councillor's website.
GREAT NEWS! The Motion by Ward 1 Cllr. Stephen Dasko (seconded by Ward 2 Cllr. Karen Ras) has *PASSED* at Council today (June 19, 2019). Evening PDC meetings (to start @ 6:00 pm) have been *REINSTATED* Congratulations Stephen!!
► View Councillor Dasko's Press Release (June 2019) - 1p PDF, or click image at left.
BACKGROUND:
February 26, 2019 -- The TOPCA Executive is surprised and disappointed with the City’s announcement that, effective March 2019, the City of Mississauga’s Planning and Development Committee (PDC) meetings will move to a permanent 1:30 pm start time (from the current 6:30 pm evening time slot), as the result of an in camera Council vote. No public input was sought. Evening sessions will be added "only in special circumstances".
► View reprint of the TOPCA Statement in Peel Weekly News (Feb 28, 2019; p9)
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