Representing Your Community

I went to the Auditor General’s website to see if there was anything new or of interest.  There on the home page they were promoting this.  I do believe the $25,000 amount is to high, especially when if are representing the residents in a small community.

Quite obviously I raise this because we now have the pool manager as a trustee of our community pool.  The employee of ICC will be required to decide whether they (the trustees of the pool) wish to continue using ICC to manage the pool.  The decision will mean employment or unemployment for the trustee.  I don’t know the amount of the wages or salary but, whether it is over or under $25,000, it is a conflict.  The pool trust may not be ‘local government’ but neither is a licensing trust.  They are all voted in under the Local Electoral Act to represent the residents.

ICC, of course, will duck and cover and say it is up to the pool trust to manage the conflict but I do believe I can offer another ‘I told you so’ on this.  It turned to custard when our community allowed the community board to act independently (without the residents) and as always in ICC’s back pocket.  ICC wrote the Trust Deed, ICC decided on the voting system.  Sadly the original Trustees (decided by ICC) signed and accepted and did not change the Trust Deed.