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Following considerable debate, a motion to take the conflict of interest matter with Stettler County Councillor Ernie Gendre to court was defeated. After discussing whether Councillor Gendre failed to disclose a pecuniary interest in a water line contract awarded on Sept. 14, Stettler County determined instead to formally censure him. According to council, Gendre fell short of their standards of conduct and should have known it could be a conflict of interest, judging his actions ‘careless, irresponsible and negligent’. Speaking out while council was in camera, Gendre maintained he did nothing wrong. Alleging that facts have been twisted and council is in violation of its own code of conduct by not following the proper dispute resolution and disciplinary procedures. Gendre believes this incident has caused considerable damage to both his and the county’s reputations. In further comments, Coun. Gendre vehemently
denied allegations he was contacted by anyone before voting on the waterline project. He asserts he had no prior contact with any contractor regarding the bid, did not refer his son’s company to any contractor and most certainly did not gain any financial benefit from this contract. Gendre stated, “The allegations are all completely false,” said Gendre before returning to council chambers. In a Red Deer Advocate news story by reporter, Paul Cowley, contractor Wallace McComish. owner of Wally’s Backhoe Services was quoted saying, “Ernie had no idea, and had no way of having any idea, that I was going to hire Diablo, his son’s company - because I didn’t know. I thought my brother-in-law was doing the job until four days before the day I wanted to do it.” During the course of the deliberations, Gendre accused a council member of disrespect and called for an apology. Clarifications regarding the troubling statements were offered, though no apology was forthcoming. Turn to Staunchly, Pg 2
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One child, on librarian, one book, one pen can change the world. A smiling Lucas Brausen at the Hardisty Library and to his delight, met Mrs. Claus (aka Virginia Weatherly) who gave him a small gift from Santa. He also enjoyed stories read by Alix Adair.
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