The first reading to rescind one of the City’s governance bylaws was passed at Monday’s Regular Meeting of Council.

In April, the bylaw was amended to remove item number 4 from the agenda which related to Community Comments Feedback.

Councillor Duncan Wong made a written motion to rescind the bylaw.  Here, he explains why.

“When the by-law approved, I had several people approach me privately and say “This is not right.” So it inspired me to do this.”

Wong said he liked the idea of the Town Hall meetings that were suggested as an alternative to the Community Comments.

But, he added that he felt they would not always be held in a timely enough manner to address certain issues.

He gave the example of discussing snow clearing issues in the summer.

A large crowd attended Monday’s meeting in a show of support for Wong’s motion.