New alcohol policy for City Councillors
Posted Feb 10, 2015 6:58 am.
This article is more than 5 years old.
City council has given approval to a couple of changes to the alcohol policy at City Hall.
Councillor Diane Colley-Urquhart brought the motion forward back in September about council members no longer being able to expense alcohol. It was approved by a 13 – 1 vote.
A second matter had to do with the use of alcohol by councillors that led to Mayor Nenshi’s comments last month that he’d heard complaints of colleagues getting “blotto” at community events. Councillor Druh Farrel had followed that up by saying wild parties were happening at council offices.
Councillor Ward Sutherland said he wasn’t pleased with how that debate was handled.
“I do have issues with blank accusations. I don’t think it’s appropriate for anybody to make blank accusations during this whole process and say ‘we got to the end result and because it’s how you get there.’ It matters a lot and I still have a serious issue with that,” Sutherland said.
Council then voted 10-4 to ban councillors from drinking at the office and being impaired on the job.
