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days away from the final vote. “For councillors to comment properly on the final budget papers, we needed 14 days as outlined in legislation. Perhaps, this is misconduct when we were not offered that in 2015?” he said. There was some confusion in the meeting when Mackenzie presented a private email exchange, seeking independent advice on the budget. Cr Meiklejohn was unhappy that the emails were not presented
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to council earlier and that they had been presented out of context. “We had months of discussion before the final budget papers were presented,” Cr Meiklejohn said. “I don’t know what political points Cr Mackenzie is trying to get here." The issue continued after the meeting with both Cr Mackenzie and the SDRC releasing further statements. Continued on page 2
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