Firefighters have been the subject readily available at Kingston metropolis council Tuesday night time.
Earlier than the council have been motions for an integrity commissioner investigation into councillor Ryan Boehme’s bid for brand new firefighter positions, which he voted in favor of making at council, in addition to a evaluate and attainable overhaul of the bodily exams that come as a part of the job utility.
Ultimately, it was a break up, with the movement for the integrity commissioner investigation of passing and the movement on the recruitment course of failing.
The investigation movement was put earlier than the council by the mayor, who proposed that the council ask the town’s integrity commissioner to see if Boehme broke the municipal battle of curiosity act when he voted to rent 12 extra firefighters, after which utilized for one of many jobs.
Boehme seconded the movement, however was noticeably absent from the in-person proceedings Tuesday, selecting to look just about.
The movement handed unanimously with little dialogue.
Subsequent up got here a movement from councillor Conny Glenn, suggesting the town order a evaluate of Kingston Fireplace and Rescue’s whole hiring course of.
As every councillor had their say earlier than the vote, a lot of them, together with Main Bryan Paterson, stated they felt no have to mandate a evaluate as Fireplace Chief Monique Belair had already stated there could be one.
“We will likely be doing a full evaluate,” Belair says. “Proper from submitting your utility to what standards are we searching for.”
The transfer to mandate a evaluate failed 8-3.
As for the evaluate of the firefighter recruitment course of, that must wait till a brand new deputy chief is discovered.
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