CORNWALL, Ontario – Cornwall Seaway News wanted to check the attendance records for the current Cornwall City Council before the upcoming Municipal Election on Oct. 22. The last day to sign-up to run for Cornwall City Council is Friday, July 27.
The following attendance information is based only on statistics found on the City of Cornwall website, spanning 2015 to 2018. The information regarding council meeting attendance can be found here, http://www.cornwall.ca/en/cao/Council-Attendance.aspand the information regarding committee meeting attendance can be found here http://www.cornwall.ca/en/cao/CouncilBoardsandCommittees.asp. There are meetings that councillors attend above and beyond what is required, but the graphs and percentages in this article are in relation to required meetings.
The current City Councillors and the Mayor are as follows: Leslie O’Shaughnessy (Mayor), Denis Carr, Bernadette Clement, Maurice Dupelle, Carilyne Hebert, Elaine MacDonald, Mark. A. MacDonald, Claude E. McIntosh, David Murphy, Andre Rivette and Justin Towndale.
The graph above displays the total number of missed Open and Closed City Council Meetings from 2015 to 2018, with the initials of the Mayor and the Councillors below.
The graph below displays the total number of missed City Council Committee Meetings from 2015 to 2018, with the initials of the Mayor and the Councillors below.
Claude McIntosh had the highest rate of attendance over the past four years, attending 97.7 per cent of his required meetings, while Maurice Dupelle had the lowest rate of attendance at 69.3 per cent. The following is a list detailing the percentage of required meetings attended by councillors over the past four years:
Leslie O’Shaughnessy (Mayor), 92.6 per cent
Denis Carr, 89.1 per cent
Bernadette Clement, 91.2 per cent
Maurice Dupelle, 69.3 per cent
Carilyne Hebert, 94.9 per cent
Elaine MacDonald, 93.8 per cent
Mark MacDonald, 87.5 per cent
Claude McIntosh, 97.7 per cent
David Murphy, 91.2 per cent
Andre Rivette, 95.9 per cent
Justin Towndale, 94.9 per cent
In Sept. 2017, Cornwall Seaway News reported that Councillors received $22, 930 each in terms of salary, payroll deductions, a laptop and cellphone.
Councillors were members of 10 committees each and spent on average of 275 hours annually working on City business.
To see the list of 2018 Council Candidates, click here: https://elections.cornwall.ca/en/candidates/candidates.aspx
