Coun. Eli El\u002DChantiry, the current chair, says the board hopes to hire a new chief before Nov. 14, the final day of the current term.
Coun. Eli El-Chantiry, the board chair who currently occupies the mayor’s statutory seat on the board, is not running for re-election. His last day on the board will be Nov. 14, the final day of the current term.Sign up to receive daily headline news from Ottawa Citizen, a division of Postmedia Network Inc.By clicking on the sign up button you consent to receive the above newsletter from Postmedia Network Inc.
McKenney, who uses the pronoun they, earlier sent a letter to the police board asking for the hiring of the chief to be delayed.Article content “Consultation to date has only involved a handful of people and the community engagement strategy by an outside consultant has been widely panned by a skeptical public,” Chiarelli wrote. “That process should happen under a new mayor and council and with new leadership on the police services board.”Article content
But Mark Sutcliffe, a former broadcaster and media personality also running for mayor, said he saw no problem with the police board’s decision to hire a chief before the election. The police board has seven members: three provincial appointees, three city council members and one citizen member chosen by city council.
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