In a matter of one week at city hall, two senior officials announced their resignation and an inquiry into allegations of workplace misconduct expanded to include whether the manager of bylaw improperly used city cameras.
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Yellowknifer reported April 27 that director of public safety Dennis Marchiori had resigned, a little more than a week after Dennis Kefalas, director of public works, announced his own departure.
Despite the departure of Kefalas and Marchiori, the information lawyers from Miller Thompson LLP in Vancouver needs to conduct the inquiry and produce a SA国际影视传媒渞obustSA国际影视传媒� report will be readily available to them, she said.
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As the city confirmed, its methodology for the inquiry with Miller Thompson, and has since added whether closed circuit cameras were used inappropriately by municipal enforcement manager Doug Gillard.
SA国际影视传媒淲hen we first learned of these allegations, we automatically took steps to shut the cameras down and took the time to develop a policy ... so that members of public can see the exact parameters,SA国际影视传媒� said Sheila Bassi-Kellett.
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Since the allegations arose several years ago, the city has implemented a whistle-blower policy and harassment-free workplace rules, said Bassi-Kellett.
That includes information about the processes and protocols used and in place at the time of the allegations.
