DIDSBURY - First-term Didsbury town councillor Joyce McCoy says she is pleased to be back on committees after being barred from them as part of sanctions imposed in March.
During the Nov. 14 council meeting, council carried a motion updating council assignments to governance committees.
McCoy is now on the strategic planning committee and the performance evaluation committee, as well as the committee of the whole.
“I’m happy to be done with (the sanctions) and I am looking forward,” McCoy told the Albertan.
On March 14, council carried a motion sanctioning McCoy.
According to the official letter of reprimand published by the town at the time, McCoy had made a “recent attack on staff and untrue statements made by them on social media” promoting a code of conduct review.
“These statements served to undermine public confidence in administration and council and are therefore extremely harmful to the town and the community.”
In the letter, the town said, “If your (McCoy’s) conduct improves over this year and you cease making critical and disparaging comments about staff, they you will be considered again for council assignments and professional development at the next organizational meeting held this year, in October.”
Although McCoy was not given any committee assignments during last month’s organizational meeting, she has now been given assignments following a meeting with mayor Rhonda Hunter and deputy mayor Curt Engel on Oct. 31.
