Council
Members of Council are trustees for the public and there is an expectation that Members of Council will operate from a base of integrity, transparency, justice and courtesy. As a result, the Municipal Council of the Town of Fort Erie approved a Code of Conduct for Members of Council and local boards.
The Code of Conduct is not intended to replace personal ethics but is a written guide designed to ensure that Members of Council share a common standard of acceptable conduct to enhance public confidence that Council operates from a base of justice, courtesy, integrity and transparency.
The key statements of principle that underlie the Code of Conduct are as follows:
- To maintain and enhance public confidence and trust in the integrity of members as well as the respect and confidence that society places in the institution of local government.
- To demonstrate to the public that members are held to standards that place the public interest ahead of their private interests and to provide a transparent system by which the public may judge this to be the case.
- To provide for greater certainty and guidance for members in how to reconcile their private interests with their public duties and functions.
- To foster consensus among members by establishing common standards and by providing the means by which questions relating to proper conduct may be answered by an independent, non-partisan advisor.
By-law No. 43-2015 Adopt Council Code of Conduct and amend By-law No. 100-2013
By-law No. 100-2013 Adopt Council Code of Conduct
Advisory Committee Standards of Conduct
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