Westlock County Division 4 Coun. Bud Massey has called off a meeting of his constituents claiming strong support to stay on as councillor.
Westlock County Division 4 Coun. Bud Massey has called off a meeting of his constituents claiming strong support to stay on as councillor.
The former reeve said he will not hold a meeting of his constituents until after a Municipal Affairs inspection of the county, claiming support from Div. 4 residents.
'Unfortunately there has been a lot of turmoil and inflammatory and inaccurate statements recently about Westlock County council. It was my intent to call a meeting of Div. 4 residents," Massey said in a written statement provided to the Westlock News.
'After extensive feedback from Div. 4 residents who feel the meeting should be held after the Municipal Affairs investigation so that the truth can be demonstrated I have agreed to wait until then.
'They want to the truth to come out."
Following calls for his resignation as reeve and Div. 4 councillor at council's July 12 meeting, the former reeve said he would only resign if his constituents asked him to.
At the same time, he also announced plans to hold a meeting of Div. 4 residents and put the question to them.
'I was elected by the people of Div. 4 and I think the people of Div. 4 should be the ones that should tell me what they would like," Massey said following the July 12 meeting.
'My intent is to call a meeting of the residents of Div. 4 and ask them what they want."
Massey said the postponement of the meeting was also due to the concern it could be crashed.
'There was an additional concern raised that the meeting was going to be crashed by other people than Division 4 residents and I have no desire to subject my neighbours to such behaviour," Massey said.
'I have seen too much of that at recent council meetings."
Massey resigned as reeve on July 28, but remains as councillor of Div. 4.
A preliminary inspection of the county has been accepted by Municipal Affairs, which will determine if a full-scale review is necessary.
According to Municipal Affairs, a full investigation could take as long as eight or nine months to complete.
