Regina councillors agree personal disputes distract from important work. They still keep happening.
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Disagreement at Regina city hall is common, healthy and encouraged, but a series of disputes between councillors have continued to dominate their schedule.
It is apparent that some of council's members do not like each other — and that is not going to change.
"I will work with anybody. I'm willing to bury the hatchet so long as it's not in my back," said Ward 3 Coun. Andrew Stevens.
Councillors and Mayor Sandra Masters have insisted that the disagreements are not going to distract them from dealing with civic issues, especially as they have little more than a year before the next municipal election.
In Regina, council is governed by a code of conduct. On Wednesday, council spent hours dealing with a breach of those rules by Stevens.
An integrity commissioner report ruled that the Ward 3 councillor breached the code after sharing a confidential report in July 2022.
While the report did not provide details on the nature of Stevens' complaint, he told council that he had taken issue with the actions of Ward 7 Coun. Terina Nelson.
Since the integrity commissioner's report dismissed the complaints, it was meant to remain confidential.
But when Stevens hit "reply all" to an agenda email and attached the report, he distributed it to members of city administration and fellow councillors.
Stevens has said his actions were a lapse in judgment.
He said he attempted to apologize to Nelson. She has denied that he apologized.
"I believe we need our residents to know that when something is said to us, when confidentiality is given to us, we respect that and we respect the oath that we took when we entered into the office," Nelson said on Wednesday.
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In a 7-to-1 vote, councillors ultimately decided to not censure Stevens or make him offer a written apology.
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