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Medicine Hat city council postpones motions related to leadership expenses, Mustard Seed

Mar 17, 2025 | 8:00 PM

Coun. Andy McGrogan asked that a pair of his motions that were up for council deliberation Monday night be postponed, the mayor said at council.

After the meeting, McGrogan told reporters he wanted to push back the proposals until all of council was there to discuss them. Couns. Shila Sharps and Alison Van Dyke were not in attendance Monday.

McGrogan two weeks ago previewed a motion to direct city staff to publish the expenses of senior administrators twice a year, once in the spring and once in the fall.

That includes the chief administrative officer, Ann Mitchell, managing directors and directors.

The expenses would include line item details such as business travel, meals and various other costs, McGrogan said at the March 3 meeting.

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“Taxpayers have the right to know, and it shouldn’t be an onerous process for them to find out what city staff are making, what the expenses are,” he told reporters then.

“They can tell my expenses, and I’m quite happy to demonstrate them.”

McGrogan also provided a second notice of motion to instruct staff to look into the current zoning for The Mustard Seed’s emergency shelter.

At a meeting of the Municipal Planning Commission in February, residents raised concerned over the validity of the shelter’s development permit.

McGrogan, who chairs the MPC, said the ask is just to get information.

“I’m not expecting anything other than just informing our community what it is right now,” McGrogan said at the time.

Mayor Linnsie Clark said the motions were delayed to the next regular meeting.

They will now come forward at the same time as several proposed by Coun. Shila Sharps that are also related to city employee matters.