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By\u2008Lynda Powless Editor Six Nations Elected Council\u2019s (SNEC) own committees are having trouble getting quorums with councillors not showing up. The band committees are made up entirely by band councillors with a councillor as chair. At SNEC\u2019s September 23rd council meeting, councillors were reporting on ongoing projects like the Highway 54 and Chiefswood Road roundabout and community engagement opportunities when challenges about just getting a quorum to hold their committee meetings arose. Councillor Dean Hill, chair of the Data Governance Committee, said his committee has been facing quorum challenges at recent meetings with councillors not showing up. He called on SNEC to revisit the committee\u2019s terms of reference to allow more effective decision-making. \u201cThis is probably the second time for our committee that we haven\u2019t been able to move some… <\/p>\n

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By\u2008Lynda Powless Editor Six Nations Elected Council\u2019s (SNEC) own committees are having trouble getting quorums with councillors not showing up. The band committees are made up entirely by band councillors with a councillor as chair. At SNEC\u2019s September 23rd council meeting, councillors were reporting on ongoing projects like the Highway 54 and Chiefswood Road roundabout and community engagement opportunities when challenges about just getting a quorum to hold their committee meetings arose. Councillor Dean Hill, chair of the Data Governance Committee, said his committee has been facing quorum challenges at recent meetings with councillors not showing up. He called on SNEC to revisit the committee\u2019s terms of reference to allow more effective decision-making. \u201cThis is probably the second time for our committee that we haven\u2019t been able to move some... <\/p>\n

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