Saint John council voted Monday to keep the city’s public hearing process as it until a “robust” implementation plan is included in recommendations to implement stricter rules.
Councillors decide any proposed changes need an implementation plan for telling public about them
Nipun Tiwari · CBC News
· Posted: May 05, 2026 11:04 AM EDT | Last Updated: 2 hours ago
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Coun. Gary Sullivan made a motion that any changes in the public’s ability to address council be considered together with a stronger plan for implementing them. (Nipun Tiwari/CBC)
In one of the last decisions they’ll make together, Saint John councillors voted Monday to make no immediate changes to the public hearing process.
Instead they opted for asking for a stronger “implementation plan” for potential changes to the rules governing how the public can address council.
The final decision will be for the next council to make after municipal elections are held provincewide on May 11.
This was the second meeting in a row that council wrestled with changing the procedural bylaws behind the public hearing process.
At their meeting April 20,
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