Winnipeg Free Press

Winnipeg Free Press (Newspaper) - June 21, 1997, Winnipeg, Manitoba A8 saturday free june local City ombudsman balks at controls cos cutting measures threaten her Menzie complains by Aldo Santin City Hall reporter Winnipeg ombudsman Vir Ginia Menzie says two City initiatives to Cut costs would Compromise the Independence of her office and she wont Menzie said the functions of the expenditure and vacancy manage ment committees Are inconsistent with the Independence of the office of the i Only report to Menzie i dont want to be put in a Posi Tion where my Independence is ques and if i would seek clarification from the court of Queens Menzie recently received a memo instructing her to submit her offices spending requirements for authorization by the expenditure management committee on a weekly Menzie said she also believes that members of the vacancy management committee expect her to Appeal before them for permission to replace a staff member who is both committees were established by Council to trim the cites department Heads need the approval of vacancy management before Hir ing and expenditure manage ment approves All no salary the office of the ombudsman was established by provincial legislation to investigate complaints about actions of civic employees or depart the ombudsman reports to Council through the executive policy commit which consists of the most senior politicians at City the vacancy and expenditure management committees Are appointed by pc and have members of pc on awkward Menzie said shed be placed in an awkward position if she brought a citizens complaint to executive policy committee for then had to appear before either the vacancy or expenditure management committee for approval to spend its very important that theoffice of the ombudsman not Only be inde pendent from government but also be seen to be Menzie if the Public perceives that elected officials Are controlling my then they will rightly believe Ive lost my John chairman of the expenditure management said he Doest understand Menzies adding As far As Hes con every department head must report to his if Menzie has some difficulty with its up to executive policy committee to said Angus Shirley a member of said she sees no Rea son Why Menzie should not report to expenditure management were Only looking at her Purchas not her Timm Rudolph Transcona is she purchasing something she Doest want to speak to Menzie said she complied with a recent request from City treasurer Keith Dowdall to make a across Leboard Cut to her office to help in the cites Cash i think i was included in the list of department Heads by because in not subject to men Zie i realize the situation the City is and i agreed to Cut my budget by unheard of provincial ombudsman Barry tuck Ett said its important that ombudsmen maintain their Independence from adding its unheard of in Canada and the United states for any government to control the daily spending of an its one thing for an ombudsman to be to explain Why youve spent your budget the Way you but to have to get approval before you that that Tuckett that unheard once my budget is they dont Tell me what i can or cant Tuckett said the councillors at City Menzie i report to Hall May not appreciate How there undermining the ombudsman once the credibility of the office is youve destroyed the value and usefulness of the Tuckett watch sunday Homes for our How to weekly column brought to you by warehouse herpes vaccine study Are you in a relationship where you or your partner has genital herpes we Are looking for volunteers to test a vaccine which May prevent genital herpes in people at risk of contracting herpes from their honorarium provided for further information Call the research nurse at 7893398 monday Friday civil servants reject offer Manitoba civil ser vants have overwhelmingly rejected the provinces latest contract paving the Way to an arbitrated settlement for their next Peter Manitoba government employees Union said 81 per cent who voted said no to the which he said amounted to pay cuts because of unpaid Days the bargaining unit has about Olfert refused yesterday to say How Many he said the province pro posed a on percent pay hike this one per cent next year and two per cent in a third Olfert management also wants workers to take 10 unpaid Days off the first seven the second and seven the which amounts to pay cuts that would reduce Mem Bers incomes by the year 2000 to what they were in our members agree with the bargaining committee that the offer is an Olfert the government has saved million through pay cuts to our members the past few they keep talking about How the province has turned the Corner we helped with labour minister Harold Gille who is also responsible for the civil service agreed civil ser vants made a difference because they accepted pay he was Why the government was Able to pro pose increases in the pay scale this he also said Many civil ser vants favour unpaid Days because they want the 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