Malfeasance?

Anonymous has left a new comment on your post "All I Know About The Hydro Building":

CHITTY CHITTY BANG BANG without the music -

Is this properly another example of the former's malfeasance?

What militia are you referring to? Those with the $300 admission, or others.

We should have this information so we can better understand the role of Canada's Defence Force in Aurora.

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I don't think it could properly be described as malfeasance.

Two parties are involved in any lease.

More than one person is engaged on either side.

Contracts are signed on the part of the town by the Mayor and Clerk. They must be authorised by a resolution of Council.

The agreement is or should be drawn up by the Town's legal department.

The Town's Finance department should be briefed to anticipate collecting rent.

I don't know when the contract was amended. I received the e-mail circulated from the former Mayor  that the Minister of Defence had signed the agreement.

I think she'd heard I asked for that to be delayed

I don't know when or if a formal request was made for an amendment.Who made it? Or who received it?

I doubt it went to the Clerk. It would have had to be processed through normal channels. That could not have happened until the new council had taken office. It did not happen after the election or before the new council took office.

On the other hand, the clerk is co-signer to the agreement. His signature would have had to be on the amendment to ensure legality.

The solicitor would have had to have been involved.

That an amendment of sorts was made,  is not in doubt. The rent did not start until February 1st 2011.
Therefore that's when the lease began. Which puts authority for  the lease properly with  the  new Council.

The new council was never at any time made aware of the lease beginning two months into our term of office. Three months after our election.

I don't think malfeasance is the correct term. The word suggests exploitation of a position of trust for personal financial advantage. I don't believe there was any hokery-pokery with finances

The term militia means to me. a peace time army. The guys who hang out at the armories and play week-end soldiers. They take themselves very seriously. My impression is the most important thing they do is provide an army training program for young people; the "kiddies" the former Mayor referred to when she announced successful negotiation of a lease agreement with the Queens York Rangers.

That's what this multi-million dollar property was given up for at the expense of potential assessment revenue and twenty-seven jobs and realisation of capital revenue, or alternatively space that was sorely needed and  used by the town for town purposes.

Go figger...