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Report shows depth of former dysfunction at Nipawin Town Hall
Accused of modifying the agenda herself, to belittling staff members and cutting off councillor’s microphones if she didn’t like what was being said, its alleged former Nipawin Mayor Rennie Harper exercised far too much control over council and town hall operations, a recently unredacted report shows.
That is just a portion of the details of how town hall ran during Harper’s seven-year tenure as mayor, which began in 2016 and ended in 2023.
“All councillors have mentioned instances where the mayor crossed the line into administration,” reads the report. “As one said, ‘I clearly understand my role; we all do. We’re not to get into staff business.’
These occurrences have kept staff, as one councillor put it, ‘on edge.’”