Intrestingly, the Mayor's proposals for new Ethical Guidelines for Members of Council as well as Disclosure of Office expenses and gifts was approved by Council today. The Mayor's been following the components of these rules voluntarily (such as disclosing his expenses on his website quarterly) but felt it needed to be codified for all of Council:
http://blog.calgarymayor.ca/search/l...&max-results=7
Today's Council Agenda - Items under 8.4
http://agendaminutes.calgary.ca/sire...doctype=AGENDA
Blog on ethical guidelines
http://blog.calgarymayor.ca/2013/03/...isclosure.html
His Herald Column from a couple weeks ago on this
http://www.calgaryherald.com/opinion...868/story.html
One interesting amendment to the ethical guidelines was that instead of just disclosing who is meeting with members of Council (similar to a lobbyist registry) Council members will also need to disclose who is meeting with their staff. The Mayor has been voluntarily disclosing his meetings with those external to the City of Calgary, but this new rule (moved by Alderman Chabot and supported by the Mayor) will mean disclosure of meetings with the Chief of Staff or staffers like myself.