Employees won't bring issues to a city manager who is perhaps the problem
Usually, a whistleblower policy is formed because of a toxic work environment. All parties within the organization turn a blind eye, knowing full well what is transpiring, just hoping they can avoid involvement and float below the radar.
In most cases, the need for conflict resolution or an ombudsman, per se, is desired within most organizations. Of course, employees are reluctant to embrace a new process. Mid-management and workers have been beaten down for years.
In all cases, when it is necessary to even think a policy is needed or changed, then a strong look at senior management is warranted.
Councillors Susan Scott, Tim Bennett, Ron Polillo and Garth Frizzell approved an updated version of a whistleblower policy that includes council but excludes the mayor (which could be a legal issue).
Mayor Simon Yu is the CEO of the organization as per the Community Charter, again showing the corruption within city hall. As always, there are six councillors who constantly (this time four) vote against common sense, further diminishing the mayor’s authority or involvement but enhancing the city manager’s authority.
Councillors have no concept of employee whistleblowing, nor do they differentiate between employee whistleblowing, grievances and/or public discourse. Sad.
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