Thompson-Nicola Regional District board chair Ken Gillis said the board was aware of allegations against former CAO Sukh Gill, contained in a whistleblower letter sent to Gillis, when voting to give a $520,000 severance package to Gill
Thompson-Nicola Regional District board chair Ken Gillis said the board was aware of allegations against former CAO Sukh Gill, contained in a whistleblower letter sent to Gillis, when voting to give a $520,000 severance package to Gill.
In an interview with KTW reporter Jessica Wallace and editor Christopher Foulds, Gillis was asked to explain why he voted in favour of the severance package knowing what he knew from the whistleblower letter.
“The fact is that I had shared a lot of content, and I don’t remember precisely, of that letter with the board,” Gillis said. “I was not the only one who knew what the content of that letter was. Otherwise, I am not able to discuss the content of the letter and you both understand the constraints that we’re under in that regard because they’re personnel matters and, on the one hand, because they’re in large measure matters that were discussed in closed meeting.”
Gillis said he does not remember what specific information went to the board, but noted “information from that letter” went to the board in a way that protected the letter writer, a senior TNRD manager.
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