The City of Quinte West’s Integrity Commissioner is recommending council formally reprimand a former member of the Board of Directors of the Trenton Downtown Business Improvement Area.
The DBIA is a committee of council and therefore is regulated by the city’s code of conduct. In April, a downtown businessperson filed a formal complaint alleging aggressive bullying behaviour by board member Brandy Brown the day after an Annual General Meeting.
The actual interaction was brief and both the complainant and Brown agreed they both accused each other of bullying.
Integrity Commissioner Tony Fleming ruled that a disagreement in itself did not breach the code but did say that threatening to end a business relationship and asking another person to stop being friends with the complainant was a form of intimidation and a breach of the Code of Conduct.
Council is expected to decide on whether or not to reprimand Brown at its meeting Wednesday.
Brown was one of three members who resigned from the board October 1.
See the entire report from the Integrity Commissioner here.
