A regional councillor says he purposefully didn’t attend some of York regional meetings in 2019 to help a new alternate regional member in Richmond Hill learn the ropes. Carmine Perrelli missed almost half the regional council meetings last year, according to records compiled from the region’s official website york.ca. Mayor Dave Barrow attended all 12 council meetings, while Regional Councillor Joe DiPaola missed one. YOU MIGHT BE INTERESTED IN...Beros was appointed as regional alternate councillor earlier in 2019 and is designated to attend regional council meetings in the absence of the regional councillors or the mayor. A regional alternate member is not authorized to participate in regional committee of the whole meetings, Beros wrote.

Source: thestar January 13, 2020 14:03 UTC