Council Procedure Bylaw, Amendment No. 1

Bylaw No. 2051 
 
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City of Langford 
BYLAW NO. 2051, 2022 
A Bylaw to amend City of Langford Council Procedure Bylaw No. 1971. 
 
The Council of the City of Langford, in open meeting assembled, enacts as follows: 
Citation 
1. 
This Bylaw shall be cited as “Council Procedure Bylaw, Amendment No. 1, Bylaw No. 2051, 
2022”,  
Amendments 
2. 
That the following paragraphs of the Council Procedure Bylaw No. 1971 be deleted and replaced 
as follows: 
22. 
For electronic meetings, members of the public may attend at Council Chambers or such 
other place as may be posted on the Agenda and in the Public Notice Posting Places for 
the open portion of the meeting. Council may also permit members of the public to 
attend and participate by electronic means. 
 
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Council may permit members of the public to address Council during the public 
participation portion of the meeting with respect to items appearing on the Agenda. 
Each member of the public may speak for a maximum of five (5) minutes unless such 
time is extended by unanimous agreement of Council. The public participation period 
shall be limited to forty (40) minutes unless such time is extended by unanimous 
agreement of Council. Council will make best efforts to ensure that all members of the 
public have at least one opportunity to speak. 
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Council may permit members of the public to speak more than once during the public 
participation period provided all other members of the public wishing to address Council 
have had an opportunity to speak and provided the public participation period time limit 
in section 32 has not expired. 
59. 
A Council Body may allow an individual or a delegation to address the Council Body at a 
meeting provided written application has been received by the Corporate Officer by 
12:00 p.m. on the Wednesday of the week prior to the meeting. Each presentation is 
limited to 5 minutes unless the Council Body unanimously agrees to allow a longer time. 
Amend Section 50 by adding the following and renumbering accordingly: 
m) 
Notice of Motion 
Add the following at section 66 and renumbering the remainder accordingly: 
Notice of Motion 

Bylaw No. 2051 
 
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66. 
A Council Member must give notice of a motion that is to be introduced at a Council 
meeting by delivering a written copy of the motion to the Corporate Officer at least 24 
hours before the meeting at which it is to be presented. 
67. 
The proposed notice of motion must set out the motion and will be distributed to all 
members of Council by the Corporate Officer prior to the meeting. No additional 
materials will be included with the Notice of Motion. 
68. 
Unless otherwise indicated by the Council Member presenting the Notice of Motion, the 
motion will be added to the next regularly scheduled Council Meeting. Staff may 
prepare a report with respect to the proposed Notice of Motion and the Council 
Member presenting the Notice of Motion may submit additional materials in support of 
the Notice of Motion for inclusion in the Agenda Package. 
Adding a new Section 29 as follows (and renumbering accordingly): 
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When a Council meeting provides for public participation by remote means, Council may 
limit the number of attendees in Council Chambers to 15. Members of the public may 
register to attend the meeting in person by contacting City Hall by telephone on the day 
of meeting between 8:30 a.m. and 12:30 p.m. Seats will be allocated on a first come 
first-serve basis. 
 
READ A FIRST TIME THIS     DAY OF           , 2022. 
READ A SECOND TIME THIS                DAY OF               , 2022. 
READ A THIRD TIME THIS              DAY OF                , 2022. 
ADOPTED THIS                  DAY OF                      , 20122. 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Presiding Council Member 
 
 
 
Corporate Officer