Council Procedure Bylaw No. 1971, Amendment No. 1 (Bylaw No. 2051)

Citation

This Bylaw shall be cited as “Council Procedure Bylaw No. 1971, Amendment No. 1, Bylaw No. 2051, 2022”,

Amendments

That the following paragraphs of the Council Procedure Bylaw No. 1971 be deleted and replaced as follows:

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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 three (3) minutes unless such time is extended by unanimous agreement of Council. The public participation period shall be limited to thirty (30) 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.

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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

Notice of Motion

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.

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.

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.

READ A FIRST TIME THIS 7TH DAY OF MARCH, 2022.
READ A SECOND TIME THIS 7TH DAY OF MARCH, 2022.
READ A THIRD TIME THIS 7TH DAY OF MARCH, 2022.
ADOPTED THIS DAY OF , 20122.

Presiding Council Member

Corporate Officer