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REQUEST FOR DECISION
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Votes of Electors Policy C-CC-14 and 2025 Municipal Election Update
Presented by: Marta Caufield, Director, Legal, Legislative and Records Services
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RECOMMENDED MOTION(S)
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That Standing Committee of the Whole recommend to Council that Policy C-CC-14 Votes of Electors be repealed.
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ALIGNMENT TO COUNCIL DIRECTION OR MANDATORY STATUTORY PROVISION
Local Authority Elections Act Revised Statutes of Alberta 2000 Chapter L-21 (LAEA) provides that members of an elected authority elected at a general election hold office for a term of 4 years, and that a general election shall be held every 4th year.
Municipal Government Act Revised Statutes of Alberta 2000 Chapter M-26 requires that a vote of electors be conducted in accordance with the Local Authorities Election Act.
BACKGROUND AND DISCUSSION
Votes of Electors Council Policy C-CC-14
Bill 20 (Municipal Affairs Statutes Amendment Act, 2024) came into force on October 31, 2024. As a result of Bill 20, administration recommended that the City's then-current Municipal Elections Bylaw be repealed and replaced with a new bylaw. The new Municipal Elections Bylaw 27/2024 was passed on December 17, 2024.
The new Municipal Elections Bylaw renders Council Policy C-CC-14 Votes of Electors redundant (policy is attached). The majority of the items in the policy are now contained in the Municipal Elections Bylaw:
* The appointment of the Chief Legislative Officer (CLO) as the Returning officer for the election is found in section 11 of the bylaw.
* The responsibilities of the CLO that are contained in section 2 of the policy are contained in sections 12-14, 19-21, 26-27, 33-34, 37-38, 40, 50-51, 57, and 68-69 of the bylaw.
* The service standards/expectations sections of the policy are found in the same sections of the bylaw as noted above, with the exception of section 2 of the policy, which outlines factors for the Returning Officer to take i...
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