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REQUEST FOR DECISION
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Bylaw 5/2025 Procedure Bylaw Amendments
Presented by: Marta Caufield, Director, Legal, Legislative and Records Services
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RECOMMENDED MOTION(S)
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1. That Bylaw 5/2025, being amendment 2 to Bylaw 24/2022, be read a first time.
2. That Bylaw 5/2025 be read a second time.
3. That unanimous consent be given for consideration of third reading of Bylaw 5/2025.
4. That Bylaw 5/2025 be read a third time.
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SUMMARY
This report formally advises Council of a motion passed by Standing Committee of the Whole arising from an item on the agenda of the March 11, 2025 meeting of the Committee, and presents alternative motions for Council's consideration, based on feedback received by administration at the March 11, 2025 meeting of SCOW.
ALIGNMENT TO COUNCIL DIRECTION OR MANDATORY STATUTORY PROVISION
On March 11, Standing Committee of the Whole passed the following motion:
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That Standing Committee of the Whole recommend to Council that Bylaw 5/2025 be passed, and Administration prepare alternative changes for Council's consideration.
The Municipal Government Act provides as follows:
172.1(3) The disclosure of a councillor's conflict of interest or perceived conflict of interest under subsection (1) and the abstention of a councillor under subsection (2) must be recorded in the minutes of the meeting.
199(2.1) Every council must by bylaw provide for public hearings under Part 17 to be conducted by electronic means.
216.4(5.1) Unless this Act or another enactment specifies otherwise, a council may hold only one public hearing on each proposed bylaw or resolution, or any part thereof, that considers residential developments or developments with residential and non-residential developments under Part 17.
BACKGROUND AND DISCUSSION
At the March 11, 2025 Standing Committee of the Whole meeting, the Committee recommended to Council that Bylaw 5/2025 be passed, and that Administration pr...
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