Title
Council Priorities Committee Recommended Motion
File 0540-20
Recommended Action
That Council approve the suggestions regarding reasons to not approve a delegation request, as listed below:
• A bylaw in respect of which a public hearing has been or will be held where the public hearing is required under an enactment as a prerequisite to the adoption of the bylaw;
• An issue which is before the courts or on which Council has authorized legal action;
• A matter in respect of which a Township-led public consultation process is planned or is in progress;
• The promotion of commercial projects and services, the promotion of a political party or of a candidate for elected office;
• Publicly tendered contracts or proposal calls for the provision of goods and services for the Township, between the time that such contract or proposal call has been authorized and the time that such a contract or proposal call has been awarded, either by Council or Township staff;
• A purpose or subject that is beyond the jurisdiction of Council;
• A purpose of subject that Council reasonably determines is not in the public interest of the community;
• Any matter on which the delegate has already spoken to Council and where no new significant information is provided;
• Individuals or organizations may only appear once every annual
quarter, unless the individual or organization is statutorily authorized to be heard by Council or required by law to be heard by Council.
That these delegation suggestions be brought forward in the Amended Procedure Bylaw at the same time as the other suggested amendments.