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THE CORPORATION OF THE TOWNSHIP OF BRUCE
BY-LAW NO. 89-8
BEING A
BY-LAW to govern the proceedings of Council and
Committees.
WHEREAS the Municipal Act R.S.O. 1980,
authorizes a council of a municipality
Chapter 302, Section 104
to pass by-laws.
NOW THEREFORE the Council of the Corporation of the Township of
Bruce enacts as follows:
1. In this by-law
(a) "Clerk" means the Clerk of the Township of Bruce
(b) "Council" means the Council of the Township of Bruce.
(c) "Head" of Council m..¡¡ns th.. R....ve.
2. The rules and regulations contained in this by-law shall be
observed in all proceedings of the Council and shall be the
rules and regulations for the order and dispatch of business
in the Council and in the Committees thereof, provided that
the rules and regulations contained herein may be suspended
by a vote of the Council and in any case for which provision
is not made herein the procedure to be followed shall be, as
near as may be, that followed in the Legislative Assembly of
Ontario and its Committees.
COUNCIL MEETINGS
3. Meetings of the Council shall be held at the Council
Chambers adopted and used by the Council from time to time
for such purpose. The Inaugural Meeting of Council shall
take place at 7:00 D.m. on the Second Tuesdav of December
following a regular election.
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The next and each succeeding
shall be held on the Second and
commencina at 7:00 D.m..
regular meeting
Fourth Tuesdav of
of Counc 11
each month
4. When the day for a regular meeting of Council is a public or
civic holiday, the Council shall, unless the Council decides
otherwise, meet at the same hour on the next following day
which is not a pUblic or civic holiday.
S. The Head of Council may at any time summon a special meeting
of Council on 48 hours notice to the Members of Council, or
upon receipt of the petition of the majority of the Members
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of the Council, or an emergency, the Clerk shall summon a
special meeting for the purpose and at the time mentioned in
the petition.
Notice of all special meetings of Council shall be given to
the Members through the Clerk's Office. The only business
to be dealt with at a special meeting is that which is
listed in the notice of the meeting.
6. In the case of the absence of the Head of the Council from
the Municipality, or if he is absent through illness, or he
refuses to act or his office is vacant, the Deputy-Reeve or
a Councillor appointed shall act from time to time in the
place and stead of the Head of Council and he shall have all
the rights, powers, and authority of the Head of Council,
while so doing.
CALLING OF MEETING TO ORDER AND QUORUM
7. As soon after the hour fixed for the holding of the meeting
of the Council as a quorum is present, the Head of Council
shall take the Chair and call the meeting to order.
ABSENCE OF HEAD OF COUNCIL
8. Subject to the provisions of The Municipal Act, and where a
Presiding Officer has been appointed under Clause 6 of this
by-law, in case the Head of Council does not attend within
fifteen (15) minutes after the time appointed for a meeting
of the Council, the Deputy-Reeve or a Councillor appointed
shall call the Members to order and shall preside until the
arrival of the Head of Council, and while so presiding the
Deputy-Reeve or Councillor shall have all the powers of the
Head of C,:;.uncil.
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9.
NO QUORUM
If no quorum is present one half hour after the time
appointed for a meeting of the Council, the Clerk shall
record the name of the Members present and the meeting shall
stand adjourned until the date of the next regular meeting.
CURFEW
10. No item of business shall be dealt with at a Council meeting
after eleven (11) p.m. at an evening meeting or after six
(6) p.m. at a day meeting.
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THE CONDUCT OF PROCEEDINGS AT A MR~TING OF COUNCIL
11. It shall be the duty of the Head of Councilor other
Presiding Officer:
(a) to open the meeting of Council by taking the chair and
calling the Members to order;
(b) to announce the business before the Council in the
order in which it is to be acted upon;
(c) to receive and submit, in the proper manner, all
motions presented by the Members of Council;
(d) to put to vote all questions which are regularly moved
and seconded, or necessarily arise in the course of
proceedings, and to announce the result;
(e) to decline to put to vote motions which infringe the
rules of procedure;
(f) to restrain the Members, within the rules of order,
when engaged in debate;
(g) to enforce on all occasions the observance of order and
decorum among the Members;
(h) to call by name any Member persisting in breach of the
rules or order of the Council, thereby ordering him to
vacate the Council Chamber;
(i) to receive all messages and other communications and
announce them to the Council;
(j) to authenticate, by his signature when necessary, all
by-laws, resolutions, and minutes of the Council;
(k) to inform the Council, when necessary or when referred
to for the purpose, on a point of order or usage;
(l) to represent and support the Council, declaring its
will, and implicitly obeying its decisions in all
things;
(m) to ensure that the decisions of Council are in
conformity with the laws and by-laws governing the
activities of the Council;
(n) to adjourn the meeting when the business is concluded;
(0) to adjourn the meeting without question put, in the
case of grave disorder arising in the Council Chamber.
AGENDA
12. The Clerk shall have prepared and printed for the use of the
Members at the regular meetings of Council an agenda under
the following headings:
(a) Call to Order
(b) Declaration of Conflict of Interest
(c) Minutes of Previous Meeting
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(d) Deputations
(e) Accounts
(f) Correspondence
(g) Reports of Municipal Officers
(h) Petitions
(i) Old Business
(j) New Business
(k) Motions and By-laws
(l) Report by Councillors
(m) Adjournment
13.
The business of the Council shall
in the order in which it stands
otherwise decided by the Council.
in all cases be taken up
upon the agenda unless
MINUTES
14. Minutes shall record:
(a) The place, date and time of meeting;
(b) The names of the Presiding Officer or officers and
record of the attendance of the Members.
(c) The presentation, correction and adoption of the
minutes of prior meetings;
(d) All other proceedings of the meeting without note or
comment.
PETITIONS AND COKKUNICATIONS
15. Every communication, including a petition designed to be
presented to the Council, shall be legibly written or
printed and shall not contain any obscene or improper matter
or language and shall be signed by at least one person and
filed with the Clerk.
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DEPUTATIONS
16. Persons desiring to present information verbally on matters
of fact or make a request of Council, shall give notice to
the Clerk not less than forty-eight (48) hours before the
commencement of the meeting of the Council, and may be heard
by leave of the Presiding Officer of Council, but shall be
limited in speaking to not more than ten (10) minutes except
that a delegation consisting of more than five (5) persons
shall be limited to two (2) speakers, each limited to
speaking not more than ten (10) minutes.
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READING OF BY-LAWS AND PROCEEDINGS THEREON
17. No by-law except a by-law to confirm the proceedings of
Council shall be presented to Council unless the subject
matter thereof has been considered and approved by Council.
18. Every by-law shall be introduced upon motion by a Member of
the Council, specifying the title of the by-law.
19. Every by-law when introduced shall by in typewritten form
and shall contain no blanks except such as may be required
to conform to accepted procedure or to comply with
provisions of any act and shall be complete with the
exception of the number and date thereof.
20. Every by-law shall have three readings prior to it being
passed.
21. The first reading of a by-law shall be decided without
amendment or debate.
22.
If the Council determines that the by-law is
considered in Committee of the Whole, it shall
considered previous to the third reading thereof.
to be
be so
23. If Council so determines, a by-law may be taken as read.
24. The Clerk shall set out on all by-laws enacted by Council
the date of the several readings thereof.
25. Every by-law enacted by the Council shall be numbered and
dated and shall be sealed with the seal of the Corporation
and signed by the Clerk and the Presiding Officer and shall
be deposited by the Clerk in his office for safekeeping.
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26.
Any motion may be
without debate,
vote of at least
and voting.
MOTIONS
introduced without notice if the Council,
dispenses with notice on the affirmative
a simple majority of the Members present
27.
Secondina - A motion must
Presiding Officer can put
recorded in the minutes.
be formally seconded
the question or a
before the
motion be
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28. Presentation of Motion bv Chairman When a motion is
presented in Council in writing, it shall be read or if it
is a motion which may be presented orally, it shall be
stated by the Presiding Officer before debate.
29.
Amendment - A motion to amend
shall be presented in writing,
shall receive disposition of Council
amendment or the question,
shall not be further amended more
that further amendment may be
before a previous
than once provided
made to the main
question,
shall be relevant to the question to
shall not be received proposing a
the question,
may propose a separate and distinct
question,
shall be put in
is moved.
be received,
direct negative to
disposition of
a
the reverse order to that in which it
VOTING ON MOTIONS
30. Questions Stated - Immediately preceding the taking of the
vote, the Presiding Officer may state the question in the
form introduced and shall do so if required by a Member
except when a motion for the previous question has been
resolved in the affirmative. He shall state the question in
the precise form in which it will be recorded in the
minutes.
31. No InterruDtion after Question - After a question is finally
put by the Presiding Officer no Member shall speak to the
question nor shall any other motion be made until after the
vote is taken and the result has been declared.
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32.
Unrecorded Vote - The manner
the Council on a motion shall
Presiding Officer and may
standing or otherwise.
of determining the decision of
be at the discretion of the
be by voice, show of hands,
33. Recorded Vote - When a Member present requests a recorded
vote, all Members present at the Councilor Committee
meeting must vote in alphabetical order, unless otherwise
prohibited by statute. The names of those who voted for and
others who voted against shall be noted in the minutes.
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RULES OF DEBATE
34. When the Presiding Officer calls for the vote on a question,
each Member shall occupy his seat and shall remain in his
place until the result of the vote has been declared by the
Presiding Officer.
35. When a Member is speaking no other Member shall pass between
him and the Chair or interrupt him except to raise a point
of order.
36. Any Member may require the question or motion under
discussion to be read at any time during the debate but not
so as to interrupt a Member while speaking.
37. The following matters and motions with respect thereto may
be introduced orally without written notice and without
leave, except as otherwise provided by these Rules and
Procedure:
(i)
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(11i)
( iv)
(v)
a point of order or personal privilege;
presentation of petitions;
to lay on the table;
to postpone indefinitely or to a day certain;
to move the previous question.
38. The following motions may be introduced without notice and
without leave, but such motions shall be in writing and
signed:
(i) to refer;
(ii) to adjourn;
(iii) to amend;
(iv) to suspend the Rules of Procedure.
39.
Except as
in writing
provided by Clause 38 above, all motions
and signed by the mover and seconder.
shall be
40. In all unprovided cases in the proceedings of the Council or
in the Committee of the Whole, the matter shall be decided
by the Presiding Officer, subject to an appeal to the
Council upon a point of order.
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POINTS OF ORDER AND PRIVILEGES
41. The Presiding Officer shall preserve order and decide
questions of order.
42. The Council, if appealed to, shall decide the questions
without debate and its decision shall be final.
CONDUCT OR MEMBERS OF COUNCIL
43. No Member shall speak disrespectfully of the Reigning
Sovereign, or of any of the Royal Family, or of the
Governor-General, the Lieutenant-Governor of any province,
or any Member of the Senate, the House of Commons of Canada
or the Legislative Assembly of the Province of Ontario.
44. No Member shall
(i) use offensive words or unparliamentary language in or
against the Councilor against any Member,
(ii) speak on any subject other than the subject in debate;
(iii) criticize any decision of the Council except for the
purpose of moving that the question be reconsidered;
(iv) disobey the rules of the Councilor a decision of the
Presiding Officer or of the Council on questions of
order or practice or upon the interpretation of the
rules of the Council;
and in the case a Member persists in any such disobedience
after having been called to order by the Presiding Officer,
the Presiding Officer may forthwith put the question, no
amendment, adjournment or debate being allowed, "that such
Member be ordered to leave his seat for the duration of the
meeting of the Council" but if the Member apologizes he may,
by vote of the council, be permitted to retake his seat.
45. When the Chair is putting the question no Member shall leave
or make a disturbance.
SUSPENSION OF RULES
46. Any procedure required by this by-law may be suspended with
consent of a majority of the Members of the Council present.
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47. No amendment or repeal of this by-law or any part thereof
shall be considered at any meeting of the Council unless
notice of proposed amendment or repeal has been given at a
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previous regular meeting of
this notice by the Council is
the Council
prohibited.
and the waiving of
INTERPRETATION
48. Where the gender is quoted, this may be interpreted as male
or female.
49. This by-law
enactment.
EFFECTIVE DATE
shall become effective upon the date of
SO. Where any by-law passed prior to this by-law conflicts with
this by-law, the terms of this by-law shall prevail.
By-law introduced and read a First time this FOURTEENTH day of
FEBRUARY, 1989.
By-law read a Second time this FOURTEENTH day of FEBRUARY, 1989.
By-law read a Third time and finally passed, signed, sealed, and
numbered 89-8 this FOURTEENTH day of FEBRUARY, 1989.
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