By Pepper Parr
March 16th, 2024
BURLINGTON, ON
When a Motion is filed with the Clerk as something the Motion movers want on the Agenda – the Clerk has to follow a strict procedure.
Mayor Marianne Meed Ward in front of City Hall
The Motion filed wants to strip the Mayor of some of the powers she acquired on July 1st. It has gone through the following steps:
Approved as per form by the City Clerk,
Reviewed by the City Manager – In accordance with the Code of Good Governance, Council-Staff Relations Policy and an assessment of the internal capacity within the City to complete the work based on a specific target date (quarter/year).
Reviewed by the Executive Director of Legal Services and Corporation Counsel to confirm references to legislation.
Comments:
City Clerk: none
City Manager: none
Clerk saw no problem with the Motion
City Manager saw the Motion as something Staff could handle.
City Solicitor saw no problems with the legislation referred to in the Motion.
It will be interesting to see how this gets handled Tuesday morning.
One of the serious public concerns is that notice that the Motion was on the Council Agenda wasn’t available to the public until Friday afternoon.
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