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By-law No. 7749/20
Being a By-law to amend By-law 7665/18, which
governs the proceedings of Council, any of its
committees, the conduct of its Members, and the calling
of meetings
Whereas on Tuesday, March 17, 2020, the Premier of Ontario declared a Provincial
Emergency in accordance with the Provisions of the Emergency Management and Civil
Protection Act, R.S.O. 1990, c. E.9;
And Whereas subsequent to the declaration, the Legislature of the Province of Ontario
introduced Bill 187, an Act to amend the Municipal Act, 2001, S.O. 2001,. c. 25, being
the Municipal Emergency Act, 2020 which received Royal Assent on March 19, 2020
And Whereas the Municipal Emergency Act, 2020 provides for municipal councils to
participate electronically during any period where an emergency has been declared to
exist in all or part of the municipality under section 4 or 7.0.1 of the Emergency
Management and Civil Protection Act;
And Whereas in order to be able to implement these provisions, the Council must
amend Procedure By-law 7665/18;
Now therefore the Council of The Corporation of the City of Pickering hereby enacts as
follows:
That the following be added as a new section 09 and the remaining sections of the By-
law renumbered accordingly:
09 Electronic Participation during a Declared Emergency
09.01 Notwithstanding the provisions of this Procedure By-law and Sections 238
(3.1) and (3.2) of the Municipal Act, 2001, S.O. 2001, c. 25, during any
period where an emergency has been declared to exist in all or part of the
municipality, under section 4 or 7.0.1 of the Emergency Management and
Civil Protection Act, R.S.O. 1990, c. E.9, a Member of Council may
participate electronically in a Meeting that is either open or closed to the
public and in doing so may be counted in determining whether or not a
quorum of members is present at any point in time.
09.02
Electronic meetings are those held by means of telecommunications
instruments including but not limited to telephones, video conferencing,
computers with internet access and conferencing programming.
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09.03 Members must provide sufficient notice to the Clerk of their intent to
participate electronically in a Meeting to ensure the proper technology is
enabled to make electronic participation available.
09:04 In the event that members of the public are not permitted to attend a
Meeting due to the emergency and electronic participation of the public
cannot be facilitated, the public will be requested to provide their
comments in writing to the Clerk prior to the meeting.
09.05 Subject to section 09.01, and 09.02, all other provisions of this by-law
continue to apply, and the Chair shall determine and maintain order as
needed.
By-law passed this 23rd day of March, 2020.
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Kevin '`she, D-'puty Mayor
Susa Cassel, City Clerk