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EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE
Report Number: CS 15-05
Date: February 4, 2005
From:
Bruce Taylor, AMCT, CMM
City Clerk
Subject: Four-year Term of Office for Municipal Councils
Recommendation:
That Corporate Services Report CS 15-04 regarding a four-year term of office for
municipal councils be received.
That the Council of the City of Pickering hereby endorses the resolution of the
Municipality of Clarington to petition the Province of Ontario to amend the
Municipal Elections Act to provide for a four-year term of office for municipal
councils.
3. That copies of this resolution be forwarded to:
· The Honourable Dalton McGuinty, Premier of Ontario
The Honourable John Gerretsen, Minister of Municipal Affairs & Housing
· Wayne Arthurs, MPP, Pickering-Ajax-Uxbridge
· Municipality of Clarington
· Association of Municipalities of Ontario
· Association of Municipal Managers, Clerks and Treasurers of Ontario
That the appropriate officials of the City of Pickering be authorized to take the
necessary actions to give effect thereto.
Executive Summary:
The Municipality of Clarington passed a resolution on December 13, 2004 to petition the
Province to provide for a four-year term of office and have asked all Ontario
municipalities to endorse this resolution.
Financial Implications: Not applicable
Report CS 15-05
Four-year Term of Office for Municipal Councils
February 4, 2005
Page 2
Background:
Please find attached to this Report a copy of a letter dated December 13, 2004 from the
Municipality of Clarington requesting all Ontario municipalities to endorse a resolution of
the Council of the Municipality of Clarington to petition the Province of Ontario to amend
the Municipal Elections Act to provide for a four-year term of office for municipal
councils.
Attachments:
1. Letter from the Municipality of Clarington
Prepared By:
""~ruce Taylor
City Clerk
Approved / Endorsed By:
'-~illis A. Paterson
Director, Corporate Services & Treasurer
Attachment
Copy: Chief Administrative Officer
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At a meeting held on December 13, 2004, the Council of the Municipality of
Clarington approved recommendation #GPA-515-04:
"WHEREAS the legislation of the Provinces of Nova Scotia,
Newfoundland/Labrador. New Brunswick and Quebec provides for a four-
year term for municipal councils;
AND WHEREAS the position of municipal councillor is becoming more
complicated, thereby requiring a longer learning period for new councillors;
AND WHEREAS municipal elections are becoming Increasingly expensive
to administer;,
AND WHEREAS Provincial elections are held every four years:
NOW THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED that the Council of the Municipality
of Clarington petition the Province of Ontario to amend the Municipal
Elections Act to provide for a four-year term of office for municipal council
members;
THAT the four-year term not conflict with the terms of the Provincial
members of parliament;
THAT this resolution be forwarded to all municipalities within the Province of
Ontario, to the Associati,on of Municipalities of Ontario, and to the
Association of Municipal Managers, Clerks and Treasurers of Ontario for
endorsement; and
THAT a copy of this resolution be forwarded to The Honourable Dalton
McGuinty, Premier of Ontario, The Honourable John Gerretsen, Minister of
Municipal Affairs and Housing and to John O'Toole, MPP".
:.' We'seek your endorsement of this resolution which should be forwarded to the
':. Prehlier of Ontario, the Minister of Munioipal Affairs and Housing, John O'Toole,
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Yours very truly,
Marie Knight Stanley, C.M.O., CMM III
Deputy Clerk
· Municipality of Clarington
40 Temperance Street
Bowmanville, ON L'IC 3A6
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The Honourable Dalton McGuinty, Premier of Ontario
Honourable David Young, Minister of Municipal Affaim and Housing
John O'Toole, MPP
Association of Municipalities of Ontario
A.M.C.T.O.