That, on the recommendation of the Director
of Community and Economic Innovation, the following actions be taken with
respect to the provincial review of the Municipal Act, 2001 and the Municipal
Conflict of Interest Act:
a) the
submission from the Association of Municipalities of Ontario (AMO), appended
to the staff report dated October 6, 2015 as Appendix 1, BE ENDORSED;
b) the
additional comments by the City of London, appended to the staff report dated
October 6, 2015 as Appendix 2, BE APPROVED for submission to the Province of
Ontario subject to the following amendments:
i)
exclusion
of the section on community councils;
ii)
inclusion
of the previous position of Council regarding the regulations pertaining to
local improvements;
iii)
inclusion
of clarification that notice provisions should have greater flexibility in
order to enable a municipality to determine the most effective means of
reaching out to engage and inform the community; and
c) the
City of London comments BE FORWARDED to local Members of the Legislative
Assembly of Ontario.
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