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That, the submission to the province
related to the review of the Municipal Act 2001 and the Municipal Conflict of
Interest Act, as previously provided to the Corporate Services Committee
(CSC), be amended to approve the following additional consideration:
“b) iv)
consideration of expanding the sanctions available to municipal councils and
courts of law to better address situations involving misconduct of members of
council;”
it being noted that the CSC received an
information report from the City Clerk, dated October 20, 2015, with respect
to this matter;
it being further noted that the submission
to the province, as amended, reads as follows:
“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
iv) consideration of expanding the sanctions available to
municipal councils and courts of law to better address situations involving
misconduct of members of council;
c) the City of London comments BE FORWARDED to
local Members of the Legislative Assembly of Ontario.
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