That, for the 2030 Municipal and School Board Election…

2:57:33filled out on their computer and that is this same kind of technology that using your home

2:57:41computer if you have a screen reader or those kinds of accessibility needs that fits that need

2:57:49and so there are different areas where certain folks they've got latex allergies they've got

2:57:55severe chemicals and cities they can't vote externally and they can't use the paper ballots

2:58:02and do the vote by mail because they are blind they can't independently vote so there's there's

2:58:08just different use cases that aren't completely covered by the uh the group of options that we

2:58:14have now and i just want to make sure that we've got that availability for for everyone to vote

2:58:21without assistance so they have their private vote thank you very much um i don't have any other

2:58:27concern my concern was that you were suggesting that home voting would be a higher priority and

2:58:33i hear very clearly that you're saying in addition to the the current system that we have if you

2:58:40don't mind uh chair Caron i'm wondering if we could hear from staff on this particular issue

2:58:47absolutely dco o'brien thank you chair Caron and to you councillor Allt um this direction is certainly

2:58:56welcomed from from the councillor it is it is sort of in line with with the body of work that we

2:59:02would be carrying out and we would plan to carry out so um this council and council before have

2:59:07become accustomed to our our work in sort of evaluating various solutions in the marketplace

2:59:12bringing that forward as as a an option before council council still retains legislatively the

2:59:18right to make decisions on which voting equipment is used or the voting methods that are used and so

2:59:23we look forward to sort of again aligning this this this direction that we receive through this

2:59:28motion should it pass um with with those processes we'll we'll have a report ready for 2028 which is

2:59:34in advance of the 2030 election uh and we will be looking at all of the options this sort of points

2:59:40us to say have a have a really deep close look at what options are available when it comes to the

2:59:46in the the ability for electors to independently mark a ballot a lot can change between now and

2:59:502028 and so we'll see where we end up but we'll we'll continue to sort of do that due diligence

2:59:55in the lead-up to the election thank you very much for that answer and as a consequence chair

2:59:59chron I will support this with thanks to the mover for putting this forward thanks any further

3:00:06questions for the mover let's call the vote anyone against this motion seeing none that's

3:00:12passed unanimously thanks thank you councillor Caton we are at staff announcements any announcements

3:00:20from our dcao uh corporate services or our cao no seeing none we're now at adjournment

3:00:26adjournment which is the role of the chair of the committee of the whole so i'll turn it back over

3:00:31to america three i believe you were you were moving adjournment we need a seconder for that

3:00:40councillor Busuttil anyone against that is carried meeting adjourned