City Council · July 23, 2024 · Item 6.5
Call upon on the Minister of Municipal Affairs and Housing to bring forward amendments to the Municipal Elections Act that would remove the requirement for street…
Main motion under the agenda item A Motion to Call on the Government of Ontario to Amend the Municipal Elections Act
Carried (11 to 0)
11 in favour, 0 against — unanimous
What was voted on
The motion in its exact words, as recorded in the minutes.
That the Council of the City of Guelph call upon on the Minister of Municipal Affairs and Housing to bring forward amendments to the Municipal Elections Act that would remove the requirement for street name, number and postal codes to be listed on publicly available online forms and, that for verification purposes and campaign finance clarity, the addresses of all candidates and all donors over $100 be submitted to the municipal clerk on separate forms that are only available for inspection in-person at a municipal facility. That this resolution be forwarded to the Honourable Paul Calandra, Minister of Municipal Affairs and Housing, MPP Mike Schreiner, the Association of Municipal Managers, Clerks and Treasurers of Ontario (AMCTO), the Association of Municipalities of Ontario (AMO), the Ontario Public School Boards' Association (OPSBA), the Ontario Catholic School Trustees' Association (OCSTA), l’Association des conseils scolaires des écoles publiques de l’Ontario (ACEPO), and l’Association franco-ontarienne des conseils scolaires catholiques (AFOCSC).
How the room voted
In favour (11)
- Allt
- Billings
- Busuttil
- Caron
- Caton
- Downer
- Goller
- Guthrie
- Klassen
- O'Rourke
- Richardson
What was said
128 words from the meeting recording, transcribed automatically. Times are from the start of the recording.
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2:38:27And the last one is 6.5 a motion to call on the government on Ontario to amend the municipal elections act did anybody want that pulled?
2:38:35No seeing none
2:38:38I need a motion
2:38:39to uh adopt the consent agenda
2:38:42Okay, councillor Goller and seconded by councillor Richardson
2:38:46any opposed
2:38:49Seeing none, okay
2:38:51Uh, and I I need somebody to move the bylaws
2:38:56Councillor Allt I need a seconder
2:38:58Councillor Busuttil
2:39:00Okay bylaws 2024-20939
2:39:052024-20944 2024-20963 and 2024-20964 be approved subject to section 284.11
2:39:16Bracket four of the municipal act
2:39:19Okay
2:39:21Nothing further on that those are passed
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