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C A N A D A
PROVINCE OF QUEBEC
CITY OF CÔTE SAINT-LUC
EXTRACT FROM THE MINUTES OF THE REGULAR MEETING OF THE CITY COUNCIL HELD ON MONDAY, APRIL 11, 2022 AT 8:00 P.M. AT 5801 CAVENDISH BOULEVARD, CÔTE SAINT-LUC
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RESOLUTION TO REQUEST LEGISLATIVE AMENDMENTS TO ALLOW REMOTE PARTICIPATION OF THE COUNCIL MEMBERS:
WHEREAS Ministerial Order 2020-029, taken on April 26, 2020, authorized the remote participation of elected officials in municipal council meetings as well as in public consultation assemblies due to the state of the declared public health emergency throughout Quebec;
WHEREAS Ministerial Order 2022-024, taken on March 25, 2022, revoked Ministerial Order 2020-029, thus requiring physical presence at municipal council meetings and public consultation assemblies;
WHEREAS the sixth wave of the COVID-19 infections is causing a sharp rise in cases across Quebec;
WHEREAS an elected municipal official is at the heart of municipal democracy and that its presence is essential in order to fulfill his duties and obligations;
WHEREAS the remote work mode promotes the participation of elected officials on the move, work-family balance as well as the possibility of voting at a municipal council meeting even in the event of illness;
WHEREAS experience shows that remote communication is done effectively within the framework of the various council meetings;
It was
MOVED BY COUNCILLOR ANDEE SHUSTER
SECONDED BY COUNCILLOR STEVEN ERDELYI
AND RESOLVED:
“THAT the Côte Saint-Luc City Council of ask the government and the National Assembly of Quebec, by means of a letter addressed to the provincial deputy, to adopt the necessary legislative amendments in order to confer on municipalities the power to determine, by by-law or resolution, the procedures for the remote participation of elected officials in meetings of the municipal council as well as in public consultation assemblies;
THAT a certified copy of this resolution be sent to the MNA of D’Arcy McGee, Mr. David Birnbaum, to the ministère des Affaires municipales et de l’Habitation, to the Union des Municipalités du Québec as well as to the Association of Suburban Municipalities.”
CARRIED UNANIMOUSLY
CERTIFIED TRUE EXTRACT
Me Jonathan Shecter
City Clerk