Aug. 16, 2005
9:10 a.m.
Hello All,
On the issue of a time line for Council consideration of any agenda item. I had thought that the 7 day timeline for Council was for matters that were being considered for a vote by Council.
The 7 day timeline applies to papers for consideration in separate agenda items, as well as notice of significant motions. ie the papers are provided at the time the agenda is issued. The approach taken here is that members of the Council should have time to read a paper and discuss it with their constituencies prior to a Council call. We would normally probably spend 30 minutes or so discussing a significant paper. Regards, Bruce Tonkin