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R23. Removal of Alternate Director from the Local Government Act
Status
Withdrawn
WHEREAS the Local Government Act provides that an Electoral Area Director must appoint an Alternate Electoral Area Director and the council of a municipality may appoint a council member as an alternate director who may take the place of, vote and generally act in all matters for the absent Director; and
WHEREAS the Alternate Electoral Area Director is appointed, not elected; therefore, they are accountable to the elected officials, not the constituents; and
WHEREAS Alternate Electoral Area Directors do not have full authority or rights in the stead of the Elected Official such as in the provision of the NCLGA and UBCM bylaws which prohibit Alternate Electoral Area Directors from participating and voting at the annual and special conventions as NCLGA and UBCM bylaws require voting delegates to be elected officials; and
WHEREAS Alternate Electoral Area Directors and Alternate Municipal Directors do not always have depth of knowledge or understanding of Regional District Board matters resulting in decisions and actions taken by a Board that may not be in the best interests of the Regional District Board as a whole, or its residents;
THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED that UBCM lobby the Province to remove the legislative requirement in the Local Government Act to appoint an Alternate Electoral Area Director and an Alternate Municipal Director.
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