Whereas Section 3 (1) of the Emergency Management and Civil Protection Act, R.S.O., 1990 (the Act) requires that every municipality shall formulate an emergency plan governing the provision of necessary services during an emergency and the procedures under and the manner in which employees of the municipality and other persons will respond to the emergency and the council of the municipality shall by by-law adopt the emergency plan; and,
Whereas Section 9 (c) of the Act requires the City to designate one or more Members of Council who may exercise the powers and perform the duties of the Mayor under the Act or the emergency plan during the absence of the Mayor or during his or her inability to act; and,
Whereas By-law 77-2008 establishes the City’s emergency plan; and,
Whereas Council Procedure By-law 128-2022 provides that the Mayor may recommend a Member of Council to act in the Mayor’s place, to be styled as Deputy Mayor; and,
Whereas in the event that the Deputy Mayor, where appointed by Council, is absent or unable to act in the Mayor’s place, it is expedient for the Mayor to be delegated authority to designate a Member of Council to fulfill his or her duties set out in the Act and/or the City’s emergency plan; and,
Where a Deputy Mayor has not been appointed, it is expedient for the Mayor to be delegated authority to designate a Member of Council to fulfill his or her set out in the Act and/or the City’s emergency plan.
Therefore be it resolved,
- That the Mayor be delegated authority to expressly designate a Member of Council to fulfill the Mayor’s duties set out in the Emergency Management and Civil Protection Act, R.S.O., 1990 and/or the City’s emergency plan, should the Deputy Mayor, where appointed by Council, be absent to unable to act.
- Where a Deputy Mayor has not been appointed by Council, and where the Mayor is absent or unable to act, the Mayor be delegated authority to expressly designate a Member of Council to fulfill his or her duties set out in the Emergency Management and Civil Protection Act, R.S.O., 1990 and/or the City’s emergency plan.