[0:00] counter efforts. They know what the
[0:02] number
[0:03] » This can't be every
[0:19] » Think
[0:27] of each week. So maybe
[0:30] » He going to get 17
[0:33] up there for it. So
[0:34] » That's why I read
[0:38] » Excuse me.
[0:40] » All right. So just so everybody knows uh
[0:43] we do record and uh video uh present our
[0:48] uh meetings
[0:49] » And uh our microphone is very sensitive.
[0:54] So, uh, if, uh, you're ready, Miranda,
[0:57] we can start our special meeting and
[0:59] then we'll adjourn that and come back.
[1:06] I'd like to call a special council
[1:08] meeting of September 23rd, 2025 to order
[1:12] at 5:45 p.m. Uh, public notice has been
[1:17] issued with respect to the special
[1:18] meeting and has been published as
[1:20] required under the Municipal Government
[1:22] Act. Uh, I'm looking it for
[1:25] administration to see if there's any
[1:27] additions or deletions to the agenda.
[1:29] » Mr. Mayor, members, council,
[1:31] administration has no additions or
[1:33] deletions to the special counsel.
[1:35] » Thank you. Uh, anything council?
[1:39] Thank you. Look for a motion to approve
[1:41] the agenda as circulated.
[1:44] Councelor Cosby. Thank you. Call that
[1:46] question. All in favor?
[1:49] And that's carried unanimous. Um, we
[1:52] have one uh one item on the agenda 4.1
[1:55] an RFD for the 2025 municipal election
[1:59] advanced voting and uh Miss Tingley this
[2:03] is yours
[2:06] mayor but council I feel like I'm going
[2:07] to stand up because it's a full crowd
[2:08] and I can my contact here. Okay. So the
[2:11] purpose of this RFD is to um have the
[2:13] addition of an advanced polling date for
[2:15] the upcoming municipal election. Uh so
[2:17] council or sorry administration's
[2:19] recommendations that council move that
[2:21] we provide an advanced vote date for the
[2:23] election uh just some context uh for the
[2:26] 2021 election we had an advanced vote on
[2:29] October 16th from 9:30 a.m. to 2:30 p.m.
[2:31] 2 days ahead of the election on October
[2:33] 18th. Uh so there's no date set as of
[2:36] yet for the 2025 election. But uh
[2:38] following this meeting um Ron and myself
[2:41] will look into uh dates based on staff
[2:43] availability if um it sounds direction
[2:45] that we can have an advanced vote. Um
[2:47] I've included the section um of the
[2:49] local authorities election act that uh
[2:51] relates to the advanced vote and um what
[2:53] is required of us to have that um and if
[2:57] there's no uh further questions that
[2:59] concludes my RFD.
[3:01] Councelor Olson like to make a motion
[3:03] the council provides an advanced vote
[3:05] for the 2025.
[3:08] » Thank you. Discussion by council.
[3:12] » Go ahead, counselor.
[3:12] » And it'll be a pendant a place.
[3:14] » Correct.
[3:15] » Okay. From 9:30 to 2:30.
[3:18] » So the time is something that we're
[3:20] going to review. Um and it's going to be
[3:21] based on staff availability and um what
[3:26] would make the most sense to just
[3:27] capture the biggest demographic. Just
[3:29] for clarity, in the 2021 election, that
[3:32] is what was held. But that doesn't mean
[3:35] this election that staff will be able to
[3:37] do that. Our only role here at the table
[3:40] is to provide whether or not there is
[3:42] going to be an advanced poll. If there
[3:44] is, that's up to administration and the
[3:47] uh chief elector
[3:52] organizer.
[3:54] » Mr. Van,
[3:55] » Mr. Mayor, if I could I just maybe I'll
[3:57] just add some some clarity and context
[3:59] as to why we do it this way. So, as we
[4:02] know, council has um the requirement to
[4:06] do this as as outlined in the report.
[4:09] What we want to do and what is best
[4:12] practice is to protect council from
[4:14] setting the date to favor themselves in
[4:18] in any election. So what happens is
[4:20] council just authorizes the returning
[4:22] officer to have a date then we'll set it
[4:25] and we'll let the public and council
[4:27] know what time and the date is of the
[4:30] advanced poll right after this. So this
[4:33] will be coming out
[4:35] looking at at the returning office it's
[4:38] not tomorrow it's by Thursday we'll have
[4:41] that that date and time set
[4:45] » For some timing as well. So uh we need
[4:48] to uh advertise one week prior to the
[4:50] earliest date. So with a cuto off for um
[4:53] the paper of the 29th of September. Uh
[4:56] the earliest advanced vote date would be
[4:57] u Monday October 6th. That's not the
[4:59] date that um we will be picking. That's
[5:01] just kind of give you some reference. So
[5:02] it'll be anywhere from the 6th to 2 days
[5:05] prior to the election. So the 18th
[5:08] will be announcing council.
[5:12] » Sorry I didn't mean to cut you off.
[5:14] Anything else from council?
[5:16] » Not seeing anything. And to be clear,
[5:18] the motion is to have council provide or
[5:21] sorry uh uh council provide for an
[5:24] advanced vote for the 2025 municipal
[5:27] election. So I'll call that question.
[5:29] All in favor?
[5:31] And that's carried.
[5:34] Council Wilson return
[5:37] you. All in favor
[5:39] again carried.
[5:44] She sent me that was me responding. She
[5:46] no longer make it to the online. So,
[5:52] » Sorry, Mr. Mayor. Just um Councelor
[5:55] Williams had indicated that she was
[5:57] going to try and um attend
[6:01] virtually, but as uh Miranda just uh
[6:05] notified me, she won't be able to uh get
[6:07] online.