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Corporate Services
Report To: Chair Vrbanovic and Members of the Finance & Corporate
Services Commitee
Date of Meeting: June 12, 2006
Submitted By: R. Gosse, Director of Legislated Services
Prepared By: R. Gosse
Ward(s) Involved: n/a
Date of Report: June 2, 2006
Report No.: CRPS-06-088
Subject: AMEND CHAPTER 197 -VOTE RECORDERS
RECOMMENDATION:
That Chapter 197 (Voting Recorders) of the Municipal Code be amended by removing reference
to the specific voting system and company and deleting the clause requiring that a certified copy
of this Chapter be sent to the Minister of Municipal Affairs.
BACKGROUND:
Section 42 of the Municipal Elections Act requires that if a municipality wishes to use voting and
vote counting equipment such as optical scanning vote tabulators, it must be authorized by By-
law.
REPORT:
Chapter 197 of the Municipal Code authorizes the use of alternate voting equipment and
specifies the type being used and the manufacturer. In 2006 the City will be leasing centralized
optical scanning equipment from Dominion Voting Systems and in future, other voting
equipment, such as de-centralized tabulators, may be considered. This change in equipment
and company requires that Chapter 197 be amended. Rather than specifying the type of
equipment and the company it's being leased from, the proposed amendment is non-spcefic
and general to include other types of equipment and does not specifically reference the
company. This will eliminate the need to amend the Chapter in the future unless there is a
change in how voting is conducted. The proposed amendment also eliminates the clause
requiring that the Minister of Municipal Affairs be notified of the by-law; this is no longer a
requirement underthe Act.
R. Gosse - Director of Legislated Services