Standing Rules and Orders of Council
Rule 131: Member in charge of committee report
A committee's report must be presented to Council by its chairperson, or by another committee member if the chairperson is absent. It was used when the Health and Social Development Committee had no chairperson, so a committee member tabled the report instead.
Plain-English summary written with AI from how the City's minutes quote and use the rule. The official text is not published by the City.
The rule's own words
A Committee report must be presented to the Council by the Chairperson or, in her/his absence, another member of the Committee.
As quoted in the City's signed minutes.
How the minutes record it
The Speaker indicated that the Health and Social Development Committee did not have a chairperson, and referred Council to Rule 131 of the Standing Rules and Orders of Council, which stated: “Member in charge: 131 A Committee report must be presented to the Council by the Chairperson or, in her/his absence, another member of the Committee.”
Signed minutes, Wednesday, 27 November 2024