Standing Rules and Orders of Council
Rule 78: Referral of serious misconduct to Ethics Committee
Rule 78 lets the Speaker, or a councillor chairing a committee meeting, send a councillor's misconduct to the Ethics and Disciplinary Committee for investigation. It is used when they judge the conduct too serious to be dealt with just by ordering the councillor to withdraw from the meeting.
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
78 If the Councillor presiding over the Council or Councillor chairing a committee meeting thinks a contravention committed by a Councillor is so serious that an order to withdraw is inadequate, he or she may refer the matter to the Ethics and Disciplinary Committee for an investigation in accordance with item 13 and 14 of the Code of Conduct for Councillors.
As quoted in the City's signed minutes.
How the minutes record it
Councillor Munyayi to Rule 78 of the Standing Rules and Orders of Council which reads: “78 If the Councillor presiding over the Council or Councillor chairing a committee meeting thinks a contravention committed by a Councillor is so serious that an order to withdraw is inadequate, he or she may refer the matter to the Ethics and Disciplinary Committee for an investigation in accordance with item 13 and 14 of the Code of Conduct for Councillors.”
Signed minutes, Wednesday, 22 March 2023