BYLAW - Change composition of Council - 20171114 - 601917The Corporation of the Town of Aurora
By-law Number 6019-17
Being a By-law to change the composition of Council for
The Corporation of the Town of Aurora.
Whereas under subsection 217(1) of the Municipal Act, 2001, S.O. 2001, c. 25, as
amended, a local municipality is authorized to change the composition of its council;
And whereas under subsection 217(3) of the Act, a by-law described in this section
does not come into force until the day the new council is organized, (a) after the first
regular election following the passing of the by-law; or (b) if the by-law is passed in the
year of a regular election before voting day, after the second regular election following
the passing of the by-law;
And whereas the current nine (9) member Council was established by Regional
Municipality of York Act, 1971 and has been unchanged since;
And whereas on October 24, 2017, the Council for The Corporation of the Town of
Aurora (the "Town") passed a motion to change the composition of Council for the Town
from nine (9) members to seven (7) members, comprised of one (1) Mayor, who shall be
the Head of Council, and six (6) Councillors;
Now therefore the Council of The Corporation of the Town of Aurora hereby enacts
as follows:
The composition of Council for the Town shall be reduced from nine (9) members
to seven (7) members, comprised of one (1) Mayor, who shall be the Head of
Council, and six (6) Councillors.
2. This by-law shall come into full force and effect on the day the new Council for
the Town is organized, after the first regular election following the passing of this
by-law, in accordance with subsection 217(3) (a) of the Act.
Enacted by Town of Aurora Council this 14t" day of November, 2017.
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Michael de Rond, Town Clerk