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AGENDA
NO.10-09
TUESDAY, APRIL 20, 2010
1:00 P.M.
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TOWN OF AURORA
SPECIAL GENERAL COMMITTEE MEETING
AGENDA
NO. 10-09
Tuesday, April 20, 2010
7:00 p.m.
Council Chambers
Mayor Morris in the Chair
I DECLARATIONS OF PECUNIARY INTEREST
11 APPROVAL OF AGENDA
RECOMMENDED:
THAT the agenda as circulated by the Customer and Legislative Services
Department be approved. .
Ill DELEGATIONS
(a) Mr. Graham Wride, Resident
pg. 1
IV CONSIDERATION OF ITEM REQUIRING SEPARATE DISCUSSION
V ADJOURNMENT
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Tuesday, April 20, 2010
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AGENDA ITEM
1. CLS10-013 — Possible Ward Question on the Ballot pg. 2
RECOMMENDED:
THAT Report CLS10-13 be received for information; and
THAT Council determine whether it wants to proceed to put a question on
the ballot; and
THAT should Council determine that a question is to be placed on the
ballot, the wording of the question be provided.
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April 20, 2010
TOWN OF AURORA
AUR_C-RA GENERAL COMMITTEE REPORT 'No.CLS10-013
SUBJECT: Possible Ward Question on the Ballot
FROM: John D. Leach, Director of Customer& Legislative Services/Town Clerk
DATE: April20, 2010
RECOMMENDATION
THAT Report CLS10-13 be received for information; and
THAT Council determine whetherit wants to proceed to put a question. on the ballot,
and
THAT should Council determine that a question is to be placed on the ballot, the
wording of the question be provided.
PURPOSE OF THE REPORT
The purpose of this report is to comply with a Council directive to compile comments
received from the public at meetings held to receive input from the public'on the matter of a
potential question on the ballot respecting a ward system for Aurora.
BACKGROUND
Council at its meeting held on February 2, 2010 considered a report on the process
necessary to place a question on the ballot for the October25, 2010 municipal election. As
noted above Council directed that a series of meetings be held to inform the public and to
receive input from the public regarding a possible ward system for Aurora. These meetings
were advertised for a number of weeks in the Noticeboard and on the Town's website. As
directed by Council, a Public Open Forum was held at the Town Hall on March 31, 2010.
The meeting was attended by approximately twelve members of the public as well as five
members of Council. A Discussion Paper was'presented followed by a Question and
Answer session. Some comments were submitted (Attachment 1). The Statutory Town
Hall Meeting was held on April 6, 2010. No one from the public came forward to speak on
the mater. In addition, a number of comments were received from the public byway of the,
Town's website or email to the Clerk (Attachment 2).
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April 20, 2010 - 2 -. Report No, CLS70-013
COMMENTS
Should Council wish to proceed to place a question on the ballot with respect to a ward
system, the wording of the question would need to be finalized and direction provided to
bring forward a by-law for consideration at the Council Meeting of April 27, 2010.
The following is suggested wording for a question:
"Are you in favour of a ward system of representation for the Council of the Town of
Aurora?"
ALTERNATIVE(S) TO THE RECOMENDATIONS
Council has the option of not proceeding with placing a question on the ballot.
FINANCIAL IMPLICATIONS
The cost of placing a question on the ballot would be minimal.
CONCLUSIONS
It would be appropriate and necessary for direction to be provided on whether a.question
respecting wards is to be placed on the ballot and that wording of any question be finalized
so that a by-law could be presented to Council on April 27, 2010. for its consideration.
ATTACHMENTS
Attachment #1 — Comments from the public from the Open House Meeting
Attachment #2 — Comments from the public submitted to the Town's website
PRE -SUBMISSION REVIEW
Chief Administrative Officer —April 15, 2010
Prepared : JohnD. Leach, Directorof CustomerandLegislative Services ext. 4771
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Joh ach Neil Garbe
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ITEM # 1 - 15
INDIVIDUALS IN ATTENDANCE AT
PUBLIC OPEN FORUM MARCH 31, 2010
POTENTIAL BALLOT QUESTION — WARD SYSTEM FOR AURORA
RESIDENTS
THEIR COMMENTS
Gordon Barnes
None
Rebecca Beaton
Absolutely against it
Roger Clowater
Would like to have the list of references consulted
David Heard
Would like to see list of resources for research re:
presentation
Marie Leone
We need representation asap. Currently none is
available
Frank Leone
Please implement asap. Long overdue. Aurora is
not a small Town anymore
Julie Nolan
None
John Sanders
Leave as is: Not large enough for ward system.
Prefer all Council and Mayor to represent me
Rhonda Sanders
The question should not go on the ballot. There
should not be a ward system in Aurora: A ward
system would: 1) distract from a sense of
community. 2) Aurora is not big enough in
population or geographically for such a system. 3)
there would be more division & fightiq9 in Council
Brian Trussler
None
Carol ne Trussler
None
Graham Wride
Given Aurora's population & geographic size we do
not need a wards stem
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ITEM # 1 - 17
From:
Sent: Wednesday, March 24, 2010 7:59 PM
To: Dass, Chandra
Subject: Town of Aurora Website - Ward System Feedback
Name = Frank & Marie Leone
Feedback = We are definaely in favour of the ward system, and it has been a long time
coming. Having councillors at large may have been a good system when Aurora was 4
corners but we have grown. The current lot of councillors are primarily from the south end
of Aurora and seem to have no interest in any other area of Town. If a resident has a
question or a concern there is no one to talk to that knows or cares about your area. You
might say that we could go to any one of them, but not one of them has ever shown an
interest in our community. They don't campaign, they don't try to get to know the
community, and in the years that we have lived here we haven't even see a campaign
flyer or lawn sign during the elections. They don't care because they rely on name
recognition or where they place on the alphabet to get elected.
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From:
Sent: Wednesday, March 31, 2010 7:13 PM
To: Dass, Chandra
Subject: Town of Aurora Website - Ward System Feedback
Name = John Clement
ITEM # 1 - 19
Feedback = I do not agree with Ward system for Aurora.
Appreciate being able to choose between Councillors to contact when there is a need.
Appreciate having more than one Councillor feeling responsive to group needs regardless
of the impact on any particular sub -area (Ward) of Town.
I'd rather the Councillors all be thinking of Aurora as a whole.
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ITEM # 1 - 21
From
Sent: Thursday, April 01, 2010 12:14 AM
To: Dass, Chandra
Subject: Town of Aurora Website - Ward System Feedback
Name = Gordon Bames
Feedback = I am waiting to hear at least two people who can speak so passionately about
the benefits of the ward system that a hundred rush to sign a petition to institute it.
in the absence of that, I suggest that Council, and the rest of us, concentrate on issues,
over which, the October. election should be fought.
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