HomeMy WebLinkAbout07a Notice of Motion Trustee Brockington re Recorded Votes at Board Meetings•
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OTTAWA-CARLETON
DISTRICT SCHOOL BOARD
TO: Chairs' Committee DATE: 26 September 2007
RE: Recorded Votes at Board Meetings
Trustee Brockington has given notice that he will move as follows at the Chairs'
Committee meeting on 26 September 2007:
WHEREAS, the recording of votes at Board meetings is only done when requested by a Trustee
or Student Trustee per §5.4, Annex 5, of the By -laws and Standing Rules, viz.:
5.4 Votes will be recorded only at the request of a member made before voting
commences. During a recorded vote, members shall keep their hands raised until
their names have been read by the Secretary, who shall record them as being in
support of or against the motion, or abstaining.
WHEREAS, there have been multiple requests from various members of the public to record all
votes at Board meetings,
WHEREAS, the recording of Trustees' votes fosters an open and transparent method of decision
making,
THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED:
THAT §5.4, Annex 5 of the By -laws and Standing Rules be revised to read:
5.4 Votes on all substantive main motions at Board meetings shall be recorded. Votes on
amendments and sub - amendments as well as procedural and regulatory motions will
be recorded only at the request of a member made before voting commences. During
a recorded vote, members shall keep their hands raised until their names have been
read by the Secretary or designate, who shall record them as being in support of or
against the motion, or abstaining.
Dr. Lorne M. Rachlis
Director of Education/
Secretary of the Board
Michele Giroux
Executive Officer,
Corporate Services
Signatures on this Notice of Motion confirm that the Notice was submitted in accordance with
Anne- 5, Section 3.4 of the Board's Bly -laws and Standing Rules.