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Mayor J. Lehman opened the meeting by welcoming the candidates and members of the public in attendance. He advised that the special meeting was being held to address the appointment of the Ward Six Councillor. The Mayor asked the City Clerk to explain the process for the special meeting.
The City Clerk advised City Council as follows:
"Council has adopted procedures for the appointment process to be conducted at this meeting. These procedures were distributed with the agenda as part of my memorandum.
Each of the candidates who has completed a Consent of Nominee and a Declaration of Qualification and provided personal identification that I deem satisfactory, may address City Council for five minutes. The speaking order will be determined by lot. I will place the names of all candidates on equal size pieces of paper in a container and randomly draw the names. After all the names have been drawn, staff will produce a listing of the speaking order that will be distributed to Members of Council and the public.
After the candidates have spoken, Council will vote. I will review the voting process with you at the appropriate time.
Upon conclusion of the voting, I will declare to be appointed the candidate receiving the votes of more than one-half of the number of the Members of Council present and voting, or the candidate selected by lot, in the event that two remaining candidates are tied.
At the end of today's meeting, City Council will enact a by-law to confirm the appointment of the successful candidate to the office of Councillor Ward Six, for the remainder of the present term of Council.
Following the enactment of the appointment by-law, the appointee will take the Oath of Office."
The City Clerk advised that Brian Jackson had withdrawn his application. She drew the names of the candidates to determine a speaking order. The candidates addressed City Council in the following order:
1. Zachary Gribbons-Shrubsole
2. Sonya Anderson
3. Carl Hauc...
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