# Council Procedure Bylaw, Amendment No. 2, Bylaw No. 1701

Meeting: Regular Council — March 16, 2020

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## AI-processed summary

Bylaw No. 1701 amends Council Procedure Bylaw No. 819 (2004) by adding subsection (e) to section 2h to permit all Council members to participate electronically when the WHO has declared a pandemic or when there is a local state of emergency. The bylaw includes citation and placeholders for readings, public notice, and adoption dates in March/April 2020.

## Extracted text

### Council Procedure Bylaw, Amendment No. 2, Bylaw No. 1701

Source pages: 3–3

## Council Procedure Bylaw, Amendment No. 2, Bylaw No. 1701

City of Langford  
BYLAW NO. 1701

A Bylaw to amend the Council Procedure Bylaw No. 819.  
The Council of the City of Langford, in open meeting assembled, enacts as follows:

### Citation
1.  
This Bylaw may be cited as “Council Procedure Bylaw, Amendment No. 2, Bylaw No. 1701”.

### Amendment
2.  
Council Procedure Bylaw No. 819, 2004 is hereby amended by adding the following as subsection (e) to section 2h, “Electronic Meetings”:

e)  
Despite sections 2h(b) and 2h(c), all Council members may participate in a Council meeting electronically under the following circumstances:
i.  
If the World Health Organization has declared a pandemic, and has not yet rescinded the pandemic declaration or declared a post-pandemic period; or  
ii.  
If there is a current local state of emergency.

READ A FIRST TIME THIS

DAY OF  
MARCH

2020.  
READ A SECOND TIME THIS  
DAY OF  
MARCH

2020.  
READ A THIRD TIME THIS

DAY OF  
MARCH

2020.  
PUBLIC NOTICE GIVEN THIS  
DAY OF


2020.  
ADOPTED THIS


DAY OF


2020.


Presiding Council Member


Corporate Officer