# City of Langford - BYLAW NO. 1701 (Council Procedure Bylaw, Amendment No. 2)

Meeting: Special Council — March 26, 2020

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Amendment to Council Procedure Bylaw No. 819 to allow all Council members to participate electronically when the WHO has declared a pandemic or when a local state of emergency exists.

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### City of Langford

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## City of Langford

### BYLAW NO. 1701

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## 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- i. If the World Health Organization has declared a pandemic, and has not yet rescinded the pandemic declaration or declared a post-pandemic period; or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.

### Readings and Notice
READ A FIRST TIME THIS 16TH DAY OF MARCH 2020.  
READ A SECOND TIME THIS 16TH DAY OF MARCH 2020.  
READ A THIRD TIME THIS 16TH DAY OF MARCH 2020.  
PUBLIC NOTICE GIVEN THIS 20TH AND 25TH DAY OF MARCH 2020.  
ADOPTED THIS        DAY OF MARCH 2020.

### Signatures
Presiding Council Member

Corporate Officer
