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POLICY: CORRESPONDENCE
District of Langford policy setting out how incoming correspondence to the Mayor or Council is handled, circulated, or placed on a Council agenda. It also establishes how correspondence submitted to individual Councillors and outgoing correspondence are managed.
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- Policy No. 0570.00.004
- Resolution No. CM38.93
- Date: March 15, 1993
DISTRICT OF LANGFORD
POLICY NO.: 0570.00.004
POLICY: CORRESPONDENCE
All correspondence addressed to the Mayor and/or Council shall be acknowledged by the Clerk-Administrator and dealt with in the following manner:
(a) Where the matter or concern referenced in a letter is covered by a bylaw, policy or other stated position of the Council, the Clerk-Administrator or appropriate Department Head shall convey the position of the District to the writer of the letter. A copy of the letter and the District's response shall be placed in the Information Binder.
(b) Correspondence of general information from individuals, community groups, senior governments, Crown Corporations, etc., will at the discretion of the Clerk-Administrator, be placed in the Information Binder and left in the Mayor's and Councillors' offices or circulated to the Mayor and each Councillor, if the subject matter so warrants. Any member of Council may bring forward any letter that has been circulated as information, or placed in the Information Binder, to a meeting of Council or Committee of the Whole, provided notice of placement on the Agenda is coordinated with the Clerk-Administrator.
(c) Correspondence not disposed of pursuant to (a) or (b) above, will be placed on the Agenda of the next Council Meeting following the date the letter is stamped as received at the municipal Office.
(d) Correspondence submitted by a citizen or community group to an individual Councillor shall be referred to the Clerk-Administrator for disposition in accordance with this policy. Councillors receiving oral complaints, suggestions or concerns, should encourage the citizen or community group to submit the matter in writing to the Council for consideration.
(e) All outgoing correspondence arising from a meeting of the Council shall be signed by the Clerk-Administrator on behalf of the Municipality, excepting those involving protocol or of a political nature, which shall be signed by the Mayor. (Eg: Prime Minister, Premiers, Cabinet Ministers, MLA's, MP's, Mayor's, Council appointments to Committees, Commissions, Boards, Task Forces, etc.)
Resolution No. - CM38.93
Date: March 15th, 1993
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