Legislative Services
The Legislative Services Department carries out a wide variety of statutory responsibilities and supports the legislative matters and decisions of Council, as outlined in the Community Charter. This involves maintaining transparency, accountability and integrity, while protecting personal and confidential information.
Legislative Services is responsible for:
- preparing and distributing Council meeting agendas;
- recording and preserving Council meeting minutes;
- preparing, maintaining and preserving City policies;
- preparing, maintaining and preserving all City bylaws, making them available to the public upon request;
- administering oaths, taking and receiving affidavits and affirmations required to be taken under oath;
- signing authority for contracts and agreements.
- Bylaw Adjudication;
- Freedom of Information and Privacy requests;
- Records Management;
- Central Registry; and,
- Local government and School Trustee elections.