Township of Stone Mills - Council Meetings

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Council Meetings Schedule

Meetings are scheduled for the 1st and 3rd Monday of each month commencing at 6:30 p.m.

Exceptions occurr when a statutory holiday falls on a Monday. In this event the meeting is moved to the Tuesday immediately following the statutory holiday.

A second occurrs during the months of July and August when there is only one meeting per month. That meeting is likely to be re-scheduled to an appropriate Monday in each month, while having regard to other municipal business taking place during that time.

The final exception is during the Month of December when the final meeting of the month is cancelled due to the Christmas season and the first meeting of the month gets moved to the second Monday of the month.

This schedule and the applicable exceptions are included within the following.

2018 Council Meeting Schedule

January 2, 2018

January 15, 2018

February 5, 2018

February 12, 2018

March 5, 2018

March 19, 2018

April 3, 2018

April 16, 2018

May 7, 2018

May 22, 2018

June 4, 2018

June 18, 2018

July 9, 2018

August 13, 2018

September 4, 2018

September 17, 2018

October 1, 2018

October 15, 2018

November 5, 2018

November 19, 2018

December 10, 2018

Delegations

If you have a matter to be presented or considered by Council, please contact the Township Clerk to arrange a specific date for your presentation to Council. A standardized Council Delegation Form has been developed to help facilitate requests to appear before Council. Persons wishing to appear before Council are encouraged to complete this form and submit all other information that will be presented to Council at least one week prior to the scheduled meeting date.

Special Meetings

Special meetings of Council are called from time to time and typically relate to a specific time sensitive issue. Special meetings are also typically called for the consideration of the municipal budget early in each year. Public meetings will also be called to address legislative requirements such as an application pursuant to the Planning Act. Special notice is provided for these meetings in accordance with the legislative requirements.

Open Meetings

All meetings are open to the public except those situations where the purpose of the meeting is to discuss one of the following:

the security of the property of the municipality or local board;
personal matters about an identifiable individual, including municipal or local board employees;
a proposed or pending acquisition or disposition of land by the municipality or local board;
labour relations or employee negotiations;
litigation or potential litigation, including matters before administrative tribunals, affecting the municipality or local board;
advice that is subject to solicitor-client privilege, including communications necessary for that purpose; or
a matter in respect of which a council, board, committee or other body may hold a closed meeting under another Act.

Historical Meetings

The minutes of some older meetings of Council may be viewed by clicking on the list of years as follows. All regular meetings of Council are identified by a six digit number that represents the year, month and date of the meeting. All non-regular meetings of Council are considered "Special" meetings and the meeting date will be followed by the letter "S".

Council Meetings