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Town of Georgina Vote 2010

2010 Municipal Election
Monday, October 25, 2010

Joint Compliance Audit Committee
For the Towns of Aurora, East Gwillimbury, Georgina, Richmond Hill, and Whitchurch-Stouffville and the Township of King

Mandate

The Township of King and the Towns of Aurora, East Gwillimbury, Georgina, Richmond Hill and Whitchurch-Stouffville established a Joint Compliance Audit Committee (Committee) under Subsection 81.1 (2) of the Municipal Elections Act, 1996 (Act). The Committee is charged with the following duties:

  1. Within 30 days of receipt of an application requesting a compliance audit, the Committee shall consider the compliance audit application and decide whether it should be granted or rejected;
  2. If the application is granted, the Committee shall appoint an auditor to conduct a compliance audit of the candidate's election campaign finances;
  3. The Committee will review the auditor's report within 10 days of receipt and shall decide whether legal proceedings should be commenced; and
  4. If the auditor's report indicates that there were no apparent contraventions and if there appears there were no reasonable grounds for the application, the Committee shall advise Council accordingly.

A minimum of three (3) members of the Committee shall be called upon to hear an application. The term of appointment for the Committee will expire on November 30th, 2014. Click here to view/download the Committee's Terms of Reference.

In accordance with Section 81.1 (4) of the Act, administrative practices and procedures for the Joint Compliance Audit Committee have been established. Upon receipt of an application for a compliance audit, the Clerk of the applicable municipality, shall act as Secretary and shall carry out any other duties required under the Act to implement the Committee's decisions.

Please note that the Committee will only consider matters related to candidates for Municipal Council (Mayor, Ward Councillor or Regional Council, if applicable) from the October 25, 2010 Municipal Election. Please refer to the Links section to contact the Secretary of the applicable school board for information on the compliance audit application procedure for school board candidates in the October 25, 2010 Municipal Election.

Application Procedure and Form

Should an eligible voter in King, Aurora, East Gwillimbury, Georgina, Richmond Hill or Whitchurch-Stouffville, who believes that there are reasonable grounds that a candidate for Municipal Council (Mayor, Regional Councillor, Ward Councillor) in the October 25, 2010 Municipal Election has contravened a provision of the Act relating to election campaign finances, may apply for a compliance audit of the candidate?s election campaign finances.

  1. The application must be made within ninety (90) days after the latest of the filing deadlines:
    • Regular campaign period filing deadline: 2 p.m. on Friday, March 25, 2011;
    • Supplementary campaign period filing deadline: 2 p.m. on September 30, 2011 (if applicable);
    • Another deadline as provided for in Subsection 79.1 of the Act (if applicable); or
    • The expiration of a filing extension pursuant to Subsection 80 (4), if any.
  2. Within 10 days of receiving the application, the Clerk shall forward the application to the Committee.
  3. Within 30 days of receipt of an application requesting a compliance audit, the Committee shall consider the compliance audit application and decide whether it should be granted or rejected.
  4. If the application is granted, the Committee shall appoint an auditor to conduct a compliance audit of the candidate's election campaign finances.
  5. The Committee will review the auditor's report within 10 days of receipt and decide whether legal proceedings should be commenced.

The application form is available under the Additional Resources section of this web-page, or by clicking the Application Form link, or from the Clerk's Office, 26557 Civic Centre Road, Keswick, Ontario during regular business hours. There is no application fee.

Completed, original signed copies of application forms shall be forwarded to:

Roland Chenier,
Town Clerk
Town of Georgina, Clerks Division
26557 Civic Centre Rd,
Keswick, ON L4P 3G1

Please note that faxed or emailed submissions will not be accepted.

Appeal

Decisions of the Committee may be appealed to the Ontario Court of Justice within fifteen (15) days after the Committee's decision.

Cost Recovery

If the auditor's report indicates that there were no apparent contraventions of the Act and if there appears there were no reasonable grounds for the application, Council is entitled to recover the auditor's costs from the applicant.

Committee Procedures and Minutes

The Rules of Procedure for meeting conduct may be view/download under the Additional Resources section of this web-page.

Committee meetings are open to the public, unless the Committee is considering a confidential matter as provided for in Subsection 239(2) of the Municipal Act, 2001.

Public session minutes of the Committee will be posted on this web page. All minutes are draft until adopted by the Committee.

Committee Membership
Members Janet Andrews Mark Gannage Michael N. Kennedy
Ada Leung M. Virginia MacLean Daniel Murack
Alternate Members Victor Lee Vince J. Scaramussa Maria E. Schmidt

Additional Information

Roland Chenier
Telephone: (905)476-4301, (905)476-4305, (705)437-2210 Ext. 257
Email: rchenier@georgina.ca

Additional Resources
Links