EC2026-0306

That with respect to Notice of Motion EC2026-0306, the following be adopted: BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED THAT Council direct Administration to bring forward amendments to Procedure Bylaw # 42M2025, to insert the following new subsections immediately after section 61(2), (3) All Members shall compete equally for the three (3) available question period slots. (4) Members may submit a request to speak at any time starting at the posted scheduled start time of the Council meeting as shown on the Agenda and Council Calendar and continuing until the Chair calls question period. (5) The validity of each request to speak on question period shall be determined solely by the electronic systems timestamp. Any submission made before the posted Council meeting start time shall be deemed invalid. The time at which the Chair strikes the gavel or calls the meeting to order has no bearing on when the request to speak for question period window opens. (6) The exact request to speak timing within the window does not determine priority. If more than three Members submit requests to speak within this window, the three slots shall be assigned by a transparent random draw conducted by the City Clerk. After the random draw, the Chair shall announce the result and determine the order in which the three questions are asked. BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED THAT Council direct Administration to bring forward the necessary amending bylaw directly to the earliest practicable meeting of Council. No later than the end of Q2, 2026.