Part 5 — Councils, Councillors and Council Committees Division 1 Councils and Council Committees
168 No quorum
(2) in the following situations:
(a) vacancies on council throug h resignations, disqualifications
or recall petitions declared to be sufficient in accordance
with section 240.91(1) have reduced the number of
councillors to less than a quorum;
(b) the number of councillors a ble to attend a council meeting is
less than a quorum;
(c) councillors are r equired to abstain from voting on a matter
or are permitted to abstain from voting on a matter and have
decided to abstain and the number of remaining councillors
able to vote is less than a quorum.
(2) If subsection (1) applies, the Minister may
(a) order that the remaining councillors constitute a quorum,
(b) order that the remaining councillors constitute a quorum and
appoint an official administrator for the purposes of
supervision under section 575, or
(c) appoint an official administrator who has all the powers and
duties of the council.
(3) In a situation described in subsection (1)(c), the Minister may,
as an alternative to the options in subsection (2),
(a) order that all councillors m ay vote on the matter if otherwise
eligible, or
(b) direct the chief administrative officer to conduct a vote of
the electors on the matter with directions respecting the date
of the vote of the electors, the question to be voted on by the
electors and procedural matters.
(4) The council must comply with the result of the vote of the
electors held under subsection (3)(b).
(5) A councillor is not disqualified for having voted on a matter
(a) in accordance with the Min ister's order under subsection
(3)(a), or
(b) for the purpose of complyin g with the results of a vote
conducted under subsection (3)(b).
RSA 2000 cM-26 s168;2021 cR-5.7 s71;2024 c11 s2(3)
RSA 2000