Town employees can’t be hired or dismissed during this period, and property belonging to the municipality with a value more than $50,000 cannot be disposed.
15).ĭuring a Lame Duck period, certain restrictions are placed on staff and council.įor example, officers of the municipality are not to be appointed or removed.
24), and/or between election day to the end of the current term of council (Nov. “It’s more about money and liability disadvantaging the incoming council and major decisions that could impact a future budget,” said Deputy Clerk Becky Dahl.Ĭouncil can go into a lame duck period between nomination day (Aug. The main purpose of the provision is to prevent an outgoing council from operating in a manner that would unduly disadvantage the incoming council. 24) depending on how many incumbent council members are intending to run for council. Under the Municipal Act, lame duck provisions set out specific actions that council is not able to act on after nomination day (Aug. “There is miscommunication out there as to what can and can’t be done,” said Clerk Sara Almas during Monday’s meeting. The Municipal Act governs the lame duck provisions, which limit town spending and prevent hiring and firing of town employees.Īs part of Monday’s (July 4) strategic initiatives standing committee meeting, councillors were given a refresher on what lame duck means, and how it might play a part in the next few months of council business prior to and after the Oct. Both Yvonne Hamlin and Mariane McLeod are running for the mayor's seat, so only one could be elected. Lame duck is triggered when less than three-quarters of an outgoing council can be re-elected.Ĭollingwood council has nine members, so at least seven of the existing councillors would have to seek re-election without running against each other for a single seat (mayor or deputy mayor) if lame duck is to be avoided.Ĭurrently, four members of council have submitted applications to run again, with the potential for three to be elected: including Deb Doherty for councillor and Bob Madigan for deputy mayor. So maybe it’s best to reserve judgment until this Congress and Obama leave Washington before determining whether their political strategies can still fly.As municipal election season approaches, Collingwood town staff are preparing for a possible situation with a funny name.Ĭouncil could enter what's called a "lame duck" period once the nomination for municipal election candidates closes depending on how many of the existing council members are seeking re-election. Craig Spencer and a major agreement with China on climate change. Similarly, Jonathan Cohn, senior editor for the liberal New Republic magazine, wrote an article Thursday titled “Obama Is Having a Really Good Week for a Lame Duck President,” about the commander-in-chief’s successes since the election, such as the vindication of his Ebola policy after the recovery of Dr. He outlined Obama’s immigration ultimatum and asked, “Does that sound like a lame-duck president?” “Pundits who depict Obama as a weak, lame-duck president may be greatly misjudging him, as they have so often in the past,” Sowell wrote in the right-wing National Review on Monday. If Congress does not pass the kind of immigration law Obama wants, he might issue an executive order to change the country’s laws unilaterally - much to the chagrin of conservatives, including economist Thomas Sowell. Immigration is another hot-button issue facing the lame-duck Congress. If it's approved, Obama could find a bill on his desk to either sign into law or veto. Moderate Democrats and Republicans argue that the pipeline will add tens of thousands of jobs, but environmentalists worry that it will damage the environment and exacerbate climate change.
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