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THE CORPORATION OF THE MUNICIPALITY OF CLARINGTON
REPORT
Meeting: SPECIAL COUNCIL MEETING File# Z__�01
Date: NOVEMBER 3 , 1997 Res. #
By-Law
Report CD-41)-97 File#:
Subject: MUNICIPAL ELECTIONS 1997
Recommendations:
It is respectfully recommended to Council :
1 . THAT Report CD-49-97 be received;
2 . THAT a voting location be located at Memorial Hospital,
Bowmanville from 11 : 00 a.m. to 12 : 00 noon, November 10,
1997;
3 . THAT a voting location be located at the Durham County
Seniors Citizens Lodge, Orono from 1 : 00 p.m. until
3 : 00 p.m. , November 10, 1997;
4 . THAT the appropriate by-law be presented to Council; and
5 . THAT all candidates of the 1997 Municipal Election be
advised of Council' s decision.
BACKGROUND AND COMMENT:
The Municipal Elections Act states that voting locations must be
located in retirement homes, including nursing homes . Locations
have been planned for Marnwood Nursing Home, Strathaven Lifecare
Centre and Versa Care Lifecare Centre . Report CD-33-97 dealt
with operating hours of these three locations, as is now
addressed by the Municipal Elections Act. Since the
establishment of the various locations, it has comes to staff' s
attention that the residents of the Orono Senior Complex have
difficulty in independently accessing the voting location at
which they are to vote . In order to accommodate these 52
residents, it is recommended that a voting location be
established at the lodge to be open from 1 : 00 p.m. until
3 : 00 p.m.
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Report CD-45-97 - 2 - November 3 , 1997
Also, the Municipal Elections Act indicates that a voting
location place will be provided on the premises of an institution
in which 20 or more beds are occupied by persons who are
disabled, chronically ill or infirm as of Nomination Day
(October 14, 1997) . The number of beds occupied in the Chronic
Care Unit of Memorial Hospital, Bowmanville is 20 . In speaking
with staff of the hospital, it has been determined that a period
of one hour would adequately allow these individuals to cast
their ballots. Accordingly, it is recommended that the voting
location at Memorial Hospital be open from 11 : 00 a.m. until
12 : 04no
Resp mitted Reviewed by
V Patt A.M.C.T. W.H. Stockwell
Cie Chief Administrative Officer
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MUNICIPALITY OF CLARINGTON
BY-LAW NO. 97-242
being a by-law to establish hours of operation
for voting locations Memorial Hospital, Bowmanville
and at the Durham County Seniors Citizens Lodge for
the 1997 municipal election
WHEREAS Section 43 (1) of the Municipal Elections Act, R. S .O. 1990
states that the council of a local municipality may pass a by-law
with respect to a voting place located in a retirement home and
an institution in which 20 or more beds are occupied by persons
who are disabled, chronically ill or infirm, providing for
reduced opening hours;
NOW THEREFORE BE IT ENACTED BY THE COUNCIL OF THE MUNICIPALITY OF
CLARINGTON:
1 . THAT the voting location to be located at Memorial Hospital,
Bowmanville on November 10, 1997 be open from 11 : 00 a.m.
until 12 : 00 noon and the voting location to be located at
the Durham County Seniors Citizens Lodge on November 10,
1997 be open, from 1 : 00 p.m. until 3 : 00 p.m.
By-law read a first and second time this 3rd day of November
1997 .
By-law read a third time and finally passed this 3rd day of
November 1997 .
Diane Hamre, Mayor
Patti L. Barrie, Clerk