Making Electronic Participation for Council and its Local Boards Permanent

of City Council and its Committees, and to authorize local boards to make amendments to their own rules of procedure.

any member participating in the meeting electronically to be entitled to participate in any portion of the meeting closed to the public in accordance with 27-5.15. 2. City Council amend the Council Procedures to change the time required to achieve quorum from 15 minutes to 30 minutes. 3. City Council amend the Council Procedures to permit members of the public to participate electronically at meetings where electronic participation occurs and in a manner as determined by the Clerk. 4. City Council authorize local boards governed by the City of Toronto Act, 2006, to amend their own rules of procedure to permit electronic participation by board members and the public, and to change the time required to achieve quorum from 15 minutes to 30 minutes, and authorize such boards to continue to meet electronically in accordance with the previously adopted electronic participation rules past the May 9, 2023 deadline until they can meet to consider procedural amendments. 5. City Council, despite any procedural rules that may allow electronic participation in meetings of Council, its committees or boards, nevertheless encourage Council members to attend meetings in person except when there is a rationale to participate electronically.