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County of <br />Essex <br />The Corporation of the County of Essex <br />By -Law Number 2020-16 <br />A By-law to Amend By-law 41-2018, being a By-law to <br />Provide Rules Governing the Order and Proceedings of the <br />Council of the Corporation of the County of Essex <br />Whereas the Municipal Act, 2001, S.O. 2001, c. 25, section 238 provides <br />that a municipality shall establish a procedure by-law to govern meetings; <br />And Whereas on November 7, 2018 The Corporation of the County of Essex <br />has enacted Procedure By-law Number 41-2018, as amended; <br />And Whereas on March 19, 2020 the Province of Ontario enacted the <br />Municipal Emergency Act, 2020 to amend the Municipal Act, 2001, to enact <br />section 238 (3.3) and 238 (3.4) to permit meetings to be held electronically <br />during a declared emergency pursuant to the Emergency Management and <br />Civil Protection Act, R.S.O. 1990, Chapter E. 9; <br />And Whereas The Council of the Corporation of the County of Essex <br />considers the protection of the health and safety of the public to be a <br />paramount concern; and considers it desirable to be able to hold Council <br />meetings electronically during a declared emergency; <br />Now therefore the Council of the Corporation of the County of Essex hereby <br />enacts as follows: <br />1) That Procedure By-law Number 41-2018, as amended, is hereby <br />further amended by adding the following section after section 2.7: <br />"2.8 Electronic Participation in Meetings during a Declared <br />Emergency: <br />2.8.1. Interpretation - In this Section the following shall apply, in <br />addition to the definitions in section 2.1 of this By-law: <br />