WHEREAS at the Committee of the Whole Meeting on August 23, 2021, Council considered a Memo from the Municipal Clerk/Manager of Legislative Services, regarding the options to return to in-person Council Meetings through a Hybrid Electronic Participation Model;
NOW THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED THAT Council Meetings return to an in-person format in Cobourg Municipal Council Chambers by November 30, 2021, due concerns about the rising cases of the COVID-19 Delta variant and to give Council time to consider a Vaccination Policy for the Town of Cobourg, in the following new format:
THAT Municipal Council allow for the continuation of Electronic Participation by Council Members in combination with the resumption of physical attendance of Members in Council Chambers in order to continue to maintain modernization of Council Meetings as permitted in the Municipal Act, Section 238 s. 3.1 and s. 3.3 in order to allow for Council to continue to legally meet if there may be a reason where a Member is unable to be present in Chambers; and
FURTHER THAT Members of the Public and Delegates/Presenters shall participate electronically through Zoom Video Conference; and
FURTHER THAT Council authorize all Council Advisory Committees to participate through electronic participation utilizing Zoom Video Conferencing for the remainder of the Municipal Council Term or until Council provides further direction to return to in-person meeting.