C-37.1 - Act respecting the Communauté urbaine de l’Outaouais

Section 20 Disposition versions

1991-01-01

20. If the chairman is absent or unable to act or if the office of chairman is vacant and the person who last held that office does not continue to act as chairman until his re-election or the election of his successor, the members present at a meeting of the Council shall designate one of their number to preside over the meeting and to temporarily hold the office of chairman.

The Council may, at any time, designate one of its members in advance as a temporary replacement for the chairman in the circumstances mentioned in the first paragraph. The Council may give that person the title of vice-chairman.

If the replacement referred to in the second paragraph is absent or unable to act at a time when he should be replacing the chairman, the chairman shall be replaced by a member of the Council designated in accordance with the first paragraph for as long as both the chairman and the replacement are absent or unable to act, or the office of chairman is vacant.

The replacement of the chairman remains a representative of the municipality on whose council he is a member and retains the number of votes granted to him in such capacity by section 33.

1975, c. 90, s. 6; 1983, c. 29, s. 2; 1990, c. 85, s. 10.

1983-06-23

20. The vice-chairman of the Council shall replace the chairman where the latter is absent or unable to act, or refuses to act, or where the office of chairman is vacant and the chairman is unable or unwilling to remain in office until his successor is appointed.

Where both the vice-chairman and the chairman are absent or unable to act or refuse to act, or where the offices of chairman and vice-chairman are vacant and they are unable or unwilling to remain in office until their successors are appointed, the members present at a meeting of the Council shall appoint one of their number to preside over the meeting.

1975, c. 90, s. 6; 1983, c. 29, s. 2.

0001-01-01

20. The chairman of the Council shall direct the affairs and activities of the Community and its officers and employees, over whom he shall have a right of supervision and control. He shall see that this act, the by-laws of the Community and the decisions taken by it are faithfully and impartially observed and carried out.

He shall be a member exofficio of every committee and of every commission constituted by the Community.

1975, c. 90, s. 6.