Minutes of the ordinary Council meeting - 25 September 2012

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Councillor Patterson was declared elected as Deputy Mayor. Director Corporate Management Recommendation: That election of a Deputy Mayor be held. RECOMMENDATION IMPLICATIONS Environmental, Economic, Social: Nil Policy or Statutory: Section 231 of the Local Government Act provides for the election of Deputy Mayor. REPORT DETAILS Section 231 of the Local Government Act provides that Councillors may elect from among their number a Deputy Mayor, and any such election may be for the Mayoral term or a shorter term. A Council does not have to elect a Deputy Mayor. The Deputy Mayor may exercise any function of the Mayor at the request of the Mayor, of if the Mayor is prevented from exercising the function; or if there is a casual vacancy in the office of Mayor. Section 249 provides that “a council may pay the Deputy Mayor (if there is one) a fee determined by the council for such time as the Deputy Mayor acts in the office of the Mayor. The amount of the fee so paid must be deducted from the Mayor‟s annual fee”. The procedure for election of Deputy Mayor is as follows: Nominations The Local Government (General) Regulation 2005 provides that nominations for Deputy Mayor must be in writing, signed by two Councillors (one of whom may be the nominee), and the nominee must consent in writing to the nomination. Nominations are to be “delivered or sent to the returning officer”, that is the General Manager, who shall announce the names of the nominees at the Council meeting at which the election is to be held. A nomination form for Deputy Mayor has been provided to Councillors with this agenda. Method of election Where only one Councillor is nominated, that Councillor is declared elected. Where more than one Councillor is nominated, the Council is to resolve whether the election is to proceed: by preferential ballot; by ordinary ballot; or by open voting. Preferential ballot and ordinary ballot are secret ballots, whereas open voting means by a show of hands or similar means. Kempsey Shire Council FULL TEXT Minutes Ordinary Meeting 25 September 2012 Page 74
Preferential Ballot The ballot-papers are to contain the names of all the candidates. Councillors are to mark their votes by placing the number “1”, “2” and so on against the various names so as to indicate the order of their preference for the candidates. Ordinary Ballot Under ordinary ballot, the General Manager is to decide the manner in which votes are to be marked on the ballot-papers. Counting The counting process is virtually the same for both preferential ballot and ordinary ballot where there are only two candidates, (i.e. the candidate with the higher number of votes is elected). However where there are three or more candidates the counting process for: (i) (ii) ordinary ballot requires the one with the lowest number of votes to be excluded and further votes taken until such time as only two candidates remain; preferential ballot requires the successful candidates to secure an “absolute majority” of votes (i.e. a number more than one-half the number of formal un-exhausted ballot papers). If an absolute majority is not obtained on first preference votes, the candidate with the lowest number of votes is excluded and the second preferences on those ballot papers are transferred to the remaining candidates. If no candidate then has an absolute majority of votes, the process of excluding the candidate who has the lowest number of votes and transferring the votes in order of the voter‟s preference is repeated until one candidate has received an absolute majority of votes. With tied candidates, if on any count of votes, there are 2 candidates in and number of votes cast is equal, the candidate whose name is first chosen by lot is taken to be elected. If on any count of votes, there are 3 or more candidates in, or remaining in, and the numbers of votes cast for 2 or more candidates are equal and those candidates are the ones with the lowest number of votes, the candidate whose name if first chosen by lot is taken to be excluded. 4.1 Appointment of Councillors 4111 DLR SUMMARY Council is involved in a number of external bodies that require representation. In addition, there are a number of committees and working groups that have councillor representation. Election of one Councillor to the Australia Day Committee Kempsey Shire Council FULL TEXT Minutes Ordinary Meeting 25 September 2012 Page 75
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