Disclaimer

Disclaimer

The information presented in this Pressbook relies mainly on the sources provided by the City of Hamilton Staff (City Clerk) and on the By-law and information provided on the City of Hamilton’s Website. As well as the Fourth Edition of Bourinot’s Rules of Order (by Geoffrey H. Stanford). Understanding that the sources explain the council procedural rules in deep detail, this Pressbook presents the main things you need to know about council procedural rules in an easy and more digestible manner with interactive component represented by the small activities in multiple units of the Pressbook.

List of the sources of the information used in this Pressbook:

• City of Hamilton Procedural Handbook
• City of Hamilton Procedural By-Law
  
• City of Hamilton City Council Agenda Package
  • Council Minutes- February 14, 2024
    • 7.5  Motion –Support for the Decision of the Ontario Energy Board to End the Gas Pipeline Subsidy (page 15-17)

• City of Hamilton’s Procedural By-Law
  • Section 1: Definitions

• City of Hamilton’s Procedural By-Law
  • Section 6: Rules of Debate, Voting Procedures and Motion Procedures
• Bourinot’s Rules of Order-Fourth Edition
• Bourinot’s Rules of Order at a Glance
• The Basics of Robert’s Rules of Order

Thank you and hope you enjoyed reading through the City of Hamilton’s Council Procedural Rules Pressbook!

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