Meetings & Minutes

Delegations

Any person or organization who wishes to address the Authority may make a request in writing or email to the Secretary‐Treasurer. The request should include a brief statement of the issue or matter involved and indicate the name of the proposed speaker. If such request is received 10 days in advance of a scheduled meeting, the delegation shall be listed on the published agenda. Requests must be submitted to the General Manager/Secretary‐Treasurer and should include the business to be discussed and the delegate’s name.

Any person or organization requesting an opportunity to address the Authority, but not having made a written request to do so in the timelines specified above, may notify the General Manager/Secretary‐Treasurer on the Monday prior to the scheduled Full Authority/Committee meeting provided the item to be discussed is included on the published Agenda. The delegation may appear before the meeting if approved by two thirds of members present, or shall be listed on the published agenda for the following meeting.

Except by leave of the Chair or appeal by leave of the meeting, delegations must identify the speaker(s) before commencing and shall be limited to not more than 10 minutes.

Speakers will be requested not to repeat what has been said by previous speakers at the meeting. A returning delegation will only be allowed to speak again if new, relevant information has become available since their previous presentation. The Chair may choose to end a returning delegation’s presentation if, in the opinion of the Chair, the new information being presented is not relevant to a decision facing the General Membership. Speakers will be asked to follow KCCA’s Handling Unreasonable Behavior and Public Meeting Decorum Policy.

There shall be no debate between such speakers and members of the Authority or staff, provided however that questions may be asked by members of the Authority following the presentation of the speaker.

If there is a resolution put forward after the deputation, then the resolution must be dealt with under New Business. Under New Business the matter can be:
a) Dealt with immediately, or
b) Request a report from the staff, or
c) Refer the matter to another meeting at which time a report is to be presented by staff.

Every petition, protest, or other written application intended to be presented to the Full Authority, must be legibly written or printed on paper and signed by at least one person.