TC - Proposed Bylaw 200

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Islands Trust  Request For Decisi on Page 1 
 
 
 
 
REQUEST FOR DECISION 
 
 
To: Trust Council  For the Meeting of: June 16, 2026 
     
From: Executive Committee  Date Prepared: May 20, 2026 
     
SUBJECT:
  
Amendment to Trust Council Meeting Procedure Bylaw 101 Regarding First 
Meeting of New Term 
 
 
RECOMMENDATIONS:  
 
That Trust Council Bylaw 200, cited as “Trust Council Meeting Procedures Bylaw, 2004, 
Amendment Bylaw No. 2, 2025”, be read a First Time. 
 
That Trust Council Bylaw 200, cited as “Trust Council Meeting Procedures Bylaw, 2004, 
Amendment Bylaw No. 2, 2025”, be read a Second Time. 
 
That Trust Council Bylaw 200, cited as “Trust Council Meeting Procedures Bylaw, 2004, 
Amendment Bylaw No. 2, 2025”, be read a Third Time. 
 
CHIEF ADMINISTRATIVE OFFICER COMMENTS: 
The recommendations are focused on the change to the date of the first meeting of a new term to 
provide more flexibility. This addresses the concerns raised in regards to the fact that Islands Trust 
is unable to proceed with its first Trust Council meeting of a new term until Bowen Island 
Municipality formally appoints two Bowen Island Municipality Councilors as Islands Trust Trustees, 
which occurs in the first couple of weeks of November. 
 
 
1 PURPOSE:  
 
To amend Trust Council Meeting Procedures Bylaw 101 in regards to the date of the first Trust 
Council meeting of a new term. 
 
2 BACKGROUND: 
 
At its regular meeting on October 29, 2025, the Executive Committee passed the following 
resolution: 
Staff to amend the Islands Trust Council  Meeting Procedures Bylaw No. 101 to reflect the 
fact that the Islands Trust is unable to proceed with its first Trust Council meeting of a new 
term until Bowen Island Municipality formally appoints two Bowen Island Municipality 
Councillors as Islands Trust Trustees, which occurs in the first couple of weeks of 
November.  
 
The attached draft Bylaw 200 (Attachment 1) proposes  to amend Trust Council Meeting 
Procedures by requiring that the first meeting occur before the end of November.  This allows 
time for Bowen Island Municipality to appoint the two trustees and still ensure the first 

 
Islands Trust  Request For Decisi on Page 2 
meeting in which trustees are sworn in occurs within the timelines for swearing-in in the Local 
Government Act.  A marked-up copy of the changes are included in Attachment 2 to show 
how Bylaw 200, if adopted, would change the existing meeting procedures bylaw.  
 
Draft Bylaw 200 replaces Section 2.1 of Bylaw 101 with new language related to Trust Council 
establishing the first Trust Council meeting after an election “by the end of November” rather 
than “on the first Wednesday of November”. 
 
3 IMPLICATIONS OF RECOMMENDATION 
 
ORGANIZATIONAL: 
There would be minor a modification of work procedures for staff in relation to providing 
material  for the first Trust Council meeting after an election. 
 
FINANCIAL: 
There are no financial implications. 
 
POLICY: 
There are no poli

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