Policy 4.1.3 Model Local Trust Committee Meetings Procedures Bylaw

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POLICY – 4.1.3 Model Local Trust Committee Meetings Procedures Bylaw Page 1 
 
Policy: 4.1.3 
Approved By: Trust Council 
Approval Date: September 12, 1992 
Amendment Date(s):  December 5, 2003 
Policy Holder: Legislative Services Manager 
 
MODEL LOCAL TRUST COMMITTEE MEETINGS PROCEDURES BYLAW 
Purpose 
A bylaw to regulate the meetings of Trust committees. 
A. Definitions 
n/a 
B. Policy  
 
See Attachment 1 
 
C. Legislated References 
Policy 4.1.1 – Local Trust Committee Chair Guidelines. 
 
D. Links to Supporting Forms, Documents, Websites, Related Policies and Procedures 
 
Attachment 1 -  Model Local Trust Committee Bylaw 
Attachment 2 - Community Charter and Local Government Act Provisions 
Attachment 3 – Rules of Order 
 

 
POLICY – 4.1.3 Model Local Trust Committee Meetings Procedures Bylaw Page 2 
ATTACHMENT 1 
_____________LOCAL TRUST COMMITTEE 
BYLAW NO. ____, 2004 
A bylaw to establish procedures for meetings of the Local Trust Committee 
________________________________________________________________________ 
 
The ______ Local Trust Committee, being the local trust committee having jurisdiction in respect of the 
_________ local trust area under the Islands Trust Act, enacts as follows: 
 
SHORT TITLE 
 
1. This bylaw may be cited as “________ Local Trust Committee Meeting Procedure Bylaw No. ____, 
2004. 
 
MEETINGS AND NOTICE OF MEETINGS 
 
2. The first regular meeting of the Local Trust Committee shall be held on the first ____________ of 
December following a general local election. 
3. At the first regular meeting, and the first meeting in December of each of the subsequent two years, 
the Local Trust Committee shall establish a schedule of the date, time and place of regular Local Trust 
Committee meetings for the following calendar year, of which there shall be at least two, and the 
schedule shall be posted at [insert place at which schedule will be posted].  
4. Public notice of the availability of the regular meeting schedule at the place specified in Section 3 shall 
be given at least once a year by publication in a newspaper circulating in the local trust area. 
5. Each local trustee shall provide to the Secretary of the Islands Trust a telephone number and mailing 
address for the purpose of receiving notices of Local Trust Committee meetings, and notice shall be 
deemed to have been sufficiently given to the local trustee if the notice is delivered to the trustee’s 
mailing address or given to the trustee in person. 
6. Any two members of the Local Trust Committee may call a special meeting by giving notice of the day, 
time, place and purpose of the meeting to the third member of the Committee by telephone or 
written notice delivered to the trustee at least 48 hours before the time of the meeting, and by 
posting the notice at the place specified in Section 3, except that notice to Local Trust Committee 
members may be waived by unanimous vote. 
7. If the Chairperson is not one of the members calling the special m

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