PROCEDURES FOR PRESENTING
PETITIONS TO COUNCIL
To petition Council on most municipal issues, the following criteria/formats should be used to ensure your petition meets the legislative requirements. Your petition should be submitted to the Chief Administrative Officer.
A petition should contain the following information to meet the sufficiency requirements:
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a statement of purpose on every page
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the required information for each petitioner:
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printed surname and given name or initials of the petitioner
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the petitioner's signature
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the date on which the petitioner signed the petition, which must be within 90 days of the petition being filed
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the address of the petitioner's residence
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the signature of an adult witness opposite the signature of the petitioner
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signed statement of a representative of the petitioners and the address of the representative.
The petition should be set out as follows:
PETITION BY PROPERTY OWNERS
To: The Council of the Rural Municipality of St. Andrews in the Province of Manitoba.
The undersigned persons, being property owners in The Rural Municipality of St. Andrews, in the Province of Manitoba, petition Council for:
Accurately state the purpose and objective of the petition in this space
Each Petitioner by signing this petition certifies that he or she is liable to pay the property tax in respect of the property at the address so noted, in the Rural Municipality of St. Andrews.
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The statement for the representative should be set out as follows:
Statement of Representative of Petitioners
pursuant to subsection 154(9) of The Municipal Act
I, , of the RM of St. Andrews, in the Province of Manitoba, state that I am one of the petitioners whose name appears on the petition attached and that I represent the petitioners and am the person to whom the municipality may direct inquiries with regard to the petition.
Dated at the RM of St. Andrews, in the Province of Manitoba, this day of , A.D. 2008.
(Signature of Representative)
(Printed Name)
(Address)
(Telephone Number)
(Witness)
