A petition is a document presented by the community to Council to voice their opinion on an issue of municipal importance. Petition organizers must fulfill the petition requirements to ensure their petition is considered valid.

The Petition shall not contain any obscene or improper matter, or language, and shall be signed by at least one person and filed with the Clerk. The Clerk will not accept any petition that contains any obscene or improper language.  The petition shall be, in the opinion of the Clerk, appropriate, respectful and temperate in language.

The Clerk will list petitions received prior to 12:00 noon on the eleventh business day preceding the Regular Council Meeting on the Agenda.  All petitions received after this time will be held over for consideration at a subsequent meeting of Council unless the petition directly relates to items of business on an Agenda.  These petitions can be received up until 12:00 noon on the day before the scheduled meeting.

What To Include in a Petition

All petitions shall be addressed to Council and be legibly written or printed. 

Individual(s) or group(s) initiating the petition must provide the following information at the top of the first page:

• a key contact name
• mailing address
• telephone number
• email 

On each page, petitions shall include:

• the page number
• the statement/position of the matter
• legible printed names accompanied by original signatures and address of all signatories on the petition
• a disclosure that the document is a public document and that personal information, names, signatures and comments contained in the petition will be included on a public Council Meeting Agenda and shall form part of the public record.

Click here to download the Petition Template.

Petitions received by the Clerk that do not meet the requirements indicated above will be returned to the individual or group initiating the petition.  Once the requirements of submitting petition are complied with, the Clerk will place the petition on a public Council meeting Agenda.

For further information, please contact the Clerk at 705-286-1260 or by email.