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The Rotary Club of St. Marys held its third annual Shred-It event on Saturday at the St. Marys DCVI parking lot. The cost was $15 per banker’s box of documents for the shredder and the funds raised will go towards Rotarian projects for the community. The Shred-It truck came from London and was onsite from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. or until the truck was full. The organized system had the volunteers helping dump the documents into bins. The bins were then dumped into the shredder on the truck, giving people the op-
tion to watch their paperwork be destroyed. This year, the club had 259 bankers’ boxes of documents shredded – a combined weight of over 7,770 pounds, which is an increase by 37 per cent over last year’s shredding event. The Rotary Club wishes to thank the community for its support and the Avon Maitland District School Board and DCVI for letting them hold the event on their property. For the Saturday event, cars started arriving as early as 8:30 a.m. The club also wishes to thank the 17 volunteers who contributed a total of almost 60 volunteer hours towards this successful project. For photos, see page 8.
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With St. Marys heading into its first open mayoral race in more than a decade this October, council has passed a pair of bylaws aimed at keeping the municipality running smoothly during the election period while also legislating how votes are cast and counted locally. At its April 28 meeting, council received two reports from town clerk Jenna McCartney outlining key rules under the Municipal Elections Act and the Municipal Act, including when a council becomes “lame duck,” as well as how votes will be tabulated using optical scanning equipment. One of the more significant pieces for council is the concept of a lame duck period – a restricted window late in the election cycle when the sitting council’s powers are limited. “A lame duck council is a target you may or may not reach at two points during the election,” McCartney told council. “What would happen if council reaches a lame duck period; there are restricted acts that council would no longer have the authority to make.” In St. Marys, there are two potential triggers for a lame duck council. The first occurs earlier in the nomination period if enough incumbents choose not to run again. “In order for lame duck council to exist, we would need less than 75 per cent of this seated council to return in the next term,” McCartney CONTINUED TO PAGE 3
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