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SCHEDULE "A" to By-law 4-2019 Schedule "C" to By -Law 94-2017 being a By-law to Provide Rules Governing the Proceedings of The Town of Lakeshore and the Conduct of its Members Procedure for Election of Alternate Member to County Council 1. In this Schedule and this By-law: "Alternate County Council Member" shall mean the Councillor appointed by Council that has taken the declaration of office for County Council. 2. Selection of the Councillor to be appointed the Town of Lakeshore's Alternate County Council Member shall be conducted in accordance with the following procedure: a) Within 90 days of the inaugural meeting of a new term of Council, at a Council meeting during the Reports from County Council Representatives portion of the agenda, the Chair shall ask each Councillor, if the Councillor wishes to stand for nomination as the Alternate County Council Member. b) The Chair will request that persons requested by Councillors to act as scrutineers attend at the Delegation table. c) The Clerk shall distribute blank ballots for each member of Council to record his or her vote for Alternate County Council Member. d) Each Council Member is entitled to vote for one nominee only and no Council Member present is permitted to abstain from voting. e) The Clerk shall count the ballots during the Council meeting in the presence of the scrutineers. f) The Councillor receiving 51 % or more of the votes cast shall be declared by the Chair to be the Alternate County Council Member. g) In the event that none of the nominees receive 51 % or more of the votes cast, the nominee receiving the lowest number of votes cast shall be eliminated and second ballots shall be cast by the Council members. h) In the case of one or more nominees achieving a tie for the lowest vote, the Clerk shall place the names of the nominees in a receptacle and the Chair shall withdraw names until only one name remains undrawn. The undrawn nominee's name shall be eliminated from the ballot. The nominee(s) whose name(s) was drawn shall continue to the next ballot. i) The election shall proceed in the manner described in the foregoing until a candidate is elected or a tie is achieved by 2 remaining nominees. In the event of a tie between 2 remaining nominees, the Clerk shall place the names of the nominees in a receptacle and the Chair shall withdraw a name. The nominee whose name is drawn shall be declared by the Chair to be the Alternate County Council Member and the Clerk shall bring forth an appointment by-law for Council's consideration. j) Nominees may withdraw at any time during the election process. k) Once the Chair has declared the name of the County Council Member, the Clerk shall bring forth an appointment by-law for Council's consideration at the subsequent regular Council meeting. 2