WHEREAS the 2010 Executive Review Committee recommended the bylaws undergo a complete review;
WHEREAS Mapping Success: The AAMDC Strategic Plan has an objective to update written organizational policies and procedures;
WHEREAS at the Fall 2010 convention, members endorsed both the recommendation of the 2010 Executive Review Committee and Mapping Success: The AAMDC Strategic Plan;
WHEREAS in demonstrating the values of responsiveness and accountability, the AAMDC Board of Directors commissioned a comprehensive legal review of the existing AAMDC bylaws;
WHEREAS the proposed new bylaws were distributed in compliance with the three-month requirement in the existing bylaws;
WHEREAS the AAMDC is unique in that the association was formalized in 1923 through the Alberta Association of Municipal Districts and Counties Act;
WHEREAS the AAMDC became aware through the bylaw review that it was time for further amendments to align the Act with current practices and operations;
WHEREAS any member-endorsed bylaws would not become effective until the related amendments to the Alberta Association of Municipal Districts and Counties Act are proclaimed;
THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED that the members approve the Alberta Association of Municipal Districts and Counties revised bylaws; and
FURTHER BE IT RESOLVED that the AAMDC implement the revised bylaws presented as soon as the necessary amendments to the Alberta Association of Municipal Districts and Counties Act are proclaimed.
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The AAMDC has recently completed a comprehensive bylaw review in response to member direction through the 2010 Executive Review. Overall, the proposed new bylaws are succinct, clear, modern and in alignment with commonly accepted practices within this and other municipal associations.
Through our bylaw review, the AAMDC recognized the importance of our incorporating legislation and the resulting impact on bylaws. The AAMDC is unique in that the association was formalized in 1923 through the Alberta Association of Municipal Districts and Counties Act. As the organization continued to evolve, the Act was amended in 1971 and 1984. In conjunction with the bylaw review, the AAMDC became aware that it was time for further amendments to align the Act with current practices and operations. As such, the association has initiated the process to bring forward a bill to that effect.
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The revisions to the Alberta Association of Municipal Districts and Counties Act received royal assent and came into force on May 13, 2011. As a result, the revised bylaws of the AAMDC became active at that time.