Present to Council

Anyone wishing to bring a new matter before City Council may make a written request to present at a City Council meeting by emailing @email. The written request must include the following:

1. Name, address and telephone number of the person wishing to make the presentation;
2. Clearly identify the topic to be discussed.
3. Clearly identify the request being made to Council, if applicable; and
4. Contain any background information to support the request, if applicable.

The Mayor may deny a request if the subject matter pertains to legal matters, personnel matters, matters already heard before Council, matters subject to a Public Hearing, matters already scheduled for a particular date or matters not within the jurisdiction of Council.

The presentation is limited to five minutes, plus Q&A and all supporting materials must be provided to the City Clerk for distribution with the agenda. If they are not provided in advance for the agenda, they cannot be presented or discussed during the meeting.

Residents are welcome and encouraged to participate in Public Hearings and to provide comments for consideration by City Council.

For example, in a public hearing about land use, written and verbal comments to Council about the proposed land use should explain your support or opposition on the issue and how the proposed land use will affect you.

Council follows the rules outlined in Council Procedures By-law No. 5119. Sections 38 to 46 explain the process for statutory public hearings.

Written submissions must be provided by 4:30 p.m. on the Wednesday before the statutory public hearing to the City Clerk:

By Mail:

        Yellowknife City Hall,
        P.O. Box 580,
        Yellowknife, NT,
        X1A 2N4;

By email to @email; 

or faxed to (867) 920-5649.

Written submissions for consideration at a public hearing may be inspected by the public at the Office of the City Clerk at City Hall during regular office hours. Please note that those written submissions, including names and addresses, will become part of the public record available for public inspection and on the City's website as part of the agenda package.

Any person wishing to make a verbal submission at the meeting is asked to contact the Office of the City Clerk at (867) 920-5646 before noon on the day of the hearing. Each presenter will be provided ten minutes to present, plus Q&A.

If a person is unable to attend the public hearing, that person may authorize someone else to speak on their behalf. This authorization must: be in writing, name the individual authorized to speak, indicate the proposed by-law to be spoken to, be signed by the person giving authorization, and be received at the Office of the City Clerk before noon of the day of the Public Hearing.
 

Note:

Submissions from members of the public normally include information such as name, address, phone numbers, and possibly opinions and other personal information. Personal information provided in submissions relating to public hearings is collected for the purpose of receiving public participation in municipal decision-making and scheduling speakers for Council or Council Committee meetings. All materials submitted for Council consideration at the public hearing form part of the public record and will be available for public viewing.