Annual General Meeting 2024

The 2024 MNL Annual General Meeting is happening in Gander, N.L. on Nov. 9 at the Quality Hotel. The meeting will be called to order at the start of the MNL Conference on Nov. 7.

Attendance at the AGM is open to currently-serving municipal council members in Newfoundland and Labrador.

AGM AGENDA

  1. Call to Order
  2. Land Acknowledgment
  3. Moment of Silence
  4. Introduction of Parliamentarian and Adoption of Standing Rules
  5. Approval of the Minutes of the 73rd Annual General Meeting
  6. Address by Affiliate Presidents
  7. President’s Report
  8. Chief Executive Officer’s Report
  9. Finance Report and Adoption of 2023 Audited Financial Statements
  10. Advocacy Report
  11. Membership Report
  12. Membership fee increases
  13. 2024 Resolutions
  14. Election of Officers
  15. Concluding Motions and Adjournment

ELECTION OF OFFICERS

The following seat will be voted on by members at the 2024 AGM:

  • Labrador Director
    • Councillor Robert Boudreau, Cartwright
    • Mayor Belinda Adams, Labrador City

The following people have been elected to the MNL Board of Directors by acclamation:

  • Avalon Director Tina Neary
  • Eastern Director Keith Keating
  • Central Director Percy Farwell
  • Western Director Roger Barrett
  • Northern Director Dale Colbourne

Additionally, the membership will vote on the approval of three professional board members as noted in this document.

RESOLUTIONS

The MNL Advocacy Committee is responsible for reviewing each resolution, determining whether the issue is municipal in nature, and recommending how MNL can best lobby for the issues identified or otherwise contribute to their resolution. MNL has instituted a Resolutions Classification system that allows each resolution to be assessed and given one of three priority levels. These levels help the Advocacy Committee and Board determine which resolutions are most important and require more attention. All adopted resolutions are also assigned to at least one of MNL’s Standing or Ad Hoc Committees to follow-up and monitor as appropriate throughout the year.

Submitted resolutions will be voted on at the 2024 AGM.

BYLAWS

Following a bylaw review, the MNL Board of Directors has endorsed the revised bylaws and is presenting these revised bylaws to the membership at the AGM for approval.

Reports and Documents

The following reports and documents are excerpted from the 2024 MNL Conference, Trade Show, and AGM program booklet.

POLICIES