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UNION OF BRITISH COLUMBIA MUNICIPALITIES

PHONE 326-4447 ARCA CODE 6C4 . ’

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TO: All Municipelities and Regional Districts MAY 1 1972

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Dear Sirs:

At a recent meeting of the U.B.C.M. Executive, considerable discussion took

place on the length of terms of office for elected officials. The subject has

been discussed many times during U.B.C.M. annual conventions and a general con~-
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census of cpinion has been difficult to obtain.

Iam directed by the Executive to ask all municipal Councils and regional dis-
trict Boards to submit their preference on one of the three following alterna~
tives:
(1) for the present legislation to remain in effect;
(2) a straight two year term for ell members with elections
being held every second year (i.e. all members of a Council
or Board remain in office for the same two year period and

all cease to be in office at the end of that period;

(3) 8 straight three year term under the same conditions as in (2).

Your preference on these three possible alternatives will be considered by
the Executive and we request that you give this matter your attention so that
we can advise Municipal Affairs Minister Dan Campbell.

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Yours sincerely,

C.S.J. McKelvey,

Executive Director.

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