Deadline Looms: Submit Requests For Decisions for MLC Today
Friday (Feb. 18) is the deadline for Alberta Municipalities’ members to submit Requests for Decision (RFDs) for consideration at the Municipal Leaders' Caucus (MLC) in early March 2022. The RFDs are intended for emerging issues that cannot wait to be debated at Convention in the fall.
The process for RFDs is as follows:
• Members fill out an RFD template and send it, along with proof of council endorsement, to advocacy [at] abmunis.ca (Advocacy) by Friday, February 18.
• Proof of endorsement can be as simple as copying and pasting the relevant motion into the body of an email and indicating the date of the council meeting or sending a link to council minutes.
• Unlike resolutions, support from a seconding municipality is not required.
• Alberta Municipalities reviews the RFD and may work with the submitting municipality to ensure it has a clear recommendation and supporting background.
• Submitted RFDs are shared through The Weekly newsletter and an email to registrants about one week before MLC.
• At Caucus:
• The sponsoring municipality speaks to its RFD, and members in attendance are invited to share their views and ask questions.
• The sponsor may agree to revise the originally proposed action because of the discussion.
• Elected officials of Regular Member municipalities who are registered to attend MLC are eligible to vote.
• Voting will be conducted via an online tool called Mentimeter to enable those attending in-person and virtually to participate.
• Approved RFDs are assigned to one of Alberta Municipalities' standing committees, which then makes recommendations to the Alberta Municipalities Board on next steps.
While the RFD process is limited to Alberta Municipalities Regular Members (cities, towns, villages, summer villages and specialized municipalities), Municipal Leaders Caucus is open to councillors and senior administrators from all municipalities in Alberta. Visit our events page to learn more about MLC and to register.
