17 Council Meetings

17 (1) At the option of the council, council meetings may be held by electronic means, so long as all council members and other participants can communicate with each other.

• (2) If a council meeting is held by electronic means, council members are deemed to be present in person.
• (3) Owners may attend council meetings as observers.
• (4) Despite subsection (3), no observers may attend those portions of council meetings that deal with any of the following:

• (a) bylaw contravention hearings under section 135 of the Act;
• (b) [Repealed 2022-41-27.]
• (c) any other matters if the presence of observers would, in the council’s opinion, unreasonably interfere with an individual’s privacy.

1998-43-Sch. 17, effective July 1, 2000 (B.C. Reg. 43/2000); 2022-41-27.