In response to the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic, the provincial government has given the nod to municipalities and counties to hold council meetings online.
This was a concern that many municipal leaders expressed to Deputy Premier Christine Elliott on a conference call on Tuesday.
Huron County Warden Jim Ginn told myFM now that online meetings are approved, they will focus on making them accessible to the public.
Before Provincial parliament passed the bill, council could only be called to session after a certain number of councillors were present in the council chambers.
This procedural step can now be done completely online allowing councillors to maintain social distancing.
Ginn says that one more in person meeting must occur so county council and adopt the measure into their by-laws until online meetings can go ahead.
The province got the bill through all 3 stages of reading and got royal assent all in one afternoon with a unanimous vote.
