The Municipality of Clarington is seeking applicants to fill 4 vacancies on the Clarington Compliance Audit Committee.
The Committee has the full authority, provided by Sections 88.33 to 88.37 of the Municipal Elections Act (MEA), 1996, to address applications requesting an audit of a candidate’s or third party advertiser’s election campaign finances and to consider reports from the Clerk citing apparent instances of over-contribution to municipal campaigns. In accordance with the MEA, this authority includes, but is not limited to, the following:
- Reviewing applications for a compliance audit and granting or rejecting audit requests within 30 days of receipt;
- Where an audit is granted, appoint an auditor and review the audit report;
- Following the audit, decide whether legal proceedings shall be commenced;
- Within 30 days after receiving a report from the Clerk, under Sections 88.34 and 88.36 (dealing with apparent campaign contributions in excess of permitted limits), the Compliance Audit Committee shall meet to consider the report and decide whether to commence a legal proceeding against a contributor for an apparent contravention, if applicable; and
- If the auditor's report indicates that there were no apparent contraventions and if there appears that there were no reasonable grounds for the application, advise Council on how to proceed. Council would then decide whether to recover the auditor's costs from the applicant.
For additional information and to apply, please visit www.clarington.net/committees.
