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Every communication/petition presented to the
Council for consideration should be legibly written or printed, must not
contain any obscene or improper matter or language, and must be signed by at
least one person.
Preparing Petition
The petition must be handwritten, typed,
printed on sheets of paper on legal or letter size. The petition must concern a subject within authority of the
Town of Caledon. A return address for
the person initiating the petition must be included for return correspondence. The petition must contain a request for
the Town of Caledon to take some action or refrain from taking some action or
to remedy a grievance. The statement
should be clear and to the point. The
statement of the petition should appear at the top of each page of the
petition.
Signatures & Addresses
Petitioners must legibly print their name
and address and supply a signature.
Each petitioner must sign his or her own name directly on the petition
and must not sign for anyone else.
The petitioners address must be written directly on the petition (not
pasted or reproduced). Signatures can
not be attached to a sheet (taped or pasted on) or photocopied onto it.
Submitting Your Petition
A petition must be submitted to the Town
Clerk. A letter will be forwarded to
the initiator(s) of the petition following presentation to Council. A copy of the petition and a copy of
Council’s resolution receiving the petition will be forwarded to the
appropriate department for processing and response. If the petition is extremely large, only the first page of the
petition will be included in the agenda and the Town Clerk will identify the
number of signatures for the information of Town Council.
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