Advertising Bylaw

Number: 
2024-45

TOWN OF OLDS
BYLAW NO. 2024-45
BEING A BYLAW OF THE TOWN OF OLDS , IN THE PROVINCE OF ALBERTA, TO ESTABLISH ALTERNATIVE METHODS FOR ADVERTISING STATUTORY NOTICES
WHEREAS, under the Municipal Government Act, RSA 2000, ch. M-26, as amended, and other enactments, a municipality must provide public notice for bylaws, resolutions, meetings, public hearings, and other matters, in accordance with section 606 of the Municipal Government Act either through newspaper publication, delivering a notice to residents, or other methods provided for in a bylaw under section 606.1 of the Municipal Government Act;
AND WHEREAS, under Section 606.1(1) of the Municipal Government Act, a council may enact a bylaw to use alternative advertising methods, including electronic means, for public notices of proposed bylaws, resolutions, meetings, public hearings, and other items referred to in section 606 of the Municipal Government Act;
AND WHEREAS, the Council of the Town of Olds is satisfied that the methods of advertising outlined in this bylaw are likely to bring matters so advertised to the attention of substantially all residents in the area to which the bylaw, resolution, or other thing relates or in which the meeting or hearing is to be held;
NOW THEREFORE, the Council of the Town of Olds, in the Province of Alberta, duly assembled, enacts as follows:
BYLAW TITLE: This Bylaw may be cited as the Advertising Bylaw.
ADVERTISING METHODS
Any notice of a bylaw, resolution, meeting, public hearing or other thing required to be advertised under the Municipal Government Act, or another enactment must:
a) be given, in accordance with the timelines prescribed in subsections 606(3), (4), and (5) of the Municipal Government Act; and
b) contain the information prescribed in subsection 606(6) of the Municipal Government Act.
In addition to the advertising methods prescribed in section 606(2) of the Municipal Government Act, any notice of a bylaw, resolution, meeting, public hearing or other thing required to be advertised pursuant to the provisions of the Municipal Government Act or another enactment may be advertised through the following methods:
• Electronically, by posting prominently on the Town of Olds' official website being https://www.olds.ca/; and/or
• Electronically, by posting prominently on the Town of Olds' official social media platforms; and/or
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•Electronically, by posting on digital notice boards within the Town of Olds' municipalbuildings; and/or
•Electronically, by posting on local media outlets' websites or social media platforms.
SEVERABILITY
If any section or provision of this bylaw is found by a court of law to be unlawful or beyond the authority of the Council, such sections shall be deemed severable, with the remaining portions continuing to be in full force and effect.
EFFECTIVE DATE
A bylaw comes into force at the beginning of the day that it receives third and final reading unless otherwise provided for in an enactment or in the bylaw.
READINGS
Read for the first time on the 9th day of December 2024.
Read a second time on the 9th day of December 2024.
Unanimous consent given for third reading given on the 9th day of December 2024.
Read a third and final time on the 9th day of December 2024.

Judy Dahl, Brent Williams,
Mayor Chief Administrative Officer
SIGNED by the Chief Elected Official and the Chief Administrative Officer the 9th day of December 2024.