At the Monday, June 13, 2016 Council meeting, Council passed a resolution to have a Criminal Record Check for Candidates bylaw prepared and introduced at a future Council meeting.
The Cities Act “allows for Council, by bylaw, to require that every candidate submit a criminal record check in addition to the nomination paper submitted, with such bylaw to be passed 90 days before the date of a general election,” explained Kathy Ritchie – Director of Legislation & Procedures (City Clerk) at the regular meeting of Yorkton Council Monday. “If a bylaw is passed in regards to this matter that ‘No nomination is complete or shall be accepted by the returning officer unless the nominee’s acceptance of nomination statement is accompanied by any criminal record check required.”
“A criminal record check would state, for the name indicated thereon, either that no criminal record exists or that one may or may not exist and that the latter can only be confirmed by finger printing records.”
With the Bylaw passed, candidates for this fall’s elections will require criminal record check received from the candidate’s local police service; and further requires states that the Criminal Record Check is to be completed not more than 30 days before the date of submission of the Nomination Paper. The Criminal Record Check forms a part of the Nomination Paper and will be posted in the municipal office and a copy shall be provided to any person on request.
