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Official administrators for municipalities

Role of provincially appointed official administrator in municipalities.

Role of official administrators

An official administrator (OA) is an individual appointed by the Minister of Municipal Affairs to support good governance within a municipality. Appointing an OA is an extraordinary measure taken in serious circumstances.

The Minister may appoint an OA in a municipality to:

  • facilitate continued governance when a municipality’s council loses quorum
  • support an orderly transition of governance in cases of municipal restructuring, such as amalgamation or dissolution
  • supervise a municipality and its council where significant governance concerns are apparent

Current official administrator appointments

Section 575 of the Municipal Government Act states that, so long as the appointment of the OA continues:

  • no bylaw or resolution that authorizes the municipality to incur a liability (for example: borrow money) or to dispose of its money or property, has any effect until the bylaw or resolution has been approved in writing by the OA, and
  • the OA may at any time within 30 days after the passing of any bylaw or resolution disallow it, and the bylaw or resolution so disallowed becomes and is deemed to have always been void.

There are currently no OAs appointed by the Minister.

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