Purpose
If an eligible elector in the Town of Newmarket believes on reasonable
grounds that a candidate for municipal office has contravened the Municipal
Elections Act, with respect to municipal campaign finances, they may apply to
have an audit of the candidate's campaign finances. The Compliance Audit
Committee (the Committee) reviews such applications and decides to grant an
audit or reject it. A compliance audit request for a school board trustee must
be directed to the School Board.
For the 2018 municipal election a Joint committee has been established for
the Municipalities of Aurora, East Gwillimbury, Georgina, King, Markham, Newmarket,
Richmond Hill, Whitchurch-Stouffville, Vaughan and the Regional Municipality of York.
Compliance Audit Process
Any elector entitled to vote in the 2018 Muncipal Election may file a Compliance Audit Request
for any candidate in the 2018 municipal election.
The eligible elector who requests an audit must file an application with the
Clerk of the Town of Newmarket after March 29, 2019. The application must be made using the supplied form. This form is provided as a fillable PDF. To complete the form you must save the form to your computer and then open it directly in Adobe Acrobat or Adobe Reader.
The application must be made by:
- June 27, 2019, or
- 90 days after the date the candidate filed their financial statement if filed within the 30 day grace period, or
- 90 days after the submission of their supplementary
filing.
The Clerk will receive the application and has ten days to send the
application to the Compliance Audit Committee and Town Council.
The Committee is required to meet within 30 days of receiving the application
from the Clerk and determine if an audit is required or if the application is
rejected.
The decision of the Committee about granting or rejecting the audit may be
appealed to the Ontario Court of Justice within 15 days of the Committee making
the decision.
If the Committee grants the audit, it will be conducted by Froese Forensic Partners Ltd.
The Auditor will then conduct the audit to determine if the candidate has
complied with the requirements of the Municipal Elections Act with
regard to election campaign finances.
The auditor will submit a report to the Clerk of the Town of Newmarket, the
candidate, Town Council, and the applicant.
The Clerk has 10 days to send the report to the Compliance Audit Committee.
The Committee has 30 days to meet and consider the report from the auditor.
The Committee will decide at this meeting whether to commence legal proceedings
against the candidate. If the report indicates that there were no apparent
contraventions found and the Committee finds there were no reasonable grounds
for the application, Council is entitled to recover the costs of the audit from
the applicant.
Members
- Terry Alderson
- Ron Colucci
- Jodi Feldman
- Robert Freedman
- Mark Gannage
- Kelly Gravelle
- Paul Jones
- Reagan Ruslim
- Vince Scaramuzza
Agendas and Minutes
For Agendas and Minutes visit the
Agendas, Minutes and Meetings page.
Documents and Additional Information
