Mayor’s Monday Mailbag – Jan. 8, 2024 – Has Burlington's Public Notice Policy Changed?
Welcome to the Mayor’s Monday Mailbag, an initiative Burlington Mayor Marianne Meed Ward and the Mayor’s Office launched to share weekly answers to questions from the public we’ve received through our main email inbox at mayor@burlington.ca or the Mayor’s social media platforms.At the end of the month, we publish a roundup of those most pressing questions we’ve received in the weeks prior.
Mayor’s Monday Mailbag – Jan. 8, 2024QUESTION:"As a result of the Burlington Post ceasing its print publications, how has the City of Burlington's Public Notice Policy changed?”ANSWER:The print version of the Burlington Post, the City of Burlington's newspaper of record, was discontinued in September 2023. As a result, the City of Burlington has amended its Public Notice Policy. Council approved the policy as amended on Dec. 12, 2023.The changes include:
- Where the Municipal Act, 2001 does not require a printed public notice in a newspaper, notices may be shared through the City’s Public Notice newsfeed on burlington.ca, and/or in an online publication; and
- Where legislation requires a printed public notice in a newspaper, for example The Planning Act and The Heritage Act, the City of Burlington’s new newspaper of record is The Hamilton Spectator.
The Hamilton Spectator is a daily newspaper and meets the public notice requirements under the definition of a newspaper in the Legislation Act, 2006.If you have any questions about the amendments to the Public Notice Policy, please contact the Office of the City Clerk at clerks@burlington.ca.
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