Appointment process, par. 1 of s. 2
  3. (1) Each source protection authority that is required by section 7 of the Act to establish a source protection committee shall, for the purpose of appointing members to the committee pursuant to paragraph 1 of section 2, (a) divide the municipalities that are located, in whole or in part, in the source protection area or source protection region into one or more groups, as determined by the source protection authority; and (b) assign, to each of the groups established under clause (a), a number of members of the source protection committee determined by the source protection authority, so that the total number of members assigned to all of the groups is equal to the number of members to be appointed pursuant to paragraph 1 of section 2.  O. Reg. 288/07, s. 3 (1). (2) The source protection authority shall consult with all of the municipalities that are located, in whole or in part, in the source protection area or source protection region before establishing groups under clause (1) (a) and assigning numbers of members under clause (1) (b).  O. Reg. 288/07, s. 3 (2). (3) For each group established under clause (1) (a), the source protection authority shall appoint the number of members of the source protection committee that are assigned to the group under clause (1) (b) from a list of persons that is submitted jointly by the councils of the municipalities that are in the group.  O. Reg. 288/07, s. 3 (3). (4) The source protection authority shall, not later than September 3, 2007, give a notice described in subsection (5) to the clerk of each municipality that is located, in whole or in part, in the source protection area or source protection region.  O. Reg. 288/07, s. 3 (4). (5) The notice that is given under subsection (4) must contain the following information: 1. A summary of the functions of the source protection committee that is to be established by the source protection authority. 2. A summary of the obligations of a member of the source protection committee. 3. The number of persons to be appointed to the source protection committee pursuant to paragraph 1 of section 2. 4. A list of the groups established under clause (1) (a), showing the municipalities that are in each group and the number of members of the source protection committee that are assigned to each group under clause (1) (b). 5. The date by which the councils of the municipalities in each group established under clause (1) (a) must jointly submit a list of persons to the source protection authority for the purpose of subsection (3).  O. Reg. 288/07, s. 3 (5). (6) The date set out in a notice under paragraph 5 of subsection (5) shall not be earlier than two months after the notice is given to the clerks of the municipalities.  O. Reg. 288/07, s. 3 (6). (7) Despite subsection (3), (a) if the councils of the municipalities that are in a group established under clause (1) (a) do not jointly submit a list for the purpose of subsection (3) by the date specified under paragraph 5 of subsection (5), the source protection authority may select all of the persons to be appointed for the group pursuant to subsection (3) without the list; and (b) if the councils of the municipalities that are in a group established under clause (1) (a) jointly submit a list for the purpose of subsection (3) by the date specified under paragraph 5 of subsection (5), but the list contains the names of fewer persons than the number of members assigned to the group under clause (1) (b), the source protection authority may select the other persons to be appointed for the group pursuant to subsection (3).  O. Reg. 288/07, s. 3 (7). (8) To the extent that the source protection authority has any ability to select persons to be appointed pursuant to subsection (3) to the source protection committee for a group established under clause (1) (a), the authority shall attempt to appoint persons who, as a group, are representative of the interests of all of the municipalities that are in the group.  O. Reg. 288/07, s. 3 (8).