Can a municipal council agree not to exercise its statutory powers?
Saskatchewan, Canada
The following excerpt is from Prince Albert (City) v. Prince Albert Firefighters Association, Local 510, 1988 CanLII 4915 (SK QB):
Nor can the municipal council agree not to exercise those powers, or create any rights which will prevent or hamper the proper conduct of the municipality’s statutory undertaking: York Corporation v. Henry Leetham and Sons Limited (1924), 1 Ch. D. 557, at p. 565.
Purely administrative functions, on the other hand, may be delegated to municipal officials: Bridge v. The Queen, 1952 CanLII 9 (SCC), [1953] 1 S.C.R. 8.
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