HomeMy WebLinkAboutMDecision 03-2025 Mayoral Decision #03-2025
Pursuant to Part VI.1 of the Municipal Act, 2001
March 10, 2025
Appointment of Chairs to the Executive Committee and Planning & Development Committee and Changes to the Functions of the Planning & Development Committee
In accordance with Sections 284.8 (Powers re: Committees) and 284.3 (Direction to municipal employees) of Part VI.1 of the Municipal Act, 2001 (the “Act”), the Mayor hereby directs as follows:
1. That Mayoral Decision #02-2023, dated July 1, 2023, that delegated the Mayor’s
powers to Council to establish and dissolve committees, appoint chairs and vice-chairs, and assign functions to committees is hereby revoked; 2. That effective immediately, the role of Chair for the Executive Committee is assigned to me, Mayor Ashe, with Councillor Maurice Brenner being assigned the role of Vice-Chair;
3. That effective immediately, the role of Chair for the Planning & Development Committee is assigned to the Deputy Mayor with Councillor Shaheen Butt being assigned the role of Vice-Chair; 4. That effective immediately, when the Chair and Vice-Chair of the Executive Committee or Planning & Development Committee are absent from a meeting or
refuse to act, the Committee by vote may appoint another Member to act in the place and stead of the Chair and Vice-Chair. Should the Chair or Vice-Chair arrive at the Meeting, the Member acting in their stead shall relinquish the Chair back to the Chair or Vice Chair as the case may be; 5. That the functions of the Planning & Development Committee be changed to
remove Statutory Public Meetings under the Planning Act and that only recommendation reports under the purview of the City Development Department be presented to the Planning & Development Committee; and, 6. That Statutory Public Meetings under the Planning Act be held once a month on a separate night from the regularly scheduled Planning & Development
Committee meetings, in accordance with the provisions of the Planning Act, with each Member of Council acting in the role of Chair on a rotating basis in alphabetical order, and that the City Clerk be directed to bring forward an amendment to the Procedure By-law to give effect to the above noted directions and any other housekeeping revisions deemed necessary and appropriate by the
City Clerk.
This decision takes effect on March 10, 2025 and remains in effect unless and until it is revoked in writing by the Mayor.
Original Signed By
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Kevin Ashe Mayor