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Home My WebLink AboutCouncil Minutes - 1999-11-15 S1SPECIAL COUNCIL MINUTES NOVEMBER 15, 1999 CITY OF KITCHENER A special meeting of City Council was held at 4:10 p.m. this date and Chaired by Mayor C. Zehr with all members present except for Councillors Jake Smola and K. Taylor-Harrison both of whom entered the meeting after its commencement. Notice of this special meeting had been previously given to all members of Council by the Deputy City Clerk pursuant to Chapter 25 (Council Procedure) of the Municipal Code. The purpose of the meeting was to consider year 2000 appointments to the Standing and Special Committees of City Council and Boards. Attached hereto and forming part of these minutes are the appointments as approved for the year 2000, and with the exception of those specifically noted in the minutes, all positions were filled by acclamation. Moved by Councillor J. Ziegler Seconded by Councillor M. Yantzi "That Council consider applications received after the deadline date from the following individuals: Wayne Davey, Marshall Ward, Antonio Brito, Amanda Kutler and Brenton Toderian." Carried. Councillor B. Vrbanovic referred to the staff suggestion that the student appointment position to the Arts and Culture Advisory Committee be eliminated and indicated that he was opposed to this action at this time. At the request of Councillor Vrbanovic and by general consent, Council instructed that Parks and Recreation Department staff actively pursue seeking a student who would be appointed to the Committee by the Committee Chair. It was indicated in the October 26, 1999 correspondence from the Deputy City Clerk that in order to be eligible to serve on Heritage Kitchener, a lay appointee must be qualified to be elected as a member of Council and that he had been unable to confirm that Mr. Brian Scott met the eligibility requirements. Moved by Councillor J. Haalboom Seconded by Councillor M. Yantzi "That Mr. Brian Scott be appointed to Heritage Kitchener subject to clarification that he meets the eligibility requirements." Carried. Council considered appointments to the Parks and Recreation Advisory Committee and in regard to Mr. Pat Doherty was reminded of a Council policy which indicates that no lay appointee is to serve more than a maximum of 6 consecutive years on any special committee, board or commission. Moved by Councillor T. Galloway Seconded by Councillor John Smola "That notwithstanding the provisions of Clause (a) of Council Policy 1-60 (Appointment of Lay Members - Length of Service), we agree to consider appointment of Mr. Pat Doherty to the Parks and Recreation Advisory Committee." Carried with required 2/3 majority. Council then considered the vacancies on the Parks and Recreation Advisory Committee and the following individuals were nominated: Fred Bishop Rino Dal Bello Pat Doherty Nelson C. Stead The approved voting procedure was then utilized which resulted in Mr. Pat Doherty and Mr. Nelson Stead being appointed to the Parks and Recreation Advisory Committee for a three-year term. Mr. Rino Dal Bello was appointed to the Parks and Recreation Advisory Committee for the balance of the term SPECIAL COUNCIL MINUTES NOVEMBER 15, 1999 - 463 - CITY OF KITCHENER ending 2001/11/30 to fill the vacancy created by the resignation of Mr. Rick Weinstein. Councillor K. Taylor-Harrison entered the meeting at this point. Moved by Councillor G. Lorentz Seconded by Councillor C. Weylie "That the Twin Cities Committee be dissolved." Carried. Appointments and parameters of the Ad Hoc Committee on Companion Animals Working Group was referred to the meeting this date by the Finance and Administration Committee on November 8, 1999. It was requested that consideration be given to the appointment of one member of Council, one staff member (non-voting) and one lay member to sit on a working group in respect to a tender/call for proposal for animal control services as the current contract with the Kitchener-Waterloo and North Waterloo Humane Society expires on December 31, 2000. Following some discussion and by general consent, it was agreed that the lay appointee position on the Ad Hoc Committee should be advertised. Council considered a recommendation from Mr. J. Gazzola that the Continuous Improvement Steering Committee be dissolved. Councillor B. Vrbanovic questioned why it was proposed to be dissolved and Mr. Gazzola advised that previously there was difficulty getting staff and Council together to deal with issues but that more importantly a new approach was being followed in which teams were established to deal with specific suggestions. Councillor Jake Smola entered the meeting at this point. Further discussion took place and Mr. Gazzola advised that a team was presently considering an alternate program to the CIP Program. Moved by Councillor B. Vrbanovic Seconded by Councillor John Smola "That the recommendation of Mr. J. Gazzola to dissolve the Continuous Improvement Steering Committee be deferred pending submission of a report describing an alternate approach." Carried. Moved by Councillor M. Yantzi Seconded by Councillor G. Lorentz "That as requested by Mr. J. Gazzola, the Job Evaluation Steering Committee be dissolved." Carried. Councillor M. Yantzi pointed out that the name of the Kitchener Downtown Inter-Community Health Centre had now changed to the Kitchener Downtown Community Health Centre. Council considered appointments to the Project Lift Inc. - Board of Directors and in regard to Mr. Ken A. Koebel were reminded of the Council policy which indicates that no lay appointee is to serve more than a maximum of 6 consecutive years on any special committee, board or commission. Moved by Councillor John Smola Seconded by Councillor K. Taylor-Harrison "That notwithstanding the provisions of Clause (a) of Council Policy 1-60 (Appointment of Lay Members - Length of Service), we hereby confirm the appointment of Ken A. Koebel to the Board of Directors of Project Lift Inc." Carried with required 2/3 majority. Mr. Ken Cressman was also appointed to the Project Lift Inc. Board of Directors by acclamation. NOVEMBER 15, 1999 SPECIAL COUNCIL MINUTES - 464 - CITY OF KITCHENER Councillor John Smola commented that he supported the appointments being made at this time to the Project Lift Inc. - Board of Directors notwithstanding the proposed transfer of transit services to the Region of Waterloo. Mayor C. Zehr asked that Council consider appointments to the Citizens' Advisory Committee on Air Quality. Councillor Jake Smola, Chair of the Environmental Committee, requested that the appointments be referred to the Environmental Committee for discussion and recommendation. Mr. J. Gazzola advised that it was intended that one staff representative be appointed to the committee from among Messrs. Brock Stanley, James Moore and Clare Pomeroy, all of whom would serve as alternates to ensure that one would be available to attend the committee meetings. By general consent, it was agreed that the Environmental Committee be requested to consider recommending from among its membership appointment of an additional Council representative and a Committee representative to the Citizens' Advisory Committee on Air Quality and make a recommendation in that regard to City Council. On motion, the meeting adjourned at 5:35 p.m. MAYOR CLERK