HomeMy WebLinkAboutCOR-19-020 - Appointments to Various Sector-Specific Vacancies on Advisory CommitteesREPORT TO:Committee of the Whole
DATE OF MEETING:April 1, 2019
SUBMITTED BY:Christine Tarling, Director of Legislated Services/City Clerk, 519-741-
2200, ext. 7809
PREPARED BY:Christine Tarling, Director of Legislated Services/City Clerk, 519-741-
2200, ext. 7809
WARD (S) INVOLVED:All
DATE OF REPORT:March 27, 2019
REPORT NO.:COR-19-020
SUBJECT:Appointments to Various Sector-Specific Vacancies on Advisory
Committees
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RECOMMENDATION:
ThatLillian Stojanski be appointed as the Major Retail (outside the downtown) representative for
the Economic Development Advisory Committeefor the term ending November 30, 2020; and,
That John Lintzeris be appointed as the Financial/Banking representative for the Economic
Development Advisory Committeefor the term ending November 30, 2020; and,
ThatDavid Gundrumbe appointed as a Member-at-Large to Heritage Kitchenerfor the term ending
November 30, 2020; and,
That Laura Lee Roberts be appointed as the Ward 9 representative for the Safe and Healthy
Advisory Committeefor the term ending November 30, 2020; and further,
That Gratiana Achim be appointed as the Social Planning representative for the Safe and Healthy
Advisory Committeefor the term ending November 30, 2020.
BACKGROUND:
After every municipal election, appointments to advisory and quasi-judicial committees take place at the
Striking Committee meeting based on the recommendations of the Nominating Committee (the
Committee). After the November 19, 2018 Striking Committee, there remained some sector-specific
vacancies on some advisory committees
include:
Economic Development Advisory Committee Major retail (outside the downtown)and
Financial/Banking;
Heritage Kitchener Member-at large; and,
Safe and Healthy Advisory Committee Ward 9 and Social planning.
As well, at theNovember 19, 2018 Striking Committee meeting, Council directed staff to undertake an
enhanced recruitment process for the Economic Development Advisory Committee to fill the sector-
specific vacancies as outlined in staff report COR-18-014.
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Staff determine the eligibility of individuals who apply to fill a specific sector and once their eligibility is
confirm
vacancies, the applications are first forwarded to the Nominating Committee to make a recommendation
for Councildecision. If thereare not, the Director of Legislated Services/City Clerk makes a
recommendation directly to Council.
REPORT:
Economic Development Advisory Committee
In response to the enhanced recruitment process,staff received one (1) application from Lillian Stojanski
to fill the vacancy of Major Retail (outside the downtown) and one (1) application from John Lintzeris to
fill the Financial/Banking vacancy for the Economic Development Advisory Committee.Because the
number of applicants is the same asthe number of vacancies for each of the sectors for this committee,
the applicationsdid not go to the Nominating Committee but rather arebeing presented directly to Council
for consideration.
Heritage Kitchener
In response to the sector-specific vacancies listed on the two (2)
applications for the Member-at-Large vacancyon Heritage Kitchener, David Gundrum and Zyg Janecki.
Because there were more applicants than vacanciesfor this committee, the applications wentto the
Nominating Committee, which hasrecommended David Gundrumfor Councilconsideration.
Safe and Healthy Advisory Committee
In response to the sector-one (1)
application from Laura Lee Roberts to be the Ward 9 representative on Safe and Healthy. Since there is
only one application for one vacancy, the applicationdidnot go to the Nominating Committee but rather
isbeing presented directly to Council for consideration.
The City also received three (3) applications for the Social Planning representative on the Safe and
Healthy Advisory Committee as follows:
Gratiana Achim,
Christopher Mulhern, and,
Amanda Parker.
Because there are more applicants than vacancies, the applications wentto the Nominating Committee,
which has recommended Gratiana Achim.
ALIGNMENT WITH CITY OF KITCHENER STRATEGIC PLAN:
The recommendation of this report
delivery of core service.
FINANCIAL IMPLICATIONS:
None at this time.
COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT:
INFORM council /
committee meeting.
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PREVIOUS CONSIDERATION OF THIS MATTER:
COR-18-014 Nominating Committee Appointments to Advisory and Quasi-judicial Committees (2018-
2020)
ACKNOWLEDGED BY: Victoria Raab, General Manager, Corporate Services Department
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Recommended Appointees
Economic Development Advisory Committee
Lillian Stojanski (1)Major Retail (outside the downtown)
John Lintzeris (7)Financial/Banking
Heritage Kitchener
David Gundrum (2)Member-at-Large
Safe and Healthy Advisory Committee
Gratiana Achim (4)Social Planning
Laura Lee Roberts (8) Ward 9
Unassigned Applicants
Heritage Kitchener Member-at-Large
Zyg Janecki (3)
Safe and HealthyAdvisory Committee Social Planning
Christopher Mulhern(5)
Amanda Parker (6)
Note: Number in brackets indicates application number.
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