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Home My WebLink AboutCOR-19-048 - Appointments to Various Vacancies on Advisory Committees and BoardsREPORT TO: Committee of the Whole DATE OF MEETING: October28, 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:October 24, 2019 REPORT NO.: COR-19-048 SUBJECT: Appointments to Various Vacancies on Advisory Committeesand Boards _________________________________________________________________________________________ RECOMMENDATION: That Michael Mooney be appointed as a Community Director to the Kitchener Housing Incorporated Board of Directors for a term ending November 30, 2022; and, That Mary Henein Thorn be appointed as an Associate Director to the Kitchener Housing Incorporated Board of Directors for a term ending November 30, 2022; and, That Anabelle Girard be appointed as the Citizen-at-Large representative for the Arts and Culture Advisory Committee for the term ending November 30, 2020; and, That Mark Waddell be appointed as the Practising Artist representative for the Arts and Culture Advisory Committee for the term ending November 30, 2020; and, ThatKyle Wagner and Geoff Kirk be appointed as Citizen-at-Large representativesfor the Cycling and TrailsAdvisory Committeefor the term ending November 30, 2020; and, ThatBecky Mueller be appointed as the representative for the Civic Centre Heritage Conservation District for Heritage Kitchener for the term ending November 30, 2020;and finally, That Victoria Mancebe appointed as the Archeology representative for Heritage Kitchener for 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, thereremained some sector-specific vacancies on some advisory committeesand Boardswhich were listed on the City’s website. Thewebsite is updated on a continual basis as positions have been filled. The 2019 fall recruitment focused on the following: Remaining vacancies on advisory committees and Centre in the Square (CITS)from the 2018 fall recruitment; *** This information is available in accessible formats upon request. *** Please call 519-741-2345 or TTY 1-866-969-9994for assistance. 3 - 1 Board positions forCITS and Kitchener Housing Inc. (KHI) resulting from the expirations of terms for some of their members; and, Mid-term vacancies that have occurred for the Arts and Culture Advisory Committee as well as the Cycling and Trails Advisory Committee. Advertising took place for the vacancies remaining from the 2018 recruitment as well as upcoming vacancies for Board positions. For the mid-term vacancies, staff reached out to applicants who had previously applied but who had not been appointed. Staff determinedthe eligibility of all applicants and oncetheir eligibility wasconfirmed, their name was put forward for consideration. If there were more applications than vacancies, the applications were forwarded to the Nominating Committee to make a recommendation for Council’sdecision. If there were not, the Director of Legislated Services/City Clerk hasmade a recommendation directly to Council. REPORT: Arts and CultureAdvisory Committee(ACAC) ACAC has had several resignations from the committee during 2019 resulting in three (3)vacant positions (Citizen-at-Large, Practising Artist, and Arts Organization representative). Staff received two (2) applications for the Citizen-at-Large vacancyandone (1) application for the Practising Artist vacancy. No applications were received for the Arts Organization representative.The applications for the Citizen- at-Large vacancy went to theNominating Committee who recommended Anabelle Girard. Because only one application was received for the Practising Artist vacancy, Mark Waddell’s name is being presented directly to Council for consideration. Cycling and TrailsAdvisory Committee (CTAC) As with ACAC, CTAC has two (2) Citizen-at-Large vacancies resulting from resignations. Staff received five (5) applications, which were forwarded to the Nominating Committee. The Nominating Committee has recommended Kyle Wagler and Geoff Kirk for Council’s consideration. Heritage Kitchener In response to the sector-specific vacancies listed on the City’s website, the City receivedone(1) applicationfor Civic Centre Heritage Conservation Districtvacancyon Heritage Kitcheneras well as the Archeology representative. Because there was only 1 applicationfor each vacancy,Becky Mueller and Victoria Mance, respectively, arebeing recommended directly for Council’sconsideration. Kitchener Housing Inc. As per the October 23, 2019correspondenceto Councilfrom Ted Bleaney, Chair of the Board of Directors for Kitchener Housing Incorporated (KHI), attached as Appendix ‘A’, the KHI Board is recommending the appointments ofMichael Mooney as a Community Director and Mary Henein Thorn as an Associate Director. All candidates beingrecommendedto Councilfor advisory committeesare listed in Appendix ‘B’ while unassigned applicants are listed in Appendix ‘C’. ALIGNMENT WITH CITY OF KITCHENER STRATEGIC PLAN: The recommendationof thisreportsupports theachievement of thecity’s strategic vision through the delivery of core service. FINANCIAL IMPLICATIONS: Noneat this time. 3 - 2 COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT: INFORM – This report has been postedto the City’s website with the agenda in advance of the council / committee meeting. PREVIOUS CONSIDERATION OF THIS MATTER: COR-18-014 – Nominating Committee – Appointments to Advisory and Quasi-judicial Committees (2018- 2020) ACKNOWLEDGED BY: VictoriaRaab, General Manager, Corporate Services Department 3 - 3 APPENDIX ‘A’ Recommended Appointees – Kitchener Housing Incorporated Board of Directors Michael Mooney (23) – Community Director Mary Henein Thorn (9) – Associate Director APPENDIX ‘B’ Recommended Appointees – Advisory Committees Arts and CultureAdvisory Committee Anabelle Girard (11) – Citizen-at-Large Mark Waddell (21) – Practising Artist Cycling and Trails Advisory Committee Geoff Kirk (5) – Citizen-at-Large Kyle Wagler(7) – Citizen-at-Large Heritage Kitchener Victoria Mance (10) – Archeology Representative Becky Mueller(25) – Civic Centre Heritage Conservation District Representative APPENDIX ‘C’ Unassigned Applicants Kitchener Housing Incorporated Amanda Stellings (4) Ahmet Jakupi (18) Jim Schonewille (15) Arts and Culture Advisory Committee George Trihenea – Citizen-at-Large Cycling and Trails Advisory Committee Damien Peters (3) – Citizen-at-Large Barry Tracey (6) – Citizen-at-Large Paulina Francois Mallette (8) – Citizen-at-Large Note: Number in brackets indicates application number. 3 - 4 APPENDIX 'A' 3 - 5 3 - 6