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Corporate Services
Report To: Councillor B. Vrbanovic, Chair and Members of the Finance
and Corporate Services Committee
Date of Meeting: November 20, 2006
Submitted By: R. Gosse, Director of Legislated Services/City Clerk
Prepared By: Patricia Harris, Manager of Licensing
Ward(s) Involved:
Date of Report: November 9, 2006
Report No.: CRPS-06-162
Subject: PUBLIC MEETING -REPEAL CHAPTER 539 OF THE
MUNICIPAL CODE (ELECTRICAL CONTRACTOR-MASTER
ELECTRICIAN)
RECOMMENDATION:
That a by-law to repeal Chapter 539 of the Municipal Code (Electrical Contractor-Master
Electrician) be prepared for Council's consideration on November 27, 2006, based on the
proposed by-law dated November 6, 2006 attached to Corporate Services Report CRPS 06-
162.
BACKGROUND:
At the Council meeting of September 25, 2006 it was resolved that staff prepare a by-law to
repeal Chapter 539 of the Municipal Code (Electrical Contractor-Master Electrician); and further
that staff initiate the required public process with respect to the repealing by-law.
REPORT:
The City of Kitchener has been examining Master Electricians and licensing both Master
Electricians and Electrical Contractors since 1973.
For several years the Electrical Contractors Association of Ontario has been lobbying the
Provincial Government to implement Province wide licensing of Electrical Contractors and
Master Electricians. The Electrical Safety Authority (ESA) in conjunction with the Ministry of
Government Services developed and received approval of the regulation needed to implement a
system of province-wide electrical contractor and master electrician licensing on November 2,
2005.
On July 1, 2006, the Electrical Safety Authority began accepting Electrical Contractor and
Master Electrician licence applications. Licences issued by municipalities are in effect until the
end of 2006. The new Provincial Licensing system will be fully implemented and take effect on
January 1, 2007. At that time the requirement for all electrical contractors to have a provincial
licence, issued by the Electrical Contractor Registration Agency (ECRA) of the Electrical Safety
Authority (ESA) to operate an electrical contracting business in the Province of Ontario will be in
effect. The examination of electricians to obtain their Master Electrician licence will now also be
conducted by ECRA/ESA.
Under Ontario Regulation 347/06, s.1 of the Ontario Municipal Act, 2001:
"A municipality does not have the power under Part IV of the Act to establish a registry
for or to license, regulate or govern electricians, master electricians or electrical
contractors."
FINANCIAL IMPLICATIONS:
There will be loss of licensing revenue in the amount of $30,562.00.
COMMUNICATIONS:
A Public Notice was placed in The Record on November 10, 2006 advising this repealing by-law
would be considered on November 20, 2006.
(MRS) PATRICIA HARRIS
MANAGER OF LICENSING
REPORT:
FINANCIAL IMPLICATIONS:
(MRS) PATRICIA HARRIS
MANAGER OF LICENSING
DRAFT
BY-LAW NUMBER NOVEMBER 6, 2006
OF THE
CORPORATION OF THE CITY OF KITCHENER
(Being a by-law to repeal Chapter 539 of The City of Kitchener
Municipal Code with respect to Electrical Contractors and Master
Electricians).
The Council of The Corporation of the City of Kitchener enacts as follows:
By-law Number 2004-248, section 11 of By-law Number 2006-46 and the contents of
Chapter 539 of The City of Kitchener Muncipal Code are hereby repealed.
PASSED at the Council Chambers in the City of Kitchener this day
A. D. 2006.
Mayor
Clerk