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HomeMy WebLinkAboutCouncil - 2007-08-27 SSPECIAL COUNCIL MINUTES AUGUST 27, 2007 CITY OF KITCHENER A special meeting of City Council was held at 6:40 p.m. this date, chaired by Mayor C. Zehr with all members present except Councillor J. Smola. Notice of this special meeting had been previously given to all members of Council by the City Clerk pursuant to Chapter 25 (Council Procedure) of the Municipal Code. Council considered Development and Technical Services Department report DTS-07-138 (J. Willmer) regarding citizen appointments to the Kitchener Growth Management Task Force. It was noted that Council was circulated separately, the applications from possible candidates. Despite the fact there were only four applicants Council agreed to proceed with the appointments. The four applicants were nominated and the approved voting procedure was then utilized resulting in Daniel Glenn-Graham receiving the majority of votes and a tie between Sue Morgan and Aura Hertzog. Councillor J. Gazzola suggested that the three candidates be appointed as the citizen representatives to the Committee. Council was advised that in order to do so a motion would be required to amend the Committee's Terms of Reference to allow three citizen appointments. Mr. J. Willmer, Director of Planning, advised that the Terms of Reference were established to ensure a balance of representatives from all stakeholders and that by appointing three citizen representatives, this may cause an imbalance on the Committee. A motion by Councillor J. Gazzola, seconded by Councillor G. Lorentz to amend the Terms of Reference for the Kitchener Growth Management Task Force to allow the appointment of three citizen representatives was voted on and Lost. Council agreed to have the names of the two candidates that were tied placed on two separate pieces of paper, folded and the Mayor would select one of them. The Mayor selected the paper with the name Sue Morgan. Moved by Councillor C. Weylie Seconded by Councillor K. Galloway "That Daniel Glenn-Graham and Sue Morgan be appointed to the Kitchener Growth Management Task Force as members from the public at large." Carried. Council considered Corporate Services Department report CRPS-07-117 (R. Gosse) regarding two appointments to Heritage Kitchener in order to fill two vacancies. Council was advised that of the 15 unsuccessful candidates who had submitted applications for the November, 2006 appointments to Heritage Kitchener, 12 have requested that their applications stand for the vacancy appointments. Council then considered the applications and the following applicants were nominated: E. Brown, S. Burek, Z. Janecki and G. Zeilstra. The approved voting procedure was then utilized. Moved by Councillor J. Gazzola Seconded by Councillor G. Lorentz "That Elizabeth Brown and Grayson Zeilstra be appointed to Heritage Kitchener for a term ending November 30, 2008." Carried. On motion, the meeting adjourned at 6:52 p.m. MAYOR CLERK