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HomeMy WebLinkAboutCRPS-09-153 - Revised 2010 Meeting ScheduleREPORT T0: Mayor C. Zehr and Members of Council DATE OF MEETING: December 14, 2009 SUBMITTED BY: R. Gosse, Director of Legislated Services/City Clerk PREPARED BY: R. Gosse ext. 2801 WARD(S) INVOLVED: n/a DATE OF REPORT: December 8, 2009 REPORT NO.: CRPS-09-153 SUBJECT: REVISED 2010 COUNCIL & STANDING COMMITTEE SCHEDULE RECOMMENDATION: That Option ,attached to Corporate Services Department Report CRPS-09-153 dated December 8, 2009, be approved as the revised 2010 schedule of Council and Standing Committee meetings. BACKGROUND: On August 24, 2009, Council adopted a schedule for the 2010 Council and Standing Committee meetings. In October 2009, the Provincial Government introduce Bill 212 that, amongst other things, would amend the Municipal Elections Act resulting in Election Day being moved from November 8t" to October 25t". On December 3, 2009, Bill 212 received 3rd reading in the legislature and although at this time it has not received royal assent, it is anticipated this will happen prior to December 31, 2009. REPORT: Since 2008, the number of committee/council meetings has been 15 and the schedule generally follows the Region's 3-week schedule with an off week occurring every 3 weeks. The meeting scheduled adopted by Council in August followed this criteria very closely however, with the changes to Election Day, the meeting schedule needs to be revised and there are only limited choices that can be made. It should be noted that although Election Day is now October 25t" (for 2010 elections), the term of office for Council remains at 4 years commencing December 1St For this reason, inauguration of council cannot be moved from the currently adopted date of December 6t" Attached for Council's consideration are 2 proposed schedules noted as Options 1 and 2. Each schedule maintains the previously adopted meeting dates from January to July, making changes only in the last half of the year except for December. Both options also proposed that the last meeting to take place prior to Election Day will be October 4t". This will allow a 2 week period during which advance voting will take place. Also, both proposals provide a two week break following the last meeting of the current council. This will allow time to prepare for the new 4-1 council as well as holding a meeting of the Striking Committee to make the 2011 appointments to Boards and Committees; a report in this regard will be brought to Council in 2010. 0 tion 1: Maintains 15 meetings by moving up the meeting dates originally scheduled in August to November. This will result in 7 meetings being held without a break, including a Tuesday meeting the day after Labour Day. 0 tion 2: Eliminates 1 cycle of meetings resulting in the total number of meetings for the year to 14 but allows for a break the week of Labour Day. FINANCIAL IMPLICATIONS: n/a COMMUNICATIONS: The approved revised schedule will be sent to Roger's Cable for the televised Council meeting dates. The schedule will be posted on-line in the corporate calendar and will appear in Your Kitchener. ACKNOWLEDGED BY: Troy Speck, General Manager of Corporate Services 4-2 ~R CITY OF KITCHENER YEAR 2010 MEETING SCHEDULE No. 1 JANUARY S M T W T F S 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 17 18 19 13 20 14 21 15 16 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 APRIL S M T W T 1 F S ~ 3 4~ 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 18 19 20 14 21 15 22 16 17 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 JULY S M T W T F S 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 FEBRUARY S M T W T F S 2 3 4 5 6 7 g 9 10 11 12 13 14 16 17 18 19 20 21 ~ 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 MAY S M T W T F S 1 2 ~3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 AUGUST S M T W T F S 1~ 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 MARCH S M T W T F S 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 g 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 JUNE S M T W T F S 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 29 30 SEPTEMBER S M T W T F S 1 2 3 4 5 ~~7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 OCTOBER S M T W T F S 1 2 3 ~ 5 6 7 8 9 10 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 ~ 26 27 28 29 30 31 COUNCILICOMMITTEE OF THE WHOLE Holidays March Break (Mar 15-19) NOVEMBER S M T W T F S 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 ~ 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 STANDING COMMITTEE E Election Day (Oct 25) FCM Conference(May 28-31) DECEMBER S M T W T F S 1 2 3 4 5 ~ 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 29 30 31 ----------- AUDIT COMMITTEE & ----------- COUNCI L Inauguration (Dec 6) AMO Conference(Aug 15-18) 4-3 ~ CITY OF KITCHENER YEAR 2010 MEETING SCHED LE No. 2 JANUARY S M T W T F S 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 17 18 19 13 20 14 21 15 16 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 APRIL S M T W T 1 F S ~ 3 4~ 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 18 19 20 14 21 15 22 16 17 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 FEBRUARY S M T W T F S ~1 2 3 4 5 6 7 g 9 10 11 12 13 14 ~ 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 MAY S M T W T F S 1 2 ~ 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 AUGUST MARCH S M T W T F S 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 g 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 JUNE S M T W T F S 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 29 30 JULY S M T W T F S 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 OCTOBER S M T W T F S 1 2 3 5 6 7 8 9 10 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 ~ 26 27 28 29 30 31 COUNCIL/COMMITTEE OF THE WHOLE Holidays March Break (Mar 15-19) S M T W T F S 1~ 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 NOVEMBER S M T W T F S 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 ~ 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 STANDING COMMITTEE E Election Day (Oct 25) FCM Conference(May 28-31) SEPTEMBER S M T W T F S 1 2 3 4 5 ~ 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 DECEMBER S M T W T F S 1 2 3 4 5 ~ 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 29 30 31 ___________= AUDIT COMMITTEE & =========== COU NCI L Inauguration (Dec 6) AMO Conference(Aug 15-18) 4-4