February 16, 1998
TO: COUNCILLORS ROB DAVIS AND BRAD DUGUID, CO-CHAIRS
TASK FORCE ON COMMUNITY SAFETY
SPECIAL COMMITTEE TO REVIEW THE FINAL REPORT OF THE TORONTO TRANSITION TEAM
The Emergency and Protective Services Committee on February 10, 1998, had before it a report (January 27, 1998) from the Acting Commissioner of Emergency and Protective Services recommending that when terms of reference for the new Task Force on Community Safety have been prepared, they be sent to the East York Safety Council, the Emergency Planning Advisory Committee (Metro), the Etobicoke Crime Scope, the Safe City Committee (Toronto), the Safety Council (Etobicoke), and the Taxis on Patrol Committee (Metro), together with a copy of this report, and that each committee be asked to comment on the ongoing need for their work, if any, on their relationship to the Task Force, and on their ongoing staff support needs.
Councillor Rob Davis, York Eglinton, addressed the Emergency and Protective Services Committee regarding this matter.
The Committee:
(1) referred the foregoing report to the Co-Chairs of the Task Force on Community Safety and to the Special Committee to Review the Final Report of the Toronto Transition Team to review the financial implications of continuing the committees listed therein and to report back to the Emergency and Protective Services Committee; and
(2) requested that the forthcoming report include information on staff time and other costs related to continuing these committees and that this matter be dealt with in a timely fashion.
City Clerk
Candy Davidovits/ms
Item No. 2
Attachment
c. Commissioner of Works and Emergency Services
Councillor J. Layton, Don River
