CERTIFICATE OF AMENDMENTS

Certified to be a true copy of recommendations arising from City Council's consideration of a confidential presentation by the Chief Administrative Officer on the status of collective bargaining between the City of Toronto and Toronto Civic Employees' Union, Local 416, Canadian Union of Public Employees, and reports pertaining to this matter, and other related issues, as adopted by City of Toronto Council at its Special Meeting held on August 31, 1999.

Council adopted the following recommendations:

"It is recommended that:

(1)staff be authorized to immediately apply to the Ontario Labour Relations Board for First Contract Arbitration;

(2)a reasonable offer of settlement, as outlined by staff at the Special Meeting of City of Toronto Council on August 31, 1999, and in the form filed with the City Clerk, be submitted with the First Contract Arbitration Application;

(3)notwithstanding the submission of an application to the Ontario Labour Relations Board, staff be instructed to continue to negotiate with the Toronto Civic Employees' Union, Local 416, Canadian Union of Public Employees, toward a settlement which is acceptable to the Union and the City;

(4)the law firm of Hicks Morley be retained and authorized, in consultation with the City Solicitor, the Executive Director of Human Resources and the Chair of the Administration Committee, to take all necessary steps to protect the legal interests of the City of Toronto relating to any unauthorized strike activity;

(5)the confidential report dated August 31, 1999, from the Chief Administrative Officer, entitled 'Collective Bargaining - City of Toronto and Toronto Civic Employees' Union, Local 416, Canadian Union of Public Employees', embodying a recommendation that 'the presentation by the Chief Administrative Officer on the status of collective bargaining between the City of Toronto and Toronto Civic Employees' Union, Local 416, Canadian Union of Public Employees ("Local 416") be received', be adopted, such report to remain confidential in accordance with the provisions of the Municipal Act;

(6)the confidential report dated August 30, 1999, from the Chief Financial Officer and Treasurer, entitled 'Financial and Purchasing Arrangements for Possible Labour Disruption', be adopted, such report to remain confidential in accordance with the provisions of the Municipal Act, save and except the following recommendations embodied therein:

'It is recommended that:

(1)direct strike related expenses be charged against the Corporate Contingency account;

(2)budgets of departments be reduced by the strike related savings and transfers made accordingly to the Corporate Contingency account;

(3)in the event of a disruption to the standing committee meeting schedule, the Bid Committee be authorized to award contracts of up to $2.5 million, the normal limit for standing committees, during the period of a labour disruption until normal committee scheduling commences following a strike, and that the Chief Financial Officer and Treasurer report to the Administration Committee on purchases made under this arrangement;

(4)the Chief Administrative Officer be given authority to award contracts resulting from emergencies involving public health, public safety and public service, that the normal purchasing procedures be waived under these circumstances and that such contracts be reported to the Administration Committee;

(5)the Chief Financial Officer and Treasurer be directed to report to Council following a labour disruption on the actual expenditures and savings; and

(6)the appropriate City officials be directed to give effect to the foregoing and leave be granted to introduce the necessary Bill(s) to give effect thereto.'; and

(7)the confidential report dated August 26, 1999, from the City Clerk, entitled 'Council and Committee Process in the Event of Labour Disruption', be adopted, such report to remain confidential in accordance with the provisions of the Municipal Act, save and except the following recommendations embodied therein:

'It is recommended that:

(1)the Mayor, the Deputy Mayor, or in their absence the Clerk, be authorized to declare there to be a "Delayed Quorum Condition" where in his or her opinion it is likely that a quorum for Council cannot be assembled for a scheduled commencement time of a meeting of Council due to there being a picket line or other labour action which prevents or delays the necessary parties from entering the place of meeting;

(2)a Committee Chair, Vice-Chair, or in their absence the Clerk, be authorized under the same circumstances as described in Recommendation No. (1) to declare there to be a "Delayed Quorum Condition" pertaining to their respective committee;

(3)should there be declared to be a "Delayed Quorum Condition", the following shall apply:

(a)should there be no quorum present at the scheduled commencement time, the Clerk shall ring the Bells for a period of up to 15 minutes, and shall then call the roll;

(b)should no quorum yet be present, the Clerk shall continue to ring the Bells for further periods of 15 minutes, and shall at the end of each such period, again call the roll; and

(c)should no quorum be present within two hours of the scheduled commencement time of the meeting, the meeting, subject to Recommendation No. (4), shall stand adjourned until the next scheduled day of meeting, and all unfinished business shall be carried forward to the next scheduled day of meeting, unless a special meeting is called for the purpose of dealing with such business;

(4)any report pertaining to a matter of emergency health or safety, or legal deadline, or to a matter which is of a critical nature, which cannot be considered by a Committee prior to a Council meeting may be submitted directly to Council if a Notice of Motion is moved by the relevant Committee Chair or Vice-Chair after consultation with the Chief Administrative Officer or the appropriate Commissioner, and the Clerk, and any such Notice of Motion if it is on the regular Agenda for a meeting of Council shall be deemed to be a report that Council has directed be reported directly to it and not through a Committee pursuant to subsection 27(3) of the Council Procedural By-law (simple majority);

(5)the foregoing remain in effect until all collective agreements with the City's various union locals have been finalized, and for such purpose subsections 9(5) and 112(3) of the Council Procedural By-law be waived accordingly; and

(6)the City Clerk be requested to propose permanent modifications to the Council Procedural By-law so as to provide for "Delayed Quorum Conditions" in respect of labour disputes, weather conditions, and such other circumstances beyond the control of the City which reasonably could be regarded as making it problematic for a quorum to be assembled.' "

 City Council at its Special in-camera meeting held on August 31, 1999, also issued confidential instructions to staff, such instructions to remain confidential in accordance with the provisions of the Municipal Act.

Toronto, OntarioCity Clerk

September 1, 1999