Business Meeting No.11

Meeting Date: Friday, January 26, 2018
Time: 9:30 a.m.
Email: tlab@toronto.ca
Location: York Civic Centre, 2700 Eglinton Ave. W., Toronto, ON M6M 1V1
Room: Council Chamber
Chair: Ian Lord

Contact: Hsing Yi Chao
Phone: 416-392-4697

Toronto Local Appeal Body Panel Members

Ian Lord (Chair)
Gillian Burton
Sabnavis Gopikrishna
Stanley Makuch
Laurie McPherson
Ted Yao

Members of the Toronto Local Appeal Body and Staff: Please keep this agenda and the accompanying material until the Panel Meeting dealing with these matters have ended.

Special assistance for members of the public: Toronto Local Appeal Body staff can arrange for special assistance with some advance notice. If you need special assistance, please call 416-392-4697, or email tribunalaccess@toronto.ca.

Closed Meeting Requirements:  If the Toronto Local Appeal Body wants to meet in closed session (privately), a member of the panel must make a motion to do so and give the reason why the Toronto Local Appeal Body has to meet privately.

Public Deputations by Oral Presentation:  A notice of intention to make a public deputation by oral presentation on a Business Meeting agenda item must be registered with the Secretary at least one (1) business day prior to the meeting by 12 p.m. (noon).  Email requests can be submitted to tlab@toronto.ca. The date of the TLAB Business Meeting and the agenda item to be spoken to must be indicated in the subject line of the email.  (Toronto Local Appeal Body By-law No.1-2017, Section 16(2))

Public Deputations by Written Submissions:  Public deputations by written submission must be registered with the Toronto Local Appeal Body at least five (5) business days prior to the Business Meeting by 4:30 p.m. Written submissions can be submitted by email to tlab@toronto.ca.  The date of the TLAB Business Meeting and the agenda item to be spoken to must be indicated in the subject line of the email.  (Toronto Local Appeal Body By-law No.1-2017, Section 18(2))

Notice to People Writing to the Toronto Local Appeal Body: The City of Toronto Act, 2006 and the City of Toronto Municipal Code authorize the City of Toronto to collect any personal information in your communication or presentation to City Council or its committees.

The Toronto Local Appeal Body collects this information to enable it to make informed decisions on the relevant issue(s). If you are submitting letters, faxes, emails, presentations or other communications to the Toronto Local Appeal Body, you should be aware that your name and the fact that you communicated with the Toronto Local Appeal Body will become part of the public record and will appear on the Toronto Local Appeal Body’s website. The Toronto Local Appeal Body will also make your communication and any personal information in it – such as your postal address, telephone number or email address – available to the public, unless you expressly request the Toronto Local Appeal Body to remove it.

This agenda and any supplementary materials submitted to the Toronto Local Appeal Body can be found online.  Visit the web page for access to all agendas, decisions and minutes of the Toronto Local Appeal Body.

Declaration of Interest under the Municipal Conflict of Interest Act

Confirmation of Minutes – December 13, 2017

TLAB 11.1

 INFORMATION

  9:30 a.m.

Toronto Local Appeal Body – Report on Decision Review and Performance Direction

Summary

Toronto Local Appeal Body to receive an address from Ian Lord, Chair of the Toronto Local Appeal Body with respect to decision review, timeliness and accountability

Background Information

January 15 2018 – Memorandum from Ian Lord

TLAB 11.2

 ACTION

  9:30 a.m.

Toronto Local Appeal Body – Revision of Rules of Practice and Procedures Framework

Summary

Toronto Local Appeal Body to establish the framework of the Public Deputation meetings scheduled for April 2018.  Topics to be discussed will include:

  1. Notice Recipients
  2. Notice Format
  3. Notice Content (draft needed)
  4. Notice Communication Vehicles
  5. Meeting Structure/Components:  agenda items; order of deputations; time limit;   questions; discussion on submission; submissions on deputation; City position; discussion between Members; instruction to counsel (in camera);
  6. Member Topic Distribution/Identification/Delivery
  7. Role of Counsel
  8. Treatment of Minutes/Postings
  9. Further Notice
  10. Other

TLAB 11.3

ACTION

 9:30 a.m.

Toronto Local Appeal Body – Notice of Electronic Hearing

Origin

(January 2018)  Draft Notice of Electronic Hearing

Recommendations

It is recommended that the draft Notice of Electronic Hearing be adopted by the Panel.

Summary

Forwarding, for approval, the Notice of Electronic Hearing to the Toronto Local Appeal Body

Background Information

January 2018 – Draft Notice of Electronic Hearing

TLAB 11.4

INFORMATION

9:30 a.m.

Toronto Local Appeal Body – New Payroll Process

Summary

A presentation by Hsing Yi Chao, Supervisor, Court Services, to the Toronto Local Appeal Body detailing the new payroll process including a debrief and explanation of the new due date structures.

TLAB 11.5

INFORMATION

9:30 a.m.

Toronto Local Appeal Body – Annual Report

Summary

Ian Lord, Chair of the Toronto Local Appeal Body, to discuss the annual report with the Panel Members and to receive input, articles and advice from the Panel.