Business Meeting No. 23

Meeting Date:  Friday, May 17 2019
Time:  9:30 a.m.
Email:  tlab@toronto.ca
Location:  York Civic Centre, 2700 Eglinton Avenue West, ON M6M 1V1
Room: Council Chambers
Chair: Ian Lord

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

Toronto Local Appeal Body Panel Members

Ian Lord (Chair)
Gillian Burton
Sabnavis Gopikrishna
Sean Karmali
Justin Leung
Dino Lombardi (Vice Chair)
Stanley Makuch
Shaheynoor Talukder
John Tassiopoulos
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.

Aboriginal Land Acknowledgement

We acknowledge the land we are meeting on is the traditional territory of many nations including the Mississaugas of the Credit, the Anishnabeg, the Chippewa, the Haudenosaunee and the Wendat peoples and is now home to many diverse First Nations, Inuit and Métis peoples.  We also acknowledge that Toronto is covered by Treaty 13 with the Mississaugas of the Credit.

Confirmation of Minutes – March 4, 2019

Declaration of Interest under the Municipal Conflict of Interest Act

 

Toronto Local Appeal Body – Chair’s Update

Summary

Toronto Local Appeal Body Chair, Ian Lord, to provide opening remarks and provide the Panel with an update on Tribunal business.

 

Supporting Documents

2018 TLAB Chair’s Annual Report

 

Toronto Local Appeal Body – Supervisor Staff Report

Summary

Hsing Yi Chao, Supervisor, Court Services, to provide an update to the Toronto Local Appeal Body Panel on:

  • The administrative implementation of the Revised Rules of Practice and Procedure
  • Year to Date Update on Case File Management

Supporting Documents

May 6, 2019 – Administrative Update

Toronto Local Appeal Body – Complaint Protocol

Summary

The Toronto Local Appeal Body to receive information on the Toronto Local Appeal Body’s complaint protocol.

Supporting Documents

February 2019 – Toronto Local Appeal Body Complaint Protocol PDF

Toronto Local Appeal Body – Service Measures

Summary

The Toronto Local Appeal Body to discuss the current service measures in place including the time frame to complete a decision at the conclusion of a hearing.

 

Toronto Local Appeal Body – Party’s right of further review

Summary

The Toronto Local Appeal Body to receive legal advice form Duxbury Law regarding a Party’s right of further review.

(The Toronto Local Appeal Body may go in closed session to discuss this item as the City of Toronto Act, 2006 permits closing a meeting to receive advice that is subject to solicitor-client privilege.)