Other Item Considered by the Committee

 (a)Appointments to the Board of Directors of the Greater Toronto Airports Authority (GTAA).

The Nominating Committee reports having:

(1)deferred consideration of the communications (May 21, 1998) from the City Clerk and (June 2, 1998) from the President, Labour Council of Metropolitan Toronto and York Region, respecting appointments to the Board of Directors of the Greater Toronto Airports Authority, pending a response by the Minister of Transport, Canada, to the following recommendations adopted by City Council at its meeting held on May 13 and 14, 1998:

"It is further recommended that:

(1)the Greater Toronto Airports Authority (GTAA) be requested to refrain from making an appointment to the Board of Directors, having regard that Mr. Jeff Lyons, the appointee recommended by the Nominating Committee, has withdrawn his application for this appointment; and

(2)the Minister of Transport be notified of the foregoing request by City Council of the GTAA, and be requested to ensure that such request is carried out.";

(2)directed the City Clerk to send a letter to the Minister of Transport advising the Minister that the Nominating Committee is awaiting a response to the foregoing request adopted by City Council; and

(3)further directed the City Clerk to postpone placing a notice in the local community newspapers notifying the communities of the former Cities of York and Etobicoke of this vacancy on the GTAA Board until the Nominating Committee has had the opportunity to consider such requested response from the Minister of Transport.

(i)(May 21, 1998) from the City Clerk advising that City Council on May 13 and 14, 1998, struck out Clause No. 1 of Report No. 2 of The Nominating Committee, headed "Appointments to the Board of Directors of the Greater Toronto Airports Authority (GTAA)", and referred such Clause back to the Nominating Committee for further consideration; and further advising that City Council adopted, in part, the following recommendations:

"(3)the City Clerk be requested to notify the communities of the former Cities of York and Etobicoke of this vacancy on the GTAA Board, by means of the local community newspapers, in order to determine whether other individuals are interested in this position; and

(5)the Nominating Committee be requested to review their policy with respect to the selection of nominees to the GTAA Board of Directors and report thereon to Council for further consideration".

(ii)(June 2, 1998) from Ms. Linda Torney, President, Labour Council of Metropolitan Toronto and York Region, advising that the Labour Council's nominee for appointment by City Council to the GTAA Board of Directors is Ms. Sharon Moss, who has already served a term in this capacity.

      Respectfully submitted,

COUNCILLOR NORMAN KELLY

Chair

Toronto, June 9, 1998