Council Legislative Process Review -

Deputations at Committee Meetings

The Special Committee to Review the Final Report of the Toronto Transition Team recommends:

(1)that the following process be adopted respecting deputations by Members of Council at Committee meetings:

(i)Councillors, who are not Committee Members, may ask questions of deputants, staff or Members of Council on Committees; and

(ii)Committee Members then taking carriage of the item; and

(2)that this shall serve as notice to give effect to the necessary amendment to the Council Procedural By-law.

The Special Committee to Review the Final Report of the Toronto Transition Team reports, for the information of Council, having requested the City Clerk, in consultation with Councillor RonMoeser, Chair of the Sub-Committee, Relocation of All Members of Council to City Hall, to provide for a designated seating arrangement in Committee Room 1 at City Hall, and that such designated seating provide for a separation between Members of the Committee and other Members of Council.

The Special Committee to Review the Final Report of the Toronto Transition Team submits the following communication (December 2, 1998) from Councillor Ron Moeser, Chairman, Sub-Committee, Relocation of All Members of Council to City Hall:

I would request Committee to consider adopting the process used previously by both the City of Scarborough and the old City of Toronto Committees, whereby:

(1)public presentations/deputants may speak on any matter on the Agenda with speakers being limited to five minutes each and one speaker per topic;

(2)Councillors, who are not Committee Members, may ask questions of deputants, staff or Members of Council on Committee; and

(3)Committee Members then take carriage of the item.