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Nominating Panel - Tribunals


Meeting No. 9   Contact Cathrine Regan, Committee Administrator
Meeting Date Wednesday, June 15, 2016
  Phone 416-392-6276
Start Time 9:30 AM
  E-mail cregan@toronto.ca
Location Committee Room 4, City Hall
  Chair   Councillor Jim Karygiannis  

NQ9.1 

ACTION

Amended 

 

Ward:All 

Appointment of Public Member to the Property Standards Committee/Fence Viewers to Fill a Vacancy
Confidential Attachment - Personal matters about identifiable individuals who are being considered for appointment to the Property Standards Committee/Fence Viewers
Panel Decision

The Tribunals Nominating Panel recommends that:

 

1.  City Council appoint the following candidate to the Toronto and East York Panel of the Property Standards Committee and as a Fence Viewer, at pleasure of Council, for a term of office ending on December 31, 2020, and until a successor is appointed:

 

Stoney Baker

 

2.  City Council direct that the confidential information contained in Confidential Attachments 1 and 2 to the report (June 8, 2016) from the City Clerk remain confidential in their entirety as they relate to personal matters about identifiable individuals being considered for appointment to the Property Standards Committee/Fence Viewers.

Decision Advice and Other Information

Candidate's biography:

 

Stoney Baker

 

Stoney Baker is a lawyer who has appeared before all levels of the Ontario Courts.  She completed her studies at the University of Toronto and holds a J.D., M.S.W, and B.A. (Honours). Stoney is the Vice-President of the Mary Lambert Swale Homes Board of Directors, a not-for-profit providing rent-geared-to-income housing at Jarvis and Dundas Streets.  She has completed mediation training through St. Stephen’s Community House.  Stoney has been on a number of boards, including the University of Toronto's Tribunal Office of the Governing Council, where she served for two years as a decision maker for students accused of academic offenses.

 

The Acting Director, Investigation Services, Municipal Licensing and Standards gave a brief overview of the Property Standards Committee.

Origin
(June 8, 2016) Report from the City Clerk
Summary

There is one vacancy on the Toronto and East York Panel of the Property Standards Committee/Fence Viewers due to a recent resignation. The Tribunals Nominating Panel must select candidates to be interviewed for appointment to the Property Standards Committee/Fence Viewers. The Tribunals Nominating Panel will meet on June 29, 2016 to conduct the interviews and recommend a candidate for appointment to City Council.

 

To align with the upcoming mid-term appointments, the public member will be appointed for a term of office ending on December 31, 2020, and until a successor is appointed.

Background Information
(June 8, 2016) Report from the City Clerk on Appointment of Public Member to the Property Standards Committee/Fence Viewers to Fill a Vacancy
(http://www.toronto.ca/legdocs/mmis/2016/nq/bgrd/backgroundfile-94021.pdf)

Confidential Attachment 1 - List of Candidates and Qualifications Summary, and Applications for Appointment to the Property Standards Committee/Fence Viewers
Confidential Attachment 2 - Confidential Voluntary Diversity Information Summary for Candidates for Appointment to the Property Standards Committee/Fence Viewers
Attachment 1 - Resignation Letter dated February 9, 2016 from Fiona Lee
(http://www.toronto.ca/legdocs/mmis/2016/nq/bgrd/backgroundfile-94024.pdf)