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Nominating Panel - Tribunals


Meeting No. 18   Contact Cathrine Regan, Committee Administrator
Meeting Date Wednesday, November 15, 2017
  Phone 416-392-6276
Start Time 9:30 AM
  E-mail Cathrine.Regan@toronto.ca
Location Committee Room 4, City Hall
  Chair   Councillor Jim Karygiannis  

NQ18.1 

ACTION

Amended 

 

Ward:All 

Property Standards Committee/Fence Viewers - Appointment of a Public Member
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 recommend that:

 

1. City Council appoint the following candidate to the Toronto and East York Panel of the Property Standards Committee/Fence Viewer for a term of office ending on November 30, 2018 and until a successor is appointed:

 

- Marie Abraham

 

2. City Council direct that the confidential information contained in Confidential Attachments 1, 2, 3, and 4 to the report (November 7, 2017) 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:

 

Marie Abraham

 

Marie Abraham was born in Calgary to East Indian immigrants and first came to Toronto to attend university. She has worked as a lawyer in Toronto for approximately 22 years - 20 of those years were devoted to criminal law, but she now practices more generally in an arms-length provincial government agency. She wishes to be useful to her city by providing a balanced perspective with the open-mindedness to investigate other ideas that are not hers.

Origin
(November 7, 2017) Report from the City Clerk
Summary

The Tribunals Nominating Panel will conduct interviews during its meeting on November 15, 2017 and recommend one candidate to City Council for appointment to the Toronto and East York Panel of the Property Standards Committee/Fence Viewers.

Background Information
(November 7, 2017) Report from the City Clerk on Property Standards Committee/Fence Viewers - Appointment of a Public Member
(http://www.toronto.ca/legdocs/mmis/2017/nq/bgrd/backgroundfile-108826.pdf)

Confidential Attachment 1 - List of Candidates, Qualifications, and Confidential Voluntary Diversity Information Summary and Applications for Appointment to the Property Standards Committee/Fence Viewers (previously distributed with Item NQ17.1)
Confidential Attachment 2 - Confidential Voluntary Diversity Information Summary for Current Public Members of the Property Standards Committee/Fence Viewers (previously distributed with Item NQ17.1)
Confidential Attachment 3 - Interview Schedule for the Property Standards Committee/Fence Viewers on November 15, 2017 (to be circulated under separate cover)
Confidential Attachment 4 - Interview Questions for the Property Standards Committee/Fence Viewers on November 15, 2017 (to be circulated under separate cover)