April 19, 2021, at 12:00 PM

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The meeting is called to order at 12:01 PM; it being noted that the following Members were in remote attendance: Councillors M. van Holst, J. Morgan, E. Peloza and A. Kayabaga

1.   Disclosures of Pecuniary Interest

That it BE NOTED that no pecuniary interests were disclosed.

2.   Consent

Moved by M. van Holst

Seconded by J. Morgan

That Items 2.1 to 2.5 BE APPROVED, excluding Items 2.2 and 2.3.

Motion Passed (5 to 0)

2.1   Integrity Commissioner Agreement

2021-04-19 Staff Report - Integrity Commissioner Agreement

Moved by M. van Holst

Seconded by J. Morgan

That, on the recommendation of the City Clerk, the following actions be taken with respect to the appointment of an Integrity Commissioner for The Corporation of the City of London and local boards:

a)      the staff report, dated April 19, 2021, entitled “Integrity Commissioner Agreement” BE RECEIVED;

b)      the City Clerk BE DIRECTED to bring forward to the May 10, 2021 Corporate Services Committee meeting, a draft Agreement between The Corporation of the City of London and Gregory F. Stewart for the provision of services as The Corporation of the City of London’s and local boards Integrity Commissioner for the term ending as determined by the Municipal Council; it being noted that the draft Agreement will include additional provisions which speak to anticipated timelines for responding to complaints and enquiries in accordance with the Code of Conduct for Members of Council.

Motion Passed

2.4   Declare Surplus - Portion of City-Owned Property – 2846 and 2870 Tokala Trail

2021-04-19 Staff Report - Declare Surplus - Tokala Trail

Moved by M. van Holst

Seconded by J. Morgan

That, on the recommendation of the Managing Director, Corporate Services and City Treasurer, Chief Financial Officer, on the advice of the Manager of Realty Services, with respect to a portion of City-owned land, being part of an undedicated road allowance fronting on 2846 Tokala Trail, closed and designated as Parts 4, 6, 8, 9, and 20, Plan 33R-17911, the following actions be taken:

a)      the subject property BE DECLARED SURPLUS; and,

b)      the subject property (“Surplus Lands”) BE TRANSFERRED to the abutting property owner, in accordance with the City’s Sale and Other Disposition of Land Policy.

Motion Passed

2.5   Report of the Federation of Canadian Municipalities Board of Directors - Virtual Meeting - March 9-12, 2021

2021-04-19 Submission - FCM

Moved by M. van Holst

Seconded by J. Morgan

That the communication from Councillor J. Morgan regarding the Federation of Canadian Municipalities (FCM) update on board activities from the virtual meeting held on March 9-12, 2021 BE RECEIVED for information.

Motion Passed

2.2   Year 2021 Tax Policy

2021-04-19 Staff Report - Year 2021 Tax Policy

Moved by J. Morgan

Seconded by M. van Holst

That, on the recommendation of the Managing Director, Corporate Services and City Treasurer, Chief Financial Officer, the following actions be taken with respect to property taxation for 2021:

a)      the proposed by-law appended to the staff report dated April 19, 2021 as Appendix “A” being a by-law to set tax ratios in the various property classes, in accordance with Sub-sections 308(4) and 308.1(4) of the Municipal Act, 2001 BE INTRODUCED at the Municipal Council meeting to be held on May 4, 2021; it being noted that the 2021 Municipal Tax Ratio By-Law has been prepared reflecting no change to tax ratios;

b)      the proposed by-law appended to the staff report dated April 19, 2021 as Appendix “B” being a by-law to set municipal tax rates for the various property classes, in accordance with Sections 307 and 312 of the Municipal Act, 2001 BE INTRODUCED at the Municipal Council meeting to be held on May 4, 2021; and

c)      the Civic Administration BE DIRECTED to take no action in 2021 with respect to the adoption of a small business property sub-class, to undertake the necessary policy and financial impact analysis including local consultation following release of the regulation by the Province, and to report back to the Corporate Services Committee with recommendations regarding the potential adoption of a small business subclass for the 2022 taxation year and subsequent taxation years.

Motion Passed (5 to 0)

2.3   Year 2021 Education Tax Rates

2021-04-19 Staff Report - Year 2021 Education Tax Rates

Moved by J. Morgan

Seconded by M. van Holst

That, on the recommendation of the Managing Director, Corporate Services and City Treasurer, Chief Financial Officer, the proposed by-law appended to the staff report dated April 19, 2021 as Appendix “A”, being a by-law to levy education tax rates for 2021 BE INTRODUCED at the Municipal Council meeting to be held on May 4, 2021.

Motion Passed (5 to 0)

3.   Scheduled Items

None.

4.   Items for Direction

4.1   Application – Issuance of Proclamation – World Migratory Bird Day

2021-04-19 Staff Report - Proclamation - World Migratory Bird Day

Moved by M. van Holst

Seconded by E. Peloza

That based on the application dated March 30, 2021 from London’s Bird Friendly City Team, May 8, 2021 BE PROCLAIMED World Migratory Bird Day.

Motion Passed (5 to 0)

4.2   Advisory Committees

Moved by E. Peloza

Seconded by M. van Holst

That, on the recommendation of the City Clerk, the following actions be taken with respect to the current Advisory Committee appointments:

a)      the current term for the City of London Advisory Committee appointments BE EXTENDED, until December 31, 2021;

b)      additional appointments BE MADE for the identified Advisory Committees, whose voting membership is well below that number identified in each of the respective Terms of Reference;

c)      the following BE APPOINTED as Voting Member at Large for the term ending December 31, 2021:

     i)   Accessibility Advisory Committee (Requires up to 4 Members of which a minimum of 1 must have a disability)

Bonnie Quesnel

Dianne Haggerty

Jill Teeple

Katya Pereyaslavska

ii)  Cycling Advisory Committee (Requires up to 4 Members at Large)

Marieke Mur

Trevor Wade

Irina Chulkova

Dan Doroshenko

iii)  Diversity, Inclusion and Anti-Oppression Advisory Committee (Requires up to 7 Members at Large)

Melissa Allder

Hetham Hani Jamel Abu Kakry

Nour Al-Faraw

Wajdi Khouri

Krista Arnold

Citlally Maceil

Beverley Madigan

iv)  Trees and Forests Advisory Committee (Requires up to 7 Members at Large)

Samjhana Thapa

G. Paul Nicholson.

Motion Passed (5 to 0)

Voting Record:

Appointment to the Accessibility Advisory Committee

Majority Winner: No majority

Appointment to the Accessibility Advisory Committee - 2nd Ballot

Majority Winner: No majority

Appointment to the Cycling Advisory Committee

Majority Winner: No majority

Appointment to the Cycling Advisory Committee  - 2nd Ballot

Majority Winner: No majority

In accordance with section 6.6.2 of the Selection Process Policy for Appointing Members to Committees, Civic Boards and Commissions, the tie is resolved by lot and the recommended candidate for appointment is Dan Doroshenko.

Appointment to the Diversity, Inclusion and Anti-Oppression Advisory Committee

Majority Winner: Nour Al Farawi; Citlally Maciel; Krista Arnold; Melissa Allder; Wajdi Khouri; Beverley Madigan; Hetham Hani Jamel Abu Kakry

5.   Deferred Matters/Additional Business

5.1   Corporate Services Committee Deferred Matters List

CSC Deferred Matters List - Public

Moved by J. Morgan

Seconded by A. Kayabaga

That the Corporate Services Committee Deferred Matters List as of April 12, 2021, BE RECEIVED.

Motion Passed (5 to 0)

5.2   (ADDED) Application – Issuance of Proclamation – Apraxia Awareness Day

2021-04-19 Staff Report - Proclamation - Apraxia Awareness Day

Moved by M. van Holst

Seconded by A. Kayabaga

That based on the application dated April 14, 2021 from Apraxia Kids, May 14, 2021 BE PROCLAIMED Apraxia Awareness Day.

Motion Passed (5 to 0)

5.3   (ADDED) Board of Directors – Federation of Canadian Municipalities

2021-04-19 Submission - Board of Directors – FCM-J. Morgan

Moved by A. Kayabaga

Seconded by M. van Holst

That the following actions be taken with respect to the communication dated April 15, 2020 from Councillor J. Morgan regarding standing for re-election to the Federation of Canadian Municipalities’ Board of Directors and his associated expenses:

WHEREAS the Federation of Canadian Municipalities (FCM) represents the interests of municipalities on policy and program matters that fall within federal jurisdiction;

WHEREAS FCM’s Board of Directors is comprised of elected municipal officials from all regions and sizes of communities to form a broad base of support and provide FCM with the prestige required to carry the municipal message to the federal government;

WHEREAS an election of FCM’s Board of Directors will be held this year;

BE IT RESOLVED that the Council of The Corporation of the City of London endorses Councillor Josh Morgan to stand for election on FCM’s Board of Directors for the 2021/2022 term; 

BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that Councillor J. Morgan be reimbursed by The Corporation of the City of London, outside his annual expense allocation, for his campaign expenses in seeking re-election to the Board of Directors, in an amount of up to $500, upon submission of eligible receipts; and

BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that Council assumes all costs associated with Councillor Josh Morgan attending FCM’s Board of Directors meetings, the FCM Annual Conference and AGM and the Trade Show, during the 2021/2022 term.

Motion Passed (5 to 0)

6.   Confidential (Enclosed for Members only.)

Moved by M. van Holst

Seconded by J. Morgan

That the Corporate Services Committee convene, In Closed Session, for the purpose of considering the following:

6.1 Land Acquisition / Solicitor-Client Privileged Advice / Position, Plan, Procedure, Criteria or Instruction to be Applied to Any Negotiations

A matter pertaining to the proposed or pending acquisition of land by the municipality, including communications necessary for that purpose; advice that is subject to solicitor-client privilege; commercial and financial information, that belongs to the municipality and has monetary value or potential monetary value and a position, plan, procedure, criteria or instruction to be applied to any negotiations carried on or to be carried on by or on behalf of the municipality.

6.2 Land Acquisition / Solicitor-Client Privileged Advice / Position, Plan, Procedure, Criteria or Instruction to be Applied to Any Negotiations

A matter pertaining to the proposed or pending acquisition of land by the municipality, including communications necessary for that purpose; advice that is subject to solicitor-client privilege; commercial and financial information, that belongs to the municipality and has monetary value or potential monetary value and a position, plan, procedure, criteria or instruction to be applied to any negotiations carried on or to be carried on by or on behalf of the municipality.

6.3 Personal Matters/Identifiable Individual

A matter pertaining to personal matters about an identifiable individual with respect to employment-related matters and advice and recommendations of officers and employees of the Corporation, including communications necessary for that purpose.

Motion Passed (5 to 0)

The Corporate Services Committee convenes, In Closed Session, from 1:01 PM to 1:35 PM.

7.   Adjournment

Moved by A. Kayabaga

Seconded by M. van Holst

That the meeting be adjourned.

Motion Passed

The meeting adjourned at 1:37 PM.

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Hello everybody, it’s just passed well. So we’ll get started for the seventh meeting of the Corporate Services Agenda. And as always, our meetings can be viewed via live streaming on YouTube and the city website. So right now because of COVID-19, City Hall is open by appointment only.

But again, our meetings can all be viewed live stream on YouTube and the city website. The city of London is committed to making every effort to provide alternate formats and communication supports for council, standing or advisory committee meetings and information upon request. To make a request for any city service, please contact accessibility@london.ca or 519-661-2489, extension 2425. To make a request specific to this meeting, please contact csc@london.ca.

And with that, I will go to committee to see if there are disclosures of pecuniary interest. Seeing none, I’ll go to the consent items and we have five items on the consent agenda. Would anybody like to pull an item or two? Yes, Deputy Mayor Morgan.

Yeah, I have some questions on the tax policy item. So maybe we can deal with 2.2 and 2.3 separately. All those, anything else from anybody else? Seeing none, I will ask for a motion to move the remaining items which would be 2.1, 2.4, and 2.5 moved by Councilor Vanholst.

Seconded by Deputy Mayor Morgan. All right, so that’s been moved and seconded. Any comments on any other consent items, questions? Councilor Vanholst.

Thank you, Madam Chair. It seems like we’re going in a pretty good direction with the integrity commissioner. Just perhaps three to staff. I could ask them to describe what we’re hoping to do in terms of the timing of the response.

That seems to be a bit of a change that’s being recommended. Okay, I will go to the city clerk for that. Sure. The current agreement does not attach the protocol for how to process applications or complaints that come in.

So we will just enhance the agreement to make it clearer as to what the anticipation is for responses on complaints and annual reports, et cetera, with the entire commissioner. I have spoken with him and he is very open to that. Thank you, Madam Clerk. Any follow-up, Councilor?

I think that’s fine for that item and just wanna extend my thanks to the FCM for their work regarding 2.5, plus five. And then the remaining comments would be towards item 2.2 and 2.3 that the deputy mayor spoke. Okay, thank you. So we have a motion on the floor.

It’s been moved and seconded. I’ll call the vote. Closing the vote, the motion’s passed five to zero. Moving to item 2.2, which is year policy.

I’ll go to you, Deputy Mayor Morgan. Yes, I had a question for the treasurer or her team. I understand the recommendation is making no change to the ratios and I think the chart clearly outlines the impacts of that. My question was, I still see a small impact on education tax rates on the ratios.

My surprising expectation was that with the freezing of the impact valuations, that there might not be any impact on the education rates lowering, aside from the commercial rate, obviously, which gets a significant reduction based on some of the work that not the city of London has done and the changes that the provinces made. So could you explain to me how the education rate is still impacting the budgeted tax rate? I’ll go to Ms. Barbone or one of her team.

Thank you all, Stuart, and I’ll defer to Joseph for Mr. Logan if they wish to add anything further. But essentially, because the impact valuations have not changed, the residential education rate remains the same. So the rate is still because of the way that it is apportioned across the province.

It basically does have an impact because the greater share of the education rates are born elsewhere in the province. So that does still give a bit of relief to the, as a result of the education amounts, being apportioned still at the same rates. There’s a greater proportion that is still going elsewhere than is what is in specifically with the assessment here in London. So there is, the rate doesn’t change, but because the valuation is still lower as a proportion of the whole, there is a reduction there.

So the share of the reduction doesn’t increase or change. The rate is still the same, but that’s why you see a bit of a reduction that goes forward to reduce the tax rate from what would be there only at a municipal portion. Hopefully, if they can let me know if there’s anything else that they wanna add. I will jump in and then I’ll let any other staff wanna jump in.

That makes sense to me. So it seems to me, if the impact freeze was not in place, that’s where you would get the larger impacts on the education rate, because there could potentially still be further shifts between say a city like one and a city like Toronto based on the way that they’re both appreciating, but in the absence of that MPAC adjustment, there is still a small, well, I wouldn’t say insignificant, it’s 0.4% on the residential, which is a lot of money for some people, but that still exists regardless of whether MPAC is shifting or not. That’s my understanding of what you’ve said. Yes, that’s absolutely correct.

Okay, then on the report, I wanna express my support for the staff recommendation of keeping the tax ratios the same. When you look at that direction, it looks like direction number one in the chart on page 46. The reason why I’m supportive of that is, listen, we’ve made some changes to the education tax rates, or we’ve lobbied for them in the provinces, made them that has taken the pressure off of commercial and industrial, and you see that that puts them into a negative position, a negative tax increase when it’s applied, but the existing positive impact of education rates does provide a benefit to residential and multi-residential and even new residential homeowners, sorry, new multi-residential homeowners as well. In other words, if we leave things as is, everybody receives a bit of a benefit of tax reduction through the education tax rates when they’re layered on top of the property tax rates.

So that to me sounds like the type of situation we wanna be in in a pandemic, everybody getting a little bit of relief and that education rate spread across all of the different tax classes, ‘cause certainly I don’t know of anybody who doesn’t need a little bit of relief from the expected rate, and I think this puts us there, whereas most of the other scenarios will shift the burden on one of those different tax classes in some way or another. So I’m supportive of the staff recommendation and I’m looking forward to hearing what my colleagues think as well. Thank you Deputy Mayor. Any other comments?

I believe Michael, Councilor Van Halst, you indicated a desire to speak to this. Yes, thank you, Madam Chair. And I was pleased to see on page 34, 4.2 and into capping. So that’s a simplification now that removes a complication that we don’t have to deal with in the future.

I’m also supportive of the staff’s direction here. So I agree with the Deputy Mayor. This is a good approach for us, especially since other levels of this government are trying to assist specific groups that are struggling with the COVID situation. And I don’t think we need more cooks on the soup, so we see on page 47 that the phase in, I see it’s 3.5% for all classes by summary.

And I think if we just keep it the same from our perspective, then that’s fair and perhaps the best path forward. So thank you for that. Thanks, Councilor. Any other comments or questions?

Deputy Mayor. Yes, my apologies, Chair. I forgot to comment on one other piece of the staff recommendation that I think is important and that is taking no action at this time but receiving some information back, following up on some consultation on the possibility of a new small business property tax subclass. I support the staff’s recommendation for a couple of reasons.

First, there is no magic tax bullet for small business. The only way you can change that rate is by putting the taxes on other classes. And so, I’m hesitant to create a small business tax class when all it is gonna do is potentially adjust the rates and put them on other tax classes. I also have no idea how we would define small business in this particular situation, which I believe is staff’s goal of looking at the regulations further and doing some consultation on it.

I’m certainly interested in that consultation to see what will come of it. But I think the definition of what would be a small business is going to be challenging both to define and to track for taxation purposes. So, I certainly am for the work that they’re suggesting but also very much for taking no action at this time because there are more questions and there are answers with this potential right now. Thank you, Deputy Mayor.

I’ll say I also support the staff recommendation. So, it’s good to hear committee all seems to be on board. And, you know, I know we talk about it a lot but the reduction from the province in the business education tax rates has been a long time coming and it’s very, very welcome. I’m extremely grateful.

I know Cadillac Fairview has a property in Ward 5. It’s in Masonville Place and they’ve been advocating for this directly to the provincial government and asking our local government to advocate as well which we have been doing pretty relentlessly for a number of years. So, I know we, the last time I believe that the mayor reached out to the province for this, on this issue, we, the council had spoken directly about the kind of relief that this would present to businesses in the midst of this pandemic and how they’ve been hit so hard economically by this pandemic. So, this I’m sure will be very welcome news to our business class and industrial class here in London.

And this is an opportunity to see it laid out exactly what it’s going to mean to them. I know we’ve talked about it in abstract before but this is exactly what it is and they’re gonna start seeing the results of this very, very soon. So, thank you to staff for the work that they’ve done over the years, getting the province on board with this and thanks again to the mayor for the work that he did advocating for the businesses here in London. So, and again, grateful to the provincial government for following through and seeing this through.

So, I’ll look one more time, see if there are any other comments or questions and I’m not seeing any hands virtual or otherwise. So, I’ll look for a mover. It sounds like Deputy Mayor Morgan wanted to move this staff recommendation and I see Councillor Vanholst is looking to second that motion. So, I’ll call the vote.

Opposing the vote, the motion’s passed. Five to zero. That brings us to item 2.3. The year 2021, education tax rates, I was kind of jumping on the talk specifically about this and Deputy Mayor, you wanted this pulled.

Yeah, and I won’t repeat all the good things you said already. I certainly think thinking all of the work of our staff on this is important. I would particularly point out the work of Mr. Jim Logan and the various teams that he’s worked with over the years.

I first learned about this discrepancy from Mr. Logan in my early time on Corporate Services Committee and we are lucky to have a wealth of knowledge in him to be able to not only educate us on this issue, but put us in a position to advocate like we did on it. And I appreciate Chair Cassidy mentioned the work of the Mayor and the work of our staff, but I would also credit all of you and members of council who passed a lobby position on this. You were part of Delegation’s AMO with the Ministry of Finance on this issue.

And certainly, you know, there was a lot of work and a lot of people helping, but members of council were active on this file as well. And so you deserve your thanks too. I do think this is gonna be great for businesses in our city to receive some relief. I’m glad the province took it to the next level and provided relief across the board.

I know it varies based on, depending on what education tax rate you were paying, but it certainly is significant for some at a time when it’s needed. And I remember one of our previous debates being told that this could not be done. And it turns out it can. And it takes longer than you think.

It takes more persistence than you might think, but these things are possible when you remain steadfast. And you got everybody on the team pulling in the same direction, which in this case, we had, I will also say, we had allies in other municipalities and other mayors and other councils who stepped up on this issue as well. And really the province made a good decision here. So thank you.

Very well said. Thank you, Deputy Mayor, Councilwoman Holst, I think you also mentioned that you wanted to speak to this. Those, the comments made by the Deputy Mayor largely match my own. It is, it’s almost surprising when these issues fund to get resolved, but it’s wonderful to see that that that’s taking place.

Very good, thank you. Any other comments or questions? Seeing none, I’ll look for a motion. The staff recommendation is that the education, a by-law to levy education tax rates for 2021 be introduced at municipal council at the meeting of May 4th.

Do I have a mover for that? Moved by Josh, Councilor, Deputy Mayor. Morgan, all your titles there. And do I have a second?

Thank you, Councillor Van Holst. And I’ll call the question. Those in the vote, the motion’s passed, five to zero. Thank you.

Takes us to, we have no scheduled items. So we’ll go to items for direction, for an issuance of a proclamation, for world migratory bird day. Do I have an interested party in moving that motion and or questions or comments? Councillor Van Holst, moving it.

Any comments? No, no comments, good. Do I have a second? Sorry, not that that’s good.

Okay, seconder. Thank you, Councillor Palosa. Any comments or questions on this application? Seeing none, I’ll call the question.

Those in the vote, the motion’s passed, five to zero. Thank you, that too. And we have a report on advisory committees. There’s an advisory committee review and then some of these advisory committees required new members as well.

So I’ll look to committee to see how you would like to proceed. Deputy Mayor Morgan. Yeah, it looks to me like the report has two parts to it. The first is the extension of the terms, which I’m very willing to support and move when appropriate.

And the second is the additional appointments. I know in the past, we’ve basically developed a process for this where we can use the eScribe system to make some votes and put some people in, particularly when there are four members and more spots. So in the absence of, I’m basically prepared by ranking the candidates. So I’m prepared to proceed, however, the committee would like.

I’m not sure what other colleagues prepared for, but if we wanted to use the eScribe system, we could do so and do the votes that way. But I’m interested to hear how others would like to proceed. Okay, so the clerk is recommending that we do BC and D first, which are on the added agenda. The added agenda, we have a through to D or actually through to E.

So we can deal with B through E, which is where we are appointing members to the committees. And then after we deal with those items, then we’ll do a wrap up motion for everything, which would include the extension of the terms until December 31st, 2021. Does that sound good to the rest of the committee? Looks like it does.

We will start with B, which is the accessibility advisory committee. And we can appoint up to four members to this committee. And we’ll do it through the eScribe system. So the question from the clerk is, do we want to shorten the slate or do we want to choose from every person that has submitted an application?

Councillor Palazzo. Thank you, Madam Chair. I would move that all the members have an opportunity to be ready for. If I don’t see anybody with an alternative option, then we will go ahead with that.

I’m seeing Councillor Deputy Mayor Morgan looks like he’s thinking really hard, but you’re good. Okay, great. Okay, that’s how we’ll proceed then. So we’ll start with B, which is the accessibility advisory committee.

Madam Chair. Yes, Councillor Kailabaga, go ahead. I just want to refresh my memory voting just done. Are we voting for just four members or okay?

To four members. Thank you through the chair based on the results from the first vote. We will have a runoff. And that will include Bonnell, Jill Teeple, Cora Wieckowski, Patia.

I’m not going to try and pronounce her last name. That’s candidate H and Diane Hagerty. Based on that second ballot, the appointments will be to candidate B, D, D and H. So that takes us to cycling advisory committee and we require up to four members for this committee.

So we’ll open that vote now. Based on the results of the first vote, we will. And that will be with candidates G and H. Okay, so we’ll put those names back up.

And that vote is open. So based on the second ballot, the two, and I will apologize in advance for the pronunciation of the names, pardon me. Maryac Muir, Trevor Wade, Irina Tolkova. And then we will draw a lot for the final appointment because the vote was tied.

So we will move to D and the clerk’s going to draw a name and then we’ll circle back to the cycling advisory committee to see who the final member will be. So item D is the Diversity Inclusion and Anti-oppression Advisory Committee. This requires up to seven members at large. Councillor Caiabaga.

We have the two names here for Cycling Advisory Committee. So the clerk is going to put the two names in a box. Am I picking it and I’m going to pick one. And the last name is Dan Dora Schenkel.

Based on the ballot for appointments for the Diversity Inclusion and Anti-oppression Advisory Committee, the four candidate D, A, J, and K. Mancier. Yes, Councillor. Could you please ask the clerk to read the names?

Yes, sorry. And then we have one more. Sorry, I’ve missed one on the list here. Thank you through the chair.

The appointments will be in order of what they are on the agenda, candidate A, Melissa Alder, candidate B, Helpham, Hani, Jamel Abu-Hakre, candidate D, Neur Al-Ferrari, Wajdikuri, I, Krista Arnold, J, the Tleille, Mysef. I apologize for my pronunciation. And K, Beverly, Madigan. And the final one is E, The Trees and Forests as Advisory Committee.

We can, it requires up to seven members at large. We only have two applications. There are already members on this committee so it’s not that it will be a committee of only two. We are at, we would add to these two people who have submitted applications.

And so we’ll put those two names up. Councillor Van Halst. Thank you, Madam Chair. I know that there were a number of members who applied or a number of applicants that applied to more than one committee and seemed to express interest in the advisor committee process itself.

So Boniface, Neikar would be one example. And I wonder if we might invite them to join the Trees and Advisory Committee if that was the case. So perhaps some we can reach out to them. So we can move that they be placed on the list and then have that confirmed.

So the clerk has confirmed to me that they will continue to reach out to people to invite them to apply to the different advisory committees where there are still openings such as trees and forests. So the clerk will do that. They already had plans to do that and that’s what they will be doing going forward. Thank you, Councillor.

Thank you. So we don’t have to vote on the last two because there are fewer applicants than what is required. So the clerk will just go ahead and do that final motion that includes all of the names that are being appointed to the advisory committees unless there is something that somebody wants to do differently. But I think that’s the way we’re gonna go.

It’s a long motion and the clerk’s just putting it together now. So, and double checking to make sure it’s all right. So the motion then that we would look for a mover for is the recommendation in the report which is to extend the terms until December 31st. So A would be the current term for the city of London advisory committee appointments be extended until December 31st, 2021.

And B would be additional appointments be made for the identified advisory committees and it would list the names that we voted on here this afternoon. So that is the motion. Do I have a mover and a seconder? Moved by Councillor Palosa.

Seconded by Councillor Vanholst. Comments on that? The vote is open. And you could also see of the actual motion, you can click on that arrow and expand it.

Councillor Vanholst. Yes, Madam Chair, just wanted to extend a thank you to the many people who applied to become advisory committee members. So I appreciate that. And I think it is our policy to send a thank you to those individuals who did apply and might not have been elected.

Thank you, Councillor. The vote is open now. So we can vote. Using the vote, the motion is passed five to zero.

Thank you and add my thank you to all the people that applied for these advisory committees and all the people who currently sit on our advisory committees. I and I know all our city council is very grateful for the work that they do and it’s voluntary work and their input is valuable to the city council and to the city of London. That takes us to the deferred matters list or an additional business. So 5.1 is the corporate services committee deferred matters list.

I look for a mover and seconder for that. Moved by the deputy mayor and seconded by Councillor Caiabaga. Thank you. Any comments on that or questions?

Seeing none, I’ll call the vote. Closing the vote, the motion is passed five to zero. Thank you and added item two is an application for an issuance of proclamation for apraxia awareness day and for people who are not aware, apraxia is, it’s apraxia of speech is a condition that affects young children that have a verbal forming and learning speech and it is like a neurological disorder. So this is apraxia awareness week or they would like us to proclaim apraxia awareness day in order to raise awareness and support for children that suffer from this condition.

And is that mover and you, Michael Vanholst, Councillor Vanholst? I see your names on your screens and so my brain wants to say the first name. So thank you, Councillor. Is there a seconder?

Oh, Councillor Caiabaga has her hand up as a second and do you want to comment? No, she took her hand down. So I’m assuming you don’t want to comment and if there are no comments or questions, then I’ll call the question. Closing the vote, the motion is passed five to zero.

Okay, and the next item is a letter from Deputy Mayor Morgan. It is for consideration for the Board of Directors of the Federation of Canadian Municipalities. I wonder if you wanted to speak briefly on that, Deputy Mayor? I would, first off, I want to let the committee know why I brought this as an added item.

The due date for this application was listed as pending on the FCM site for a little while. And I recently found out that it would be, the resolutions are due on May 25th, of which we have a council meeting, but given, you know, I didn’t want to take the chance of us going very late that day, I thought more advantageous for me to get it through or bring it for the council meeting beforehand. So I wanted to let you know why I did that. Second, I do hope that the committee will support me in making a re-election bid to the FCM’s Board of Directors.

Certainly, I think it has been quite advantageous for both the City of London and Southwestern Ontario to have a number of Board member advocates in the region, including myself, Mayor Joanne van der Hayden, who will become FCM president this year, and Deputy Mayor Kelly Elliott from Thames Center, have all been elected to the Board in the past year. I think that seeking re-election would help us have a seat on the Board and a say during a time where we are likely to enter into what will be both a federal election, as well as continued dialogue and discussion on COVID recovery efforts. The FCM is very active on both files. I currently am both on the Elections Readiness Committee, which would be responsible for advocacy as well.

I chair our Community Safety and Crime Prevention Committee of which you saw our Board report and some items that referred to that. As Councillor Cai-Boggill will know, I’m joined by her on the board. There’s both board members as well as committee members, and she is one of our committee members, the opportunity to serve as committee members will come up later this year. But this is the opportunity to put your name forward as a Board member.

So I put that forward for our colleagues consideration and happy to answer any questions. And hopefully someone will move a motion. I would do it, but that would be very awkward for me, but I’ll leave it to the rest of the committee. Thank you, Deputy Mayor.

Councillor Cai-Boggill. Thank you, Madam Chair. I’ve been off my video and mute as I have my son who’s also studying at the same time with me. So I just wanted to thank Deputy Mayor Morgan for, please, no, just a few minutes.

Deputy Mayor Morgan for putting his name forward again. I do appreciate the work that he has done and I’d be more than happy to support him reapplying for the Board. I’m just however curious to know if there are opportunities for more members of Council to also have the opportunity to apply for this position as well, just to kind of let other people learn about the work that is being done at FCM. It’s really valuable work that would advantage everybody to kind of get acquainted to it.

But again, I am happy to continue to support Council Morgan with the work that he’s been doing, but it would be a great opportunity to open it up to other people as well. So Councillor, I know that anybody that’s interested in sitting on the Board of FCM can put their name forward to Council for consideration and then City Council votes on, and we can put more than one member for consideration to the Board. However, then there is an election at FCM. So no matter who City Council, whichever name City Council puts forward, they then are still elected by the Board or not.

I was a member of committees for a while at FCM and I sat during elections and saw people from other communities who had been on the Board not get reelected to the Board of Directors of FCM. So it always does in the end depend on the will of the delegates for the Federation of Canadian Municipalities who they want to elect to the Board. But any Council member that is interested in running for a place on the Board of Directors, I would suggest that they reach out to Adam Thompson and the government relations people to help them navigate the system and what they should do for next steps if they’re interested in. And again, even without going to government relations, you can always put a letter before this committee and ask Council to consider you for a seat or to run for election on the Board of Directors.

Councilor Van Holst, oh, sorry, sorry, Councilor, go ahead. Thank you, thank you for that information. I just wanted to put out there. Also there’s the committee as Councilor Morgan mentioned that people could also apply for.

I will move this motion. Thank you so much. Yeah, and I sat on committees with Councilor, former Councilor Jared Zafeman and Councilor Harold Usher was the elected member on the Board of Directors. So we did have three members from the City of London representing at FCM and it was a great work.

Go ahead, Councilor Van Holst, your next. Thank you, Madam Chair. So I’m happy to second this motion in support of the Deputy Mayor’s bid for election as well as his request for reimbursement up to $500 for the election expenses. Thank you, Councilor.

And any other comments on this? I would just add my thanks to the Deputy Mayor for representing London. It is very valuable work. It’s a very interesting work.

Having sat on committees at FCM, it’s an excellent opportunity to meet other municipal elected officials from across the country, learn best practices from other municipalities and share some of the great things that we’re doing here in London. So it’s an opportunity to share, to learn and to as a united voice of municipalities in the country to advocate for municipal needs to the federal government and the advocacy is very effective as well. So thank you, Deputy Mayor for continuing this work. And if there are no other comments or questions, then I will call the vote.

Councillor Vanholst, closing the vote, the motion’s passed, five to zero. Congratulations, Deputy Mayor Moore. It ends our public agenda. And so I will look for a motion to go in camera.

Move by Councillor Vanholst. And seconded by, I’m gonna get a drum here so I can do a drum roll while I’m waiting. Thank you, Deputy Mayor Morgan. And I’ll call the vote.

Closing the vote, the motion’s passed, five to zero. We’ll just get things set up to go in camera and get a 30 second break or something.