Item - 2012.CC25.4

Tracking Status

  • City Council adopted this item on July 11, 2012 without amendments.

CC25.4 - Appointment of Citizens to the Boards of Directors of Build Toronto Incorporated and Toronto Hydro Corporation

Decision Type:
ACTION
Status:
Adopted
Wards:
All

City Council Decision

City Council on July 11, 12 and 13, 2012, adopted the following:

 

1.         City Council appoint the individual listed in Confidential Attachment 1 to the report (July 3, 2012) from the Chair, Corporation Nominating Panel to serve at the pleasure of Council as a member of the Board of Directors of Toronto Hydro Corporation effective July 12, 2012, for a term ending November 30, 2012, or until a successor is appointed.

 

2.         City Council waive the recruitment provisions of City Council’s Public Appointments Policy in order to appoint the individual listed in Confidential Attachment 2 to the report (July 3, 2012) from the Chair, Corporation Nominating Panel to serve at the pleasure of Council as a member of the Board of Directors of Build Toronto Inc. effective July 12, 2012, for a term ending March 31, 2015, with a renewal term of two years, or until a successor is appointed.

 

3.         City Council direct that Confidential Attachments 1 and 2 be made public following City Council’s approval and after the individuals named in these attachments have been notified of Council's decision.

 

City Council has appointed the following person to the Board of Directors of the Toronto Hydro Corporation:

 

Vincent Brescia

M.A. (Economics), B.A. (Economics), C.M.A.

President and Chief Executive Officer, Federation of Rental-Housing Providers of Ontario

Former Chair, Canadian Federation of Apartment Associations

Former Member, Board of Directors, Municipal Property Assessment Corporation

Former Director of Government Relations, Greater Toronto Home Builders’ Association

Former Senior Analyst, Ontario Ministry of Finance, Fiscal Planning Branch

Former Policy Advisor, Ontario Minister of Municipal Affairs and Housing

Volunteer, Interval House

 

City Council has appointed the following person to the Board of Directors of Build Toronto Inc.:

 

Ian MacKellar

BA (Economics), Chartered Accountant

Financial Advisor, Audit and Risk Management Committee, Build Toronto Inc.

Member, Board of Trustees, Rodenbury Investments Ltd.

Former Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer and Former Senior Vice President Finance and Controller, The Cadillac Fairview Corporation Ltd.

Former Partner, Real Estate Advisory Group, KPMG LLP, Chartered Accountants          

City Council Decision Advice and Other Information

City Council considered Items CC25.3 and CC25.4 together.

 

City Council recessed its public session and met as Committee of the Whole in closed session on July 12, 2012, to consider confidential information on Item CC25.4 as it relates to personal matters about identifiable persons being considered for appointment to Build Toronto Incorporated and the Toronto Hydro Corporation.  Committee of the Whole subsequently did not consider this matter in the closed session.

Confidential Attachment - Personal matters about identifiable persons being considered for appointment to Build Toronto Incorporated and Toronto Hydro Corporation

Background Information (City Council)

(June 29, 2012) Transmittal from Mayor Rob Ford on Appointment of Citizens to the Boards of Directors of Build Toronto Incorporated and Toronto Hydro Corporation (CC25.4)
https://www.toronto.ca/legdocs/mmis/2012/cc/bgrd/backgroundfile-48940.pdf
(July 3, 2012) Report from the Chair, Corporation Nominating Panel on Appointment of Citizens to the Boards of Directors of Build Toronto Incorporated and Toronto Hydro Corporation
https://www.toronto.ca/legdocs/mmis/2012/cc/bgrd/backgroundfile-48941.pdf
Confidential Attachment 1: Recommended Citizen Appointment to the Board of Directors of Toronto Hydro Corporation
Confidential Attachment 2: Recommended Citizen Appointment to the Board of Directors of Build Toronto Incorporated

Motions (City Council)

Report of Committee of the Whole

July 12, 2012 - 7:56 p.m. - Deputy Speaker Parker advised that City Council did not debate this item in closed session.


Motion to Adopt Item (Carried)

Vote (Adopt Item) Jul-13-2012 4:46 PM

Result: Carried Majority Required - CC25.4 - Adopt the item
Total members that voted Yes: 30 Members that voted Yes are Maria Augimeri, Ana Bailão, Shelley Carroll, Raymond Cho, Josh Colle, Vincent Crisanti, Janet Davis, Glenn De Baeremaeker, Sarah Doucette, Paula Fletcher, Rob Ford, Mary Fragedakis, Doug Holyday, Norman Kelly, Mike Layton, Chin Lee, Gloria Lindsay Luby, Josh Matlow, Pam McConnell, Mary-Margaret McMahon, Peter Milczyn, Frances Nunziata (Chair), Cesar Palacio, John Parker, Gord Perks, Anthony Perruzza, David Shiner, Karen Stintz, Adam Vaughan, Kristyn Wong-Tam
Total members that voted No: 0 Members that voted No are
Total members that were Absent: 15 Members that were absent are Paul Ainslie, Michelle Berardinetti, Gary Crawford, Mike Del Grande, Frank Di Giorgio, John Filion, Doug Ford, Mark Grimes, Giorgio Mammoliti, Joe Mihevc, Denzil Minnan-Wong, Ron Moeser, James Pasternak, Jaye Robinson, Michael Thompson
Source: Toronto City Clerk at www.toronto.ca/council