Item - 2013.CC36.8
Tracking Status
- City Council adopted this item on June 11, 2013 with amendments.
CC36.8 - Appointment of Citizens to the Board of Directors of Build Toronto Inc.
- Decision Type:
- ACTION
- Status:
- Amended
- Wards:
- All
City Council Decision
City Council on June 11, 12 and 13, 2013, adopted the following:
1. City Council appoint the individuals listed in Confidential Attachment 1, as amended, to the report (June 3, 2013) from the Chair, Corporation Nominating Panel to serve at the pleasure of Council as members of the Board of Directors of Build Toronto Inc., including one individual to serve as Chair of the Board of Directors, effective June 24, 2013, for a term ending June 23, 2015, with a renewal term of two years, or until a successor is appointed.
2. City Council waive the Public Appointments Policy residency requirement for membership for the one individual listed in Confidential Attachment 1, as amended, to the report (June 3, 2013) from the Chair, Corporation Nominating Panel to permit service on the Board of Directors of Build Toronto Inc. according to the terms in Part 1 above.
3. Confidential Attachment 1, as amended, to the report (June 3, 2013) from the Chair, Corporation Nominating Panel be made public following City Council’s approval and after the individuals named in the attachment have been notified of Council's decision.
4. City Council request the incoming Chair for the Board of Directors of Build Toronto Inc. to provide, through the City Manager, a confidential report to City Council setting out the Chief Executive Officer selection process undertaken and conclusions reached by the Board prior to the Board finalizing its selection of a candidate for the position of Chief Executive Officer.
5. City Council, acting as Shareholder, direct that following the appointment of new Board members that the Board of Directors of Build Toronto Inc. reconstitute its Human Resources and Corporate Governance Committee and that the Committee re-start the process of reviewing applications, short-listing and interviewing candidates for the Chief Executive Officer position.
City Council has appointed the following six individuals to the Board of Directors of Build Toronto Inc.:
Michael Bernstein
President and CEO, Capstone Infrastructure Corporation
Former President, Macquarie Capital Funds Canada Ltd.
Former Executive Director, CIBC World Markets Inc.
Member of the Board of Trade’s Infrastructure Committee
Board Member, Youth in Motion
Former Member, Steering Committee for the Independent Electricity System Operator (IESO)
Nancy Cohen
Managing Director, Corporate Occupier and Investor Services, Cushman & Wakefield
Former Senior VP and Director, Jones Lang LaSalle (JLL)
Former VP and Director, CB Commercial Real Estate Group Canada Inc.
Member, Cushman & Wakefield Green Council
Former Architect
Former Member, Ontario Association of Architects Sustainability Committee
Chris Hardwicke
Senior Associate, Sweeney Sterling Finlayson & Co Architects
Adjunct Professor, University of Waterloo School of Architecture
Visiting Critic, Faculty of Architecture, Landscape and Design, University of Toronto
Former Instructor, Urban Design & Planning for Green Development, OPPI Professional Development
Member, Downsview Park Design Review Panel
Member, Steering Committee of the Toronto Centre for Active Transportation
Ucal Powell (Recommended waiver of Public Appointments Policy residency requirement)
Executive Secretary-Treasurer, Carpenters’ District Council of Ontario
Chairman, Employee Bargain Agency, Carpenters’ District Council of Ontario
Trustee, Carpenters’ Local 27 Health & Welfare and Pension Fund
Board Member, Humber River Regional Hospital Foundation
Board Member, Ontario College of Trades
Former Member, Provincial Advisory Committee for General Carpentry and the
Provincial Advisory Committee of Apprenticeship Training for Resilient Flooring
Daniel Sullivan (Recommended Chair)
Board Member, Allied Properties REIT
Board Member, Ontario Teachers’ Pension Plan
Director, St. Michaels’s Hospital Foundation
Former Consul General for Canada in New York, Ministry of Foreign Affairs and International Trade
Former Deputy Chair, Scotia Capital Inc.
Former Director, Monarch Development Corporation
Former Chairman, Toronto Stock Exchange
Moshe Wertheim
President, Veritable Systems Inc.
President, Wertheim Consulting Inc. Collaborative Real Estate Solutions
Former Senior Project Officer, Waterfront Toronto
Former Senior VP, Innovations and Engineering, Brookfield Properties Corporation
Former Senior VP, Property Operations and Engineering, O&Y Properties Inc.
Former Member, Technical Standards and Safety Authority
City Council also issued confidential instructions to the Corporation Nominating Panel respecting the appointment of an additional Member and the identification of alternates for the Build Toronto Board.
Confidential Attachment 2 to the report (June 3, 2013) from the Chair, Corporation Nominating Panel remains confidential in its entirety, in accordance with the provisions of the City of Toronto Act, 2006, as it contains personal information about identifiable persons.
City Council Decision Advice and Other Information
City Council recessed its public session and met as Committee of the Whole in closed session on June 11, 2013, to consider confidential information on this Item as relates to personal matters about identifiable individuals being considered for appointment to the Board of Directors of Build Toronto Inc. City Council subsequently did not consider this Item in the June 11, 2013 closed session.
City Council recessed its public session and met as Committee of the Whole in closed session on June 13, 2013, and considered confidential information on this Item as relates to personal matters about identifiable individuals being considered for appointment to the Board of Directors of Build Toronto Inc.
Confidential Attachment - Personal matters about identifiable individuals being considered for appointment to the Board of Directors of Build Toronto Inc.
Background Information (City Council)
https://www.toronto.ca/legdocs/mmis/2013/cc/bgrd/backgroundfile-59195.pdf
(June 3, 2013) Report from the Chair, Corporation Nominating Panel on the Appointment of Citizens to the Board of Directors of Build Toronto Inc.
https://www.toronto.ca/legdocs/mmis/2013/cc/bgrd/backgroundfile-59196.pdf
Confidential Attachment 1: Recommended Citizen Appointments to the Board of Directors of Build Toronto Inc.
Confidential Attachment 2: Recommended Alternate Citizen Members of the Board of Directors of Build Toronto Inc.
Motions (City Council)
June 11, 2013 - 7:46 p.m. - Speaker Nunziata advised that City Council had not considered Item CC36.8 in the closed session.
June 13, 2013 at 7:35 p.m - Speaker Nunziata advised that City Council had completed its closed session consideration of the CC36.8 - Appointment of Citizens to the Board of Directors of Build Toronto Inc. No motions were moved during the closed session.
That City Council adopt the recommendation contained in the Confidential Attachment to the motion by Councillor Fletcher.
Vote (Amend Motion) Jun-13-2013 7:43 PM
Result: Carried | Majority Required - CC36.8 - Fletcher - motion 1 |
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Total members that voted Yes: 31 | Members that voted Yes are Paul Ainslie, Maria Augimeri, Ana Bailão, Michelle Berardinetti, Shelley Carroll, Josh Colle, Gary Crawford, Vincent Crisanti, Janet Davis, Glenn De Baeremaeker, Mike Del Grande, Sarah Doucette, John Filion, Paula Fletcher, Doug Ford, Mary Fragedakis, Doug Holyday, Mike Layton, Chin Lee, Pam McConnell, Mary-Margaret McMahon, Joe Mihevc, Peter Milczyn, Denzil Minnan-Wong, Cesar Palacio, John Parker, Gord Perks, Jaye Robinson, Karen Stintz, Adam Vaughan, Kristyn Wong-Tam |
Total members that voted No: 4 | Members that voted No are Rob Ford, Mark Grimes, Josh Matlow, Frances Nunziata (Chair) |
Total members that were Absent: 10 | Members that were absent are Raymond Cho, Frank Di Giorgio, Norman Kelly, Gloria Lindsay Luby, Giorgio Mammoliti, Ron Moeser, James Pasternak, Anthony Perruzza, David Shiner, Michael Thompson |
That:
1. City Council request the incoming Chair for the Board of Directors of Build Toronto Inc. to provide, through the City Manager, a confidential report to City Council setting out the Chief Executive Officer selection process undertaken and conclusions reached by the Board prior to the Board finalizing its selection of a candidate for the position of Chief Executive Officer.
2. City Council, acting as Shareholder, direct that following the appointment of new Board members that the Board of Directors of Build Toronto Inc. reconstitute its Human Resources and Corporate Governance Committee and that the Committee re-start the process of reviewing applications, short-listing and interviewing candidates for the Chief Executive Officer position.
Vote (Amend Item (Additional)) Jun-13-2013 7:44 PM
Result: Carried | Majority Required - CC36.8 - Colle - motion 2 |
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Total members that voted Yes: 35 | Members that voted Yes are Paul Ainslie, Maria Augimeri, Ana Bailão, Michelle Berardinetti, Shelley Carroll, Josh Colle, Gary Crawford, Vincent Crisanti, Janet Davis, Glenn De Baeremaeker, Mike Del Grande, Sarah Doucette, John Filion, Paula Fletcher, Doug Ford, Rob Ford, Mary Fragedakis, Mark Grimes, Doug Holyday, Mike Layton, Chin Lee, Josh Matlow, Pam McConnell, Mary-Margaret McMahon, Joe Mihevc, Peter Milczyn, Denzil Minnan-Wong, Frances Nunziata (Chair), Cesar Palacio, John Parker, Gord Perks, Jaye Robinson, Karen Stintz, Adam Vaughan, Kristyn Wong-Tam |
Total members that voted No: 0 | Members that voted No are |
Total members that were Absent: 10 | Members that were absent are Raymond Cho, Frank Di Giorgio, Norman Kelly, Gloria Lindsay Luby, Giorgio Mammoliti, Ron Moeser, James Pasternak, Anthony Perruzza, David Shiner, Michael Thompson |
That City Council adopt the recommendations contained in the Confidential Attachment to the motion by Councillor Milczyn.
Amended by motion 1 by Councillor Fletcher.
Vote (Amend Item) Jun-13-2013 7:43 PM
Result: Carried | Majority Required - CC36.8 - Milczyn - motion 3 as amended |
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Total members that voted Yes: 32 | Members that voted Yes are Paul Ainslie, Maria Augimeri, Ana Bailão, Michelle Berardinetti, Shelley Carroll, Josh Colle, Gary Crawford, Vincent Crisanti, Janet Davis, Glenn De Baeremaeker, Mike Del Grande, Sarah Doucette, John Filion, Paula Fletcher, Doug Ford, Mary Fragedakis, Doug Holyday, Mike Layton, Chin Lee, Josh Matlow, Pam McConnell, Mary-Margaret McMahon, Joe Mihevc, Peter Milczyn, Denzil Minnan-Wong, Cesar Palacio, John Parker, Gord Perks, Jaye Robinson, Karen Stintz, Adam Vaughan, Kristyn Wong-Tam |
Total members that voted No: 3 | Members that voted No are Rob Ford, Mark Grimes, Frances Nunziata (Chair) |
Total members that were Absent: 10 | Members that were absent are Raymond Cho, Frank Di Giorgio, Norman Kelly, Gloria Lindsay Luby, Giorgio Mammoliti, Ron Moeser, James Pasternak, Anthony Perruzza, David Shiner, Michael Thompson |
Vote (Adopt Item as Amended) Jun-13-2013 7:45 PM
Result: Carried | Majority Required - CC36.8 - Adopt the item as amended |
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Total members that voted Yes: 33 | Members that voted Yes are Paul Ainslie, Maria Augimeri, Ana Bailão, Michelle Berardinetti, Shelley Carroll, Josh Colle, Gary Crawford, Vincent Crisanti, Janet Davis, Glenn De Baeremaeker, Mike Del Grande, Sarah Doucette, John Filion, Paula Fletcher, Doug Ford, Mary Fragedakis, Doug Holyday, Mike Layton, Chin Lee, Josh Matlow, Pam McConnell, Mary-Margaret McMahon, Joe Mihevc, Peter Milczyn, Denzil Minnan-Wong, Frances Nunziata (Chair), Cesar Palacio, John Parker, Gord Perks, Jaye Robinson, Karen Stintz, Adam Vaughan, Kristyn Wong-Tam |
Total members that voted No: 2 | Members that voted No are Rob Ford, Mark Grimes |
Total members that were Absent: 10 | Members that were absent are Raymond Cho, Frank Di Giorgio, Norman Kelly, Gloria Lindsay Luby, Giorgio Mammoliti, Ron Moeser, James Pasternak, Anthony Perruzza, David Shiner, Michael Thompson |