Item - 2021.EX23.5

Tracking Status

  • City Council adopted this item on May 5 and 6, 2021 without amendments.
  • This item was considered by Executive Committee on April 29, 2021 and was adopted with amendments. It will be considered by City Council on May 5 and 6, 2021.

EX23.5 - Reimbursement of Legal Expenses for a Former Member of Council

Decision Type:
ACTION
Status:
Adopted
Wards:
All

City Council Decision

City Council on May 5 and 6, 2021, adopted the following:

 

1. City Council authorize the reimbursement of legal fees paid to Fenton, Smith Barristers in the amount of $6,889.47 as requested by a former Member of City Council.

Background Information (Committee)

(April 15, 2021) Report from the City Solicitor and the City Clerk on Reimbursement of Legal Expenses for a Former Member of Council
https://www.toronto.ca/legdocs/mmis/2021/ex/bgrd/backgroundfile-165932.pdf

Background Information (City Council)

(April 30, 2021) Supplementary report from the City Clerk on Reimbursement of Legal Expenses for a Former Member of Council (EX23.5a)
https://www.toronto.ca/legdocs/mmis/2021/cc/bgrd/backgroundfile-166607.pdf

Motions (City Council)

Motion to Adopt Item (Carried)

EX23.5 - Reimbursement of Legal Expenses for a Former Member of Council

Decision Type:
ACTION
Status:
Amended
Wards:
All

Committee Recommendations

The Executive Committee recommends that:  

 

1. City Council authorize the reimbursement of legal fees paid to Fenton, Smith Barristers in the amount of $6,889.47 as requested by a former Member of City Council.

Decision Advice and Other Information

The Executive Committee:

 

1. Directed the City Solicitor and the City Clerk to report directly to City Council on the identity of the former Member of Council who is being reimbursed and to provide a description of the reimbursement of legal expenses.

Origin

(April 15, 2021) Report from the City Solicitor and the City Clerk

Summary

The purpose of this report is to authorize the reimbursement of legal fees to a former Member of City Council under the Indemnification for Members of Council Policy.

Background Information

(April 15, 2021) Report from the City Solicitor and the City Clerk on Reimbursement of Legal Expenses for a Former Member of Council
https://www.toronto.ca/legdocs/mmis/2021/ex/bgrd/backgroundfile-165932.pdf

Motions

1 - Motion to Amend Item (Additional) moved by Councillor Paul Ainslie (Carried)

That the Executive Committee direct the City Solicitor and the City Clerk to report directly to City Council on the identity of the former Member of Council who is being reimbursed and to provide a description of the reimbursement of legal expenses.


Motion to Adopt Item as Amended moved by Mayor John Tory (Carried)
Source: Toronto City Clerk at www.toronto.ca/council