Item - 2023.MM5.22
Tracking Status
- City Council adopted this item on March 29, 2023 with amendments.
MM5.22 - The Need for More Openness at Metrolinx Board of Director Meetings - by Councillor Chris Moise, seconded by Councillor Mike Colle
- Decision Type:
- ACTION
- Status:
- Amended
- Wards:
- All
City Council Decision
City Council on March 29, 30 and 31, 2023, adopted the following:
1. City Council request the Minister of Transportation and the Province of Ontario to amend the Metrolinx Act (2006) to require that Metrolinx and the meetings of its Board of Directors operate in a more open, transparent, and fully accountable manner by being required to give notice and hold all meetings in public, with the ability for members of the public to make deputations both in-person and online, except when considering confidential information, operating under similar policies as municipal and regional governments.
2. City Council request the Minister of Transportation and the Province of Ontario to review and amend Section 11 (3) of the Metrolinx Act (2006) to specify what topics at Board of Directors meetings must be accessible to the public and what topics must be handled in closed session.
3. City Council communicate to the Province of Ontario that the Board of Metrolinx should include elected officials from area municipalities, as it was the case with the GO Transit Board in the past.
Background Information (City Council)
Communications (City Council)
https://www.toronto.ca/legdocs/mmis/2023/mm/comm/communicationfile-166590.pdf
(March 28, 2023) Letter from Neil Betteridge Vice President, Gooderham & Worts Neighbourhood Association (MM.New)
https://www.toronto.ca/legdocs/mmis/2023/mm/comm/communicationfile-166568.pdf
Motions (City Council)
Speaker Nunziata advised Council that the provisions of Chapter 27, Council Procedures, require that Motion MM5.22 be referred to the Executive Committee. A two-thirds vote of the Council Members present is required to waive referral.
That:
1. City Council communicate to the Province of Ontario that the Board of Metrolinx should include elected officials from area municipalities, as was the case with the GO Transit Board in the past.