Item - 2023.ST1.2

The Striking Committee recommends that:  

1.  City Council approve the 2023 meeting schedule dates in Attachment 1 to the report (November 16, 2022) from the City Clerk and that the published schedule serve as notice for these meetings.

2.  City Council amend the list of days of cultural or religious significance when Council does not schedule Council or committee meetings to include the National Day for Truth and Reconciliation, as set out in Attachment 2 to the report (November 16, 2022) from the City Clerk.

3.  City Council request the City Clerk to distribute the approved schedule to the City's agencies and special purpose bodies with a request that they:

a. avoid scheduling meetings, whenever possible, that conflict with the approved schedule; and

b. avoid scheduling public meetings, forums, public consultations and large scale meetings on days of cultural or religious significance, as amended by Recommendation 2 above, and listed in Attachment 2 to the report (November 16, 2022) from the City Clerk.

4.  City Council shorten the 30-day period that City Council may pass a resolution making an amendment to the Mayor's proposed budget to coincide with the completion of the Special City Council meeting scheduled on February 14, 2023.

The purpose of this report is to establish the 2023 meeting schedule for City Council and its committees.

The purpose of this report is to draw the attention of the Striking Committee and City Council to a regulation related to Part VI.1 of the City of Toronto Act regarding Council's consideration of amendments to the Mayor's proposed budget, which could impact the proposed 2023 schedule of meetings.