Item - 2024.NC15.2

Tracking Status

  • This item was considered by Corporations Nominating Panel on December 6, 2024 and was adopted with amendments. It will be considered by City Council on December 17, 2024.

NC15.2 - Appointment of a Public Member to the Toronto Hydro Board

Consideration Type:
ACTION
Wards:
All

Confidential Attachment - Personal matters about identifiable individuals who are being considered for appointment to the Toronto Hydro Board.

Panel Recommendations

The Corporations Nominating Panel recommends that:

 

1. City Council appoint Brian Topp to the Toronto Hydro Board of Directors, at pleasure of Council, for a term of office ending on June 27, 2026 and until a successor is appointed.


2. City Council nominate Brian Topp as Chair of the Toronto Hydro Board of Directors.

 

3. City Council direct that Confidential Attachments 1a, 1b, and 2 to 5 to the report (November 27, 2024) from the City Clerk remain confidential in their entirety as they relate to personal matters about identifiable individuals being considered for appointment to the Toronto Hydro Board.

Panel Decision Advice and Other Information

Candidate's biography:

 

Brian Topp

 

Brian Topp is Chair of the Board of the Broadbent Institute, a non-profit foundation dedicated to public policy research and training. He is a partner at GT and Company, a consultancy. He lectures at McGill’s Max Bell School of Public Policy, and is a Fellow at the Public Policy Forum. He previously served as Chief of Staff to Alberta Premier Rachel Notley; as Deputy Chief of Staff to Saskatchewan Premier Roy Romanow; and was a member of the Government of Canada’s North American Free Trade Agreement Advisory Committee.

Summary

The Corporations Nominating Panel will conduct interviews and recommend one candidate to City Council for appointment to the Toronto Hydro Board, as well as one nominee for Chair of the Toronto Hydro Board.

Background Information (Panel)

(November 27, 2024) Report from the City Clerk on Appointment of a Public Member to the Toronto Hydro Board
https://www.toronto.ca/legdocs/mmis/2024/nc/bgrd/backgroundfile-251074.pdf
Confidential Attachment 1a - List of Eligible Candidates, Qualifications, Confidential Diversity Information Summary, and Applications for Appointment to the Toronto Hydro Board
Confidential Attachment 1b - List of Ineligible Candidates, Qualifications, Confidential Diversity Information Summary, and Applications for Appointment to the Toronto Hydro Board
Confidential Attachment 2 - Diversity Information Summary for Current Public Members of the Toronto Hydro Board
Confidential Attachment 3 - Current Members' Interest in being Considered for Chair of the Toronto Hydro Board
Confidential Attachment 4 - Skills Matrix for the Toronto Hydro Board
Confidential Attachment 5 - Interview schedule for December 6, 2024

NC15.2 - Appointment of a Public Member to the Toronto Hydro Board

Decision Type:
ACTION
Status:
Amended
Wards:
All

Confidential Attachment - Personal matters about identifiable individuals who are being considered for appointment to the Toronto Hydro Board.

Panel Recommendations

The Corporations Nominating Panel recommends that:

 

1. City Council appoint Brian Topp to the Toronto Hydro Board of Directors, at pleasure of Council, for a term of office ending on June 27, 2026 and until a successor is appointed.


2. City Council nominate Brian Topp as Chair of the Toronto Hydro Board of Directors.

 

3. City Council direct that Confidential Attachments 1a, 1b, and 2 to 5 to the report (November 27, 2024) from the City Clerk remain confidential in their entirety as they relate to personal matters about identifiable individuals being considered for appointment to the Toronto Hydro Board.

Decision Advice and Other Information

Candidate's biography:

 

Brian Topp

 

Brian Topp is Chair of the Board of the Broadbent Institute, a non-profit foundation dedicated to public policy research and training. He is a partner at GT and Company, a consultancy. He lectures at McGill’s Max Bell School of Public Policy, and is a Fellow at the Public Policy Forum. He previously served as Chief of Staff to Alberta Premier Rachel Notley; as Deputy Chief of Staff to Saskatchewan Premier Roy Romanow; and was a member of the Government of Canada’s North American Free Trade Agreement Advisory Committee.

Origin

(November 27, 2024) Report from the City Clerk

Summary

The Corporations Nominating Panel will conduct interviews and recommend one candidate to City Council for appointment to the Toronto Hydro Board, as well as one nominee for Chair of the Toronto Hydro Board.

Background Information

(November 27, 2024) Report from the City Clerk on Appointment of a Public Member to the Toronto Hydro Board
https://www.toronto.ca/legdocs/mmis/2024/nc/bgrd/backgroundfile-251074.pdf
Confidential Attachment 1a - List of Eligible Candidates, Qualifications, Confidential Diversity Information Summary, and Applications for Appointment to the Toronto Hydro Board
Confidential Attachment 1b - List of Ineligible Candidates, Qualifications, Confidential Diversity Information Summary, and Applications for Appointment to the Toronto Hydro Board
Confidential Attachment 2 - Diversity Information Summary for Current Public Members of the Toronto Hydro Board
Confidential Attachment 3 - Current Members' Interest in being Considered for Chair of the Toronto Hydro Board
Confidential Attachment 4 - Skills Matrix for the Toronto Hydro Board
Confidential Attachment 5 - Interview schedule for December 6, 2024

Motions

Motion to Amend Item moved by Councillor Mike Colle (Carried)

The Corporations Nominating Panel recommends that:

 

1. City Council appoint Brian Topp to the Toronto Hydro Board of Directors, at pleasure of Council, for a term of office ending on June 27, 2026, and until a successor is appointed.


2. City Council nominate Brian Topp as Chair of the Toronto Hydro Board of Directors.


Motion to Adopt Item as Amended moved by Councillor Paula Fletcher (Carried)
Source: Toronto City Clerk at www.toronto.ca/council