Item - 2025.CA23.1
Tracking Status
- City Council adopted this item on March 26 and 27, 2025 without amendments.
- This item was considered by Civic Appointments Committee on March 17, 2025 and was adopted with amendments. It will be considered by City Council on March 26 and 27, 2025.
CA23.1 - Appointment of a Public Member to the Toronto Transit Commission board
- Decision Type:
- ACTION
- Status:
- Adopted
- Wards:
- All
City Council Decision
City Council on March 26 and 27, 2025, adopted the following:
1. City Council appoint Joe Mihevc to the Toronto Transit Commission board, at pleasure of Council, for a term of office ending March 29, 2029, and until a successor is appointed.
2. City Council direct that Confidential Attachments 1a, 1b, and 2 to 4, to the report (March 5, 2025) 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 Transit Commission board.
Confidential Attachments 1a, 1b, and 2 to 4, to the report (March 5, 2025) from the City Clerk remain confidential in their entirety, in accordance with the provisions of the City of Toronto Act, 2006, as they relate to personal matters about identifiable individuals being considered for appointment to the Toronto Transit Commission board.
City Council Decision Advice and Other Information
Appointee's biography:
Joe Mihevc
Joe Mihevc is a former city councillor for the former City of York and the City of Toronto for 28 years (1991-2018 and 2022). Relevant to this application, he was a Toronto Transit Commission Commissioner and Vice Chair of the Toronto Transit Commission. His expertise is in the area of municipal governance and public policy, public health, community development and engagement, housing policy, economic development, urban planning/redevelopment, sustainability, poverty reduction, transit governance and planning, and newcomer resettlement.
Confidential Attachment - Personal matters about identifiable individuals who are being considered for appointment to the Toronto Transit Commission board.
Background Information (Committee)
https://www.toronto.ca/legdocs/mmis/2025/ca/bgrd/backgroundfile-253734.pdf
Confidential Attachment 1a - List of Eligible Candidates, Qualifications, Confidential Diversity Information Summary, and Applications for Appointment to the Toronto Transit Commission board
Confidential Attachment 1b - List of Ineligible Candidates, Qualifications, Confidential Diversity Information Summary, and Applications for Appointment to the Toronto Transit Commission board
Confidential Attachment 2 - Diversity Information Summary for Current Public Members of the Toronto Transit Commission board
Confidential Attachment 3 - Skills Matrix for the Toronto Transit Commission board
Confidential Attachment 4 - Interview Schedule for March 17, 2025
CA23.1 - Appointment of a Public Member to the Toronto Transit Commission board
- Decision Type:
- ACTION
- Status:
- Amended
- Wards:
- All
Confidential Attachment - Personal matters about identifiable individuals who are being considered for appointment to the Toronto Transit Commission board.
Committee Recommendations
The Civic Appointments Committee recommends that:
1. City Council appoint Joe Mihevc to the Toronto Transit Commission board, at pleasure of Council, for a term of office ending March 29, 2029, and until a successor is appointed.
2. City Council direct that Confidential Attachments 1a, 1b, and 2 to 4, to the report (March 5, 2025) 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 Transit Commission board.
Decision Advice and Other Information
Candidate's biography
Joe Mihevc
Joe Mihevc is a former city councillor for the former City of York and the City of Toronto for 28 years (1991-2018 and 2022). Relevant to this application, he was a Toronto Transit Commission Commissioner and Vice Chair of the Toronto Transit Commission. His expertise is in the area of municipal governance and public policy, public health, community development and engagement, housing policy, economic development, urban planning/redevelopment, sustainability, poverty reduction, transit governance and planning, and newcomer resettlement.
Origin
Summary
The Civic Appointments Committee will conduct interviews and recommend one public member to City Council for appointment to the Toronto Transit Commission board.
Background Information
https://www.toronto.ca/legdocs/mmis/2025/ca/bgrd/backgroundfile-253734.pdf
Confidential Attachment 1a - List of Eligible Candidates, Qualifications, Confidential Diversity Information Summary, and Applications for Appointment to the Toronto Transit Commission board
Confidential Attachment 1b - List of Ineligible Candidates, Qualifications, Confidential Diversity Information Summary, and Applications for Appointment to the Toronto Transit Commission board
Confidential Attachment 2 - Diversity Information Summary for Current Public Members of the Toronto Transit Commission board
Confidential Attachment 3 - Skills Matrix for the Toronto Transit Commission board
Confidential Attachment 4 - Interview Schedule for March 17, 2025
Motions
That the Civic Appointments Committee delete recommendation 1 and adopt instead the following:
1. City Council appoint Joe Mihevc to the Toronto Transit Commission board, at pleasure of Council, for a term of office ending March 29, 2029, and until a successor is appointed.