Item - 2025.CC28.5
Tracking Status
- City Council adopted this item on March 26 and 27, 2025 with amendments.
- See also By-laws 144-2025, 145-2025
CC28.5 - Recruitment for the Deputy City Manager, Community and Social Services
- Decision Type:
- ACTION
- Status:
- Amended
- Wards:
- All
Caution: Preliminary decisions, motions and votes are shown below. Any decisions, motions or votes should not be considered final until the meeting is complete, and the decisions for this meeting have been confirmed.
City Council Decision
City Council on March 26 and 27, 2025, adopted the following:
1. City Council appoint Kate Bassil to the position of Deputy City Manager, Community and Emergency Services for the City of Toronto, with such appointment to be effective April 22, 2025, subject to written acceptance of the terms and conditions of a contract of employment offered by the City.
2. City Council authorize the appropriate City officials to take the necessary action to give effect to City Council's decision, including the introduction in City Council of the necessary bill to appoint Kate Bassil as Deputy City Manager, Community and Emergency Services.
3. City Council authorize the public release of the Curriculum Vitae Summary of Kate Bassil in Confidential Attachment 1 to the report (March 19, 2025) from the City Manager upon City Council's approval of the appointment.
4. City Council appoint Denise Andrea Campbell to the position of Deputy City Manager, Community Development and Social Services for the City of Toronto, with such appointment to be effective April 22, 2025, subject to written acceptance of the terms and conditions of a contract of employment offered by the City.
5. City Council authorize the appropriate City officials to take the necessary action to give effect to City Council's decision, including the introduction in City Council of the necessary bill to appoint Denise Andrea Campbell as Deputy City Manager, Community Development and Social Services.
6. City Council authorize the public release of the Curriculum Vitae Summary of Denise Andrea Campbell in Confidential Attachment 2 to the report (March 19, 2025) from the City Manager upon City Council's approval of the appointment.
The following curriculum vitae summary for Kate Bassil is now public:
EMPLOYMENT HISTORY
2013 - Present
City of Toronto
- Chief of Staff, City Manager’s Office (2022 - Present)
- Director, Strategic Policy and Planning, Deputy City Manager’s Office (2022)
- Director, Executive Administration, City Manager’s Office (2020 – 2022)
- Associate Director, Strategy and Preventive Health, Toronto Public Health (2017 - 2020)
- Acting Director, Healthy Public Policy, Toronto Public Health (2017)
- Manager, Healthy Public Policy, Toronto Public Health (2013 - 2017)
2010 - 2013
- Mount Sinai Hospital, Senior Epidemiologist, Department of Pediatrics
2008 - 2010
- Simon Fraser University Assistant Professor, Faculty of Health Sciences
EDUCATION AND PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT
- Doctor of Philosophy, Epidemiology (Environment and Health), Dalla Lana School of Public Health (University of Toronto)
- Master of Sciences, Epidemiology, Dalla Lana School of Public Health (University of Toronto)
- Bachelor of Arts (Honours), Biological Sciences (Zoology), University of Oxford
BOARD AND VOLUNTEER INVOLVEMENT
- Adjunct Appointment, Dalla Lana School of Public Health (2010-2023)
The following curriculum vitae summary for Denise Andrea Campbell is now public:
EMPLOYMENT HISTORY
2004 - Present
City of Toronto
- Executive Director, Social Development, Finance and Administration (2019 - Present)
- Director, Social Policy, Analysis and Research, Social Development, Finance and Administration (2014-2018)
- Director, Community Resources, Social Development, Finance and Administration (2009-2014)
- Manager, Community Development (2006-2008) Community Development Officer (2005-2006)
- Community Development Worker (2004-2005)
1998 - 2004
- African Union, JW McConnell Foundation, D-Code Program Director, The Students Commission
EDUCATION AND PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT
- Master of Voluntary Sector Management, McGill University
- Bachelor of Political Science (Honours), University of Toronto, University of Ottawa
HONOURS AND AWARDS
- Lieutenant Governor’s Medal of Distinction in Public Administration (2024)
- Harry Jerome Award - Professional Excellence (2024)
- Toronto Life’s 50 Most Influential People (2021)
- Herstory in Black Top 100 (2017)
- Women Who Inspire Us (2016)
- Black in Canada (2010)
- Who’s Who in Black Canada (2002)
- Black Canadians in History Poster and Education Curriculum (2001)
- Women In Canadian History Poster and Curriculum (2000)
Confidential Attachment - Personal matters about an identifiable person pertaining to the appointment of a Deputy City Manager, Community and Emergency Services and a Deputy City Manager, Community Development and Social Services.
Background Information (City Council)
https://www.toronto.ca/legdocs/mmis/2025/cc/bgrd/backgroundfile-253642.pdf
(March 19, 2025) Supplementary Report from the City Manager on Appointment of Deputy City Manager, Community and Emergency Services and Deputy City Manager, Community Development and Social Services (CC28.5a)
https://www.toronto.ca/legdocs/mmis/2025/cc/bgrd/backgroundfile-253991.pdf
Confidential Attachment 1 - Appointment - Deputy City Manager, Community and Emergency Services
Confidential Attachment 2 - Appointment - Deputy City Manager, Community Development and Social Services
Motions (City Council)
That City Council adopt the recommendations in the supplementary report (March 19, 2025) from the City Manager [CC28.5a]:
1. City Council appoint the candidate identified in the Confidential Attachment 1 to the position of Deputy City Manager, Community and Emergency Services for the City of Toronto, with such appointment to be effective April 22, 2025, subject to written acceptance of the terms and conditions of a contract of employment offered by the City.
2. City Council authorize the appropriate City officials to take the necessary action to give effect thereto, including the introduction in Council of the necessary bill to appoint the approved candidate as Deputy City Manager, Community and Emergency Services.
3. City Council authorize the public release of the Curriculum Vitae Summary for the candidate of the Deputy City Manager, Community and Emergency Services position, contained in Confidential Attachment 1 upon City Council's approval of the appointment.
4. City Council appoint the candidate identified in the Confidential Attachment 2 to the position of Deputy City Manager, Community Development and Social Services for the City of Toronto, with such appointment to be effective April 22, 2025, subject to written acceptance of the terms and conditions of a contract of employment offered by the City.
5. City Council authorize the appropriate City officials to take the necessary action to give effect thereto, including the introduction in Council of the necessary bill to appoint the approved candidate as Deputy City Manager, Community Development and Social Services.
6. City Council authorize the public release of the Curriculum Vitae Summary for the candidate of the Deputy City Manager, Community Development and Social Services contained in Confidential Attachment 2 upon City Council's approval of the appointment.
Vote (Amend Item) Mar-26-2025 4:38 PM
| Result: Carried | Majority Required - CC28.5 - Fletcher - motion 1 |
|---|---|
| Total members that voted Yes: 24 | Members that voted Yes are Paul Ainslie, Alejandra Bravo, Jon Burnside, Shelley Carroll, Lily Cheng, Rachel Chernos Lin, Olivia Chow, Mike Colle, Vincent Crisanti, Paula Fletcher, Stephen Holyday, Parthi Kandavel, Ausma Malik, Nick Mantas, Josh Matlow, Chris Moise, Amber Morley, Jamaal Myers, Frances Nunziata (Chair), James Pasternak, Gord Perks, Anthony Perruzza, Dianne Saxe, Michael Thompson |
| Total members that voted No: 0 | Members that voted No are |
| Total members that were Absent: 2 | Members that were absent are Brad Bradford, Jennifer McKelvie |