Tuesday, December 1, 2009

Status of Toronto City Council Meetings

The following information is provided to clarify the status of Toronto City Council's meetings this week.

Regular Meeting of City Council (#42)
  • The regular meeting of City Council (Meeting Number 42) started on Monday, November 30 and continued, Tuesday, December 1.
  • The meeting is now recessed, with many items remaining.
  • These include the Sign By-law (PG33.10) and the Girls Hockey item (CC42.1) among others.

Special Meeting of City Council (#43)

  • On Wednesday, December 2 at 9:30AM, a Special Meeting of City Council to consider various election matters will take place (Meeting Number 43).
  • This is a new and separate meeting.
  • Meeting 42 will remain in recess while Meeting 43 takes place.

Resumption of Regular Meeting (#42)

  • If the Special Meeting is completed before 8PM on December 2, Meeting Number 42 will be resumed shortly thereafter.
  • If the Special Meeting does not finish before 8PM, another time will be set by Council to resume Meeting #42. This could be Friday, December 4, but this has not yet been determined.
  • Council will adopt an Order Paper for the resumed session when it reconvenes. That will determine the order of business, including the resumption of debates on the sign by-law and girls hockey item.

Special Meeting of Executive Committee

  • The Special Meeting of the Executive Committee on the 2010 Capital Budget scheduled for Thursday, December 3 at 9:30AM will proceed as scheduled.

More information on the status meetings of City Council and its committees can be found at www.toronto.ca/meetingmonitor.