Motion to Adopt the Item As Amended:
12/2/2009 4:56:49 PM “Elections Meeting - EX37.2 - Item as amended” 29 yea+12 nay,2/3 maj,quorum
YES Ainslie YES Ashton YES Bussin [Chair] YES Carroll YES Cho YES Davis YES De Baeremaeker YES Filion YES Fletcher YES Ford YES Giambrone YES Heaps YES Holyday YES Jenkins YES Lee YES McConnell YES Mihevc YES Milczyn YES Miller YES Moeser YES Nunziata YES Palacio YES Pantalone YES Perks YES Saundercook YES Stintz YES Thompson YES Vaughan YES Walker
NO Augimeri NO Del Grande NO Di Giorgio NO Hall NO Kelly NO Lindsay Luby NO Mammoliti NO Minnan-Wong NO Moscoe NO Ootes NO Parker NO Perruzza
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Amendments
1 - Motion to Receive Item moved by Councillor Denzil Minnan-Wong (Final)
That the Item be received for information.
12/2/2009 4:43:28 PM “Elections Meeting - EX37.2 - Minnan-Wong 1” 5 yea+34 nay,failed,quorum
YES Del Grande YES Kelly YES Mammoliti YES Minnan-Wong YES Ootes NO Ainslie NO Ashton NO Augimeri NO Bussin [Chair] NO Carroll NO Cho NO Davis NO Di Giorgio NO Filion NO Fletcher NO Ford NO Giambrone NO Hall NO Heaps NO Holyday NO Jenkins NO Lee NO Lindsay Luby NO McConnell NO Mihevc NO Milczyn NO Miller NO Moeser NO Moscoe NO Nunziata NO Palacio NO Pantalone NO Perks NO Perruzza NO Saundercook NO Stintz NO Thompson NO Vaughan NO Walker
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2b - Motion to Amend Item moved by Councillor Howard Moscoe (Final)
That:
Recommendation 1a of Executive Committee be amended so that:
1. The rebate program be adjusted so that campaign contributions from $25 to $100 be eligible for a rebate of 90 percent and to offset the cost of this, no contribution over $300.00 be eligible for a rebate.
2 No contributions to a mayoral campaign over $300.00 be eligible for a rebate.
12/2/2009 4:45:36 PM “Elections Meeting - EX37.2 -Moscoe 2b, Part 1” 11 yea+29 nay,failed,quorum
YES Ainslie YES Augimeri YES Del Grande YES Di Giorgio YES Filion YES Jenkins YES Moeser YES Moscoe YES Perruzza YES Saundercook YES Walker NO Ashton NO Bussin [Chair] NO Carroll NO Cho NO Davis NO De Baeremaeker NO Fletcher NO Ford NO Giambrone NO Hall NO Heaps NO Holyday NO Kelly NO Lee NO Lindsay Luby NO Mammoliti NO McConnell NO Mihevc NO Milczyn NO Miller NO Minnan-Wong NO Nunziata NO Ootes NO Palacio NO Pantalone NO Perks NO Stintz NO Thompson NO Vaughan
12/2/2009 4:47:05 PM “Elections Meeting - EX37.2 - Moscoe 2b, Part 2” 5 yea+35 nay,failed,quorum
YES Bussin [Chair] YES Minnan-Wong YES Moeser YES Moscoe YES Perruzza NO Ainslie NO Ashton NO Augimeri NO Carroll NO Cho NO Davis NO De Baeremaeker NO Del Grande NO Di Giorgio NO Filion NO Fletcher NO Ford NO Giambrone NO Hall NO Heaps NO Holyday NO Jenkins NO Kelly NO Lee NO Lindsay Luby NO Mammoliti NO McConnell NO Mihevc NO Milczyn NO Miller NO Nunziata NO Ootes NO Palacio NO Pantalone NO Perks NO Saundercook NO Stintz NO Thompson NO Vaughan NO Walker
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5 - Motion to Amend Item moved by Councillor Doug Holyday (Final)
That Recommendation 1a of the Executive Committee be amended so that clauses 1 and 2 of Appendix A now read as follows:
1. The payment of rebates to residents of the City of Toronto who make contributions to candidates for an office on the municipal council for the 2010 election is authorized.
2. A resident of the City of Toronto who, during the 2010 Municipal Election, makes a contribution to a candidate for an office on the Council of the City of Toronto, may, on or after January 4, 2010, apply to the Clerk of the Municipality (The "Clerk") for a rebate.
12/2/2009 4:48:01 PM “Elections Meeting - EX37.2 - Holyday 5” 8 yea+32 nay,failed,quorum
YES Ashton YES Cho YES Di Giorgio YES Holyday YES Miller YES Perruzza YES Vaughan YES Walker NO Ainslie NO Augimeri NO Bussin [Chair] NO Carroll NO Davis NO De Baeremaeker NO Del Grande NO Filion NO Fletcher NO Ford NO Giambrone NO Hall NO Heaps NO Jenkins NO Kelly NO Lee NO Lindsay Luby NO Mammoliti NO McConnell NO Mihevc NO Milczyn NO Minnan-Wong NO Moeser NO Moscoe NO Nunziata NO Ootes NO Palacio NO Pantalone NO Perks NO Saundercook NO Stintz NO Thompson
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4 - Motion to Amend Item (Additional) moved by Councillor Michael Thompson (Final)
That Council request the City Clerk to report to the Executive Committee, after the 2010 Municipal Election, on the feasibility of implementing municipal funding for elections, the report to include:
1. what amendments would be required to the Municipal Elections Act to allow a municipally funded election to take place;
2. the cost of a municipally funded election; and
3. what qualifications should candidates have to be eligible to register as a candidate in a municipally funded election.
12/2/2009 4:49:52 PM “Elections Meeting - EX37.2 - Thompson 4” 27 yea+13 nay,2/3 maj,quorum
YES Ainslie YES Augimeri YES Bussin [Chair] YES Cho YES Davis YES De Baeremaeker YES Del Grande YES Di Giorgio YES Fletcher YES Giambrone YES Heaps YES Jenkins YES Lee YES Lindsay Luby YES Mammoliti YES McConnell YES Mihevc YES Miller YES Moeser YES Moscoe YES Palacio YES Pantalone YES Perks YES Perruzza YES Thompson YES Vaughan YES Walker NO Ashton NO Carroll NO Filion NO Ford NO Hall NO Holyday NO Kelly NO Milczyn NO Minnan-Wong NO Nunziata NO Ootes NO Saundercook NO Stintz
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3 - Motion to Amend Item (Additional) moved by Councillor Raymond Cho (Final)
That City Council request the Provincial Government to amend the Municipal Elections Act to require individual donors who make multiple donations (for example donations to more than one candidate) to make their identity or official titles known together with their names at the time of donation.
12/2/2009 4:49:00 PM “Elections Meeting - EX37.2 Cho 3” 15 yea+25 nay,failed,quorum
YES Cho YES Davis YES Del Grande YES Di Giorgio YES Fletcher YES Ford YES Holyday YES Jenkins YES Kelly YES Miller YES Nunziata YES Palacio YES Pantalone YES Perruzza YES Walker NO Ainslie NO Ashton NO Augimeri NO Bussin [Chair] NO Carroll NO De Baeremaeker NO Filion NO Giambrone NO Hall NO Heaps NO Lee NO Lindsay Luby NO Mammoliti NO McConnell NO Mihevc NO Milczyn NO Minnan-Wong NO Moeser NO Moscoe NO Ootes NO Perks NO Saundercook NO Stintz NO Thompson NO Vaughan
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2a - Motion to Amend Item moved by Councillor Howard Moscoe (Final)
That Recommendation 2 of the Executive Committee be deleted.
12/2/2009 4:44:36 PM “Elections Meeting - EX37.2 - Moscoe 2a” 12 yea+28 nay,failed,quorum
YES Augimeri YES Bussin [Chair] YES Del Grande YES Di Giorgio YES Hall YES Kelly YES Lindsay Luby YES Mammoliti YES Minnan-Wong YES Moscoe YES Ootes YES Perruzza NO Ainslie NO Ashton NO Carroll NO Cho NO Davis NO De Baeremaeker NO Filion NO Fletcher NO Ford NO Giambrone NO Heaps NO Holyday NO Jenkins NO Lee NO McConnell NO Mihevc NO Milczyn NO Miller NO Moeser NO Nunziata NO Palacio NO Pantalone NO Perks NO Saundercook NO Stintz NO Thompson NO Vaughan NO Walker
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6 - Motion to Amend Item moved by Councillor Rob Ford (Final)
That City Council request the Province of Ontario to amend the Municipal Elections Act to require all contributions to an election campaign in amounts $25 and greater, to be included on the candidate's audited financial statements.
12/2/2009 4:50:52 PM “Elections Meeting - EX37.2 - Ford 6” 12 yea+27 nay,failed,quorum
YES Ashton YES Bussin [Chair] YES Cho YES Del Grande YES Ford YES Jenkins YES Milczyn YES Nunziata YES Palacio YES Perruzza YES Vaughan YES Walker NO Ainslie NO Augimeri NO Carroll NO De Baeremaeker NO Di Giorgio NO Filion NO Fletcher NO Giambrone NO Hall NO Heaps NO Holyday NO Kelly NO Lee NO Lindsay Luby NO Mammoliti NO McConnell NO Mihevc NO Miller NO Minnan-Wong NO Moeser NO Moscoe NO Ootes NO Pantalone NO Perks NO Saundercook NO Stintz NO Thompson
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7 - Motion to Amend Item (Additional) moved by Councillor Adam Vaughan (Final)
That Council request the Province of Ontario amend the Municipal Elections Act to require the Clerk to post all campaign donations on a City of Toronto web site at least one week prior to the day of the election, and that only those donations posted one week before the election be eligible for a rebate.
12/2/2009 4:51:53 PM “Elections Meeting - EX37.2 - Vaughan 7” 7 yea+33 nay,failed,quorum
YES Davis YES Filion YES Holyday YES Jenkins YES Mihevc YES Vaughan YES Walker NO Ainslie NO Ashton NO Augimeri NO Bussin [Chair] NO Carroll NO Cho NO De Baeremaeker NO Del Grande NO Di Giorgio NO Fletcher NO Ford NO Giambrone NO Hall NO Heaps NO Kelly NO Lee NO Lindsay Luby NO Mammoliti NO McConnell NO Milczyn NO Miller NO Minnan-Wong NO Moeser NO Moscoe NO Nunziata NO Ootes NO Palacio NO Pantalone NO Perks NO Perruzza NO Saundercook NO Stintz NO Thompson
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8 - Motion to Amend Item (Additional) moved by Councillor Frances Nunziata (Final)
That Council request the Province of Ontario to amend the Municipal Elections Act to include the compensation by employers of employees for work on Municipal Election campaigns in the definition of contributions.
12/2/2009 4:53:19 PM “Elections Meeting - EX37.2 - Nunziata 8” 15 yea+25 nay,failed,quorum
YES Bussin [Chair] YES Cho YES Del Grande YES Ford YES Heaps YES Jenkins YES Milczyn YES Minnan-Wong YES Nunziata YES Ootes YES Palacio YES Perruzza YES Saundercook YES Stintz YES Walker NO Ainslie NO Ashton NO Augimeri NO Carroll NO Davis NO De Baeremaeker NO Di Giorgio NO Filion NO Fletcher NO Giambrone NO Hall NO Holyday NO Kelly NO Lee NO Lindsay Luby NO Mammoliti NO McConnell NO Mihevc NO Miller NO Moeser NO Moscoe NO Pantalone NO Perks NO Thompson NO Vaughan
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9 - Motion to Amend Item (Additional) moved by Councillor Shelley Carroll (Final)
That City Council request the Province of Ontario to conduct an exhaustive study of Municipal Election Finance Models, and to include in that study actual study group meetings with election and/or campaign finance authorities in relevant jurisdictions where appreciable improvements in diversity candidate numbers have been achieved, and where appreciable reductions in allegations of non-compliance, whether real or imagined, have been achieved.
The study group membership should include the following stakeholder groups:
- representatives of the Ministry of Municipal Affairs and Housing
- representatives of small, medium and large Ontario Municipalities
- representatives of municipal Clerks
- representatives of the Ontario Elections Office
- 2 civic appointees.
12/2/2009 4:54:11 PM “Elections Meeting - EX37.2 - Carroll 9” 22 yea+18 nay,carried,quorum
YES Ainslie YES Ashton YES Augimeri YES Bussin [Chair] YES Carroll YES Cho YES Davis YES De Baeremaeker YES Fletcher YES Giambrone YES Heaps YES Jenkins YES Lee YES Lindsay Luby YES McConnell YES Mihevc YES Miller YES Pantalone YES Perks YES Perruzza YES Vaughan YES Walker NO Del Grande NO Di Giorgio NO Filion NO Ford NO Hall NO Holyday NO Kelly NO Mammoliti NO Milczyn NO Minnan-Wong NO Moeser NO Moscoe NO Nunziata NO Ootes NO Palacio NO Saundercook NO Stintz NO Thompson
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10 - Motion to Amend Item (Additional) moved by Councillor Anthony Perruzza (Final)
That City Council:
1. request the Provincial Government to amend the Municipal Elections Act to allow a system like the one in New York City where candidates are given grants to be used as campaign funds.
2. request the City Clerk to report to the Executive Committee after the 2010 election on the system that is used by New York City.
12/2/2009 4:55:26 PM “Elections Meeting - EX37.2 - Perruzza 10” 18 yea+23 nay,failed,quorum
YES Ainslie YES Bussin [Chair] YES Cho YES Davis YES De Baeremaeker YES Di Giorgio YES Heaps YES Jenkins YES Lee YES Lindsay Luby YES Mammoliti YES McConnell YES Miller YES Moscoe YES Palacio YES Perruzza YES Thompson YES Walker NO Ashton NO Augimeri NO Carroll NO Del Grande NO Filion NO Fletcher NO Ford NO Giambrone NO Hall NO Holyday NO Kelly NO Mihevc NO Milczyn NO Minnan-Wong NO Moeser NO Nunziata NO Ootes NO Pantalone NO Parker NO Perks NO Saundercook NO Stintz NO Vaughan
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