Order of Business

Here is rough guide to following the order of business at City Council during today's meeting on Core Services Review.

There are 3 items on the agenda.  Council has started debating the main item on the Core Services Review.

Mayor's remarks

The Mayor is speaking to the recommendations of the Executive Committee that are currently before City Council. 

Members of Council are entitled to ask questions of the Mayor for up to 5 minutes.

Presentation

The City Manager and the Chief Financial Officer are scheduled to make a presentation after questioning of the Mayor is completed.

This will be followed by a question period during which Members of Council may ask questions of City Officials for up to 5 minutes each.

Debate

After questioning is completed, debate on the first item will start. 

Each Member is entitled to up to 5 minutes to speak, with the possibility of a 2-minute extension with the permission of City Council.

During this time, Members may make motions to amend the recommendations currently before City Council.

If a Member moves a motion, other Members may question the mover for up to 3 minutes for the purpose of clarification of the motion.

Voting

After all Members who wish to speak have done so, City Council will proceed to voting on the recommendations. 

A Member may ask that the recommendations be broken down and voted on individually if desired.

Additional Items

There are two other items on today's agenda.  Generally speaking, the same process will be followed for each of those items.

Posting of Motions and Votes

We will be posting motions on this blog as they are moved. 

We will be posting the motions and the votes on each agenda item as soon as possible after the meeting.  To find them, navigate to the agenda  on toronto.ca/council and click on the item number to get a profile of each item.