Motion by Councillor Stintz on Item EX16.8

Councillor Karen Stintz has moved the following motion on item EX16.8 headed Toronto Transit Commission Governance.
 
That the Executive Committee Recommendations be deleted and Council adopt the following instead:

1. Notwithstanding Part 12 of Executive Committee Item EX4.7 adopted by Council at its meeting on April 12 and 13, 2011, City Council approve the following new governance structure for the Toronto Transit Commission to take effect immediately:

a. a seven (7) member Commission composed of Council members, including a Chair appointed by City Council;

b. a Vice Chair appointed by the Toronto Transit Commission from among the Council members appointed by City Council; and

c. Council members will serve for a 2-year term of office, at pleasure of City Council, or until successors are appointed.

2. City Council rescind the existing nine (9) Council member appointments to the Toronto Transit Commission, effective immediately.

  

3. City Council at this meeting appoint, by ballot:

a. seven (7) Council members to the Toronto Transit Commission; and

b. a TTC Chair from among the seven (7) Council members appointed to the Toronto Transit Commission

for a term of office effective immediately and until November 30, 2014, notwithstanding Part 1c above, or until successors are appointed.

4. City Council increase the composition of the Toronto Transit Commission from seven (7) to eleven (11) effective with the October 30, 2012 City Council meeting, by adding four (4) citizen members appointed by City Council, subject to the following:

a. Citizen members will serve for a 4-year term of office, generally coinciding with the term of the Council that makes the appointments, at pleasure of City Council, or until successors are appointed; except in the initial term of office for citizen members, where the term will be for the balance of the 2010-2014 term of Council, or until successors are appointed;

b. Citizen members will serve a maximum of 2 consecutive 4-year terms to a limit of 8 years, or until successors are appointed; except for maximum service for initial citizen members of one and a half consecutive terms of Council to a limit of 6 years, or until successors are appointed; and 

 c. The Toronto Transit Commission appoint a Vice Chair from among the four citizen members appointed by City Council.

5. City Council approve a rate of remuneration for citizen members of the Toronto Transit Commission of $10,000 per year, and $15,000 per year for the citizen Vice Chair of the Toronto Transit Commission.

6. City Council authorize the City Manager to commence recruitment of the 4 citizen members through an advertised recruitment process (Type 1 recruitment process as set out in the Public Appointments Policy); and the Civic Appointments Committee shortlist and interview candidates and then recommend the appointment of citizen members for approval by City Council.

7. In addition to the general eligibility requirements of the Public Appointments Policy, City Council approve qualifications for the citizen board members who shall have directorship and executive-level experience and collectively represent a range of skills, knowledge and experience with one or more large organizations in the following areas:

• - Strategic business management, including transformative change management;
• - Financial management, accounting, law, engineering;
• - Customer service or marketing management;
• - Management or planning with a rail or public transit organization;
• - Formulation and/or management of public-private partnerships;
• - Capital project/construction management or capital procurement/supply chain management;
• - Operations and information technology; and
• - Labour relations/industrial safety management.

8. City Council request the Toronto Transit Commission to amend its Procedure By-law to be consistent with the governance changes recommended in this Item and forward the amended by-law to the City Manager for City Council approval in accordance with Council's policy requiring approval of board by-laws that regulate the internal conduct of the business and affairs of the board [Executive Committee Item EX4.6, Part 2a.i., adopted by City Council at its meeting on April 12 and 13, 2011].

 9. City Council request the City Manager to amend the Public Appointments Policy and the Remuneration Policy to reflect the governance changes recommended in this Item.

  

10. City Council request the City Manager to develop the role and responsibilities:

 

a. for the position of Chair; and


b. for the position of Vice Chair, to be considered by the Civic Appointments Committee in its consideration of candidates.

 
11. City Council authorize the City Solicitor to introduce the necessary Bills in Council to amend Chapter 279, Toronto Transit Commission, of the Toronto Municipal Code, and to give effect to the appointments to the Toronto Transit Commission.