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Wednesday, April 29, 2009

Motion by Councillor Vaughan ruled out of order

The following motion by Councillor Adam Vaughan has been ruled out of order by the Speaker:


That:

1. Recommendation 2a of the Executive Committee be amended to exclude the
following employee classifications: confidential clerical and administrative
clerical

2. The matter of adjustments necessary to accommodate this exclusion be referred to the City Manager for a report to the Employee and Labour Relations Committee and the City Manager be authorized to make whatever adjustments may be necessary to accommodate this change.

Speaker's Ruling on Motions by Moscoe, Filion

The Speaker has ruled that the motions by Councillors Howard Moscoe and John Filion are out of order as they deal with a different matter than the one before Council.

However, the Speaker has permitted the Members to move that they be added to the agenda as motions without notice and City Council has subsequently agreed to do so.

These two motions will be considered as separate items when Council consdiers Member Motions at 2PM on Thursday, April 29.

Challenge

Councillor Filion challenged the Speaker's original ruling is respect of his motion. The Chair was upheld by a vote of 30-4.

YES Ainslie YES Bussin [Chair] YES Carroll YES Davis YES Del Grande YES Di Giorgio YES Feldman YES Ford YES Grimes YES Hall YES Holyday YES Kelly YES Lee YES Lindsay Luby YES McConnell YES Miller YES Minnan-Wong YES Moeser YES Moscoe YES Nunziata YES Palacio YES Pantalone YES Parker YES Perks YES Rae YES Saundercook YES Shiner YES Stintz YES Thompson YES Walker

NO Filion NO Jenkins NO Milczyn NO Vaughan

Vote to uphold the Speaker

Here is the vote on the challenge to the Speaker's request that Councillor Doug Holyday leave the Chamber for the balance of the meeting. The Chair was not upheld by a vote of 17-19

YES Ainslie YES Bussin [Chair] YES Carroll YES Davis YES De Baeremaeker YES Filion YES Giambrone YES Heaps YES Kelly YES Lindsay Luby YES McConnell YES Mihevc YES Moeser YES Pantalone YES Perks YES Rae YES Vaughan

NO Del Grande NO Di Giorgio NO Feldman NO Ford NO Grimes NO Hall NO Holyday NO Jenkins NO Lee NO Minnan-Wong NO Moscoe NO Nunziata NO Palacio NO Parker NO Saundercook NO Shiner NO Stintz NO Thompson NO Walker