Vote on Local 79 Agreement

City Council has voted 21-17 to adopt the following:



That Council adopt the following recommendations contained in Item CC39.1, which relate to Local 79:

Recommendation 1
1. Ratify the attached four Memoranda of Agreement dated July 29, 2009, between the City of Toronto and the Canadian Union of Public Employees Local 79 contained in Confidential Attachment 3, to effect new three (3) year Collective Agreements between the parties for the period January 1, 2009 to December 31, 2011.

Recommendation 3, as it pertains to Local 79
3. Authorize staff to make the necessary amendments to rates of pay, benefits and other issues identified as agreed changes in the new Memoranda of Agreement and the new Memorandum of Settlement and any agreed retroactive provisions.

Recommendation 4, as it pertains to Local 79
4. Authorize staff to make the necessary adjustments to the 2009 Non-Program Expenditure Budget and Operating Budgets of the Divisions to reflect the provisions of the Memoranda of Agreement and the Memorandum of Settlement.

Recommendation 5, as it pertains to Local 79
5. Authorize the release of information as follows at the end of the meeting at which the Memoranda of Agreement and Memorandum of Settlement are ratified by Council and these recommendations are approved:

a. Memoranda of Agreement with CUPE Local 79 contained in Confidential Attachment 3 to be made public.
c. Section 2 of Confidential Attachment 1 regarding CUPE Local 79 headed “Summary of the Memoranda of Agreement” to be made public.
e. The balance of Confidential Attachment 1 to remain confidential as it contains information about labour relations and employee negotiations.

YES Augimeri YES Bussin [Chair] YES Carroll YES Cho YES Davis YES De Baeremaeker YES Di Giorgio YES Fletcher YES Giambrone YES Grimes YES Hall YES Heaps YES Holyday YES McConnell YES Mihevc YES Miller YES Pantalone YES Perks YES Perruzza YES Saundercook YES Vaughan

NO Ainslie NO Ashton NO Del Grande NO Feldman NO Ford NO Jenkins NO Kelly NO Lee NO Minnan-Wong NO Moeser NO Nunziata NO Ootes NO Parker NO Shiner NO Stintz NO Thompson NO Walker

City Council has resumed its public session

City Council has completed its closed session and resumed in public.

Motions and votes from the morning session

Vote to split the item into two parts

Councillor Shiner moved to extend debate on CC39.1 by splitting consideration of the item into 2, to allow the 416 and 79 agreements to be debated separately.

The motion did not carry, the required two-thirds vote not being achieved (23 yes, 13 no)

YES Ainslie YES Ashton YES Augimeri YES Del Grande YES Feldman YES Ford YES Grimes YES Hall YES Jenkins YES Lee YES Mihevc YES Milczyn YES Minnan-Wong YES Moeser YES Nunziata YES Ootes YES Parker YES Saundercook YES Shiner YES Stintz YES Thompson YES Vaughan YES Walker

NO Bussin [Chair] NO Carroll NO Cho NO Davis NO De Baeremaeker NO Di Giorgio NO Fletcher NO Heaps NO Holyday NO Kelly NO Miller NO Pantalone NO Perks



Vote to uphold the Speaker

The Speaker ruled that the return to work protocols were not before City Council at today's meeting. Challenged by Councillor Minnan-Wong, the Speaker was not upheld by a vote of 15-19.

YES Augimeri YES Bussin [Chair] YES Carroll YES Cho YES Davis YES De Baeremaeker YES Di Giorgio YES Fletcher YES Hall YES Heaps YES Mihevc YES Miller YES Pantalone YES Perks YES Vaughan

NO Ainslie NO Ashton NO Del Grande NO Feldman NO Ford NO Grimes NO Holyday NO Jenkins NO Kelly NO Lee NO Minnan-Wong NO Moeser NO Nunziata NO Ootes NO Parker NO Saundercook NO Stintz NO Thompson NO Walker

City Council meeting in closed session

City Council is currently meeting in closed session, and will resume in public later today.

 

Check the Meeting Monitor at www.toronto.ca/meetingmonitor for the status of the meeting.

City Council Meeting Underway

City council is meeting today to consider a report from the City Manager on the negotiations with CUPE Local 79 and TCEU Local 416.

 

Visit the Meeting Monitor at www.toronto.ca/meetingmonitor for a link to the report before Council.

 

The Executive Director, Human Resources gave a presentation that is posted here:  http://www.toronto.ca/legdocs/mmis/2009/cc/bgrd/backgroundfile-22639.pdf

 

As the City Clerk's office is just resuming normal services today following the strike, we are not able to provide the same level of updates here or via our Twitter feed (www.twitter.com/torontocouncil)

 

However, the final vote and key amendments will be posted here at the end of the meeting.

Meeting called for August 5 & 6, 2009

The Mayor has called a meeting of City Council starting Wednesday, August 5 at 9:30 AM in the Council Chamber, Toronto City Hall.

This is in place of the meeting previously scheduled for July 6 & 7, 2009 that was cancelled due to the strike.

(Note: The Mayor initially called a meeting for August 5 & 6 to deal with urgent business, but now that a tentative agreement has been reached, the purpose has been changed to a full meeting of Council).

The agenda will be posted July 30.

Notice of Meeting

Vote on Item CC37.1 - Streetcar Funding

City Council has approved item CC37.1

1. City debt financing replace the one third federal funding budgeted for a total City debt funding amount of $834 million for the TTC Capital Project No. CTT122 “Purchase of 204 Light Rail Vehicles (LRVs)”.

2. In order to not increase the net debt for the City of Toronto’s 2009 to 2018 Capital Plan, Council authorize the reallocation of debt funding in the amount of $417 million from TTC capital projects that are to be deferred beyond 2018, as outlined in Appendix A of the attached communication from the Chief General Manager of the TTC.

3. Council authorize the City Manager and the Deputy City Manager and Chief Financial Officer to take the necessary actions to give effect thereto.

Vote on adopting the foregoing:


Ainslie, Paul
N/A
Ashton, Brian
YES
Augimeri, Maria
YES
Bussin, Sandra
YES
Carroll, Shelley
YES
Cho, Raymond
YES
Davis, Janet
YES
De Baeremaeker, Glenn
YES
Del Grande, Mike
YES
Di Giorgio, Frank
YES
Feldman, Mike
N/A
Filion, John
YES
Fletcher, Paula
YES
Ford, Rob
NO
Giambrone, Adam
YES
Grimes, Mark
YES
Hall, Suzan
YES
Heaps, A.A.
YES
Holyday, Doug
NO
Jenkins, Cliff
NO
Kelly, Norman
YES
Lee, Chin
YES
Lindsay Luby, Gloria
YES
Mammoliti, Giorgio
N/A
McConnell, Pam
YES
Mihevc, Joe
YES
Milczyn, Peter
YES
Miller, David
YES
Minnan-Wong, Denzil
YES
Moeser, Ron
YES
Moscoe, Howard
YES
Nunziata, Frances
YES
Ootes, Case
NO
Palacio, Cesar
YES
Pantalone, Joe
YES
Parker, John
YES
Perks, Gord
YES
Perruzza, Anthony
YES
Rae, Kyle
YES
Saundercook, Bill
YES
Shiner, David
NO
Stintz, Karen
YES
Thompson, Michael
YES
Vaughan, Adam
YES
Walker, Michael
NO

Special meeting of City Council - June 26, 2009

In accordance with §27-28 of Chapter 27 of the City of Toronto Municipal Code, the Mayor has called a special meeting of City Council on Friday, June 26, 2009 at the Metro Toronto Convention Centre, 255 Front Street West, Room 105, North Building, Toronto, Ontario, for the following purposes, such meeting to start at 10:00 a.m.:

1. to consider a report (June 25, 2009) from the City Manager and the Deputy City Manager and Chief Financial Officer, headed "Purchase of 204 Light Rail Vehicles (LRVs) - TTC Capital Funding".

2. to introduce and enact a confirming by-law for this special meeting.

The agenda has been posted.

Please note: the meeting will not be broadcast on Rogers Cable TV or on the internet.