Body: Committee of the Whole Type: Minutes Meeting: Committee of the Whole Date: January 4, 2011 Collection: Council Minutes Municipality: South Frontenac
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Minutes of Committee of the Whole
January 4th, 2011 Meeting No. 1 Date: January 4th,th2011 Time: 7:00 p.m. Location: Sydenham Present:
Mayor, Councillors,
Gary Davison John McDougall Allan McPhail Cam Naish
Bill Robinson Del Stowe Ron Vandewal
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Larry York Absent:
MarkTinlin
Staff:
Wayne Orr, Chief Administrative Officer
Call to Order
The Mayor called the meeting to order at 7:00 p.m. 2.
Declaration of Pecuniary Interest.
There were no declarations of pecuniary interest. 3.
Delegations - nil
Business Items
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Committee Structure
Wayne Orr presented to Council a summary of the feedback from the Committee of the
Whole meeting on December 14th which had been distributed to Council electronically on December 22nd.
The initial focus was discussion with regard to the last page, the proposed Council structure. There was discussion on how this came to be and what initiated the changes that were suggested. Wayne Orr walked through how this structure would operate and the various roles of
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both staff and the committees of Council. There was discussion amongst Councillors about the merits, concerns, drawbacks and benefits of such a proposal. General comments included; a need to keep the structure simple, if it isn’t broke not to fix it, the importance of keeping public access to council committees rather than havmg all day functions and that this proposal seems to go too far too quickly. Through discussion there appeared to be a consensus that a Public Works Committee as well as a Corporate Services Committee and Development Services Committee would be appropriate. However a Community Services Committee was not felt to be necessary while the
ongomg role of Committee of the Whole was felt to be necessary. Council did acknowledge the need to have the entire Committee of the Whole working on strategic planning, growth changes, and economic development as an initiative through this term of Council.
Council then went through by committee, the Council appointees as well as the number of citizen appointees that would be appropriate. Council then proceeded to discuss which committees would be advertised and which would be appointed or extended.
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A summary sheet is attached which outlines the feedback with regard to the particular committees and Council structure. 5.
Adjournment
The Committee of the Whole meeting adjourned at 9:10 p.m.
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