Recommendation: That the following actions
be taken with respect to the 1st Report of the Governance Working Group
(GWG), from its meeting held on September 10, 2014:
a) the
following actions be taken with respect to the review of the mandate of the
Investment and Economic Prosperity Committee:
i) the
Municipal Council resolution adopted from its meeting held on June 24, 2014,
with respect to the Economic Development Review, completed by KPMG, BE
RECEIVED;
ii) the
City Clerk BE DIRECTED to review the overall Standing Committee structure
after the completion of the review of the recommendations contained in the
KPMG Report dated March 26, 2014, and report back to the 2014-2018 Municipal
Council;
it being noted that
the Governance Working Group received the attached documents entitled
“Economic Development Plan” and “London – City of Opportunity” submitted by
Councillor J.B. Swan;
b) the
following actions be taken with respect to the review of the Acting Mayor
Policy:
i) the
Municipal Council resolution adopted from its meeting held on July 29, 2014,
BE RECEIVED;
ii) the
City Clerk BE DIRECTED to report back, prior to the end of the current term
of Municipal Council, with a draft policy that would put in place two Deputy
Mayors for the 2014-2018 Municipal Council that provides for the following:
A) one
Deputy Mayor to be appointed by the Mayor;
B) one
Deputy Mayor to be appointed by Municipal Council, by a vote of two-thirds of
the whole Municipal Council;
C) a
process for the appointment of the Deputy Mayor noted in B) above, that is
similar to the process recently used to fill the Mayoral vacancy; and,
D) the
role of the Deputy Mayors to include budget responsibilities and chairing of
the Strategic Priorities and Policy Committee and possibly other Committees
currently being chaired by the Mayor;
c) the
following actions be taken with respect to the City of London’s governance
model and the tracking of approved projects:
i) the
Municipal Council resolution adopted July 29, 2014 BE RECEIVED; and,
ii) the
Civic Administration BE DIRECTED to review and report back on a process for
tracking and reporting on approved projects; and
d) clauses 1 and 2 BE RECEIVED.
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