City Council · June 24, 2025 · Item 4.2
Councillor Chew be appointed as the Committee of the Whole Infrastructure, Development and Environment Services vice-chair for a term ending November 15, 2026.
Main motion under the agenda item Committee and Board Vacancies due to Ward 6 Vacancy - 2025-315
Carried (11 to 0)
11 in favour, 0 against — unanimous
This was one of 3 motions on the same item
In the order council took them. A vote makes sense next to the ones around it.
- 1/3Main motionCouncillor Klassen be appointed as the Committee of the Whole Infrastructure, Development and Environment Services chair for a term ending November 15, 2026.Carried (11 to 0)
- 2/3Main motionCouncillor Chew be appointed as the Committee of the Whole Infrastructure, Development and Environment Services vice-chair for a term ending November 15, 2026.you are hereCarried (11 to 0)
- 3/3DeferralA decision on the Committee and Board vacancies, as a result of the vacant Ward 6 Councillor seat…Carried (11 to 0)
What was voted on
The motion in its exact words, as recorded in the minutes.
That Councillor Chew be appointed as the Committee of the Whole Infrastructure, Development and Environment Services vice-chair for a term ending November 15, 2026.
Moved by Councillor Goller, seconded by Councillor Busuttil.
How the room voted
In favour (11)
- Allt
- Billings
- Busuttil
- Caron
- Caton
- Chew
- Downer
- Gibson
- Goller
- Guthrie
- Klassen
What council was given
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- Committee and Board Vacancies due to Ward 6 Vacancy - 2025-315.pdf
With the Ward 6 seat declared vacant on May 27, 2025 after Councillor Dominique O'Rourke's election to Parliament, Council is given an early chance to fill three resulting openings: chair of the Committee of the Whole for infrastructure, development and environment, a seat on The Elliott's board of trustees, and a seat on the Well Interference Committee, each until November 15, 2026. Waiting until September is also an option.
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What was said
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47:37So we have the first one is that Councillor Blank be appointed as the committee of the whole
47:45chair for infrastructure development and enterprise services chair for the term ending
47:50next year November 15th 2026 we have another one for the board of trustees for the Elliott
47:58and we have another one for the well interference I have been asked I can't move it but I've been
48:06asked that Councillor Klassen who is the current vice chair would love to put her name for to be
48:12the chair so would someone be willing to move that okay I have Galler and I have Downer willing to
48:18do that to follow the process I have to kind of follow I need to say is there anybody else that
48:24would be interested in that no okay so I will call the vote then on Councillor Klassen becoming the
48:31formal chair for IDE and is anyone against nobody that's unanimous congratulations there
48:39Councillor Klassen that's great now because of that I have to we have to look to appoint a vice
48:48chair because now Councillor Klassen is the chair in in sort of going around I heard that
48:56Councillor would be willing to jump into that role as vice chair again with someone be willing to
49:05to put okay Councillor Goller again and boost it till boost it till we'll move for for Councillor
49:12Chu to be vice chair is there anybody else that wanted to try to do that no okay so I'll call
49:19the vote then for vice chair for Councillor Chew for IDE is there anyone against nobody okay that's
49:26great that's unanimous and now the last two is the Board of Trustees for Elliott and the and the
49:32well interference and I think Councillor Goller you had mentioned that maybe you would like to just
49:38consider deferring so I'll turn it over to you through worship because we will be appointing a
49:44councillor to someone to fill the vacant spot next month I thought maybe we could
49:49for this decision until September so that there's an opportunity for that new councillor to maybe
49:55take one of these roles yes please okay so Councillor Goller will move to furl of those
50:02two appointments and would there be willing okay Councillor Billings are you seconding that for us
50:07yes okay great all right there's no discussion on deferral so I'm gonna have to just call the
50:13vote I think you have a motion that's going to come up on the screen though I know that's
50:17prepared so let's just have come up on the screen before I call the vote okay yeah and for clarity
50:21that's for until September when we have that person appointed I believe yeah yeah that's fine
50:30well because there's no meetings in in in August and it says September right on the deferral so
50:38okay I'll call the vote then on the deferral anyone against the deferral of those two vacancies
50:44no one the deferral passes on that so we'll see that at council we'll just do it for
50:49council meeting in September okay thank you with that we are going to look to move into closed
50:55and it's only excuse me it's only one one issue that's printed on the open agenda
51:02June 2020 25 public appointments for the Elliott committee community board of trustees it's under
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