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CAO Recruitment, Selection and Performance Sub-committee

May 15, 2024 · 2 recorded decisions · 722 words of debate

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Routine business (1)adopting minutes, adjourning and similar

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0:38Okay, good day everyone. It is

0:42What is it May 15th? It is nine o'clock in the morning and we are meeting as the CAO subcommittee

0:49For recruitment and performance. So thank you very much for joining with us

0:53I believe a couple of our other members are going to be joining us in just a moment, but to kick things off

0:58I'd like us to if you're able please to stand and recognize our national anthem. Thank you

1:04Great, thank you, and just to continue our moment of silent reflection

2:32Great, thank you and our territorial acknowledgement as we gather let us take time to reflect on our privilege to live and work here in Guelph a

2:50City built over rich indigenous histories or guests here

2:54We should reflect upon that and the responsibility to care for this land the people who live here today and the generations to come

3:01For actions today can move us towards reconciliation

3:04We should take pause and make those decisions with intention and gratitude

3:09This place we call Guelph has served as traditional lands in a place of refuge for many peoples over time

3:15But more specifically the Aniwana Rock and the Honolunoshone

3:19This land is held as the treaty lands and territory with the Mississaugas of the Credit First Nation

3:24And Guelph lies directly adjacent to the Haldiman tract as part of long-established traditional hunting grounds for the six nations of the Grand River

3:32Many First Nations Inuit and Métis people who have come from across Turtle Island called Guelph home today

3:38And with that is there any pecuniary interest or any general nature thereof for the items in front of the committee today?

3:46Hearing seeing none we've got full compliment too. So welcome to our other members. Thank you, and we have

3:53Whoops. I am totally looking at the I

3:56Almost said almost said would someone like to move consent for a demolition permit that was that was about 12 hours ago

4:08Hold on let me just pull up in front of me here

4:11Well, thank you. I've had it's loading on my iPad here, too

4:17I

4:18Know that we are going to be looking to move into closed session

4:21It's got to get the right section 239 to I of the Municipal Act a trade secret or

4:29scientific technical commercial financial or

4:32Labor relations information

4:35Confidence to the municipality or local board and the title on the open agenda says closed

4:40CAO job posting approval and

4:43Recruitment launch for next steps

4:45That's it. So who's gonna jump their hand up for me on that one to move

4:51counselor, Kate and chair Allt is seconding and

4:55Do you have anything further on that nope, it's I'm gonna call a vote is anyone against

5:02That's unanimous. We will be moving into closed session then. Thank you so much

1:35:28Okay, hello everyone. Thank you again for joining us back here for the CAO subcommittee. We have just arisen from

1:35:36Our closed session and we do have a motion from from there that we want to make sure is

1:35:41tabled out here in the open

1:35:44session

1:35:45And so that I'm gonna look to counselor

1:35:49I'm sorry chair alts to please table that for us if you could read that out on the screen

1:35:54Thank You, mayor Guthrie moved by all seconded by a work

1:35:59That the draft job posting slash advertisement as presented and discussed that the chief administrative officer

1:36:06recruitment selection and performance subcommittee closed meeting of 15th of May

1:36:122024 be approved and that Boyd in Canada the executive search firm and the acting general manager human resources

1:36:18Be directed to publicly launch the recruitment for the chief administrative officer position

1:36:27Perfect as you said

1:36:28seconded by chair or work and so is there anything further on that?

1:36:33No, okay. I'm gonna call the vote is anyone against that

1:36:36That's nobody that's unanimous

1:36:39So thank you so much and counselor over our chair or work would you mind moving adjournment and seconded by chair Allt?

1:36:47Yep, perfect as anyone against adjournment. That's nobody so our committee is done. Thank you so much. Have a good day

1:36:55Well, Kathy if you can hear me. We just adjourned. We're good. We finished everything. Okay?

1:37:05So don't wait around. Okay. You're good to go Kathy. Bye. Bye