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From YouTube: Auditor General Hiring Panel - August 13, 2020
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B
Okay
well
good
morning,
everyone
and
thank
you
for
joining
us
today.
Welcome
to
the
first
auditor
general
hiring
panel
meeting,
which
will
be
conducted
by
virtual
means
through
zoom.
While
we
continue
to
practice
physical
distancing
to
keep
everyone
safe,
just
a
reminder
to
keep
your
microphones
muted.
B
We
don't
have
any
public
delegation
signed
up.
However,
members
of
the
public
are
also
welcome
to
provide
written
comments
which
will
be
circulated
to
members
of
council
and
the
committee.
I
remind
you
that
this
meeting
is
being
live,
streamed
and
will
be
archived
to
youtube,
and
if
you
enable
your
camera,
you
will
appear
to
meeting
participants
and
also
on
the
youtube
stream.
B
B
B
None
before
we
begin
the
agenda
business?
I'd
like
to
ask
the
city
clerk,
mr
o'connor,
to
provide
some
opening
remarks
regarding
procedural
matters,
the
panel
and
our
task
at
hand
and
following
these
comments,
we'll
consider
agenda
items
number
one
and
two,
mr
o'connor
will
provide
an
overview
and
remarks
for
each
item
and
is
available
to
respond
to
questions
so,
mr
city
clerk
over
to
you.
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B
B
B
B
C
C
A
A
A
Yeah,
did
you
get
the
window
fixed,
laura,
like
that's?
It's
they're
gonna
take
a
couple
weeks
to
to
have
to
order
it
in,
but
they
did
get
out
there
pretty
quick.
So
that
was
good
and
you
know
it's
been
wonderful,
because
the
outpouring
from
the
community
and
my
neighbors
and
just
everyone
has
been
phenomenal,
and
I
you
know
it's
really
getting
me
and
the
kids
through
it
and
yeah
we'll
get
through
it,
we'll
figure
it
out.
It
is
what
it
is
but
someday.
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D
Well,
thank
you,
mr
mayor,
and
thank
you.
Members
of
the
pencil
panel.
Apologies
for
the
the
delay.
For
some
reason
my
audio
wasn't
working,
but
everything
else
was
I.
What
I
think
mr
mayor
is,
if
I
traveled
over
to
chambers,
I
think
I'll
just
give
a
brief
five-minute
overview
of
both
items
and
where
we
are
currently
at
in
the
process,
and
then
you
can
move
to
item
number
one
and
then
I'll
take
any
questions
whatsoever
as
members
of
the
hiring
panel
and
anyone
else.
Listening
will
appreciate.
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As
a
result
of
that,
one
of
the
major
issues
and
policy
issues
that
came
out
of
the
ombudsman's
report
was
for
councils
to
set
out
in
a
policy
the
hiring
of
such
statutory
officers.
Mayor
council
did
that
in
april
of
2020,
I
think
other
than
the
region
of
niagara.
We
were
probably
the
second
in
the
province
of
ontario
to
do
so.
So
everything
based
on
the
hiring
panel
today
and
future
will
be
with
regards
to
the
city's
reasonably
new
statutory
officer,
recruitment,
appointment
and
contract
administration
policy
and
procedures.
D
In
may.
Mr
mayor,
you
will
recall
that
you
and
councilor
cliche
moved
to
motion
that
actually
began
this
recruitment
process.
With
regards
to
the
establishment
of
the
hiring
panel
in
june
of
this
year,
mr
mayor,
I
sent
a
memo
to
all
members
of
council
with
regards
to
some
of
the
issues
that
arose
as
a
result
of
that
may
meeting,
including
the
ongoing
development
of
an
ex
interview
process.
D
At
that
point
in
time,
there
was
also
some
discussion
with
members
of
council
and
councillor.
Brockington
was
one
of
the
ones
that
led
with
regards
to
his
and
councillor
clutches
motion
with
regards
to
having
an
informal
discussion
between
the
chair
of
audit
committee,
the
vice
chair
of
audit
committee
and
the
auditor
general
to
provide
some
insights
with
regards
to
qualifications
and
qualities
for
this
particular
position.
Mr
mayor,
I'm
pleased
to
announce
that
that
discussion
took
place
earlier
this
morning.
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Staff
will
be
working
with
hr
to
assemble
our
notes
on
that
and
we'll
be
ultimately
providing
them
to
confidentially
to
the
hiring
panel
and
to
our
external
firm.
With
regards
to
direct
report
number
two
in
this
matter,
mr
mayor,
today's
meeting
is
very
much
a
technical
meeting.
No
surprise
we
have
no,
no
one
from
the
outside.
D
Mr
america,
because
you're
not
only
going
to
be
setting
about
a
recommendation
for
council
to
hire,
presumably
an
auditor
general
for
a
seven
year
term,
so
for
more
than
two
terms
of
counsel,
but
also
with
the
fact
that
you
are
dealing
with
people's
professional
careers
and
lives
at
stake.
So,
mr
mayor,
that's
that's
the
end
of
my
my
opening
comments.
I
can
speak
freely
to
any
of
the
matters
before
the
committee,
but
right
after
the
next
steps
that
I
would
take
should
counsel
appoint.
D
The
external
firm
here
would
be
to
engage
them
swiftly
and
begin
to
go
down
the
process
of
providing
a
list
of
candidates
for
this
hiring
panel
to
use.
My
final
comment,
mr
mayor,
would
be
to
note
that,
even
though
we
have
to
start
and
close
these
meetings
in
open
session,
they
are
going
to
be
from
here
on
in
in
camera
sessions,
and
they
will
only
be
involved
with
those
members
of
council
that
are
on
the
hiring
panel
and
city
staff
who
have
executed
a
confidentiality
agreement.
So,
mr
mayor,
that
is
my
overview.
Thank
you.
B
Thank
you
very
much.
Does
anyone
have
any
questions
of
the
city
clerk
before
we
go
on
to
item
one?
You
just
wave
your
hand
if
you
do
no
okay,
thank
you
for
that.
So
item
one
is
election
of
chair
alexion
in
vice
president.
As
you
know,
I'm
the
chair
of
the
the
hiring
committee.
I
would
move
so
move
that
the
the
chair
of
audit,
namely
jean-claudia,
be
elected,
as
vice
chair
of
the
auditor
general
hiring
panel.
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C
As
described
in
the
motion,
I
think
there
there's
a
note
to
the
motion
that
the
persons
listed
in
appendix
a
have
them
who
are
in
italics
have
not
have
not
submitted
their
forms,
but
others
have,
and
so
I
would
ask
those
persons
in
the
whose
names
are
in
italic
on
on
the
form.
As
of
the
date,
this
was
prepared
to
provide
their
forms
to
the
clerk's
office,
but
the
others
have,
and
so
that
is
the
motion
that
I
am
so
moving.
B
B
B
Okay,
so
I'll
just
read
them
out
for
the
benefit
of
members
of
the
public
and
media
who
may
be
watching
and
listening
item.
One
of
section
two
is
approve.
The
appointment
of
augurs
bernstein
to
assist
the
hiring
panel
in
undertaking
executive
search
for
a
new
auditor
general,
as
described
in
this
report,
establish
the
overall
general
timeline
for
the
auditor,
general
recruitment
and
appointment
process,
as
described
in
this
report,
and
three
receive
the
honor
to
general
job
description,
salary
range,
as
described
in
this
report
and
attached
as
document
4
for
information.
B
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They
have
a
vast
amount
of
experience
in
this
particular
area,
and
I
think
most
recently
of
the
importance
for
us
is
the
fact
that
they
hired
the
auditor
general
for
the
city
of
toronto.
Most
recently,
they've
also
been
involved
in
a
series
of
hirings
with
the
city
of
ottawa
at
the
senior
level,
including
the
general
manager
of
pide
and
the
general
manager
of
innovative
client
services,
most
recently,
so
for
all
of
those
reasons,
mr
mayor,
we're
making
the
recommendations.
B
C
D
B
B
And
our
next
meeting,
the
proposed
date
is
on
or
about
a
thursday
october
8th,
as
outlined
the
staff
report,
the
city
clerk's
comments,
because
the
panel
was
required
to
attend
all
future
meetings,
so
we'll
have
to
make
sure
that
we
get
a
date
that
works
for
everyone's
schedule,
because
we
need
everyone
there,
mr
clerk
october
8
seems
a
long
way
away.
Is
there
a
reason
why
we
couldn't
have
this
sooner.