City Council

WHEREAS the appointment of Ken Hughes as the City’s Auditor General is set to expire on December 31, 2020, as set out in Subsection 3(2) of the Auditor General’s By-law, being By-law No. 2013-375, as amended by By-law No. 2015-11; and WHEREAS on May 13, 2020, City Council approved Motion No. 33/3, as amended, which began the recruitment and appointment process for a new Auditor General in accordance with the Council-approved Statutory Officer Recruitment, Appointment and Contract Administration Policy and Procedures, and directed the Auditor General Hiring Panel to report back to Council by Q4 of 2020 with a recommended candidate for Council’s approval as the new Auditor General; and WHEREAS on December 9, 2020, Council directed the Auditor General Hiring Panel to report back to Council by Q1 of 2021 with a recommended candidate for Council’s approval as the new Auditor General; and WHEREAS over the course of its meetings on November 6, November 16, December 15 and December 17, 2020, the Auditor General Hiring Panel interviewed seven candidates and short-listed three candidates for further assessment, and WHEREAS on December 17, 2020, following review of the results of candidate assessment of the final short-listed candidate from Odgers Berndtson, the external search firm assisting the Hiring Panel, the Hiring Panel has identified its preferred candidate for City Council’s consideration; THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED that, based on the recommendation from the Auditor General Hirin

C. A. Meehan That the following by-law be read and passed: To confirm the proceedings of the Council meeting of December 18, 2020.