Taken from the roll call in the town’s own minutes. The minutes record who was not there and almost never why.
What was decided (1 motion)
1 carried, 0 recorded otherwise. Every motion below is printed as the minutes print it.
WHEREAS on December 21, 2022, the Mayor issued a statutory delegation that outlines the process for recruiting and hiring the new City Manager, and provides that provisions of the City of Ottawa’s Statutory Officer Recruitment, Appointment and Contract Administration Policy and Procedures (the “Policy and Procedures”) will “apply to the recruitment and hiring process for the City Manager,” with necessary modifications to reflect the process set out in the delegation; and WHEREAS the Policy and Procedures provide that all participants in the recruitment and appointment process must adhere to strict confidentiality provisions, including a requirement for participants to sign “a mandatory confidentiality agreement with respect to their involvement in the process … [which must be signed] at the outset of the process, before the participant receives any confidential information”; and WHEREAS the Policy further provides that certain City staff, including “staff as approved by the Hiring Panel and/or City Council,” may be involved by the Hiring Panel in the recruitment process and may be permitted to access related confidential information, subject to Policy provisions; and WHEREAS the City Clerk canvassed all Members of the respective Hiring Panels to identify Members’ staff who may have access to confidential information received through the City Manager recruitment process by way of employment-related duties, and staff names provided by Members are set out in Appendix A attached