Item - 2008.CC23.3

City Council on July 15, 16 and 17, 2008, adopted the following motions:

1.         City Council receive the report (July 8, 2008) from the Integrity Commissioner (Item CC23.3), for information.

2.         City Council convey its thanks and appreciation to David Mullan for the important and difficult work he has done laying the groundwork as the Province’s first municipal Integrity Commissioner.

3.         The City Manager, during the two-year review of the City of Toronto Act, be requested to raise the issue, with the Province, of modernizing the Municipal Conflict of Interest Act.

4.         The City Manager, in consultation with the Accountability Officers, the City Clerk and the City Solicitor, develop and report to the Executive Committee on an overview framework for the accountability positions setting out the legislated provisions and any governance, policy and support mechanisms required to effectively carry out the functions and ensure their independence.

5.         The City Clerk be requested to report to the Executive Committee on amending Council’s Rules of Procedure so that in future reports to Council, the Integrity Commissioner shall be permitted to introduce the report at Council and the Member(s) who are the subject of the report shall be permitted, if they wish, to address and make submissions to Council.