Item - 2013.EY27.1

Etobicoke York Community Council on October 1, 2013, recommended to City Council the Community Council's preferred candidate for appointment to fill the vacancy in the Office of Councillor, Ward 3 - Etobicoke Centre.

The clerk of the Community Council advised Members of the Community Council as follows:

"City Council has adopted special procedures for this meeting.  The procedures were distributed with the agenda as part of the City Clerk's report.
 
Each of the candidates who have completed a Consent of Nominee and a Declaration of Qualification and provided personal identification that the City Clerk has deemed satisfactory can address Community Council for five minutes.

Candidates will speak in the order in which they submitted their forms to the City Clerk.  A copy of the speaking order has been placed on your desks.

Each Member of Community Council can ask one question of each candidate.  Members of Community Council may speak if they wish, after all candidates have spoken and questions have been heard.

After Members of Community Council have spoken, Community Council will vote by ballot.  I will instruct you on the balloting process at the appropriate time.

Upon conclusion of the balloting, I will declare the candidate receiving the votes of more than one-half of the number of the Members of Community Council present and voting, or the candidate selected by lot, as the case may be, to be the Community Council's preferred candidate for recommendation to City Council.

The City Clerk's report lists the persons who have submitted nominations for Councillor, Ward 3 - Etobicoke Centre.

The following person has subsequently withdrawn her name from consideration:

 -  Irene Fantopoulos"

The following candidates addressed the Etobicoke York Community Council, in the following order:

Kadir Bacchus

Ross Vaughan

Peter Surjanac 

John Nunziata 

Agnes Potts

Aziza Mohammed

Patrick McConnell

Daniel Trayes 

Miroslaw Jankielewicz 

Nancy Green

Danish Ahmed

Peter Leon

Ahmed Qureshi

Calvin Tarr

Vincent Conforzi

Jack Huynh

Chris Stockwell

Tony Vella

Stephen Thiele

William Star

Doug Kwan

Princess Boucher

Rudy Nagel

Chaitanya Kalevar

Naidu Pandurangan

Bruce Sinclair

Dennis Ewaniuk 

Marek Zarkowski

Peter Markiewicz advised that he was withdrawing his name from consideration.

To ensure that all candidates had the opportunity to address Community Council, Chair Crisanti called out the names of the candidates who had not spoken yet, in the event they may have arrived.

At the conclusion of the candidates' statements, Chair Crisanti advised that Community Council would now proceed to balloting.  He asked the clerk of the Community Council to instruct the Members on the balloting process.

The clerk of the Community Council advised Members as follows:

"We will now proceed to the balloting to recommend a preferred candidate for appointment to the Office of Councillor for Ward 3 – Etobicoke Centre.

If the candidate who receives the greatest number of votes cast receives the votes of more than one-half of the number of the Members of  Community Council present and voting, I will declare that candidate to be the Community Council's preferred candidate for recommendation to City Council.

If the candidate who receives the greatest number of votes cast does not receive more than one-half the votes of all Members of Community Council present and voting, the candidate or candidates who received the fewest number of votes shall be excluded from the voting and I shall conduct another ballot.  Balloting will continue in this way until the candidate receiving the greatest number of votes has also received more than one-half of the votes of the Members present and voting.

 Where the votes cast are equal for all the candidates:

- if there are three or more candidates remaining, I shall select by lot one candidate to be excluded from the subsequent voting.

- if only two candidates remain, I shall select by lot the candidate who will be the Community Council's preferred candidate for recommendation to City Council.

We are about to distribute the ballots to you.

The names of all candidates who have consented to accept the office if appointed will appear on the ballot, except those who have officially withdrawn, whether they appeared at this special meeting or not.

Please indicate your vote by placing an "X" in the space provided to the right of the candidate of your choice.

Please mark your ballot clearly and legibly.   If I cannot determine your intention for any reason, including your handwriting, your ballot will be spoiled and not counted.

You may only vote for one candidate.  If you vote for more than one candidate, your ballot will be spoiled, and your vote will not be counted.   All Members present must vote. If you do not vote for a candidate, your ballot will be spoiled.

Secret ballots are prohibited by law.  You must print your name and sign your ballot in the space provided.  If you do not, your ballot will be spoiled, and your vote will not be counted.

You must remain seated and silent during the voting process until all ballots have been collected.  I will not begin the balloting process until all Members have taken their seats.

When you are finished voting, please fold your ballot in half.  We will collect the ballots when all Members have finished voting.

Members, the voting process is about to begin.  Please take your seats and remain seated during the voting process.

We will now distribute the ballots."

The clerk of the Community Council distributed the ballots to the Members of Etobicoke York Community Council.  Once all ballots had been cast and collected, the clerk of the Community Council tallied the results.

The clerk of the Community Council announced the results of the first ballot as follows:

Number of ballots cast: 9

Number of spoiled ballots:  0

Number of required votes to be elected:  5

Total number of votes counted: 9

For John Nunziata - 3 votes

For Chris Stockwell - 3 votes

For Agnes Potts - 2 votes

For Vincent Conforzi - 1 vote

All other candidates received zero votes.

The clerk of the Community Council read the ballots individually, a summary of which is presented as follows:

For John Nunziata:

Councillor Vincent Crisanti

Councillor Frank Di Giorgio

Councillor Cesar Palacio

For Chris Stockwell:

Mayor Rob Ford

Councillor Doug Ford

Councillor Giorgio Mammoliti

For Agnes Potts:

Councillor Sarah Doucette

Councillor Peter Milczyn

For Vincent Conforzi:

Councillor Gloria Lindsay Luby

The clerk of the Community Council advised that no candidate had received the votes of more than one-half of the Members of Community Council present and voting, and a second ballot would be conducted.  Ballots were distributed to the Members of Etobicoke York Community Council.  Once all ballots had been cast and collected, the clerk of the Community Council tallied the results.

The clerk of the Community Council announced the results of the second ballot as follows:

Number of ballots cast:  9

Number of spoiled ballots:  0

Number of required votes to be elected 5

Total number of votes counted:  9

For Chris Stockwell - 4 votes

For John Nunziata - 2 votes

For Agnes Potts - 2 votes

For Vincent Conforzi - 1 vote

The clerk of the Community Council read the ballots individually, a summary of which is presented as follows:

For Chris Stockwell:

Mayor Rob Ford

Councillor Doug Ford

Councillor Giorgio Mammoliti

Councillor Cesar Palacio

For John Nunziata:

Councillor Vincent Crisanti

Councillor Frank Di Giorgio

For Agnes Potts:

Councillor Sarah Doucette

Councillor Peter Milczyn

For Vincent Conforzi:

Councillor Gloria Lindsay Luby

The clerk of the Community Council advised that no candidate had received the votes of more than one-half of the Members of Community Council present and voting, and a third ballot would be conducted.  Ballots were distributed to the Members of Etobicoke York Community Council.  Once all ballots had been cast and collected, the clerk of the  Community Council tallied the results.

The clerk of the  Community Council announced the results of the third ballot as follows:

Number of ballots cast:  9

Number of spoiled ballots:  0

Number of required votes to be elected: 5

Total number of votes counted:  9

For Chris Stockwell - 6 votes

For Agnes Potts - 2 votes

For John Nunziata - 1 vote

The clerk of the Community Council read the ballots individually, a summary of which is presented as follows:

For Chris Stockwell:

Mayor Rob Ford

Councillor Vincent Crisanti

Councillor Doug Ford

Councillor Giorgio Mammoliti

Councillor Peter Milczyn

Councillor Cesar Palacio

For Agnes Potts:

Councillor Sarah Doucette

Councillor Gloria Lindsay Luby

For John Nunziata:

Councillor Frank Di Giorgio

As the candidate who received more than one-half of the votes of the Members of Community Council present and voting, the clerk of the Community Council declared Chris Stockwell as the Etobicoke York Community Council's recommended candidate for appointment to fill the vacancy in the Office of Councillor for Ward 3 – Etobicoke Centre, for the remainder of this term of Council.