Item - 2021.CC35.4

City Council on July 14, 15 and 16, 2021, adopted the following:

1. City Council appoint Paul Johnson to the position of Deputy City Manager for the City of Toronto, with such appointment to be effective on September 7, 2021, subject to written acceptance by Paul Johnson, of the terms and conditions of a contract of employment offered by the City.

2. City Council authorize the City Manager to negotiate terms and conditions of employment with Paul Johnson.

3. City Council authorize the public release of the name and curriculum vitae summary of Paul Johnson in Confidential Attachment 1 to the report (July 6, 2021) from the City Manager.

The following Curriculum Vitae Summary for Paul Johnson is now public:

PAUL JOHNSON

Curriculum Vitae Summary

EMPLOYMENT HISTORY

2018 – present General Manager, Healthy and Safe Communities Department, City of Hamilton (currently also the Director of the Emergency Operations Centre for the pandemic response)

2015 – 2018 Director, LRT Project Coordination, City of Hamilton

2015 Director, Corporate Initiatives, City of Hamilton

2010 – 2015 Director, Neighbourhood and Community Initiatives, City of Hamilton

2000 – 2010 Executive Director, Wesley Urban Ministries

1993 – 1997 Director of Resource Development, Wesley Urban Ministries

2005 - 2006 Director, Hamilton Roundtable for Poverty Reduction

1997 - 2000 Y2K Program Officer, Digital Equipment Corporation/Compaq Computer Limited

EDUCATION AND PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT

Bachelor of Arts, History McMaster University, Hamilton, Ontario

Community Shift Leadership Program Ivey School of Business University of Western Ontario, London, Ontario

AFFILIATION

Co-chair - Hamilton Anchor Institution Leadership (HAIL), 2011-present

Province of Ontario Member, Toronto Implementation Panel – Moving on Mental Health, 2013

Chair, Hamilton Best Start Network, 2005-2013

Chair, Human Services Planning Initiative, 2008-2010  

President – Hamilton Association of Approved Basketball Officials

Co-chair – Canadian Basketball Officials Commission (Development and Education Committee)

National Evaluator of Officials – Canada Basketball

Chair – United Church of Canada Joint Grants Committee

Co-chair – United Way of Burlington-Hamilton Campaign Cabinet, 2015

Hamilton Citizen of the Year Award Winner – 2020

John “Wink” Willox Award for Outstanding Contributions to Basketball Officiating, 2015

Honorary Chair, Week of the Child and Youth, 2007

Named Paul Harris Fellow by two Hamilton Rotary Clubs

Graduate – Bay Area Leadership, 2003