Item - 2021.IE25.23

Tracking Status

  • City Council adopted this item on November 9, 2021 without amendments and without debate.
  • This item was considered by the Infrastructure and Environment Committee on October 26, 2021 and adopted without amendment. It will be considered by City Council on November 9, 2021.

IE25.23 - Revisiting Permits for Utility Companies to Rectify Safety Issues at Job Sites

Decision Type:
ACTION
Status:
Adopted on Consent
Ward:
7 - Humber River - Black Creek

City Council Decision

City Council on November 9, 10 and 12, 2021, adopted the following:

 

1. City Council request the General Manager, Transportation Services to report to the Infrastructure and Environment Committee in April 2022, on Item IE14.16, headed "Increasing the Oversight in the Utility Cut Process".

Background Information (Committee)

(October 26, 2021) Letter from Councillor Anthony Perruzza, Ward 7, Humber River-Black Creek on Revisiting Permits for Utility Companies to Rectify Safety Issues at Job Sites
https://www.toronto.ca/legdocs/mmis/2021/ie/bgrd/backgroundfile-172336.pdf
Attachment 1
https://www.toronto.ca/legdocs/mmis/2021/ie/bgrd/backgroundfile-172337.pdf
Attachment 2
https://www.toronto.ca/legdocs/mmis/2021/ie/bgrd/backgroundfile-172338.pdf

IE25.23 - Revisiting Permits for Utility Companies to Rectify Safety Issues at Job Sites

Decision Type:
ACTION
Status:
Adopted
Ward:
7 - Humber River - Black Creek

Committee Recommendations

The Infrastructure and Environment Committee recommends that:

 

1. City Council request the General Manager, Transportation Services to report to the Infrastructure and Environment Committee in April 2022, to the Infrastructure and Environment Committee on Item IE14.16, headed "Increasing the Oversight in the Utility Cut Process".

Origin

(October 26, 2021) Letter from Councillor Anthony Perruzza, Ward 7, Humber River-Black Creek

Summary

Utility companies undertake contracts, and in many cases, the process leads to incomplete and substandard restoration work, as is the case in Snowood Drive (pictures attached).

 

Through motions and my communication with City staff, I have asked to review temporary stream utility permits. The City of Toronto has no capacity to fully supervise or fully inspect these job sites, and because these jobs are not finished to a satisfactory level, they are causing the deterioration of the City's capital assets.

Background Information

(October 26, 2021) Letter from Councillor Anthony Perruzza, Ward 7, Humber River-Black Creek on Revisiting Permits for Utility Companies to Rectify Safety Issues at Job Sites
https://www.toronto.ca/legdocs/mmis/2021/ie/bgrd/backgroundfile-172336.pdf
Attachment 1
https://www.toronto.ca/legdocs/mmis/2021/ie/bgrd/backgroundfile-172337.pdf
Attachment 2
https://www.toronto.ca/legdocs/mmis/2021/ie/bgrd/backgroundfile-172338.pdf

Motions

Motion to Add New Business at Committee moved by Councillor Anthony Perruzza (Carried)

Motion to Adopt Item moved by Councillor Jennifer McKelvie (Carried)
Source: Toronto City Clerk at www.toronto.ca/council