Administration and Finance

That the Consent Agenda items be received for information and approved.

That the Regional Municipality of Waterloo approve the Multi-Year Accessibility Plan 2023-2027 as outlined in report HRC-TCE-23-003, dated May 9, 2023.

WHEREAS May is recognized as Sexual Assault Awareness Month; and WHEREAS residents rightfully expect elected officials to be held to a high standard of conduct; and WHEREAS municipalities across Ontario, including the Region of Waterloo, have adopted Codes of Conduct to prohibit Members of Council from engaging in harassing or abusive behaviours toward other members, staff, volunteers or members of the public; and WHEREAS there is no mechanism available to municipal councils or local boards to remove members from office, regardless of the egregiousness of their conduct; and WHEREAS the Municipal Act, 2001 only permits the Integrity Commissioner to recommend a maximum sanction of 90 days suspension of pay for councillors who are found to be in violation of the Code; and WHEREAS, Bill 5, Stopping Harassment and Abuse by Local Leaders Act, 2022 amends the Municipal Act, 2001 and the City of Toronto Act, 2006, requiring the Code of Conduct for municipal councillors and members of local boards to include a requirement for those councillors and members to comply with workplace violence and harassments policies; and WHEREAS, Bill 5 also permits municipalities and local boards to direct the Integrity Commissioner to apply to the court to vacate a member’s seat if the Commissioner’s inquiry determines that the member has contravened the code of conduct by failing to comply with the workplace violence or harassment policies; THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED: The Region of Waterloo endorse Bil

WHEREAS the Region of Waterloo is comprised of 3 cities and 4 townships and whereas the Waterloo Regional Council is comprised of representatives from the 3 cities and townships (4 Kitchener Councillors, 2 Waterloo Councillors, and 2 Cambridge Councillors, the Mayors, and the Regional Chair), and the citizens of the region expect transparency and accountability from their representatives, and each area has unique needs and interests, understanding that some issues and decisions will include the whole region, and some are area specific, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED that the Regional Municipality of Waterloo direct the Regional Clerk to prepare an amendment to the procedure by-law to require that all votes taken at meetings of Regional Council and Standing Committees are recorded and included in the corresponding minutes in the interest of the citizens to be able to see how each individual Councillor votes to hold them to account and increase transparency in our actions.

That a closed meeting of the Planning and Works, Administration and Finance, and Community and Health Services Committees be held on Tuesday, May 9, 2023 immediately following the Administration and Finance Committee in the Waterloo County Room, in accordance with Section 239 of the “Municipal Act, 2001”, for the purposes of considering the following subject matters: Receiving advice that is subject to solicitor-client privilege related to a proposed acquisition of lands Security of Regional property Labour relations Receiving advice that is subject to solicitor-client privilege related to a proposed acquisition of lands Receiving advice that is subject to solicitor-client privilege related to a proposed acquisition of lands Receiving advice that is subject to solicitor-client privilege related to a proposed acquisition of lands

That the meeting adjourn at 9:51 a.m.