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Member Appointments for the New Term

After an election, at the beginning of a new term, the membership of each committee of council needs to be determined and the Chairs of those committees need to be elected.

City Council appointed Council Members to its committees and various agencies, boards and commissions on December 3, 2014.

Most of the appointments are effective immediately. With some exceptions, the appointments are made for the first half of the term, after which City Council will again consider mid-term appointments for the balance of the term.

These appointments follow the Mayor’s appointments of the Deputy Mayor and the policy standing committee chairs under powers delegated to him by City Council. Mayor John Tory's appointments for Deputy Mayor and Chairs of the policy standing committees are as follows:

• Deputy Mayor - Councillor Denzil Minnan-Wong
• Chair, Community Development and Recreation Committee - Councillor James Pasternak
• Chair, Economic Development Committee - Councillor Michael Thompson
• Chair, Government Management Committee - Councillor Paul Ainslie
• Chair, Licensing and Standards Committee - Councillor Cesar Palacio
• Chair, Parks and Environment Committee - Councillor Michelle Berardinetti
• Chair, Planning and Growth Management Committee - Councillor David Shiner
• Chair, Public Works and Infrastructure Committee - Councillor Jaye Robinson

Every Toronto City Councillor is part of one Community Council. Community Council membership is based on wards within each of the 4 designated geographic areas of the City of Toronto. The Community Councils have elected the Chairs and Vice-Chairs for each Community Council at their December 3, 2014 meetings.

The following members were elected:

Etobicoke York Community Council.

• Councillor Mark Grimes, Chair
• Councillor Vincent Crisanti, Vice-Chair

North York Community Council.

• Councillor Maria Augimeri, Chair
• Councillor James Pasternak, Vice-Chair

Scarborough Community Council.

• Councillor Chin Lee, Chair
• Councillor Ron Moeser, Vice-Chair

Toronto and East York Community Council.

• Councillor Mike Layton, Chair
• Councillor Kristyn Wong-Tam, Vice-Chair

In addition to committee memberships and Chairs of Community Councils, City Council elected Councillor Frances Nunziata as Speaker for the 2014-2018 term, and Councillor Shelley Carroll has been elected Deputy Speaker.

The Speaker presides over meetings of Toronto City Council in place of the Mayor, although the Mayor may take the chair at any time he desires. Unlike the Speakers of the provincial and federal legislatures, the City Council Speaker has no additional duties beyond presiding over meetings.

While most Ontario municipal councils are chaired by a Mayor, Warden or Reeve, the City of Toronto adopted a Speaker in 2006 on the recommendation of an expert governance panel. Having a Speaker chair meetings allows the Mayor to participate more freely in debate without worrying about the additional duties of running the meeting.

Councillor Frances Nunziata is serving her second term as Speaker.