Council Minutes

(Special Meeting)

                                                                              November 6, 2017, 7:00 PM

                                                                  Council Chamber, Anthony Roman Markham Civic Centre

 

 

Roll Call

Mayor Frank Scarpitti, Regional Councillor Joe Li, Regional Councillor Nirmala Armstrong, Councillor Valerie Burke, Councillor Alan Ho, Councillor Don Hamilton, Councillor Karen Rea, Councillor Colin Campbell, Councillor Amanda Collucci, Councillor Logan Kanapathi, Councillor Alex Chiu.

 

Regrets

Deputy Mayor Jack Heath, Regional Councillor Jim Jones.

 

Staff

Andy Taylor, Chief Administrative Officer

Laura Gold, Deputy City Clerk

Vanessa Rhodes, Acting Manager, Access & Privacy

 

 

 

The Special Meeting of Council convened at 7:06 PM on November 6, 2017 in the Council Chamber.  Mayor Frank Scarpitti presided.

 

 

 

1.         DISCLOSURE OF PECUNIARY INTEREST

 

(1)        None declared.

 

 

 

2.         PRESENTATIONS

 

(1)        ADVISORY COMMITTEE MEMBERS PAST SERVICE RECOGNITION (12.2.6)

 

Mayor Scarpitti extended a thank you to everyone who has volunteered their time to assist with the City’s Advisory Committees.

 

CAO Andy Taylor extended a thank you for the dedication of the Advisory Committee members and then read the names of the Advisory Committee members who were in attendance to receive their certificate of Service Recognition.

 

Council recognized Members of Advisory Committees for their past dedicated services including:

 

Advisory Committee on Accessibility
Brendan Faulkner
Catherine Hughes
Joan Jenkyn

 

Achievement & Civic Recognition Committee

Sherry Hugh
Tammy Mok

Harvey Rogers

Kenneth Wade

 

Agricultural Advisory Committee

Ruth Brock

Ligia DeFilippis
Guy Farintosh

Bryant Hulshaf

Lynne Koss

Richard Reesor

 

Animal Care Committee
Julia Colangelo
Terri Daniels
Jennifer Ford
Nicole Hendricks
Furhait Kashmiri
Trudie Ross
Pamela Young

 

Box Grove Community Centre Board
Panchalingam (Punch) Kandiah
Andrew Moonilal
Sangeetha Thananyagam

 

Canada Day Committee
Munira Budheo
Farzath Hanifa
Mandy Ou

 

Cemetery Board
Marion Zeltins

 

Cycling & Pedestrian Advisory Committee
Joseph Cimer
Gordon Cole
Dan Gilligan
James Lin

 

Environmental Advisory Committee
Mavis Fung
Alexander Karlovski
Allan Lee
Chuan Li
Amol Rao

 

Flato Markham Theatre Advisory Board
Stephen Mathieu
Karyn Toon

 

Friends of the Markham Museum Board
Martha Mingay
Ardy Reid
Nicole Taylor

 

Heintzman House Community Centre Board
Louise MacNaughton
Bob Henderson
Paul Glionna
Patrick Chamandy

 

Heritage Markham Committee
Julie Chapman
Jenny Chau
Evan Gelman
Templar Tsang-Trinaistich

 

Historical Unionville Community Vision Committee
Templar Tsang-Trinaistich

 

Main Street Markham Committee
Jason Bebee
Helen Walter
Gordon Walters

 

Markham-Milliken Children’s Festival Committee
Munira Budheo
Gowthaman Rajakumar
Adrianna Scali

 

Public Art Advisory Committee
Kenny Yu

 

Public Library Board
Atif Ahmad
Claire Chester
Farzana Jiwani
Jeanette Lewis

 

Public Realm Advisory Committee
Shadi Aghaei
Omar Bhatti
Shichun Chen
Ivan Cheung
Mavis Fung
Chuan Li

 

Race Relations Committee
Moises Calo
Jacqueline Sang

 

Seniors Advisory Committee
Vincent Cheung
Faiz Mohyuddin
Balasunderam Ponniah
Assad (Kunigal) Shariff
Manickampillai Velauthapillai

 

Senior's Hall of Fame Awards Committee
Mary Charbonneau
Jaswant Dhanjal
Angie Heaver
Gail Lee
Tony Murphy

 

Unionville Business Improvement Area
Ryan McLachlan
Stacey Sniderman
Elisabeth Mensher
Parveen Jhinga
Simin Jahedi

 

Varley-McKay Art Foundation of Markham
Susan Gray
Paul Keeling 
Ernestine Tahedl

 

Victoria Square Community Centre Board
Don Boynton

 

Moved by Regional Councillor Joe Li

Seconded by Regional Councillor Nirmala Armstrong

 

That Council acknowledge the Advisory Committee members who were unable to attend the recognition event held this evening.

 

Carried

 

 

 

3.         CONFIRMATORY BY-LAW

 

Moved by Councillor Alex Chiu

Seconded by Councillor Valerie Burke

 

That By-law 2017-97 be given three readings and enacted.

 

Three Readings

 

BY-LAW 2017-97      A BY-LAW TO CONFIRM THE PROCEEDINGS OF THE SPECIAL COUNCIL MEETING OF NOVEMBER 6, 2017.

                                    By-law

 

Carried

 

 

 

4.         ADJOURNMENT

 

Moved by Councillor Alex Chiu

Seconded by Councillor Logan Kanapathi

 

That the Council Meeting be adjourned at 7:51 PM.

 

Carried

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

__________________________________                      ________________________________

Laura Gold                                                                         Frank Scarpitti

Deputy City Clerk                                                              Mayor

(Signed)