City Councillors is cancelled
and will be combined with the Budget Review
meeting on December 2, 5 and 6, 2011. Councillors
may attend these
sessions, question staff and address the Committee on all aspects of the
Budget to
be considered on those days.
The Chair of the Budget
Committee has indicated that he intends to propose procedural motions that
will
give effect to the following:
1. Only persons who have preregistered to
speak by 4:00 p.m. on December 6, 2011 will be
allowed to address the
Budget Committee.
2. The meeting on December 7, 2011 will recess at 9:30
p.m. and, if necessary, will reconvene
at 9:30 a.m. on December 8, 2011
to hear any deputants remaining on the speakers list.
3. The public
hearing session of the Budget Committee will adjourn by 9:30 p.m. on
December
8, 2011. No additional time will be allocated for public deputations.
4.
To ensure that the Budget Committee hears from the maximum number of people, a
motion
may be made to reduce the speaking and question times for the
public and Members of
Council.
Notice to people writing or making presentations to the Budget Committee: The
City of Toronto Act,
2006 and the City of Toronto Municipal Code
authorize the City of Toronto to collect any personal
information in your
communication or presentation to City Council or its committees.
The City
collects this information to enable it to make informed decisions on the
relevant issue(s). If you are
submitting letters, faxes, e-mails,
presentations or other communications to the City, you should be aware
that
your name and the fact that you communicated with the City will become part of
the public record and
will appear on the City’s website. The City will
also make your communication and any personal information
in it – such as
your postal address, telephone number or e-mail address – available to the
public, unless you
expressly request the City to remove it.
The City
videotapes committee and community council meetings. If you make a
presentation to a committee
or community council, the City will be
videotaping you and City staff may make the video tapes available to
the
public.
If you want to learn more about why and how the City collects
your information, write to the City Clerk’s
Office, City Hall, 100 Queen
Street West, Toronto ON M5H 2N2 or by calling 416-392-7340.
Closed
Meeting Requirements: If the Budget Committee wants to meet in closed session
(privately), a
member of the committee must make a motion to do so and
give the reason why the Committee has to meet
privately. (City of Toronto
Act, 2006)
