The Whitby Record

Special Council Meeting

June 10, 2024

Who was there

Present (9): Victoria Bozinovski, Matt Cardwell, Chris Leahy, Steve Lee, Niki Lundquist, Rhonda Mulcahy, Elizabeth Roy, Maleeha Shahid, Steve Yamada

Taken from the roll call in the town’s own minutes. The minutes record who was not there and almost never why.

What was decided (5 motions)

5 carried, 0 recorded otherwise. Every motion below is printed as the minutes print it.

That Council move in-camera in accordance with Procedure By-law # 8081-24, Closed Meeting Policy G 040, and the Municipal Act, 2001, Section 239 (2)(d) labour relations or employee negotiations.
Moved by Councillor Lundquist, seconded by Councillor Shahid
Carried
That Council rise from the closed portion of the meeting.
Moved by Councillor Leahy, seconded by Councillor Shahid
Carried
That report CAO-09-24, Workforce Compensation Market Review be received for information; That the pay philosophy at the Town of Whitby move to a 70 th percentile target and that salary administration at the Town incorporate the recommendations outlined in Report CAO 09-24; That the effective date of any adjustments be July 1, 2024, for the Exempt/Non-union group as recommended in Report CAO 09-24; That staff engage CUPE Local 53, Full-time representatives regarding the findings of the market review for that group and propose adjustments as outlined in Report CAO 09-24. Furthermore, if CUPE representatives reject that proposal, any further consideration be brought forward to collective bargaining in 2026; That the 2024 implementation costs, estimated at $992,033, be funded from projected 2024 operating savings, in the amount of $700,000, as outlined in Report CAO 09-24 and a draw from the General Contingency Reserve Fund, in the amount of $292,033, if required at the end of 2024; and, That the full-year budget impact of $1,984,066 related to the implementation be included in the 2025 operating budget funded from: the operating budget savings identified in Report CAO 09-24, in the amount of $700,000, and, the balance, in the amount of $1,284,066, to be phased-into the tax-funded operating budget over four years with the use of the General Contingency Reserve, as outlined in Report CAO 09-24.
Moved by Councillor Mulcahy, seconded by Councillor Lee
Carried
That leave be granted to introduce a by-law and to dispense with the reading of the by-law by the Clerk to confirm the proceedings of the Council of the Town of Whitby at its special meeting held on June 10, 2024 and the same be considered read and passed and that the Mayor and the Clerk sign the same and the Seal of the Corporation be thereto affixed.
Moved by Councillor Shahid, seconded by Councillor Leahy
Carried
That the meeting adjourn.
Moved by Councillor Lundquist, seconded by Councillor Yamada
Carried

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