York Regional Council
York Regional Council is the political body for the Regional Municipality of York in Ontario, Canada. Created in 1970 it consists of 20 representatives: the mayors of each of its nine municipalities (Aurora, East Gwillimbury, Georgina, King, Newmarket, Markham, Richmond Hill, Stouffville, and Vaughan), and an additional eleven councillors from the more populous municipalities—four from Markham, three from Vaughan, two from Richmond Hill and one each from Georgina and Newmarket.
The council meets at the York Region Administrative Centre offices in Newmarket. The chair of the council is elected by the members of the regional council at its first meeting after municipal elections. The first session sat at the auditorium of Bayview Secondary School and move to another home before settling to the current location in 1993.
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[edit] Members
Aurora
- Mayor Geoff Dawe
East Gwillimbury
- Mayor Virginia Hackson
Georgina
- Mayor Robert Grossi
- Danny Wheeler
King
- Mayor Steven Pellingrini
Markham
- Mayor Frank Scarpitti (2006-present)
- Jim Jones
- Jack Heath
- Joseph Virgilio - appointed to replace the late Tony Wong (died 2009)
- Gordon Landon
Newmarket
- Mayor A.J. (Tony) Van Bynen
- John Taylor
Richmond Hill
- Mayor David Barrow
- Brenda Hogg
- Vito Spatafora (2006-present)
Vaughan
- Mayor Maurizio Bevilacqua (2010-present)
- Joyce Frustaglio (2006-present)
- Mario Ferri (2006-present)
- Gino Rosati
Whitchurch-Stouffville
- Mayor Wayne Emmerson
[edit] Committees
There is no executive committee, rather ideas are brought forth in regional committees and voted upon by the council.
- Accessibility Advisory Committee
- Audit Committee
- Community Services and Housing Committee
- Dewatering Complaint Review Committee
- eGovernment Sub-Committee
- Finance and Administration Committee
- Health and Emergency Medical Services Committee
- Planning and Economic Development Committee
- Rapid Transit Public/Private Partnership Steering Committee
- Solid Waste Management Committee
- Transit Committee
- Transportation and Works Committee
- Youth Advisory Committee
- Internal Boards, Subcommittees and Task Forces
- Agricultural Advisory Liaison Group
- Chair and Mayors Task Force
- Character Communities
- Corporate Clean Air Task Force
- Housing York Inc.
- Human Services Planning Coalition
- Rapid Transit Board
- Road Watch Committee
[edit] Services
Services under the region's scope include:
- Children Services
- Community Planning
- Construction
- Corporate Services
- Economic Strategy and Tourism
- Emergency Medical Services - York Region EMS - downloaded from the Province of Ontario
- Environmental
- Financial Department
- Forestry
- Housing
- Infrastructure Planning Branch
- Legal Services
- Long Term Care and Seniors
- Public Health and Safety
- Real Estate
- Planning Services
- Regional Property Taxes
- York Region Tourism
- Transportation Services - regional roads only
- Sewers
- Employment and Financial Support
- Transit - York Region Transit and VIVA
- Water - water source via Toronto Water
- Waste management (garbage, recycling, hazardous waste; excludes curbside collection)
- Policing - York Regional Police
[edit] Regional Chairs
Chairs of the Region replaced the former Warden of York County (1850-1970) and is selected by members of Council and not via elections:
| Chair | Term | Notes | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Garfield Wright | 1971-1978 | Appointed Chair of York Region by Governor-in-Council; Town Councillor (1958-1961), Deputy Reeve (1961-1962) and Reeve (1964-1969) of East Gwillimbury ; Warden of York County 1968-1970[1] | |
| Bob Forhan | 1978-1984 | former hockey player and high school teacher; Town Councillor and Mayor (1971-1978) of Newmarket, York Region Chief Administrative Officer 1978-1996[2], [3] | |
| Tony Roman | 1984 | Regional Councillor and Mayor (1970-1984 and 1988-1992) of Markham, Federal Member of Parliament for York North 1984-1988 | |
| Eldred R. King | 1984 - 1997 | Chairman of GO Transit, member of the Markham Township School Board and councillor on Markham Township Council, member of Whitchurch-Stouffville Township Council and Mayor of the Town of Whitchurch-Stouffville | |
| Bill Fisch | 1997-present | Chair and CEO of Regional Municipality of York, and ex-officio member of all Regional Committees (1997 to present) Member, York Regional Police Services Board (1995 to present) Member, Provincial Smart Growth Panel, central Ontario (2002 to present) Chair, Provincial Smart Growth Panel Sub Committee, Solid Waste Management (2002 to present) Chair, Rapid Transit Public-Private Partnership Steering Committee (2002 to present) Member, GO Transit Board (1997 to present) York Regional Councillor, Markham (1994-1997) Markham Councillor, Ward 7 (1988-1994) Lawyer practicing in Thornhill, Ontario (1976 to 1997) |
[edit] References
- ^ Powered by Google Docs. Docs.google.com (2009-06-18). Retrieved on 2010-09-14.
- ^ http://www.york.ca/NR/rdonlyres/4x7zyi3pihqmpvasqrv62zd7ir2us2cp44d6xykgo2wkpd4zvic5eldyjkoh4j57xjfhl3wdopujnkv5oealvkcrta/Governance+Brochure+revd.pdf
- ^ http://www.yorkregion.com/sports/sports/article/845073
