City Council Agenda - November 26, 2012 - City of Guelph

4. Within sixty (60) days of a vacancy, Council will appoint a member to complete the requisitenumber of members for the remainder of the applicable term. Vacancies that occur withinninety (90) days prior to completion of their term will not be filled unless there is a need toreplace members to achieve a quorum.5. Appointments of Council members to the Committee will be for a four (4) year term;expiring once the new Council has taken office in an election year.6. Committee Management1) Compositiona) The Committee members shall be:i. Residents of the Municipality who are 50 years of age or older.ii. 12 members will be a paid member in good standing of a Municipal SeniorCentre.iii. Other members must be in good standing with their Senior Organizationiv. Experience with volunteer organizationsv. Credible within the communityvi. Able to commit the time necessary to serve as a member of the Committeeb) The Committee shall include:i. A maximum of 17 Volunteer Members comprised of 1 volunteer member fromeach Senior Club. None of whom shall be an elected member of the Council, anemployee or officer of the municipality, or a family member of a Councillor.Membership will aim to represent each Municipal Ward.ii. 1 Council Memberiii. Human Resource Complement will consist of one (1) Coordinator, who will bethe Director of Seniors Services and Staff Resources/Advisors as necessary. TheHuman Resource Complement are non-voting representatives who will act astechnical advisors to the Committee.c) Members of the Committee shall serve without remuneration but the Municipality ofChatham-Kent shall pay reasonable and necessary out-of-pocket expenses that arisedirectly out of the performance of their duties (e.g. mileage/training expenses).4. FRAMEWORK SELECTED FOR ANALYSISOn June 22, 2011 the Seniors Services Division of the Municipality of Chatham-Kent hosted acommunity consultation to collect input from a wide range of stakeholders to inform thedevelopment of a strategic plan for its aging population. The primary purpose of theconsultation was to begin identifying actions needed to meet the needs of local seniors toensure Chatham-Kent becomes and remains a safe, navigable, affordable, accessible andenjoyable community for its older residents.This community consultation represented a first step in a series of consultations and wasspecifically designed to collect input on:Older Adult Strategy for the City of GuelphPrepared by The Osborne Group, October 201299