Report to/Rapport au :

 

The Shareholder of the Ottawa Community Housing Corporation/

Actionnaire de la Société de logement communautaire d’Ottawa

 

14 December 2011/le 14 décembre 2011

 

Submitted by/Soumis par :

 

Councillor Steve Desroches, Chair, Ottawa Community Housing Corporation Conseiller Steve Desroches, Président  du conseil d’administration de la Société de logement communautaire d’Ottawa

 

and / et

 

Jo-Anne Poirier, Chief Executive Officer, Ottawa Community Housing Corporation/présidente-directrice générale de la Société de logement communautaire d’Ottawa

613-520-2271

 Ref N°:ACS2011-OCH-0003

 

SUBJECT:

Appointment of Tenant Director to Ottawa Community Housing Board

OBJET:

NOMINATION D’UNE DIRECTRICE DES LOCATAIRES AU SEIN DU CONSEIL D’ADMINISTRATION DE LOGEMENT COMMUNAUTAIRE D’OTTAWA

 

REPORT RECOMMENDATIONS

 

That Council approve:

 

1.         That Ms. Carole Ladouceur be appointed as a Director of the Ottawa Community Housing Corporation for a term coincident with her term as member and Chair of the Tenant Advisory Group (TAG).

 

2.         That the Mayor and the City Clerk be authorized to sign a written resolution on behalf of the City of Ottawa as Shareholder of OCHC setting out the appointment approved by City Council.

 

 


RECOMMANDATIONS DU RAPPORT

 

Que le Conseil approuve :

 

1.                  la nomination de Madame Carole Ladouceur au poste de directrice de la Société de logement communautaire d’Ottawa pour un mandat correspondant à son présent mandat en tant que membre et présidente du Groupe consultatif des locataires (GCL);

 

2.         que le maire et le greffier municipal soient autorisés à signer, au nom de la Ville d'Ottawa à titre d'actionnaire de la SLCO, une résolution écrite énonçant les résolutions approuvées par le Conseil municipal.

 

 

BACKGROUND

 

Recommendation 1 (Re: Appointment of Tenant Representative as Director)

 

Ottawa Community Housing (OCHC) By-Law 7 stipulates at Section 3.02, “The Shareholder shall appoint Directors comprised of the number and categories as follow:

 

            b) one (1) OCH tenant who shall be the Chair of the Tenant Advisory Group;”

 

Additionally, in Section OCHC By-Law 7 prescribes the term for each category of Director.  Section 3.02 b) OCHC By-Law 7 states, “the Tenant shall serve a term coincident with her term as a member and Chair of the Tenant Advisory Group.”

At the December 6, 2011 meeting of the Tenant Advisory Group (TAG), Ms. Carole Ladouceur was elected Chair of TAG.

 

At its December 8, 2011 meeting, the OCHC Board of Directors carried a motion to nominate Ms. Carole Ladouceur to the Shareholder for appointment to the OCHC Board of Directors.  An excerpt of the Draft Minutes of the In-Camera OCHC Board of Directors meeting is attached as Document 1.  Board report OCHC-151/11 is attached as Document 2. 

 

CONSULTATION

 

 N/A

 

 

FINANCIAL IMPLICATIONS

 

N/A

 

 


SUPPORTING DOCUMENTATION

 

Document 1 – Excerpt of the draft Minutes of the December 8, 2011 In-Camera meeting
                       of the OCHC Board of Directors

 

Document 2 - Report OCHC-151/11: TAG Chair Nomination by the Board for
                       appointment by the Shareholder to the OCH Board of Directors

 

DISPOSITION

 

The Shareholder will communicate its decisions on these matters to the Corporation`s Chief Executive Officer.