OTTAWA
POLICE SERVICES BOARD COMMISSION DE
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REPORT RAPPORT |
DATE 18 October 2011
TO/DEST. Chair and Members,
Ottawa Police Services Board
FROM/EXP. Executive Director, Ottawa Police Services Board
SUBJECT/OBJET BOARD MONITORING REQUIREMENTS
STATUS REPORT: THIRD QUARTER 2011
That the Ottawa Police Services Board receive this report for information.
In December 2005 the Ottawa Police Services Board received a report from the City of Ottawa’s Auditor General on the Board’s governance practices. One of the Auditor’s recommendations addressed the need for a calendar of monitoring requirements. He recommended that the Board:
…exercise more aggressive
oversight of reporting to the Board by ensuring that the Executive Director
organize and maintain an annual calendar of monitoring and other reports to be
received by the Board. Furthermore, that
the Board require reports to appear as an agenda item on the date they are
scheduled to appear, and require OPS senior management to formally respond if a
report is not going to meet a scheduled deadline.
Following input and review by the Board’s Policy & Governance Committee and OPS staff, the Police Services Board approved a Calendar of Monitoring Requirements in May 2006 with the intent that future calendars would cover a January to December timeframe and would be submitted to the Board at the first meeting each year. The annual Calendar of Monitoring Requirements for 2011 was submitted to the Board on 24 January 2011.
Included in the
Calendar attached as Annex A is a column indicating the reason why each report
is required; in most cases they are required under the Police Services Act,
the Province’s Adequacy and Effectiveness of Police Services Regulation,
or the Board’s own policies.
Also included is a “Status” column to record any delays in submitting a report, the reasons for the delay, and the new date on which the report will be submitted. As recommended by the Board’s Policy & Governance Committee, the Board will be notified of changes in report due dates through the submission of quarterly status reports to the Board. This report constitutes the third quarter status report for 2011.
There have been no
changes to the Calendar since the second quarter report. All reports due to be submitted to the Board
in the second quarter of 2011 were received with the following exception:
·
Employer
of Choice Progress Report – Third Quarter 2011 – this report was due in September
but is being submitted in October due to heavy workload demands.
Consultation takes place on an ongoing basis
with members of the Ottawa Police Service.
The development of an annual Calendar of Monitoring Requirements sets clear expectations for OPS staff and the Board with regard to when reports of a monitoring nature are due. It assists the Board in meeting its legislative obligations to monitor, on a regular basis, certain aspects of Police Service business such as the status of the budget, administration of the public complaints system, and the achievement of Business Plan objectives.
(original signed by)
Wendy Fedec