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File #: 25-350    Version: 1 Name:
Type: Period Report Status: Agenda Ready
File created: 9/23/2025 In control: Special Committee of the Whole
On agenda: 9/29/2025 Final action:
Title: CAO - 2025 Second Period Report
Attachments: 1. Attachment 1 Council Priorities Plan, 2. Attachment 2 Presentation
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PERIOD REPORT

 

DATE:                       September 29, 2025                     Report No. ADM-25-050

TO:                                            Mayor and Council

FROM:                                           Dan Horan, Chief Administrative Officer

 

SUBJECT:TITLECAO - 2025 Second Period Report

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The following is a report on the activities pertaining to the CAO’s office from May 1, 2025 to August 31, 2025.

 

I.                     DIVISION ACHIEVEMENTS AND ACTIVITIES

 

The CAO’s focus during this reporting period has been supporting the broader team in their task to improve our support to Council’s 2026-2030 budget deliberations, particularly with respect to levels of service and the impacts of funding options with respect to the departmental 5-year workforce plans.

 

The Fire and Parks & Recreation departments completed their presentations in July. Staff’s intent was for more departments to brief these issues before the summer break; unfortunately, we underestimated the level of effort needed to develop this work.  October’s scheduled Committee of the Whole has been set aside to explore levels of service and impacts for the remaining departments.

 

The CAO has been engaged in two major hiring processes for direct reports.  The Director of Strategic Initiatives, Judy Kitts, began the onboarding process in mid-August.  The position of Senior Manager of Human Resources, established to fill the human resources/labour relations gap created by the departure of the incumbent Director of Human Resources and Community Relations, was also posted in late July.  The selection and hiring process for that position is ongoing.

 

The attached draft Council Priorities Plan reflects the current status of all projects and initiatives meant to address Council’s strategic areas of focus throughout the 2022-2026 term.  The CAO will walk through the attached presentation at the Special Committee of the Whole; the presentation represents a quick way to note any changes to the Council Priorities Plan since the last update in May 2025.  Staff invite questions from Council and make the following recommendations:

•                     That staff be directed by Committee resolution to make any proposed changes, additions or deletions to the Council Priorities Plan; and

•                     That the Council Priorities Plan be endorsed by resolution for approval by Council and publication to the Township’s website.