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Recruitment for

Accessibility Advisory Committee

DEADLINE EXTENDED!
Applications will now be accepted until 4:30 p.m. Friday, Aug. 20

The City of Vaughan is seeking two (2) community-minded Vaughan residents for appointment to the Accessibility Advisory Committee (AAC) for the term expiring on November 30, 2022, or until a successor is appointed.

The overall mandate of the AAC is to help guide the City in removing and preventing barriers in policies, practices, programs and services to meet the requirements of the Accessibility for Ontarians with Disabilities Act (AODA). This includes reviewing Vaughan’s Accessibility Plan and other accessibility reports, identifying accessibility opportunities and challenges within the community and advising the Mayor and Members of Council on requirements to implement accessibility standards across Vaughan.

To be eligible for appointment, applicants must be 18 years of age or older, a resident of Vaughan or someone who owns property in Vaughan, a Canadian citizen and must not be employed by the municipality

Committee meetings are held at 7:00 p.m. on the last Tuesday of every other month, except July and August.

More information is available on the AAC webpage and the Committee's Terms of Reference.

To apply, please complete an Application Form (Attachment 1 only) and email it to clerks@vaughan.ca. The deadline for applying is 4:30 p.m. on Friday, August 20, 2021.

For further information, please contact:

John Britto, Council/Committee Administrator - john.britto@vaughan.ca

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Statutory Committees and Boards

At the beginning of each term of Council, appointments are made to advisory committees or other bodies that Council is obliged by law to make. Council may also be advised to make appointments to ad hoc committees that Council considers desirable for the effective governance of the City where:

it is feasible to define a specific mandate and time-frame for the ad hoc committee to conduct its work
there is an absence of staff capacity or expertise on the subject, or there is a specific community of interest with a unique perspective on the proposed mandate
there is a need for information gathering and analyses to inform subsequent deliberations at a standing committee of Council.

Here is a list of Statutory Committees, Boards, Ad Hoc Committees, Task Forces and Sub-Committees (PDF).

Accessibility Advisory Committee

Committee of Adjustment

Compliance Audit Committee

Heritage Vaughan Committee

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Property Standards Committee

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In accordance with the City of Vaughan Procedure By-law 7-2011 (PDF), every ad-hoc committee must have a Terms of Reference that includes:

a specific term;

the composition of membership and meeting procedures;

a specific mandate / objective/s;

the specific standing committee the ad-hoc committee reports to (after every meeting).

Terms of Reference for Statutory Committees and Boards

The Terms of Reference approved by Council for the Statutory Committees and Boards established during the 2018-2022 term of Council are:

Accessibility Advisory Committee (PDF)
Compliance Audit Committee (PDF)
Heritage Vaughan (PDF)
Vaughan Metropolitan Centre (VMC) Sub-Committee (PDF)

Terms of Reference for Task Forces

The City of Vaughan 2018-2022 Term of Council task forces aim to address specific matters of importance to the public, such as key policies and city-building. To do this, the City established specific Task Forces to address these topics. Read more about the City's Task Forces.

The Terms of Reference approved by Council for the Task Forces established during the 2018-2022 Term of Council are: