That Council request the Mayor to delegate to Council the powers and duties assigned to the head of council under Section 284.5 of the Municipal Act, with respect to the City Manager; and
That Council request the Mayor to delegate to the City Manager the powers and duties assigned to the head of council under Section 284.6 of the Municipal Act, with respect to:
a. determining the organizational structure of the municipality; and
b. hiring, dismissing, or exercising any other prescribed employment powers with respect to any division or the head of any other part of the organizational structure;
That Council request the Mayor to delegate to Council the powers and duties assigned to the head of council under Section 284.7 of the Municipal Act, with respect to prescribed local boards or local boards within a prescribed class of local boards; and
That Council request the Mayor to delegate to Council the powers and duties assigned to the head of council under Section 284.8 of the Municipal Act, with respect to prescribed committees or committees within a prescribed class of committees; and
That the Executive Director of Legal Services and Corporation Counsel for the City of Burlington be directed to consult with external legal counsel on the current state of any legal challenges to strong mayor power in Ontario and whether a legal challenge would have any chance of success; and
That the Clerk report to Council on a quarterly basis on the status of the use of the Strong Mayor Powers, beginning in April 2024; and
That the Province of Ontario is requested to amend the Municipal Act, 2001 to remove Strong Mayor Powers from the Act; and
That a copy of the above resolution be sent to the Premier of Ontario, the Minister of Municipal Affairs and Housing, the Association of Municipalities of Ontario, and Ontario Big City Mayors; and
Request the Mayor to provide a clear and concrete decision on motion memorandum ADM-05-24 “Improving Local Democracy by Strengthening City Decision-Making”, by the next Council Meeting on April 16, 2024.