Mayor and Council

The City has two Integrity Commissioners, one to provide advice to Council members and the other to consider complaints/concerns. John Ewart, with Ewart O'Dwyer, provides advice to Council members. Guy Giorno (integritycommissioner@fasken.com; 416-865-5164) is the Integrity Commissioner who handles complaints/concerns. 

• Integrity Commissioner inquiry form
• Code of Conduct for Council

Procedure for Disclosure

If a matter comes before Council, or a Board or Committee, that a member believes he or she has a pecuniary interest in, the member must:

1. Complete and submit the Disclosure of Pecuniary Interest Form and provide it to the Clerk or Committee/Board Secretary before the meeting where the matter will be discussed or as soon as the conflict becomes evident.
2. Orally declare the pecuniary interest at the beginning of the meeting during the “Disclosures of Pecuniary Interest” portion of the agenda.
3. When the matter of pecuniary interest comes forward for consideration, refrain from participating in the discussion or voting on the matter. If the matter is being considered during a Closed Meeting, the member must leave the meeting room until discussion and voting on the matter are concluded.
4. Refrain from attempting in any way, whether before, during or after the meeting, to influence the voting on any such matter.

Disclosure of Pecuniary Interest Form

Member Conflict Registry

Pursuant to Section 239 of the Municipal Act, 2001 (the “Act”), the Corporation of the City of Peterborough has appointed the Association of Municipalities of Ontario and Local Authority Services Ltd. as the Municipal Closed Meeting Investigator. They are authorized to conduct investigations upon receipt of a complaint in respect of meetings or parts of meetings that are closed to the public. The Investigator will determine compliance with the Act or the Municipal procedure by-law, and will report on the results of such investigations. The reports will be made available to the public.

Complaints Procedures

Members of the public, including corporations, may submit complaints to the Investigator relating to compliance with the Act or the Municipal Procedure By-law for meetings or part of meetings that are closed to the public. All complaints will be treated as confidential at all times. Complaints may be submitted using the online Complaint Form process or via written request.

The Complaint Form may be completed online, or can be obtained from the Clerk's office. All complaints must contain the following information:

1. Name of Municipality

2. Complainant's name, mailing address, telephone number and e-mail address

3. Date of Closed Meeting under consideration

4. Nature and Background of the particular occurrence

5. Any activities undertaken (if any) to resolve the concern

6. Any other relevant information

7. Original signature

Complaints must be submitted in a sealed envelope clearly identified as a Complaint under Section 239 of the Act, either by personal delivery to the Clerk’s Office at City Hall, or by first class mail addressed to: John Kennedy, City Clerk, City of Peterborough, 500 George Street North, Peterborough, ON K9H 3R9. The Clerk shall forward the complaint to Local Authority Services via first class mail. The Act provides that, when the investigation is completed, if the Investigator is of the opinion that the meeting was closed to the public contrary to the Act or the procedure by-law, such opinion shall be reported, with or without recommendations, to City Council. Council shall ensure that any such report is made available to the public.

City Council Portfolio Chairs are structured to align with the City’s organizational structure – to match up with City Departments – to facilitate sharing information between Council and the City’s administration.

Each municipal service, issues related to the municipality, and broader topics that affect the overall community are encompassed by one or more of the Council Portfolio Chair positions.

Each of the City’s six Council Portfolios is shared by two Council members who serve as Co-Chairs of the Portfolio.

City Council authorizes senior City Staff, the CAO and Commissioners, to disclose confidential information to Portfolio Chairs when it’s relevant to their respective Portfolios, as a way to better facilitate sharing information between Council and administration.

City Council Portfolio Chair positions and examples of the program areas within the associated City Department (Please note: there are two Council Portfolios associated with the Community Services Department to split up the program areas within that department between two Council Portfolios):

Community Services (Except Homelessness) Portfolio

• Peterborough Museum and Archives
• Arts and Culture
• Public Art
• Peterborough Public Library
• Social Services, including Social Assistance, Housing, and Children’s Services (excluding Homelessness)
• Peterborough Fire Services
• Recreation and Parks, including parks operations, community recreation facilities such as arenas, the Sport and Wellness Centre, the McDonnel Street Community Centre, and Quaker Foods City Square

Community Services (Homelessness) Portfolio

• Social Services homelessness program

Finance and Corporate Support Services Portfolio

• Financial Services, including audit of the City’s financial statement, City budget, revenue services administration including the tax office
• Emergency, Risk Management and insurance
• Corporate Sponsorship, including revenue generation through sponsorship activities
• Communications and Service Peterborough
• Facilities and Property Management, including maintenance activities for City facilities and construction project management for City properties
• Materials Management, including the City’s procurement or purchasing process and stores
• Information Services, which is the City’s information technology service

Infrastructure, Planning and Growth Management Portfolio

• Engineering and Capital Works, such as building roads, storm sewers and sanitary sewers
• Asset Management and Capital Planning, including Sustainability and Climate Change programs, geographic information systems that manages the City’s mapping services and asset management planning for monitoring and planning for the lifecycle of City assets
• Planning, Development and Urban Design, including planning functions such as applications to change land use designations for properties, subdivision applications, and site plan applications, and urban design activities for design standards
• Building Services, including issuing building permits under the Ontario Building Code

Legislative Services Portfolio

• City Clerk’s Office, including records management, meeting administration, business licences, marriage licences, wedding ceremonies, death certificates
• Court Services, including the Provincial Offences Act Office administration
• Municipal Law Enforcement Services, including by-law enforcement
• Realty Services, including real estate acquisition and disposition services for the corporation
• Legal Services

Municipal Operations Portfolio

• Public Works, including maintaining roads, sidewalks and trails, winter snow clearing operations, garbage collection, organic waste collection, and urban forestry
• Peterborough Transit
• Environmental Services, including the waste water treatment plant that processes sanitary sewer inflows
• Waste Management, including the City-County landfill, household hazardous waste diversion, and waste diversion programming
• Peterborough Airport

The City of Peterborough has several legislated and advisory committees that provide input and guidance on the provision of municipal services and programs for our community. You can see the schedules and agendas of these meetings on our Agendas and Minutes page. 

For more information on Advisory Committees, including a full listing of committees and current members, visit our Committees page. 

Council appointments on Committees, Boards and Authorities

• Age-friendly Peterborough Advisory Committee: Councillor Dave Haacke
• Airport Strategic Initiatives Committee: Mayor Jeff Leal, Councillor Don Vassiliadis, Councillor Dave Haacke
• City of Peterborough Holdings, Inc.: Mayor Jeff Leal, Councillor Andrew Beamer
• East City/Ashburnham Business Improvement Area: Councillor Keith Riel
• Fairhaven Committee of Management: Councillor Keith Riel, Councillor Dave Haacke 
• Otonabee Region Conservation Authority: Councillor Gary Baldwin, Councillor Don Vassiliadis, Councillor Kevin Duguay
• Peterborough Downtown Improvement Area: Councillor Alex Bierk
• Peterborough Environmental Advisory Committee: Councillor Joy Lachica, Councillor Kevin Duguay
• Peterborough Police Services Board: Mayor Jeff Leal, Councillor Gary Baldwin
• Peterborough Public Health: Councillor Joy Lachica, Councillor Dave Haacke, Councillor Keith Riel
• Peterborough Regional Liaison Committee: Mayor Jeff Leal, Councillor Dave Haacke, Councillor Matt Crowley, Councillor Keith Riel
• Peterborough Utilities Commission: Mayor Jeff Leal, Councillor Keith Riel, Councillor Lesley Parnell, Councillor Don Vassiliadis, Councillor Dave Haacke
• Procedure By-law Review Committee: Mayor Jeff Leal, Councillor Gary Baldwin
• Youth Commission: Councillor Lesley Parnell

Council Appointments to Liaison Committees

• Canadian Canoe Museum: Councillor Gary Baldwin
• Downtown Action Committee: Mayor Jeff Leal, Councillor Alex Bierk, Councillor Joy Lachica
• Greater Peterborough Chamber of Commerce (independent from the City of Peterborough): Councillor Don Vassiliadis
• Liaison Committee with Fleming College: Mayor Jeff Leal, Councillor Lesley Parnell, Councillor Kevin Duguay
• Liaison Committee with Trent University: Mayor Jeff Leal, Councillor Andrew Beamer, Councillor Dave Haacke, Councillor Gary Baldwin
• Market Hall Performance Centre: Councillor Don Vassiliadis
• Multicultural Canada Day Committee: Councillor Joy Lachica
• Peterborough Agricultural Society: Councillor Matt Crowley
• Peterborough GreenUP: Councillor Joy Lachica
• Peterborough Physician Recruitment and Retention Committee: Councillor Don Vassiliadis
• Showplace Performance Centre: Councillor Lesley Parnell