54.16. The council shall designate, by a decision made by two-thirds of the votes cast, a president of the Office from among the candidates having special competence as regards public consultation, and may designate commissioners. The council shall determine, in the same resolution, their remuneration and other conditions of employment.
The president shall be appointed for a five-year term. The office of president is a full-time position. At the expiry of his term, the president shall remain in office until replaced or reappointed.
The term of office of a commissioner shall be specified in the resolution appointing the commissioner and shall not exceed five years. The commissioners are not city employees.
The term of office of the president or a commissioner may be renewed once.
If the president is unable to act or the office of president is vacant, the council may designate, by a decision made by a simple majority vote, a person to occupy the office of president temporarily for a period not exceeding six months.
For administrative purposes, the Office is considered to be a department of the city and its president ranks among the department heads. The director general of the city has no authority over the president in the exercise of the Office’s functions set out in sections 54.23 to 54.25.
The president is responsible, within the Office, for the application of the city’s policies and standards relating to the management of human, material and financial resources.
2022, Bill 209, s. 1; 2023, c. 332023, c. 33, s. 711.