76. The council shall designate, by a decision made by two-thirds of the members having voted, a president of the Office from among the candidates having special competence as regards public consultation, and may designate commissioners. The council may, in the same resolution, determine their remuneration and other conditions of employment, subject, where applicable, to a by-law made under section 79.
The president shall be appointed for a term not exceeding four years. The office of president is a full-time position.
The term of office of a commissioner shall be specified in the resolution appointing the commissioner and shall not exceed four years. Where the term is not mentioned in the resolution, it shall be four years. The commissioners are not city employees.
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 section 83.
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.
2000, c. 56, Sch. I, s. 76; 2001, c. 25, s. 257; 2023, c. 332023, c. 33, s. 1111.