By Staff
January 4th, 2023
BURLINGTON, ON
Many people have wondered just where is the City Clerk.
There were occasions when Arjoon seemed to have difficulty managing Council and letting the Mayor know she was not quite on script.
Kevin Arjoon has not been seen for some time. The Holiday Season was upon us – thot was he was on vacation.
Don’t know if Arjoon left or if he was asked to leave.
Position Overview
The salary is nothing to sneeze at: $146,616-$183,270
We are seeking a high performing individual to be responsible for the leadership and administration of the Clerk’s department. As the City Clerk you will provide leadership and direction in the areas of citizen and council committee support, information management and FOI requests, municipal elections, and act as a corporate signing officer for the Corporation. You will provide advice to the City Manager and Council on administrative matters, and all statutory functions related to the Clerk’s position, ensuring all documents relating to Council are managed appropriately.
Responsibilities
You will ensure that appropriate systems (both manual and electronic) are in place to manage the corporation’s records and protect vital information in accordance with established by-laws and policies. You will act in the capacity as the Designated “Head” for Freedom of Information requests. Digital transformation of the City’s records is a key upcoming project and you will play a vital leadership role in this project.
Reporting to the Executive Director of Community Relations and Engagement, the City Clerk is a member of the Burlington Leadership Team and in this capacity participates in the overall strategic and collaborative stewardship of the municipality.
We think that was fully understood by many of us from early December on. If the city believes that is the resolution to several complaints that are in the wings, they are in for a disappointment.
The City’s senior staff and Council have all been aware since prior to the 2022 election that the Clerk had failed to uphold his published and legislated responsibilities. Indeed they enjoyed the fruits of such, refusing to accept Chairs of Committee were supporting non-compliance with procedure by-laws and legislation that covered how the Committes and council do business.
The last two Ombudsmen of Ontario, Marin and Dube, have produced caselaw which requires compliance with municipalities procedure by-laws. It is the City Solicitor’s role to ensure that occurs. Numerous individuals have publicly and privately addressed the repeated cases of Burlington’s non-compliance with governance legislation and its negativei impact on both residential and business taxpayers to the tune of millions of dollars. 2024 is, we believe, the time to pay the Piper.