York Regional Council

York Regional Council is the political body for the Regional Municipality of York in Ontario, Canada. Created in 1970, it consists of 20 elected representatives plus the Regional Chair. The elected members are the mayors of each of its nine municipalities (Aurora, East Gwillimbury, Georgina, King, Newmarket, Markham, Richmond Hill, Vaughan, and Whitchurch-Stouffville), as well as an additional eleven Regional Councillors from the more populous municipalities—four from Markham, three from Vaughan, two from Richmond Hill and one each from Georgina and Newmarket. These members are elected via double direct election.

The Regional Chair is elected at large by the members of Regional Council at their inaugural meeting and serves a four-year term. The first Regional Chair, Garfield Wright, was appointed by the provincial government upon the creation of York Region and served for two terms (1971-1978).^[1] The current Regional Chair is Wayne Emmerson^[2]

Regional Council usually meets on the third Thursday of each month at 9:30am at the York Region Administrative Centre offices in Newmarket.

Membership

2014-2018 Regional Council

The chairman and CEO of York Regional Council is Wayne Emmerson, who was elected by a majority of York Region Councillors on December 11, 2014.^[3]

Municipality	Representatives
Municipality	Mayor	Regional councillors
Aurora	Geoffrey Dawe	None
East Gwillimbury	Virginia Hackson	None
Georgina	Margaret Quirk	One: Danny Wheeler
King	Steven Pelligrini	None
Markham	Frank Scarpitti	Four: Jack Heath, Jim Jones, Nirmila Armstrong, and Joe Li
Newmarket	Tony Van Bynen	One: John Taylor
Richmond Hill	Dave Barrow	Two: Brenda Hogg, Vito Spatafora
Vaughan	Maurizio Bevilacqua	Three: Michael DiBiase, Mario Ferri and Gino Rosati^[4]
Whitchurch-Stouffville	Justin Altmann	None

2010-2014 Regional Council

The chairman and CEO of York Regional Council was Bill Fisch.^[5]

Municipality	Representatives
Municipality	Mayor	Regional councillors
Aurora	Geoffrey Dawe	None
East Gwillimbury	Virginia Hackson	None
Georgina	Robert Grossi	One - Danny Wheeler
King	Steven Pelligrini	None
Markham	Frank Scarpitti	Four - Jack Heath, Jim Jones, Gordon Landon, and Joe Li
Newmarket	Tony Van Bynen	One - John Taylor
Richmond Hill	Dave Barrow	Two - Brenda Hogg, Vito Spatafora
Vaughan	Maurizio Bevilacqua	Three - Michael DiBiase, Gino Rosati, and Deb Schulte
Whitchurch-Stouffville	Wayne Emmerson	None

Regional Committees

There is no executive committee, rather ideas are brought forth in regional committees and voted upon by the council.

Accessibility Advisory Committee
Audit Committee
Community Services and Housing Committee
Environmental Services Committee
Finance and Administration Committee
Planning and Economic Development Committee
Transportation Services Committee

Boards, Subcommittees and Task Forces

Canadian National Exhibition (CNE)
Character Community Foundation of York Region
Don Watershed Regeneration Council
Greater Toronto Airports Authority (GTAA)
Greater Toronto Marketing Alliance
GTA Agricultural Action Committee
Housing York Inc
Human Services Planning Board
Humber Watershed Alliance
Lake Simcoe Region Conservation Authority
Markham Stouffville Hospital
Rouge Park Alliance Executive
Royal Agricultural Winter Fair
Southlake Regional Health Centre
Toronto and Region Conservation Authority
York Region Abuse Program
York Region Community Partnership Council
York Region Rapid Transit Corporation
York Regional Police Services Board

Services

Services under the region's scope include:

Children Services
Community Planning
Construction
Corporate Services
Economic Strategy and Tourism
Emergency Medical Services - York Region EMS - downloaded from the Province of Ontario
Environmental
Financial Department
Forestry
Housing
Infrastructure Planning Branch
Legal Services
Long Term Care and Seniors
Public Health and Safety
Real Estate
Planning Services
Regional Property Taxes
York Region Tourism
Transportation Services - regional roads only
Sewers
Employment and Financial Support
Transit - York Region Transit and VIVA
Water - water source via Toronto Water
Waste management (garbage, recycling, hazardous waste; excludes curbside collection)
Policing - York Regional Police

Regional Chairs

The Regional Chair is the CEO of the Region and serves, ex officio, on all Committees. The position replaced the former Warden of York County (1850-1970) and is selected by the other members of Regional Council.

Regional Chair	Term of Office	Notes
Garfield Wright	1971-1978	Former Town Councillor (1958-1961), Deputy Reeve (1961-1962) and Reeve (1964-1969) of East Gwillimbury; Former Warden of York County (1968-1970); Appointed Regional Chair by Lieutenant-Governor in Council
Bob Forhan	1978-1984	Former hockey player and high school teacher; Town Councillor and Mayor of Newmarket (1971-1978); CAO of York Region (1978-1996)^[6] ^[7]
Tony Roman	1984	Township Councillor (1966-1968), Regional Councillor and Mayor (1970-1984 and 1988-1992) of Markham, Federal Member of Parliament for York North (1984-1988). Died 1992.
Eldred R. King	1984-1997	Vice Chair and Chair of GO Transit, member of the Markham Township School Board (1965-1969) and councillor on Markham Township Council (1969-1970), member of Whitchurch-Stouffville Township Council (1971-1977) and Mayor of the Town of Whitchurch-Stouffville (1978-1984). Died 2011.
Bill Fisch	1997–2014	Lawyer, formerly practicing in Thornhill, Ontario (1976-1997); Former Councillor, Ward 7 (1988-1994) and Regional Councillor (1994-1997) for Markham
Wayne Emmerson	2014-present	Former Town Councillor (1998-1994) and Mayor (1997-2014) of Whitchurch-Stouffville.^[8]

Former Regional Councillors

Regional Councillor	Term of Office	Notes
Ronald Moran	1972-1991	Former Deputy Mayor of Markham;^[9] Died 2013 ^[10]
Donald Cousens	1994-2006	former mayor of Markham
Tony Roman	1971-1984 and 1988-1992	former mayor of Markham and Regional Chair, Died 1992.

York Region Administrative Centre

York Regional Council main operations are located at 17250 Yonge Street. The four floor complex was designed by Canadian architect Douglas Cardinal and opened in 1992. It features an organic building shape with various towers located at the end. The main entrance features two clock towers.

Before 1992 it sat at 50 Eagle Street now home to the Newmarket Courthouse.

A new 8 storey glass annex by WZMH Architects^[11] is planned to consolidated various rented facilities and also house the Newmarket Courthouse by 2020.^[12]

References

↑ Carter, Terry (13 May 1970). "Towns to win in regional land 'stakes". The Era. pp. 1, 17. Retrieved 30 April 2015.
↑ "Council Members for the Term 2014-2018". York Regional Council. Retrieved 22 October 2015.
↑ Queen, Lisa (11 December 2014). "Wayne Emmerson is new chair of York Region". East Gwillimbury Express. York Region Media Group. Retrieved 22 October 2015.
↑ City of Vaughan 2014 Elections: Local and Regional Councillors (unofficial results) Archived October 31, 2014, at the Wayback Machine., City of Vaughan, October 28, 2014.
↑ "York Region Chairman and Chief Executive Officer". York Regional Council. Archived from the original on August 26, 2011. Retrieved 2012-11-12.
↑ "Changing Faces: York Region Governance from 1792 to the Present" (PDF). york.ca. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2012-03-11. Retrieved 2014-05-02.
↑ "Meet sports Class of 2010". Yorkregion.com. 2010-07-09. Retrieved 2014-05-02.
↑ "Chairman and CEO Wayne Emmerson". York Region Council. Retrieved 22 October 2015.
↑ "Markham civic centre showcased on 20th anniversary". Yorkregion.com. 2011-08-25. Retrieved 2014-05-02.
↑ "Grassroots politician' remembered for role in city's Civic Centre". Yorkregion.com. 2013-02-01. Retrieved 2014-05-02.
↑ http://www.wzmh.com/projects/york-region-central-services-centre-csc/
↑ http://barrie.ctvnews.ca/mobile/york-region-plans-to-build-new-multi-million-dollar-headquarters-1.3153370

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