Council Conflicts of Interest Registry

All members of City Council have an obligation to act honestly and responsibly when making decisions. City Councillors will declare conflicts of interest when a topic arises inwhich they may have a direct or indirect conflict. The below is a current registry of all declared conflicts by City Councillors.

City Council registry for disclosures of interest
Date	Member	Meeting	Agenda Item	Reason for Disclosure
Monday, December 16, 2019	Councillor Mark Bentz	CC 2/51 COW 1/51	1. Board Appointment and 2. Economic Devlopement Reserve Project Item	1. Councillor M. Bentz is a Board Member of Synergy North and 2. Confederation College Employee
Monday, December 16, 2019	Councillor Andrew Foulds	CC 2/51 COW 1/51	Clean, Green & Beautiful Minutes	Applicants for CGB projects are relatives to professional contacts
Monday, December 16, 2019	Councillor Kristen Oliver	CC 2/51 COW 1/51	Economic Development Reserve Fund Project	Councillor K. Oliver is a Board Member at Confederation College
Monday, November 25, 2019	Councillor Brian Hamilton	COW 49/50 CLOSED/OPEN	2019CLS.037	Party to the Report
Monday, November 25, 2019	Councillor Albert Aiello	COW 49/50 CLOSED/OPEN	2019CLS.037	Party to the Report
Tuesday, November 19, 2019	Mayor Bill Mauro	Thunder Bay Police Services Board - Closed Session	Labour Relations	Mayor B. Mauro has a family member employed by the Thunder Bay Police Service
Monday, November 4, 2019	Councillor Brian Hamilton	COW 47/50	Rainbow Crosswalk Cost Information	Councillor B. Hamilton owns property in proximity to the installation
Monday, November 4, 2019	Councillor Aldo Ruberto	COW 47/50	Rainbow Crosswalk Cost Information	Councillor A. Ruberto owns property on the street the crossing is proposed to be located
Monday, October 21, 2019	Councillor Albert Aiello	COW 45/50(Closed) CC(PM) 11/50	Legal Matter R 133/2019 Zoning By-law Amendment - Part of 105 Junot Avenue South	Councillor A. Aiello is the Executive Director of the Boys & Girls Club
Tuesday, September 17, 2019	Mayor Bill Mauro	Thunder Bay Police Services Board - Closed Session	Labour Relations	Mayor B. Mauro has a family member employed by the Thunder Bay Police Service
Monday, September 9, 2019	Councillor Peng You	COW 40/50	National Wushu Championship 2020 and World Taiji Championship 2022	Councillor Peng You is President of Tai Chi Association and Owner of Tai Chi Academy
Tuesday, July 16, 2019	Mayor Bill Mauro	Thunder Bay Police Services Board - Closed Session	Labour Relations	Mayor B. Mauro has a family member employed by the Thunder Bay Police Service
Tuesday, June 18, 2019	Mayor Bill Mauro	Thunder Bay Police Services Board - Closed Session	Labour Relations	Mayor B. Mauro has a family member employed by the Thunder Bay Police Service
Tuesday, May 21, 2019	Mayor Bill Mauro	Thunder Bay Police Services Board - Closed Session	Labour Relations	Mayor B. Mauro has a family member employed by the Thunder Bay Police Service
Monday, May 13, 2019	Councillor Cody Fraser	COW 31/50 (Closed)	Report 2019CLS.008	Councillor C. Fraser disclosed an indirect pecuniary interest relative to Report 2019CLS.008
Monday, April 29, 2019	Councillor Andrew Foulds	COW 29/50 - Closed and Open Session CC 15/50	Report No.2019CLS010	Councillor A. Foulds disclosed an indirect Pecuniary Interest relative to Report #2019CLS010
Tuesday, April 16, 2019	Mayor Bill Mauro	Thunder Bay Police Services Board - Closed Session	Labour Relations	Mayor B. Mauro has a family member employed by the Thunder Bay Police Service
Monday, April 8, 2019	Councillor Mark Bentz	COW 25/50	Draft Shareholder Declaration - Thunder Bay Hydro Corporation	Councillor M. Bentz is a member of the Board of Directors for Synergy North (Thunder Bay Hydro)

In accordance with s.5.1 of the Municipal Conflict of Interest Act, at a meeting which a member discloses an interest under section 5, or as soon as possible afterwards, the member shall file a written statement of interest and its general nature with the City Clerk of the Municipality or the secretary of the committee or local board, as the case may be. In accordance with s.6.1 of the Municipal Conflict of Interest Act, every municipality and local board shall establish and maintain a registry in which shall be kept,

A copy of each statement filed under s.5.1. and
A copy of each declaration recorded under s. 6

The registry shall be available to the public for inspection in the manner and during the time of that the municipality or local board, as the case may be, may determine.