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Mayor's Taskforce: Improving Transparency, Accountability and Access
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The Mayor’s Task Force on Transparency, Access, and Accountability (MTFTAA) is looking for your ideas and feedback on how to increase transparency, accountability, and access within the City of Hamilton. This consultation builds off various City-led consultations such as the Reimagining Public Participation Consultation and Our City Survey done in 2022.
There are four ways you can participate in this public consultation:
From past consultations we understand that members of our community often feel they are not included in City decision making and want to know more on how City activities or decisions impact your local neighborhood. We also know that the services our community feels function well are things like our Libraries and Bookmobiles, Fire and Paramedic services and our parks and open spaces. Whereas community members want to see improvements in other areas such as community housing, social services, traffic and roadways as well as building permits.
The responses to this consultation will inform a final report which will make specific recommendations to City Council on how to improve the following:
Public access to productively engage with the City of Hamilton: Ensuring that community members and organizations have clear, accessible channels for participation and feedback in city governance.
Transparency regarding City of Hamilton activities and decisions: Increasing the visibility and openness of the City's operations and decision-making processes to build trust and accountability.
The City of Hamilton demonstrating accountability to our communities: Implementing measures to ensure that the City’s actions and decisions are responsive to the needs and concerns of its diverse population, fostering a sense of responsibility and reliability.
Propose practical steps to enhance trust: Developing clear and feasible next steps aimed at building and maintaining trust between the City of Hamilton and its residents.
The Mayor’s Task Force on Transparency, Access, and Accountability (MTFTAA) is looking for your ideas and feedback on how to increase transparency, accountability, and access within the City of Hamilton. This consultation builds off various City-led consultations such as the Reimagining Public Participation Consultation and Our City Survey done in 2022.
There are four ways you can participate in this public consultation:
From past consultations we understand that members of our community often feel they are not included in City decision making and want to know more on how City activities or decisions impact your local neighborhood. We also know that the services our community feels function well are things like our Libraries and Bookmobiles, Fire and Paramedic services and our parks and open spaces. Whereas community members want to see improvements in other areas such as community housing, social services, traffic and roadways as well as building permits.
The responses to this consultation will inform a final report which will make specific recommendations to City Council on how to improve the following:
Public access to productively engage with the City of Hamilton: Ensuring that community members and organizations have clear, accessible channels for participation and feedback in city governance.
Transparency regarding City of Hamilton activities and decisions: Increasing the visibility and openness of the City's operations and decision-making processes to build trust and accountability.
The City of Hamilton demonstrating accountability to our communities: Implementing measures to ensure that the City’s actions and decisions are responsive to the needs and concerns of its diverse population, fostering a sense of responsibility and reliability.
Propose practical steps to enhance trust: Developing clear and feasible next steps aimed at building and maintaining trust between the City of Hamilton and its residents.
To guide you in sharing your thoughts with us, please see some helpful definitions below:
Interact: Having direct contact with a City of Hamilton service, employee, official or recreational facility
Access: This means finding better ways for community members to share their thoughts and ideas with the city.
Transparency: This involves ensuring that people can easily see and understand what the City is doing and understand why.
Accountability: This includes making sure the City listens to and meets the needs of all community members and effectively communicates the outcomes of its work.
Trust: Bringing forward clear and practical ways to strengthen the relationship between the City and its residents.
We're collecting information as part of this project The City of Hamilton collects information under the authority of Section 227 of the Municipal Act, 2001. Any personal information collected for the Mayor’s Task Force on Transparency, Accountability and Access will be used to informa final report that will include specific recommendations to City Council on how to improve access, transparency, and accountability to enhance trust in City decision-making. More details and contact information can be found at the bottom of this page under "Notice of Collection".
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Mayor's Taskforce: Improving Transparency, Accountability and Access is currently at this stage
During this phase we will be consulting with community members and organizations to hear their thoughts and ideas on specific recommendations and improvements that can be made.
Draft Report
this is an upcoming stage for Mayor's Taskforce: Improving Transparency, Accountability and Access
During this time, the Task Force and our organizational partners will draft a report with recommendations that will be presented to council on how to improve City operations.
Presentation to Council
this is an upcoming stage for Mayor's Taskforce: Improving Transparency, Accountability and Access
Once the report is finalized the Task Force will present its report and recommendations to Council.