Richmond Hill Town Council
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Richmond Hill Town Council is the governing body for the Town of Richmond Hill
, Ontario
, Canada
. Council serves a four year term, after which a new council is elected by qualified electors in Richmond Hill. Richmond Hill Town council consists of a Mayor, six Ward Councillors and two Regional and Local Councillors. The Mayor and the Regional and Local Councillors additionally serve on the York Regional Council representing the interests of the residents of Richmond Hill
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The Mayor serves as the leader of council. They preside over meetings to maintain order, and call special meetings when needed. The Mayor and Councillors both propose, oversee the administration and finances of Richmond Hill and direction the operations of the Town's departments, as well as meeting with residents and government agencies to discuss issues relevant to Richmond Hill and its residents.
The Town’s Corporate & Financial Services Department is responsible for providing direction, policy advice and leadership to and through the Financial Services, Information Technology and Town Clerk’s Divisions. It provides expert financial, administrative and technical services to ensure supports are in place for internal and external clients and partners.
The Environment & Infrastructure Services Department oversees the design, construction and overall management of the Town’s municipal infrastructure and environmental programs. The Department has a strategic focus on the direction and management of environmental services and initiatives that support future needs and interests of the community. The integration of all design and construction projects for facilities, parks, roads, water, stormwater and wastewater infrastructure resides in this Department.
The Chief Administrative Office provides Corporate leadership in the overall management of the Town's five departments. In this role, the Chief Administrative Officer reviews and approves all recommendations made to Council and Committees of Council, and manages corporate strategic planning. The Chief Administrative Officer acts as department head to the Legal Division, Human Resources and the Office of Strategic Initiatives.
The Community Services Department delivers the integrated front line services required to provide for an active, attractive, safe and connected community. The Department includes Fire & Emergency Services, Parks Operations, Public Works Operations and Recreation & Culture. The Community Services Department is responsible for delivering Fire & Emergency Services programs, maintaining parks, road repair and replacement, garbage & recycling programs, operation of the Town's water & wastewater infrastructure, delivery of recreational & cultural programs and managing the Town's recreational facilities. The Department also runs special events, such as Concerts in the Park and The Reel Thing, a local film festival.
The Community Services Department also runs the Richmond Hill Centre for the Performing Arts.
The Planning & Regulatory Services Department provides Planning and Building related services to Council, other departments and the general public. Each division within the department has responsibility for various stages and aspects of land development and construction of buildings, as well as the administration of various Town by-laws. It responds to the specific needs of Council, the public and the development industry.
Richmond Hill, Ontario
Richmond Hill is a town located in Southern Ontario, Canada in the central portion of York Region, Ontario. It is part of the Greater Toronto Area, being located about halfway between Toronto and Lake Simcoe...
, Ontario
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. Council serves a four year term, after which a new council is elected by qualified electors in Richmond Hill. Richmond Hill Town council consists of a Mayor, six Ward Councillors and two Regional and Local Councillors. The Mayor and the Regional and Local Councillors additionally serve on the York Regional Council representing the interests of the residents of Richmond Hill
Richmond Hill, Ontario
Richmond Hill is a town located in Southern Ontario, Canada in the central portion of York Region, Ontario. It is part of the Greater Toronto Area, being located about halfway between Toronto and Lake Simcoe...
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The Mayor serves as the leader of council. They preside over meetings to maintain order, and call special meetings when needed. The Mayor and Councillors both propose, oversee the administration and finances of Richmond Hill and direction the operations of the Town's departments, as well as meeting with residents and government agencies to discuss issues relevant to Richmond Hill and its residents.
Municipal departments
Town Council oversees the municipal departments, which deliver a variety of services to the residents of Richmond Hill. The town has a Community Services Department, Corporate & Financial Services Department, Environment & Infrastructure Services Department, Office of the Chief Administrative Officer and Planning & Regulatory Services Department.The Town’s Corporate & Financial Services Department is responsible for providing direction, policy advice and leadership to and through the Financial Services, Information Technology and Town Clerk’s Divisions. It provides expert financial, administrative and technical services to ensure supports are in place for internal and external clients and partners.
The Environment & Infrastructure Services Department oversees the design, construction and overall management of the Town’s municipal infrastructure and environmental programs. The Department has a strategic focus on the direction and management of environmental services and initiatives that support future needs and interests of the community. The integration of all design and construction projects for facilities, parks, roads, water, stormwater and wastewater infrastructure resides in this Department.
The Chief Administrative Office provides Corporate leadership in the overall management of the Town's five departments. In this role, the Chief Administrative Officer reviews and approves all recommendations made to Council and Committees of Council, and manages corporate strategic planning. The Chief Administrative Officer acts as department head to the Legal Division, Human Resources and the Office of Strategic Initiatives.
The Community Services Department delivers the integrated front line services required to provide for an active, attractive, safe and connected community. The Department includes Fire & Emergency Services, Parks Operations, Public Works Operations and Recreation & Culture. The Community Services Department is responsible for delivering Fire & Emergency Services programs, maintaining parks, road repair and replacement, garbage & recycling programs, operation of the Town's water & wastewater infrastructure, delivery of recreational & cultural programs and managing the Town's recreational facilities. The Department also runs special events, such as Concerts in the Park and The Reel Thing, a local film festival.
The Community Services Department also runs the Richmond Hill Centre for the Performing Arts.
The Planning & Regulatory Services Department provides Planning and Building related services to Council, other departments and the general public. Each division within the department has responsibility for various stages and aspects of land development and construction of buildings, as well as the administration of various Town by-laws. It responds to the specific needs of Council, the public and the development industry.
History
Richmond Hill was incorporated as a village in 1873, and the town council consisted of a reeve and four councillors. The councillors were the top four vote-getters of all persons running for the job. The reeve and councillors served one year terms. Richmond Hill was incorporated as a town in 1957, and the council was expanded to include a mayor, a reeve, a deputy reeve and four councillors. In 1966, the council began to serve two year terms, rather than the previous one year terms. The council was reorganised in 1971 after the incorporation of York Region to have a mayor, two regional councillors shared with York Region Council, and six councillors. 1970 had also seen Richmond Hill expand from 1700 acres (6.9 km²) to 27000 acres (109.3 km²) and from 19000 residents to 34000 residents with the annexation of land from Whitchurch Township, Markham Township, Vaughan Township and King Township. In 1982, the terms of councillors were extended to three years, and in 2006 the terms were extended to four years.| Year | Reeve | Councillor Councillor A councillor or councilor is a member of a local government council, such as a city council.Often in the United States, the title is councilman or councilwoman.-United Kingdom:... |
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| 1873 | Abraham Law Abraham Law Abraham Law was the first Reeve of Richmond Hill, Ontario. Law was married to Elizabeth Klinck, with whom he fathered thirteen children.... |
Jacob Brillinger | David Hopkins | William Powell | William S. Warren | ||||
| 1874 | William Harrison William Harrison (reeve) William Harrison was a harness and saddle maker who served as the second reeve of Richmond Hill, Ontario, in 1874. He was the community's first historian.... |
William Atkinson | Isaac Crosby Isaac Crosby Isaac Crosby was a general store owner and sometime village councillor of Richmond Hill, Ontario who was elected reeve to the Richmond Hill Village Council in 1905.... |
John Brown John Brown (reeve) John Brown was the reeve of Richmond Hill, Ontario, Canada from 1883 - 1884. He also server as a councillor on the Richmond Hill Village Council in 1874.... |
Asa B. Wilson | ||||
| 1875 | William Trench III | Denis C. O'Brien | William Pogue | ||||||
| 1876 | Peter G. Savage Peter G. Savage Peter Gould Savage was a village councillor for Richmond Hill, Ontario from 1876 to 1879 and 1885 to 1896. From 1897 until 1905, he served as reeve for the Richmond Hill Village Council.... |
William Powell | |||||||
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| 1878 | James Langstaff James Langstaff James Miles Langstaff was the reeve of Richmond Hill, Ontario in 1880 and a village councillor there in 1878.Born in Richmond Hill, at the Langstaff residence around today's Highway 7 and Yonge Street, an area then known as Langstaff Corners. He was the son of Jon Langstaff and Lucy Miles and... |
Benjamin Redditt | |||||||
| 1879 | Francis McConaghy | ||||||||
| 1880 | James Langstaff James Langstaff James Miles Langstaff was the reeve of Richmond Hill, Ontario in 1880 and a village councillor there in 1878.Born in Richmond Hill, at the Langstaff residence around today's Highway 7 and Yonge Street, an area then known as Langstaff Corners. He was the son of Jon Langstaff and Lucy Miles and... |
Christopher Duncumb | Isaac Crosby Isaac Crosby Isaac Crosby was a general store owner and sometime village councillor of Richmond Hill, Ontario who was elected reeve to the Richmond Hill Village Council in 1905.... |
William H. Pugsley William H. Pugsley William Henry Puglsey was the reeve of Richmond Hill, Ontario from 1885 until 1896, and again from 1907 until 1918.Pugsley began his career as a butcher and cattle dealer in Richmond Hill. He was first elected to the Richmond Hill Village Council after standing for election as a coucillor in... |
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| 1881 | William Trench III | John H. Sanderson | |||||||
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| 1883 | John Brown John Brown (reeve) John Brown was the reeve of Richmond Hill, Ontario, Canada from 1883 - 1884. He also server as a councillor on the Richmond Hill Village Council in 1874.... |
Henry F. Hopper | Isaac Crosby Isaac Crosby Isaac Crosby was a general store owner and sometime village councillor of Richmond Hill, Ontario who was elected reeve to the Richmond Hill Village Council in 1905.... |
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| 1884 | Robert E. Law | Alexander Moodie | |||||||
| 1885 | William H. Pugsley William H. Pugsley William Henry Puglsey was the reeve of Richmond Hill, Ontario from 1885 until 1896, and again from 1907 until 1918.Pugsley began his career as a butcher and cattle dealer in Richmond Hill. He was first elected to the Richmond Hill Village Council after standing for election as a coucillor in... |
Peter G. Savage Peter G. Savage Peter Gould Savage was a village councillor for Richmond Hill, Ontario from 1876 to 1879 and 1885 to 1896. From 1897 until 1905, he served as reeve for the Richmond Hill Village Council.... |
Francis McConaghy | William Powell | Benjamin Redditt | ||||
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| 1888 | William J. Wilson | William A. Sanderson | William Atkinson | ||||||
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| 1892 | John Brydon | Jeremiah Mortson | John Palmer | ||||||
| 1893 | William Atkinson | ||||||||
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| 1896 | John H. Sanderson | ||||||||
| 1897 | Peter G. Savage Peter G. Savage Peter Gould Savage was a village councillor for Richmond Hill, Ontario from 1876 to 1879 and 1885 to 1896. From 1897 until 1905, he served as reeve for the Richmond Hill Village Council.... |
William Innes | William A. Wright | ||||||
| 1898 | David Hill | Henry F. Hopper | |||||||
| 1899 | John Palmer | Thomas H. Trench | |||||||
| 1900 | Reuben W. Glass | ||||||||
| 1901 | William Furey | ||||||||
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| 1903 | John P. Glass | James Paulin | |||||||
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| 1905 | Isaac Crosby Isaac Crosby Isaac Crosby was a general store owner and sometime village councillor of Richmond Hill, Ontario who was elected reeve to the Richmond Hill Village Council in 1905.... |
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| 1906 | Isaac Crosby Isaac Crosby Isaac Crosby was a general store owner and sometime village councillor of Richmond Hill, Ontario who was elected reeve to the Richmond Hill Village Council in 1905.... |
Hesse A. Nicholls | John H. Sanderson | ||||||
| 1907 | William H. Pugsley William H. Pugsley William Henry Puglsey was the reeve of Richmond Hill, Ontario from 1885 until 1896, and again from 1907 until 1918.Pugsley began his career as a butcher and cattle dealer in Richmond Hill. He was first elected to the Richmond Hill Village Council after standing for election as a coucillor in... |
Edward Barker | |||||||
| 1908 | David Sloan | ||||||||
| 1909 | Herbert H. Hopper | John Palmer | |||||||
| 1910 | George S. Sims | ||||||||
| 1911 | John Tyndall | ||||||||
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| 1914 | John Hickson | ||||||||
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| 1917 | Jacob Lunau | George A. McDonald | Joseph A. Monkman | Thomas H. Trench | |||||
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| 1919 | Thomas H. Trench | John A. Greene | David Hill | ||||||
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| 1921 | Norman Batty | ||||||||
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| 1924 | John A. Greene | Robert N. Endean | James McLean | William H. Pugsley | |||||
| 1925 | Jacob Lunau | ||||||||
| 1926 | Jacob Lunau | Walter G. Baldock | J. Roy Herrington | Gordon H. Sloan | |||||
| 1927 | James McLean | ||||||||
| 1928 | David Hill | A. Chapman | |||||||
| 1929 | Henry Davis | Frederick J. Mansbridge | Wesley Middleton | Frank E. Sims | |||||
| 1930 | Albert Chapman | ||||||||
| 1931 | David Hill | James McLean | Harold Mills | Joseph Monkman | |||||
| 1932 | J.A. Greene | ||||||||
| 1933 | J.A. Greene | Alex Little | Wes Middleton | James McLean | |||||
| 1934 | William Neal | ||||||||
| 1935 | James McLean | ||||||||
| 1936 | Percy Hill | ||||||||
| 1937 | Christian Nelson | ||||||||
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| 1940 | Thomas Trench | Robert Little | Wes Middleton | William Neal | Dr. J.P. Wilson | ||||
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| 1943 | J.A. Greene | Allan Bales | Percy Hills | Ralph Paris | |||||
| 1944 | William Neal | ||||||||
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| 1947 | Cecil Mabley | ||||||||
| 1948 | Percy Hill | W.J. Taylor | Ken Tomlin | ||||||
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| 1950 | J.A. Greene | Floyd Perkins | |||||||
| 1951 | Ken Tomlin | ||||||||
| 1952 | W.J. Taylor | Jack Rice | |||||||
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| 1954 | Harold Jones | ||||||||
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| 1956 | Donald Plaxton | ||||||||
| In 1957, with the incorporation of Richmond Hill as a town, the positions of Mayor and Deputy Reeve were added to the council | |||||||||
| Year | Mayor Mayor In many countries, a Mayor is the highest ranking officer in the municipal government of a town or a large urban city.... |
Reeve | Deputy Reeve | Councillor | Councillor | Councillor | Councillor | ||
| 1957 | William Neal | W.J. Taylor | Floyd Perkins | James Harrart | Harold Jones | Donald Plaxton | Stanley Tinker | ||
| 1958 | Ken Tomlin | Donald Plaxton | James Bradstok | Joseph Patterson | |||||
| 1959 | Floyd Perkins | Stanley Tinker | Robert Ross | ||||||
| 1960 | James Haggart | Thomas Broadhurt | Margaret Southwell | Howard Willans | |||||
| 1961 | James Haggart | Floyd Perkins | John Bradstock | Alan White | |||||
| 1962 | Thomas Broadhurst | Alex Campbell | John MacDiarmid | ||||||
| 1963 | William Neal | Stanley Tinker | Thomas Murphy | Walter Scudds | |||||
| 1964 | Thomas Broadhurst | James Haggart | Lois Hancey | William Lazenby | Robert Saunders | ||||
| 1965 | Donald Plaxton | Floyd Perkins | Eric Handbury | ||||||
| 1966/67 | John MacDiarmid | Ivan Mansbridge | |||||||
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| 1970 | William Lazenby | Ivan Mansbridge | Shaun Beggs | Eric George | David Schiller | ||||
| In 1971, with the incorporation of York Region, the council was again reorganised. | |||||||||
| Year | Mayor | Regional Councillor | Regional Councillor | Councillor | Councillor | Councillor | Councillor | Councillor | Councillor |
| 1971/72 | William Lazenby | Donald Plaxton | Gordon Rowe | Shaun Beggs | Stewart Bell | Andrew Chateauvert | Lois Hancey | David Schiller | Lou Wainwright |
| 1973/74 | Lois Hancey | William Corcoran | Graeme Bales | David Stephenson | Charles Stewart | ||||
| 1975/76 | David Schiller | John Birchall | Marylo Graham | Mike Burnie | Al Duffy | ||||
| 1977/78 | Lou Wainwright | ||||||||
| 1979/80 | Gordon Rowe | David Amos | David Barrow | ||||||
| 1981/82 | Al Duffy | Lois Hancey | Doug Smith | Bill Bell | Bob Cage | Frank Gallant | |||
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| 1985-88 | Tom Simpson | Gail Blackburn | Bryon Wilfert Bryon Wilfert Bryon J. Wilfert, PC was a Canadian politician. He was a member of the Canadian House of Commons, representing the riding of Richmond Hill for the Liberal Party from 1997 to 2011... |
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| 1988-91 | Bill Bell | Frank Endean | Janet Mabley | David Cohen | Catherine Bishop | ||||
| 1991-94 | Gail Blackburn | Isabelle Gargarella | Jane Robertson | ||||||
| 1994-97 | Janet Mabley | Vito Spatafora | Brenda Hogg | Nick Papa | |||||
| 1997-00 | David Barrow Dave Barrow David Barrow is the mayor of Richmond Hill, Ontario, Canada.-References:*Richmond Hill Town Council. http://www.richmondhill.ca/subpage.asp?pageid=townhall_profile_of_dave_barrow... |
David Bishop | Joe Di Paola | ||||||
| 2000-03 | Brenda Hogg | Arnie Warner | Lynn Foster | ||||||
| 2003-06 | Elio Di Iorio | ||||||||
| 2006-10 | David Barrow Dave Barrow David Barrow is the mayor of Richmond Hill, Ontario, Canada.-References:*Richmond Hill Town Council. http://www.richmondhill.ca/subpage.asp?pageid=townhall_profile_of_dave_barrow... |
Vito Spatafora | Greg Beros | Nick Papa | Godwin Chan | ||||
| 2010-14 | Carmine Perrelli | Castro Liu | |||||||