Committee of the Whole - Budget Meeting

Minutes

Meeting #:
Date:
Time:
-
Location:
Council Chambers Level 2, City Hall
Members Present:
  • Blair Lancaster (Chair),
  • Paul Sharman,
  • Rick Craven,
  • Marianne Meed Ward ,
  • John Taylor,
  • Jack Dennison,
  • and Mayor Rick Goldring
Staff Present:
  • James Ridge,
  • Joan Ford,
  • Mary Battaglia,
  • Laura Boyd,
  • Sue Connor,
  • Chris Glenn,
  • Sheila Jones,
  • David Lazenby,
  • Allan Magi,
  • Angela Morgan,
  • Nancy Shea-Nicol,
  • Christine Swenor,
  • Mary Lou Tanner,
  • Vito Tolone,
  • David Thompson (Audio/Video Specialist),
  • and Jo-Anne Rudy (Clerk)

  • Moved byPaul Sharman

    Receive and file finance department report F-02-18 regarding the 20 year budget driver forecast.

    CARRIED
  • Moved byMarianne Meed Ward

    Add five additional transit operators at a cost of $372,424.

    CARRIED
  • Moved byMayor Goldring

    Approve the 2018 operating budget as amended by the Committee of the Whole – Budget with a resulting net tax levy amount of $160,248,680.

    CARRIED
  • Moved byPaul Sharman

    Refer holiday transit service to staff so they can come back with service proposals.

    LOST
  • Moved byMarianne Meed Ward

    Add holiday service on December 25 and January 1 where there is currently no transit service at a cost of $20,600.

    CARRIED
  • Moved byMarianne Meed Ward

    Accommodate $278,970 within existing budget.

    LOST
  • Moved byMarianne Meed Ward

    Reduce Project Management by unspent amount of $150,000.

    LOST
  • Moved byMayor Goldring

    Approve financial support in 2018 to Friends of Freeman Station to support their fundraising campaign by providing matching funds on a dollar for dollar basis up to $50,000 to be funded from the Tax Rate Stabilization Reserve Fund.

    CARRIED
  • Moved byMarianne Meed Ward

    Direct the Director of Transit to report back to Council in the Spring with a plan for holiday transit service.

    CARRIED
  • Moved byPaul Sharman

    Direct the Director of Parks and Recreation to contact the Halton District Catholic School Board to discuss the opportunity to provide community space at Corpus Christi High School through a community partnership and report back during 2018 on the feasibility and potential cost for consideration in the 2019 budget process.

    CARRIED
  • Moved byMarianne Meed Ward

    Direct the Director of Human Resources to report back to Committee of the Whole regarding implications of changing from employer paid parking for staff.  Report to include information regarding equity between employees, implications to employment contracts, ability to designate where staff park and financial implications.

    LOST
  • Moved byMayor Goldring

    Direct the Director of Finance and City Solicitor to report back on a detailed strategic land acquisition funding model that can include any or all of the following mechanisms:

    1. Increase the funding in the operating budget on an annual basis to the Strategic Land Acquisition Fund.
    2. Review the capital budget and forecast to find funding for strategic land acquisition. e.g. 5% over 10 year forecast of $680 million is $34 million.
    3. Investigate the merits of using TIF (Tax Increment Financing).
    4. Define what funding would be available by increasing the debt service limit.
    5. Review opportunities for Parkland Dedication through the development application process.
    6. Track Parkland Dedication cash-in-lieu so there is a record and projected potential funding going forward. 
    CARRIED

Chair adjourned the meeting at 12:45 p.m.