Finance and Corporate Services Committee

WHEREAS, at its meeting on February 7, 2023, Finance and Corporate Services Committee will consider an information report titled, “Update on the Public Order Emergency Commission” (ACS2023-CMR-OCM-0001); and WHEREAS Document 1 of the Report, being “Institutional Reports Submitted by the City of Ottawa,” includes information about the 2022 Freedom Convoy’s impact on residents with disabilities but this content was inadvertently omitted from the Report’s “Accessibility Impacts” section. THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED THAT the Report’s “Accessibility Impacts” section be amended to include the following comments: As noted in Document 1, being the City of Ottawa’s Institutional Report, the impact of the Convoy on Ottawa’s residents, particularly those who live in the downtown core, was well-documented in the media and in the thousands of emails sent to elected officials at the City during the relevant time. City staff documented common and persistent impacts to residents, including seemingly never-ending noise from horns, fumes from idling trucks, issues with food security, transportation, safety, and mental health. For more information about the impact on residents with disabilities, see section 5 of Document 1, being the “Impact of Demonstrations in Early 2022 on the City of Ottawa, its Residents and Businesses.” In particular, several accessibility impacts are described under subsection ii, being “Impact on Health.” This includes impacts on people with disabilities, isolation and men

WHEREAS the following reports were not distributed with the Finance and Corporate Services Committee Agenda but were posted after the 2023 Budget was

That the Finance and Corporate Services Committee recommend that Council, sitting as Committee of the Whole, approve the Finance and Corporate Services Committee 2023 Draft Operating and Capital Budget, as follows: Elected Officials - Operating Resource Requirement (page 2); Office of the City Clerk Budget, as follows; User fees (pages 6-7); Operating Resource Requirement (page 5); Legal Services Operating Resource Requirement (page 9) City Manager’s Office Operating Resource Requirement (page 11); Transit Services, Rail Construction Program Service Budget as follows: User fees (pages 14-16); Operating Resource Requirement (page 13); Planning, Real Estate and Economic Development Department Budget, as follows: General Manager’s Office and Business and Technical Support Services – Operating Resources Requirement (page 17); Economic Development and Long-Range Planning, as follows: User fees (page 20) Operating Resource Requirement (page 19); Corporate Real Estate Office, as follows: User fees (page 23); Operating Resource Requirement (page 22); General Manager’s Office and Business Support Services (former ICS) – Operating Resource Requirement (page 24) Service Transformation – Operating Resources Requirement (page 26) Public Information and Media Relations - Operating Resource Requirement (page 28); Human Resources Operating Resource Requirement (page 30); ServiceOttawa Operating Budget as follows: User fees (page 34); Operating Resource Requirement (page 33); Information Tech