Finance and Economic Development Committee

WHEREAS under Section 82 the Municipal Elections Act, 1996 a municipality may, by by-law, provide for the payment of rebates for contributions to candidates for office on the municipal council; and WHEREAS on November 27, 2002 Council approved the creation of an Election Contribution Rebate Program for the City of Ottawa with the stated purpose of the program was to “level the playing field” between individual and corporate donations to municipal campaigns, and lessen “the apparent dominance of corporate campaign contributions in the funding of municipal election campaigns”; and WHEREAS the Election Contribution Rebate Program has been in effect for three regular elections (2003, 2006 and 2010) and one by-election (January 2006 – Orléans Ward) and there has been a noticeable shift to a greater percentage of individual contributions in each election for which the Program has been in place; and WHEREAS the Election Contribution Rebate Program has never been assigned a budget and staff advise that the practice of funding the contribution rebate program from the Elections Reserve Fund contributes to the projected overall deficit in that reserve fund; and WHEREAS there is a desire to continue to encourage individual contributions through the Election Contribution Rebate Program while also reducing financial impact of the program; THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED that Finance and Economic Development Committee recommend that Council approve adjustments to the rebate formula for the Electio

the Ontario Lottery and Gaming Corporation (OLG) has requested that the City sign a new amended and restated Municipality Contribution Agreement (MCA) for the Rideau Carleton Raceway (RCR) that, among other changes, incorporates a new contribution category of 4% of live table games revenues for municipalities that host OLG gaming facilities; and Whereas Section 2(2), paragraph (ii), of Regulation 81/12 passed under the Ontario Lottery and Gaming Corporation Act, states that a proposed gaming site requires municipal approval, and the Regulation does not exclude the imposition of conditions as part of the approval; and Whereas on August 28th, 2013, City Council approved that the City will take part in the OLG’s Request for Proposal process for a gaming facility on the understanding that the only acceptable location for such a gaming facility is the RCR with its current allocation of 1250 slots and the approved expansion for 21 gaming tables; and Whereas the proposed new MCA provides, in the last sentence of Section 11, that the “OLG has, and shall have, the sole right to determine, from time to time and at any time, the number and type of Electronic Games operated” at the RCR; and Whereas the proposed new MCA defines “Electronic Games” broadly, as follows: “Electronic Games” means all electronic gaming devices, including but not limited to reel-type and video-types slot machines, electronic table games and dealer assisted electronic games, in each case, whether nor not a live d

it Resolved that staff ensure the negotiated lease allows the city complete discretion to exit the lease at the end of the 10 year term without the need to prove any performance deficiencies