Taken from the roll call in the town’s own minutes. The minutes record who was not there and almost never why.
What was decided (2 motions)
2 carried, 0 recorded otherwise. Every motion below is printed as the minutes print it.
WHEREAS the report on Funding Cost-Effective Energy Evolution projects recommends that staff consider the affordability of raising the debt limit for projects in Energy Evolution that either generate income or savings to the City during the development of the Long Range Financial Plans; and WHEREAS the recommendation is not explicit in the requirement to report back to committee on any project that would increase the debt limit; and WHEREAS the current debt limits approved by Council are 7.5% for tax supported services, 15% for rate supported services and 8.5% overall. THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED that the Finance and Economic Development Committee recommend that Council replace recommendation 1 with the following: 1. Recommend to the Finance and Economic Development Committee (FEDC) that the next Long Range Financial Plans consider the affordability of raising the debt limits for projects in Energy Evolution that either generate income or savings to the City and the results of this analysis and any staff recommendations be brought back to FEDC with the report on the LRFP; Joan Freeman, CAFES spoke in support of the staff report, noting the benefits to affordable housing. The following correspondence is held on file with the Office of the City Clerk. · Email received on December 1, 2020 by Aaron Thornell, Customer & Member Manager CoEnergy Ontario Co-operative After discussion, the Committee
Moved by Councillor S. Moffatt
Carried
WHEREAS Subsection 222(1) of the Municipal Act, 2001 provides that a municipality has the authority “ to divide or redivide the municipality into wards or to dissolve the existing wards”; and WHEREAS on June 12, 2019, City Council considered the staff report titled, “City of Ottawa Ward Boundary Review (2019-2020),” and approved a process to review the City’s ward boundaries and establish new boundaries in time for the 2022 Municipal Elections; and WHEREAS the Council-approved ward boundary review process is aimed at addressing issues relating to “effective representation” and is meant to establish ward boundaries that could be used in at least three municipal elections (2022, 2026 and 2030) and, perhaps, a fourth municipal election in 2034; and WHEREAS in accordance with Council direction arising from the June 2019 staff report, staff undertook a Request for Proposal (RFP) process to retain an independent consultant to conduct a comprehensive ward boundary review consistent with Council-approved Terms of Reference, and the consultant team of Beate Bowron Etcetera Inc., in association with The Davidson Group and Hemson Consulting Ltd., was retained through the RFP process; and WHEREAS the consultant team began the Ottawa Ward Boundary Review 2020 in January 2020, with the first round of public consultation between March and April 2020, the subsequent development of an Options Report and Supplementary Report, and the second round of public consultation between August and Septe