Community and Protective Services Committee

WHEREAS the City of Ottawa owns, operates and maintains refrigerated ice surfaces across the City; and WHEREAS in order to maintain the ice surfaces the City operates a fleet of 51 ice resurfacing machines; and WHEREAS the current fleet of resurfacers includes 39 units powered by propane, 8 units powered by natural gas, and 4 electric units; and WHEREAS as part of its objective to reduce GHGs and green its mobile fleet, the City wishes to pursue cleaner alternatives; and WHEREAS the older generation of electric resurfacers with lead batteries presented performance and operational challenges; and WHEREAS a new generation of ice resurfacers with lithium-ion batteries are now available promising better performance and battery life; and WHEREAS the City has in September 2021 undertaken a pilot project to test two new-generation lithium-ion powered units at two arenas; and WHEREAS the pilot project will run through the 2021/22 arena season, with a follow-up assessment later in 2022, THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED that no new ice resurfacing units be purchased until the pilot project and assessment is completed, except in urgent circumstances where the failure of existing units could negatively impact ice operations. AND BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that the findings of the pilot project be reported back to Community and Protective Services Committee in Q3 2022 and be used to guide the acquisition of ice resurfacers in 2022.

WHEREAS the Recreation, Cultural and Facility Service Department offers program subsidies know as Ottawa Hand in Hand to qualifying resident to facilitate access to recreation and cultural services; and WHEREAS the Hand in Hand program subsidy was increased as part of the 2021 budget from $180 per resident to $200 per resident based on the reduced number of programs offered due to COVID-19 restrictions and temporary recurring facility closures; and WHEREAS it is anticipated that in 2022 registration in programs will experience a gradual resurgence based on the relaxing of restrictions and reopening of facilities; and WHEREAS this gradual increase in demand is expected to still allow sufficient budget capacity for the increased level of subsidy approved in 2021; and WHEREAS the 2022 draft budget recommends a 2% increase to recreation and cultural fees to reflect increased cost of delivering these services; THEREFORE IT BE RESOLVED that the 2022 Ottawa Hand in Hand subsidy be increased from $200 to $205 per participant to offset the recommended 2022 inflationary increase to fees; and BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that funding for the increase be derived from the anticipated lower level of program registrations

That the Community and Protective Services Committee recommend that Council, sitting as Committee of the Whole, approve the Community and Protective Services Committee 2022 Draft Operating and Capital Budgets as follows: 1. Community and Social Services Budget, as follows: A. General Manager’s Office and Business Support Services Operating Resource Requirement (page 2); B. Employment and Social Services Operating Resource Requirement (page 4); C. Children’s Services, as follows: i) User fees (page 8); ii) Municipal Child Care Centres Operating Resource Requirement (page 6) iii) Remaining Children’s Services Operating Resource Requirement including the revised page 6 with the visibility of the “Sustainability, Reopening & Safe Restart” line (pages 6-7) D. Housing Services Operating Resource Requirement (page 10), as follows: i) Housing Programs ii) Community Homelessness Prevention Initiative iii) Home for Good iv) Reaching Home v) COVID-19 Funding vi) Remaining Housing Services Operating Resource Requirement; E. Long Term Care Operating Resource Requirement (page 12); F. Gender and Race Equity, Inclusion, Indigenous Relations and Social Development (page 15), as follows: i) Community Funding ii) Remaining Gender and Race Equity, Inclusion, Indigenous Relations and Social Development Operating Resource Requirement 2. Emergency and Protective Services Budget, as follows: A. General Manager’s Office and Business Support Services - Operating Resource Requirement (page 16); B. Pub