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Budget
Committee
City
of Peterborough
May
11, 2015
Draft Minutes Not Approved
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Minutes of a Meeting of the
Budget Committee held on May 11, 2015 in the Council Chambers, City Hall.
The
Budget Committee meeting was called to order at 6:09 p.m. in the Council Chambers.
Roll Call:
Minutes
– January 12 and 13, 2015 and January 21, 2015
Moved by
Councillor Parnell
That the minutes of the Budget Committee meetings held on
January 12 and 13, 2015 and January 21, 2015 be approved.
“CARRIED”
Disclosure
of Pecuniary Interest
There were no
Disclosures of Pecuniary Interest.
Consent
Agenda
Moved by Councillor
Baldwin
That item 3
be approved as part of the Consent Agenda.
“CARRIED”
Director of Corporate Services
Report
CPFS15-015
Peterborough
Police Services 2015 Budget
Moved
by Councillor Baldwin
That Council approve the
recommendations outlined in Report CPFS15-015, dated May 11, 2015, of the
Director of Corporate Services as follows:
a)
That the
Peterborough Police Services 2015 Operating Budget, in the amount of
$23,208,909, as set out in Appendix A, which reflects a reduction of $283,734
in the operating budget from the original request, be approved.
b)
That the
Peterborough Police Services 2015 Capital Budget in the amount of $763,788, as
set out in Appendix B, be approved.
c)
That the additional
amount of $175,788, for the one time start up costs required to deliver police
services to Cavan Monaghan, be funded from the Capital Levy Reserve.
d)
That the
Police Services Business Plan capital project (Project 8.02 in the 2015 Capital
Budget) in the amount of $75,000, be approved.
e)
That the
following reductions, in the amount of $423,852, be made to the 2015 City
Operating Budget to fund the remainder of the Police budget request:
i. 2014 Surplus $
80,000
ii. Fuel $200,000
iii. General Contingency $143,852
“CARRIED”
Director
of Corporate Services
Report
CPFS15-018
Public
Participation in City Budgeting Process
Moved
by Councillor Therrien
That Council approve the
recommendations outlined in Report CPFS15-018, dated May 11, 2015 of the
Director of Corporate Services as follows:
a)
That a
public budget meeting, to allow for input by the community for items to be
included in the budget, be held prior to the Budget Guideline meeting or during
the Budget Guideline meeting.
b)
That the Public Budget Review session
traditionally held subsequent to the Budget Committee Review Sessions, be held
prior to the Budget Committee Review Sessions.
“CARRIED”
Director
of Corporate Services
Report
CPFS15-019
Participatory
Budgeting
Moved
by Councillor Riel
That Council approve the
recommendations outlined in Report CPFS15-019, dated May 11, 2015 of the
Director of Corporate Services as follows:
a)
That a
Participatory Budgeting Pilot be introduced in 2016 in each of the five City
Wards and that the Draft 2016 Capital Budget includes funding for the project.
b)
That each
Ward be allocated an amount of $20,000 in capital funding for community
improvement projects identified through a Participatory Budgeting Process.
c)
That the
Director of Corporate Services report on the results of the Participatory
Budgeting Pilot including an evaluation of the Participatory Budgeting Pilot
process and options for Participatory Budgeting Processes in future years.
d)
That, if
Councillors are supportive of the Participatory Budgeting Pilot, they commit to
facilitate the process and participate in their respective Ward meetings.
“CARRIED”
Other
Business
Councillor
Beamer inquired about the Chief and Deputy Chief of Police arbitration matter
and how an award would be funded.
Adjournment
Moved
by Councillor Pappas
That this meeting of Budget Committee
adjourn at 6:36 p.m.
"CARRIED"
John
Kennedy
City
Clerk
Councillor
Clarke
Chair