APPROVE,
Moved by Councillor Farrell, that the Administration Recommendations
contained in Report PFC2014-0316 be approved, as follows:
Priorities
and Finance Committee recommends that Council:
1) As per the
Community Resiliency Projects (Attachment 1);
a) approve the
projects recommended for immediate funding and approve the capital budget of
$9.1 million funded from the Fiscal Stability Reserve;
b) approve the
one-time 2014 operating budget of $460 thousand funded from the Fiscal
Stability Reserve; and
c) direct
Administration to bring forward for consideration any continuing operating
costs as part of the 2015-2018 Action Plan.
2) As per the
Infrastructure / Operations: Flood Resiliency Projects (Attachment 2);
a) approve the
projects recommended for immediate funding and approve the capital budget of
up to $6.6 million funded from the Fiscal Stability Reserve;
b) approve the
associated one-time operating budget for 2014 of $650 thousand funded from
the Fiscal Stability Reserve; and
c) direct
Administration to bring forward for consideration any continuing operating
costs as part of the 2015-2018 Action Plan.
3) Approve a staffing
budget request of $5.9 million, to be funded from the Fiscal Stability
Reserve, for the period 2014-2016 with reimbursement of these funds to be
applied for under the Province’s Municipal Staffing Grant Program.
4) Approve the funding
of up to an additional $2 million from the Fiscal Stability Reserve for the
hiring of additional recovery staff and consultants in 2014 with recovery
costs to be pursued through the Municipal Staffing Grant Program.
5) Forward
PFC2014-0316 2013 Flood Recovery Task Force: Resiliency Recommendations as an item of
urgent business to
the 2014 April 14 Council Meeting.
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