Committee Minutes

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MINUTES

 

Emergency Management Committee

HELD 2014 July 02 AT 3:40 PM

IN THE Engineering Traditions Committee Room

 

 

PRESENT:

Councillor D. Colley-Urquhart, Chair

Councillor A. Chabot, Vice-Chair

Councillor S. Keating

Councillor J. Magliocca

Councillor R. Pootmans

Councillor J. Stevenson

Councillor W. Sutherland

ALSO PRESENT:

General Manager S. Dalgleish

Legislative Assistant C. Smillie

 

This meeting was conducted in accordance with the Procedure Bylaw 44M2006, as amended.

 

1.

CONFIRMATION OF AGENDA

 

 

 

CONFIRM AGENDA, Moved by Councillor Pootmans, that the Agenda for the 2014 July 02 Regular Meeting of the Emergency Management Committee be confirmed.

 

 

CARRIED

 


 

2.

CONFIRMATION OF THE MINUTES  

 

 

2.1

MINUTES OF THE REGULAR MEETING OF THE EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT COMMITTEE, 2014 APRIL 30

 

 

 

CONFIRM MINUTES, Moved by Councillor Magliocca, that the Minutes of the 2014 April 30 Regular Meeting of the Emergency Management Committee be confirmed.

 

 

CARRIED

 

 

3.

NEW BUSINESS

 

 

3.1

2013 FLOOD INTERNAL AND EXTERNAL DEBRIEF REPORTS, EM2014-0414

 

IN CAMERA, Moved by Councillor Stevenson, that, in accordance with Section 197 of the Municipal Government Act, and Sections 24(1)(b) of the Freedom of Information and Protection of Privacy Act, Committee now move In Camera at 3:41 p.m., in order to consider a confidential matter with respect to Report EM2014-0414.

 

 

CARRIED

 

 

The Emergency Management Committee moved into public session at 3:56 p.m., with Councillor Colley-Urquhart in the Chair.

 

RISE WITHOUT REPORTING, Moved by Councillor Pootmans, that the Emergency Management Committee rise without reporting.

 

 

CARRIED.

 

 

FILE AND RELEASE TO THE PUBLIC, Moved by Councillor Stevenson, that Attachment 2 contained in Report EM2014-0414 be released publicly and that Administration Recommendation 5 with respect to the Freedom of Information and Protection of Privacy Act be filed.

 

 

 

CARRIED

 

 

 

 

RECEIVE FOR CORPORATE RECORD

 

The Legislative Assistant received for the Corporate Record, with respect to Report

EM2014-0414, the following public documents:

 

  • Colour bound copy of Attachment 2 entitled “The Conference Board of Canada Report, The Calgary Emergency Management Agency and the 2013 Flood”;

 

  • Presentation entitled “Forewarned and Forearmed, The Calgary Emergency Management Agency and the 2013 Flood”

 

AMENDMENT, Moved by Councillor Pootmans, that the Administration Recommendations contained in Report EM2014-0414 be amended by adding a new Recommendation 7, as follows:

 

“7.  Direct Administration to consolidate the recommendations of the June 2013 Flood Internal Debrief Results and the Conference  Board of Canada Report to develop a workplan, to return to the Emergency Management Committee in 2015 April.”

 

 

 

CARRIED 

 

 

APPROVE, AS AMENDED, Moved by Councillor Keating, that the Administration Recommendations contained in Report EM2014-0414 be approved, as amended, as follows:

 

That the Emergency Management Committee recommends that Council:

 

1.   File Administration Recommendation 4 and substitute with Committee Recommendations 5 and 6;

 

2.   Receive the June 2013 Flood Internal Debrief Results (Attachment 1) and the

Conference Board of Canada Report (Attachment 2), for information;

 

3.   Direct Administration to incorporate Internal Debrief themes and strategies with

corresponding implementation actions into Action Plan 2015-2018 business plans and

budgets;

 

4.   Receive the Conference Board of Canada Report (Attachment 1) recommendations

and direct Administration to report to Council through the Emergency Management

Committee in Spring 2015 with a status update;

 

5.   Direct the Calgary Emergency Management Agency to coordinate an independent review of the Recovery Operations Centre, under the Municipal Emergency Plan, and report the findings to Council, through the Emergency Management Committee, by 2015 April;

 

6.   Direct Administration to review the Emergency Management Committee’s role, and report back to Council, through the Emergency Management Committee, by 2015 April.

 

7.   Direct Administration to consolidate the recommendations of the June 2013 Flood Internal Debrief Results and the Conference  Board of Canada Report to develop a workplan, to return to the Emergency Management Committee in 2015 April.

 

And further, that the presentation received for the Corporate Record, be attached to Report EM2014-0414 prior to being forwarded to Council.

 

CARRIED

 

 

4.

ADJOURNMENT

 

ADJOURN, Moved by Councillor Magliocca, that this meeting adjourn at 5:22 p.m.

 

CARRIED 

 

 

CONFIRMED BY COMMITTEE ON

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

CHAIR                                                                           LEGISLATIVE ASSISTANT

 

 

 

THE FOLLOWING ITEMS HAVE BEEN FORWARDED TO THE 2014 JULY 21 COMBINED MEETING OF COUNCIL:



CONSENT:

 

2013 FLOOD INTERNAL AND EXTERNAL DEBRIEF REPORTS, EM2014-0414

 

 

 

The next Regular Meeting of the Emergency Management Committee has been scheduled to be held on 2014 September 03, at 9:30 AM.