The Kingston Record

Special Council

May 20, 2020

What was decided (3 motions)

3 carried, 0 recorded otherwise. Every motion below is printed as the minutes print it.

That the addeds be approved.
Moved by Councillor Boehme, seconded by Deputy Mayor Neill
Carried
That Report Number 43: Received from the Chief Administrative Officer (Recommend) be received and adopted. Report Number 43 To the Mayor and Members of Council: 1. COVID-19 Response Update – Operational & Financial Impacts That Council endorse the following strategies to address the financial pressures from May until the end of August 2020 as described in Report Number 20-128: 1. Revise timelines for Council Strategic Priorities and Council motions as outlined in Exhibit B to Report Number 20-128; 2. Defer or close capital projects as identified on Exhibits C and D to Report Number 20-128 and return approved funding for closed projects to the respective capital reserve funds; 3. Reduce $1.5M of the 2020 operating budget transfer to the Municipal Capital Reserve Fund; 4. Utilize $1.25M of operating revenues to address the financial gap as follows: reallocate $500K of the 2019 operating surplus, representing revenues raised through the education tax room in 2019, reduce the $400K budgeted transfer to the Working Fund Reserve in 2020, and utilize the education tax room as part of the 2020 final tax rates to levy an additional $350K; and That Council approve a deferral of the 2021 budget deliberations until early in 2021 with the final budget by-laws approved by the end of Q1 2021. (The Report of the Chief Administrative Officer (20-128) was attached to the agenda as schedule pages 1-41)
Moved by Councillor Stroud, seconded by Councillor McLaren
Carried
In favour (12): Councillor Boehme, Councillor Chapelle, Councillor Doherty, Councillor Hill, Councillor Holland, Councillor Hutchison, Councillor Kiley, Councillor McLaren, Deputy Mayor Neill, Councillor Oosterhof, Councillor Osanic, Mayor Paterson
That Council do now adjourn.
Moved by Councillor Boehme, seconded by Councillor Osanic
Carried

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