Corporate Services, Strategy, Risk and Accountability Committee

Receive and file city manager’s office report CM-11-23 providing status reports for designated corporate projects for the period June through August 2023 as detailed in Appendix A and project specific expanded updates as contained in the strategy/process/risk section of this report.

Approve By-law xx-2023, to grant the exemption from municipal and school taxes under section 110 of the Municipal Act, 2001, as amended, for the property located at 821-847 Cumberland Ave; and Authorize the Mayor and City Clerk to sign and execute the necessary by- law; and Direct the City Clerk to give written notice of the by-law to the Municipal Property Assessment Corporation and the secretaries of the Halton Region school boards.

Approve a commission rate plus non-recoverable tax to be charged to the debtor for defaulted Provincial Offences Act fines that are owed to the City, to be set at 13% for First (1st) Assignment Accounts and 21.75% for Second (2nd) Assignment Accounts for the duration of contract extensions with existing vendors.

Direct the Chief Financial Officer to report back on the City’s year-end strategy upon confirmation of the 2023 year-end actual.

Direct the City Manager following the announcement of the regional facilitator for Halton on September 11, 2023 to report back to the Corporate Services, Strategy, Risk and Accountability Committee at their meeting of October 4, 2023 with a full update on the provincial regional review process and a recommended strategy for the City of Burlington including key actions, milestone dates and community engagement plan, in keeping with the framework outlined in city manager’s office report CM- 14-23; and Direct the City Manager to report back to council in conjunction with the 2024 budget process on proposed organizational design options and recommendations to address both a) future city service delivery impacts related to the regional review process and b) Council’s strategic priority of accelerating new housing development application and permit approvals to enable achievement Burlington Housing Pledge (minimum 29,000 units by 2031)

Add "Direct the City Manager to report back to council in conjunction with the 2024 budget process on proposed organizational design options and recommendations to address both a) future city service delivery impacts related to the regional review process and b) Council’s strategic priority of accelerating new housing development application and permit approvals to enable achievement Burlington Housing Pledge (minimum 29,000 units by 2031)"

Receive and file finance department report F-34-23 on the adjustments to the budget process required under the Strong Mayors, Building Homes Act, 2022; and That the Mayor provides the staff direction as outlined in Appendix A to finance department report F-34-23, as amended: Mayoral Direction to the Chief Financial Officer (CFO) pertaining to the 2024 Budget, in accordance with subsection 284.3 and 284.16 of the Municipal Act, 2001 (the “Act”), the Mayor herby directs the CFO to: 1. Prepare a draft City of Burlington 2024 Operating and Capital Budget and Forecast in accordance with the requirements of the Act; 2. Provide the Mayor with periodic updates on the 2024 Draft Budget in order that those discussions may inform the budget; and 3. Provide the draft budget to each Member of Council and the public no later than October 19, 2023.

In bullet 3 of the Mayoral direction, contained in Appendix A to finance department report F-34-23, change the date from October 30, 2023 to October 19, 2023.

Proceed into closed session on September 11, 2023 at 11:15 a.m. in accordance with the following provision under the Municipal Act: Pursuant to section 239(2)(c), a proposed or pending acquisition or disposition of land by the municipality or local board regarding items 5.1, 5.2, 5.3; and Pursuant to section 239(2)(e), litigation or potential litigation, including matters before administrative tribunals, affecting the municipality or local board regarding items 5.4 and 5.5.

Receive and file the following three items, having been given due consideration by the Corporate Services, Strategy, Risk and Accountability Committee.