Minutes Confirmed on April 15, 2019

The Budget Committee:

1.  Elected Councillor Brad Bradford as Vice Chair of the Budget Committee for a term of office starting January 28, 2019 and ending December 31, 2020, and until a successor is appointed.

There was one nomination. The Chair declared Councillor Brad Bradford the Vice Chair of the Budget Committee.

Election of the Vice Chair of the Budget Committee under Municipal Code Chapter 27, Council Procedures, Appendix A-2, for a term of office ending December 31, 2020, and until a successor is appointed.

The Budget Committee:

1.  Established two subcommittees to hear the public deputations on the 2019 Capital, Operating and Rate Supported Budgets at City Hall, North York Civic Centre, Scarborough Civic Centre and Etobicoke Civic Centre, and made appointments to the Subcommittees as follows:

a.  Budget Subcommittee for City Hall and North York Civic Centre Consultation, with the membership of:

Councillor Crawford (Chair)

Councillor Carroll

Councillor Layton

b.  Budget Subcommittee for Scarborough Civic Centre and Etobicoke Civic Centre Consultation, with the membership of:

Councillor Nunziata (Chair)

Councillor McKelvie

Councillor Bradford

2.  Directed the City Clerk to schedule and give public notice of the meetings of the Subcommittees as follows:

City Council, at its meeting on December 4, 5, and 13, 2018, directed that the Budget Committee Public Presentation meetings be held on February 7, and 11, 2019 (ST1.2a).

It is important that the 2019 Budget Process is widely accessible, and that the public knows well in advance when and where they may make presentations to the Budget Committee.

I am therefore recommending that in order to hear from the greatest number of people, that two Budget Subcommittees be established to hear public presentations in different locations across the City.

The Subcommittees will report to the Budget Committee on their activities as part of the 2019 Budget Process.

The Budget Committee received the item for information.

The City Manager, the Chief Financial Officer and Treasurer, and the Executive Director, Financial Planning gave a presentation on Preliminary Tax and Rate Supported 2019 Operating Budget and 2019-2028 Capital Budget and Plan.

Presentation on the Staff Recommended 2019 Operating Budget and 2019-2028 Capital Budget and Plan from City Officials.

Materials will be distributed at the meeting and posted online at toronto.ca/council.

Announcements

The Chair gratefully acknowledged that the land the Budget Committee was meeting on is the traditional territory of many nations including the Mississaugas of the Credit, the Anishnabeg, the Chippewa, the Haudenosaunee and the Wendat peoples and is now home to many diverse First Nations, Inuit and Metis peoples. The Chair also acknowledged that Toronto is covered by Treaty 13 with the Mississaugas of the Credit.