Date:
Time: 10:00 a.m.
Location: Council Chamber, 3rd Floor City Hall, 1841 Argyle St., Halifax
Agenda
1. CALL TO ORDER
2. APPROVAL OF MINUTES – August 19, 2020
3. APPROVAL OF THE ORDER OF BUSINESS AND APPROVAL OF ADDITIONS AND DELETIONS
4. BUSINESS ARISING OUT OF THE MINUTES
5. CALL FOR DECLARATION OF CONFLICT OF INTERESTS
6. MOTIONS OF RECONSIDERATION – NONE
7. MOTIONS OF RESCISSION – NONE
8. CONSIDERATION OF DEFERRED BUSINESS – NONE
9. NOTICES OF TABLED MATTERS – NONE
10. CORRESPONDENCE, PETITIONS & DELEGATIONS
10.1 Correspondence
10.2 Petitions
10.3 Presentations
11. INFORMATION ITEMS BROUGHT FORWARD – NONE
12. REPORTS
12.1 AUDITOR GENERAL
- Presentation [PDF]
12.1.1 Building Permits and Inspections Audit [PDF]
12.1.2 Follow-up Review – 2018 Reports: Procurement and Management of Development Approvals [PDF]
12.2 STAFF
12.2.1 Assistance for the Beirut Explosion [PDF]
Motion:
That the Audit and Finance Standing Committee recommend that Halifax Regional Council:
1. Provide a donation of $100,000 toward Beirut explosion assistance. Funds will be provided through the Lebanese Consulate to the Canadian Red Cross, which is currently supporting humanitarian efforts in Beirut as a result of the explosion. Funds will come from the General Contingency Reserve Q421;
2. Provide in-kind support by allowing registered Canadian charitable organizations currently collecting donations for Beirut, such as the Canadian Red Cross, to set up donation collection sites at HRM owned and operated facilities and use HRM social media channels to promote donation collection sites; and,
3. Direct the CAO to establish a fair and transparent program to assess and evaluate future financial requests that support national and/or international disaster relief efforts. This program would outline a maximum funding limit, eligibility criteria and a detailed assessment of the proposal submitted, evaluation of the proposal based on linkage to municipal objectives, mandate and priorities, and an exploration of potential funding options.
12.2.2 First Quarter 2020/21 Financial Report [PDF]
- Presentation [PDF]
Motion:
That the Audit and Finance Standing Committee forward the First Quarter 2020/21 Financial Report dated August 28, 2020 to Regional Council for their information.
12.3 GRANTS COMMITTEE – NONE
12.4 COMMITTEE MEMBERS – NONE
13. MOTIONS – NONE
14. IN CAMERA (IN PRIVATE) – NONE
15. ADDED ITEMS
16. NOTICES OF MOTION
17. PUBLIC PARTICIPATION
18. DATE OF NEXT MEETING – November 18, 2020
19. ADJOURNMENT
INFORMATION ITEMS
1. Information Report dated September 10, 2020 from the Legislative Assistant re: Presentation Requests [PDF]
2. Information Report dated August 19, 2020 re: Enterprise Risk Management Update 2020/21 [PDF]