Date:
Time: 10:00 a.m.
Location: Virtual Meeting
Agenda
Updated: September 3/24 at 1:35 p.m. with staff report of agenda item 13.2.1 Discovery Centre Contribution Agreement Renewal
Updated: September 3/24 at 12:00 p.m. with staff report for information item 2 - Memorandum from the Chief Administrative Officer dated August 12, 2024 re: Action Plan for the Management of Hiring Practices Audit
1. CALL TO ORDER AND LAND ACKNOWLEDGEMENT
2. APPROVAL OF MINUTES – August 21, 2024
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 - None
11. PUBLIC PARTICIPATION
12. INFORMATION ITEMS BROUGHT FORWARD - NONE
13. REPORTS
13.1 AUDITOR GENERAL - NONE
13.2 STAFF
13.2.1 Discovery Centre Contribution Agreement Renewal [PDF]
Motion:
That Audit and Finance Standing Committee recommend to Regional Council to authorize the Chief Administrative Officer to execute a five-year Contribution Agreement with the Discovery Centre substantially in accordance with the draft agreement attached to the staff report dated July 23, 2024, with annual funding of $145,000.
13.3 GRANTS COMMITTEE - NONE
13.4 MEMBERS OF STANDING COMMITTEE – NONE
14. MOTIONS
15. IN CAMERA (IN PRIVATE) - NONE
16. ADDED ITEMS
17. NOTICES OF MOTION
18. DATE OF NEXT MEETING – October 9, 2024
19. ADJOURNMENT
INFORMATION ITEMS
1.Memorandum from the Legislative Assistant dated August 30, 2024 re: Requests for Presentation to Audit and Finance Standing Committee – None [PDF]
2. Memorandum from the Chief Administrative Officer dated August 12, 2024 re: Action Plan for the Management of Hiring Practices Audit [PDF]
For further information regarding this meeting, please contact Dorothy Maponga, Legislative Assistant, at Dorothy.maponga@halifax.ca or 902-478-2408
To submit correspondence, email clerks@halifax.ca
More information: https://www.halifax.ca/city-hall/regional-council/communicating-halifax-regional-council