Ottawa City Council

Agenda

Meeting #:

9

Date:

Wednesday, March 01, 2023

Time:

10:00 A.m. - 1:00 P.m.

Location:

Andrew S. Haydon Hall, 110 Laurier Avenue West, and by electronic participation

Melinda Aston, Council Coordinator,

613-580-2424 ext. 21838, [e-mail]

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1.

Call to order and moment of reflection

2.

Public notices and meeting information

Notices and meeting information are attached to the agenda and minutes, including: availability of simultaneous interpretation and accessibility accommodations; in camera meeting procedures; information items not subject to discussion; personal information disclaimer for correspondents; notices regarding minutes; and remote participation details.

Accessible formats and communication supports are available, upon request.

3.

Roll Call

4.

Declarations of Interest Including Those Originally Arising from Prior Meetings

5.

Regrets

No regrets were filed.

 

6.

Motion to Introduce Reports

• Moved by L. Dudas
  Seconded by G. Darouze

7.

Motion to Resolve into Committee of the Whole

• Moved by L. Dudas
  Seconded by G. Darouze

8.

Finance and Corporate Services Department

8.1

2023 Draft Operating and Capital Budgets

ACS2023-FCS-FSP-0001 - Citywide

• Report recommendation
  That City Council:

  1. Receive and table the Draft 2023 Operating and Capital Budgets at its meeting of February 1, 2023 for subsequent consideration by Council sitting in Committee of the Whole to be held March 1, 2023.
  2. Refer the relevant portions of the 2023 Operating and Capital Budgets to each Standing Committee of Council and the Transit Commission for their consideration and recommendation to Council sitting in Committee of the Whole to be held March 1, 2023.
  3. Receive the service review framework as outlined in this report for subsequent consideration by Council sitting in Committee of the whole to be held March 1, 2023
     

9.

Committee of Adjustment

9.1

Committee of Adjustment - 2023 Draft Operating Budget

• Report Recommendation

  That City Council receive and table the Committee of Adjustment 2023 Draft Operating Budget at its meeting on February 1, 2023, for subsequent consideration by Council in Committee of the whole to be held March 1, 2023. 

10.

Crime Prevention Ottawa

10.1

2023 Draft Operating Budget - Crime Prevention Ottawa

Citywide

• Report Recommendation

  That City Council receive and table the Crime Prevention Ottawa Draft 2023 Operating Budget at its meeting of February 1, 2023 for subsequent consideration by Council in Committee of the Whole to be held March 1, 2023.​

11.

Ottawa Police Services Board

11.1

Ottawa Police Service Board - 2023 Draft Operating and Capital Budgets

Rising from the Ottawa Police Services Board Meeting of 27 February 2023

• Report Recommendation

  That the City of Ottawa Council approve the Ottawa Police Service 2023 Draft Operating and Capital Budgets.

12.

Ottawa Public Library

12.1

Ottawa Public Library : 2023 Draft Budget Estimates

• Report Recommendation

  That City Council receive and table the Draft 2023 Ottawa Public Library Board Operating and Capital Budget on February 1, 2023 and for further consideration by Council in Committee of the Whole on March 1, 2023.

13.

Ottawa Board of Health

13.1

2023 Draft Operating Budget for the Ottawa Board of Health

Rising from the Ottawa Board of Health meeting of 27 February 2023

• Board of Health Recommendations

  That City Council:

  1. Approve the 2023 Draft Operating Budget for the Ottawa Board of Health, outlined at Document 1; and
  2. Endorse Board of Health motion 03/02, attached to this report, and request that Mayor Sutcliffe co-sign the letters referenced therein. 

14.

Agriculture and Rural Affairs Committee Report 1

14.1

2023 Draft Operating and Capital Budget – Agriculture and Rural Affairs Committee

ACS2023-FCS-FSP-0001 - City Wide

• Committee Recommendation(s)

  That Council, sitting as Committee of the Whole, approve the Agriculture and Rural Affairs Committee 2023 Draft Operating and Capital Budget as follows: 

  1. Development Review Process (Rural) Operating Resource Requirement (page 2).
  2. Rural Affairs Office as follows:
     1. User Fees (page 5);
     2. Operating Resource Requirement (page 4)
  3. The Agriculture and Rural Affairs Committee Capital Program (page 6) [individual projects listed pages 12-15]. 

15.

Audit Committee Report #1A

15.1

2023 Draft Operating and Capital Budget – Audit Committee

• Committee recommendation

  That Council, sitting as Committee of the Whole, approve the Audit Committee 2023 Draft Budget - Operating Resource Requirement (p. 2).

16.

Community Services Committee Report #1

16.1

2023 Draft Operating and Capital Budget – Community Services Committee

Rising from the Community Services Committee Meeting of 28 February 2023

• Committee Recommendations

  That Council, sitting as Committee of the Whole, approve the Community Services Committee portion of the 2023 Draft Operating and Capital Budgets as follows:

  1. Community and Social Services Operating Budget, as follows: 
     1. General Manager’s Office Business Support Services and Community Safety, Well-Being, Policy and Analytics Operating Resource Requirement (page 4);
     2. Employment and Social Services Operating Resource Requirement (page 7);
     3. Children’s Services:
        1. User fees (page 11); 
        2. Operating Resource Requirement (pages 9-10)
     4. Housing Services Operating Resource Requirement (page 13)
     5. Long Term Care Services Operating Resource Requirement (page 15);
     6. Gender and Race Equity, Inclusion, Indigenous Relations and Social Development Services Operating Resource Requirement (page 18)
  2. Recreation, Cultural and Facility Services Operating Budget, as follows:
     1. General Manager’s Office and Business Support Services:
        1. User fees (page 22);
        2. Operating Resource Requirement (page 21);
     2. Community Recreation, Culture and Sports Programs:
        1. User Fees (pages 26-28);
        2. Community Recreation and Cultural Programs (Page 25)
        3. Remaining Operating Resource Requirement (page 25);
     3. Complexes, Aquatics and Specialized Services:
        1. User Fees (pages 32-34);
        2. Operating Resource Requirement (page 31);
     4. Parks and Facilities Planning:
        1. User Fees (page 37);
        2. Operating Resource Requirement (page 36);
     5. Facility Operations Service
        1. User Fees (page 41);
        2. Operating Resource Requirement (page 40).
  3. Public Works Department Operating Budget, Parks Maintenance Services Operating Resource Requirement (page 43); and
  4. Community Services Committee’s portion of the Capital Budget (pages 44-46, individual projects listed on pages 86-138, including revised pages 92, 104, 106, and 111).
     
     

17.

Emergency Preparedness and Protective Services Committee Report #1A

17.1

2023 Draft Operating and Capital Budget – Emergency Preparedness and Protective Services Committee

• Committee recommendations
  
  That Council, sitting as Committee of the Whole, approve the Emergency Preparedness and Protective Services Committee 2023 Draft Budget as follows:

  1. Emergency and Protective Services Department, General Manager’s Office and Business Support Services - Operating Resource Requirement (page 1);
  2. Public Safety Service, as follows: 
     1. User Fees (page 4);
     2. Operating Resource Requirement (page 3);
  3. Ottawa Fire Service, as follows:
     1. User fees (pages 7-9);
     2. Operating Resource Requirement (page 6), as follows:
        1. Communications;
        2. Remaining Fire Services Operating Resource Requirement 
  4. Ottawa Paramedic Service, as follows:
     1. User Fees (page 12);
     2. Operating Resource Requirement (page 11);
  5. By-Law and Regulatory Services, as follows:
     1. User fees (pages 15-24);
     2. Operating Resource Requirement (page 14). 
  6. Public Policy Development – Operating Resource Requirement (page 26)
  7. Emergency Preparedness and Protective Services Committee Capital Budget (pages 27-29, individual projects listed on pages 48-70).  

18.

Environment and Climate Change Committee Report #1

18.1

2023 Draft Operating and Capital Budget – Environment and Climate Change Committee

• Committee recommendations
  
  That Council, sitting as Committee of the Whole:

  1. Approve the Environment and Climate Change Committee 2023 Tax-supported Draft Operating and Capital Budget, as follows:
     1. Infrastructure and Water Services Department, Infrastructure and Asset Management Services as follows:
        1. User Fees (page 2);
        2. Operating Resource Requirement (page 1).
     2. Planning, Real Estate and Economic Development Department, Resiliency and Natural Systems Policy Operating Resource Requirement (page 5);
     3. Public Works Department, Solid Waste Services as follows:
        1. User Fees (pages 9-10);
        2. Operating Resource Requirements (page 8);
     4. Public Works Department, Forestry Services as follows:
        1. User Fees (page 13);
        2. Operating Resource Requirement (page 12).
     5. Environment and Climate Change Committee Tax-supported Capital Budget on page 14, individual projects listed on pages 30-33 (Environment), and pages 35-43 (Solid Waste).
  2. Approve the Environment and Climate Change Committee 2023 Rate-supported Draft Operating and Capital Budget as follows:
     1. Infrastructure and Water Services Department, Drinking Water Services as follows:
        1. User Fees (pages 3-7);
        2. Operating Resource Requirement (page 2).
     2. Wastewater Services as follows:
        1. User Fees (pages 10-11)
        2. Operating Resource Requirement (page 9);
     3. Stormwater, Laboratory and Municipal Drainage Services as follows:
        1. User Fees (pages 14-17);
        2. Operating Resource Requirements (page 13);
     4. The Environment and Climate Change Committee Rate-Supported Capital Budget, on pages 18-24, individual projects listed on pages 38-66 (Drinking Water Services), 68-71 (Integrated Water and Wastewater – Rate Portion), 73-94 (Wastewater Services) and 96-120 (Stormwater Services).

19.

Finance and Corporate Services Committee Report #1A

19.1

2023 Draft Operating and Capital Budget – Finance and Corporate Services Committee

• Committee Recommendations

  That Council, sitting as Committee of the Whole, approve the Finance and Corporate Services Committee 2023 Draft Operating and Capital Budget, as follows:

  1. Elected Officials - Operating Resource Requirement (page 2);
  2. Office of the City Clerk Budget, as follows;
     1. User fees (pages 6-7);
     2. Operating Resource Requirement (page 5);
  3. Legal Services Operating Resource Requirement (page 9)
  4. City Manager’s Office Operating Resource Requirement (page 11);
  5. Transit Services, Rail Construction Program Service Budget as follows: 
     1. User fees (pages 14-16);
     2. Operating Resource Requirement (page 13);
  6. Planning, Real Estate and Economic Development Department Budget, as follows:
     1.  General Manager’s Office and Business and Technical Support Services – Operating Resources Requirement (page 17);
     2. Economic Development and Long-Range Planning, as follows:
        1. User fees (page 20)
        2. Operating Resource Requirement (page 19);
     3. Corporate Real Estate Office, as follows:
        1. User fees (page 23);
        2. Operating Resource Requirement (page 22);
  7. General Manager’s Office and Business Support Services (former ICS) – Operating Resource Requirement (page 24)
  8. Service Transformation – Operating Resources Requirement (page 26)
  9. Public Information and Media Relations - Operating Resource Requirement (page 28);
  10. Human Resources Operating Resource Requirement (page 30);
  11. ServiceOttawa Operating Budget as follows:
      1. User fees (page 34);
      2. Operating Resource Requirement (page 33);
  12. Information Technology Services – Operating Resource Requirement (page 36);
  13. Supply Services - Operating Resource Requirement (page 38);
  14. Remaining Finance and Corporate Services Department Operating Budgets, as follows: 
      1. Chief Financial Officer/Treasurer and Business Support Services - Operating Resource Requirement (page 39);
      2. Financial Strategies, Planning and Client Services, as follows: 
         1. Operating Resource Requirement (page 41);
      3. Revenue Services, as follows:
         1. User fees (pages 45-46);
         2. Operating Resource Requirement (page 44);
      4. Corporate Finance – Operating Resource Requirement (page 48);
      5. Payroll, Pensions and Benefits Services – Operating Resource Requirement (page 50);
  15. Non-Departmental - Operating Resource Requirement (page 53-56).
  16. Finance and Corporate Services Committee Capital Budget (page 57, individual projects listed on pages 113-118)

19.2

Report on 2023 Budget Expenses Pursuant to Ontario Regulation 284/09

ACS2023-FCS-FIN-0001 - Citywide

• Committee Recommendations

  1. That Council adopt this report.
  2. That Council approve that the Chief Financial Officer (CFO) / City Treasurer be delegated the authority to adjust the accrual budget to include any budget changes approved by Council as part of the final adopted budget, and to include the accrual budget presentation within the City of Ottawa’s final adopted 2023 budget book, for information purposes. 

20.

Planning and Housing Committee Report 3

20.1

2023 Draft Operating and Capital Budget – Planning and Housing Committee

• Committee recommendation(s)

  That Council, sitting as Committee of the Whole, approve the Planning and Housing Committee 2023 Draft Operating and Capital Budget as follows:

  1. The Planning, Infrastructure and Economic Development Budget, as follows:
     1. Right of Way, Heritage and Urban Design:
        1. User Fees (pages 4-9);
        2. Operating Resource Requirement (page 3);
     2. Planning Services:
        1. User Fees (pages 12-18);
        2. Operating Resource Requirement (page 11);
     3. Building Code Services:
        1. User Fees (pages 22-29);
        2. Operating Resource Requirement (page 21);
     4. Long Range Planning - Operating Resource Requirement:
        1. User Fees (pages 32);
        2. Operating Resource Requirement (page 31);
  2. Community and Social Services, Affordable Housing Operating Resource Requirement (page 35). 
  3. The Planning Committee Capital Budget (page 36), with individual projects listed on revised page 51 (Building Services), page 53 (Housing Services), and 54-56 (Planning and Development).

21.

Transit Commission Report #2A

21.1

2023 Draft Operating and Capital Budget - Transit Commission

• Commission Recommendations

  That Council, sitting as Committee of the Whole, approve the Transit Commission 2023 Draft Operating and Capital Budget as follows:

  1. That Transit fares for children aged 8-12 shall become free of charge, and go in to effect on July 1, 2023;
  2. Transit Services user fees (pages 4-6) as amended;
  3. Transit Services operating Resource Requirement (revised page 3);
  4. Transit Commission Capital Budget (pages 7-8, individual projects listed on pages 15-42).

22.

Transportation Committee Report #2

22.1

2023 Draft Operating and Capital Budget - Transportation Committee

• Committee recommendations:

  That Council, sitting as Committee of the Whole, approve the Transportation Committee 2023 Draft Operating and Capital Budget, as follows:

  1. The Public Works Department Budget, as follows:
     1. General Manager’s Office and Business Support Services - Operating Resource Requirement (page 2);
     2. Roads Services, as follows:
        1. User Fees (page 6);
        2. Operating Resource Requirement (page 5);
     3. Parking Services, as follows:
        1. User Fees (pages 9-13);
        2. Operating Resource Requirement (page 8);
     4. Traffic Services, as follows:
        1. User Fees (pages 16-17);
        2. Operating Resource Requirement (page 15); 
  2. Planning, Real Estate & Economic Development Department, Transportation Planning Budget, as follows:
     1. User Fees (page 20)
     2. Operating Resource Requirement (page 19)
  3. Fleet Services Budget, as follows:
     1. User Fees (page 23);
     2. Operating Resource Requirement (page 22);
  4. The Transportation Committee Capital Budget (pages 24-27) [Individual projects listed on pages 47-134, including revised pages 20, 60, 72, 89, 96, 97, 99 and 103].
  5. That the funding in the Draft 2023 Budget and subsequent budgets (as needed) be applied to the Walkley off-ramp, traffic mitigation on Walkley from the off-ramp to McCarthy, a protected intersection at McCarthy, new active transportation measures on the Walkley overpass, and the new multi-use pathway along the west side of the Parkway, and that these project components move forward for Committee and Council’s consideration as currently planned, including the completion of the detailed design for the entire project; and
  6. That funding beyond the 2023 Budget, specifically for the construction of the widening of the Airport Parkway, between Brookfield Drive and Hunt Club Road, be deferred until the Transportation Master Plan (TMP) update is completed, and after the Trillium Line is operational for two years.

23.

In Camera Items

24.

Motion to Rise and Report

• Moved by L. Dudas
  Seconded by G. Darouze

25.

Motion to Adopt Reports

• Moved by L. Dudas
  Seconded by G. Darouze

26.

Notices of Motion (for Consideration at Subsequent Meeting)

27.

Confirmation By-law

• Moved by L. Dudas
  Seconded by G. Darouze

28.

Inquiries

29.

Adjournment

• Moved by L. Dudas
  Seconded by G. Darouze