Finance and Corporate Services Committee

Agenda

Meeting #:

27

Date:

Tuesday, September 02, 2025

Time:

9:30 A.m. - 3:00 P.m.

Location:

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

Members:

• Chair: Mayor Mark Sutcliffe, 
• Vice-Chair: Councillor Catherine Kitts, 
• Councillor Matt Luloff, 
• Councillor Laura Dudas, 
• Councillor Cathy Curry, 
• Councillor Glen Gower, 
• Councillor Tim Tierney, 
• Councillor Rawlson King, 
• Councillor Jeff Leiper, 
• Councillor Riley Brockington, 
• Councillor Shawn Menard, 
• and Councillor David Brown 

Melinda Aston, Committee Coordinator,
[phone], ext. 21838
[email protected]

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1.

Notices and meeting information for meeting participants and the public

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 and public speakers; notices regarding minutes; and remote participation details.

Accessible formats and communication supports are available, upon request.

Except where otherwise indicated, reports requiring Council consideration will be presented to Council on 10 September 2025 in Finance and Corporate Services Committee Report 27.

The deadline to register by phone to speak, or submit written comments or visual presentations is 4 pm on Friday, 29 August, and the deadline to register to speak by email is 8:30 am on Tuesday, 2 September 2025.

2.

Declarations of Interest

3.

Confirmation of Minutes

3.1

FCSC Minutes 26 – 30 June 2025

4.

Responses to Inquiries

4.1

OCC-2025-09 - Water Usage Notification

4.2

OCC-2025-12 - Taxation of Additional Units

5.

Finance and Corporate Services Department

5.1

2025 Tax, Transit and Rate Supported Programs Operating and Capital Budget Q2 Status

 File No: ACS2025-FCS-FSP-0010 - Citywide

• Report Recommendation(s)

  That the Finance and Corporate Services Committee recommend that Council receive the 2025 Q2 Operating and Capital Status and 2025 Year-end Forecast for information as detailed in Documents 1 to 4.

5.2

Proposed 2026 Budget Directions, Timeline and Consultation Process

File No: ACS2025-FCS-FSP-0009 - Citywide

• Report Recommendation(s)

  That the Finance and Corporate Services Committee recommend that Council approve the following:

  1. The approach and timetable for consultation and consideration of the 2026 Budget as outlined in the report.
  2. The following directions for developing the Draft 2026 Budget: 
     1. That the Draft 2026 Municipal Budget be developed in accordance with Section 290 of the Municipal Act, which requires municipalities to prepare and adopt a balanced budget, ensuring that total expenditures do not exceed total revenues. To balance the City’s expenditures, funding sources include grants from other levels of government, fees and service charges (including rates and fares), property taxes, payment in lieu of taxes, and reserves.
     2. That the Draft 2026 Municipal Tax Supported Budgets be developed with an overall net tax requirement increase of no more than 3.75 per cent including:
        1. The City-wide tax levy increase of up to 2.9 percent, which includes funding for City-wide tax supported services, Library and Public Health, and that Council recommend that the Library and Public Health Boards develop their draft budgets based on their pro rata share of this. 
        2. The Ottawa Police Services levy be increased between 2.9 per cent and 6.5 per cent and that Council recommend that the Police Services Board develop their draft budget based on this. 
     3. That the municipal tax supported services include a list of budget efficiencies for the Draft 2026 Budget. To date the City has avoided an additional 10 per cent tax increase over this Term of Council through $207.5 million of achieved savings. These efficiencies reduce the overall tax supported net requirement while maintaining service and balancing affordability.
        1. That Council recommend that the Library and Public Health Boards develop their draft budgets to include a list of budget efficiencies to reduce the overall tax supported net requirement.
        2. That Council recommend that the Ottawa Police Services Board develop their draft budget to include a list of budget efficiencies to reduce the overall tax supported net requirement.
     4. That the Draft 2026 Transit Budget be developed in consideration of the continued path to financial sustainability, work of the Transit Long-Range Financial Plan Working Group and advocacy for support from other levels of government, including the provincial commitment to upload the Ottawa LRT as announced in the Province of Ontario’s 2025 Budget, and the following items:
        1. A transit levy increase of between 3 and 15 per cent  
        2. A fare increase between 2.5 and 7.5 per cent
        3. A list of operating efficiencies to reduce the overall fare and transit tax levy requirement  
        4. Identify a list of capital investment deferrals for consideration as part of the tabled Draft 2026 Transit Budget
        5. Identify any funding related to the provincial commitment to upload the Ottawa LRT 
        6. Identify federal funding from the Capital Plan under the Baseline Funding Stream of the Canada Public Transit Fund (CPTF)
        7. Identify any other levers for consideration as part of the tabled Draft 2026 Transit Budget 
     5. That the assessment growth taxation revenues generated from new properties be estimated at 1.6 per cent of the current taxation for 2025 and that Council recommend that the Library, Public Health, and the Police Services Boards develop their budgets within this allocation.
     6. That City user fees and charges increase in accordance with the direction outlined in the Fiscal Framework or the Long-Range Financial Plans.  
     7. That the garbage fee be increased in accordance with the approved Solid Waste Services Master Plan and Solid Waste Long-Range Financial Plan, reflecting a 10 per cent increase in 2026. 
     8. That the Draft 2026 Capital Budget be developed in accordance with the direction outlined in the 2024 Development Charges (DC) Provisional Background Study, Long-Range Financial Plans and Fiscal Framework.  
     9. That the Draft 2026 Rate Supported Budget be developed in accordance with the approved 2025 Long-Range Financial Plan VI - Water, Wastewater and Stormwater.  
  3. That the 2026 Recreation, Culture and Facility Services User Fees be approved to allow registrations and rentals sold in 2025 for 2026 to use 2026 rates, as described in this report.  
     

5.3

Procurement By-law update – Trade Policy

File No. ACS2025-FCS-PRO-0002 - Citywide

• Report Recommendation(s)

  That the Finance and Corporate Services Committee recommend Council approve the amendments to the Procurement By-Law as detailed in this report and in Document 1.
  
  

5.4

2024 Investments, Endowment Fund, and Other Treasury Activities

File No. ACS2025-FCS-FIN-0007 - Citywide

• Report Recommendation(s)
  
  That the Finance and Corporate Services Committee recommend that Council: 

  1. Receive the results of the City’s investments for 2024, as required by Ontario Regulation 438/97 as amended, Section 8(1), and the City of Ottawa Investment Policy. 
  2. Receive the 2024 Long-Term and Short-Term Debt Summary.
  3. Approve the dissolution of the Endowment Committee transitioning the endowment fund holdings to the funds being invested under the prudent investor regime overseen by the Ottawa Investment Board.
  4. Approve the final Statement of Investment Policies and Procedures governing the funds being invested under the prudent investor regime reviewed by the Ottawa Investment Board.
  5. Delegate authority to the Chief Financial Officer/Treasurer to execute the amendments to the Facility Agreements with the Ottawa Community Ice Partners (OCIP), as described in this report. 
  6. Receive the Treasury Services Contracts report as required by Delegation of Authority By-law 2025-69 Schedule B, section 15(2).

5.5

West Carleton Environmental Centre Host Community Fee & Legacy Fund Q2 2025 Update

FIle No. ACS2025-FCS-FSP-0011 - Citywide 

• Report Recommendation(s)

  That the Finance and Corporate Services Committee recommend that Council receive this report for information. 

5.6

New Affordable Housing Tax Subclass

File No.  ACS2025-FCS-REV-0005 - Citywide

• Report Recommendation(s)

  That the Finance and Corporate Services Committee recommend that Council:

  1. Adopt the new Affordable Rental Housing property tax subclass for multi-residential and new multi-residential classes for the 2026 taxation year.
  2. Direct the Deputy City Treasurer, Revenue Services, to conduct a detailed analysis of the associated financial implications once a listing of qualifying properties is available from the Municipal Property Assessment Corporation (MPAC) and recommend an Affordable Rental Housing Subclass discount rate between 0 per cent and 35 per cent through the 2026 annual Tax Policy report.

6.

Office of the City Clerk

6.1

Reimbursement of Members’ legal expenses related to the Code of Conduct for Members of Council

ACS2025-OCC-GEN-0008 - Citywide

• Report Recommendation(s) 

  That the Finance and Corporate Services Committee recommend City Council approve amendments to the Complaint Protocol for the Code of Conduct for Members of Council and the Elected Officials’ Office Manual, as described in this report.

6.2

Status Update – Finance and Corporate Services Committee Inquiries and Motions for the period ending 20 August 2025

File No. ACS2024-OCC-CCS-0099 - Citywide

• Report recommendation(s)

  That the Finance and Corporate Services Committee receive this report for information.

7.

Strategic Initiatives Department

7.1

Affordable Housing Community Improvement Plan – Applications for Tax Increment Equivalent Grants (TIEGs) Report

File No. ACS2025-SI-HSI-0016 - Ward: Somerset (14) and Rideau-Rockcliffe (13)

• Report Recommendation(s)

  That Finance and Corporate Services Committee recommend that Council:

  1. Approve the application submitted by Taggart (City Centre) Ltd. for the property at 299 City Centre Avenue, for the Tax Increment Equivalent Grant (TIEG) under the Affordable Housing Community Improvement Plan (CIP), for a total grant of approximately $6,660,000, in the form of annual grants between $6,000 and $8,000 per affordable unit per year, or 50 per cent of the incremental increase in the municipal portion of property taxes, whichever is less, for a period of 20 years, subject to the establishment of, and in accordance with, the terms and conditions of an Affordable Housing CIP Agreement, and extend the deadline to obtain an Occupancy Permit post-approval from four years to five years;
  2. Approve the application submitted by Bayview Wateridge Inc., for the property at 375 Codd’s Road, for the Tax Increment Equivalent Grant (TIEG) under the Affordable Housing Community Improvement Plan (CIP), for a total grant of approximately $2,640,000, in the form of annual grants between $6,000 and $8,000 per affordable unit per year, or 50 per cent of the incremental increase in the municipal portion of property taxes, whichever is less, for a period of 20 years, subject to the establishment of, and in accordance with, the terms and conditions of an Affordable Housing CIP Agreement;
  3. Delegate authority to the Interim Director of Housing Solutions and Investment Services to execute Affordable Housing CIP Agreements establishing the terms and conditions governing the payment of the Affordable Housing TIEG with the owners and/or beneficial owners for the noted properties at:
     i.    299 City Centre Avenue (Ward 14. Somerset)
     ii.    375 Codd’s Road (Ward 13. Rideau – Rockcliffe)
     with such agreements being to the satisfaction of the City Solicitor and the Chief Financial Officer;
  4. Delegate authority to the Interim Director of Housing Solutions and Investment Services to make minor adjustments to the Council-approved number of units and associated TIEG, within the 50 per cent tax increment cap, prior to the execution of the Affordable Housing CIP Agreement. 
     

7.2

Riverside South - Limebank Extension – Stage 2 LRT – Transfer Agreement

File No. ACS2025-SI-HSI-0018 - Ward: Osgoode (20) Riverside-South Findlay Creek (22)

• Report Recommendation(s)

  That Finance and Economic Development Committee recommend Council:

  1. Declare certain lands previously acquired for the purposes of the cancelled North-South LRT project and shown on Document “1” (the “Surplus City Lands”), as surplus to municipal needs 
  2. Authorize the Interim Director, Housing Solutions and Investment, Strategic Initiatives Department staff to execute a Transfer Agreement with Riverside South Development Corp. (“RSDC”) to provide for the transactions summarized in Document “4” attached to this Report (the “Transfer Agreement”) and,
  3. Authorize Housing Solutions and Investment, Strategic Initiatives Department  staff to take such steps as may be required to complete the transactions contemplated in the Transfer Agreement, including the disposal of the Surplus City Lands to RSDC and the acquisition by the City of lands required for the Stage 2 LRT Project (Trillium Line Extension), owned by RSDC and described in Document “2” to this Report (the “RSDC Lands”) as well as a drainage easement over the Drainage Easement lands described in Document “3” to this Report.

8.

In Camera Items

8.1

Cybersecurity Update Q3 – In Camera – Report Out Date: Not to be Reported Out

That, in accordance with Procedure By-law 2025-100, the Finance and Corporate Services Committee resolve to move In-Camera pursuant to Subsection 13(1)(a), to close part of a meeting to members of the public as the subject matter considered is “the security of the property of the City”, at which time a verbal update will be provided on cyber security and the external threat landscape, which is confidential and will not be reported out.

9.

Information Previously Distributed

9.1

Donation Procedures for Members of Council – Status update reporting

 ACS2025-OCC-GEN-0009

10.

Notices of Motions (For Consideration at Subsequent Meeting)

11.

Inquiries

12.

Other Business

13.

Adjournment

Next Meeting

Tuesday, 7 October, 2025