MOTION
Moved by:
Councillor M. Fleury
Seconded by:
Councillor J. Leiper
WHEREAS the City of Ottawa is dedicated to
the preservation and continued enhancement of its historic ByWard Market and,
with those goals in mind, works in collaboration with the ByWard Market
Standholders Association (BMSA), an organization that represents the
interests of all standholders on the ByWard Market; and
WHEREAS in 2008, City Council approved
that a 4.5% surcharge be added to the stand permit fees collected by the City
under the ByWard Market Program By-law (2008-449, as amended), such that the
revenues from the surcharge be remitted to the BMSA by way of grant to
support the BMSA’s delivery of services to its members, such as promotion and
advertising; and
WHEREAS, on February 26, 2014, City
Council changed the surcharge from a percentage to a flat fee and established
the BMSA surcharge to be $20.00 per monthly permit and $2.00 per daily
permit; and
WHEREAS, due to decreasing revenue derived
from stand permit issuance, the BMSA, at its 2016 Annual General Meeting,
voted to request a modest increase to the BMSA monthly and daily permit
surcharge, to help maintain revenue levels and address increasing costs; and
WHEREAS, the BMSA is requesting an
increase in the surcharge that will result in a $25 surcharge on a per
monthly permit or equivalent, and a $3 surcharge per daily permit; and
WHEREAS there are no net budget
implications to the City of Ottawa, as the fees are given back to the BMSA in
the form of a grant with the amount of the grant being equal to the amount
collected; and
THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED that City Council
approve that the ByWard Market Program By-law be amended to establish that
the surcharges remitted to the ByWard Market Standholders Association are $25
per monthly permit or equivalent, and $3 per daily permit, effective July 15,
2016, and that the 2016 revenue and expenditure portions of the Markets
budget be adjusted accordingly, with no net impact to the City’s operating
budget
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