Date:
Time: 10:00 a.m.
Location: Council Chamber, 3rd Floor City Hall, 1841 Argyle Street, Halifax
Agenda
1. CALL TO ORDER
2. APPROVAL OF MINUTES – January 15, 2016
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
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 STAFF
12.1.1 Integrated Mobility Plan [PDF]
12.1.3 Budget Increase CBU01004 Former CA Beckett School Remediation [PDF]
12.1.4 Third Quarter 2015/16 Financial Report [PDF]
12.2 OFFICE OF THE AUDITOR GENERAL
12.2.1 T.I.P.S. Hotline (Taking Improvement and Performance Seriously) 2015 Annual Report
-Report [PDF]
-Presentation [PDF]
12.3 INVESTMENT POLICY ADVISORY COMMITTEE – NONE
12.4 GRANT COMMITEE – NONE
12.5 SPECIAL EVENTS ADVISORY COMMITTEE – NONE
12.6 MEMBERS OF THE AUDIT & FINANCE STANDING COMMITTEE – NONE
13. MOTIONS - NONE
14. IN CAMERA (IN PRIVATE)
14.1 Approval of In Camera Minutes – November 16, 2015
Motion:
That the Audit & Finance Standing Committee approve the In Camera (In Private) minutes of November 16, 2015 as circulated.
14.2 Property Matter
14.2.1 Property Acquisition – 145 Main Street, Dartmouth, Nova Scotia
Motion:
That the Audit and Finance Standing Committee recommend that Halifax Regional Council:
1. Approve an increase to Capital Project CTU00897, Road Corridor Land Acquisition for the purchase of land to be funded from the Sale of Capital Assets Reserve (Sale of Land) Q101, as detailed in the Financial Implications of the January 6, 2016 private and confidential staff report and Table 3; and
2. Authorize the Mayor and Municipal Clerk to execute an Agreement of Purchase for 145 Main Street, PID 191668, located in Dartmouth for future right-of-way requirements, as per the terms and conditions outlined in the private and confidential staff report dated January 6, 2016, Table 1, and the financial implications section of the private and confidential staff report dated January 6, 2016; and
3. Authorize staff to proceed with Alternative No. 4, as shown in Table 2 of the private and confidential staff report dated January 6, 2016, following the conveyance of 145 Main Street, Dartmouth; and
4. It is further recommended that this report not be released to the public until the transaction has closed.
15. ADDED ITEMS
16. NOTICES OF MOTION
17. PUBLIC PARTICIPATION
18. DATE OF NEXT MEETING – March 11, 2016
19. ADJOURNMENT
INFORMATION ITEMS