Council Meeting (Budget Meeting)

That Council confirm the agenda, as amended.

1) That Council amend budget decision table item #6, Council Remuneration, by increasing Councillors operating mileage / car allowance budget by a total of $18,000 ($3,000 each), increasing the Mayor's operating mileage / car allowance budget by $500, and increasing the Mayor's salary including benefits, by an additional $27,800; and 2) That Council decrease the Councillor’s Public Relations budget by $46,300 such that there is no net budget impact.

1) That Council amend budget decision table item #46, Discretionary Grants, by approving Option 4C of FTS-006-19 attachment 4 - Phase out the grants program; and 2) That Council continue the discretionary grants administrative process in 2019, assign $3,000 to cemetery purposes, reduce the remaining budget in half ($8,500) which is to be funded by the Mayors' Golf tournament, and provide organizations notice that the grants program will discontinue in 2020.

1) That Council defer budget decision table item #109 to the 2020 budget.

That Council recess at 12:10 p.m. to permit the holding of a Closed Meeting in the Whitchurch Room to consider matters with the following exceptions: • Personal matters about an identifiable individual, including municipal or local board employees (Municipal Act, Sec. 239(2)(b))

1) That Council add a budget decision table item to provide the Library with $35,000 to include one (1) six-month contract position starting in June for Library Marketing; and 2) That Council direct staff to prepare a job description for the Library Marketing position and report back to Council in March or April 2019; and 3) That Council direct staff to report back in November for Council to review the development of the Library Marketing position.

1) That Council approve the Budget Decision Table, as amended.

1) That Council defer capital project #1059, Fire Vehicle-Deputy Chief, and #1062, Equipment & Gear-Assistant Deputy Chief, to the 2020 budget.

1) That Council defer capital project #709, Edward Street Reconstruction, to the 2020 budget; and 2) That Council advance capital project #839, Lakeshore Road Shoreline Stabilization – Construction, to the 2019 budget in the amount of $250,000; and 3) That Council increase capital project #1025, Vandorf Sideroad Rehabilitation, in the amount of $150,000; and 4) That Council remove capital project #1159, W35 Ninth Line and Lakeshore Road 300m Twinned Watermain-Musselman Lake to Connor Drive.

1) That Council defer capital project #615, Cricket Pitch, to the 2021 budget.

1) That Council defer capital project #1220, Stouffville Creek Pedestrian Bridge & Foot Path, Design & Construction, to the 2021 budget.

1) That Council direct staff to report back on the recommended allocation of the remaining $963,500.

1) That Council approve the 2019 Capital Project Listing, as amended.

1) With respect to projects relating to development of the Phase 3 lands, a) That advancement of construction to 2019/2020 be contingent on developer financing 2) With respect to a new pool as outlined in the Leisure Services master plan, a) That planning, design and preparation be scheduled for the 2019-2022 term of Council, and b) That construction be scheduled for the 2023-2026 term of Council 3) And, that the use of debt, a) Be restricted to development related portions of the pool project if borrowing can not be avoided, and b) That consideration be given to amortizing any new debt on a 10-year basis.

1) That Council approve an Operating budget of $55,133,522, not including the environmental rate budgets and the Library grant; and 2) That Council approve a 2019 Capital budget of $17,872,000, not including previously approved projects

1) That Council receive Report Nos. FTS-006-19, CAO-007-19, and PW-005- 19 for information.

That Council read Confirmatory By-law 2019-031-MS a first, second and third time and passed.

That there being no further business, Council adjourn the meeting at 3:27 p.m.