Minutes
City Council
Monday, May 4, 2020

• i. $805,845 to the Building Permit Fee reserve (Fund 180) from operating department ID 0152710;

• j. $432,295.76 from the Capital Expenditure reserve (Fund 160) to operating department ID 0280601 for grass cutting and snow removal of vacant properties, and to operating department ID 0125240 for grass cutting and snow removal of transitional properties;

• k. $1,018,370.21 to the Pollution Control reserve (Fund 208) resulting from the transfer of funds from the transfer of operations from American Water to Synagro;

• l. $1,040,000 to the City Housing reserve (Fund 216) resulting from the Windsor Essex Community Housing Corporation (WECHC) and Housing Services 2019 year end surpluses.
  Carried.

Report Number: C 65/2020

Clerk’s File: AFB/13467

8.10. Acceleration of Climate Change Actions in response to the Climate Change Emergency Declaration - City Wide

Moved by: Councillor McKenzie

Seconded by: Councillor Bortolin

Decision Number: CR187/2020 ETPS 738

1. That City Council RECEIVE the Acceleration of Climate Change Actions in response to the Climate Change Emergency Declaration; and,

2. That City Council REQUEST Administration to begin considering Climate Change risks (mitigation and adaptation) under the Risk Section of City Council reports; and,

3. That Administration REPORT BACK before the end of 2020 on 1) the feasibility of the City of Windsor reporting on a carbon budget, 2) further expanding asset management tools to consider climate change, and 3) inclusion of climate change considerations into the development of the 2021 corporate budget documents; and,

4. That City Council APPROVE the creation of a Climate Change Reserve Fund; and,

5. That City Council APPROVE the transfer of $150,000 from the Budget Stabilization Reserve Fund into the Climate Change Reserve Fund; and

6. That City Council APPROVE the use of funding from the Climate Change Reserve Fund, for climate change initiatives broadly described in this report, through CAO Delegation of Authority (DOA) reports, subject to technical content being satisfactory to the City Engineer and financial content being satisfactory to the City Treasurer, and that these approvals BE REPORTED to Council as part of the regular semi annual DOA reporting; and,