Minutes
Environment, Transportation & Public Safety Standing Committee
Wednesday, September 23, 2020
a. That the Chief Administrative Officer BE AUTHORIZED to execute any agreements, declarations or approvals required to submit the application to the Grant;
b. That the Chief Administrative Officer and the City Clerk BE AUTHORIZED to take any such action and sign any such documentation as may be required to effect the recommendations and funding for the Grant, subject to all documentation being satisfactory in legal form to the City Solicitor, in technical content to the City Engineer, and in financial content to the City Treasurer;
c. That in the event the City receives written confirmation of the Grant funding being awarded to the City, implementation of the Project does not result in a need for additional City funding not already approved by City Council and where the Grant provider confirms that expenditures as of that date are eligible, then City Council APPROVES the following recommendations:
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The Chief Administrative Officer BE AUTHORIZED to delegate signing of all claims and applicable schedules and other such documents required as part of the request for payment to the Supervisor, Environmental Sustainability & Climate Change or designate, subject to financial content approval from the area’s Financial Planning Administrator or their manager; and,
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The Chief Administrative Officer and City Clerk BE AUTHORIZED to sign agreements or contracts with successful vendors / proponent / bidders satisfactory in technical content for all projects to the City Engineer, in financial content to the City Treasurer, and in legal form to the City Solicitor; and,
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The Purchasing Manager BE AUTHORIZED to issue Purchase Orders or RFPs as may be required to effect the recommendations noted above, subject to all specification being satisfactory in technical content to the City Engineer, in legal content to the City Solicitor and in financial content to the City Treasurer.
3. THAT City Council APPROVE the use of $123,500 in funding from the Climate Change Reserve Funds (Fund 223) as the City’s matching funding for the development of the Sustainable Neighbourhood Action Plan, which includes a building energy audit.
Carried.
Report Number: S 116/2020
Clerk’s File: EI/10822
9. TRANSIT BOARD ITEMS
The Chair introduces Mr. Tyson Cragg, as the new Executive Director of Transit Windsor. Mark Winterton, City Engineer, appears before the Environment, Transportation and Public Safety Standing Committee via video conference and indicates that Mr. Cragg began his employment with the City of Windsor on September 21, 2020. Mr. Winterton advises that Pat Delmore will continue