and sign any required documentation or enter into agreements for the Audit and Accountability Fund, satisfactory in legal form to the City Solicitor, in technical content to the Senior Manager of Asset Planning for the DC study and the Executive Director of Transit Windsor for the On Demand Study and in financial content to the City Treasurer; and,

• c) That the Purchasing Manager BE AUTHORIZED to issue Purchase Orders as may be required to effect the recommendation noted above, subject to all specification being satisfactory in financial content to City Treasurer, and in technical content for the DC study to the Senior Manager of Asset Planning and for the On Demand Study to the Executive Director of Transit Windsor; and,

• d) That the Chief Administrative Officer BE AUTHORIZED to delegate signing of all claims, applicable schedules and other such documents required as part of the request for payment or the submission of a reporting package to the Senior Manager of Asset Planning or designate for the DC study and the Executive Director of Transit Windsor for the On Demand study, subject to financial content approval from the area’s Financial Manage .

Executive Summary:

N/A

Background:

On November 17 th , 2020 a letter was received from the Honourable Steve Clark, Minister of Municipal Affairs and Housing, announcing a 2020 Audit and Accountability program. This launch is open to large municipalities to conduct service delivery and administrative expenditure reviews, with the goal of finding efficiencies while protecting and modernizing critical front-line services. The program also permits any municipality to submit more than one project for consideration.

The 2020 program is focused on the following priorities:

• Digital modernization;

• Service integration and;

• Streamlined development approvals

Eligible costs are exclusively for third-party service provider free and covers 100% of costs for a consultant/third party. EOI forms are due December 18, 2020 and will be reviewed and approved by the Province as they are received. Our understanding is that notification of the approval, or denial, of our EOI will be in February 2021. Additionally, based on the information received relative to the grant, it is our understanding that eligible costs will coincide with the receipt of verbal or written approval for the grant and that a formal Transfer Payment Agreement will follow for execution later in spring 2021.