Council Report: C 235/2020

Subject: Audit and Accountability grant 2020

Reference:

Date to Council: December 7, 2020
Author: Melissa Osborne
Senior Manager Asset Planning
mosborne@citywindsor.ca
519-255-6100 x6111
Asset Planning
Report Date: 11/23/2020
Clerk’s File #: AF/11247

To : Mayor and Members of City Council

Recommendation:

  1. THAT City Council APPROVE the submissions of two Expressions of Interest to the Province of Ontario’s Audit and Accountability Fund for grant funding of a maximum of $150,000 to undertake a review of the management and tracking of the City’s Development Charge projects and funding allocations as well as a study of On Demand Service for Transit Windsor; and,

  2. THAT the Chief Administrative Officer BE AUTHORIZED to execute any agreements, declarations or approvals required relative to this Expression of Interest; and,

  3. THAT in the event the City receives confirmation, written or otherwise, of the Grant funding being awarded to the City, the grant funding awarded is no less than t he Project’s costs outlined in the Financial Matters section herein, implementation of the Project does not result in a need for additional city funding to be 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:

    1. THAT City Council PRE-APPROVE and AWARD any procurement(s) necessary that are related to the Audit and Accountability Fund, provided that the procurement(s) are within previously approved budget amounts, pursuant to the Purchasing By-Law 93-2012 and amendments thereto; 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,

    2. THAT the Chief Administrative Officer and the City Clerk BE AUTHORIZED to take any such action required to effect the recommendations noted above