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Halifax Regional Council

Agenda

February 26, 2013
1:00 P.M.
Reconvene 6:00 p.m. If Required
Council Chamber

Summary of Recorded Vote (117KB)

Minutes of February 26, 2013 (399 Kb)

1. INVOCATION

2. SPECIAL COMMUNITY ANNOUNCEMENTS & ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS

3. APPROVAL OF MINUTES – February 5, 2013 (49KB)

4. APPROVAL OF THE ORDER OF BUSINESS AND APPROVAL OF ADDITIONS AND DELETIONS

5. BUSINESS ARISING OUT OF THE MINUTES
6. MOTIONS OF RECONSIDERATION – NONE
7. MOTIONS OF RESCISSION – NONE

8. CONSIDERATION OF DEFERRED BUSINESS –

February 12, 2013

8.1 Stormwater Infrastructure Funding Interim Solution (378KB)

9. CORRESPONDENCE, PETITIONS & DELEGATIONS
9.1 Correspondence – None
9.2 Petitions

10. REPORTS
10.1 CHIEF ADMINISTRATIVE OFFICER

10.1.1 Request for Proposal No. P12-123, Supply of up to

 Eighty (80) 12.2 Meter Transit Buses
This item was deleted from the agenda

10.1.2 Request for Proposal No. P12-124 – Supply of Six

(6) Rural Transit Buses (354KB)

10.1.3 Cost Sharing Agreement- Nova Scotia Department

 of Transportation and Infrastructure Renewal

 Rehabilitation to Various Bridges (361KB)

10.1.4 Councillor Appointments to Standing Committees

 and HRM Boards and Committees of Council (288KB)


10.2 AUDIT AND FINANCE STANDING COMMITTEE

10.2.1 Halifax Transit Planning Process for a New Five-Year

Strategic Framework (266 KB)

10.3 HERITAGE ADVISORY COMMITTEE

10.3.1 Case H00367: Proposed Demolition of a

Municipally Registered Heritage Property at 120 Ochterloney Street (1.92MB)

10.4 MEMBERS OF COUNCIL

10.4.1 Councillor Adams- Dust Nuisance (572KB)

10.4.2 Councillor Mosher- Captain William Spry Town Crier

(142KB)

10.4.3 Councillor Outhit- Request for an Amendment to

Administrative Order 46, Respecting the Naming of HRM Assets (233KB)

11. MOTIONS

11.1 Councillor Watts

“To direct staff to:
- Re-route the “Type A” deadheads to Quinpool Road on a trial basis for up to one year beginning May 20, 2013, as identified in the January 4, 2013 staff report titled “Halifax Transit Deadheading via Chebucto Road”; and

- Report back to Regional Council on the operational and budgetary impacts of this adjustment after the trial has completed”.

12. IN CAMERA

Council may rise and go into a private In Camera session, in accordance with Section 19 of the Halifax Regional Municipality Charter, for the purpose of dealing with the following;

12.1 Personnel Matter

Citizen and Councillor appointments to boards and committees in keeping with the Public Appointment Policy adopted by Regional Council in August 2011, to be found at http://www.halifax.ca/boardscom/documents/Citizenrecruitmentpolicy.pdf

12.1.1 Citizen Appointments to Boards and Committees

Motion:
It is recommended that Halifax Regional Council:

1. Increase the membership of Investment Policy Advisory

    Committee by one member at large

2. Approve the appointment to the Investment Policy Advisory

    Committee as outlined in the Private and Confidential Report of

    February 13, 2013.

3. It is further recommended that the list of Citizen

    appointments  be released to the public following Council 

    ratification

 

12.1.2 Personnel Matter- Oral

Motion:
To convene to In Camera to address the matter

12.2 Labour Relations

A matter pertaining to reports, advice and recommendations, instruction or direction to officers and employees of the Municipality concerning labour relations and employee negotiations arising out of the contract or contract negotiations with one of the Municipalities unions.

12.2.1 CUPE 108 Collective Barganing Update – Oral

Motion:

To convene to In Camera to address the matter

 

13. ADDED ITEMS

Deletions:

10.1.1 Request for Proposal No. P12-123, Supply of up to Eighty (80) 12.2 Meter Transit Busses
Additions:

13.1 In Camera – Personnel Matter

A matter pertaining to an identifiable individual or group

13.1.1 2013 HRM Volunteer Recognition and Award Recipients

Motion: That Halifax Regional Council:

1. Retain the total number of awards of 100 with an updated distribution of 5 awards per district; 16 overall awards based on scoring, and 3 awards for community groups to reflect the new district configuration;

2. Approve the individual Adult and Youth award recipients as listed in Attachment B of the January 9, 2013 staff report;

3. Approve the ten volunteers to receive the Provincial Volunteer Awards as listed in Attachment B of the January 9, 2013 staff report;

4. Approve HRM’s 2013 Volunteer of the Year as listed in Attachment B of the January 9, 2013 staff report;

5. Approve the Community Group award recipients in three categories as listed in Attachment C of the January 9, 2013 staff report;

6. Approve the Community Group recognition recipients as listed in Attachment C of the January 9, 2013 staff report; and

 

7. Not release this report to the public until the 2013 HRM Volunteer Awards Ceremony on April 17, 2013.

14. NOTICES OF MOTION

15. ADJOURNMENT



 

INFORMATION ITEMS
February 26, 2013

1. Proclamation- National Nutrition Month- March 2013 (363 KB)

2. Memorandum from the Director of Finance and ICT dated January 9, 2013 re: Award of Contracts – CAO Approval (476 KB)

3. Memorandum from the Municipal Clerk dated February 19, 2013
re: Requests for Presentation to Council- None (103KB)

 

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