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Halifax Regional Council

Agenda


March 19, 2013
1:00 p.m.
    Reconvene 6:00 p.m.
Council Chamber

Summary of Recorded Votes (163 KB)

Minutes of March 19, 2013 (83KB)

1. INVOCATION

2. SPECIAL COMMUNITY ANNOUNCEMENTS & ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS

3. APPROVAL OF MINUTES-

February 12, 2013 Committee of the Whole

February 19 & 26 & March 5, 2013 Regional Council

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 – NONE

9. PUBLIC HEARINGS – 6:00 P.M.

9.1 Proposed By-law T-229, An Amendment to By-Law T-200,

Respecting Tax Exemption for Non-Profit Organizations-2012-2013 (1.59 MB)

Public Hearing Frequently Asked Questions

10. CORRESPONDENCE, PETITIONS & DELEGATIONS

10.1 Correspondence

10.1.1 Request for Fly-Past – Scotiabank Blue Nose Marathon

(601 KB)

10.2 Petitions

11. REPORTS
11.1 CHIEF ADMINISTRATIVE OFFICER

11.1.1 Request for Proposal – P12-066, RFID

(Radio Frequency Identification) Tagging Services - Halifax Central Library (112KB)

11.1.2 Request for Proposal P12-123, Supply of Up to Eighty

(80) 12.2 Meter Transit Buses (129 KB)

11.1.3 Tender 12-115 – Supply of up to eleven (11)

new Rescue Pumper Fire Apparatus (90 KB)

11.1.4 Tender 12-117 – one (1) 100 foot Rear Mount Platform

Fire Apparatus (91 KB)

11.1.5 Tender 12-118 – supply of up to two (2) new

75 foot Quint Fire Apparatus (104 KB)

11.1.6 Sole Source Award - Voith Schneider Propeller

Unit Parts– Voith Turbo GmbH & Co. (173 KB)

11.1.7 Funding Request – YMCA of Greater

Halifax/Dartmouth (121 KB)

11.2 AUDIT AND FINANCE STANDING COMMITTEE

11.2.1 Multi-District Facility Project

(Reporting Requirements) (217 KB)

11.2.2 Regional Facility Expansion Reserve Q145 (257 KB)

11.2.3 Write-off of Uncollectible Accounts (1.04 MB)

11.3 COMMUNITY PLANNING AND ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT

STANDING COMMITTEE

11.3.1 Legislative Requests - 2012 Update (687 KB)

11.4 ENVIRONMENT AND SUSTAINABILITY STANDING COMMITTEE

11.4.1 Alteration of Clean Nova Scotia Partnership Agreement

(692 KB)

11.5 TRANSPORTATION STANDING COMMITTEE

11.5.1 Options for Managing Advertising Signage

Provincial Highway 333 (1.28 MB)

11.6 GRANTS ADVISORY COMMITTEE

11.6.1 Property Matter: Less than Market Value Lease:

Canada Games Centre - Canadian Sport

Centre Atlantic (153 KB)

11.6.2 Less than Market Sale- 2421 Brunswick Street, Halifax,

to Adsum Association for Women and Children.

(566 KB)

12. MOTIONS

12.1 Councillor Mason
“That Regional Council approve the disbursement of $12,075 to Brunswick Street United Church for the purchase and installation of a wrought iron style fence and gates to improve security, control, traffic and provide access control to the church, the Brunswick Street Mission, the Metro Turning Point shelter, and the surrounding residential neighbourhood, $3,000 to be funded from the District 8 capital budget, $9,075 to be funded from the District 7 discretionary capital budget.”

13. 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;

13.1 In Camera Minutes- February 26, 2013

 

Motion:
That the In Camera Minutes of February 26, 2013 be approved as circulated

13.2 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

13.2.1 Citizen Appointments to Boards and Committees

Motion:
It is recommended that Halifax Regional Council:

1. Approve the appointment to the Heritage Advisory Committee

as outlined in the Private and Confidential Report of March 5, 2013.

2. It is further recommended that the Citizen appointment be released to the public following Council ratification

14. ADDED ITEMS
15. NOTICES OF MOTION

16. ADJOURNMENT



INFORMATION ITEMS
March 19, 2013

 

1. Memorandum from the Municipal Clerk dated March 12, 2013
re: Requests for Presentation to Council- None (36.4 KB)

 

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