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From YouTube: SPECIAL OTTAWA CITY COUNCIL November 4, 2020
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SPECIAL OTTAWA CITY COUNCIL, November 4, 2020
Agenda and background materials can be found at http://www.ottawa.ca/agendas.
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B
Welcome
to
ottawa
city
council
meeting
for
the
4th
of
november.
This
is
the
tabling
of
the
city
budget.
I
suspect
a
few
more
people
will
be
watching
cnn
at
this
moment
than
rogers
community
22,
but
we're
all
set
to
table
a
budget
for
the
people
of
ottawa.
Please
stand
for
a
moment
of
personal
reflection.
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D
E
E
F
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There
are
some
who
would
want
us
to
reduce
our
investments
in
progress
and
programs
and
services.
Others
will
want
us
to
reduce
our
full-time
municipal
workforce
during
the
pandemic.
If
we're
living
in
times
of
broad
economic
growth
and
rising
employment
levels,
it
might
make
sense
to
consider
a
strategic
target
at
reductions
in
the
municipal
workforce.
B
But,
let's
think
this
through
paul
knew
paul
ibm.
Where
are
the
jobs
that
people
could
apply
for
in
this
paralyzed
economy?
It's
important
for
members
of
council
to
know
that
every
part
of
the
city's
workforce
has
been
stretched
to
maintain
the
services
our
residents
count
on
and
to
respond
to
the
provincial
orders.
B
The
demand
on
city
services
has
not
gone
down
with
covid.
It
is
in
fact
actually
higher.
This
includes
building
permits
development
applications
by
law
enforcement,
surging
311
and
increased
demand
for
social
services.
We're
also
witnessing
unprecedented
needs
to
be
met
in
our
long-term
care
facilities,
disruptions
to
child
care
services
increases
in
employment
assistance,
exploiting
paramedic
demand,
and
the
list
goes
on
and
on.
Our
workforce
is
also
not
immune
from
the
devastating
impacts
of
covet
19..
Our
employees
are
struggling
with
the
same
issues.
Everyone
else
in
our
community
is
struggling
with.
B
This
includes
managing
kids
in
school,
the
illness
or
loss
of
loved
ones,
spouses
or
family
members
experiencing
employment
loss
or
supporting
agent
parents
in
isolation.
Here's
just
one
practical
example
of
how
city
staff
are
working
to
maintain
essential
services.
During
the
pandemic,
the
city
of
ottawa
issued
building
permits
for
3.9
billion
dollars
worth
of
construction
from
january
to
october
2020,
compared
to
just
2.7
billion
in
the
same
period
last
year.
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I
also
want
to
take
this
opportunity
early
in
the
presentation
to
thank
our
city
employees
for
keeping
our
core
services
going
during
these
challenging
pandemic
times.
Thank
you
for
ensuring
that
our
recycling
gets
picked
up
on
a
regular
basis
for
keeping
our
drinking
water
clean
and
safe
and
for
maintaining
our
parks
and
roadways.
Thanks
to
our
oc
transpo
staff
for
getting
residents
to
work
safely
by
bus
and
lrt
and
paratranspo
mercia
notre
personnel,
dosti
transport,
the
permit.
B
Security
and
thank
you
for
remaining
vigilant
and
compassionate
in
the
service
of
our
most
vulnerable
residents,
ensuring
basic
health,
shelter
and
other
needs
to
be
met.
Of
course,
a
very
special
thank
you
to
our
first
responders
for
the
incredible
work
that
they
have
done
throughout
this
pandemic:
fire
police
paramedics.
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B
In
my
remarks
today,
I'll
start
by
outlining,
where
we
stand
from
a
budget
perspective
at
this
point
in
time,
as
we
close
out
the
2020
budget
year,
I'll
then
outline
council's
plan
for
strengthening
our
investment
in
housing
for
our
most
vulnerable
and
how
we
will
continue
to
support
and
protect
our
community's
safety
and
our
most
vulnerable
residents
during
and
after
the
pandemic.
I'll
also
provide
an
overview
of
how
budget
2021
follows
council's
direction
to
continue
investing
in
our
infrastructure,
which
is,
of
course,
the
building
block
of
communities
current
and
future
success.
B
I'll,
then
provide
an
overview
of
how
we're
supporting
our
small
businesses
and
the
need
for
unified
city-wide
effort
on
this
front,
as
we
head
into
the
new
year.
I'll
also
make
I'll
also
discuss
how
we
propose
to
continue
to
make
transit
affordable
for
both
ottawa
residents
and
taxpayers
heading
towards
2021..
B
Clearly,
we
need
to
reconcile
affordability
for
our
transit
passengers,
with
the
affordability
of
the
transit
system.
Council
has
decided
to
build
over
the
long
term.
I
also
want
to
provide
an
overview
of
how
the
city
is
expanding,
its
efforts
to
protect
the
environment
and
invest
in
greater
climate
resiliency.
B
We
will
do
this
by
supporting
projects
that
pay
for
themselves
through
savings
over
time.
Let
me
start
by
discussing
where
we
stand
going
into
the
2021
budget,
the
city
of
ottawa,
draft
2021
budget
forecasts,
a
total
operating
budget
of
3.9
billion
dollars
and
a
total
capital
investment
of
781
million
dollars.
As
we
review
the
highlights
and
details
of
the
budget
document,
it's
important
that
we
be
transparent
about
the
assumptions
and
risks
that
we're
mitigating
in
this
current
budget.
B
As
I
mentioned
earlier,
the
government
of
canada
and
the
province
of
ontario
have
increased
financial
support
to
municipalities
in
2020,
without
which
we
would
be
going
through
a
very
different
budget
exercise.
Right
now,
we
were
notified
recently
that
the
city
of
ottawa
received
the
second
round
of
covet
19
funding.
B
This
includes
74.9
million
dollars
for
transit
and
49.3
million
dollars
from
the
municipal
stream
of
the
restart
program,
restart
funding.
Rather,
this
is
a
very
solid
down
payment
of
124.2
million
dollars
towards
our
181
million
dollars
in
covid
financial
pressures
for
2020..
To
date,
this
represents
68
of
our
overall
covet
related
funding
needs.
I've
been
reassured
of
my
dealings
with
the
premium
of
ontario
and
transport
minister
mulroney
that
our
city
will
be
made
whole
on
the
remainder
of
our
2020
covet
related
deficit.
B
I
also
spoke
to
premier
ford
about
reimbursing
the
city
of
ottawa,
public
health's
essential
contribution
to
the
fight
against
kovid,
which
has
created
a
2020
pressure
of
12
million
dollars.
He
assured
me
that
the
province
is
supportive
of
helping
public
health
units
across
ontario,
because,
of
course,
every
health
unit
is
roughly
in
the
same
situations.
We
find
ourselves
in.
B
Staff
are
now
preparing
the
phase
2
submission
to
the
province
deficit.
Projections
have
been
restated
to
reflect
lower
costs
and
ongoing
cost
containment
measures.
The
2021
budget
presentation
from
staff
will
outline
how
kovid
20
covet
19
is
expected
to
continue
impacting
municipal
operations
at
a
high
level.
Staff
are
forecasting
a
deficit
of
153.5
million
dollars
related
to
covid.
Should
the
pandemic
last
another
12
months.
B
Ottawa
public
health
is
also
expecting
covet
19
to
continue
to
have
a
very
significant
impact
on
their
own
budget.
We
will
expect
the
government
of
ontario
to
continue
supporting
the
city
as
it
backstops.
The
essential
work
being
undertaken
by
our
dedicated
team
at
ottawa,
public
health
oph,
is
estimating
that
that
the
gap
for
2021,
if
coveted,
continues
for
the
full
12
months
could
be
upwards
of
22.5
million
dollars.
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B
Thanks
also
to
the
senior
leadership
team
and
our
teams
across
the
city,
including
all
teams
and
our
partner
agencies,
for
their
work
and
their
input
into
the
2021
budget.
Tomorrow,
the
province
of
ontario
will
table
its
2021
budget
and
our
staff
will
review
and
report
on
its
impact
on
our
city
and
on
our
municipal
finances.
B
I
want
to
remind
members
of
council
and
residents
watching
today
that
ottawa
has
maintained
its
aaa
credit
rating
as
a
result
of
its
strong
financial
management.
Despite
these
very
challenging
economic
times.
I
now
like
to
talk
about
how
budget
2021
strengthens
our
investment
in
housing
and
supports
our
most
vulnerable
residents,
while
keeping
our
residents
safe.
B
Increasing
house
prices,
job
losses
as
a
result
of
covid
and
the
constraints
imposed
by
social
distancing.
These
have
resulted
in
an
increase
in
the
number
of
homelessness
and
a
significant
increase
in
the
number
of
people
at
risk
of
homelessness.
Seniors.
The
working
poor
newcomers
and
others
on
fixed
income
are
disproportionately
impacted.
I'm
pleased
to
announce
that
the
2021
budget
includes
a
15
million
dollar
investment
in
affordable
housing.
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B
We
can
anticipate
the
city's
contribution
of
15
million
will
leverage
at
least
the
equivalent
amount
from
the
provincial
and
federal
governments.
This
is
expected
to
result
in
the
creation
of
up
to
250
new,
supportive
and
affordable
housing
units,
and
this
increased
base
budget
will
contribute
60
million
dollars
in
funding
over
the
next
10
years.
We
expect
this
amount
to
be
topped
up
by
10
million
from
the
projected
development
charge,
revenues
and
10
million
from
the
sale
of
surplus
lands.
Obviously,
the
city
of
ottawa
cannot
go
it
alone
when
it
comes
to
the
fight
against
homelessness.
B
On
september,
10th
2020
ottawa
community
housing
received
the
largest
single
investment
in
affordable
housing
in
its
history
from
the
federal
government.
Thanks
to
contribution
of
168
million
from
cmhc
ottawa,
community
housing
will
build
gladstone
village,
which
is
about
700
units.
This
investment
will
create
over
200,
affordable
rental
units
close
to
public
transit,
complete
with
community
and
support
services.
B
The
city
is
also
working
on
a
proposal
for
1010
somerset
street
west
for
green
space
and
community
support
for
gladstone
village.
We
hope
to
have
an
announcement
on
this
property
early
in
the
new
year.
We
recently
received
notification
from
minister
hussein
of
the
federal
government
that
ottawa
has
been
allocated,
32
million
dollars
through
the
rapid
housing
initiative.
B
This
funding
will
target
rapid
housing
solutions
to
meet
those
most
in
need
in
our
community.
This
new
funding
brings
the
city's
total
commitment
to
47
million
dollars
in
2021
for
the
construction
of
new
affordable
units,
we'll
also
be
funding
33
million
dollars
going
to
housing
and
homelessness
agencies
in
2021..
B
This
amount
will
support
case
management,
housing
loss
prevention
and
operating
funding
for
supportive
housing.
When
you
factor
in
the
city's
operating
spending
of
112
million
dollars
in
support
of
housing
and
the
47
million
dollars
in
new
capital
funding,
the
city
will
spend
an
historic
amount
in
2021
on
housing.
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B
Now,
with
a
cost
of
living
increase
of
485
000,
the
community
funding
program
will
benefit
from
a
total
investment
of
over
25
million.
This
amount
will
go
towards
supporting
community
non-profit
social
service
providers
who
deliver
services
to
residents
facing
the
greatest
needs
across
the
city.
Budget
2021
also
includes
500
000
dollars
to
fund
agencies,
as
we
transition
to
the
new
community
funding
framework
review.
The
final
small
community.
B
In
addition,
the
city
has
invested
in
emergency
funding
to
community
agencies
for
covet-related
expenses
and
emergency
programs.
That's
a
total
envelope
of
just
under
five
hundred
thousand
dollars
to
respond
to
covent
related
needs.
The
child
care
and
early
years
sector
in
ottawa
has
been
dramatic,
dramatically
impacted
by
the
high
rates
of
covet
19
in
our
community.
B
The
city
of
ottawa
is
grateful
to
its
provincial
and
federal
partners
for
the
reinvest
and
the
investments
received
to
date
in
response
to
covid
19..
As
the
20
kova
19
impact
continued
to
evolve,
additional
supports
will
be
required.
This
will
ensure
the
continued
sustainability
of
the
child
care
and
early
years
sector
and
assist
in
the
economic
recovery
of
both
ottawa
and
the
entire
province.
B
It's
hard
to
speak
about
copenhagen
without
thinking
about
the
devastating
impact
this
pandemic
has
had
on
our
senior
citizens,
especially
senior
citizens
living
in
long-term
care
homes.
So
through
less,
I
want
to
thank
dean,
lett
the
city's
director
of
long-term
care
and
his
incredible
team.
Their
commitment
and
dedication
to
the
residents
in
their
care
is
really
unrelenting.
B
Since
the
start
of
the
pandemic,
our
long-term
care
team
has
implemented
safety
protocols
to
prevent
the
spread
of
the
infection
in
the
homes.
Staffing
levels
have
been
increased
and
enhanced
infection
prevention
and
control
measures
are
now
in
place.
I'd
like
to
send
a
special
shout
out
to
all
of
the
dedicated
employees
of
our
long-term
care
homes.
Without
your
dedication
and
perseverance,
there
is
little
doubt
that
the
situation
in
ottawa
could
have
been
much
much
worse
to
support
your
work.
Budget
2021
includes
the
following
investments.
B
Over
9
million
dollars
will
be
invested
in
staffing,
ppe
and
infection
control
to
prevent
the
spread
of
coven
19..
The
city
is
also
providing
7.5
million
dollars
for
renovations
equipment
and
accessibility
improvements
at
its
four
long-term
care
homes
that
the
city
of
ottawa
operates.
This
will
support
the
safety
care
and
comfort
of
both
our
residents
and
our
employees.
B
The
city
needs
more
paramedics
to
keep
pace
with
our
fast-growing
city
and
to
keep
our
response
times
in
line
with
current
standards.
At
the
start
of
the
term
of
council,
I
promise
to
work
with
council
to
hire
54
additional
paramedics
over
the
next
four
years.
Budget
2021
provides
funding
to
hire
14
new
front-line
paramedics,
the
third
installment,
on
our
four-year
plan
in
partnership
with
the
ottawa
hospital.
Our
community
paramedics
have
also
been
deployed
to
red
zones
and
long-term
care
homes
across
the
city
that
are
an
active
outbreak.
B
Budget
2021
also
includes
7.5
million
dollars
to
build
a
new
fire
station
in
canada,
north
and
2
million
dollars
to
build
a
paramedic
deployment
facility
in
the
west
end.
Earlier
today,
the
ottawa
police
services
tabled
their
draft
budget
that
comes
in
at
three
percent
on
the
tax
side,
plus
1.5
percent.
In
assessment
growth.
B
The
ops
is
a
vital
partner
working
alongside
ottawa,
public
health,
community
and
social
services
and
other
external
organizations
working
together.
We
can,
we
can
do
better.
We
can
do
to
better
address
these
issues
like
mental
health,
poverty
and
community
supports.
I
agree
that
community
safety
is
a
shared
responsibility.
B
Now,
as
a
society,
we
need
to
take
a
more
holistic
approach
to
solving
crime
and
addressing
social
issues.
That's
why
the
ops
and
the
city
have
been
working
together
to
shift
the
focus
towards
expanding
community-led,
health
and
safety
initiatives.
The
city
and
ops
are
actively
refining
our
community
safety
and
well-being
plan.
This
plan
seeks
to
address
and
more
the
more
deeply
rooted
causes
of
crime,
focus
on
prevention,
leverage
partnerships
and
take
a
multi-faceted
approach
to
community
safety.
The
community
safety
and
wellbeing
plan
aligns
with
ongoing
initiatives
to
achieve
outcomes
and
tangible
results.
B
This
planning
the
plan
includes
the
housing
and
homelessness
plan,
child
and
early
years
strategy,
community
funding
framework,
mental
health
strategy,
women
and
gender
equity,
race
and
veterans,
social
assistance,
modernization,
poverty
reduction,
food
security
and
the
priority
neighborhood
strategy.
The
2021
budget
maintains
support
for
the
addition
of
85
new
police
officers
approved
in
this
term.
The
ops
expects
to
see
30
new
officers
join
the
service
in
2021,
I'd
like
to
thank
chief
slowly
and
the
cfo
jeff
letourneau,
and
the
entire
board
and
chair
of
the
police
board
for
their
budget
stewardship.
B
B
Prosperity,
funding
to
maintain
and
renew
assets
such
as
roads,
sidewalks
and
city
facilities
will
increase
by
25
million
this
year,
bringing
us
to
171
million
invested
in
2021..
The
existing
infrastructure
funding
app
will
be
fully
addressed
within
seven
years
instead
of
the
projected
ten
years,
while
adding
no
new
debt.
As
members
of
council,
we
hear
consistently
from
our
residents.
They
want
us
to
invest
in
our
city's
roads
and
infrastructure,
like
conditions.
B
The
investment
in
road
resurfacing
includes
hunt
club
road
westbound
from
paul
anka
drive
to
airport
parkway
in
riverward;
11;
u
kilburn,
alta
vista
blanchfield,
road
and
osgood
fallowfield
road
from
southwest
transitway
to
woodruff
avenue
and
bar
haven
la
route;
saint
george,
a
olean
and
maryville
road.
From
slack
to
view
mount
and
west
hunt
club
from
maryville
road
to
antares
drive
in
knoxdale
marioville,
to
name
just
a
few
of
the
many
road
projects
that
will
take
place
in
2021.
B
We
know
that
ottawa
has
one
of
the
largest
transportation
networks
in
canada,
city
teams
regularly
clear
over
6
000
kilometers
of
roads
and
2
300
kilometers
of
sidewalk
throughout
the
city.
I'm
pleased
to
say
that
winter
operations
budget
now
reflects
the
latest
three-year
average
actuals
for
the
period
2016
to
2018,
for
a
total
of
just
over
81
million
dollars.
This
year,
more
than
ever,
we'll
need
to
encourage
people
to
get
outside
and
enjoy
winter
setting.
B
That's
why
I'm
pleased
that
the
city
will
again
provide
over
35
000
to
the
winter
trails
alliance
for
distribution
to
its
members?
We
expect
that
the
partnership
with
the
ncc
will
contribute
another
25
thousand
dollars
for
ski
and
snowshoe
trails.
Budget
2021
also
includes
2
million
dollars
for
neighborhood
traffic
calming
measures
each
counselor
will
again
receive
fifty
thousand
dollars
for
road
safety
initiatives
in
their
own
wards.
There's
also
five
hundred
and
twelve
thousand
dollars
set
aside
for
pedestrian
crossovers,
which
will
help
us
improve
the
safety
of
pedestrians
at
key
crossings
in
the
city
and
budget.
B
2021
also
includes
12
million
for
intersection
improvements.
The
intersection
control
measures
program
which
delivers
new
traffic
signals
and
addresses
safety
concerns
and
growth
areas.
Revenue
from
the
automated
speed
enforcement
camera
is
budgeted
at
6
million
dollars,
and
an
increase
of
1.8
million
is
expected
to
be
generated
by
10
additional
red
light
cameras.
B
B
As
you
know,
automated
speed
enforcement
cameras
have
been
in
place
since
we
launched
the
program
in
july.
There's
a
total
of
eight
sites
all
located
near
schools
and
four
cameras
are
currently
used
to
enforce
speed
restrictions
and
rotate
it
amongst
the
eight
sites.
By
this,
by
the
end
of
september,
over
37
000
tickets
had
been
issued,
which
could
generate
upwards
of
3.1
million
dollars
for
the
city.
At
the
request
of
myself
and
the
city
manager,
transportation
services
have
been
asked
to
purchase
four
additional
cameras.
B
B
Again
this
year,
budget
2021
includes
funding
for
active
transportation
with
an
investment
in
both
the
pedestrian
and
cycling
plans
of
12.5
million.
This
includes
5
million
for
cycling
facilities
to
just
under
3
million
for
pedestrian
facilities,
2.5
million
for
cycling
and
pedestrian
major
structures
and
1.2
million
to
connect
missing
links.
B
Our
city's
vibrancy
also
relies
on
the
key
investments
made
by
small
businesses
in
our
communities,
and
we
can
all
witness
in
our
respective
neighborhoods
small
businesses
invest,
invest
in
significant
ways.
They
bring
our
our
main
streets
to
life
and
turn
them
into
the
dynamic
gathering
places.
We've
come
to
know,
but
we
know
main
street
businesses
have
been
hit
hard
by
this
pandemic
and
they
need
our
help.
B
At
the
october
28th
council
meeting,
we
approved
a
waiver
of
building
permit
fees
required
for
a
patio
tent
structure.
This
is
intended
to
allow
restaurants
to
provide
alternative
dining
arrangements,
while
indoor
dining
is
restricted,
although
of
course
we
got
the
the
news
yesterday
that
some
of
those
restrictions
are
being
lifted,
there'll
still
be
a
need
if
restauranteurs
want
to
have
that
expanded
patio
to
do
so
without
being
charged
for
it
and
consistent
with
the
council
direction
this
past
summer,
we're
proposing
that
the
monthly
patio
fees
remain
at
zero
dollars
for
2021..
B
This
takes
into
account
with
the
severe
impact
of
cobit
19
on
restaurants
and
shops.
This
foregone
patio
revenue
is
included
in
the
overall
coven
19
pressures
and
following
the
presentation
of
the
winter
patio
program
at
transportation
committee
on
monday,
our
patio
team
will
soon
be
launching
150
000
grant
program.
This
will
help
bias
and
other
business
associations
deploy,
beautification
or
small
capital
projects
to
help
them
attract
customers
in
their
business
districts.
B
B
We
should
all
go
out
of
our
way
to
shop
in
local
and
family-owned
businesses
who
need
our
support.
Now
more
than
ever
over
the
course
of
the
coming
weeks
and
months,
we
will
need
to
chart
a
course
for
returning
the
city
to
prosperity
for
creating
an
environment
that
leaves
no
one
behind
in
our
attempts
to
bring
back
the
jobs
lost
during
the
pandemic.
B
In
the
first
few
weeks
of
2021,
I
will
call
on
all
members
of
council
and
city
partners
to
join
in
this
united
effort
to
rebuild
our
city's
economy.
This
will
require
new
ways
of
thinking,
as
well
as
unprecedented
collaboration
with
our
economic
development
partners
and
other
levels
of
government,
we'll
need
to
take
an
all
hands
on
deck
approach
to
rebuild
our
local
economy.
B
What
is
becoming
clear
is
that
we
must
stay
in
lockstep
with
our
provincial
and
federal
partners,
not
only
on
the
pandemic
response
for
years
to
come.
We
must
work
together
on
the
much
needed
economic
stimulus
and
recovery
plan
that
will
require
we'll
be
required
to
get
our
local
economy
firing
and
all
cylinders
again.
This
is
not
about
a
flashy
slogan
or
nice
stats.
It's
about
striving
to
support
our
local
businesses
and
ensuring
that
they
are
economic.
B
There
are
economic
opportunities
for
all
workers
as
we
exit
the
pandemic,
protecting
the
environment
and
investing
in
greater
climate
resiliency
an
important
cornerstone
of
the
2021
budget.
We
all
know
that
building
safer
and
resilient
communities
requires
a
balanced
approach
to
spending,
it's
also
about
planning
for
the
future
info
evidence.
B
That
is
why
the
city
recently
carried
an
environmental
strategy
that
targets
80
reduction
in
ghg
emissions
by
2050.,
with
a
contribution
of
2.6
million
through
ottawa
hydro
dividend,
11
million
dollars
will
be
provided
to
the
support
to
support
energy
evolution,
leveraging
federal
and
provincial
funds.
The
focus
will
be
on
energy
efficiency
conservation
and
renewable
energy
generation
projects.
The
goal
is
to
invest
in
projects
where
the
initial
investment
is
repaid
over
time
by
the
annual
energy
say.
B
This
includes
two
and
a
half
million
dollars
to
implement
the
ottawa
river
action
plan
and
the
wet
weather
infrastructure
master
plan.
Budget
2021
also
includes
300
000
for
the
wild
parsnip
management
program.
This
there
is
also
1.5
million
to
plant
125,
000
trees
and
1.2
million
for
solid
waste
projects,
including
expanding
the
recycling
in
parks
pro
project.
B
I
don't
want
to
touch
on
how
we
keep
transit,
affordable
while
paying
for
and
investing
in
the
transit
system.
We
want
as
a
result
of
covet.
19
ridership
and
transit
revenues
have
decreased
significantly,
not
only
in
ottawa,
but
around
the
country
and
around
the
world,
cetera
no
service
to
transport
at
the
nouveau
defi.
B
B
B
fares
will
not
increase
in
2020,
given
council's
directive
earlier
this
year
to
freeze
fares
until
lrt
service
improved
markedly.
This
fair
freeze
has
resulted
in
a
base
budget
pressure
of
5.1
million
dollars
in
2021.
to
address
this
budget
pressure
using
transit
revenue
would
have
had
to
increase
fares
by
more
than
5
percent
in
2021.
B
We
didn't
think
this
was
a
fair
approach
during
these
difficult
times
for
so
many
vulnerable
residents,
and
that's
why
the
cost
of
the
equipass
and
community
pass
will
both
be
frozen
at
2018
rates
for
the
third
consecutive
year.
That's
an
additional
investment
of
185
thousand
dollars
in
affordable
transit.
B
Regular
fares
will
increase
by
2.5
percent
effective
january
1st
because
we
need
to
stay
on
track
with
our
long-range
financial
plan
for
transit.
This
is
our
blueprint
for
making
long-term
investments
in
sustainable
transit
and
the
city
we
can
afford,
and
I
want
to
remind
council,
colleagues
and
residents
about
the
largest
single
investment
we
are
making
in
transit.
Our
4.6
billion
dollar
investment
in
stage
2
lrt,
we'll
spend
just
over
1
billion
dollars
of
that
in
2021
on
the
construction
of
stage
2..
B
Before
I
conclude
today's
remarks,
I'd
like
to
say
a
few
words
about
ottawa
public
health,
this
includes
the
work
that
the
city
of
ottawa
has
undertaken
to
protect
our
residents
against
the
pandemic.
That
work
is
shared
across
thousands
of
employees
and
hundreds
of
work
units
across
the
city
because
of
the
broad
impact
of
municipal
services
that
have
been
impacted
by
cobit
19.
It's
difficult
to
describe
the
incredible
work
that
has
that
the
oph
team
has
spearheaded
in
2020
to
keep
us
safe
and
informed.
B
The
close
collaboration
with
our
city
manager
and
senior
leadership
team
and
partner
agencies
has
been
impressive,
to
say
the
least
on
behalf
of
ottawa
city
council.
I
want
to
once
again
thank
dr
vera
etches,
our
medical
officer
of
health,
thank
you
to
her
team
for
their
outstanding
work
and
for
their
unwavering
dedication
to
our
collective
safety
in
these
very
challenging
times.
I
also
want
to
thank
our
city
manager,
steve
kanilakis,
who's
provided
exceptional
leadership.
During
the
extraordinary
times.
B
This
pandemic
has
forced
many
of
us
to
make
very
difficult
personal
decisions,
decisions
about
putting
our
kids
in
school,
hard
choices
about
the
living
situation
of
aging
parents.
Many
small
business
owners
have
had
to
make
heart-wrenching
decisions
about
letting
employees
go
or
shutting
their
doors.
B
B
Some
have,
unfortunately
had
to
make
the
very
difficult
decision.
As
I
mentioned,
of
closing
down
the
pandemic
has
caused
us
to
reach
out
in
new
ways
to
vulnerable
people
in
our
lives.
It's
changed.
How
we
work,
behave,
socialize
and
interact
le
penza
me
as
challenge
espada
novi.
I'm
convinced
that
dr
etches
and
her
team,
in
close
collaboration
with
the
city
of
ottawa
team,
have
provided
the
best
evidence-based
advice.
B
I
know
they're
very
aware
of
the
huge
ramifications
of
their
recommendations
on
the
lives
of
our
residents.
I
also
want
to
thank
councillor.
Keith
egg
live
for
his
leadership
at
the
ottawa
board
of
health.
He
has
proven
to
be
a
strong
advocate
for
oph
during
these
tumultuous
times,
I'm
under
the
impression
that
he
might
be
thinking
that
this
mandate
a
little
broader
than
he
bargained
for
when
he
first
agreed
to
chair
oph.
B
I
also
want
to
again
convey
council's
strong
support
for
oph's
budget
position.
This
was
clearly
outlined
at
their
board
meeting
on
monday
november,
2nd.
It
will
come
as
no
surprise
to
anyone
listening
today
that
this
is
not
a
normal
year
for
ottawa,
public
health
and
let's
break
this
down
into
three
key
pieces.
B
Secondly,
oph
expects
to
continue
to
have
to
absorb
significant
coven
19
related
costs
into
2021..
The
oph
board
was
briefed
on
the
projected
2021
budget
impact
on
monday
evening,
which
currently
stands
at
22.5
million,
as
was
discussed
at
the
october
14th
council
meeting.
It's
my
intention
to
continue
working
closely
with
councillor
egg
lai
as
chair
of
oph,
together,
we'll
work
with
all
members
of
council
to
ensure
that
the
province
honors
its
commitment
to
fully
reimburse
the
city
the
covet
19
related
expenses
we
incurred
in
2020
and
for
these
those
anticipated
expenses
in
2021..
B
Thirdly,
the
oph
board
was
also
advised
on
monday
that
oph
has
had
to
privatize
the
covid
response
over
the
delivery
of
other
core
services
in
2020..
I'm
convinced
that
all
members
of
council
support
the
board's
approach
to
ramp
up
and
reinforce
the
delivery
of
oph
core
services
to
prevent
negative
health
impacts.
B
Concurrently,
it's
important
for
all
members
of
council
to
know
that
budget
2021
provides
oph
with
an
additional
base
adjustment
of
240
000.
This
will
allow
oph
to
undertake
the
2021
fiscal
year
without
having
to
reduce
the
fte
account.
I
believe
we
can
all
agree
that
this
is
not
the
time
to
be
cutting
employees
at
oph.
I
also
want
members
of
council
to
know
that
the
chair
and
I
will
engage
the
province
of
ontario
on
this
issue.
C
B
I'm
also
proud
that
we've
worked
especially
hard
on
this
prudent,
affordable
and
balanced
budget,
a
budget
that
responsibly
manages
the
risks
associated
coven
19.
The
three
percent
tax
increase
amounts
to
an
extra
115
dollars
for
the
average
urban
homeowner
and
88
dollars
for
the
average
rural
homeowner,
we've
all
heard
from
residents,
and
I
believe,
they're
prepared
to
contribute
a
modest
increase
to
improve
our
transit
and
to
maintain
our
infrastructure
to
build
for
the
future
and
to
provide
services
to
keep
residents
safe.
B
I
think
that
budget
2021
strikes
the
right
balance
in
meeting
council's
approved
priorities
with
council
support.
I
will
continue
to
work
tirelessly
to
ensure
that
ottawa
continues
to
secure
its
fair
share
of
funding
from
upper
tier
governments.
This
includes
moving
forward
on
city
building
projects
such
as
extending
lrt
to
canada,
stittsville
and
bar
haven
on
multiple
city-wide
terms
of
council
priorities
such
as
roads,
housing
and
the
environment,
and
the
funding
required
to
weather
the
current
pandemic.
B
I
also
believe
this
budget
has
enough
built-in
flexibility
to
migrate
to
mitigate
rather
the
uncertainty
of
what
may
come
in
the
year
ahead.
I'm
certain
that
most,
if
not
all
members
of
council,
accept
that
there's
some
degree
of
risk
inherent
in
our
2021
budgeting
exercise,
no
one.
I
repeat
that
no
one
can
accurately
predict
how
soon
the
pandemic
will
come
to
an
end,
nor
how
will
it
impact
the
city's
economy
and
finances
in
the
future?
I'm
convinced
that
you
will
agree
that
nothing
is
more
important
than
maintaining
our
core
services.
B
Perhaps,
more
importantly,
now
is
the
time
to
keep
our
collective
eye
on
those
most
in
need
across
our
various
communities
that
make
up
this
great
city.
I
want
to
thank
all
residents
and
members
of
council
who
contributed
to
ideas
in
the
budget
2021
process.
Over
the
last
few
weeks,
war
consultations
occurred
on
the
budget.
Virtually
we've
heard
from
many
residents
regarding
a
wide
range
of
often
competing
budget
priorities
more
so
than
any
other
year.
Residents
are
realistic
about
the
city's
fiscal
capacity.
B
B
B
Team
in
the
mayor's
office
work
who
worked
closely
on
this,
including
rob
and
guest,
and
serge
arpa,
as
well
as
other
members
of
our
team,
the
city
manager,
our
new
chief
financial
officer,
wendy
stephenson
on
budget
2021
and
all
members
of
council
on
their
budget.
2021
proposals
the
year
ahead
poses
challenges
and
contains
many
unknowns,
but
I
believe
that
prudent
fiscal
stewardship
has
made
our
city
resilient
with
the
support
of
our
residents
and
continued
commitment
from
our
federal
and
provincial
partners.
B
We
are
on
solid
footing
as
we
work
towards
and
together
to
meet
the
challenges
of
the
drastically
changed
world
in
which
we
find
ourselves
I'll
now,
pass
it
over
to
the
city
manager
for
the
city
manager's
report.
But
first
we
have
a
motion
by
councillor,
lulaf
and
signed
by
councillor
dudas.
Please
thank
you.
B
I
I
The
report
from
the
ottawa
board
of
health
entitled
2021
draft
operating
budget
for
the
ottawa
board
of
health
and
that
the
rules
of
procedure
be
suspended
to
receive
and
consider
the
following
reports
from
the
innovative
client
services
department,
as
they
provide
information
supplemental
to
the
2021
budget
reports
being
tabled
at
this
meeting
one.
The
report
from
the
director
of
fleet
services
entitled
2021
tweet
vehicle
and
equipment
plans,
information
supplemental
to
the
budget
estimates
two.
I
C
B
That's
the
time
to
ask
questions
but
again,
as
as
you
all
know,
because
this
is
your
third
budget-
that
the
whole
team
here
has
worked
on.
These
are
questions,
technical,
procedural
or
very
high
level,
we're
not
getting
into
the
weeds.
This
is
simply
tabling
the
budget,
and
then
it
goes
out
to
your
respective
committees,
for
public
consultation
and
and
drilling
down
into
more
specifics.
So
I'd
ask
that
you
respect
that
tradition
of
procedural,
technical
or
very
high
level
questions
to
the
the
delegates
and
or
to
our
city
staff.
F
F
It's
been
no
small
feat
to
navigate
the
challenges
that
we
faced
with
this
year's
budget
and
all
the
planning
and
careful
thought
and
consideration
that
went
into
the
development
of
the
draft
2021
budget.
I
feel
very
fortunate
to
have
their
expertise
and
leadership
on
our
team
could
know
today,
keep
it
aid
and.
F
All
played
a
significant
role
to
ensure
that
the
draft
2021
budget
was
within
council's
set
tax
envelope
without
compromising
service
to
residents.
In
the
pandemic
emergency
response
efforts,
they
provided
creative
ideas,
contributed
to
mitigation,
measured
discussions
they
implemented
and
adapted
to
discretionary
freezes
and
hiring
freezes
in
each
of
their
areas.
They
provided
comprehensive
lists
of
department
of
projects
that
could
be
deferred
to
prioritize
a
pandemic,
emergency
response
and
many
have
redeployed
their
staff
to
assist
other
departments
and
services
experiencing
high
demands
and
pressures.
F
Their
support
has
been
critical
to
the
success
of
addressing
our
financial
challenges
we've
been
faced
with
and
the
demands
and
our
services
in
our
workforce.
I'd
also
like
to
thank
council
sincerely
for
their
feedback
and
input
over
the
last
two
months.
As
the
budget
draft
was
developed,
your
contributions
are
always
valued
and
appreciated
and
played
a
big
role
in
developing
this
budget
before
you
today.
In
addition,
I'd
like
to
thank
council
on
behalf
of
staff
for
providing
clear
budget
directions,
the
directions
are
approved
that
are
approved
by
council
are
invaluable.
F
They
provide
staff
with
a
financial
framework
for
which
to
bring
back
a
budget
that
meets
your
needs.
Council's
approval
of
the
2018-22
strategic
plan,
which
sets
priorities
for
this
term
of
council,
ensures
that
staff
include
financial
means
to
continue
moving
forward
on
these
council's
set
priorities.
That
is
our
roadmap
that
council
has
given
us
in
terms
of
moving
forward
this
term
of
council.
F
I
can
assure
council
that
other
than
the
priorities
that
we
tabled
last
month,
that
have
been
moderately
impacted,
we
are
moving
forward
on
council-directed
programs
outlined
in
the
city
strategic
plan
for
this
term.
As
you
know,
responding
to
the
pandemic
has
put
an
extraordinary
pressure
on
our
organization.
F
Our
workforce
has
been
strained
to
maintain
the
services
residents,
count
on
and
respond
to,
the
evolving
provincial
orders
and
delivering
city
services,
including
the
immediate
and
growing
community,
needs
resulting
from
convict
19
right
now
and
through
the
long
winter.
That's
not
too
far
ahead.
I
want
to
echo
what
mayor
watson
referenced
in
his
opening
comments.
Demands
on
our
services
have
never
been
greater.
They
demand
the
service.
F
Rejected,
in
particular,
the
demands
on
community
and
social
services
and
ottawa
public
health
have
been
unprecedented,
unprecedented
and
show
no
sign
of
slowing
down.
Hundreds
of
city
staff
have
been
deployed
to
these
areas
to
support
standing
up
facilities
for
test
sites,
influenza,
immunization
clinics,
isolation,
centers
planning
ahead,
and
the
hiring
of
almost
1
000
staff
to
support
all
public
health
for
testing
results
and
contact
tracing
has
put
incredible
demands
on
our
human
resources
group
and
rit
support
functions.
F
Staff
are
also
directly
impacted
by
kovan
19,
whether
it
be
through
infection
or
isolation
requirements
due
to
exposure,
often
resulting
frontline
services
from
frontline
services
provision.
Many
of
our
staff
have
continued
to
work
in
the
community
since
day,
one
of
the
emergency
response.
They
never
left
their
pulse.
F
As
we've
heard
from
mayor
watson,
reassurances
have
been
made
from
the
provincial
and
federal
governments
to
support
municipalities
with
outstanding
cover,
19
related
costs
and
pressures
should
all
or
part
of
our
financial
pressures
not
be
addressed.
Staff
are
developing
mitigation
measures
to
close
the
gap
and
balance
the
2021
budget
in
all
service
areas,
including
transit.
F
We
don't
want
to
be
in
the
position
to
have
to
act
on
these
mitigation
measures.
However,
we
have
a
contingency
plan
in
place.
Should
things
not
go
as
planned?
I
want
to
give
council
that
assurance
there's
no
denying
that
the
year
ahead
still
poses
challenges
and
contains
many
unknowns,
but
given
what
we
know
and
what
we're
anticipating,
I
believe
the
draft
2021
budget
strikes
the
balance
between
supporting
community
needs
during
the
pandemic
and
sharing
essential
city
services
for
our
residents
and
advancing
council's
key
priorities
for
our
future
prosperity
and
economic
recovery.
F
J
Please
various
factors
must
be
taken
into
consideration
when
developing
this
year's
budget.
Non-Coveted
pressures
are
accommodated
within
our
three
percent
tax
increase
and
to
date
the
city
has
received
124
million
dollars
for
phase
one
of
the
safe
restart
funding
applications
for
the
remaining
shortfall
under
the
phase
two
application
funding
covers
the
municipal
stream,
which
is
our
tax,
supported
area
to
the
end
of
2020
and
the
transit
stream
to
the
end
of
quarter.
J
J
J
Another
factor
is
the
impact
of
our
collective
agreements
and
changes
in
our
labor
regulations,
for
example,
required
increases
in
the
contribution
to
our
capital
pension
plan.
Inflation
also
has
to
be
included
to
ensure
the
budget
is
keeping
pace
with
the
cost
of
us,
providing
our
services
and
base.
Adjustments
are
also
made
to
reflect
any
2020
budget
experience
that
will
continue,
for
example,
the
increasing
pressure
on
the
city's
insurance.
J
We
also
have
to
build
into
the
budget
the
cost
of
maintaining
the
city's
growing
infrastructure
and
delivering
services
to
a
growing
population,
and,
lastly,
we've
had
to
consider
any
changes
in
provincial
funding,
such
as
the
elimination
of
the
doubling
of
the
gas
tax
or
changes
to
provincial
programs.
You
can
move
to
the
next
slide.
Please.
J
The
budget
directions
were
approved
in
october
with
the
main
direction
to
limit
the
increase
to
the
municipal
portion
of
the
property
tax
bill
to
no
more
than
three
percent.
Each
component
of
the
municipal
tax
bill,
which
includes
the
police
and
the
transit,
are
increasing
at
different
rates,
but
the
overall
tax
creek
increase
remains
at
three
percent.
J
The
annual
addition
of
taxation
revenues
from
our
new
assessment
generates
approximately
1.5
percent
and
user
fees
and
charges
are
to
increase
with
the
cost
of
delivering
the
services.
As
stated
in
our
financial
or
fiscal
framework,
our
long-range
financial
plan,
including
incremental
covet
19,
cost
recoveries.
J
This
budget
also
reflects
a
2.5
percent
increase
in
transit
fares
on
january,
1st
2021
and
no
fare
increase
will
incur
in
2020,
meaning
transit
users
experience
a
15
month,
fair
freeze
and
the
budget
proposes
the
fair
freeze
continue
for
equifax
community
pass
and
equifares
for
all
of
2021
as
well.
This
equates
to
an
additional
185
000
budget
pressure.
Over
and
above
the
235
000
pressure
required
to
cover
the
discount
on
these
passes
in
2021,
which
is
included
in
the
community
and
social
services
budget.
J
J
Staff
have
conducted
a
thorough
review
of
financial
mitigation
measures
and
we've
used
all
of
our
tools
to
absorb
our
base
pressures
with
no
frontline
service
impact.
We've
offset
the
growth-related
pressures
and
some
of
our
covid19
costs.
Our
discretionary
spending
and
hiring
pauses
currently
in
place
will
continue
into
2021,
which
assists
in
lowering
the
city's
expenses.
J
J
A
A
Since
the
bill
has
various
components
in
the
water
bill
will
increase
also
at
various
rate
from
it
for
an
average
property
in
urban
area.
The
global
average
increase
will
be
4.5
37
per
year
or
three
dollars
a
month
for
a
single
rural
home
not
connected.
The
increase
is
a
seven
dollars
per
year
or
a
few
cents
per
month.
The
rate
increase
are
in
line
with
the
operational
requirements.
J
J
Much
of
the
revenue
for
these
services
comes
from
sources
other
than
tax
water
and
sewer
is
paid
for
revenue
by
the
water
bill
and
half
of
the
transit
operating
costs
are
paid
by
fair
revenue
and
over
80
percent
of
the
community
and
social
services
are
paid
by
provincial
and
federal
funding.
Capital
contributions
make
up
the
fifth
largest
percentage
of
our
budget
at
359
million
dollars,
and
you
can
stay
on
this
slide.
The
next
graph
shows
the
sources
of
funding
for
the
3.9
billion
dollar
budget,
user
fees
and
property.
J
J
The
only
growth
increase
in
the
city
services
tax
area
are
for
an
additional
14
paramedics
and
you'll
see,
there's
a
reduction
of
seven
ftes
and
community
and
social
services
to
accommodate
for
the
50-50
municipal
child
care,
administrative
cost
sharing
imposed
by
the
province.
This
results
in
a
net
overall
edition
of
750
ftes
in
the
tax
service
area,
there's
a
decrease
in
ottawa,
public
library
as
a
result
of
the
cancellation
of
the
late
fees
and
reduction
in
the
associated
transactional
effort.
J
J
User
fees
and
revenues
are
increasing
by
16.4
million
dollars,
and
this
not
only
includes
our
regular
inflationary
and
cost
increases
for
fees
like
solid
waste,
our
transit,
our
rec
services,
but
also
increases
in
general
revenues
to
the
city.
So
things
like
our
investment
revenue,
our
penalties
and
interest,
as
well
as
the
temporary
incremental
covet
19
fee
cost
recovery.
J
The
increase
of
matching
funding
from
the
provincial
cost
sharing
is
1.3
million
and
it's
primarily
to
cover
paramedics.
You
can
move
to
the
next
slide,
please
so
in
developing
the
draft
budget.
One
of
the
first
steps
is
to
review
our
previous
year,
where
they
were
cost
or
revenue
increases
or
decreases
that
we
didn't
anticipate
but
are
of
a
permanent
nature.
So
this
table
shows
the
key
factors
from
2020
that
have
an
impact
in
2021.
J
As
a
result
of
the
led
conversion.
We
see
a
reduction
of
1.5
million
dollars
in
our
energy
costs.
The
increase
of
3.8
million
in
the
transit-based
budget
is
primarily
to
improve
service
reliability
in
2021,
which
is
offset
by
a
reduction
in
presto
fees
due
to
lower
ridership,
also
in
2021.
In
order
to
preserve
our
transit
revenue
base
and
eliminate
the
year-over-year
compounding
effect.
J
We've
got
inflationary
increases
related
to
fuel
pricing,
purchase
services,
contracts,
utilities,
compensation,
legislative
increases
to
cpp
are
really
the
largest
increases
overall
and
included.
Is
the
automated
speed
enforcement
operating
costs
in
2021
and
a
one-time
contribution
to
the
road
safety
enforcement
capital
program?
J
J
The
discretionary
spending
and
hiring
pauses
currently
in
place
will
continue
into
2021,
which
assists
in
lowering
the
city's
expenses
an
additional
operational
and
financial
mitigations,
including
our
service
reduction,
deferral
of
capital
spending,
may
be
required
to
offset
these.
You
can
move
to
the
next
slide.
Please.
J
J
J
Approximately
7
million
of
that
was
attributed
to
transit
as
a
reduction
in
fuel
costs
and
our
reduced
presto
fees.
We
also
had
a
discretionary
spending
freeze
across
the
organization
and
we
reduced
significantly
reduced
our
summer
student
hiring
in
2020
and
had
a
staffing
pause
in
place
for
the
full
year.
You
can
move
to
the
next
slide.
Please.
J
The
increase
in
revenue
so
we'll
talk
a
little
bit
about
our
water,
wastewater
and
stormwater
budget
highlights
and
you'll
see
here.
The
increase
in
the
revenue
is
projected
to
be
17.6
million
dollars,
and
it's
based
on
the
assumption
that
the
water
consumption
will
remain
at
81.4
million
cubic
meters
like
the
tax
budget.
The
rate
budget
also
has
to
be
balanced,
and
this
additional
revenue
is
set
to
recover
the
additional
cost
of
delivering
these
services.
J
The
additional
or
increase
of
8.7
million
is
to
maintain
operations,
and
it's
primarily
for
projected
labor
contract
settlements,
increments
and
increases
in
the
cost
of
benefits.
Growth
through
programs
and
services
is
400
000
and
it's
primarily
a
result
of
increasing
the
base
funding
to
manage
system
growth
in
line
with
our
long-range
financial
plan.
J
J
J
J
B
B
A
A
Is
the
first
page
just
hold
on
a
second
okay?
I
got
it.
Thank
you.
The
ottawa
police
services
board
has
spoken
openly
about
the
need
to
bring
meaningful
change
to
the
ottawa
police
service
and
I
believe
that
the
2021
draft
operating
and
capital
budget
shows
a
commitment
to
that
work.
We
have
worked
hard
to
develop
a
budget
that
answers
the
calls
of
the
community
and
that
will
help
deliver
the
board's
strategic
priorities
for
the
ottawa
police
service.
E
E
E
E
When
it
comes
to
demographic
technology
and
social
societal
changes
as
examples,
the
diversity
in
ottawa
has
changed
substantially
over
the
last
two
decades,
even
more
so
over
the
last
decade,
the
physical
makeup,
the
demographic
makeup
of
the
city,
has
changed
a
lot.
Its
institutions
are
still
catching
up
to
it
in
terms
of
technology
changes
just
the
last
five
years
alone.
In
terms
of
the
impact
of
social
media,
I
would
suggest
mostly
negative,
unfortunately,
in
terms
of
its
effect
on
polarization
disinformation.
E
2020
the
impact
of
climate,
climate
change,
the
impact
of
the
global
pandemic,
the
impact
on
the
global
economic
turn
down
as
a
result
of
the
pandemic
and
a
variety
of
social
trends
that
that
include
black
lives
matter.
Idle.
No
more
me,
too,
all
still
very
active,
all
very
engaging
and
all
very
impactful
when
it
comes
to
trends
in
crime
disorder
and
public
safety.
We
have
the
ongoing
challenges
of
managing
natural
disasters
in
the
nation's
capital.
E
We
tend
to
forget
about
the
opioid
crisis,
which
is
still
with
us,
and
the
impact
of
fentanyl
in
all
of
our
communities,
regardless
of
your
socioeconomic
background.
Kova
has
has
overshadowed
that,
but
it's
actually
impacted
and
exacerbated
those
issues.
They
still
remain
with
us
and
there
was
a
very
excellent
story
today
in
the
mainstream
media,
around
our
front
line
officers
are
increasingly
using
naloxone
to
save
lives
of
people
who
are
suffering
from
crises.
E
In
some
cases,
potential
fatal
crises
involving
fentanyl
and
the
opioids,
with
the
ongoing
issues
of
street-level
violence
and
increasing
issues
of
violence
happening
behind
closed
doors
as
a
result
of
covet
and
there's
certainly
been
a
healthy
discourse
in
this
city.
Around
the
issue
of
mental
health
and
addictions,
the
role
police
should
play
and
the
role
that
broader
society
can
and
must
play
going
forward.
There's
been
major
legislative
changes
and
legal
trends
happening
in
the
last
year.
E
We
have
the
new,
comprehensive
police
services
act,
which
brings
with
it
the
legislative
requirement
for
every
municipality
to
design
and
implement
a
community
safety
and
well-being
plan.
It's
been
referenced
already
in
earlier
comments,
and
I
will
just
continue
to
make
that
a
focus
of
our
own
budget
going
forward.
E
I
think
there's
a
huge
opportunity
to
improve
community
safety
and
well-being
through
that
legislation
to
provide
a
more
integrated
and
strategic
and
sustainable
approach
to
service
delivery
within
the
city
through
that
legislation
and
potentially
to
look
at
increases
in
efficiency,
including
the
opportunities
to
reconsider
financial
investments
going
forward.
Once
we've
made
several
years
of
progress
in
that
area
and,
of
course,
other
legislation
coming
in
from
the
federal
government
as
it
relates
to
the
ongoing
cannabis
legislation
and
learning
from
what's
taking
place
there
going
forward.
E
We
are
seeing
growth
in
the
suburban
areas
that
are
taxing
all
city
agencies
to
deliver
services
that
have
been
mostly
clustered
in
the
center
and
now
need
to
have
greater
levels
of
accessibility
out
into
the
suburban
and
rural
areas.
We've
spoken
at
length
about
the
coveted
impacts
in
year
and
then
next
year,
and
of
course
this
is
the
national
capital
region.
It's
a
very
complex
security
and
justice
environment
with
multiple
agencies
operating.
E
E
E
There
is
a
big
gap
between
perceptions
expectations
and
the
actual
operational
institutional
ability
to
deliver
on
that.
All
this
means
that
there
are
increasing
costs
and
increasing
complexity
for
policing
the
broader
justice
sector
and
specifically
for
community
safety
and
well-being
here
in
the
nation's
capital.
E
E
E
It's
a
geography
that
includes
urban,
suburban
and
rural,
a
large
green
belt
and,
of
course,
is
the
national
capital
region
which,
which
applies
greater
complexity
to
the
core
policing
that
is
required
by
our
front
line.
Men
and
women,
which
includes
very
brave
and
courageous
civilian
members
who
provide
direct
contact
with
our
community
core
service,
as
as
as
described
by
the
police
services,
act,
crime
prevention,
public
order,
emergency
response,
assistance
of
victims,
law
enforcement
and
assistance
in
the
prosecutions
of
those
brought
before
the
courts.
E
This
is
the
core
policing
mandate
as
as
required
on
the
police
services
act.
Nothing
could
slow
us
down
not
covet,
not
the
butterfly
effect
of
other
issues
happening
around
the
world
with
local
impact,
not
the
loss
of
revenue.
In
the
middle
of
the
fiscal
year,
our
men
and
women
came
to
work
every
single
day
and
continue
to
deliver
on
those
core
police
services,
while
supporting
ottawa,
public
health
and
other
agencies,
with
the
other
challenges
that
have
faced
us
here
locally
and
globally.
E
In
the
midst
of
that,
we
focused
on
improving
road
safety,
as
we
saw.
The
very
early
impacts
of
covid
were
in
the
area
of
traffic
management,
traffic
safety
and
the
behavior
of
people
on
our
roadways,
violent
crime
continued,
and
although
we
had
great
success
on
the
streets,
we
had
great
challenges
behind
doors
that
were
closed,
particularly
family
homes,
where
we
saw
a
greater
impact
of
mental
health,
addictions,
child
abuse,
domestic
abuse
and
under
reporting
of
sexual
abuse.
As
a
result
of
the
impacts
for
covet.
E
I
want
to
again
restate
this
is
not
just
a
normal
municipal
police
agency.
This
is
the
police
of
jurisdiction
for
the
national
capital
region.
There
are
responsibilities
well
beyond
municipal
police
services
that
we
are
required
to
participate
in
and
often
lead
and
increasingly
resource,
as
other
federal
agencies
have
withdrawn.
As
a
result
of
other
priorities,
we've
had
to
fill
that
gap
with
very
little
in
terms
of
a
renegotiated
contract
and
resources
from
the
federal
government.
E
E
A
lot
of
different
terms
on
this
slide,
but
these
represents
the
buckets
of
new
investments
that
the
2021
budget
will
will
bring
to
bear.
It's
been
developed
based
on
calls
for
change
both
within
the
community
and
within
our
own
police
service
by
our
own
members,
and
focuses
on
on
materially
advancing
the
board
strategic
priorities
so
that
there
is
a
felt
impact
amongst
the
members
of
our
service
and
the
members
of
the
community.
E
In
the
area
of
neighborhood
policing,
there
will
be
an
additional
growth
of
20
officers
for
our
neighborhood
resource
teams.
This
will
expand
on
the
investments
that
we
made
over
the
last
two
years.
The
original
three
neighborhood
resource
teams
in
the
central
core.
We
doubled
that
number
in
2020,
and
now
we
will
build
neighborhood
resource
teams
customized
to
our
suburban
and
rural
communities
and
to
the
variety
of
community
safety
and
well-being,
issues
that
they're
experiencing
within
those
geographies
and
within
their
specific
demographies
in
those
areas.
E
We'll
expand
the
number
of
community
crime
prevention
officers
by
five
we've
heard
exceedingly
from
our
community
members
and
from
our
counselors
the
value
of
those
crime
prevention
officers
and,
most
recently,
seb
lemay.
In
the
vanier,
overbrook
area
has
been
recognized
for
his
contributions
in
crime
prevention,
community
building
and
supporting
local
community
initiatives
at
the
crime
prevention,
auto
awards,
and
that's
an
example
of
the
type
of
value
those
individuals
can
bring.
E
Last
but
not
least,
we'll
be
doing
a
full
review
of
our
school
resource
officer
program
and
we'll
be
working
in
coordination
with
the
local
school
boards
to
to
conduct
that
review
and
to
make
changes
in
that
service
delivery.
The
area
going
forward
all
under
the
executive
sponsorship
of
deputy
chief
steve
bell,
there's
been
great
discussion
around
mental
health
services.
E
We've
committed
1.5
million
dollars
in
the
in
this
fiscal
year,
coming
up
2021
to
the
co-development
of
the
mental
health
response
strategy
with
community
partners,
specifically
led
by
our
public
health,
mental
health
subject
matter,
experts,
academics
and
demographic
stakeholders.
We
will
be
a
supporting
role
in
there,
but
we
bring
material
resources
to
the
table
so
that
whatever
the
final
plan
is
that
we
have
quote
unquote
skin
in
the
game
to
make
sure
that
we're
able
to
adequately
fund
our
portion
of
the
responsibilities
and
provide
the
best
resources
to
achieve
the
best
success.
E
Coming
out
of
that
strategy,
when
it
comes
to
recruiting
and
hiring,
we've
made
major
changes
over
the
last
year
to
improve
our
recruiting
and
hiring
processes.
This
has
resulted
in
this
year
having
a
400
percent
increase
in
the
number
quality
and
diversity
of
our
applicants.
Pool
of
the
96
officers
that
we've
hired
33
percent
are
women.
35
percent
are
from
racialized
communities,
three
percent
self-identify
as
indigenous
these
recruits
are
highly
educated.
They
speak
multiple
languages.
E
They
have
employment
and
volunteer
experience
in
a
wide
variety
of
areas,
including
youth
services,
community
housing,
mental
health
services
and
victim
services.
Next,
we're
making
specific
investments
in
the
area
of
violence
against
women.
Five
of
our
growth
officer
positions
will
go
into
our
sexual
assault
and
partner
assault
unit.
E
There
will
be
a
specific
coordinator
dedicated
to
violence
against
women
and
a
dedicated
coordinator
for
missing,
murdered
indigenous
women
and
girls.
These
are
major
increases
in
the
area
of
violence
against
women
and
the
coordinator
positions,
particularly
for
vaw,
and
missing
and
murdered
indigenous
women
and
girls.
We've
heard
repeatedly
from
our
community
and
we're
putting
our
money
where
our
mouth
is
now,
instead
of
just
saying
it's
a
priority,
we're
funding
it
and
staffing
it
as
such.
E
In
the
area
of
training
and
development,
we
will
be
increasing
our
training
in
the
area
specifically
of
anti-black
and
anti-indigenous
racism
in
de-escalation
training,
as
well
as
an
overall
efficacy
review
of
the
quality
of
our
training
within
the
police
service.
To
make
sure
that
we're
getting
the
intended
changes
in
thinking,
behavior,
output
and
outcome.
E
E
Last
but
not
least,
an
investment
increasing
investment
on
our
members,
mental
health
and
wellness
to
allow
them
to
be
their
best
selves
to
show
up
at
work
and
be
in
the
best
in
the
best
position
possible
to
be
able
to
serve,
protect
and
demonstrate
respect
for
the
million
people
that
call
the
nation's
capital
home.
This
will
include
four
additional
ftes
full-time
equivalents
reallocated
to
our
member
health
and
wellness
programs,
and
an
overall
annual
budget
increase
of
five
million
dollars
to
support
our
members.
E
K
If
we
can
move
to
the
next
slide,
please
thank
you
chief.
So
this
table
highlights
the
breakdown
of
the
13.2
million
dollar
draft
operating
budget
increase.
Maintaining
existing
service
levels
creates
an
incremental
requirement
of
11.3
million
staffing
costs.
Make
up
the
majority
of
this
increase
and
include
a
provision
for
negotiated
pay
increases.
K
K
Also
included
is
the
annualized
compensation
costs
of
growth
officers
hired
in
2020
800
000
is
being
allocated
towards
new
services
previously
outlined
by
the
chief,
which
include
the
mental
health
response
strategy,
third-party
intake
and
investigations
for
workplace
sexual
violence
and
harassment,
along
with
additional
training
for
our
members
in
the
areas
of
mental
health,
de-escalation
and
anti-black
anti-indigenous
racism
ops
continues
to
be
committed
to
seeking
ways
to
reduce
operating
costs
while
maintaining
core
services.
The
2021
budget
includes
2.7
million
of
additional
efficiencies,
bringing
the
total
annualized
efficiencies
to
20
million
dollars.
K
B
C
B
C
B
D
B
B
B
We
really
appreciate
your
cooperative
approach,
working
with
our
city
staff
so
received
and
tabled.
Next
is
ottawa
public
library,
le
bibliotheque
public
vantage.
We
have
councillor
matt
luloff,
as
the
chair,
followed
by
a
presentation
by
ceo,
danielle
mcdonald,
and
thank
you
to
the
library
board.
I
guess
you
met
was
it
last
night
or
the
night
before,
and
lots
of
branches
opening
up
again
we're
very
happy
about
that.
My
old
branch
on
sunnyside
that
I
used
to
go
and
read
the
newspapers
and
it's
opening
up
soon.
B
B
G
The
efforts
taken
on
the
action
taken
over
the
past
few
months
to
continue
to
provide
safe
library,
services
in
an
effective
manner
have
been
remarkable.
Despite
the
challenges,
the
the
board.
These
other
staff
have
stepped
up
to
the
plate
to
meet
the
needs
of
our
customers,
and
we've
learned
a
lot
about
the
importance
of
what
we
do
and
about
the
way
we
do
it
towards.
H
Achieving
our
strategic
just
strategic
plans,
we
have
continued
to
advance
the
ottawa,
public
library
and
library
and
archives
joint
facility
project
working
towards
a
finalized
design,
and
with
your
help
in
2021,
we
can
make
a
significant
step
toward
the
removal
of
barriers
to
library
services
in
our
city
next
slide.
Please.
H
The
proposed
2021
budget
is
a
responsible
fiscal
approach
that
supports
the
fundamental
requirements
for
effective
public
library
services
in
our
city.
Delivery
of
effective
services
requires
care,
understanding,
innovation
and
the
participation
of
as
many
people
as
possible
in
the
process
of
learning
and
the
promotion
of
literacy
of
all
kinds.
D
G
Costs
and
which
will
allow
us
to
benefit
from
new
services.
The
adoption
of
this
model
and
the
elimination
of
fees
will
get
rid
of
one
obstacle
and
one
barrier
for
all
clients.
We
think
that
this
will
lead
to
more
people
holding
library
cards.
An
increase
in
circulation
will
also
foster
access
access
to
in
information,
better
access
to
for
clients
living
in
poverty,
such
as
families
with
kids.
These
elderly
new
arrivals
to
canada
is
important.
D
Put
410
000
towards
concerns
our
virtual
services,
and
this
funding
will
be
used
to
develop
and
deliver
enhanced
virtual
services
and
programs.
These
us
systems
and
services
will
enable
additionally
additional
accessibility
to
library
customers
in
response
to
the
increasing
demand
for
services
that
do
not
require
physical
presence
at
a
library.
D
This
is
the
equipment
that
the
library
services
use,
to
sort
the
library
books
and
other
physical
materials,
and
this
was
installed
originally
in
2010,
at
a
rate
of
more
than
4
million
items
per
year.
This
system
would
ordinarily
need
to
be
replaced
in
2020
21.
Instead
of
replacement,
the
sorting
system
will
be
refurbished
at
a
cost
of
three
hundred
thousand
dollars
and
will
effectively
reset
its
life
span
so
that
we
can
have
another
seven
to
ten
years
of
reliable
service.
D
H
Next
slide,
please,
mr
mayor
and
colleagues,
the
opl
draft
budget,
not
only
fulfills
opl's
mandatory
requirements
and
maintains
our
current
operations,
but
it
also
removes
economic
barriers
to
library
services,
and
this
is
something
for
which
we
can
all
be
proud.
I'd
like
to
thank
anna
basile,
matthew,
pritz
and
the
entire
senior
leadership
team
for
their
hard
work
on
this.
Our
staff
at
all
levels,
are
second
to
none.
B
I
I
We
are
presenting
a
balanced
budget
of
98.1
million,
which
is
broken
down
between
74.1
million
of
base
funding
and
24
million
of
one-time
funded
requests.
It
incorporates
an
inflationary
growth
base.
Increase
of
1.16
million
from
the
city
of
ottawa
assumes
a
zero
per
percent.
Provincial
base
increase
in
the
ministry
of
health
assumes
all
one-time
requirements
will
be
required
for
the
entire
year
and
are
provincially
funded
at
a
hundred
percent
and,
lastly,
does
not
include
provisions
for
activities
related
to
providing
a
coven-19
vaccine
to
the
public.
Such
big
budget
impacts
are
currently
unknown.
I
Oph
has
done
this
and
continues
to
monitor
and
adjust
resources,
as
required
recently,
oph
took
action
to
reinstate
critical
services
in
infectious
disease,
healthy
growth
and
development.
Mental
health
and
substance
use
dental
treatment
and
immunization
services
to
lower
levels
of
risk
for
the
priority
populations.
I
The
next
largest
envelope
is
a
100
percent
provincially
funded
programs
which
include
healthy
babies,
healthy
children,
the
ontario
seniors,
dental
care
program,
indigenous
health
and
harm
reduction.
Resources
in
this
area
as
well
have
been
redeployed
for
the
response
with
the
support
of
the
province.
I
The
last
category,
which
is
100
city
funded,
includes
adult
dental
expenses,
which
are
mostly
covered,
are
recovered
rather
from
the
from
community
and
social
services,
and
other
programs,
such
as
mental
health,
substance
use
and
entry
prevention
and
school-based
outreach
slide.
Number
four
please
this.
This
next
slide
lists
programs
that
were
required
to
be
augmented.
Over
and
above
the
base,
cost
shared
and
100
funded
programs
in
2020
and
requires
continue
to
be
continued
for
2021.
I
Areas
of
focus
include
providing
infection,
prevention
and
control
advice,
supporting
testing
and
surveillance,
delivering
mental
wellness
support
and
facilitating
knowledge
exchange
with
stakeholders
and
the
school
community
infection
prevention
and
control,
which
monitors
and
responds
to
any
resident
or
health
care
worker.
The
test
positive
for
copit19,
an
institution
in
institutions
such
as
long-term
care
facilities,
child
care
facilities
and
congregate
settings
communications,
community
engagement
and
operations
which
manage
all
communications
with
various
external
and
internal
stakeholders,
as
well
as
provide
support
to
community
partners
with
information,
resources
and
guidance
messaging
to
all.
I
This
next
slide
provides
high
level
summary
of
the
2021
budget
expenditure
changes
in
order
to
maintain
existing
services.
The
budget
includes
a
provision
of
1.14
million
for
the
future
negotiation
of
collective
agreements
and
20
000
for
inflationary
facility
costs.
These
base
pressures
are
funded
fully
by
the
city
of
ottawa.
I
Next
is
a
list
of
one-time
pressures
for
areas
that
I
referenced
in
the
previous
slide
and
they
amount
to
22.5
million
dollars.
As
stated
earlier,
it
is
assumed
that
these
specific
pressures
will
be
preventable.
Provincially
funded
at
a
hundred
percent.
Next
slide,
please
swipe.
Six
provides
a
high
level
overview
of
the
2021
budgeted
revenue
changes
of
note
and
with
respect
to
kobit,
the
province
has
confirmed
funding
for
45
school
nurses
to
the
end
of
july.
I
I
J
B
Great,
thank
you
so
thank
you,
chair,
eglai
and
dr
etches,
and
we
will
receive
and
table
the
board
of
health
recommendations.
Mr
steven
table.
Okay,
thank
you.
We'll
now
go
back
to
technical
questions
on
the
budget
as
a
whole
to
the
city
manager
and
the
cfo
any
councilor
al
shantiri
of
technical
nature.
C
J
C
J
K
Can
you
clarify
that,
when
we're
going
to
see
the
budget
in
in
december,
following
all
the
committee
that
we'll
get
also
an
outlook
of
the
deficit
situation
that
we
face
within
the
2020
window,
because
I
think
you're
predicting
what
you
know
today
and
rely
on
yours
and
the
mayor's
interest
in
in
in
pursuing
the
phase
two
funding?
But
I'm
not
I'm
not
sure.
I
guess
I
can
take
that
offline
specifically,
but
can
can
we
be
informed
throughout
the
process
of
what
is
our
current
deficit
projection
for
2020.
J
So
there's
two
pieces
to
that:
counselor.
There
is
a
an
update
in
the
budget
document
with
respect
to
our
quarter
three
status.
You
will
see
that
as
part
of
the
tabling
and
the
documents
that
you
receive
in
the
budget
and
then
we
will
bring
a
final
disposition
for
2020
to
council
in
the
new
year
and
that
will
show
you
exactly
where
we
land
and
I
am
happy
to
provide
an
update
when
we
receive
results
from
our
application
for
the
safe
restart.
J
B
B
Thank
you
all
for
your
good
work
on
the
part
of
our
staff
and
members
of
council
for
your
input
and
now
the
heavy
lifting
begins
with
your
reaching
out
to
members
of
the
community
through
your
committee
system.
So
we
have
a
couple
of
other
reports
that
we
have
to
accept.
First,
is
the
fleet
vehicle
and
equipment
plans
supplemental
the
budget
estimates
received
and
tabled
councillor?
You
still
have
your
hand
up.
Do
you
want
to
speak
to
the
fleet
vehicle
nope?
Okay?
Thank
you.
Next
is
the
fte
analysis.
B
I
think
I
just
like
to
off.
Perhaps
if
staff
can
just
give
us
a
quick
rundown,
because
often
people
say
well,
you
know
there's
too
much
staff
at
the
city
of
ottawa.
Maybe
you
can
just
tell
us
exactly
the
number
of
staff
we
have
fewer.
I
believe
my
understanding
is
there's
nine
fewer
staff
on
the
payroll
when
you
don't
include
the
paramedics.
Is
that
correct.
B
J
B
The
police,
not
the
paramedics,
that's
right,
okay,
so
table
and
received
the
or
rather
receive
the
fte
analysis
received
transportation
committee
report
number
twelve
rapport
numero
dudes,
the
committee
de
transport
support
for
winter,
outdoor
dining
and
outdoor
retail
councillor
tierney.
The
chair
of
the
committee
worked
very
hard
on
this
initiative,
along
with
other
members
of
committee
and
I'd,
ask
him
to
say
a
few
words
counselor
tyranny.
Please
thank
you
for
for
doing
this.
C
B
Great,
thank
you
so
on
the
recommendations
from
transportation
committee
carried
adapte.
Thank
you
and
the
second
item
that
counselor
tierney
is
very
involved
with
or
I'm
sorry.
I
should
also
thank
councillor
kitts.
I
know
that
I
believe
she
was
also
involved
in
the
winter
outdoor
dining
initiative,
adult
crossing
guards.
This
is
some
good
news
for
various
communities
in
ottawa
and
councillor
tierney
again,
that's
your
committee.
That
did
that
good
work.
If
you'd
like
to
comment
on
that,
please.
C
Yes,
very
briefly,
mr
mayor,
obviously,
during
covert
times,
children's
safety
at
schools
is
very
critical.
Councillor
dudas
did
move
the
motion
at
transportation
and
again,
rather
than
waiting
for
the
regular
scheduled
council
meeting,
I've
been
working
with
staff.
They
want
to
get
this
message
out
there
and
do
the
extra
hiring
right
away
rather
than
waiting
additional
couple
of
weeks
for
our
next
council
meeting.
So
thank
you
very
much.
B
B
I
Thank
you,
mr
mayor,
just
muting
myself
that
the
report
from
the
director
of
tweet
services
entitled
2021
tweet
vehicle
and
equipment
plans,
information
supplemental
to
the
budget
estimates.
The
report
from
the
director
of
human
resources
entitled
fte
analysis
report,
information,
supplemental
for
the
budget,
estimates
and
transportation
committee
report
12
be
received
and
adopted
as
amended.