Public Agenda Executive Committee Wednesday, August 20, 2014 - 9:00 A.M
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PUBLIC AGENDA EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 20, 2014 - 9:00 A.M. - COUNCIL CHAMBER His Worship Mayor D. Atchison, Chair Councillor C. Clark Councillor T. Davies Councillor R. Donauer Councillor D. Hill Councillor A. Iwanchuk Councillor Z. Jeffries Councillor M. Loewen Councillor P. Lorje Councillor E. Olauson Councillor T. Paulsen 1. Call to Order 2. Confirmation of Agenda 3. Adoption of Minutes 3.1 Executive Committee meeting held on June 16, 2014 3.2 Former Administration and Finance Committee meeting held on June 16, 2014 3.3 Former Planning and Operations Committee meeting held on June 17, 2014 4. Unfinished Business 5. Communications 5.1 Delegated Authority Matters 5.1.1 Revenue Sharing Grant – 2015-2016, Keith Comstock, Assistant Deputy Minister, Municipal Relations and Northern Engagement, July 31, 2014 [File No. CK. 1860-1] Recommendation That the information be referred to the Administration for further handling. AGENDA Executive Committee (Public) August 20, 2014 Page 2 5.2 Matters Requiring Direction 5.2.1 Resolution, Enforcement of Westray Amendments to Canada’s Criminal Code, United Steelworkers, June 16, 2014 [File No. CK. 4655-1] Recommendation That the direction of the Committee issue. 5.2.2 2014 Capital Budget Adjustment Request – Provincial Integrated Traffic Unit Vehicles, Board of Police Commissioners, Joanne Sproule, Secretary, August 11, 2014 [File No. CK. 1711-2] Recommendation That Executive Committee recommend to City Council: That a 2014 Capital Budget expenditure adjustment of $340,000 for four Provincial Integrated Traffic Unit Vehicles, to be funded by the Province and SGI, be approved. 6. Requests to Speak (new matters) 7. Reports from Administration 7.1 Delegated Authority Matters 7.2 Matters Requiring Direction 7.2.1 Mendel Re-Use: Children’s Museum Agreement to Lease and Program Services [File No. CK. 620-4] Recommendation That the Executive Committee recommend to City Council: 1. that the Children’s Discovery Museum (the Museum) be approved conditionally for tenancy of the Mendel Building when it is vacated by the Civic Gallery; 2. that the City of Saskatoon (City) enter into an Agreement to Lease subject to the general terms and conditions outlined in this report; AGENDA Executive Committee (Public) August 20, 2014 Page 3 3. that the City enter into an agreement for program services with the Museum subject to the general terms and conditions outlined in this report; 4. that $25,000 in organization development funding for 2014, and provided conditions are met, again in 2015, from the Community Support Grant Reserve be approved, as an exception to policy, for the Museum to support their transition to the Mendel building location; and 5. that the City Solicitor be requested to have the appropriate agreements executed. 7.2.2 Remai Modern Art Gallery of Saskatchewan / River Landing Parkade [File No. CK. 4129-15] Recommendation That the information be received. 7.2.3 2014 Civic Services Survey [File No. CK. 365-1] Recommendation That the information be received. 8. Legislative Reports 8.1 Delegated Authority Matters 8.1.1 Communications Support to Councillors – Update (January 1, 2014 – July 31, 2014) [File No. CK. 255-1] Recommendation That the information be received. 8.2 Matters Requiring Direction 9. Urgent Business 10. Adjournment (&"605.1.1. Government Ministry of Government Relations Assistant Deputy Minister --of- 1020 -18SS Victoria Avenue Saskatchewan REGINA SK S4P 3T2 RECEIVED~ Telephone: (306) 787-S76S AUG 2014 Fax: (306) 787-1987 July 31, 2014 0 5 CITY CLERK'S OFFICE .. SASKAJOON -~----~ Joanne Sproule, Clerk City of Saskatoon 222- 3rd Ave. N. SASKATOON SK S7K OJ5 Dear Joanne Sproule: In 2015-16, the provincial government will distribute nearly $265.3 million to municipalities in municipal revenue sharing. Of the $26S.3 million, $127.2 million will be allocated to the cities. The total municipal revenue sharing pool has increased by 3.23 per cent from 2014-15 and is higher than any time in history. In order to assist your municipality with the budgeting process, the Ministry of Government Relations is providing an estimate ofthe 2015-16 Municipal Revenue Sharing grant. The estimated 2015-16 Revenue Sharing grant for your municipality is $47,439,343 based on current available information. This figure is preliminary, as ongoing analysis is underway. Further information could come forward that may affect the final grant payment to your municipality. Final payments are also subject to approval of program regulations and the 2015-16 provincial budget. Should you have any questions regarding your 2015-16 revenue sharing grant, please contact Sheri Gabel, Program and Policy Advisor, at (306) 787-3619 or email at [email protected]. Sincerely, Keith Comstock Assistant Deputy Minister Munidpal Relations and Northern Engagement cc: Laurent Mougeot, Chief Executive Officer, SUMA UNITED STEELWORKERS RECEIVETil JUN 2 5 2014 I District 3 ''"li¥1~I~'rn Provinces and Territories Stephen Hunt June 16, 2014 District Director Dear Mayor and Councillors, In 2004, the House of Commons came together in historic fashion to unanimously pass the Westray Act. The legislation came in response to the horrific Westray coalmine explosion in Nova Scotia that killed 26 miners on May 9, 1992, and after a strong lobby campaign by the United Steelworkers to demand "No More Westrays". · The legislation was intended to hold corporate executives, directors and managers criminally responsible for workplace deaths. Ten years later, approximately 10,000 Canadians have been killed on the job, yet not one corporate executive has faced a single day In jail. In response to this shameful record, our union has launched a campaign to "Stop The Killing and Enforce The Law'', which asks provincial, territorial and federal governments to work together to ensure that workplace deaths ate taken seriously and that, where warranted, the Westray Law is · enforced. As part of this campaign, we are asking City Councils to pass resolutions expressing their support for proactive action to protect workers. Though not an area of municipal responsibility, we recognize you as community leaders and this is a community issue. There is no place in Canada that has not been touched by workplace deaths, and your voices are needed to encourage senior levels of government to take steps to enforce the Westray Law. Already communities across Canada have endorsed the enclosed resolution, including Toronto, Sudbury, St. Sault Marie, Hamilton in Ontario, Nanaimo, Burnaby, Lake Cowichan, New Westminster, Port Albern!, ·Mission in British Columbia, and Flin Flon in Manitoba. I respectfully request that your council consider adding Its voice by passing this resolution, and sending it to your provincial municipal association. In doing so, you will be sending a message to senior levels of government that it is time to work together to Stop the Killing, and Enforce the Law. We would be pleased to have a representative from our union make a presentation to your council to provide additional information. Please contact Health 8, Safety Coordinator Ron Corbeil at 604-683- 1117 [email protected] to schedule. ' · Thank you for your consideration. Sincerely, H~J Stephen Hunt Director SH/BW/dl encl. copy: Scott Lunny, Assistant to the Director Ron Corbeil, USW D3 Health & Safety Coordinator USW Staff Reps ourref: 1920·100 Westray United Steel, Paper and Forestry, Rubber, Manufacturing, Energy, Allied Industrial and Service Workers International Union 300- 3920 Norland Avenue, Burnaby, BC V5G 4K7 • 604-683·1117 • 604-688-6416 [Fax] • www.usw.ca d.l @ SAMPLE RESOLUTION Enforce the Westray Amendments to Canada's Criminal Code WHEREAS it has been more than two decades since the Westray mine disaster in Nova Scotia and a decade since amendments were made to the Criminal Code of Canada to hold corporations, their directors and executives criminally accountable for the health and safety of workers; and WHEREAS police and prosecutors are not utilizing the Westray amendments, and not investigating workplace fatalities through the lens of criminal accountability; and WHEREAS more than 1,000 workers a year are killed at work THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED that this Council support a campaign to urge our federaljprovincialjterritorial government to ensure that: -Crown attorneys are educated, trained and directed to apply the Westray amendments; -Dedicated prosecutors are given the responsibility for health and safety fatalities; i -Police are educated, trained and directed to apply the W estray amendments; -There is greater coordination among regulators, police and Crown attorneys so that health and safety regulators are trained to reach out to police when there is a possibility that Westray amendment charges are warranted. THE BOARD OF POLICE COMMISSIONERS SASKATOON, SASKATCHEWAN August 11,2014 His Worship the Mayor and Members of City Council c/o City Clerk, Executive Committee Your Worship and Members of City Council: Re: 2014 Capital Budget Adjustment Request Provincial Integrated Traffic Unit Vehicles Attached is a report of the Chief of Police dated July 18, 2014, regarding the above matter. A copy of the report was recently circulated to the members of the Board of Police Commissioners and on July 22, 2014, an electronic vote was taken approving the following recommendations: 1. That the Board approve a 2014 Capital Budget expenditure adjustment of $340,000 for four Provincial Integrated Traffic Unit vehicles to be funded by the Province and SGI; and 2. That the