C. Dragan-Sima, A/Director, Finance, made a PowerPoint presentation (Attached to Agenda) on Flagged Items.
Flagged Item: Employee Engagement Survey - $25,000
D. Prohar, City Manager, made a verbal presentation.
This item was removed from the 2021 budget.
Flagged Item: Fencing on Grant MacEwan Blvd. - $64,800
This item was approved for the 2021 budget.
Flagged Item: Enviro project - removing brown fields - $25,000
This item was approved for the 2021 budget.
Flagged Item: Community Reporting Tool - residents can report matters such as potholes, downed signs - moved from 2022 budget to 2021 budget - $100,000
I. Sasyniuk, General Manager, Corporate Services, made a verbal presentation.
I. Sasyniuk, J. Graham, Chief Communications Officer, and R. Sereda, Director, Public Services, answered Council's questions.
Additional information required prior to making a final decision. This item will return to Council.
Flagged Item: Smart Traffic Pilot - $60,000 ($3,000 in base)
S. Olson, Director, Engineering, made a verbal presentation and answered Council's questions.
This item was approved for the 2021 budget.
Flagged Item: Skating Path at Telford House - $48,000
R. Sereda, Director, Public Services, made a verbal presentation and answered Council's questions.
This item was not approved for the 2021 budget.
Flagged Item: Unified Community Resource Collaboration Project - $75,000
Councillor B. Hamilton and D. Brock, Director, Community and Social Development, made a verbal presentation.
D. Brock answered Council's questions.
$75,000 was placed in 2021 budget pending additional information to be received.
Flagged Item: Additional School Resource Officer - CPO vs RCMP.
Funding for one RCMP Officer is the same as that for two CPOs.
D. Melvie, General Manager, Community and Protective Services, and Mayor B. Young made a verbal presentation.
D. Melvie, Mayor B. Young and Staff Sargent J. Derouin, RCMP, answered Council's questions.
This item was not approved for the 2021 budget.
Flagged Item: Opening Alexandra Outdoor Pool early in summer for lane swim.
D. Melvie, General Manager, Community and Protective Services, made a PowerPoint presentation (Attached to Amended Agenda).
D. Melvie and J. Kamlah, Director, Recreation Services, answered Council's questions.
This item was not approved for the 2021 budget.
Business Case
D. Melvie, General Manager, Community and Protective Services, and D. Brock, Director, Community and Social Development, made a verbal presentation.
This item will remain in the 2021 budget.