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Recommendation:
a) That,
on the recommendation of the Managing Director, Environmental and Engineering
Services and City Engineer, with the concurrence of the Managing Director,
Corporate Services & City Treasurer, Chief Financial Officer, the
following actions be taken with respect to the 2015 Operating Budget, 2015
Capital Budget and associated forecasts for Wastewater and Treatment
Services:
i) the
2015 Operating Budget for Wastewater and Treatment Services BE APPROVED as
submitted;
ii) the
2016-2019 Operating Forecast for Wastewater and Treatment Services BE
RECEIVED for information;
iii) the
2015 Capital Budget for Wastewater and Treatment Services BE APPROVED as
submitted;
iv) the
2016-2024 Capital Forecast for Wastewater and Treatment Services BE RECEIVED
for information;
it being noted that
all rates and charges related to the provision of Wastewater and Treatment
Services, with the exception of charges related to the installation or
replacement of Private Drain Connections, will increase by 7%, effective
January 1, 2015, as approved by the Municipal Council at its meeting on
November 25, 2014; and
b) That,
on the recommendation of the Managing Director, Environmental and Engineering
Services and City Engineer, with the concurrence of the Managing Director,
Corporate Services & City Treasurer, Chief Financial Officer, the
following actions be taken with respect to the 2015 Operating Budget, 2015
Capital Budget and associated forecasts for Water Services:
i) the
2015 Operating Budget for Water Services BE APPROVED as submitted;
ii) the
2016-2019 Operating Forecast for Water Services BE RECEIVED for information;
iii) the
2015 Capital Budget for Water Services BE APPROVED as submitted;
iv) the
2016-2024 Capital Forecast for Water Services BE RECEIVED for information;
it being noted that
all rates and charges related to the provision of Water Services, with the
exception of the Customer Assistance charge, will increase by 7%, effective
January 1, 2015, as approved by the Municipal Council at its meeting on
November 25, 2014; and
it being noted that the Strategic Priorities
and Policy Committee heard the attached presentation from the Managing
Director, Environmental and Engineering Services and City Engineer, the Director
of Water and Wastewater, and the Manager III, Financial Planning and Policy,
with respect to this matter;
it being pointed out that the following
individual made an oral submission at the public participation meeting
associated with this matter:
D. Szoller, Chair, Advisory Committee on
the Environment (ACE) – noting it is often difficult for the ACE to make
comment on these budgets due to the timing of the public participation
meeting; enquiring if the Greenway expansion will assist in eliminating
overflows, for which she was advised that the improvements will do a better
job of mitigating overflows; asking what the $837,000 expenditure was related
to, to which she was advised that this represented the increased cost of projected
water needs from the Primary Water Supply Systems; and enquiring what the current
percentage of combined sewers in our system was, for which she was advised
that there is currently about 10 km of combined sewers in our system, but
that the Burbrook project would greatly reduce that number.
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