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1ST REPORT OF THE

 

Strategic Priorities and Policy Committee

 

meeting held on December 3, 2013, commencing at 2:30 PM, in the Council Chambers, Second Floor, London City Hall. 

 

PRESENT:  Mayor J.F. Fontana (Chair), Councillors B. Polhill, B. Armstrong, J.B. Swan, S. Orser, J.L. Baechler, N. Branscombe, M. Brown, P.  Hubert, D.G. Henderson, P. Van Meerbergen, D.T. Brown, H.L. Usher, J.P. Bryant and S. White and L. Rowe (Secretary).    

 

ALSO PRESENT:  A. Zuidema, J.P. Barber, A.L. Barbon, G. Belch, J. Braam, J. Clark, I. Collins, B. Coxhead, C. Cucksey, S. Datars Bere, A. Dunbar, J.M. Fleming, M. Hayward, G.T. Hopcroft, G. Kotsifas, R. Lamon, L. Livingstone, V. McAlea Major, R. Paynter, M. Ribera, C. Saunders, M. Semeniuk, J. Senese, B. Warner and B. Westlake-Power.

 

 

I.

CALL TO ORDER

 

1.

Disclosures of Pecuniary Interest

 

Recommendation:  That it BE NOTED that no pecuniary interests were disclosed.

 

II.

CONSENT ITEMS

 

None.

 

III.

SCHEDULED ITEMS

 

2.

Tabling of the 2014 Draft Budget

 

Recommendation:  That the 2014 Draft Budget BE RECEIVED and BE REFERRED to the 2014 Budget review process; it being noted that the Strategic Priorities and Policy Committee heard the attached presentation from the Managing Director, Corporate Services & City Treasurer, Chief Financial Officer and the Director, Financial Planning and Policy, with respect to this matter.

 

Motion Passed

 

YEAS: J.F. Fontana, J.B. Swan, N. Branscombe, D.G. Henderson, J.P. Bryant, B. Polhill, S. Orser, J.L. Baechler, M. Brown, P. Hubert, P. Van Meerbergen, D. Brown, H.L. Usher, S.E. White (14)

 

IV.

ITEMS FOR DIRECTION

 

None.

 

V.

DEFERRED MATTERS/ADDITIONAL BUSINESS

 

None.

 

VI.

CONFIDENTIAL

 

The Strategic Priorities and Policy Committee convened in camera from 2:05 PM to 3:00 PM and from 7:47 PM to 7:59 PM after having passed a motion to do so, with respect to the following matter:

 

C-1.

A matter pertaining to instructions and directions to officers and employees of the Corporation pertaining to a proposed acquisition of land; advice that is subject to solicitor-client privilege, including communications necessary for that purpose; reports or advice or recommendations of officers and employees of the Corporation pertaining to a proposed acquisition of land; commercial and financial information supplied in confidence pertaining to a proposed acquisition the disclosure of which could reasonably be expected to prejudice significantly the competitive position or interfere significantly with the contractual or other negotiations of the Corporation, result in similar information no longer being supplied to the Corporation where it is in the public interest that similar information continue to be so supplied, and result in undue loss or gain to any person, group, committee or financial institution or agency; commercial, information relating to a proposed acquisition that belongs to the Corporation that has monetary value or potential monetary value;  information concerning a proposed acquisition whose disclosure could reasonably be expected to prejudice the economic interests of the  Corporation or its competitive position; information concerning a proposed acquisition, the disclosure of which could reasonably be expected to be injurious to the financial interests of the Corporation; and instructions to be applied to any negotiations carried on or to be carried on by or on behalf of the Corporation concerning the proposed acquisition regarding the Industrial Land Strategy.

 

VII.

ADJOURNMENT

 

The meeting adjourned at 7:59 PM.

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