Council will consider, by way of one resolution, resolutions PL2020-150 to PL2020-157 and PL2019-159 to PL2019-162, all of which are found at https://agendasonline.greatersudbury.ca/?pg=agenda&action=navigator&id=1387&itemid=rec. Any questions regarding the resolutions should be directed to Councillor Cormier, Chair, Planning Committee.

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AND WHEREAS City Council has identified the revitalization of Downtown Sudbury with Public Investment that supports and leverages private investment as part of the 2019-2027 City of Greater Sudbury Strategic Plan;

AND WHEREAS Laurentian’s CKLU is a unique campus and community radio station which has recently been relocated to downtown Sudbury in the McEwen School of Architecture on Elgin Street;

THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED that the City of Greater Sudbury immediately provide a one-time grant of $25,000 to be taken from the Tax Rate Stabilization Fund to be used by CKLU to collaborate with downtown businesses or an organization like the Downtown BIA to develop a 'Downtown Sudbury Community Radio Marketing Program' which will utilize studio and on-site broadcast resources to promote downtown businesses and activities;

AND BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that CKLU provide a report to City Council by the end of the second quarter of 2020 which will outline an on-going business plan for the 'Downtown Sudbury Community Radio Marketing Program'.

AND WHEREAS for publicly funded organizations, the issue of accountability surrounding the use of public funds is of considerable importance;

AND WHEREAS Council for the City of Greater Sudbury, as stewards of the City’s finances and in the interests of increased transparency and consistency, wish to demonstrate the efficient and effective use of financial resources to ensure that all expenses claimed are reasonable and economical, and as such are seeking some amendments to By-law 2016-16F as amended as well as any related internal policies;

THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED THAT the City of Greater Sudbury direct staff to present a by-law at the January 7th, 2020 Council meeting to amend By-law 2016-16F, as amended, as follows:

Section 8.-(1) to read as follows:

“Each Councillor is provided with an annual Office Expense Budget from which the Councillor may incur expenses of a type described in Schedule “B” and which, in their opinion, are necessary in the course of carrying out the Councillor’s duties. Only expenses incurred within the limits of a Councillor’s annual Office Expense Budget will be reimbursed.

the first sentence of Schedule “B” to read as follows:

“Individual Councillors may make expenditures from their office expense budget, which are incurred in the course of engaging in their role as Councillor for the City, providing that the expenditures are within their annual office expense budget for that fiscal year, and within the following categories:”

AND WHEREAS during the downloading timeframe, there was a proposal to have three pilot municipalities in Ontario to consider assuming operational control of the Central Ambulance Communications Centre, for which Greater Sudbury was selected as one of the three sites;

AND WHEREAS to complement this integration path, City Council adopted the following resolution on April 17, 2012: THAT the City of Greater Sudbury undertake a feasibility study to achieve a fully integrated Emergency Communications Services System for Greater Sudbury and THAT the Chief of Emergency Services working with Police Services and the Office of the Chief Administrative Officer develop a Business Case for the consideration of Council and submission to the Ontario MOHLTC.

AND WHEREAS the feasibility study was completed on June 14, 2014 and supports a recommendation for a full integration of EMS dispatch with the City's dispatch for 9-1-1, and further recommending police and fire as the preferred emergency communications services system model for the City of Greater Sudbury;

AND WHEREAS at the August 9, 2014 meeting of City Council, the following resolution was endorsed:

THAT the City of Greater Sudbury endorses the proposed consolidation of EMS dispatch with the City's dispatch for 9-1-1, Police and Fire to achieve a fully integrated Emergency Communications Services system for Greater Sudbury, and

THAT the Chief of Fire and Paramedic Services working with the Chief Administrative Officer and Chief of Police engage the Ontario Ministry of Health and Long Term Care (MOHLTC) in discussions to transfer operational governance for EMS dispatch to Greater Sudbury (contingent on 100% provincial funding)”, and

THAT funding be provided to support the development of a Business Plan for an ‘Integrated Emergency Communications Services Framework' for submission to the Ontario Government.

AND WHEREAS during the Provincial 2019-2020 budget, the Province indicated they would be modernizing the Provincial Land Ambulance Dispatch System;

THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED that the City of Greater Sudbury directs the Mayor of Greater Sudbury to write a letter to the Honourable Christine Elliot, Deputy Premier and Minister of Health, indicating that the City of Greater Sudbury is open for business and would like to engage in discussions on an Integrated Emergency Dispatch Service model for the City that could also include a larger geographic area in Northern Ontario.

AND BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that a copy of the letter from the Mayor be sent to Alison Blair, Assistant Deputy Minister, Emergency Health Services Division, Jim Pine, Advisor to the Minister of Health, and to the Association of Municipalities of Ontario.