Other Items Considered by the Committee
(a) Briefing of the Strategic Policies and Priorities Committee.
The Strategic Policies and Priorities Committee reports having received overhead presentations from the following regarding the responsibilities of the Committee and on the short and long-term workplan:
(a) Mr. Michael Garrett, Chief Administrative Officer;
(b) Ms. Brenda Glover, Commissioner of Human Resources; and
(c) Ms. Wanda Liczyk, Chief Financial Officer and Treasurer.
(b) 1998 Budget Process.
The Strategic Policies and Priorities Committee reports having:
(1) referred the report dated December 18, 1997, from the Chief Financial Officer and Treasurer, respecting the proposed 1998 Operating Budget Process to the Budget Committee for consideration and a report back to the Strategic Policies and Priorities Committee;
(2) referred the report dated December 23, 1997, from the Chief Financial Officer and Treasurer, respecting the proposed 1998 Capital Budget Process to the Budget Committee for consideration and report back to the Strategic Policies and Priorities Committee;
(3) requested the Chief Administrative Officer and the Chief Financial Officer to report to the Budget Committee on the process to be followed in respect of citizen input on the Budget; and
(4) requested the Chief Administrative Officer and the Chief Financial Officer to consider a Committee of the Whole meeting as being one of the venues for hearing deputations on the draft budget.
(i) (December 18, 1997) from the Chief Financial Officer and Treasurer, setting out a process and timetable to adopt the 1998 Operating Budget for information.
(ii) (January 18, 1998) from Ms. Joan Doiron, Co-Chair of Environmentalists Plan Transportation, urging Council to make the maintenance and enhancement of public transit services and the associated green transportation (pedestrian amenities and cycling) services a key priority, and to strongly encourage the public to use transit, in order to reduce car dependence.
(iii) (December 23, 1997) from the Chief Financial Officer and Treasurer, setting out a process and timetable to adopt the 1998 Capital Budget, and recommending that the strategy be received for information.
(c) Staffing Strategy for Management and Excluded Staff.
The Strategic Policies and Priorities Committee reports having received the following joint report and having directed that a copy be forwarded to the Budget Committee for information:
(January 19, 1998) from the Commissioner of Human Resources and the Chief Administrative Officer, providing an overview of a transitional staffing strategy for the amalgamation of the seven existing municipal workforces into Departments in the City of Toronto, that balances the business needs of Departments with recognition of the skills and abilities of existing municipal staff, and recommending that the strategy be received for information.
(d) Separation Program for Executive Management and Non-Union Staff.
The Strategic Policies and Priorities Committee reports having:
(1) referred the following confidential joint report to the Budget Committee for consideration and a report back to the Strategic Policies and Priorities Committee; and
(2) requested the Budget Committee to consider the matter In Camera:
(January 19, 1998) from the Commissioner of Human Resources, Chief Financial Officer and Treasurer, and the Chief Administrative Officer, setting out a separation program for Executive Management and Non-Union staff.
(e) Radio Communications Switch for the Toronto Police Service.
The Strategic Policies and Priorities Committee reports having:
(1) referred the following transmittal from the Emergency and Protective Services Committee to the Budget Committee for review, and having requested the Budget Committee to completely satisfy itself that the system being recommended for purchase is 100 percent compatible with the systems used by the other emergency services; and
(2) requested the City Clerk to forward the background information on this matter to the Budget Committee for consideration:
(i) (January 15, 1998) from the Emergency and Protective Services Committee advising that the Committee on January 13, 1998, recommended to the Strategic Policies and Priorities Committee the adoption of the report dated December 15, 1997, from the Chair, Metro Toronto Police Services Board, wherein it is recommended that:
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The Emergency and Protective Services Committee approve a request for pre-budget approval in the amount of $5.0 million, along with the release of funds, from the new City Council, for a replacement radio dispatch switch for the Toronto Police Service.@
(ii) (November, 1997) Project Charter, entitled ARadio Communications Switch@, submitted by the Toronto Police Services, Computing and Telecommunications, Radio and Electronics Unit.
(f) Contract No. T-8-98:
Bathurst Street Bridge Over the Toronto Terminal Railways South of Front Street - Structure Rehabilitation.
The Strategic Policies and Priorities Committee reports having referred the following transmittal from the Urban Environment and Development Committee to the Budget Committee for inclusion in the 1998 Capital Budget and a report back to the Strategic Policies and Priorities Committee meeting to be held prior to the Council Meeting scheduled to be held on February 4 and 5, 1998:
(January 13, 1998) from the Urban Environment and Development Committee advising that the Committee on January 12, 1998, recommended to the Strategic Policies and Priorities Committee, and Council, the adoption of the report (December 15, 1997) from the Commissioner of Transportation, recommending the award of a contract for the rehabilitation of the Bathurst Street bridge over the Toronto Terminal Railways south of Front Street.
(g) Contracts Nos. T-43-98 and T-44-98:
Minor Bridge Repairs on Metropolitan Roads.
The Strategic Policies and Priorities Committee reports having referred the following transmittal from the Urban Environment and Development Committee to the Budget Committee for inclusion in the 1998 Capital Budget and a report back to the Strategic Policies and Priorities Committee meeting to be held prior to the Council Meeting scheduled to be held on February 4 and 5, 1998:
(January 13, 1998) from the Urban Environment and Development Committee advising that the Committee on January 12, 1998, recommended to the Strategic Policies and Priorities Committee, and Council, the adoption of the report (December 16, 1997) from the Commissioner of Transportation recommending the award of Contracts Nos. T-43-98 and T-44-98 for minor bridge repairs on AMetropolitan@ roads.
(h) Contracts Nos. T-2-98, T-3-98, T-4-98 and T-5-98:
Permanent Repairs to Utility Road Cuts.
The Strategic Policies and Priorities Committee reports having referred the following transmittal from the Urban Environment and Development Committee to the Budget Committee for inclusion in the 1998 Capital Budget and a report back to the Strategic Policies and Priorities Committee meeting to be held prior to the Council Meeting scheduled to be held on February 4 and 5, 1998:
(January 13, 1998) from the Urban Environment and Development Committee advising that the Committee on January 12, 1998, recommended to the Strategic Policies and Priorities Committee, and Council, the adoption of the report (December 16, 1998) from the Commissioner of Transportation recommending the award of four contracts Nos. T-2-98, T-3-98, T-4-98 and T-5-98 for permanent repairs to utility road cuts.
(i) Contracts Nos. T-6-98, T-7-98, T-21-98 and T-22-98:
General Maintenance of Metropolitan Roads.
The Strategic Policies and Priorities Committee reports having referred the following transmittal from the Urban Environment and Development Committee to the Budget Committee for inclusion in the 1998 Capital Budget and a report back to the Strategic Policies and Priorities Committee meeting to be held prior to the Council Meeting scheduled to be held on February 4 and 5, 1998:
(January 13, 1998) from the Urban Environment and Development Committee advising that the Committee on January 12, 1998, recommended to the Strategic Policies and Priorities Committee, and Council, the adoption of the report (December 16, 1998) from the Commissioner of Transportation recommending the award of four contracts Nos. T-6-98, T-7-98, T-21-98 and T-22-98 for general maintenance of AMetropolitan@ roads.
(j) Membership of the Strategic Policies and Priorities Committee.
The Strategic Policies and Priorities Committee reports having received the following communication:
(January 9, 1998) from the City Clerk listing the members appointed to the Strategic Policies and Priorities Committee for a term of office expiring on May 31, 1999, and/or until their successors are appointed.
Respectfully submitted,
Mayor Mel Lastman,
Chair
Toronto, January 19, 1998
Christine Dodds
Tel. (416) 392-7031
