November 3, 1999

POLICY AND FINANCE COMMITTEE:

City Council, at its meeting held on October 26 and 27, 1999, had before it Clause No. 19 contained in Report No. 8 of The Policy and Finance Committee, headed AOther Items Considered by the Committee@.

Council directed that the following Item (a), embodied in the aforementioned Clause be struck out and referred back to the Policy and Finance Committee for further consideration:

A(a) Cost Estimate for a Cost Benefit Analysis of

Internal vs. External Legal Services

The Policy and Finance Committee reports having concurred with the recommendation embodied in the following report:

(September 24, 1999) from the Chief Financial Officer and Treasurer, providing information on the price for a management type study on a cost benefit analysis of internal vs. external legal services; and recommending that this report be received for information and that any further action to define the scope parameters of such a study be referred to the City Auditor in consultation with the City Solicitor.@

for City Clerk

J. A. Abrams/sb

Encl.

c. Chief Financial Officer and Treasurer