Committee of the Whole - Budget

That Committee of the Whole of Council as Budget Committee recommend to Council that it receive the Treasurer’s supplementary report on the first Draft of the 2021 Operating and Capital Budget for information and discussion and; Further that Committee provide direction to staff with regards to changes required to Draft #1 for the next budget roll-up, apart from budget items related to Nancy Island, and; Further that Committee provide direction to staff with regards to the matters still pending and whether or not to include them in the next budget roll-up. Yea: David Foster, George Watson, Joe Belanger, Mark Kinney, Stan Wells, and Sylvia Bray

That Committee of the Whole as Budget Committee recommend to Council that it provide direction to staff with regards to budget items pertaining to Nancy Island, with no changes at this time. Yea: George Watson, Joe Belanger, Mark Kinney, Stan Wells, and Sylvia Bray COI: David Foster

That Committee of the Whole recommend that Council hereby receive the report titled Town of Wasaga Beach Municipal contribution to the South Georgian Bay Small Business Enterprise Center dated October 13, 2020 as information; Further that the request for an annual municipal funding increase of $5,000 resulting in a total contribution of $10,000 to the South Georgian Bay Small Business Enterprise Center, starting in the 2021 Economic Development operating budget, be

That the Committee of the Whole as Budget Committee recommend to Council that it receive the Q3 2020 Financial Report for information; Yea: David Foster, George Watson, Joe Belanger, Mark Kinney, Stan Wells, and Sylvia Bray

That Committee of the Whole as Budget Committee recommend to Council that it receive for information the Treasurer’s COVID-19 financial report for the period ending September 2020; and Further that Committee of the Whole as Budget Committee recommend to Council that the Treasurer be authorized to respond to the Province’s Safe Start Agreement Request for Phase 2 COVID-19 funding, which is due by October 30, 2020, pending final confirmation of COVID related revenue losses and cost containment measures with Directors, indicating that additional funding is not required; and Further that Committee of the Whole as Budget Committee recommend to Council that the Treasurer be authorized to allocate a portion of the Phase I Provincial Safe Start Agreement COVID-19 grant funding amount of $806,000 adjusted to actual results, the allocations as presented in this staff report below, with any remaining excess left in the reserve account for requirements identified in 2021; and Further that Committee of the Whole as Budget Committee recommend to Council that the Treasurer be authorized to respond to the Province’s Safe Start Agreement Request for Phase 1 Transit funding, reporting for the period April 1, 2020 to September 30, 2020. Yea: David Foster, George Watson, Joe Belanger, Mark Kinney, Stan Wells, and Sylvia Bray