Special City Council

THAT Clause D of Item 4.1 BE ADDED as follows: D. THAT staff BE DIRECTED to draft options, including a plan to phase out the exemption, for development charges in the downtown area and present to Council for consideration with inclusion of examples of other municipalities that have done a phased approach to elimination of the development charge exemption.

Recommendation: A. THAT Report 2020-530 Home for Good Support Services Staffing Proposal BE RECEIVED; and B. THAT Staff BE DIRECTED to proceed with the staffing and support model described in this report; and C. THAT Staff BE DIRECTED to proceed with hiring four (4) new staff positions, for up to a 12 month contract, for the staffing and support model, funded through the Provincial Home for Good program; and D. THAT staff BE DIRECTED to provide 24 hours of Level 3 Security officers at Marlene Avenue Apartments seven (7) days a week and further investigate the potential integration of this service into a Corporate Security Model; and E. THAT staff BE DIRECTED to investigate additional partners to assist and support the Live Well – Home for Good Support model; and F. THAT staff BE DIRECTED to conduct a review of City-operated staffing model, on or before September 30 2021, after one year to evaluate program effectiveness; and 4 G. THAT staff BE DIRECTED to provide a report to Social Services Committee by September 30 2021, with results and recommendations for the ongoing operations of the Marlene Avenue site; and H. THAT staff BE DIRECTED to bring quarterly reports to the Social Services Committee on the ongoing operation of the Marlene Site; and I. THAT staff BE DIRECTED to present a legal report regarding options with the current contract to Council.

Motion to Waive the Rules THAT sections 15.3.11 and 15.11.5 of Chapter 15 of the City of Brantford municipal code be waived in order to permit the consideration of the following resolution without prior notice of motion and without first having been considered by a Standing Committee or Committee of the Whole: WHEREAS Bill 218 – “Supporting Ontario's Recovery and Municipal Elections Act, 2020” removes the option for municipalities to choose the ranked ballot system for an election; and WHEREAS in 2016 the Ontario Provincial Government gave municipalities the tools to use Ranked Balloting in Municipal elections commencing in 2018, which was deployed in the City of London thereby becoming the first Municipality in Canada to make the switch, while Cambridge and Kingston both passed referendums in favour of reform and Burlington, Barrie, Guelph, Medford and others are now exploring a change as well; and 5 WHEREAS the change of election method process does not impact the Provincial election models but greatly impacts a Municipalities execution options; and WHEREAS the only explanation given for this is that we should not be ‘experimenting’ with the electoral process during a pandemic mindful that ranked ballot voting is not an experiment but widely used throughout the world and should be a local option that Municipalities can look to utilize in the next election which is just under two years away; and WHEREAS Bill 218 also moves up the Municipal nomination date from the end of Jul

THAT the Clause " WHEREAS the only explanation given for this is that we should not be ‘experimenting’ with the electoral process during a pandemic mindful that ranked ballot voting is not an experiment but widely used throughout the world and should be a local option that Municipalities can look to utilize in the next election which is just under two years away" BE REMOVED

THAT LEAVE BE GIVEN to the Mover and Seconder to introduce the following By-laws for 1st and 2nd Reading: 187-2020 By-law to Confirm the Proceedings of the Council of The Corporation of the City of Brantford with respect to the Special Meeting held on November 10, 2020

THAT By-law 187-2020 BE TAKEN as read a third time, be finally passed and signed by the Mayor and Clerk.