Former Mayor
Jyoti Gondek supports targeted planning amendments and investment to enable development and park planning, and opposed delaying a public hearing that would postpone consideration while directing a city‑wide blanket rezoning referendum.
Jyoti Gondek consistently voted in favor of measures that update and clarify municipal governance processes, including electronic notice delivery, councillor vacancy and assistant policies, and the Procedure Bylaw.
Jyoti Gondek has voted in favour of procedural motions that advance bylaws, bylaw amendments, and implementation plans. These votes indicate support for formal council procedures to enact or operationalize policy and contingency measures.
Voted For
890
89% of 1000
Voted Against
110
11% of 1000
Absent
0
0% of 1000
Vote Distribution
These are the most significant votes on major policy changes, large budget items, and decisions with substantial community impact.
Directs administration to treat a $7.5 million one-time request for converting the Barron Building to housing as a high priority and include it in the 2026 budget submission. If approved, the city will open the program for applications, negotiate funding agreements with successful applicants, and perform due diligence to confirm applicant eligibility.
Directs the City to use $7 million in one-time Housing Accelerator Funds to further fund the Shallow Utility Burial Pilot Program beginning in 2025, and requires Administration to assess the pilot and consider a permanent funding source during the 2025 November Budget Adjustments or future service plans and budgets. The program supports burying shallow utilities (undergrounding) to improve neighbourhood aesthetics and infrastructure resilience.
Council directs Administration to recommend increasing the 2026 capital budget by $62.2 million, funded by a one-time realized gain on sale of investments that will be put into the Fiscal Stability Reserve at year-end. Administration must also identify a sustainable long-term funding source to support changing the Reserve for Future Capital and Lifecycle Maintenance from 2.6% to 5.0% of annual property tax revenue and return with recommendations as part of the 2027–2030 budgets, which could affect future tax or budget decisions.
Gives first reading to bylaws that would let the City increase and extend its guarantee for AHCC's revolving loan facility and authorize the City to borrow funds if that guarantee is called. It pauses final bylaw readings until required public advertising is completed, directs Administration to update City-AHCC agreements and credit documentation, and keeps a related attachment confidential until review on July 15, 2028.
Council approves immediate amendments to the Emergency Management Bylaw and adopts the Municipal Emergency Plan, updating the city's legal framework, roles, and procedures for responding to emergencies. This lets the city implement the revised emergency response rules and actions right away to manage disasters and protect public safety.
Council directs a one-time $3 million transfer from the Fiscal Stability Reserve to Calgary Transit in 2025 to respond to growth pressures, and instructs Administration to prioritize the RouteAhead 10-Year Implementation Plan in 2026 budget adjustments. It also requires safety actions: new safety signage on all vehicles, upgrading driver separation barriers to more secure shields (up to $15M to be funded through 2025 high-priority requests), a review and improvement of safety and training practices with any 2026 budget requests returned to Council in November 2025, and a safety status report in each annual RouteAhead update.
Council directs Administration to create and implement a rolling 10-year capital plan to improve long-term visibility of city-wide capital needs and funding. A preliminary plan must be provided before the 2026 Mid-Cycle Budget Adjustments, full implementation by Q2 2026 with annual updates before each budget adjustment, and civic partners' 10-year capital needs must be reported in Q3 2026 as part of the 2027–2030 Budget.
Directs Calgary Transit to install new safety signage on all vehicles, upgrade driver separation barriers to more secure security shields funded up to $15 million through the 2025 High Priority Requests, review and improve safety and training practices (with any 2026 budget requests returned to Council in Nov 2025), and include a safety status/progress report in each annual Route Ahead update.
Council directs Administration to create a program to close the city's infrastructure service gap by identifying stable funding sources (utility rates, taxes, grants, fees), reviewing existing reserves, setting clear project-prioritization criteria, coordinating upgrades with redevelopment and other public owners, seeking intergovernmental contributions, ensuring regular public reporting, and providing implementation timelines and governance. Administration must report back with the proposed program by Q3 2026 for consideration in the 2027–30 budget.
Directs Administration to invest $20M of the 2024 excess ENMAX dividend in urgent maintenance and upgrades for community spaces (wading pools, splash pads, recreation centres), invest $2.85M with the Federation of Calgary Communities to plan and expand community-led placemaking projects (seating, shade, murals, gardens, etc.), and place $23.15M into the ENMAX Legacy Parks Fund. Administration must report back on these investments through standard business plan and budget cycles.
Council will repeal the existing Community Services Program Policy (CPS2018), removing the current rules and guidance that direct how city community services are run and funded. This could change program administration, eligibility or funding arrangements until a replacement policy or direction is provided.
Council directs Administration to bring together disability service partners, the Advisory Committee on Accessibility, inclusive hiring organizations and others to design a pilot program and framework that intentionally removes barriers to recruiting and employing people with disabilities; Administration will report back to Executive Committee in Q2 2026.
Directs the city to transfer $750,000 from the Fiscal Stability Reserve to Community Strategies as one-time operating funds for 2025 and 2026 for Family and Community Support Services (FCSS). The money will cover extra applications that exceeded the current FCSS budget and help offset inflationary pressures because the city's allocation to FCSS has not increased during the 2023–2026 business cycle.
Transfers $750,000 from the Fiscal Stability Reserve to Community Strategies as one-time operating funding for 2025 and 2026 for Family and Community Support Services (FCSS). The money will cover additional applications that exceeded the current FCSS budget and help offset inflation since the City allocation has not increased during the 2023–2026 business cycle.
Requires City Administration to prepare a report, per the approved UCS2018-0912 framework, on methods for transferring assets to non-profit organizations and charities below market value and to report back to Council through the Infrastructure and Planning Committee by Q2 2025. The report will provide options and guidance for how the City can dispose of property or support community organizations at reduced cost.
Directs Administration to prepare a one-time operating request for the November 2024 midcycle budget that identifies a funding source and recommended amount to launch a two-year pilot expanding the Fair Entry program. If approved in the midcycle adjustments, the pilot would expand emergency supports and make it easier for vulnerable Calgarians to access help.
This amendment changes Report C2023-1148 by deleting Investment Option 8, titled 'Building Strong Community Connections Through Asset-Based Community Development,' from Recommendation 2 and making a minor punctuation insertion. Practically, the asset-based community development initiative would not be included in the report's recommended investments, so associated funding or implementation would not proceed under this recommendation.
This amendment changes Recommendation #2 to stop making Investment Option 23 (permanent funding for Calgary's Mental Health and Addictions Strategy) permanent and instead continue funding the strategy on a one-time basis as approved in the 2023–2026 Services Plans and Budgets. Effectively it prevents a $6 million reduction tied to removing the permanent funding and keeps the program funded temporarily under the existing multi-year plan.
This amendment deletes Investment Option 8, titled 'Building Strong Community Connections Through Asset-Based Community Development,' from Recommendation 2 of Report C2023-1148, meaning the city will not advance or fund that specific community development option as part of the report's proposed adjustments. The amendment also makes a minor textual punctuation insertion for clarity.
Council directs Administration to prepare a one-time operating request for the November 2024 midcycle budget that identifies a funding source and recommended amount to implement a two-year pilot expanding the Fair Entry program for Calgarians in need, and to bring that proposal to Executive Committee for discussion. If later approved, the pilot would expand access to city supports and income-related services for vulnerable residents.
This amendment deletes Investment Option 23, which would have permanently funded Calgary's Mental Health and Addictions Strategy, and reduces the budget by $6 million. In practice it cancels that dedicated funding stream and may reduce or delay services, staffing, or program stability for mental health and addiction supports.
Directs City administration to review and recommend updates to the Dorothy Motherwell Compassionate Property Tax Penalty Relief Program, including a jurisdictional scan of other governments, and to propose a Charter Bylaw and Council policy to let administration cancel, reduce, refund or defer taxes for compassionate cases. It also asks for rules to correct certain prior-year tax errors (within two years), an annual reporting mechanism on fairness, and a report back to Executive Committee in Q1 2024.
Requires City Administration to report to the Community Development Committee by Q4 2023 with an overview of federal, provincial and other legislation related to discrimination (including gender identity and expression), a literature review of how effective legal and non-legal tools are at reducing systemic discrimination, and a summary of gaps and challenges. The presentation must be prepared with input from community partners and advisory committees that represent Indigenous, anti-racism, social wellbeing and other marginalized groups.
Directs city administration to report back with an update on the AI-Enhanced Pedestrian Safety Platform as part of the Safer Mobility Plan by Q2 2026, and to return in Q3 2026 with proposed funding requirements. This will inform Council decisions about implementing or expanding the AI system to improve pedestrian safety.
Council directs Administration to report back by Q2 2026 with an analysis of other Canadian municipalities' approaches to banning open drug use and to court diversion programs, and to summarize Calgary's current Community Court partnership and funding model. Administration must also submit budget requests in November 2025 to fund the current Community Court from the base budget and propose sustainable funding for a 2026 pilot expanding Community Court to potentially include open drug use and weapons offences, with continued funding proposals for 2027–2030.
Council is approving the formal passage (three readings) of Proposed Bylaw 33M2025 to amend the Public Behaviour Bylaw 54M2006. If adopted, this will change the city's rules and how conduct in public spaces is regulated and enforced according to the attached amendment.
Council approves immediate amendments to the Emergency Management Bylaw and adopts the Municipal Emergency Plan, updating the city's legal framework, roles, and procedures for responding to emergencies. This lets the city implement the revised emergency response rules and actions right away to manage disasters and protect public safety.
Council approves a one-time $1 million transfer from the Fiscal Stability Reserve for urgent Safer Mobility improvements in 2025, directs Administration to prioritize related funding in 2026 budget adjustments, and to report back on the Safer Mobility Plan Annual Briefing by Q2 2026. Administration is also required to improve how road safety measures (e.g., stop controls, crosswalks, curb extensions, lighting, signage, signals) are assessed and installed by going beyond standard guidelines using AI near-miss predictive modelling and data-driven pedestrian/vehicle pattern analysis, and to report back in Q3 2025 on how this affects crossing safety and funding priorities.
Requires City Administration to expand how it assesses and installs pedestrian safety measures by going beyond TAC guidelines and using advanced tools (like AI near‑miss predictive models) and modelling from open data, 311 feedback, collision records, and roadway speeds/configuration. Administration must report back in Q3 2025 on how this new analysis changes safety assessments and recommend funding priorities for the 2026 budget.
Council directs Administration to update relevant bylaws, permitting processes, and festival applications so cannabis can be sold at events that prohibit minors, ensuring these changes follow AGLC regulations; Administration must present the proposed changes to the Executive Committee by April 15, 2025.
Council gave three readings to a bylaw that changes the Traffic and Street Bylaws to tighten rules around towing and reduce predatory tow truck practices, which could change how towing is regulated and enforced in the city. Council also directed Administration to pursue advocacy with the provincial government for additional action on predatory towing and ordered that a related public submission remain confidential to protect business interests and personal privacy.
Council directs City Administration to support the Calgary Police Commission in preparing a report by March 18, 2025 on funding shortfall options and to provide data and assistance for advocacy to the Alberta government to lift restrictions on photo radar. Administration is also asked to explore directing future photo radar revenue to a traffic-safety reserve, request exemptions for additional high-collision photo radar locations, and report on the City's speed and traffic calming measures and costs compared to photo radar effectiveness.
This amendment reduces the Calgary Police Service's 2025 base budget by $4,000,000 and increases the 2025 and 2026 budgets for the Community Strategies service by the same amount to fund the Community Safety Investment Framework. In practice it shifts operating funds from police to community-based safety programs to help address an oversubscribed program that requested $39M but had only $8M available.
This motion reduces the Calgary Police Service base budget by $4 million for 2025 and 2026 and increases the Community Strategies service budget by the same amount to fund the Community Safety Investment Framework. The change directs funding toward community-led safety programs to help meet demand in an oversubscribed grant program that received $39 million in requests but had only $8 million available.
Shifts $4,000,000 from the Calgary Police Service's 2025 and 2026 base budgets to the Community Strategies service to fund the Community Safety Investment Framework. Practically, this reduces police operating funds and increases funding for community safety programs so more oversubscribed local safety initiatives can be supported.
This amendment reduces the Calgary Police Service's 2025 base budget by $4,000,000 and increases the 2025 and 2026 base budgets for the Community Strategies service by $4,000,000 to fund the Community Safety Investment Framework. In practice it shifts money from police operating funds to community-based safety programs to help meet high demand for grants and initiatives under the Framework.
Gives three readings to amend the Calgary Traffic Bylaw to better address excessive vehicle noise. The change enables clearer noise limits and strengthened enforcement tools (for example fines or equipment restrictions) so city enforcement can reduce loud vehicles that disturb neighbourhoods.
This amendment deletes Investment Option 5 from Report C2023-1148, which would have addressed vehicle noise and community traffic safety through enforcement. As a result, the city will not pursue that specific enforcement-based investment or associated funding/programs under the report, though other options in the report remain available.
Edits Report C2023-1148 to delete Investment Option 5, which proposed using enforcement to address vehicle noise and community traffic safety. In practice, the city will no longer pursue that specific enforcement-based funding/action as part of this report, so enforcement measures and any associated budget for this option will be removed from consideration.
Council approved proceeding with a replacement Community Standards Bylaw to update and make enforcement more efficient, endorsed related advocacy positions, and directed that a budget request to expand the Coordinated Safety Response Team be considered during the upcoming 2023 budget adjustments. One supporting attachment is to be kept confidential for privacy reasons.
Council directs Administration to carry out the attached workplan, work with Calgary Police Service and the Province to secure necessary appointments/authorizations, and draft amendments to the Calgary Traffic Bylaw to better address vehicle noise with proposed changes due by Q3 2024. Administration is also to consider a budget request for community peace officers to enforce the bylaw in the 2023 November budget process and defer the progress report on vehicle noise enforcement and automated systems from Q1 to Q2 2024.
Amends the Community Standards Bylaw to prohibit or otherwise regulate people or groups from handing out, displaying or distributing graphic images of fetuses without consent in public or private spaces. The change aims to reduce exposure to distressing imagery (including for children and people affected by pregnancy loss) and allows the city to enforce rules and penalties under the bylaw.
Council accepted a progress report on the Safe and Inclusive Access Bylaw and its attachments, and directed city staff to track how the bylaw is being used. If monitoring shows problems or needed changes, staff must come back to Council with recommended amendments.
Requires city staff to return by April 25, 2023 with a progress update on how the Safe and Inclusive Access Bylaw and the recent amendments to the Public Behaviour Bylaw are functioning, including their impacts on enforcement and community outcomes.
Council approved three readings of proposed changes to the Public Behaviour Bylaw (54M2006), making the amended rules for conduct in public spaces law immediately. This means the new standards and any enforcement provisions take effect at once rather than after a delay.
Council gave all three readings to the Safe and Inclusive Access Bylaw and made it effective immediately. The bylaw creates city rules to protect safe, non-disruptive access to designated services and places and enables immediate enforcement and penalties for breaches.
This motion edits a bylaw to delete references to libraries in several offence and protest-definition clauses, replace references to the interior of a ‘complex’ with the interior of a ‘recreation facility’, and explicitly mention entrances to recreation facilities (and library entrances) in the section on entrances. Practically, it narrows or changes where protest/offence rules apply—reducing the bylaw’s automatic coverage of libraries in some sections while clarifying that entrances and indoor areas apply to recreation facilities.
Council asks Councillors Dhaliwal and Wyness, as members of the Calgary Police Commission, to seek a public presentation from the Calgary Police Service summarizing federal, provincial, and other relevant laws that prevent and address discrimination and hate-motivated crimes related to gender identity, gender expression, and other protected grounds. The presentation should also outline challenges, gaps, and limitations to inform the Commission and Council; this is an information-gathering step and does not by itself change policy.
Council directs Administration to return by Q2 2023 with amendments to the Business License Bylaw and other regulations to control possession of catalytic converters, including establishing fines that deter theft and are proportionate to the problem. Administration must also propose other strategies or programs to reduce catalytic converter thefts.
Council approved bylaws to allow the City to send property assessment and Assessment Review Board notices and related documents electronically (for example by email) rather than only by paper, and repealed the older City Charter bylaw 2H2018 as part of this update. The change makes it possible for property owners and stakeholders to receive assessment information and appeal documents digitally under authorities in the Municipal Government Act.
Directs the Chief Human Resource Officer to negotiate an extension to October 31, 2026 for Sohail Thaker of Sia Partners to serve as Council's advisor on the Chief Administrative Officer and City Auditor performance management process, and keeps related closed-meeting discussions and documents confidential under privacy and evaluation exemptions.
Adopts a new Council policy on how to handle a vacant councillor seat, updates the policy governing councillors' assistants, and gives three readings to Bylaw 45M2025 to put the changes into effect. This clarifies the process for filling vacancies, sets expectations and oversight for assistants, and formalizes the rules through a bylaw.
Designates the Director, Law as the second Head of the City's Local Public Body under the provincial Access to Information Act so they can make decisions on information requests, and advances amendments to City Clerk Bylaw 73M94 by giving the proposed bylaw three readings. This is an administrative change to who handles access decisions and updates the city clerk bylaw.
Council gave three readings to and adopted Procedure Bylaw 42M2025, which sets the formal rules for how City Council meetings are conducted (including debate, motions, voting and public participation). This changes or confirms the governance procedures that guide council operations but does not itself create new services or large budget items.
Acknowledges the Chief Administrative Officer's commitment to disclose his annual base salary after any Council-approved adjustments, and directs Administration to publish each year the CAO position's full salary pay band, including minimum and maximum. This increases transparency about senior executive compensation but does not itself change pay levels.
Council appoints one public member to the Silvera for Seniors board for the term specified in confidential materials, will publicly announce the appointment after Silvera notifies the selected applicant (no later than end of day Aug 26, 2025), thanks departing member Rick Bennett for his service, and keeps related selection documents confidential under privacy and evaluation exemptions.
Thanks two outgoing public members, appoints the recommended candidate as a public member of the Assessment Review Board through December 31, 2025, and records the appointment of Deputy Chief Marion Cenaiko to the Community Peace Officer Oversight Committee. It also directs the City Clerk to publish the new public member appointment after the appointee is notified and keeps the related attachments confidential under privacy and evaluation exemptions.
Directs administration to fund and hire an independent third‑party consultant to conduct a comprehensive post‑implementation review of the City's organizational realignment, assessing total costs, new positions, staff impacts (role clarity, workload, well‑being), measurable outcomes, and whether the structure achieved intended efficiencies. Results and recommendations must be made public and reported back to Council by Q4 2026, with funding to be included in the 2025 November Adjustments.
Council will give three readings to a bylaw that updates the mandate of the Calgary Salutes Committee and approve its annual budget, with funding drawn from the already-approved Partnerships business unit and Neighbourhood Support service line. This clarifies the committee's role and provides it operating funds from existing city budgets, enabling it to continue its activities without requesting new net funding.
Council instructs the City Clerk to prepare a new procedure bylaw for approval before September 22, 2025, to repeal and replace Procedure Bylaw 35M2017 effective October 29, 2025. The new bylaw must incorporate recommendations from the City Clerk and from Members of Council (Attachments 1 and 2), updating how council meetings and processes are governed.
Keeps the current practice of publishing, on a voluntary basis and where allowed by law, quarterly public disclosures from Members of Council about gifts and personal benefits, supporting information for budget and expense disclosures, meetings, and fundraising under council guidelines. It also directs council to give three readings to Bylaw 38M2025 to amend the Councillors Budgets and Expenses Bylaw, updating the formal rules on councillor expenses and related transparency.
Council authorized the City Solicitor and Chief Administrative Officer to terminate Integrity Commissioner O'Donnell’s contract following the contract's provisions and formally thanked her for her service. In practice this ends the current Integrity Commissioner’s role under that agreement and triggers any contractual steps (for example notice, final payments) the city must follow to close out the relationship.
Council directs administration to issue an RFP by end of Q4 2025 to hire third‑party consultants to create a misinformation, disinformation and malinformation (MDM) review to be presented by Q2 2026. The review will assess City processes and roles, key trends including AI, explore a reporting framework, analyze a recent issue's MDM impacts on decision‑making, and Council authorizes funding for a communications staff resource and asks administration to include RFP completion funding in the 2026 budget.
Approves and appoints recommended candidates to several advisory bodies (including the Advisory Committee on Accessibility, Calgary Aboriginal Urban Affairs Committee, and Social Wellbeing Advisory Committee), confirms Christian Lee as Member and Chair of the Calgary Planning Commission, thanks outgoing members, instructs the City Clerk to publish appointments after acceptance, and keeps certain attachment details confidential under FOIP. These are administrative appointments and procedural directions rather than new policy or spending decisions.
Directs Administration to update council policies and bylaws that reference 26M2018 so reporting of ward budget spending complies with the Municipal Government Act; keep an opt-in process for councillors to publicly report gifts/personal benefits, meetings and events; develop a respectful workplace policy councillors can choose to use for their staff; and report back to Executive Committee by June 17, 2025 with completed actions and timelines for outstanding items. This increases transparency and sets optional workplace standards while ensuring legal alignment.
Council confirms the jury's choice for the 2025 W.O. Mitchell Book Prize, requires the jury report (Attachment 1) remain confidential under FOIP Section 17 to protect personal privacy, and directs the City Clerk to post the recipient's name on the City's website after the Calgary Awards presentation on June 18, 2025.
Council kept the closed-meeting discussions, attachments and presentation confidential under FOIP Sections 17, 24 and 25, allowed Administration to share information only as needed to carry out Council's direction, and approved an Ad Hoc Chief Administrative Officer Annual Performance Review Committee made up of the Mayor, the Chairs of the Standing Policy Committees, and the Chair of the Audit Committee.
Gives three readings to Bylaw 56M2025 to formally dissolve the Event Centre Committee and repeal Bylaw 46M2022, ending the committee's formal role; also acknowledges and thanks Deborah Yedlin and Brad Parry for their service as public members.
Council appoints one public member to the Silvera for Seniors board for the term shown in a confidential attachment, directs that the appointment be made public after Silvera notifies the appointee but no later than end of day March 21, 2025, thanks resigning member Salima Shivji, and keeps the related confidential attachments and selection materials private under FOIP sections 17 and 19.
Council thanks three outgoing public members and appoints recommended public and administration members to several advisory and oversight bodies (including the Community Peace Officer Oversight Committee, Advisory Committee on Accessibility, Social Wellbeing Advisory Committee, and Subdivision and Development Appeal Board reserve lists). The City Clerk is directed to notify appointees, keep one appointment confidential until security clearance is complete, publish other appointments after acceptance, and keep Confidential Attachments 1–8 protected under FOIP privacy and evaluation exemptions.
Permits representatives of notified businesses in Business Improvement Areas to speak to Item 9.3.1 regarding 2025 BIA board appointments, budgets and enabling bylaws. Practically, this gives affected business owners or their delegates an opportunity to present views and information to Council during the discussion of BIA boards, budgets and bylaws.
The motion instructs City Administration to implement specific recommendations (14, 15, 16) from the WBC2024-0979 report, continue work to support incoming council staff and return with a training/onboarding review in Q3 2026, and schedule reviews or discussions of other numbered recommendations at specified future meetings (March 5, 2025; Q2 2026; Q2 2027). It also directs merging certain recommendations with a council compensation review for joint consideration and keeps Confidential Attachment 1 closed under FOIP sections protecting personal privacy and advice from officials. Practically, this sets a timetable for administrative follow-up, implementation steps, and continued policy review affecting council operations and staff supports.
This changes the calculation in subsection 2(1)(e)(ii) from using 80% of the average to using 90% of the median. In plain terms, it alters the numeric threshold the bylaw relies on — using the median reduces influence of extreme values and the higher percentage will generally produce a different (often higher) resulting value, which can affect eligibility, rates, or limits tied to that formula.
Council appoints specific councillors to fill mid-term vacancies on standing specialized committees and to represent the city on Calgary Metropolitan Region Board bodies, with those appointments expiring at the 2025 Organizational Meeting. Specifically, Councillor Chabot is appointed to Audit (and as alternate on CMRB Land Use & Servicing), Councillor Sharp to Intergovernmental Affairs, Councillor Spencer to the CMRB Governance Board, and Councillor Mian is designated Deputy Mayor for August 2025, ensuring continuity of council representation and duties.
Council gave three readings to a proposed bylaw that will repeal the existing Bylaw 35M2018 and replace it with Bylaw 50M2024. This completes the formal legislative steps to update whatever rules or regulations were governed by the old bylaw; once final adoption is complete the new bylaw's provisions will take effect in place of the previous ones.
Mandates that any documentation required by subsection 17(9) be publicly disclosed in accordance with section 23(1)(c). This clarifies the duty to release those records and increases transparency about the specified documents.
Council directs city staff to produce a report by Q4 2025 that reviews options to limit or ban the retail sale of dogs, cats and rabbits not sourced from local shelters or rescues. The report will consider measures such as a retail sales ban, advocacy to the Alberta government, public education, and bylaw changes so the City can decide on next steps.
Council approves recommendations 1, 2, 3 and 6 from the Committee's Final Report, putting the committee's proposed changes to councillor compensation and related terms into effect beginning with the next term of Council. The decision modifies how elected members are paid or managed going forward but does not change the current term's arrangements.
Makes procedural changes to Report C2024-1309: renumbers the existing recommendation, moves "That Council" as a preamble, and changes the adoption wording so Council adopts recommendations 1–3 and 6 now. It also creates a new Recommendation 2 that refers recommendations 4 and 5 to the Council Services Committee to develop a work plan and propose councillor assistant salary band next steps for the 2027–2030 budget cycle.
Temporarily suspends the usual agenda flow for the mid-term appointment item and establishes a specific process: Administration will publish councillors' preferences, introduce each vacancy, allow brief clarification questions, call for expressions of interest, permit councillors to speak for up to 2 minutes, and select appointees by acclamation/consensus or confidential ballot, with a subsequent motion, debate and vote.
Council directs that recommendations 4 and 5 from Report C2024-1309 be sent to the Council Services Committee so that committee can develop a work plan and propose next steps on Councillor Assistant salary bands for the 2027–2030 budget cycle. This is a referral to plan and recommend future changes and does not itself change pay or the current budget.
Council will revisit its October 22, 2024 decision to appoint David Bull to a three-year term on the Combative Sports Commission (term expiring at the 2027 Organizational Meeting). This could result in his appointment being reversed or confirmed and affects the commission's membership but has limited immediate impact on city services.
Council appoints David Bull to the Combative Sports Commission for a one-year term ending at the 2025 Organizational Meeting, in accordance with Bylaw 53M2006. This fills a commission seat so the body can continue overseeing regulation and licensing of combative sports in Calgary.
Requires every person running for Calgary City Council to submit a valid Police Information Check (including a Criminal Record Check) as part of their nomination papers, with the candidate responsible for any costs. This requirement takes effect for the 2025 municipal election and all subsequent elections and directs the Returning Officer to enforce it.
Council appoints a public (citizen) member to the Calgary Sports and Major Events Committee for a two-year term, and directs the City Clerk to publish the appointment once the appointee is notified and accepts. It also requires that the selection materials and specific attachments remain confidential under FOIP sections 17 and 19.
Amends the report to direct the Returning Officer to only accept a completed PIC (Police Information Check) that is dated no earlier than six months before a candidate files their nomination. In practice, this means older background checks will not be accepted, ensuring candidate checks are recent at the time of nomination.
Directs the Returning Officer to draft an Elections Bylaw that requires every person running for Calgary City Council to submit a Police Information Check (including a Criminal Record Check) dated within six months as part of their nomination, with candidates responsible for any costs. The amendment takes effect for the 2025 municipal election and the proposed bylaw will return to Council for three readings on Dec 17, 2024.
Adds a recommendation to approve a one-time $775,000 operating investment called "Strengthening Transparency: Improving Engagement with Calgarians" (Distribution 1). Funds will be drawn from the Fiscal Stability Reserve to pay for initiatives aimed at improving City transparency and public engagement, with no ongoing tax commitment.
Allocates a one-time $775,000 operating budget to the "Strengthening Transparency: Improving Engagement with Calgarians" initiative in Distribution 1, funded from the Fiscal Stability Reserve. This funding will pay for activities and resources to boost transparency and public engagement (such as outreach, consultation tools, and related staffing or programs) to improve city–citizen communication.
Directs the City to hire an accredited, independent consultant to analyze Calgary's public participation policies and engagement methods against industry best practices (e.g., IAP2), identify lessons learned, and recommend improvements. Administration must bring forward funding through Mid‑Cycle Adjustments to enable the work and report back to Council via Executive Committee by Q2 2025.
Council appoints the candidate recommended by the Subdivision and Development Appeal Board to serve as Chair for the 2025 term, effective January 1, 2025, and directs that the appointment be made public after the City Clerk notifies the appointee, no later than October 25, 2024. The related confidential report, specified attachments and closed-meeting discussions are to remain confidential under FOIP sections 17, 19 and 27.
Council appoints public members to several civic partner boards (Calgary Convention Centre Authority, Calgary Public Library Board, Heritage Calgary, Silvera for Seniors, and Calgary Sports and Major Events Committee) for the terms specified in confidential attachments. It directs that appointments be publicly released after applicants are notified by the City Clerk's Office no later than Oct 25, 2024, approves a confidential recommendation, and keeps related selection materials and closed-meeting discussions confidential under FOIP sections 17 and 19.
Appoints specific City Administration members to various boards, commissions and committees, nominates listed individuals for appointment by civic partners, and confirms continuing or ex officio appointments as detailed in the attachments. This sets who represents the City on those bodies but does not itself change city services or policy.
Council will publicly release the revised confidential list of councillor ranked preferences for wholly‑owned subsidiaries and suspend the normal agenda flow for Item 9.3.8 to follow a specific appointment process. The new procedure sets out Administration introductions, limited clarification questions, display of preferences, up to 2 minutes for councillors to speak, and selection by acclamation/consensus or confidential ballot; the Mayor may also declare three Councillors‑at‑Large to the Executive Committee for terms expiring at the 2025 Organizational Meeting prior to a motion and vote.
Acknowledges the termination of one public member and appoints numerous public members to a range of City of Calgary boards, commissions and committees as detailed in confidential attachments. It directs that appointment names be publicly released after applicant notification (by Oct 25, 2024) except for appointments to the Community Peace Officer Oversight Committee and the Calgary Police Commission, which remain confidential until enhanced security clearances are completed, and approves an additional confidential recommendation.
Council approved a schedule naming which councillor will serve as Deputy Mayor for each month of 2025 (with specific assignments for October 1-29, Oct 29-30/November, and December). The Deputy Mayor acts in the Mayor's absence to chair meetings and perform mayoral duties, ensuring continuity of leadership.
Assigns Councillor Spencer as Chair and Councillor Wyness as Vice-Chair of the Audit Committee, Councillor Sharp as Chair of the Event Centre Committee, and Councillor Carra as Chair of the Calgary Salutes Coordinating Committee, with terms ending at the 2025 Organizational Meeting. These are administrative leadership appointments that determine who will lead those committees but do not change city policy or budgets.
The Council paused the organizational meeting and moved into a closed (private) session to nominate seven councillors to each of two Standing Policy Committees, citing FOIP rules about personal privacy and confidential evaluations. This chooses committee membership behind closed doors, determining who will sit on those committees and influence their work, while keeping deliberations private.
Council adopts a revised job profile and designates the named candidate as General Chair of the Calgary Assessment Review Board effective January 1, 2025; the appointment will be publicly announced by October 25, 2024, while the report, candidate list and related closed-meeting materials remain confidential under FOIP Sections 17 and 19.
Approves a new Council policy that sets pay and expense rules for public members who serve on Council-established boards, commissions and committees; the policy will take effect January 1, 2026 if the related service plan and budget adjustments are approved at the November 5, 2024 meeting. It also directs that a related confidential attachment remain closed under FOIP sections for advice from officials and privileged information.
This motion swaps the deputy roster assignments: Councillor Carras's January 2025 deputy slot is replaced by Councillor Penner, and Councillor Penner's September 2025 slot is replaced by Councillor Carra. It simply changes which councillors will serve as deputy in those months and does not affect policy, budget, or services.
Confirms and approves the Administration and Council nominees to the boards of The City’s wholly-owned subsidiaries (including Calgary Economic Development Ltd., Opportunity Calgary Investment Fund Ltd., Calgary Housing Company with terms to the 2027 Organizational Meeting, and Calgary Municipal Land Corporation Ltd.). Authorizes the Mayor (or Deputy Mayor) to sign the shareholder appointment resolutions and keeps a related confidential attachment private under FOIP sections 17 and 19.
Makes confidential summaries of councillors' committee preferences public, temporarily changes the agenda rules for the specific appointment item, and establishes a special process for selecting councillors to standing specialized committees, boards, commissions and committees (including calls for interest, two-minute speeches, and acclamation or confidential ballots). It also allows the Mayor to declare three Councillors-at-Large to the Executive Committee before a motion is moved.
Reverses the 2023 decision that set two-year terms and returns to one-year appointment terms for City Councillors on the Calgary Stampede Board, meaning Council will reappoint representatives annually and increase turnover of its board members.
Council formally accepts and thanks the Ward Boundary Commission for its report and directs the Council Services Committee to prepare and submit a revised set of ward-boundary recommendations for Council to consider and potentially implement by the end of Q2 2025. This orders the next steps and timeline for possible changes to ward boundaries but does not itself change any boundaries.
Directs Administration to prepare and release Revised Attachment 7 associated with Report EC2024-0809 (Green Line Governance, Corporate Risk and Financials) from the July 30, 2024 meeting. This makes previously confidential material about the Green Line's governance, risks, and finances available to Council and/or the public, improving transparency but not changing policy or budget on its own.
Delays consideration of the Integrity and Ethics Office Annual Report (2023–2024) until the October 29, 2024 Regular Meeting of Council, giving councillors more time to review the report. No decisions or actions based on the report will occur until it is brought forward at that meeting.
Edits Bylaw 30M2024 to name the External Auditors (instead of "The City") as the party that reviews the annual audit plan and to require the auditors to include preliminary base audit fee estimates in their audit plan for information. The audit plan, with those preliminary estimates, will be forwarded to Council for information only and does not itself set final fees.
Keeps current public members of the BiodiverCity Advisory Committee in their roles until Q2 2025 and pauses new recruitment for that committee in 2024. Administration must update the Climate Advisory Committee Terms of Reference by Q2 2025 to include a biodiversity mandate and members with biodiversity expertise, and the separate BiodiverCity Advisory Committee will be disbanded effective Q2 2025, consolidating advisory responsibilities.
Council gave three readings to Bylaw 64P2024, formally changing the Calgary Planning Commission’s governing bylaw (28P95). This approves amendments to the commission’s rules or procedures so the updated governance provisions can take effect.
Approves amendments to the Audit Committee Bylaw and City Auditor Bylaw to clarify the External Auditor's role and reporting: the committee will review the external audit plan (timing, scope, materiality, risks and strategy), preliminary base audit fee estimates will be included in the auditor's plan for information only, and the audit plan will be forwarded to Council. The motion gives three readings to the two proposed bylaws and applies the specified wording changes.
Council approves specific performance measures for ENMAX, directs Administration to have Independent Utilities Advisors prepare a confidential expert report for a closed meeting and to attend ENMAX annual shareholder meetings, and orders several attachments to be held confidential under FOIP until specified review dates. The motion increases confidential city oversight of the municipally-owned utility but does not directly change services or rates.
Council thanks departing public members, appoints the recommended public candidate to the Advisory Committee on Accessibility for a two-year term ending at the 2025 Organizational Meeting, and records appointments of administrative members to the Calgary Planning Commission and the Pension Governance Committee. The City Clerk is directed to publish the public appointment after the appointee accepts, and certain confidential attachments and closed meeting discussions remain withheld under FOIP sections 17 and 19.
Updates the Council Policy (CP2016-03) that sets rules for recruiting, selecting and appointing members to city boards, commissions and committees. This will change internal procedures — such as eligibility, term lengths, transparency and selection steps — and may affect who is appointed and how oversight is conducted.
Council will forward a resolution to the Town of Penhold for a second and submit it to the Alberta Municipalities conference asking that organization to urge the Alberta government to amend the Local Authorities Election Act so Canadian permanent residents can vote in municipal elections. This motion is an advocacy step and does not itself change voting law; any change requires provincial legislation.
Amends the bylaw to prevent Councillors from charging the Ward Budget for signs whose only purpose is to communicate a greeting, and defines 'Sign' broadly as any device used to identify, convey information, advertise, or attract attention. In practice this stops ward funds being used for greeting or decorative signs and clarifies what expenses are considered signs.
Council approves a new policy (effective 2026-01-01) that sets remuneration and expense rules for public members serving on Council-established boards, commissions and committees. Administration is directed to reduce indirect costs, remove barriers to processing expense reimbursements, and prepare a Mid-Cycle budget request to cover implementation costs; one attachment and closed meeting material remain confidential under FOIP s.17.
Directs the Integrity and Ethics Office to consult internal and external anti‑racism bodies and the Social Wellbeing Advisory Committee to evaluate whether recent changes to remote participation for Council and committee meetings are equitable and accessible, and to report back with any suggested amendments to Procedure Bylaw 35M2017 by Q4 2024.
Amends the Procedure Bylaw to let councillors who attend Council Committee meetings under section A.13 — whether they are non-members or attending as members under that provision — join and participate remotely despite prior restrictions. This only changes how such councillors may attend meetings and does not alter committee membership or substantive decision-making rules.
Thanks outgoing members and appoints recommended candidates to several advisory committees and boards for short, specified terms, records an HMCS Calgary representative, and gives three readings to a bylaw amending the Calgary Salutes Committee. It also directs the City Clerk to publish appointments after acceptance and keeps certain nomination details confidential under FOIP.
Directs Administration to revise the Terms of Reference for the Council Community Fund and the Council Innovation Fund to clarify administrative processes and return the updated terms to Council via the Executive Committee by Q2 2024. Also requires Administration to report back to the Executive Committee on the outcomes of projects linked to reports PFC2021-1237 and EC2022-0689 within 12 months after each project is completed.
Amends the bylaw to let a Councillor regularly attend Council or committee meetings remotely when they need an accommodation for a protected ground under the Alberta Human Rights Act, provided they disclose this to and follow advice from the Ethics Advisor. It keeps the expectation that members should make best efforts to attend in person but adds accommodation as an explicit permitted reason for remote participation.
Council will amend the Procedure Bylaw and Code of Conduct to allow a Member to regularly attend Council or committee meetings remotely when they need an accommodation for a protected ground under the Alberta Human Rights Act. The change requires the Member to disclose the accommodation to and follow advice from the Ethics Advisor, and it adds accommodation to the list of acceptable reasons for remote participation while retaining the expectation that Members use best efforts to attend in person; compliance is overseen by the Integrity and Ethics Office.
Council approves the recommendations found in Attachment 3 of Report IP2024-0065 and directs that Attachments 8 and 9 be withheld from public release under FOIP sections covering personal privacy, local public body confidences, advice from officials, and economic interests. The withheld attachments must be reviewed by January 30, 2039, meaning their contents will not be publicly disclosed until that review or further Council action.
Approves the 2024 Business Improvement Area (BIA) tax and tax rate bylaws and adopts the BIAs' 2024 budgets, permitting each BIA board to transfer funds between reserves or expenditure lines so long as total spending does not increase. Also appoints nominees to 15 BIA boards, directs thank-you letters to retiring board members, and keeps Attachment 5 confidential under FOIP s.17 until Council decides.
Appoints specific public members to the Council Compensation Review Committee for the terms listed in a confidential attachment, requires that the names be publicly released after the appointees are notified (no later than end of day Friday, 2024 February 2), and directs that the closed meeting discussions and certain attachments remain confidential under FOIP provisions protecting personal privacy and confidential evaluations. This sets who will serve on the committee and how/when those appointments and related records are disclosed.
Council approved the public engagement plan and schedule in Attachment 2 for Report WBC2024-0042. This decision sets how and when the city will consult residents and stakeholders on the issue, defines outreach activities and deadlines, and guides opportunities for public input.
Council directs the Returning Officer to return by Q3 2024 with recommendations to adjust ward boundaries to include recently annexed City land. This request starts the process to realign electoral wards so annexed areas are assigned to the correct wards and could lead to changes in local representation, but does not itself change boundaries.
Council gave three readings to two proposed bylaws to amend the Municipal Assessor Bylaw and the Chief Financial Officer, City Treasurer & Deputy City Treasurer Bylaw, enabling updates to the legal authorities, duties, or governance of the city's property assessor and finance officers. This is an administrative change that clarifies roles and reporting for assessment and financial management functions.
Requires City staff to create a clear evaluation framework to guide how data on the referenced strategy will be collected and reported, and to deliver a progress/report back to Council by March 31, 2024. This sets expectations for measurable monitoring and transparency about the strategy's implementation.
This amends Recommendation 2 of Confidential Report C2023-1296 to require that Confidential Attachment 3 be publicly released in addition to Confidential Attachment 2. In plain terms, it expands the set of previously confidential documents that the City will make public, increasing transparency about the matter described in the report.
Directs Councillor McLean to accept responsibility for his actions and to prepare and send a written apology to Calgarians within 30 days of the meeting, with that letter to be made public.
Council will recess and meet in a closed session under FOIP sections 24 and 27 to receive a verbal Integrity Commissioner report, a performance management process update, and an update about councillors serving on wholly owned subsidiaries. The motion also authorizes specific advisors and an external consultant (Emily Laidlaw, Ellen-Anne O'Donnell, Sohail Thaker) to attend the closed meeting; the discussions will be private due to privileged advice and personal information.
Appoints the General Chair of the Calgary Assessment Review Board for 2024 as identified in confidential materials. It keeps the report, attachments and closed‑meeting discussions private under FOIP Sections 17 and 19 and orders that all confidential ballots from the vote be destroyed after the meeting.
Council appoints the 2024 chair of the Subdivision and Development Appeal Board as identified in the confidential materials, directs that the report, attachments and related closed-meeting discussions remain confidential under FOIP Sections 17 and 19, and authorizes destroying all confidential ballots after the meeting.
Appoints specific public members (and a reserve candidate) to the Calgary Convention Centre Authority for the terms listed in confidential attachments, requires related selection materials remain confidential under FOIP sections 17 and 19, and directs that the appointments be made public after applicants are notified, no later than December 15, 2023.
Council will enter a closed session under FOIP sections protecting personal privacy and confidential evaluations to discuss public member and civic partner appointments and chair/designation matters for specific boards and tribunals. The discussion and any decisions will be confidential and not held in public to protect personal information and sensitive deliberations.
Council appoints a public member whose term expires at the 2024 Organizational Meeting and nominates additional public members for three-year terms expiring at the 2026 Organizational Meeting; the City Clerk will publicly release the appointment information after notifying the appointees. Closed meeting discussions and the confidential attachments referenced will remain confidential under FOIP sections 17, 19 and 23.
Approves a bylaw that sets rules for how long the City keeps, archives, and disposes of its records. It standardizes record-keeping practices to support legal compliance, transparency, and consistent destruction or preservation of documents.
Council appoints the public member to the Ward Boundary Commission for a term ending when the Commission presents its final recommendations to Council, directs the City Clerk to publicly announce the appointment after the appointee is notified, authorizes destruction of confidential ballots after the meeting, and keeps specified meeting discussions and attachments confidential under FOIP sections 17 and 19.
Directs City Council to give final approval (three readings) to Proposed Bylaw 84P2023, which amends the Calgary Planning Commission Bylaw 28P95 as corrected in Report C2023-1153. If passed, it updates the rules governing how the Planning Commission is structured or operates according to the changes in that report.
Requires city administration to produce a terms of reference for how Council appoints its members to boards, commissions and committees, including recommended term lengths, rationale and historical appointment data, and present it to the Executive Committee by the Feb 13, 2024 meeting. This gives Council the information needed to consider or change appointment practices and improve transparency around member terms.
This motion changes the designated deputy for January 2024 by assigning the deputy roster slot previously given to Councillor Chus to Councillor Wong. It is an internal staffing change for council duties and does not affect city policy, programs, or budgets.
Council appoints seven councillors to each of the Community Development and the Infrastructure and Planning Standing Policy Committees (with the Mayor as ex-officio), based on Pro-tem Membership Committee recommendations. These appointments run until the 2024 Organizational Meeting and determine which councillors will review and make recommendations on community development and infrastructure/planning matters during that term.
This authorizes passing a bylaw to form a committee that will review City Councillors' pay and benefits and make recommendations. The motion itself only establishes the review committee; any actual salary or budget changes would need separate Council approval.
Council approves the official 2024 schedule of council meetings and designates one councillor as Deputy Mayor for each month (January–December). This sets meeting dates and identifies which councillor will fulfill deputy mayor duties in each month for public notice and administrative planning.
Authorizes Council and Administration nominees to serve on the boards of several City-owned subsidiaries (including Attainable Homes Calgary, Calgary Arts Development, Calgary Economic Development/Opportunity Calgary, and Calgary Municipal Land Corporation), and permits the Mayor or Deputy Mayor to sign the shareholder resolution confirming those appointments. It also directs that the related attachment and closed-meeting discussions remain confidential under FOIP sections 17 and 19 (personal privacy and confidential evaluations).
Council approves specific City administration appointments to various boards, commissions and committees (listed in attachments), nominates individuals for Civic Partners to appoint, and confirms continuing or ex-officio City appointments. The practical effect is to fill and validate City representative seats to ensure ongoing participation and governance oversight—this is an administrative governance action rather than a policy change.
Council will pass all three readings of amending Bylaw 52M2023 to change the Calgary Assessment Review Board Bylaw (15M2018) as shown in the attachment. This updates the board's rules or procedures and may change how property assessment appeals are administered or how the board operates.
Council appoints public members to the Calgary Salutes Committee as listed in a confidential attachment, directs that names of public appointees to the Calgary Salutes Committee and the Ward Boundary Commission be made public after applicants are notified (by Oct 27, 2023), and that the Saddledome Foundation nominee be released after that foundation's appointment. The motion also authorizes destruction of confidential ballots and keeps the closed meeting discussions and certain attachments confidential under FOIP sections protecting personal privacy and confidential evaluations.
Council approves confidential recommendations and appoints public members to multiple civic partner boards (including Calgary Public Library, Heritage Calgary, Silvera for Seniors, Tourism Calgary, and the Calgary Sports and Major Events Committee). It directs that appointment names be released publicly after successful applicants are notified by Oct 27, 2023, and that related meeting discussions and attachments remain confidential under FOIP sections 17 and 19.
Assigns seven named Councillors to the Community Development Committee and seven named Councillors to the Infrastructure and Planning Committee (the Mayor serves as ex‑officio) with terms ending at the 2024 Organizational Meeting. It also authorizes destroying all confidential ballots after the meeting and keeps the Pro‑tem Membership Committee's closed meeting discussions and a Confidential Attachment private under FOIP sections 17 and 19.
Assigns councillors and alternates to multiple city, intermunicipal and external committees and boards, and names chairs and vice-chairs for several committees (Audit, Business Advisory, Event Centre, Calgary Salutes, etc.). It also accepts resignations (e.g., from the Calgary Police Commission and Silvera for Seniors), appoints Councillor Wong to Silvera for Seniors, authorizes destruction of confidential ballots, and directs that closed meeting discussions and specified attachments remain confidential under FOIP.
Council appoints public members to a long list of boards, commissions and committees per confidential attachments, setting their terms and adopting related confidential recommendations. It directs that appointments be made public after applicant notification (except Calgary Police Commission pending security clearances), asks certain chairs to re-screen candidates to expand reserve lists by Q1 2024, and authorizes destruction of confidential ballots.
Council directs Administration to work on governance best practices and update policies for boards, commissions and committees, including succession planning, term limits, evaluation and performance reviews, and member screening and selection processes. The work should also consider involving senior city leadership in director/member selections to improve board appointments and oversight.
Directs Council to revisit and vote again on its prior decisions about appointments to every Standing Policy Committee. This could change which councillors serve on each committee and who holds committee roles, affecting committee membership, meeting responsibilities, and oversight of related city matters.
Directs City Administration to use and work with a third-party recruiter to support recruiting and appointment processes for five boards and commissions (Audit, Assessment Review Board, Calgary Police Commission, Calgary Planning Commission, and Subdivision and Development Appeal Board). The change is intended to improve candidate outreach, impartiality and efficiency when filling governance and oversight roles.
Council appoints the public members to the Ward Boundary Commission for the terms listed in the revised confidential attachment, and directs city staff to send the nominated public member’s name to the Saddledome Foundation so that person can be appointed to its Board of Directors for a three-year term ending at the 2026 Organizational Meeting of Council.
Council approves keeping the Calgary Transit Access Eligibility Appeal Board in place with its current members and terms by passing Bylaw 50M2023. This maintains the existing appeal process for people disputing eligibility decisions for Transit Access services.
Council will give all three readings to Proposed Bylaw 45M2023, formally changing the City Manager Bylaw 52M2022 and other related bylaws. This action updates the rules that govern city administration and allows the amended provisions to take effect.
Council is being asked to give three readings to a proposed bylaw that changes the City’s Code of Conduct for elected officials. If approved, the changes will update the rules, expectations and enforcement mechanisms for councillors’ behaviour and ethics, affecting how misconduct is defined, investigated or sanctioned.
Council will give three readings to amend the Calgary Police Commission bylaw so it matches the provincial Alberta Police Act and will repeal the 1996 City/Commission protocol because those protocol provisions are being moved into the updated bylaw. The change is mainly a legal and governance cleanup to clarify rules and ensure the commission’s governing document is current, not a direct change to policing operations.
Creates a permanent Nominations Committee as a specialized standing committee of Council and updates the Procedure Bylaw and Council policy on governance and appointments. Practically, it formalizes how councillors handle nominations and appointments to boards, commissions and committees and sets updated rules for that process.
Council is authorizing the formal adoption (three readings) of Bylaw 44M2023 to amend the Subdivision and Development Appeal Board Bylaw 25P95 as shown in Attachment 1. This finalizes administrative or procedural changes to how the appeal board is governed or operates; it is an internal governance update rather than a direct service change for residents.
Council appoints the individuals named in confidential attachments to finish two-year terms on the Advisory Committee on Accessibility and as the designate to the Friends of HMCS Calgary Committee, thanks outgoing members, directs the City Clerk to make the appointments public after notifying appointees, and keeps the attachment details confidential under FOIP s.17.
Council will repeal the 1975 bylaw that set interest charges on unpaid general City accounts and adopt a new bylaw (Attachment 3) in its place. This changes the legal basis for how the City charges interest on overdue bills, which may affect late-payment fees for residents and businesses and the City's billing practices.
Council approved the Shareholder Value Proposition (SVP), which sets the City's expectations and priorities for its owned corporations, and directed that a related attachment be withheld from public release because it contains confidential local public body information and privileged material under FOIP. Practically, this establishes how the City will guide and evaluate its corporate holdings while protecting sensitive details in the withheld document.
Council directs Administration to provide a briefing by 2023-10-11 explaining how it will respond to ideas and concerns raised by Boards, Commissions and Committees. The briefing must address the Advisory Committee on Accessibility's requests for specialist administrative support, inclusive meeting accommodations, and better planning around Access Design Standards, and consider allowing budgets for committees to carry out community-led initiatives as part of mid-cycle budget adjustments; this does not itself approve new funding.
Creates the Community Peace Officer Oversight Committee (renaming the former Calgary Transit Public Safety Citizen Oversight Committee) by approving the proposed bylaw, carries over and appoints current committee members for their existing terms, and confirms the current Chair and Vice‑Chair. This formalizes oversight of community peace officer activities and keeps existing leadership in place.
Council thanked members of the City's wholly owned subsidiaries for their annual general meetings and asked Administration to request that Calgary Municipal Land Corporation, Calgary Arts Development Authority, Calgary Housing Corporation, and Attainable Homes Calgary Corporation publish the shareholder materials presented at those AGMs on the City of Calgary website so the documents are publicly accessible. This is a transparency request to Administration and does not itself compel the subsidiaries to post the materials.
Directs City Administration to draft a bylaw creating a Calgary Salutes Committee to coordinate local military ceremonial and community support. The committee will include a parent body and three sub-committees (expanding Friends of HMCS Calgary and adding groups to support military heritage education and local social/employment programs), with draft terms to be refined with the military/veteran community and the bylaw brought to the July 25, 2023 Public Hearing to allow member recruitment.
Council directs Administration to recruit and fund a Ward Boundary Commission (no change to the number of councillors) to review the effectiveness of Calgary's 14-ward system, provide a service and financial impact analysis of any recommendations, and deliver a final report in Q3 2024. It also approves a one-time $176,000 2024 budget allocation to the City Clerk's Office, creates the Commission by bylaw, and rescinds Schedule A of the existing Ward Boundary policy.
Council has asked city staff to return with a revised Municipal Naming, Sponsorship and Naming Rights Policy by the end of Q1 2024 to allow more time to consult with impacted parties. This action only sets a timeline for further consultation and a future policy report; it does not implement any immediate policy changes.
Council thanks members of the Wholly Owned Subsidiaries for their Annual General Meetings and asks Administration to follow up with ENMAX, Calgary Economic Development Ltd., and the Opportunity Calgary Investment Fund Ltd. to request that the shareholder materials presented at those meetings be made publicly available by posting them on the City of Calgary website. The action aims to increase transparency by making AGM materials accessible to the public, and is an administrative request rather than a binding policy change.
Council directs Administration to implement the presented process to support Councillors when they attend meetings and events as official representatives of the City. It also keeps the closed meeting discussions confidential under FOIP Section 24 while ordering that the previously confidential presentation be made public.
Council adopted confidential recommendations 1(a) and 1(b) from Report C2023-0525 and directed that the report and specified attachments remain confidential until the Enmax shareholder authorizes their release under FOIP. It also ordered that closed meeting discussions, Attachment 3, and the presentation stay confidential under FOIP provisions including those for business interests, local public body confidences, advice from officials, and privileged information.
Amends a report to direct that Council explore changes to City bylaws so anti-racism training and an annual status update are mandatory learning for all Councillors, and to return recommendations to Executive Committee in Q4 2023; includes a minor renumbering edit. This would start the process to make yearly anti-racism training a formal Council requirement.
Directs staff to prepare amendments to the Police Commission Bylaw to reflect recent changes in the provincial Police Act, to consult with the Police Commission on the draft, and to return the proposed bylaw to Council by October 24, 2023. This updates city governance rules so they remain legally consistent with provincial law.
Directs the City to use the 'Dismantling Systemic Racism, Transforming Lives' (2023–2027) plan as the roadmap for continued work to dismantle systemic racism. Requires Administration to explore updating Council bylaws to make anti-racism training and an annual status update mandatory for Councillors and to report recommendations to the Executive Committee by Q4 2023.
Council approves Proposed Bylaw 20M2023 in three readings to amend the Procedure Bylaw and the Councillors Budgets and Expenses Bylaw. In practice this changes how council meetings are governed and updates rules on councillors' budgets and expense handling as set out in the attached text.
Council directed Administration to use the results of its review of the Supporting Procedures for Reimbursement of Employee Business Expenses when preparing proposed amendments to the Councillors Budgets and Expenses Bylaw, and to report back to the Council Services Committee by December 7, 2023. This creates an instruction to staff to draft potential bylaw changes and return with recommendations; it does not itself change expense rules.
Directs the City Clerk to ask the Mayor to call a Special Meeting of Council under the Municipal Government Act so Council can receive an official declaration on whether one or more recall petitions have sufficient valid signatures. This initiates the formal step to confirm if a recall process can proceed.
Council confirms the 2023 Calgary Awards winners as recommended by the selection juries and approves the corrected attachment listing recipients. The recipient list will be kept confidential under privacy law until no later than the Calgary Awards presentation to prevent early disclosure.
Appoints a public member to the Silvera for Seniors Board of Directors for a term ending at the 2025 Organizational Meeting of Council. Directs the City Clerk to publicly announce the appointment after the appointee is notified and keeps related closed meeting discussions and selection materials confidential under FOIP sections 17 and 19.
Creates a new Multisport Fieldhouse Committee by giving three readings to Bylaw 8M2023. The committee will provide governance and oversight for planning, coordination and decisions related to the proposed multisport fieldhouse project.
Appoints Councillors Mian (as Chair), Dhaliwal, and Wong, specified general managers and directors, and confidentially selected public members to the Multisport Fieldhouse Committee through the 2023 Organizational Meeting. It directs the City Clerk to publish public appointees after notification, schedules the committee meeting for March 1, 2023 at 1:00 p.m., authorizes destruction of confidential ballots after the meeting, and keeps certain materials confidential under FOIP sections 17 and 19.
Council will formally pass Proposed Bylaw 7M2023 by giving it three readings, which will amend the city's Code of Conduct for Elected Officials. Practically, this updates the rules, expectations, and enforcement mechanisms for councillors' behaviour and accountability.
Thanks several outgoing committee members and appoints replacements: the Executive Officer's designate for the Friends of HMCS Calgary Committee for a two-year term ending at the 2024 Organizational Meeting, and a named public Aboriginal member to complete a term on the Calgary Aboriginal Urban Affairs Committee ending at the 2023 Organizational Meeting. Directs the City Clerk to announce the appointments after notifying the appointees and keeps the identity details in Attachments 1 and 2 confidential under FOIP s.17.
This motion asks Council to give all three readings to Proposed Bylaw 2M2023 so the Procedure Bylaw (35M2017) is formally amended. If passed, the city's official rules for how Council meetings and proceedings are run will be updated according to the changes in 2M2023.
Directs Administration to return by Q1 2024 with an equitable remuneration and expense policy for public members of Council-established boards, commissions and committees that City pays, based on mandates, legal requirements, best practices and input from those BCCs. Also requires Administration to report to Council through Executive Committee by Q2 2023 with a list of BCCs to be considered for disbandment.
Directs administration to treat a $7.5 million one-time request for converting the Barron Building to housing as a high priority and include it in the 2026 budget submission. If approved, the city will open the program for applications, negotiate funding agreements with successful applicants, and perform due diligence to confirm applicant eligibility.
Council directs Administration to exempt United Place from the Program rule requiring properties be currently classified as commercial/non-residential so the building can be considered for conversion to residential units under future rounds of the Downtown Calgary Development Incentive Program. Any application must meet all other program requirements, pass Administration's due diligence, and will be scored and compared against other conversion proposals with only the highest-scoring projects recommended for approval.
Gives first reading to bylaws that would let the City increase and extend its guarantee for AHCC's revolving loan facility and authorize the City to borrow funds if that guarantee is called. It pauses final bylaw readings until required public advertising is completed, directs Administration to update City-AHCC agreements and credit documentation, and keeps a related attachment confidential until review on July 15, 2028.
Directs administration to amend the Land Use Bylaw to eliminate the mandatory mobility storage locker requirement in R-CG and H-GO districts to reduce construction costs for housing, while keeping Class 1 storage requirements. Administration must advertise the changes and bring the bylaw amendments to the September 9 public hearing.
Council directs Administration to evaluate the city's Density Bonusing provisions where they've been used (including Greater Downtown) and return to committee by Q3 2026 with findings and recommendations. The review must cover how density bonusing is negotiated, types and number of affordable units delivered, how long units remain affordable, any rental subsidies, staff and administrative costs for agreements and monitoring, and a comparison with other jurisdictions.
Council directs Administration to create and implement a policy that prohibits short-term rentals in secondary suites that are built or upgraded using the City of Calgary's secondary suite incentive program for a defined period. Applicants must agree to the restriction to receive funding and the City will establish monitoring and enforcement; Administration must report back with a policy framework by May 31, 2025.
Council directs Administration to return by Q2 2026 with a scoping report, workplan, and budget request to create a program using Bill 20 authority that could exempt part or all property taxes for new purpose-built rental buildings in City-identified, market-ready Transit Oriented Development (TOD) locations. If later approved, the program would aim to encourage rental housing near transit but could reduce property tax revenue and require funding decisions in the 2027–2030 budget process.
Council directs Administration to return by Q2 2026 with a scoping report, workplan, and budget request to design a city-wide taxation program that incentivizes multi-residential (higher-density) housing. The program may include new residential tax sub-classes and assessment/tax modelling that reflect how population density, location, and service costs affect the cost and productivity of servicing multi-residential buildings, with the goal of informing the 2027–2030 Service Plans and Budgets.
Requires City Administration to return by Q2 2026 with a scoping report, workplan, and budget request to create a Vacant Property Tax Program using variable tax rates on vacant land and derelict properties, eligibility and notification rules, and recommendations on new residential tax subclasses and bylaws. It also asks for advice on directing any net tax revenues (after program costs) to the Housing Land Fund to support capital for affordable housing, with any tax or budget changes to be brought back to Council for approval.
Council will pass a bylaw to exempt non-market housing properties held by non-profit organizations from municipal property taxes, amend an eligibility test from "80 percent of the average" to "90 percent of the median," and adopt a policy to grant municipal tax mitigation for those properties while they were under construction or renovation. In practice this lowers ongoing costs for non-profit affordable housing providers, supports development and renovation of non-market housing, and may modestly reduce or shift city tax revenue during exemption or mitigation periods.
Council directs Administration to find alternative off-street locations for recreational vehicles and deliver a scoping report to the Community Development committee by the end of Q3 2025. The report must outline steps for designating or rezoning sites, public engagement, necessary capital upgrades, safety and security measures, financing options, and options for a third-party organization to manage and operate one or more sites—potentially enabling designated sites for people living in RVs.
Council directs city administration to study creating a tax subclass for short-term rentals that are not the owner's primary home and to assess applying the same tax rate used for non-residential properties. Administration must report back by Q2 2025 with the legislative and technical requirements and implications (including potential revenue and implementation impacts).
Council adopted Administration's recommended short-term rental policy tools and gave three readings to amend the Business Licence Bylaw to regulate short-term rentals. This changes licensing, rules and enforcement for short-term rental hosts in Calgary, affecting how properties can be rented short-term and potentially influencing housing availability and compliance requirements for hosts.
This amendment cancels $4,000,000 in funding previously approved for the city's Secondary Suites/Backyard Suite incentive program for 2025 and 2026. Practically, it reduces or eliminates available financial incentives for homeowners to build rental or backyard suites, likely slowing the creation of new affordable rental units and affecting residents who planned to use the program.
This amendment removes $4,000,000 of previously approved funding for the Secondary Suites/Backyard Suite incentive program for 2025 and 2026. In practice it cancels or reduces the financial incentives available to homeowners to create secondary or backyard suites in those years, likely slowing the creation of affordable rental units and affecting applicants and related contractors.
Council approved the Terms of Reference for a program to provide incentives for creating legal secondary suites. This sets out how the program will operate—who is eligible, how applications are handled, and how incentives are delivered—with the aim of increasing rental housing supply and supporting affordability.
Council directs Administration to quickly work with the HomeSpace Society to identify, evaluate, and transfer a suitable City-owned parcel at nominal value for development of a high-complexity supportive housing facility, with eligible transaction costs paid from the Housing Land Fund.
This amendment cuts $4 million from Investment Option 14 under the Housing Strategy by reducing base funding for the secondary suite incentive program. In practice, it will lower the amount available for incentives to create secondary suites, likely resulting in fewer or smaller incentives and slowing efforts to add affordable rental units.
Amends Report C2023-1148 to change attachments so that permit fees and registry fees for Secondary Suites and Backyard Suites are set to $0 for 2024, 2025 and 2026. In practical terms, this waives those fees for three years, lowering the cost to register or permit these housing units and updating the report attachments to reflect that change.
Amends Report C2023-1148 to cut $4 million from Investment Option 14 (Implementing Key Actions of The City of Calgary’s Housing Strategy) by reducing base funding for the secondary-suite incentive program. In practice this reduces money available for incentives that encourage creating or upgrading secondary suites, which may slow program delivery or lower incentive amounts for homeowners.
Amends Recommendation 4 and its attachments so that permit fees for Secondary Suites and Backyard Suites and the Secondary Suite Registry fees are set to zero for 2024, 2025 and 2026. This removes fees for homeowners seeking or registering these suites for three years, lowering costs and encouraging legalization of suites while reducing related fee revenue for the city.
Directs Administration to prepare budget-related recommendations for the November 2023 budget adjustments, continue progressing Housing Strategy actions that need more public engagement or council approval, and bring items forward as ready. It also requires annual reports to the Community Development Committee on applicant process costs and changes, recommendations to reduce applicant costs and speed approvals, third-party verified data showing any savings passed to consumers, metrics on new housing starts and permit processing times, refers a related Housing Security Commission item back to committee, and keeps certain public submissions confidential under FOIP until agreements are finalized.
Council instructs city staff to consider the feedback councillors provided when preparing or updating the Corporate Housing Strategy. This is a guidance to staff rather than a policy or budget change, and may influence the content of the upcoming housing strategy.
Council received the Task Force's housing recommendations, directed Administration to provide quarterly implementation updates for items that require no new funding starting Q4 2023, instructed Administration to bring actions needing new budget to committee for Council consideration, and disbanded the Task Force while thanking its members.
Council received the Task Force recommendations, disbanded the Task Force, and directed Administration to fold the recommendations into the Corporate Affordable Housing Strategy, report back in September 2023 on which recommendations were adopted and what corporate changes or Council decisions are needed, and to bring specific actions requiring budget approval to Executive Committee. Administration must also provide quarterly status reports on implementation to Council starting in Q4 2023.
Council accepts the Task Force recommendations for information, disbands the Housing and Affordability Task Force, and directs Administration to fold those recommendations into the ongoing Corporate Affordable Housing Strategy update. Administration must identify which recommendations were incorporated, outline corporate impacts (e.g., land use, parking, downtown incentives), bring forward specific actions requiring Council decisions or additional budget, and provide quarterly implementation status reports beginning Q4 2023.
Council gave three readings to Proposed Bylaw 21M2023 to amend the Suite Registry Bylaw 11M2018, formally updating the city's rules for registering and regulating secondary suites. Once passed, the amended bylaw will change how suites are registered, reported, and enforced under the city's registry regime.
Council gave first reading to two bylaws that would allow the City to guarantee an operating loan facility and provide a municipal loan to Attainable Homes Calgary Corporation; second and third readings are withheld until required public advertising is completed. Administration is directed to update City agreements to reflect Attainable Homes' renewed credit facility per City policy, which helps secure financing for Attainable Homes' operations but does not finalize the loans until later readings and advertising requirements are met.
Council endorses The City of Calgary's Rapid Housing Initiative 3 investment plan and approves the recommendations in Attachment 3 so the city can proceed with implementation. The report and most attachments will be kept confidential under FOIP until relevant agreements are signed (Attachment 6 will remain confidential).
Council directs city staff to recognize the recreational, cultural and economic value of the Wild Rose Motocross Association and include the club in the Emerging and Evolving Sport Study. Staff must also continue working with the association to find suitable interim land for their activities and provide ongoing updates on timing for the South Central Bus Garage and 50 Avenue SE extension projects.
Council approved three readings of a bylaw to formally designate the Sibley Block as a Municipal Historic Resource, giving it legal heritage protection. This means the building will be subject to heritage rules that limit demolition and exterior alterations and may make it eligible for conservation incentives or requirements for approvals for future changes.
Replaces the previously proposed "boundary expansion" pilot with the K‑North Regional Context Study — portion of Cell B proposals as the pilot applications, and adds wording that creating a sequential Area Structure Plan (ASP) workplan means a new or amended ASP will start as soon as the ASP currently in progress is completed. Practically, this changes which area is tested first and sets clear timing for when subsequent ASPs can begin.
Directs administration to change the Land Use Bylaw definition of 'health care service' to permit patients to stay overnight for medical purposes, and to advertise and bring those amendments to the September 9 public hearing. This would allow certain medical facilities to provide overnight care where zoning permits, subject to the public consultation and final council decision.
Council directs administration to draft specific amendments to the Land Use Bylaw to remove redundant language about rear setbacks/parking in the R-G zone, align parcel coverage rules in R-CG and H-GO when no garage is provided, allow small H-GO developments (two or fewer units) to follow single/semi-detached landscaping rules, and make fence rules consistent in R-CG except for rowhouses. Administration must advertise the changes and bring the bylaw amendments directly to the September 9 Public Hearing; the changes are meant to simplify and standardize rules for small residential developments, affecting builders, homeowners and permit processing.
Directs administration to update the Land Use Bylaw by removing a redundant reference to a 21-day development permit appeal period (the Municipal Government Act already sets the timeline) and by clarifying that permitted-with-relaxation development permits are advertised online. Administration must advertise the changes and bring the bylaw amendments to the September 9 public hearing for Council consideration.
Council authorizes the eastern area shown on Attachment 2 (Map 2) of Growth Application GA2024-008 to proceed through the city planning and development process. This approval lets land‑use changes, permitting and servicing for that part of the city move forward, potentially enabling new construction, infrastructure work and associated local impacts such as increased traffic and demand for services.
This directs City administration to approve development (Growth) applications at any time provided they do not require new capital spending on mobility, emergency services, or utilities to start. Applications that would need new capital must be considered through Council's annual budget process, and Council notes that future operating and capital costs from approved growth will require later budget approvals.
Approves Growth Application GA2024-004, as amended, per Report IP2025-0195. This authorizes the proposed development or land‑use change described in the report and allows the City to proceed with any required permits and implementation steps.
Council approves the east portion (Attachment 2, Map 2) of Growth Application GA2024-008, allowing that area to proceed in the city's planning and development process. This authorization permits the proposed land‑use changes and potential development in the eastern part of the application area, subject to any further required permits and conditions.
Directs city administration to amend the Land Use Bylaw to permit child-care services as a discretionary use in already approved buildings within low-density residential districts, and to advertise and take the bylaw changes directly to the September 9 public hearing. Practically, this would make it easier for daycares to open in existing homes or buildings in low-density neighbourhoods subject to local approval and conditions.
Council approved Growth Application GA2024-005 (as amended) from Report IP2025-0196, allowing the proposed land-use/development changes in that application to proceed. This moves the project toward implementation and may lead to new housing or commercial space and associated demands on local infrastructure and services.
Council amends the earlier report to replace its previous recommendation and formally approves Growth Application GA2023-005. This authorizes the proposed growth/development application to move forward in the city's planning process and enables the next steps required for that project to proceed.
Council amended the report and approved Growth Application GA2024-007. This authorizes the proposed change in land use or development permissions tied to that application, allowing the applicant to proceed under the city's planning approvals.
Council will revisit a prior decision that asked city administration to review whether operating funding in 2026 is needed to enable the east part of a growth application (GA2024-008) and to include that consideration in the prioritization of investments for the November 2025 adjustments. Practically, this could change whether the city plans and budgets for services or supports (like maintenance, staffing or minor operations) needed to open or service that area, and may affect the timing of development approvals or service delivery.
Council amended Report IP2025-0535 to replace the original Recommendation 1 with a new instruction to approve Growth Application GA2024-006. In practice, this authorizes the specified development/land‑use change to proceed through the city's planning approvals process.
Council amended a prior report to adopt a new recommendation that approves Growth Application GA2024-005. This formal approval authorizes the proposed development or land‑use changes in that application to proceed through the City's planning and implementation steps, subject to any conditions set out by Council.
Council amends the report to replace the prior recommendation and approve Growth Application GA2024-004. This authorizes the proposed development or expansion in the application to move forward in the city planning process, enabling permitting, servicing arrangements, and next steps toward construction or change of land use.
Directs Administration to approve development/growth applications at any time if they do not require new capital spending for roads, emergency services, or utilities to start work. Applications that do require new capital must be considered through the City's annual budget process, and any significant future operating or capital costs will still need separate budget approvals.
Council directs administration to draft amendments to the Land Use Bylaw that delete the temporary allowance for extending the commencement date on development permits for cannabis licences and to correct textual errors or expired wording for clarity. Administration is instructed to advertise the changes and bring the bylaw updates to the September 9 public hearing.
Council approved Growth Application GA2023-005 (as amended), which authorizes the proposed development or expansion described in that application to proceed under the conditions set out in the report. This decision permits the related land‑use changes and future construction or servicing steps tied to the approved growth plan.
Approves Growth Application GA2024-006 as set out (and amended) in Report IP2025-0198, allowing the proposed development or change in land use to proceed under the adopted conditions. This enables the project to move forward and may lead to new construction, expansion, or other changes in the identified area that affect local planning and infrastructure needs.
Council approved Growth Application GA2024-007 as amended in Report IP2025-0335, allowing the proposed development or change in land use to proceed. This moves the project into the next planning and permitting stages and may lead to new construction or changes that affect local infrastructure and services.
Council gave three readings to bylaws that formally designate six properties and parks (East Calgary Substation; Upton Residence; Capitol Hill Park; Century Gardens; Triangle Park and Scotland Street Plot; and the Historic Parks of Upper Mount Royal) as Municipal Historic Resources. This creates legal heritage protection that can limit demolition and major alterations, influence future development and renovations, and help preserve the city's historic character.
Requests Council to reopen and reconsider its May 6 decision on Recommendations 1 and 2 of Item 7.3.1 (Land Use Bylaw housekeeping amendments, IP2025-0251). In practice this pauses or reverses implementation of those two housekeeping changes to the Land Use Bylaw until Council reviews and decides whether to amend or uphold them.
Council directs Administration to prepare amendments to the Municipal Development Plan and the Northeast Industrial Area Structure Plan to enable residential development on the lands included in LOC2024-0171, including adding a Comprehensive Planning Overlay. Those amendments are to be brought directly to a Public Hearing on March 4, 2025 for three readings (may bypass Calgary Planning Commission), and the report must include next steps and timelines for subsequent land‑use, outline plan(s) and statutory plan amendments returning to Council no later than March 31, 2026.
Council will give three readings to two bylaws that repeal a previous bylaw and re-designate the Walter Hargrave Residence as a Municipal Historic Resource. The action preserves legal heritage protection for the property under updated bylaws and ensures its conservation status continues under the city's heritage rules.
Adds a sentence to Chapter 4 (Implementation and Interpretation) clarifying that most policies use the active tense and the word "should" to show direction and intent, not to make a policy optional, and directs readers to read Section 4.2 (policies i and j) before Chapters 2 and 3. Practically, this is a wording clarification to guide how the plan is interpreted and reduce confusion about whether policies are mandatory.
Adds four paragraphs to Chapter 1 (subsection 1.3) describing the local identity and sense of place for Hounsfield Heights‑Briar Hill, West Hillhurst, Hillhurst, and Sunnyside. The new context is intended to be read with the plan maps and Chapters 2 and 3 to guide interpretation of development and public/private site use and to reflect community aspirations, without directly changing zoning or bylaws.
Council sent Report IP2024-0938 back to Administration and directed staff to prioritize increased density around Transit Oriented Development (TOD) sites in the Riley Communities Local Area Plan, and to focus planning on multimodal mobility, walkability, integrated commercial and residential uses, and accessibility for all ages and abilities. Administration must report back to the Infrastructure and Planning Committee by Q2 2025.
Council gave second and third (final) readings to Proposed Bylaw 38P2024 to amend the Bowness Area Redevelopment Plan and to Proposed Bylaw 163D2024 (a related land‑use/development bylaw). This final approval changes the planning rules for the Bowness neighbourhood and allows the associated zoning or development permissions to take effect so the proposed project or changes can proceed.
Council gave three readings to bylaws that officially designate the Jones Residence and the Magarrell Residence as Municipal Historic Resources. This recognizes their heritage value and provides legal protection for their preservation, which can limit demolition or major alterations and may make them eligible for conservation supports.
Instructs city staff to continue working with applicants on outline plans and land-use applications for the Belvedere 2022 open business cases so those development proposals can proceed. It also directs staff to identify required capital and operating investments and consider them alongside other priorities during the Mid-Cycle Adjustment to the 2023–2026 Service Plans and Budgets.
Council directs city staff to keep working with the applicant to move the growth application through outline plan and land-use stages so the proposal can proceed. Staff are also asked to identify the capital and operating investments needed to support the growth and to consider those costs alongside other items in the mid-cycle adjustment to the 2023–2026 service plans and budgets.
Council directs continued collaboration with the development applicant to plan the timing, funding and delivery of future capital infrastructure for the Providence Area Structure Plan. This aims to coordinate when and how roads, utilities and other major works are built so growth in Providence can proceed without interruptions.
Council directs city administration to continue working with the applicant to move Growth Application GA2023-004 through the next planning steps (outline plan and land use applications) so the development proceeds in a timely way. Administration is also asked to identify and consider the operating costs needed to support this development as part of the Mid‑Cycle Adjustment to the 2023–2026 Service Plans and Budgets.
City administration is instructed to continue working with the applicant to progress the outline plan and land use steps so Growth Application GA2024-001 moves forward promptly. Administration will also identify the capital and operating infrastructure needs for this development and consider those costs alongside other priorities in the mid-cycle adjustment to the 2023–2026 service plans and budgets.
This amendment instructs city staff to continue working with the applicant on the next planning steps (outline plan and land use applications) to ensure the growth application GA2023-004 proceeds in a timely way. It also removes the words "That Council" from the existing recommendation and renumbers that recommendation as Recommendation 2, which is an administrative change to the report.
Council will continue working with the applicant on planning future stages of capital infrastructure (including timing and delivery) to maintain growth in the Providence Area Structure Plan, but will not include the capital or operating investments needed for Growth Application GA2023-001 in the 2023–2026 Mid‑Cycle Adjustment. In practice this allows planning work to proceed while deferring any funding commitment to a later budget cycle.
Adds a new Recommendation 1 directing Administration to continue working with the applicant on the next planning stages (outline plan and land use applications) so growth application GA2024-003 moves forward in a timely manner. It also removes the words "That Council" from an existing recommendation and renumbers that recommendation as Recommendation 2; this is a procedural change and does not itself approve land use or final development.
Directs city staff to continue working with the applicant on the next planning steps (outline plan and land use applications) to ensure Growth Application GA2024-001 moves forward in a timely way; also amends the report text by removing the words 'That Council' from the existing recommendation and renumbering it. This speeds administrative coordination but does not itself grant land-use approvals.
Requires city staff to continue working with the applicant to plan future stages of capital infrastructure for the West View Area Structure Plan, including when funding and delivery should occur, to ensure development can proceed without interruption. This is a coordination and planning directive and does not itself approve funding or construction.
Directs city administration to continue working with the applicants on next-stage planning (outline plan and land‑use) so outstanding Belvedere 2022 business cases proceed in a timely way, and makes a clerical change deleting the words 'That Council' from the existing recommendation and renumbers it as Recommendation 2.
Delays the Council public hearing from April 22, 2024 to June 24, 2024, and directs City Administration to plan and prepare a city-wide blanket rezoning vote to be held with the municipal election on October 20, 2025. Practically, this moves the immediate public hearing date and commits the city to put a single, city-wide rezoning question to voters at the 2025 election, requiring staff work on the referendum process and materials.
This approves changes to the Land Use Bylaw that reclassify many residential properties into new residential districts (e.g., Grade-Oriented Infill, Low Density Mixed Housing, Housing Grade Oriented) and removes redundant district designations. Practically, the changes update zoning rules that affect what types and densities of housing can be built or renovated on the affected parcels across the city.
Adds a recommendation that after the bylaw's first reading Council remove subsections 1(d), 1(i), 1(k) and 1(l) from the draft bylaw and renumber the remaining subsections. In practice this eliminates those specific provisions from the proposed law before further readings, altering the content that will be considered for final approval.
Forwards the planning report to a public hearing, approves an outline plan to subdivide about 1.92 hectares at 2026 81 Street SW with conditions, and asks Council to pass a bylaw to change land use on about 2.25 hectares from Direct Control to mixed-use, mid/high‑density residential and school/park reserve. Practically, this clears the way for subdivision and redevelopment that allows more housing, mixed-use development, and space reserved for school/park uses at that site.
Authorizes the Calgary Planning Commission to approve an outline plan to subdivide about 67.31 hectares (166.32 acres) at 2828 144 Avenue NW, 14800 Symons Valley Road NW and 15333 24 Street NW, subject to conditions. This allows the large parcel to be broken into lots for future development and paves the way for subsequent subdivision and development applications in that area.
Authorizes a development permit to allow one new mixed-use building at 615 17 Avenue SW containing a dwelling unit and ground-floor retail/consumer service, subject to the conditions in the report. This lets the project proceed under those conditions, potentially adding housing and commercial space and affecting the local streetscape and construction/traffic in the area.
Approves three readings of bylaws to officially designate the Cross Residence, Lawless Residence, Nimmons Residence and the Plaza Theatre as Municipal Historic Resources. This gives those sites heritage protection under city rules, which can limit demolition or alterations and make them eligible for conservation supports or incentives.
Replace Image 2.1 in Schedule B (page 6) of Proposed Bylaw 4M2024 with the revised image provided in the meeting materials. This updates the bylaw's attached image (such as a map or diagram) to the corrected/revised version and is primarily a technical or editorial change to the bylaw's exhibits rather than a major new policy action.
Council directed Administration to draft bylaw changes that would permit Recreational Vehicles to park on residential front driveways for up to three consecutive days, followed by a required absence of at least three days. Administration must also propose rules for on-street and off-street parking to prevent people from repeatedly moving RVs between street and driveway to evade limits, and report back by Q4 2024.
Council approved three readings of Bylaw 56M2023 to officially designate the Stewart Livery Stable as a Municipal Historic Resource. This gives the building legal heritage protection that limits demolition and unsympathetic alterations and may make the owner eligible for heritage conservation supports.
Council will give three readings to a proposed bylaw that changes the rules for temporary signs on city highways, and directs Administration to report back by the end of Q4 2024 on enforcement updates and the success rate of the bylaw. Practically, this could change where and how temporary signs are allowed and require a follow-up report on how well the rules are being enforced.
Council approved three bylaws to formally designate the Crawford Residence, Kalbfleish Residence, and Petro‑Fina Building as Municipal Historic Resources. This gives those buildings legal heritage protection, meaning their alterations will be restricted and managed to preserve historic character and may make them eligible for conservation supports.
Directs city administration to carry out the Citywide Growth Strategy's 2023 Industrial Action Plan (Attachment 2). The plan outlines actions to guide industrial land use, development, infrastructure and servicing across Calgary and will influence future industrial development approvals, servicing priorities and related economic activity.
Approves a bylaw to remove the existing all-direction vehicle access between 8775 17 Avenue SE and 17 Avenue SE, preventing full-turn driveway movements at that frontage. Directs city staff to modify the eastern access or negotiate an alternate access solution with the property owners and the Ward Councillor's office by June 30, 2023, which may change how vehicles enter and exit the site.
Directs the city to use a one-time $2 million fund to support heritage incentives that prioritize new Municipal Historic Resource designations, and to not offer the Residential Heritage Tax Incentive in 2023. In practice, homeowners will not receive that tax incentive this year while the money is redirected to programs supporting designation and conservation of historic properties.
Council delayed the Commercial Area Update to the Calgary Parking Policies that was due in Q4 2022 and directed staff to return with the report by the end of Q2 2023. This pauses council consideration or changes to commercial parking rules until the updated report is delivered but does not itself change existing parking policy.
Council is adopting a bylaw to change the land designation of a 0.79-hectare property at 17 Elveden Drive SW from Direct Control (site-specific rules) to Residential One Dwelling (R-1). This enables the site to be developed under standard single-family residential rules rather than the previous special DC regulations.
Gives three readings to a bylaw that changes the land-use for 2140 5 Avenue NW (a 0.06 ha lot) from R-C2 to R-CG. This allows ground-oriented infill forms (for example townhouses or other multi-unit, street‑facing housing) instead of a single- or two-unit dwelling, modestly increasing the site's potential housing density and development options.
Council approved a set of secondary (additional/commemorative) street names for a number of northwest Calgary roads (for example, River Drive for Bow Crescent NW and Main Street for Bowness Road NW). These secondary names will be used for signage and public recognition alongside existing street names and do not replace official/legal street names or mailing addresses.
Council approved a bylaw to redesignate 4.30 hectares at 2505 Country Hills Boulevard NE from Commercial Corridor zoning to Industrial Commercial (I-C). This change allows industrial and commercial uses (for example light industry, warehousing, service or industrial-commercial businesses) on the site and enables future development consistent with I-C rules.
Directs the City to use $7 million in one-time Housing Accelerator Funds to further fund the Shallow Utility Burial Pilot Program beginning in 2025, and requires Administration to assess the pilot and consider a permanent funding source during the 2025 November Budget Adjustments or future service plans and budgets. The program supports burying shallow utilities (undergrounding) to improve neighbourhood aesthetics and infrastructure resilience.
Council directs Administration to recommend increasing the 2026 capital budget by $62.2 million, funded by a one-time realized gain on sale of investments that will be put into the Fiscal Stability Reserve at year-end. Administration must also identify a sustainable long-term funding source to support changing the Reserve for Future Capital and Lifecycle Maintenance from 2.6% to 5.0% of annual property tax revenue and return with recommendations as part of the 2027–2030 budgets, which could affect future tax or budget decisions.
Directs City administration to review current intersection safety and performance, assess impacts from the proposed TUC boundary changes, identify additional safety and operational improvements, estimate any capital or one-time costs to implement those improvements, and advise whether the work can be prioritized for 2026 if one-time funding becomes available. A report is due to Council through the Infrastructure & Planning Committee by September 15, 2025.
Council directs city staff to implement actions from Report CD2025-0492 to establish a comprehensive hail resilience program aimed at reducing hail damage to property and infrastructure. It also asks Administration to consider any required one-time operating investments for the program when prioritizing investments in the 2027–2030 Service Plans and Budgets, meaning funding could be proposed in future budget cycles.
Council directs City staff to prepare options for a pilot program that tests delivering community-level amenities where external partners provide upfront funding and handle project delivery. The report must analyze funding mechanisms, budget and debt impacts, scope and eligibility, application and selection processes, policy alignment, legal/contractual issues (ownership, liability, operations), and return recommendations to the Infrastructure and Planning Committee by end of Q3 2025.
Council directs Administration to create a program to close the city's infrastructure service gap by identifying stable funding sources (utility rates, taxes, grants, fees), reviewing existing reserves, setting clear project-prioritization criteria, coordinating upgrades with redevelopment and other public owners, seeking intergovernmental contributions, ensuring regular public reporting, and providing implementation timelines and governance. Administration must report back with the proposed program by Q3 2026 for consideration in the 2027–30 budget.
Council gave three readings to Bylaw 26M2025 to change the Parks and Pathways Bylaw and rescinded the Enhanced Maintenance Infrastructure Agreements Policy (CSPS007). Practically, this updates the rules and policy framework for how parks and pathways are managed and maintained and may change responsibilities or procedures for city staff, contractors, and community partners involved in enhanced maintenance agreements.
Directs Administration to review current practices and performance targets for essential water service disruptions and report back by July 29, 2025 with summaries of current and peer practices, recommendations (with timelines and costs) to improve outage response — including timely alternate water sources and complimentary daily recreation passes for affected customers — and to provide an annual measurement tool tracking number/duration of outages and customer feedback beginning Q4 2025.
Council gave three readings to proposed bylaws amending the city's Water Utility, Wastewater, and Stormwater bylaws. This advances formal changes to the rules governing those utility services (such as operations, responsibilities or billing mechanisms) so the updated regulations can be adopted.
Council adopts the GamePLAN vision and principles for public recreation, establishes the 'Making Waves' service level as the standard for facilities and amenities, and directs Administration to return in Q1 2026 with a prioritized capital project list and an implementation plan for future budgets. This will guide which recreation facilities are built or upgraded and how they are funded in upcoming budget cycles.
Council directs Administration to evaluate the previous Resilient Roofing Rebate Program and report back by Q2 2025 with recommendations, timelines and funding options to implement a similar program. The review must assess cost-effectiveness and equity, identify the best monetary and non-monetary ways to reduce household hail risk, and consider coordination with other governments and industry.
Directs city administration to produce a scoping report by June 2025 assessing the condition and capacity of major infrastructure (roads, water, wastewater, storm sewers, parks, curbs) in Bowness and Montgomery and to identify social, economic and budgetary impacts of aging and densification, with regular interim updates. It also places a hold on Development Permits and land‑use approvals for new residential buildings (except very small developments of four units or fewer) submitted after Aug 26, 2024 until Council reviews the report and ensures new development will not harm existing infrastructure or funds necessary upgrades.
Council confirms the city's decision to permanently close the Inglewood Aquatic Centre effective December 22, 2024. This ends public access and programs at that facility and may require users and staff to move to other pools or services.
Adds a new recommendation to provide $2,500,000 in one-time funding in 2025, drawn from the Reserve for Future Capital, to upgrade parks and playground amenities. The money will pay for repairs, replacements and improvements to play equipment, surfacing and related park features citywide; it is a one-time capital investment, not recurring operating funding.
Council will set aside $480 million to fund maintenance, renewals and high‑priority preventative work across service lines including parks and open spaces, streets and sidewalks, facilities management, and public transit. The money will be raised by tax increases of $160 million per year starting in 2025 for three years, and the city will report back to the Infrastructure Planning Committee in Q1 2025 with proposed allocations.
Asks Council to revisit its October 8 decision to advance the permanent closure of the Inglewood Aquatic Centre scheduled to take effect December 22, 2024. Reconsideration could delay, reverse, or confirm the closure and would affect local access to pool programs, facility staff, and neighborhood recreational services.
This amendment adds $20,000,000 to the 2025 capital budget for improved pavement rehabilitation and reconstruction (Streets Service Line, Budget ID P128_132), to be paid from the Reserve for Future Capital. In practice, it directs funding to accelerate street repairs and rebuilds in 2025 without drawing on new tax revenue.
Asks Council to revisit its Oct 8, 2024 decision to permanently close the Inglewood Aquatic Centre on Dec 22, 2024. If Council reopens the decision, it could delay, change, or reverse the closure and thus affect community access to the pool, staff assignments, and related budget and timing arrangements.
Council confirmed the administration's decision to permanently close the Inglewood Aquatic Centre effective December 22, 2024. This ends the community pool and its programs, may affect staff assignments or employment, and requires residents to use alternative aquatic facilities elsewhere.
Approves reserving $480 million to invest in city service lines, funded by $160 million in property tax increases each year for three years beginning in 2025. The money will be allocated to parks and open spaces, streets/sidewalks and pathways, facilities management, and public transit for maintenance, renewals, fleets and other high-priority preventative work, and Council requests a report to the Infrastructure Planning Committee in Q1 2025 on how funds will be distributed.
This amendment requires $20,000,000 to be allocated in the 2025 capital budget for pavement rehabilitation and reconstruction under the Streets Service Line (Budget ID P128_132), to be funded from the Reserve for Future Capital. It amends the Capital Budget Adjustments recommendation to make this dedicated funding for road repairs part of the approved budget.
Council approves a $300,000 grant to Silvera for Seniors to pay for and facilitate construction of a sidewalk on 26th Street NE. This funding will create pedestrian infrastructure to improve accessibility and safety for seniors and nearby residents.
Requires Administration to prepare 2025 and 2026 budgets for upgrades to treated-water technology, monitoring, modelling, maintenance and other needed work following the 16th Avenue feeder main break, and to clarify whether funding will come from utility rates, the water utility dividend, or another source. It also directs using the independent incident review and ongoing infrastructure assessments to build a comprehensive four-year budget for 2027–2030.
Council sent Report EC2024-0665 back to City staff so they can use lessons from the recent water feeder main break and the resulting restrictions to improve the current bylaw revisions; Administration must report back to Council by Q1 2025.
Council sends Report EC2024-0674 back to city staff so they can apply lessons learned from the recent water feeder main break and the restrictions that were used, make improvements to the current bylaw revisions, and return with a revised report by Q1 2025. This aims to ensure future bylaw language and emergency measures better reflect practical experience from the event.
Directs city administration, working with regional municipal partners, to make the North Water Servicing Option a priority and include the required capital and operating funding in the mid‑cycle adjustments to the 2023–2026 Service Plans and Budgets so the project can be expedited. In practice this means the city will seek to reallocate or add budget resources mid‑cycle to accelerate planning and delivery of the north water infrastructure.
Directs city staff to work with developers in the Providence Growth Application area to complete sanitary (sewer) design in 2024–2025 so the city can request funding for construction in 2026 and proceed with build-out thereafter. This prepares required sewer infrastructure to support continued development but does not itself approve construction funding.
Directs city administration to transfer $8.9 million from the Winter Maintenance Reserve—representing favourable 2023 winter operations results—to fund street repairs through the Pavement Rehabilitation Capital Program in 2024–2025. This will provide dedicated funding to accelerate pavement repairs and maintenance work on city streets next year.
Council adopts a new Winter Maintenance Policy, rescinds the previous Snow and Ice Control Policy, and advances changes to the Street Bylaw and Snow and Ice Control Reserve. Administration is directed to clear Priority 2 community and transit routes within 24 hours after snowfall stops, and to transfer $8.9 million from the Winter Maintenance Reserve to the Pavement Rehabilitation Capital Program for 2024–2025 street repairs.
Council directs city staff to continue working with the applicant to plan and time future capital infrastructure so growth in the Glacier Ridge area can continue uninterrupted. It also instructs staff, together with regional municipal partners, to prioritize the North Water Servicing Option so the required capital and operating costs can be considered in mid-cycle adjustments to the 2023–2026 budgets to help expedite the project.
Council requires Administration to monitor Development Permit applications on all RC-G parcels city-wide to identify neighbourhoods where increased densification is creating needs for infrastructure (water, roads, parks). Administration must identify and bring forward the most appropriate funding tool(s) to pay for required upgrades and report back to Council annually through the Infrastructure and Planning Committee at year-end.
Council directs Administration to review how the city assesses and charges individual properties for Local Improvements (e.g., street, sidewalk, utility upgrades) and report back to the Community Development Committee by Q4 2024 with options and recommendations to address the increasing complexity of building types in new and redeveloping communities. The review aims to identify fairer or clearer assessment approaches that reflect changing built forms.
Makes the second Residential Parking Permit (Type 1) free for 2024, 2025 and 2026 by updating the listed attachments (including a revised Attachment 6C) and adding a direction to Administration. Administration must also revise Council Policy CP2021-04 to reflect the new fee approach and bring those policy changes to the Infrastructure and Planning Committee by Q1 2024; residents in affected zones will receive a free second permit for three years and the city will see a corresponding reduction in permit revenue.
This amendment makes the first Type 1 Residential Parking Permit and the first Visitor Permit free in 2024, 2025 and 2026, updates the report attachments accordingly, and directs city administration to revise the Calgary Parking Policies (CP2021-04) to reflect the new fee approach and bring those revisions to the Infrastructure and Planning Committee by Q1 2024.
Makes the Type 1 Residential Parking first permit and the first visitor permit free for 2024, 2025 and 2026, updates the listed attachments to reflect that change, and directs Administration to revise Council Policy CP2021-04 to reflect the new fee philosophy and bring those revisions to the Infrastructure and Planning Committee by Q1 2024.
Adopts changes and additions to the Calgary Parking Policies (CP2021-04) and advances Proposed Bylaw 47M2023 to amend the Calgary Traffic Bylaw (26M96). Practically, this updates how parking is managed and enforced across the city — affecting rules, permits, signage, and penalties — and moves the bylaw changes through the three readings needed to become law.
Council approves naming the pedestrian bridge over Memorial Drive NW in the West Hillhurst community as the Bev Longstaff West Hillhurst Bridge (Bridge No. 381.153). It also keeps the related report, recommendations and discussion confidential under FOIP sections 23, 24 and 25 until they are released at the Regular Meeting of Council on September 12, 2023.
Council gave first reading to a bylaw that would allow the City to borrow up to $665,970,000 to finance capital work for the water system. Second and third readings are being withheld until the public advertising and notice requirements under the Municipal Government Act are completed, so the loan is not yet finally approved.
Council directs Administration to inventory all community signs and features, record who is responsible for their upkeep, identify signs needing repair with estimated repair and ongoing maintenance costs, review laws and approval processes to reduce vandalism and disrepair, and report findings and proposals to the Community Development Committee by Q2 2024.
Council approved moving $17.184 million from the Calgary General Hospital Legacy Fund Reserve into the capital budget for Activity 464715 (Bridgeland Ped Bridge) to support further project development, such as planning, design and early works. This commits significant reserve funds to advance the pedestrian bridge to its next stages.
Council received the report, endorsed a preliminary list of amenities for the proposed Multisport Fieldhouse (to be refined through targeted engagement), and directed Administration to report back with findings and recommendations to proceed to Concept Design. This advances project planning into detailed design work but does not approve construction or final funding.
Council asks administration to review options to direct operating surpluses from the Snow and Ice Control (SNIC) Reserve and the Winter Operations budget into an annual allocation for street repairs to improve mobility for vehicles, bicycles, transit buses and scooters. Administration must report back with proposed enhancements or amendments to reserves as part of the Snow and Ice Control Policy update.
Replaces language in the report to thank the Government of Alberta for submitting the Calgary Metropolitan Region EOI under the Canada Public Transit Fund and to request continued provincial support. Adds the MAX Purple Extension (52 Street E to 84 Street E) to the funding request lists as seeking a $38.3M provincial contribution and a $38.3M federal contribution.
Council approves a permanent, tax-funded increase of $140,000 annually to Calgary Transit's budget starting in 2026. The change raises city spending supported by taxes to provide additional resources for Calgary Transit operations or services.
Council directs a one-time $3 million transfer from the Fiscal Stability Reserve to Calgary Transit in 2025 to respond to growth pressures, and instructs Administration to prioritize the RouteAhead 10-Year Implementation Plan in 2026 budget adjustments. It also requires safety actions: new safety signage on all vehicles, upgrading driver separation barriers to more secure shields (up to $15M to be funded through 2025 high-priority requests), a review and improvement of safety and training practices with any 2026 budget requests returned to Council in November 2025, and a safety status report in each annual RouteAhead update.
Directs Calgary Transit to install new safety signage on all vehicles, upgrade driver separation barriers to more secure security shields funded up to $15 million through the 2025 High Priority Requests, review and improve safety and training practices (with any 2026 budget requests returned to Council in Nov 2025), and include a safety status/progress report in each annual Route Ahead update.
Council will give all three readings to Bylaw 28M2025 to amend the city's Transit Bylaw 4M81, formally adopting the changes in the attached draft. The amendment will take effect immediately once passed, updating the city's transit rules and enforcement as specified in the attachment.
Council directs City administration to include an attachment in the RouteAhead annual update that responds to a set of suggested transit changes, including extending fare validity to 120 minutes and reducing digital ticket expiry, partnering with major events to include transit passes, and adopting GTFS‑Realtime and GPS tracking for better real‑time train location and operator routing. It also asks for improved rider information and wayfinding (station maps, persistent arrival screens, departure boards, network status displays), a disruption communications plan and better physical signage, a renewed transit etiquette campaign, consistent destination labeling, and an investigation into publishing more transit data on the City’s Open Data Portal.
Council endorses a shared City–Alberta vision for a continuous south-to-north LRT from 160 Avenue North through downtown to Seton, linking to the Red and Blue lines and the new event centre and allowing future south–north connections. It directs Administration to implement concurrent delivery, begin construction of the Shepard-to-Event Centre (SE) segment in 2025 upon ICIP funding (including track, stations, systems, bridges, maintenance/storage facility and vehicles), start preliminary design for the full south-to-north route once downtown work begins, establish joint governance with Alberta, notify federal/provincial governments, and keep specified materials confidential until December 31, 2039.
Directs administration to implement a concurrent development process for the south-to-north light rail transit (LRT) program and to begin the functional planning for the downtown segment (Event Centre/Grand Central Station through downtown) in 2025. This starts formal planning and coordination intended to speed delivery and align transit construction with downtown development, but does not itself approve construction funding.
Council approves the first reading of a proposed bylaw to change the Livery Transport Bylaw (rules for taxis, private livery and similar services). This starts the formal process for updating licensing, operational or regulatory requirements but does not put the changes into effect until subsequent readings and final approval.
Council confirms it will not accept the Province's proposed downtown Green Line alignment without further negotiations and due diligence, and directs City representatives to communicate Recommendation #1 to the Reimagined Green Line Program Working Group and asks the Mayor to write to the Premier and Minister. Council also requests the Province release the AECOM downtown alignment report, the financial summary provided to Council, and the Working Group Terms of Reference (with procurement-sensitive redactions) for public feedback, receives several documents for the corporate record, and keeps certain confidential distributions and closed-meeting discussions sealed until review by December 31, 2039.
Directs city staff to research subsidized transit programs in other Alberta municipalities, including total amounts and the proportion funded by the province, and to provide a briefing note to Council by the end of Q1 2025. This is a fact-finding step to inform potential future policy or budget decisions and does not itself change services or funding.
Directs Administration to undo the November 2023 transit fare freeze so that fare changes can take effect and to reinvest $3,000,000 into advancing the Primary Transit Network under the RouteAhead strategy. It also approves a net‑zero budget adjustment to increase both budgeted revenues and expenses accordingly and updates the User Fee Table (Distribution 6). Riders may see fare changes resume and the funds will be used for transit network improvements.
Council directs Administration to launch education and awareness campaigns in 2025 to improve perceptions of safety on Calgary Transit and encourage ridership. The campaigns will explain commitments since 2022 (budget, hiring and deployment of Transit Peace Officers under the District Model), promote the Transit text line 74100 and emergency help phones, clarify fare evasion consequences, and highlight support for vulnerable people through the Community Outreach Team.
Directs Administration to eliminate battery electric buses (BEBs) as an option in Calgary's transit fleet strategy, immediately cancel all active and planned BEB procurements, related charging equipment and infrastructure/maintenance contracts, and notify federal funding partners (Infrastructure Canada and Canada Infrastructure Bank) of this decision. Practically, this stops BEB purchases and associated infrastructure work, may affect emissions and service plans, and could impact existing contracts and federal funding arrangements.
Removes proposed wording that would cut two budget requests, thereby keeping the planned City‑Wide Transit‑Oriented Development design and infrastructure study funded at $2,500,000 in 2025 and $2,000,000 in 2026. Practically, this preserves funds so the city can proceed with planning work related to transit‑oriented development.
Removes a proposed cut and preserves the budgeted amounts for the city-wide Transit-Oriented Development design and infrastructure study — $2,500,000 in 2025 and $2,000,000 in 2026 — ensuring the study and related planning work proceed as funded.
Directs City Administration to run public education and awareness campaigns in 2025 to improve perceptions of safety on Calgary Transit and encourage ridership. Campaigns will communicate commitments since 2022 (including Transit Peace Officer deployment), how to use the Transit text line 74100 and emergency phones, fare evasion consequences, and supports for vulnerable riders via the Community Outreach Team.
Council directs city staff to collect details on subsidized transit programs in other Alberta municipalities, including the amounts and proportion provided by provincial funding, and to submit a briefing note to Council by the end of Q1 2025. This is an information-gathering step to help council assess options for transit subsidies and funding.
Directs City Administration to undo the November 2023 transit fare freeze (allowing fares to be restored to planned levels), and redirect $3,000,000 of those fare revenues to advance the Primary Transit Network in the RouteAhead Strategy. Administration will make a net‑zero budget adjustment to increase both budgeted revenues and expenses accordingly and approve the related user fee distribution (Distribution 6, User Fee Table). Riders may see fares reinstated and the funds will be used for transit network improvements.
Directs Administration to remove battery-electric buses as an option from the City of Calgary's transit fleet strategy and to immediately cancel all active and planned procurements for electric shuttle and 40‑ft buses, charging equipment, and related infrastructure and maintenance contracts. It also requires notifying federal partners (Infrastructure Canada and the Canada Infrastructure Bank) that the City will not pursue adding battery-electric buses, effectively halting planned electrification work and potentially affecting federal funding or agreements.
Council gave three readings to a proposed bylaw amending the city's Transit Bylaw 4M81, with the amendments effective immediately. The change updates the rules that govern transit operations, rider conduct, and enforcement procedures, which may affect how transit services are managed and how riders and staff are regulated.
Repeals the Green Line Board bylaw and advances the wind-down of the Green Line program while directing staff to treat related real estate deals as Major Real Estate Undertakings to preserve value for Calgarians. Council also received several (confidential) reports and presentations for the corporate record and ordered those materials and related meeting discussions to remain confidential under FOIP until December 31, 2039.
If Council approves winding down Phase 1, this motion accepts the related report for the corporate record and moves responsibility for the Green Line program to City Administration by December 31, 2024. It also keeps the closed‑meeting discussions and specified attachments confidential under FOIP and directs Administration to prepare and release a revised confidential attachment from the July 30, 2024 meeting.
Council reaffirms its commitment to work with Alberta to replace the Green Line LRT and asks the province to form a working group with city, provincial and federal representatives. The group is directed to produce a status update within 90 days to quickly advance planning and coordination for delivering the replacement LRT.
Council authorizes the Green Line Board and City Administration to wind down the Green Line light rail program after a 2024-09-03 provincial communication said the project can no longer proceed. Staff are directed to make all necessary decisions to close out the program, preserve assets and information, and carry out activities in a way that retains the highest value and benefit for Calgarians.
Re-affirms Calgary's commitment to deliver the Greenline LRT, asks the Government of Alberta to appoint a joint working group with City and federal representatives, and directs City Administration to produce a detailed work plan within 90 days to expedite planning, coordination and delivery of the LRT project.
Council will move into a closed (confidential) meeting under FOIP to receive advice and discuss confidential matters about winding down the Green Line LRT Phase 1, including costs and consequences; two Green Line Board members (Patricia McLeod and Ian Bourne) are authorized to attend the closed session. This allows council and administration to discuss sensitive financial, legal and operational implications away from the public record, which may lead to major decisions on the project's future and fiscal impacts.
Council directs City staff to report Green Line wind-down costs in the Mid-Cycle Adjustments for public transparency, obtain a legal opinion on recovering those costs from the Government of Alberta, and return options by Q4 2024. It also directs staff to propose using any remaining Green Line funds for unfunded transit priorities, draft criteria for engaging on any future Alberta-led LRT replacement, and report heritage options for the Ogden Block by Q1 2025.
Council directed Administration to stop work on Green Line Stage 1, declare prior Council directions redundant, and use the existing Green Line program budget to cover interim, wind‑down, or transfer costs. Administration must work with the Government of Alberta to ensure the City is made whole for direct and indirect costs, give three readings to amend the Green Line Board bylaw, provide regular progress and risk updates to Council, and keep specified confidential attachments sealed until review by January 31, 2025.
Requires Administration to show the costs of winding down the Green Line in the mid-cycle budget so the public can see termination costs, obtain a legal opinion by Q4 2024 on whether those costs can be shifted to the Government of Alberta, and consider redirecting any remaining Green Line funds to other unfunded priority transit projects. It also directs Administration to draft criteria for engaging on any new Alberta-led LRT (including funding partners, route, stations, accessibility, maintenance, delivery and risk allocation) and report back by Q1 2025 on heritage options for the Ogden Block.
Council asks the Mayor to contact the Alberta Premier and write a letter about proposed provincial changes to the Green Line Stage 1. Administration must report back by Sept 17 with recommendations for next steps, including an orderly wind-down plan and a detailed estimate of current and future wind-down costs and how those costs and risks would be transferred from the City to the Province.
Directs Administration to bring forward a $14 million new base operating budget request to sustain the Low-Income Transit Pass Program for consideration during the Mid-Cycle Adjustments in November. If approved, the funding would continue subsidized transit fares for low-income Calgarians and keep the program running.
Directs city administration to prepare detailed cost estimates and an advocacy position for completing the full Green Line (as approved by Council in May 2017) and to return to Executive Committee with a scoping report by Q2 2025. This instruction starts formal planning and advocacy work to advance the project but does not itself approve funding or construction.
Council will give three readings to adopt proposed changes to the Green Line Board bylaw, formally updating the rules that govern the Board. This alters the governance and operational framework for oversight and decision-making related to the Green Line transit project.
Approves phasing construction of the Green Line Stage 1 "Building the Core" (Eau Claire to Lynnwood/Millican), increases the program budget by $503 million and revises the project's cost to $6,248 million (including $451 million in financing). It allocates funds to city services ($69M transit, $121M streets, $5M waste & recycling, $7M planning), requires written federal and provincial funding confirmations and grant agreement amendments, and establishes municipal funding sources including $8M/year transfers (2025–2031), $16M/year tax-growth allocations (2025–2031), $208M from the Reserve for Future Capital, and $4M/year transfers from the Public Transit operating budget (2024–2031); procurement waivers are also authorized.
Approves a transitional plan for regulating taxis, ride‑hailing and other vehicle‑for‑hire services, and directs city staff to draft amendments to the Livery Transport Bylaw (20M2021) and report back by Q4 2024. This begins the process to change rules and requirements for drivers, vehicles and operators in Calgary.
Council directs the Mayor to ask the Alberta government to reduce its 2024 property tax requisition by $6.2 million or provide a grant equal to property taxes on provincially owned properties to make up for provincial cuts to the Low Income Transit Pass program; The City will continue the program within the 2024 budget and report back to Council on June 18 with options if funding changes. The motion also adopts confidential recommendations and keeps the related presentation and discussions confidential under FOIP Section 21.
Directs Administration to pursue adding 'St. Marys University' to the Fish Creek Lacombe CTrain station name (to be called 'St. Marys University / Fish Creek Station') and to report back to Council through the Executive Committee by Q4 2024. Practical effects would be a formal name change process including stakeholder consultation and updates to signage, maps, schedules and announcements, with associated minor costs.
Council asks City Administration to report back by the end of Q2 2024 on the impacts of permanently funding free transit for children aged 12 and under (Option 24). The report must assess how the program affects ridership and other outcomes and recommend whether to keep the program as-is or make changes to better meet transit ridership goals.
Amends Recommendation 4 to exclude all attachments except fee adjustments related to Public Transit, specifically removing Investment Option 18, limiting planned transit fare increases, and reducing the budget by $3 million. In practice this cancels a proposed transit investment, changes transit fee adjustments, and reduces available transit funds—likely slowing or deferring service expansion while restraining fare hikes for riders.
This amendment removes Investment Option 24, makes transit permanently free for children aged 12 and under, and reduces the budget by $3 million. It also instructs adjustments to public transit fees (as the exception to Attachments 6A–6E) to account for removing Investment Option 24, which may lead to changes in fare-related charges or service funding to cover the cost impacts.
This amendment removes 'Investment Option 2' from Report C2023-1148, which had provided funding to accelerate capital projects and prepare Green Line operations. It reduces that acceleration program by $8 million, likely delaying or scaling back planned Green Line preparation/acceleration work and freeing $8M for other uses.
Amends the recommendation to remove Investment Option 18, add a requirement for fee adjustments to Public Transit tied to that removal, limit proposed transit fare increases, and reduce the budget by $3 million. Practically, this directs staff to change transit fees and implement a $3M budget reduction, which will affect transit revenue and potentially service funding or other city spending.
This amendment changes Recommendation 2 of Report C2023-1148 by deleting Investment Option 2 — the plan to accelerate capital projects while preparing Green Line operations — and reducing that component by $8 million. In practice it reduces funding for accelerating Green Line–related capital work by $8M, which may slow or defer some preparation or acceleration activities and frees those funds for other uses.
Amends the recommendation to exclude most attachments except for fee changes related to public transit, removes Investment Option 24, and makes transit permanently free for children aged 12 and under. This action reduces the budget by $3 million and may require other fee adjustments or funding offsets to cover the revenue impact.
Council directs Administration to evaluate the impacts of permanently offering free transit to children aged 12 and under and to return to Community Development Committee by the end of Q2 2024 with findings and a recommendation on whether to keep the program unchanged or adjust it to better increase transit ridership. The assessment should cover effects such as ridership changes, costs, and alignment with transit policy to inform a future Council decision.
Changes the official name of the transit stop currently called City Hall Station to City Hall/Bow Valley College Station. This updates signage, maps, announcements and digital references so riders can better identify the nearby college and incurs only minor administrative costs.
Approves a set of high-level principles to guide how the city reviews, designs, and implements transit fare products during the 2023–2026 service plan period. This directs staff to consider factors like affordability, equity, revenue, and implementation timing when developing future fare changes, but does not itself change fares or budgets.
Cancels the special Airport Boarding Pass fare and requires trips to and from the airport to use Calgary Transit's standard fares and fare products. This aligns airport travel with the regular fare system, which may change costs for some riders and simplifies fare enforcement and operations.
Transfers a one-time $5.3 million from the city's Fiscal Stability and Operating Budget Savings Reserve to the Public Transit Service in 2023 to pay for immediate safety fixes and infrastructure upgrades as outlined in the report. This funding will be used for repairs, upgrades and other measures to improve transit reliability and rider safety.
Transfers $3.4 million in 2023 from the Fiscal Stability and Operating Budget Savings Account to Public Transit Services to allow immediate hiring of permanent transit staff as listed in the report. Council anticipates approving an additional $6.7 million in ongoing base funding for those positions through service plan and budget adjustments in November 2023.
Council received an information report on assessing a closed system and directed Administration to report back in Q3 2023 with a comprehensive, multi-disciplinary transit safety strategy. The plan must define roles, responsibilities and required resources for an integrated customer and safety service model across Calgary Transit, Emergency Management and Community Safety, Corporate Security, Calgary Police Service and community partners, and will be considered as part of service and budget adjustments in November 2023 (it does not itself approve spending).
Council directs City administration to lobby the Government of Alberta to establish or fund a low-income transit program based on the March 14, 2023 discussion. The presentation related to this advocacy is to remain confidential under FOIP Section 21 and will be reviewed on 2024-02-16; the motion itself does not commit city funds.
Council directs city staff to explore expanding the name of the City Hall C-Train platforms to also recognize Bow Valley College and to report back through the Infrastructure and Planning Committee by Q2 2023. The review would assess the steps required (such as naming, signage, stakeholder engagement and any associated costs) and return recommendations to Council.
Council directed Administration to review and modernize the Livery Transport Services unit and recommend improvements by Q3 2023. The review will consider options such as a driver-only plate system (removing broker plate ownership), coordinating licence and plate renewals, creating an Industry–City working group to include drivers' lived experience, strengthening wheelchair-accessible services, evaluating a central taxi dispatch model, aligning taxi and TNC systems (dispatch, technology, pricing), and using predictive modelling to clarify regulator roles.
Requires Administration to review and modernize the city's livery (taxis and vehicle-for-hire) services and regulations, and report back with recommendations by the end of Q3 2023. The review will examine driver-only plate equity, coordination of license and plate renewals, an Industry–City working group, accessibility improvements, possible central taxi dispatch, alignment between taxis and TNCs (pricing/technology/dispatch), and predictive modelling of vehicle-for-hire providers and the City's regulatory role.
Council removed numerical references in two attachment recommendations and directed a summary table be added to the first page for clarity, then endorsed the amended pre-budget submissions to the Government of Alberta and the Government of Canada. The motion authorizes the Mayor to sign and submit those funding requests on behalf of Council, enabling the city to request provincial and federal funding opportunities.
Directs City administration to formally request a municipal boundary adjustment with Foothills County by submitting a standard annexation application and notifying provincial authorities, and to engage the Foothills County–City of Calgary Intermunicipal Committee to negotiate an annexation agreement consistent with the Intermunicipal Development Plan. Requires Administration to present draft fundamental terms, a status update, and resourcing/budget implications to Council through the Intergovernmental Affairs Committee by Q1 2026.
Council approves the city's pre-budget request documents to the Government of Alberta and the Government of Canada and asks the Mayor to sign and submit them on the city's behalf. This formally communicates Calgary's funding priorities and asks for provincial and federal support, but does not itself allocate funds.
Directs Administration to invite Alberta Municipalities to present their municipal finance research to Council and to keep sharing data for ongoing research. Starting with the 2026 budget adjustments, budget reports must clearly state when a funding request is driven by or tied to another order of government, and Administration must produce a chart showing the percentage of funding from other governments for the 2027–2030 budget cycle to improve transparency about shared or supported services.
Council will second a resolution for inclusion at the Alberta Municipalities conference asking Alberta Municipalities to urge the Government of Alberta to raise the population-based grant to $6.94 per person (an increase of $1.34) and to index the grant to inflation using the latest provincial population estimates. This seeks to increase and stabilize provincial funding to municipalities so grant amounts keep pace with inflation and population changes, which could provide more predictable funds for local services if the province acts.
Council adopts Recommendations 1 and 2 from Confidential Report IGA2025-0004 and orders that the closed meeting materials (discussions, presentation, cover report, attachments, and Revised Attachment 6) remain confidential under FOIP Sections 21 and 24 until March 20, 2035. It also directs that, once Council approves the Heads of Agreement and Wheatland County receives written confirmation, the Recommendations, Cover Report, and Attachments 3, 4 and Revised Attachment 6 will be publicly released.
Council adopts two confidential recommendations from Report IGA2025-0004 and orders that the closed meeting materials (discussions, presentation, cover report, attachments, and Revised Attachment 6) remain confidential under FOIP Sections 21 and 24 until reviewed on March 20, 2035. It also directs that the Recommendations, Cover Report, and Attachments 3, 4, and Revised Attachment 6 be made public once Council approves the Heads of Agreement and Wheatland County has received written confirmation of Council's decision.
The committee will move into a confidential (closed) meeting to hear and discuss an intermunicipal update and a verbal federal update, citing FOIP exceptions for intergovernmental relations and advice from officials. No details will be publicly disclosed now; any outcomes or decisions would be reported later only if allowed under privacy rules.
Council approves a formal Memorandum of Understanding that sets out how the City will communicate and cooperate with the other signatory government(s) and directs City administration to start implementing the agreement. This enables structured information-sharing and joint coordination but does not itself commit major new funding.
Directs city staff to calculate the costs (labour, materials, etc.) of producing property tax invoices and to submit an invoice to the Government of Alberta for the province's proportional share. This is an administrative step to recover municipal expenses from the provincial government and does not change services or tax rates.
Requires Administration to provide monthly updates to Council on tariffs, supply chain disruptions and regulatory changes, and to assess and propose procurement policy changes to prioritize local, Canadian and non-American suppliers where feasible. It also directs collaboration with regional partners and industry, potential bylaw changes to streamline purchasing, advocacy to remove inter‑provincial trade barriers, and consideration of tariff risks when choosing non‑Canadian banking and investment services.
Council directs the CAO to negotiate and sign a deal with Rocky View County to establish the Prairie Economic Gateway, approves an interim financing approach and an oversight committee, and requires Administration to secure private, provincial and federal commitments and develop a full financial framework by Q1 2026. It also advances bylaw amendments to the intermunicipal, municipal and transportation plans and keeps specified attachments and discussions confidential until execution or review dates.
Council heard an informational delegation from Rocky View County officials, representatives of CANA Group and Shepard Development, and leaders from the Calgary Chamber of Commerce and Calgary Economic Development. The session was to share information and discuss regional planning, development and economic coordination; it did not itself enact new policy or commit funds.
Council asks the Mayor to write to the Government of Alberta requesting changes to the provincial Insurance Act to reduce commercial insurance premiums for Calgary's taxi industry. If the province adopts reforms, taxi operators could face lower operating costs and possibly lower fares or improved driver viability; this motion itself is an advocacy step and does not change city policy or spending.
Council directs the Mayor to write to the Government of Alberta asking the province to take over the low-income transit pass program and include it in the provincial budget. This is an advocacy step only — it does not immediately change funding or program delivery but aims to shift responsibility and secure stable provincial funding if the province agrees.
Council asks the Mayor to write to the provincial Ministry of Municipal Affairs asking them to temporarily waive Section 358.1 of the Municipal Government Act until Calgary's residential vs. non‑residential property assessments are balanced. If granted, this would prevent automatic or aggressive tax shifts between residential and non‑residential properties (and related homeowner/commercial tax changes) while assessment ratios normalize.
Directs the Office of the Mayor to send a letter to the provincial government asking it to provide ongoing (permanent) funding for Calgary's Mental Health and Addictions Strategy, aiming to secure stable resources for related programs and services. This is an advocacy action and does not itself commit funding.
Forwards the verbal report IGA2024-1250 to the November 26 Council meeting for the corporate record and asks Calgary Metropolitan Region Board representatives to consider Calgary Economic Development's presentation at their November 22 meeting. It also directs that the Closed Meeting discussions remain confidential under FOIP sections 21 and 25, restricting public disclosure of intergovernmental and economically sensitive information.
Directs the Office of the Mayor to write a letter to the provincial government advocating that Calgary's Mental Health and Addictions Strategy receive permanent provincial funding. This is an advocacy action only and does not itself change city budgets, but aims to secure stable provincial support for local mental health and addiction services.
Council asks the Mayor to write to Alberta Municipal Affairs asking them to temporarily waive Section 358.1 of the Municipal Government Act. If granted, the waiver would let Calgary avoid shifting tax burden between residential and non‑residential property classes to meet the 5:1 tax rate ratio, until assessment values rebalance.
Council directs the Mayor to send a letter to the Government of Alberta asking the province to take over the low-income transit pass program and include it in its budget. If adopted by the province, the program would be provincially funded and administered, which could stabilize funding, expand access for low-income riders, and reduce municipal costs.
Council asks the Mayor to write to the Government of Alberta requesting that decisions about the Sheldon Chumir supervised consumption site follow Recovery-Oriented Supervised Consumption Service Standards and be based on specific information (e.g., number of unique users, overdoses since 2017, alternative service usage, EMS/Fire/Police overdose calls, recovery facility status, and support plans). It also requests that any engagement on the site's future be conducted publicly by Alberta Health with proper processes and allow municipal officials and other interested parties to participate.
Council is directing city administration to ask the Minister of Municipal Affairs to amend the AVPA Regulation after a development permit for a school at 4311 12 Street NE is approved. The request would align provincial regulation with the city's permit decision so the school development can proceed under the updated rules.
Council asks the Mayor to write to the Government of Alberta requesting detailed information (e.g., unique SCS users, overdose counts since 2017, alternative service use, EMS/fire/police overdose call locations, status of recovery care facilities, and how clients and city services would be supported if changes occur) to enable informed decisions about the Sheldon Chumir supervised consumption site. It also requests that any provincial engagement about the site's future be held publicly by Alberta Health and allow municipal officials to participate alongside other interested parties.
Council will pay all reasonable costs, following the Councillors Budgets and Expenses Bylaw 36M2021, for the City councillor who represents Calgary on the Federation of Canadian Municipalities National Board of Directors. These approved costs will be charged to Corporate Costs.
Requires Administration to include the costs of winding down the Green Line in mid-cycle budget adjustments and obtain a legal opinion by end of Q4 2024 on whether those costs can be transferred to the Government of Alberta. It also asks Administration to propose diverting any remaining Green Line funds to priority transit projects, set clear criteria for engaging with Alberta on any replacement LRT (including funding partners, alignment, stations, accessibility, maintenance, delivery and risk allocation), and report back on heritage options for Ogden Block by end of Q1 2025.
Council asks the Mayor to forward the final approved recommendations on Item 9.3.2 (C2024-1045) to the Government of Alberta (via Minister Dreeshen) and the Government of Canada (via Minister Fraser), and to meet with Minister Fraser to request a written federal response on Alberta's termination of the Green Line Program and intended next steps. This requests official communication and seeks clarity from higher governments but does not itself change funding or project decisions.
Requires Administration to include the costs of winding down the Green Line in the Mid-Cycle Adjustments for public transparency, obtain a legal opinion by end of Q4 2024 on whether those wind-down costs can be transferred to the Government of Alberta, and consider diverting any remaining Green Line funds to other unfunded Route Ahead transit priorities. It also directs Administration to draft criteria for evaluating any future Alberta-proposed LRT (including federal funding commitment, a continuous north-south spine, specific station and bridge connections, accessibility, a maintenance facility, and Alberta bearing delivery and all risks) and to report back on heritage preservation options for the Ogden Block by end of Q1 2025.
Makes provincial written commitment a condition for the Green Line by requiring the Government of Alberta to accept delivery, financial and other project risks and to cover the program's burn rate while it conducts its review. It also requires Alberta to coordinate with City Administration on which contractors and City staff to retain and to provide written correspondence to the City by September 23, 2024; this would shift short-term financial risk away from the City if the province agrees.
Requires City Administration to produce a presentation by the end of the year analyzing past and projected population growth, where new residents are coming from (including interprovincial migration), fiscal impacts on city revenue and spending, and how federal and provincial choices on temporary residents and immigration could affect Calgary. The information is intended to inform council planning, budgeting and any intergovernmental advocacy.
Approves Calgary's pre-budget submission documents to the Province of Alberta and the Government of Canada and authorizes the Mayor to sign and submit them on Council's behalf. This formally communicates the city's funding priorities and requests ahead of provincial and federal budget processes but does not itself allocate city funds.
Forwards a confidential presentation and related materials (IGA2024-0995) to the City Council public hearing on 2024-09-10, recommends Council approve Recommendations 2–4 in that confidential presentation, and orders that the presentation, distributions, and closed-meeting discussions remain confidential under FOIP Sections 21 and 25 until review on 2034-09-05. This keeps intergovernmental and economic-related information withheld from public release for the specified period while advancing the matter to Council for decision.
Directs city administration to bring recommendations to Council by Sept 17, 2024 on transferring delivery and project risks for Green Line Stage 1 from the City to the Government of Alberta because recent major scope and alignment changes have created unknown costs and consequences. This could shift responsibility, liabilities, costs and timelines for the light-rail project from the City to the province if approved.
Council directs Administration to implement changes related to the Utilities Affordability Statutes Amendment Act, 2024 with a target start date of January 1, 2025 and to ensure full compliance by March 17, 2025. It also orders that the related Attachment 1 remain confidential under FOIP Section 25, with that confidentiality to be reviewed by December 31, 2024. This moves the city to follow the new provincial law on utility affordability and temporarily withholds a supporting document from public release.
Council will reopen two previous decisions: one to adopt "Option 2" from a confidential annexation presentation, and one that disbanded the City of Calgary–Foothills County Annexation Negotiation Committee. Practically, this means council will re-evaluate the confidential recommendation and the committee's status, which could lead to changing or reversing those earlier outcomes related to annexation negotiations.
Directs City Administration to ask the provincial government for more funding and a longer-term funding agreement for the Low-Income Transit Pass Program; does not itself change funding levels. Also requires that the related presentation and closed meeting discussions remain confidential under FOIP Section 21 until review on 2025-06-18.
Council moved into a closed (private) meeting under FOIP exemptions to discuss confidential matters on regional utility servicing rate-setting and government relations updates, including a Government of Canada update. It also authorized Ethics Advisor Dr. Emily Laidlaw to attend the closed session; the motion keeps these discussions confidential to protect intergovernmental and economic interests and does not itself enact policy or spending.
Council will formally receive a verbal update from Alberta Municipalities (June 2024) and file it in the city's corporate record. This action simply records the information for reference and does not enact policy changes or allocate funding.
Council committee will go into a private (closed) meeting under FOIP Section 21 to hear a confidential verbal update on intermunicipal matters. The session restricts public access and does not itself enact public policy, but may guide later intergovernmental decisions.
Approves a confidential Memorandum of Understanding between The City of Calgary and Rocky View County to advance the Prairie Economic Gateway and authorizes the Mayor to sign it. Directs the Mayor to write to provincial and federal bodies to push for activation and funding, allows selected confidential materials to be shared with government partners once the MOU is executed (or sooner under NDAs), and keeps other related materials confidential until all related agreements are finalized.
Council adopts the revised policy that defines how The City of Calgary will participate in Alberta Utilities Commission hearings and related regulatory matters. The report, attachments and closed-meeting discussions remain confidential under FOIP Section 24 until reviewed by April 30, 2028, but the revised attachment will be released publicly on June 30, 2024.
Council moved the verbal Intergovernmental Relations Update (Item 11.2) from the current meeting to the Regular Meeting on June 18, 2024. This only delays discussion and any decisions on that update; no policy or budget changes occur now.
Council agrees in principle to provide water, wastewater and stormwater services to Rocky View County's Prairie Gateway Area and directs Administration to start negotiating a Master Servicing Agreement that follows the city's regional servicing policy and the Prairie Economic Gateway Initiative. This initiates regional coordination and formal agreement work needed to enable servicing for future development in the area.
Council will formally receive a verbal update titled 'Alberta Municipalities Update May 2024' and file it in the city's official records. This records information about provincial–municipal matters for reference and does not by itself change policy or allocate funds.
Council will receive a confidential verbal report for the corporate record and direct that the closed-meeting presentation and discussions remain confidential under Section 21 of the FOIP Act (disclosure harmful to intergovernmental relations). The confidentiality must be reviewed on 15 February 2034, so the materials and discussions will not be publicly released until that review.
Council asks the Mayor to write to the Minister of Municipal Affairs requesting that the provincial appeals period for development permits be reduced from 21 days to 14 days. If enacted by the province this would speed up the release of development permits but would give residents and other parties less time to file appeals.
Council agrees in principle to The Town of Cochrane’s request for Calgary to provide wastewater servicing and directs Administration to begin negotiating a Master Servicing Agreement for the proposed service area. This launches formal talks that could lead to Calgary supplying wastewater infrastructure or services to parts of Cochrane; the related closed meeting discussions remain confidential under FOIP sections 21 and 24.
Council will ask the Village of Duchess to second and support a resolution to be presented at the Alberta Municipalities conference asking the provincial government to amend the Traffic Safety Act to boost safety in designated school and playground zones (for example by imposing double fines for speeding or changing demerit rules). If the province adopts such changes, it would increase penalties to deter speeding and improve safety around schools and playgrounds.
Council moved into a closed session under FOIP s.21 to discuss a confidential, verbal update from the Government of Alberta; the public and press were excluded and discussion details are withheld to protect intergovernmental relations. This is a procedural step to allow private conversation, not a public policy decision or new spending commitment.
Council directed that the confidential presentation and closed‑meeting discussions related to Verbal Report C2024-0196 remain closed to the public under Section 21 of the Freedom of Information and Protection of Privacy Act (disclosure harmful to intergovernmental relations). The materials and discussion will be withheld from public release and reviewed for disclosure on March 19, 2034.
Council voted to go into a closed (in-camera) meeting under FOIP Section 21 to receive confidential verbal updates on intermunicipal matters and the City Charter. The session prevents public disclosure of the discussion; any outcomes or decisions would be reported later if and when appropriate.
Requires that the discussions from the specified closed meeting be kept confidential under Section 21 of the Freedom of Information and Protection of Privacy Act, which protects information that could harm intergovernmental relations. As a result, the meeting details and any related documents will not be released to the public.
Council approves the amended confidential recommendations 1–4 from the Intergovernmental Affairs Committee report, keeps the related closed-meeting discussions, presentation, and distribution confidential under FOIP Section 21 until review on 2034-02-15, and authorizes sharing the confidential discussion and recommendations with relevant parties to support next steps.
Council will go into a private/closed meeting to discuss confidential intergovernmental matters related to a verbal City Charter update, citing FOIP Section 21. The public and press are excluded and no details of the discussion will be released while confidentiality applies.
Delays consideration of a confidential report that would examine changing local access fees and the budget and impacts on Calgarians until the City gets clarification from the Government of Alberta about the Regulated Rate Option (RRO). If no provincial clarity is received, the City will resume the item at the Strategic Meeting of Council on March 18, 2024, meaning decisions on fee changes and related budget actions are paused for now.
Directs city administration to create an advocacy plan to secure permanent ongoing provincial funding for Calgary's Mental Health and Addictions Strategy and report back to the Intergovernmental Affairs Committee by Q2 2024. Also asks the Mayor to send a letter to the provincial government requesting that ongoing funding; this is an advocacy action and does not itself allocate funding.
Council will move into a private (closed) meeting under FOIP Section 21 to receive confidential verbal updates from the Government of Alberta and the Government of Canada, and authorizes the Ethics Advisor and Integrity Commissioner to attend the Alberta update. This motion only permits a confidential discussion and does not itself make policy decisions or allocate funds.
Directs city administration to create a plan to lobby the provincial government for permanent ongoing funding to sustain Calgary's mental health and addiction programs and requires the Mayor to send a formal request letter; Administration must report the advocacy plan to the Intergovernmental Affairs Committee by Q2 2024. This does not allocate funds immediately but seeks provincial commitment so the city's investments can continue long-term.
Council will pay reasonable expenses (e.g., travel, registration, accommodation) for the City councillor who serves on the Federation of Canadian Municipalities National Board, in accordance with the Councillors Budgets and Expenses Bylaw 36M2021. These costs will be charged to the City’s Corporate Costs account.
Ends the special committee set up to negotiate annexation matters between The City of Calgary and Foothills County, so the committee will stop meeting and its members are released and thanked. Any remaining annexation work or decisions would revert to Council or be handled through other channels rather than this committee.
Directs Administration to use the confidential Municipal Fiscal Gap report as the framework for ongoing budget talks, immediately publish several previously confidential attachments after the vote, and forward the Municipal Fiscal Gap Report with a mayoral advocacy letter to federal and provincial finance ministers, local MPs/MLAs for Calgary, the Federation of Canadian Municipalities, and Alberta Municipalities to seek urgent action. It also maintains confidentiality for certain closed‑meeting materials and specific attachments under FOIP until review no later than December 31, 2027.
Council authorizes Councillor Chabot to submit nomination papers to seek the President position of Alberta Municipalities at the 2023 conference. This is an administrative approval allowing the councillor to run for leadership of the provincial municipal association and does not itself change city policy or budgets.
Directs that the closed meeting discussions and related materials for confidential report IGA2023-0532 remain withheld from the public under FOIP Sections 16 (business interests) and 21 (intergovernmental relations) and be reviewed on May 11, 2028. In practice this prevents release of the report and details of the closed discussion until that review date to protect third‑party business information and intergovernmental relations.
Council approves Recommendation 1 from Confidential Report IGA2023-0420 and directs that the report, its attachments, and related discussion remain confidential under FOIP Section 21 (harmful to intergovernmental relations) until May 11, 2033. This means the materials and details of the decision will be withheld from public access for that period.
Council asks the City of Edmonton to second this resolution and to submit it to the Alberta Municipalities conference requesting the provincial government amend the Traffic Safety Act so municipalities can create bylaws to regulate personal e-scooters. If the law is changed, Calgary and other cities could set local rules on where e-scooters are allowed, speed limits, safety requirements and enforcement.
Council instructs city staff to use the proposed approach and themes to run the 2023 'YYC Matters' advocacy campaign aimed at the provincial government. This coordinates the city's messaging and outreach to influence provincial decisions on municipal priorities and will involve communications and staff resources but does not itself enact new laws or budgets.
Approves the draft Terms of Reference for Context Studies for Joint Planning Area 1 and Joint Planning Area 2, appoints Councillors Dhaliwal and Carra to the Trilateral Joint Planning Area 1 Committee and Councillors Spencer and Carra to the Trilateral Joint Planning Area 2 Committee, and requires that the related Closed Meeting discussions remain confidential under FOIP sections 17 and 19. This sets the scope and membership for intergovernmental planning studies and allows the planning work to proceed while protecting personal and evaluative information.
Approves draft Terms of Reference for Context Studies for Joint Planning Area 1 and Joint Planning Area 2, appoints two primary Calgary City Council members to each trilateral Joint Planning Area committee, and forwards the report to Council as urgent business. This starts the regional planning studies and ensures Calgary has designated representatives on the committees that will guide how those areas are studied and coordinated with other governments.
Keeps the Closed Meeting discussions and the Confidential Presentation private under FOIP sections 21, 23 and 24, while directing Administration to finalize and publicly release the 2023 "YYC Matters" campaign priorities and continue planning and implementation in the lead-up to the provincial election. In practice, most details from the closed session remain confidential but the city will publish its agreed campaign priorities and proceed with related outreach and activities before the election.
Directs Administration to run the 2023 "YYC Matters" provincial campaign using the proposed approach and themes to advocate Calgary's priorities to the provincial government. Practically, city staff will implement the campaign messaging, outreach and engagement with provincial stakeholders to influence decisions and funding affecting Calgary.
Council moved into a closed session to privately discuss a government relations update and ongoing annexation negotiations with Rocky View County. The discussion is protected under FOIP provisions (business interests, intergovernmental relations, local public body confidences, and advice from officials), so details are withheld from the public now but may shape future public decisions or agreements.
Council is being asked to keep Confidential Report IGA2023-0153, its attachments, and recommendations secret under FOIP exceptions for harm to intergovernmental relations, local public body confidences, and advice from officials. The confidentiality is to be maintained and reviewed no later than 2024-06-30, meaning the public will not have access to the report until that review.
Recommends Calgary Council support in principle Rocky View County's proposal to annex a portion of 101 Street SW, pending confirmation of final terms; directs city staff to work with Rocky View County to ask the Minister of Municipal Affairs to use Section 125(b) to enable the annexation and requests the Mayor send a support letter. If the annexation proceeds, jurisdiction, service responsibility, and taxation for that land would move to Rocky View County, with specific impacts determined by the finalized terms.
Council directs Administration to stop implementing the city’s Administrative Penalties System and instead use the Provincial Traffic Court for bylaw offence appeals. It also relinquishes the $275,000 Council Innovation Fund allocation for the program, continues talks with the Government of Alberta on justice reform opportunities, and asks Administration to report back if provincial court changes significantly affect bylaw adjudication.
Replaces Recommendation 2 and directs City administration to identify a sustainable, long-term funding source (other than increasing the current property tax allocation) to support changing the Reserve for Future Capital and Lifecycle Maintenance and Upgrade Merged Reserve so it equals 5.0% of annual property tax revenue instead of the current 2.6%. Administration must return to Council with a funding recommendation as part of the 2027–2030 Business Plans and Budgets.
Gives initial approval to a proposed city bylaw that would amend and repeal various bylaws to lower the city's unused borrowing authority by $25,479,000. Final approval is paused—Council will not give second or third readings until the public advertising and notice steps required by the Municipal Government Act are completed.
Council is being asked to revisit a prior decision that told city staff to consider the 2026 operating funding needed to enable Growth Application GA2024-006 when setting investment priorities for the November 2025 budget adjustments. If approved, this could change whether and how the city prioritizes operating funds needed to support that growth project, potentially affecting its timing and implementation.
Council will revisit its earlier decision that asked Administration to include the projected 2026 operating costs needed to support Growth Application GA2024-005 when prioritizing investments during the 2025 November budget adjustments. If reconsidered and changed, Administration may or may not factor those operating costs into the prioritization process for November 2025, which could affect whether funding is recommended for that development.
Council will revisit its earlier decision that asked Administration to consider any 2026 operating funding needed to enable Growth Application GA2023-005 when prioritizing investments for the November 2025 budget adjustments. This could lead to confirming, changing, or removing that instruction and may alter how the city's 2026 operating budget and investment priorities are set for that development.
Council will reconsider a prior decision and direct that any new operating or capital costs arising from business cases or Area Structure Plan (ASP) approvals must be identified and brought forward into the City's annual budget planning cycle so they can be considered for funding through the normal budget process.
Directs city administration to keep the increase in property tax revenue collected from existing properties at the previously approved 3.6% level. This constrains how much additional tax money can be raised from current property owners and may require spending adjustments or reallocation within the budget to stay within that limit.
Requires Administration to produce a detailed list for November 2025 of budget line items that arise from new provincial requirements or provincial funding cuts, showing each item's dollar value and its share of any overall budget increase. This provides clear information for Council and the public about how provincial actions are driving changes to the city's budget and helps inform decisions on adjustments or priorities.
Council approves using available financial capacity (such as reserves or unallocated funds) to pay for identified high-priority spending needs in the 2025 November budget adjustments, as detailed in the confidential attachment. This action allows specified projects or services to be funded now without seeking new revenues, affecting how the city's 2025 budget is allocated.
Approves updates to the city's Budget Spend Authorization and Delegation policy and revisions to the Multi-Year Business Planning and Budget Policy. It also converts the 2025 and 2026 operating and capital budgets from a service-line presentation to a department-based presentation, clarifying who can authorize spending and how budgets are organized and reported.
Council authorizes the extra 2025 capital budget items listed in Attachment 4, adding or increasing funding for specific capital projects in 2025. This approval allows those projects or purchases to proceed and updates the city's 2025 capital spending plan.
Directs city administration to prepare a clear list for the November 2025 budget showing every line item that arises from new provincial government requirements or funding cuts, including dollar amounts and each item's proportion of the total budget increase. This makes it easier for Council and the public to see which budget changes are driven by the province and the size of their financial impact.
Council directs Administration to create and implement a rolling 10-year capital plan to improve long-term visibility of city-wide capital needs and funding. A preliminary plan must be provided before the 2026 Mid-Cycle Budget Adjustments, full implementation by Q2 2026 with annual updates before each budget adjustment, and civic partners' 10-year capital needs must be reported in Q3 2026 as part of the 2027–2030 Budget.
Directs Administration to invest $20M of the 2024 excess ENMAX dividend in urgent maintenance and upgrades for community spaces (wading pools, splash pads, recreation centres), invest $2.85M with the Federation of Calgary Communities to plan and expand community-led placemaking projects (seating, shade, murals, gardens, etc.), and place $23.15M into the ENMAX Legacy Parks Fund. Administration must report back on these investments through standard business plan and budget cycles.
Transfers $60 million from the Fiscal Stability Reserve into the named Fund as a one-time reinvestment, paid in $15 million annual installments in 2025, 2026, 2027 and 2028. It also requires OCIF to provide an annual report on how Fund money has been committed and what results were achieved before each $15 million disbursement, adding oversight to the payments.
Council moves $280,000 from the Council Innovation Fund to boost Ward Community Enhancement Fund (WCEF) allocations by $10,000 per ward for 2025 and by $10,000 per ward for 2026, resulting in $20,000 per ward each year. Administration is directed to review WCEF applications from 2020–2025 to recommend new per-ward and per-organization funding limits for the 2027–2030 budget and to report recommendations to the Council Services Committee by the end of Q3 2026.
Council permits the Calgary Police service line to draw up to $28 million from the Fiscal Stability Reserve in 2025 to offset reduced traffic fine revenue and prevent a budget gap. Administration must work with the Calgary Police Commission and return at the November adjustments with a plan and funding approach to separate traffic fine revenue from police operating budgets in the 2023–2026 service plans.
Adds $5,695,833 to the 2025 capital budget for Public Services Capital Program 147-148 to fund related capital projects or expenditures, and gives three readings to Bylaw 1R2025 to formally authorize that appropriation. This enables the funded projects or purchases to proceed under the city's capital plan.
This motion amends Proposed Bylaw 1R2025 by replacing every instance of $5,695,833.12 with $5,430,741.57 (a reduction of $265,091.55) and swaps out the Ward 10 'ASPHALT PAVING 9.14M LANEWAY' table on Schedule A page 11 with a revised page. In practice, it lowers the bylaw's total dollar figure and updates the paving details for the Ward 10 laneway work.
Gives all three readings to the 2025 Property Tax Bylaw, formally approving the city's 2025 property tax rates and authorizing the city to levy those taxes; this sets how much property owners will pay and funds municipal services for 2025.
Council gave three readings to Proposed Bylaw 1M2025, approving the 2025 Special Tax Bylaw which authorizes the city to set and collect the specified special tax(es) for 2025. This enables Calgary to levy the designated taxes and secure the related revenue to fund city programs and services.
Council gave second and third readings to bylaws that let the City borrow up to $224.984 million and make municipal loans to ENMAX to pay for ENMAX's 2025 regulated capital work. The borrowing is split across four bylaws for technology ($36.561M), fleet ($7.806M), non-residential development ($7.389M) and electric system and building improvements ($173.228M), funding utility infrastructure and related upgrades.
Council approves the proposed adjustments to the city's 2023–2026 service plans and budgets as set out in the report attachments. In practice this finalizes changes to departmental budgets and service priorities for 2025, which will guide how resources are allocated and may alter funding or service levels across city programs.
This motion changes the recommended service-level option in Report CD2025-0047 by removing the 'Making Waves' scenario and adopting the 'Staying Afloat' scenario instead. Practically, it changes which service-level approach Council endorses and will guide future decisions about city service priorities and budgeting tied to that scenario.
Council approves a $15 million capital budget increase for the Capital Conservation Grant program in 2025, funded from the Reserve for Future Capital, and directs Administration to postpone the grant application intake until 2026. Practical effects: more money is allocated to the grant program but eligible applicants cannot apply until the following year, and reserve funds are reallocated from other future capital uses.
Council authorizes up to $130,000 in one-time funding from the Fiscal Stability Reserve to be used in 2025 and 2026 to carry out the work referenced in Revised Notice of Motion EC2025-0117. This approval allocates reserve funds to enable the specified activities and reduces the Fiscal Stability Reserve by up to that amount.
Gives first reading to bylaws that would let The City borrow up to $224.984 million and lend that money to ENMAX to fund its 2025 capital projects (technology, fleet and tools, non-residential development, and electric system and building improvements). Second and third readings are withheld until required advertising is completed, and if fully approved the City will amend existing agreements with ENMAX as needed.
This motion moves $1,500,000 of council-controlled money out of the Council Innovation Fund and into the Council Community Fund, making more funds available for community projects and grants while reducing the budget available for council innovation initiatives.
Council directs Administration to return as part of the 2026 Adjustments with a detailed, service-level staffing report showing FTEs and limited-term positions by business unit, permanent versus temporary status, front-line versus office roles, and union versus management-exempt classification. This gives councillors and the public clear information about staffing composition to inform budget and service decisions.
Directs city administration to include the Contemporary Calgary Arts Society in the Civic Partner Operating Grant Program and to bring recommendations during the 2025 November service plan and budget process to allocate operating grant funding beginning in 2026, including requesting any additional funds needed. Practically, this starts the process to provide annual city operating support to Contemporary Calgary and may require budget adjustments or extra funding.
Directs city administration to give a rebate to residential property taxpayers for 2025 to offset the effect of a tax share shift, using funds from the Fiscal Stability Reserve, and to make the necessary budget and performance measure changes to implement the rebate. Practically, this reduces the 2025 tax burden for homeowners by reimbursing the portion caused by the tax share change and adjusts city budgets to cover the cost.
This removes the $4,100,000 Cowboys Park Upgrade capital request from the current budget documents and delays approval. Administration is directed to return to Council in Q2 2025 with additional information before the substantial funding request is reconsidered.
Provides one-time operating funding from the Fiscal Stability Reserve: $500,000 in 2025 and $500,000 in 2026 to City Planning and Policy for Downtown Service Level Enhancement, plus an additional $500,000 in each of 2025 and 2026 to support city services, grants, community festivals, events and public activations—totaling $1,000,000 per year for 2025 and 2026. These are one-time reserve-funded allocations intended to sustain downtown service levels and public programming that support the city’s diversity, destination, and events strategies.
Council directs Administration to re-create the Finance and Budget Committee with a mandate to review every business unit's operating budget in detail over each four-year term and to oversee service planning and budgeting. This increases ongoing council oversight of spending and service priorities, which could lead to changes in program funding, budget allocations, and more centralized budget decision-making.
Adds a recommendation to allocate $2,500,000 in the 2025 capital budget (Parks & Open Spaces Budget ID P500_006) to fund upgrades to parks and playground amenities, with the money taken from the Reserve for Future Capital. This funds repairs and improvements to city parks and playgrounds and increases 2025 capital spending by using reserve funds.
Amends the prior direction on tax distribution so that in 2025 only 0.5% of the property tax burden is shifted from non-residential (business) to residential properties instead of the previously planned 1%. This lessens the 2025 tax increase pressure on homeowners while leaving a slightly larger share of taxes on non-residential property owners compared with the earlier plan.
Amends Report C2024-1097 to cancel the planned relinquishment of one-time funding for the Inglewood facility and restore funding: up to $400,000 in operating funds for 2025 and 2026, plus up to $400,000 in 2025 for capital upgrades, all financed from the Fiscal Stability Reserve.
Council directs $1.3M in one-time operating funds from the Fiscal Stability Reserve to run a 2025–2026 pilot that cancels property taxes for Designated Historical Resource properties (City Planning: $150,000 in 2025 and 2026; Common Revenue: $450,000 in 2025 and $550,000 in 2026). The pilot's actual costs will be used to decide whether to add ongoing base funding for historic property tax cancellation in the 2027–2030 budget cycle, reducing taxes for eligible heritage property owners if continued.
Changes the funding source for the Calgary Police Service's planned firearms range by replacing $9.5 million from the Community Safety Investment Framework with $9.5 million from the City's Fiscal Stability Reserve and approves the related budget adjustments in the report. This preserves Community Safety funding for other uses while using reserve funds to pay for the range, reducing the City's fiscal reserve but not altering the project itself.
Requires the Chief Administrative Officer to provide a report detailing Corporate Management Team operating expenses for hosting, meals, entertainment, and travel for the past two years and to set a target to reduce those expenses by 50% for 2025. The report must be presented in Q1 2025 and is intended to increase transparency and achieve cost savings on executive hospitality and travel.
Adds a new recommendation to provide a one-time $65,000 operating allocation in 2025 to support the HMCS Calgary 30th Anniversary and ongoing Calgary Salutes activities (Distribution 1). The funds will be taken from the Fiscal Stability Reserve, which is projected to have an estimated $38 million favourable year-end variance, so this uses a small portion of reserve funds for event/support.
Removes the $20,000,000 2025 budget allocation for the City-Wide Transit Oriented Development program under the Transit Oriented Development Strategy (Multiple Properties). This reduction would reduce or delay funding for planned transit-focused land purchases, development incentives or infrastructure, potentially slowing transit-supportive housing and redevelopment near transit corridors.
Requires Administration to produce, by the end of Q1 2025, a summary showing how positive year-end budget variances (surpluses) have compared year-over-year and to identify an acceptable level of volatility in those variances given that the city cannot operate with a deficit. The report will give Council clearer information on surplus trends and expectations for year-end variance stability to inform financial oversight.
This amendment converts $2,000,000 of one-time funding for the Civic Partner Community Safety Grant Program (previously shown for 2025 and 2026) into ongoing base funding starting in 2025 and places it under the Economic Development and Tourism service line. The money will be covered by the identified net base budget increase, making the grant funding permanent rather than temporary and ensuring continued support to civic partners for community safety.
Adopts the parking fee schedule in Distribution Attachment 4I, directs that the resulting $560,000 revenue shortfall be covered from the 2025 tax base (shifting the cost to taxpayers), and exempts that specific parking fee schedule from the City's User Fee Policy and Calgary Parking Policies so it will not be subject to the usual fee-setting rules.
Provides $25,000 in one-time operating funds in 2025 and $25,000 in one-time operating funds in 2026 to each of the Grey Cup Committee and the Carnaval (Québec–Calgary) Committee for their annual events, with the money coming from the Fiscal Stability Reserve (which is estimated to have a $38 million favourable year-end variance). The actual 2025–2026 expenditures will be reviewed to help decide whether to add ongoing base funding for these committees in the 2027–2030 budget cycle.
Amends Recommendation 1.b to allocate $7,500,000 in 2025 and $7,500,000 in 2026 (total $15,000,000) to the Recreation Opportunities capital budget (Budget ID A446551) to initiate, repair, or maintain identified unfunded recreation projects. The funds will be drawn from the Fiscal Stability Reserve, which is forecast to have an estimated $38 million favourable year-end variance.
Requires the Chief Administrative Officer to identify $2,500,000 in base operating savings within the CAO and Chief Operations Officer budgets and report back in Q1 2025 detailing where the savings were found. This is a directive to reduce or reallocate administrative spending, which could lead to internal budget cuts or efficiency measures.
Directs Administration to cut $6,000,000 from the Mental Health and Addictions Strategy's 2025 base budget in Community Strategies and instead provide one-time $6,000,000 payments in both 2025 and 2026 funded from the Fiscal Reserve. In short, it replaces a portion of ongoing program funding with two years of one-time reserve funding, reducing the strategy's recurring funding stability.
Reduces the ongoing Community Strategies budget for Calgary's Mental Health and Addictions Strategy by $6,000,000 in 2025, and instead provides one-time operating funding of $6,000,000 in both 2025 and 2026 from the Fiscal Reserve. This keeps short-term program funding but cuts the recurring base budget by $6M, which could create a funding shortfall after 2026.
Replaces $9.5 million of the Calgary Police firearms range funding originally proposed from the Community Safety Investment Framework with $9.5 million from the Fiscal Stability Reserve and approves the related budget adjustments in the report. Practically, this reduces the city's fiscal reserve by $9.5M and preserves the Community Safety Investment Framework funds for other uses while advancing the police capital project.
Reallocate $1,500,000 from the Council Innovation Fund to the Council Community Fund, increasing available money for community programs, grants, or local initiatives and reducing funds earmarked for council innovation projects. This is an internal budget transfer that shifts funding priorities but does not by itself authorize additional spending.
Removes the proposed $20,000,000 2025 budget request for the City‑Wide Transit Oriented Development strategy, which will reduce or halt planned work on multiple transit‑oriented properties. This likely delays or cancels property actions, incentives or projects tied to the strategy and could slow implementation of transit-linked redevelopment and housing/transit integration.
Amends Report C2024-1097 Recommendation 1.c to cancel the proposed relinquishment and instead reinstate one-time operating funding of up to $400,000 in 2025 and $400,000 in 2026, plus up to $400,000 in 2025 for capital upgrades for the Inglewood facility. These amounts will be funded from the Fiscal Stability Reserve, preserving funding for the facility's operations and upgrades.
Council directs Administration to issue a rebate funded from the Fiscal Stability Reserve to neutralize the effect of the 2025 tax-share shift on the residential portion of property taxes so homeowners are not impacted by that shift. Administration must also implement the required budget changes and performance measures to deliver and track the rebate.
Adds a recommendation to allocate $2,500,000 in the 2025 capital budget for upgrades to parks and playground amenities (P500_006), funded by the Reserve for Future Capital. This provides money for improvements such as new equipment, safety surfacing, seating, and other park infrastructure without new tax revenue.
Directs City Administration to re-create the Finance and Budget Committee with a mandate to review every business unit's operating budget in detail over each four-year term and to oversee service planning and budgeting. This increases Council oversight of spending and service planning and could lead to changes in budget priorities, service levels, or departmental efficiencies.
Requires Administration to return during the 2026 budget adjustment process with a detailed breakdown for each service, including numbers of Full‑Time Equivalents and limited‑term positions by business unit, permanent versus temporary staff, front‑line versus office roles, and union versus management‑exempt status. This information is intended to give Council and the public clearer transparency on staffing levels and related costs to inform 2026 budget decisions.
This motion authorizes changes to Calgary's 2025–26 budget, using Fiscal Stability Reserve and other reserves to fund one-time and some base budget items: small annual grants to the Grey Cup and Carnaval committees ($25,000 each in 2025 and 2026), conversion of $2,000,000 for the Civic Partner Community Safety Grant to base funding, a $750,000 one-time increase to Family and Community Support Services, and retention of $400,000 for the Inglewood facility. It also allocates $20,000,000 in 2025 for pavement rehabilitation and $7.5M in both 2025 and 2026 for recreation projects; 2025–26 actuals will be used to consider ongoing funding in the 2027–2030 budget cycle.
Adds a recommendation to use the Fiscal Stability Reserve to provide one-time operating funds: $500,000 in each of 2025 and 2026 to City Planning and Policy for Downtown Service Level Enhancement, plus an additional $500,000 in each of those years to support city services, grants, and community festivals/public activations in the downtown area. In total this enables up to $1 million annually in 2025 and 2026 to help maintain downtown services and support events that attract visitors and celebrate community diversity.
Council directs city administration to add the Contemporary Calgary Arts Society to the Civic Partner Operating Grant Program and to report back during the 2025 November Service Plans and Budgets with recommendations to allocate operating grant funding starting in 2026. Administration must also request any additional budget funding needed to include Contemporary Calgary in the program.
This amendment removes the $4,100,000 Cowboys Park upgrade capital budget request from the revised attachment to the capital plan and instructs Administration to return in Q2 2025 with more information before a substantial funding request is reconsidered. Practically, it delays the project's funding and approval until Council receives additional details, temporarily reducing the current capital requests list.
Allocates $1.3 million in one-time operating funds across 2025 and 2026—$150,000 per year to City Planning & Policy and $450,000 (2025)/$550,000 (2026) to Common Revenue—funded from the Fiscal Stability Reserve to support a pilot that cancels property taxes and creates a subclass for designated historical resource properties. The pilot's actual costs will be used to determine whether and how much base funding should be added for ongoing historic property tax cancellation in the 2027–2030 budget cycle.
Council directs the Chief Administrative Officer to identify $2,500,000 in base (ongoing) savings within the CAO and Chief Operations Officer operating budgets and to report in Q1 2025 on where those savings were found. The change requires reducing administrative operating costs and could affect programs, staffing, or service delivery depending on where cuts are made.
Adds a new recommendation to provide a one-time $65,000 operating allocation in 2025 to support HMCS Calgary's 30th anniversary events and ongoing Calgary Salutes activities. The money will be drawn from the Fiscal Stability Reserve, funded by an estimated $38 million favourable year-end variance.
Requires the Chief Administrative Officer to produce a report detailing Corporate Management Team operating expenses for hosting, meals, entertainment and travel over the last two years and to set a target to reduce those expenses by 50% in 2025. The report is to be presented in Q1 2025, increasing transparency and directing cost savings in senior management discretionary spending.
This amendment cuts the planned reallocation of property tax burden in 2025 from a 1.0% shift to a 0.5% shift from non-residential to residential properties. In practice, residential taxpayers will see a smaller increase from the tax-share change than originally planned, while non-residential taxpayers will take on a slightly larger share; the change modestly alters how tax burden is distributed and has minor implications for overall city revenue and budgeting.
This amendment shifts the Civic Partner Community Safety Grant Program's $2,000,000 for 2025 and 2026 from one-time funding to ongoing (base) funding starting in 2025, placing it under the Economic Development and Tourism service line and paid from an identified net base budget increase. Practically, it makes the grant funding permanent in the city's operating base and relocates its budgetary oversight to Economic Development and Tourism.
Amends Recommendation 1.a to provide $25,000 in one-time operating funding in 2025 and $25,000 in 2026 to each of the Grey Cup Committee and the Carnaval (Quebéc‑Calgary) Committee to support their annual events, funded from the Fiscal Stability Reserve (projected ~$38M favourable variance). It also directs that the actual 2025–2026 expenditures be used to assess whether to add ongoing base funding for these committees in the 2027–2030 budget cycle.
Approves the parking fee schedule in Distribution Attachment 4I, requires the resulting $560,000 revenue shortfall to be covered by the 2025 tax base, and exempts this fee schedule from the city's User Fee Policy and Calgary Parking Policies. Practically, the city will use tax funding to offset the loss and the approved parking fees will not be governed by the usual fee and parking policy rules.
Provides $7.5 million in capital funding in 2025 and $7.5 million in 2026 to the Recreation Opportunities budget (ID A446551) to start, repair, or maintain identified but currently unfunded recreation projects. The $15 million will be drawn from the Fiscal Stability Reserve, which is forecast to have an estimated $38 million favourable year-end variance.
Adds a recommendation to provide $2,500,000 in one-time capital funding in 2025, drawn from the Reserve for Future Capital, to improve parks and playground amenities. The funds would be used for upgrades such as play equipment, surfacing, seating and accessibility improvements across city parks and is not an ongoing operating commitment.
Council directs Administration to propose a budget amendment to provide a tax cancellation equal to 15% of the municipal property tax levy for properties designated as Municipal Historic Resources, with a proposed $600,000 base budget in 2025 and an additional $100,000 in 2026 to cover current and expected new designations and administration. Administration must also bring back a policy to manage annual tax cancellations for privately owned designated properties by Q2 2025 and explore creating a Municipal Historic Resource tax subclass in future assessment and tax system reviews.
Provides a one-time $50,000 grant to the Calgary Salutes Committee to plan and run 30th anniversary HMCS Calgary events in 2025 (covering venue, entertainment, logistics, food and beverage) and a one-time $15,000 allocation ($1,000 per councillor office) for travel if the Mayor or Councillors choose to attend the anniversary event in Victoria. Directs Administration to report back to Executive Committee in Q2 with a recommended annual budget for the Calgary Salutes Committee for ongoing event support.
Council gave first reading to Bylaw 7B2024 to amend multiple bylaws and lower the City's available (surplus) borrowing authority by $59,281,683. Second and third readings are being withheld until the required public advertising under the Municipal Government Act is completed, so the reduction is not yet final.
Council replaces section 3 of the Calgary Parking Policies (applied retroactively to 2024-01-01), closes the Calgary Parking Long-Term Investment Fund, and distributes its remaining balance: $20.0M to the Fiscal Stability Reserve, $23.0M to the Reserve for Future Capital, and the remainder to the Calgary Parking Capital Reserve Fund. Administration is directed to reflect the policy and funding changes in the November 2024 mid-cycle budget adjustments.
This motion asks Council to revisit its March 18, 2024 decision on adopting a 'Quantity Only' model for franchise fees and to make January 1, 2027 the effective start date for that model. Practically, it sets or delays when the city will begin charging franchise fees based on quantity (affecting municipal revenue timing and the charges utilities pass on to customers).
Council decided not to include the capital infrastructure and operating funding needed to support Growth Application GA2023-001 in the Mid‑Cycle Adjustment to the 2023–2026 Service Plans and Budgets. Practically, this means the city will not approve funding or new city-provided infrastructure for that development now, which could delay the project or require the developer to cover costs or wait for a future budget cycle.
Council directs administration not to include the capital and operating investments needed to support Growth Application GA2023-006 in the Mid-Cycle Adjustment to the 2023-2026 Service Plans and Budgets. Practically, this means funding and resource commitments for that development will not be considered in this mid-cycle update, likely delaying related infrastructure or service decisions until a future budgeting cycle.
Directs City administration to prepare and present to the June 11 Executive Committee a summary of the combined budget, staffing and workplan effects resulting from the final Council amendments to report CPC2024-0213. The summary will identify projected costs, resource needs and timeline changes so the Committee can assess implementation implications.
Council will cancel (reduce to zero) 25% of the municipal tax differential that applies to the residential portion of properties that meet the eligibility criteria Council adopted in response to EC2022-0367 for the 2024 tax year. Qualifying property owners will pay less municipal tax on the residential portion of their property, and the city will see a corresponding modest reduction in tax revenue.
This motion adds $6,104,703.85 to the 2024 budget for Public Services Capital Program 147-148, making those funds available for the program's capital projects. It also advances Proposed Bylaw 1R2024 through all three readings so the appropriation can be formally enacted.
Adopts the city's 2024 property tax bylaw, setting the tax rates and authorizing the collection of property taxes for 2024. This determines how much homeowners and businesses pay and provides funding for municipal services and programs.
Council directs city staff to meet with Alberta’s Ministry of Municipal Affairs and ask the Mayor to request the Minister’s perspective on Calgary’s municipal funding gap. Administration must report by the April 30 meeting with updated estimates of the provincial funding shortfall, 2023 ENMAX dividend and Local Access Fee amounts, and service-level positive variances, and recommend 2025 base-budget reductions tied to identified efficiencies while directing any additional 2023 revenues or positive variances into the Fiscal Stability Reserve to address inflationary or market pressures on existing capital projects.
Council gave three readings to Proposed Special Tax Bylaw 8M2024, formally adopting the bylaw so the city can levy the special tax described in the bylaw. This authorizes the tax to be added to property tax bills and funds the program(s) or service(s) identified in the bylaw.
Directs Administration to design and implement a Quantity-Only method for collecting Local Access Fees on electricity and franchise fees on natural gas starting 2027-01-01, and to seek any Alberta Utilities Commission approvals required. The change aims to make fee revenue more stable and predictable, protect household and business affordability, avoid materially shifting costs between user classes, maintain current budgeted fee revenue to support operating and capital budgets, amend CFO003, and create a funding source to provide $10 million in 2025 and 2026 for energy poverty and affordability initiatives from any positive Local Access Fee variance.
Council sent Report C2024-0251 back to Administration to produce a scoping report that estimates the cost to study applying a change to Local Access Fees, and postponed any decision until the end of Q2 or until the provincial Minister introduces a new process for setting the default rate. No fee changes are approved now; this only requests cost information and delays action.
Directs city administration to ensure the overall property tax increase for existing taxpayers does not exceed 3.6% in 2025 and 3.1% in 2026, as previously approved by Council. Because of assessment and tax distribution shifts, typical residential bills are estimated to rise about 5.5% (2025) and 5.0% (2026) while non-residential bills are estimated to rise about 1.4% (2025) and 0.9% (2026).
Council approved an updated User Fee Policy that sets the rules and principles for how the City establishes, reviews, and adjusts fees for services. The policy standardizes cost-recovery practices across departments and may lead to future changes in specific service fees that affect residents, businesses, and service users.
Gives first reading to a bylaw that would allow the City to lend ENMAX up to $254.923 million to fund its 2024 regulated capital projects (including electric system and building upgrades, technology, fleet and non-residential development). Second and third readings are withheld until advertising requirements are met, and if the bylaws are fully approved Administration will amend City–ENMAX agreements as needed under City loan policies; this increases the City's financial exposure while enabling ENMAX's planned investments.
Instructs City administration to use Executive Committee agenda items (starting Feb 13, 2024 and subsequent sessions) to confirm Council's intent to seek service efficiencies for the 2025 Mid-Cycle Adjustment, assess how those efficiency targets will affect service levels for Calgarians in 2025, and make a final list of service level changes public by the end of September 2024 so Council and the public can use it during November 2024 budget deliberations.
Authorizes final approval of a bylaw that lets the City borrow money under Bylaw 11B2023. This enables the city to take on the debt needed to fund the projects or expenditures specified in that borrowing bylaw so those works or payments can proceed.
Council adopts the recommended changes to the City's financial reserves as set out in the report attachments, and approves the list of specific reserves that will be reviewed in the 2024 Triennial Reserve Review. This means the city's reserve policies and allocations listed in the attachments are approved now and a scheduled review of identified reserves will occur next year.
Approves the second and third readings of Borrowing Bylaw 12B2023, authorizing the City to borrow money as set out in that bylaw. This allows the City to proceed with financing (such as loans or debentures) for the projects or purposes identified in the bylaw.
Council directs Administration to return to Executive Committee by Q2 2024 with a report that: summarizes lessons learned from the 2023 Budget Adjustments process; provides recommendations to improve the 2024 Mid‑Cycle Adjustments process; and publishes a public timeline with key milestones for developing the 2024 mid‑cycle adjustments. This aims to improve how mid-year budget changes are handled and increase transparency for the public.
Directs city administration to issue a rebate for the residential portion of property taxes in 2024, funded from the 2023 operating variance, to offset a tax-share shift. It also requires staff to return before budget finalization with a list of investments (excluding affordable housing and public safety) that can be delayed or cancelled to keep property tax revenue at the level already approved, and to make the necessary budget and performance-measure changes to implement these adjustments.
Gives first reading to a bylaw that would raise the maximum borrowing for a specific project from $30 million to $55.63 million (final approval is withheld until required public advertising is completed). Also transfers $500,000 from the Council Innovation Fund to the Council Community Fund, reallocating council discretionary money to community initiatives; the borrowing increase would raise the city's allowable debt for that project and could increase future debt servicing costs.
This amendment removes the proposed $6 million budget reduction and replaces the original phrasing so that Investment Option 23 (funding for Calgary's Mental Health and Addictions Strategy) will not be made permanent but will continue to be funded on a one-time basis as approved in the 2023–2026 service plans and budgets. In practice it prevents a $6M cut and preserves temporary (one-time) funding for the city's mental health and addictions initiatives rather than establishing permanent funding.
This changes the prior recommendation so the $27 million for Investment Option 10 'Corporate Inflationary Pressures' is removed from ongoing (base) funding and instead provided as a one-time operating allocation in 2024–25. In practice the city will fund inflationary pressures with a single $27M payment rather than adding a permanent $27M annual expense, reducing long-term budget commitments but leaving no recurring funding after 2024–25.
Changes the prior recommendation that would have removed $8 million for Investment Option 2 (Accelerating Capital Projects while Preparing for Green Line Operations) by instead replacing that figure with $4 million; in other words, it reduces the originally proposed cut so the ongoing 2024 base amount for this option is $4 million rather than being removed entirely. This lowers the savings/cut by $4 million compared with the original text.
Council directs Administration to return in Q2 2024 with program recommendations to use net revenues from the Market Permit program to fund community associations in Residential Parking Permit Market Permit zones. Funding would be allocated through the existing Parking Revenue Reinvestment Program to reinvest parking-related income back into affected neighbourhoods.
This amendment directs the city to move $500,000 from the Council Innovation Fund into the Council Community Fund. Practically, it increases funding available for community grants or local projects while reducing the amount set aside for innovation initiatives by the same amount.
Allocates a new ongoing annual amount of $2,000,000 to the Streets service to double current cleanliness responsiveness in the Greater Downtown district and across all Business Improvement Areas. Practically, this funds more frequent street cleaning and faster maintenance/clean-up responses in downtown and BIA public spaces, expanding the existing Clean to the Core level of service.
This amendment deletes 'Investment Option 13: Human Resources Support' from Recommendation 2 of Report C2023-1148, removing that proposed HR funding/program from the list of recommended investments. Practically, the city will not proceed with the HR support item as part of this set of investments, reducing the scope and cost of the recommended measures.
This amendment deletes Investment Option 23, which would have provided permanent funding for the city's Mental Health and Addictions Strategy, and reduces the budget by $6 million. Practically, it removes a dedicated $6M funding stream for mental health and addictions programs, likely requiring program reductions, delays, or reallocation of services.
This amendment removes a permanent $27 million base budget allocation for "Investment Option 10: Corporate Inflationary Pressures" and instead directs that the city's positive operating variance from 2023 be used to cover those inflationary costs. Practically, it replaces an ongoing budget increase with a one‑time funding source, reducing base budget pressure but relying on 2023 surplus rather than recurring revenue.
This changes the recommended rate from 1% per year for three years to 0.5% per year for six years. Practically, it halves the annual increase and spreads the same overall change over a longer period, lowering near-term costs for taxpayers but reducing city revenue growth in the short term and shifting budget impacts into later years.
This amendment changes Recommendation 1 so that the referenced percentage increase applies only for 2024, replacing the original phrase that would have applied the increase per year for the next three years after 1 per cent. Practically, it removes a multi-year commitment and leaves increases for future years uncommitted pending further decisions.
This amendment changes Recommendation 1 so the 2024 tax impacts follow Option A (Attachment 3) instead of implementing a 1% per year shift of tax burden from non-residential (business) properties to residential properties over three years (Option B). In practical terms, it alters how property taxes are allocated between businesses and homeowners for 2024 and stops/changes the planned multi-year tax shift.
Directs Administration to bring a proposed funding envelope for the 2024 mid-cycle budget adjustments to Council for direction no later than the July 30, 2024 Regular Meeting. This sets a deadline for Council to consider and approve how much money will be available for mid-year changes to the 2024 budget.
Deletes the proposed $27 million ongoing base budget for Investment Option 10 (corporate inflationary pressures) and directs that those costs be covered by the positive 2023 operating variance instead. In practice this avoids adding a permanent $27M budget increase now but relies on one-time surplus funding, which may require future budget action if inflationary pressures continue.
This amendment removes the $27 million from the recommended ongoing base budget for Investment Option 10 (Corporate Inflationary Pressures) and instead records the $27 million as one-time operating funding for 2024–2025. Practically, it avoids adding a permanent $27M to the city’s base budget and covers inflationary pressures with a temporary, one-time allocation.
Replaces the proposed plan to shift tax share from non-residential to residential by 1% per year for three years with the alternative shown as Option A for 2024. Practically, this cancels the staged 3-year reallocation of property tax burden and applies the tax distribution in Option A for 2024, changing how much residential and non-residential property classes pay next year.
Directs City administration to fund a rebate from the 2023 operating surplus to offset a tax-share shift for residential property owners in 2024, and to return to Council with a list of Attachment 5 investments (excluding affordable housing and public safety) that can be delayed or cancelled to keep 2024 property tax revenues at the level approved in the 2023-2026 budget, plus implement the necessary budget changes and performance measures.
Moves $500,000 out of the Council Innovation Fund and into the Council Community Fund, increasing money available for community grants or local initiatives while reducing funds earmarked for council innovation projects. This is an internal reallocation of existing council-controlled funds and does not add new spending.
This motion changes a prior amendment so that instead of removing $8 million for Investment Option 2 (Accelerating Capital Projects while Preparing for Green Line Operations), the budget will now reduce the ongoing 2024 base funding by $4 million. In practice this halves the planned cut, preserving some funding for accelerated capital work and Green Line preparation while still reducing annual base support by $4M.
This amendment changes the recommendation in Report C2023-1148 by replacing an annual 1% increase for three years with a 0.5% annual increase for six years. That lowers the immediate year‑one impact (including 2024) by half while extending smaller, steady increases over a longer period, smoothing costs for residents and spreading revenue changes across six years.
Replaces the wording that would have applied a 1% change per year for the next three years with wording that applies the 1% only for 2024. Practically, this removes an automatic multi-year increase and leaves any increases after 2024 to be decided separately.
This amendment changes Recommendation 2 of Report C2023-1148 by deleting Investment Option 13, which funds Human Resources Support. Practically, the proposed HR support initiative or funding will not be advanced or allocated as part of that recommendation, potentially reducing planned resources for HR staffing or related services.
Adds a new investment option that directs $2,000,000 in ongoing annual funding (starting 2024) to the Streets service to double cleanliness and responsiveness in the Greater Downtown area and all Business Improvement Areas, expanding the existing Clean to the Core effort.
Cancels the charge for the Residential Parking Permit Type 1 second permit for 2024, 2025 and 2026, meaning eligible residents will not pay for a second on-street permit during those years. It also amends the report attachments (replacing Attachment 6C with a revised version) and directs Administration to update Council Policy CP2021-04 to reflect the new fee approach and bring those revisions to the Infrastructure and Planning Committee by Q1 2024.
Shifts 1% per year of the tax share from non-residential to residential over the next three years and approves a suite of 2023–2026 budget, capital and service-plan adjustments, user fee and rate changes, and performance measure updates. It also authorizes increased borrowing for a compost expansion, moves police favourable variance funds to a reserve for 2024 community safety spending, allows transit to access prior authorized funds, and transfers $500,000 from the Council Innovation Fund to the Council Community Fund.
Directs city administration to deliver a report to Executive Committee by Q2 2024 that summarizes lessons learned from the 2023 Budget Adjustments process, makes recommendations to improve the 2024 Mid-Cycle Adjustments process, and publishes a public timeline with key milestones so residents and Council can track the development of the proposed mid-cycle changes.
Directs Administration to bring forward a proposed funding envelope for the 2024 mid-cycle budget adjustments and to seek Council's direction on that envelope by the July 30, 2024 Regular Meeting. This establishes the spending limit framework that will guide any mid-year changes to the city's budget.
Council directs city staff to return in Q2 2024 with program recommendations to channel net revenues from the Market Permit program in Residential Parking Permit zones into the existing Parking Revenue Reinvestment Program so community associations in those zones receive funding for local projects and services.
Provides final council approval for Borrowing Bylaw 10B2023, allowing the City to proceed with issuing debt under that bylaw to fund the projects or expenditures it authorizes. This finalizes the borrowing process described in Report C2023-1136 so financing can be arranged and spent as planned.
Council gave first reading to a proposed bylaw that would amend and repeal several bylaws to lower the city's surplus borrowing authority by $55,599,000. Second and third readings are being withheld until the required public advertising under the Municipal Government Act is completed, so the change is not final until those statutory notice requirements are met.
Council approved the second and third readings of a bylaw that would allow the city to borrow money under Borrowing Bylaw 8B2023. This moves the bylaw closer to final adoption so the city can access the authorized loan or financing to fund the projects or purposes described in the bylaw, and it increases the city's borrowing authority.
Council is formally passing the final readings of Borrowing Bylaw 9B2023, which authorizes the City to borrow money as set out in Report C2023-1135. This action allows the city to issue debt to fund the projects or expenses identified in that report and puts the borrowing into effect.
Requires city administration to further develop the investment proposals listed in the confidential revised Attachment 2 and include them for Council's consideration during the November 2023 adjustments to the 2023–2026 service plans and budgets. This motion does not approve funding itself but brings those proposals forward for possible budget decisions in the November update.
Council directs city staff to prepare briefings and reports on the history and past research into Local Access Fees, the treatment of surplus franchise fee revenue and spending from the reserve since 2008, and to analyze what changes to those fees could look like, including budget implications and potential benefits for Calgarians. Administration must also present options for an affordability program before any fee changes and keep the closed meeting discussions confidential under FOIP Section 24.
Gives first reading to a bylaw that would allow the City to borrow money by issuing debt securities or using private placements; second and third readings are delayed until required public advertising under the Municipal Government Act is completed. Two supporting attachments will be kept confidential under FOIP until September 15, 2025.
Directs Council to consider the 2023 Mid-Year Performance Report as one source of information during the lead-up to the November 2023 adjustments to the 2023–2026 Service Plans and Budgets. It means the report's findings may influence upcoming budget and service decisions but do not themselves enact changes.
Council approved a bylaw to borrow up to $75,000,000 on a short-term (up to 5 years) basis to finance acquisition of vehicles and equipment, facility lifecycle work, and critical data/system upgrades for Fleet Management, and gave first reading to a long-term (up to 10 years) bylaw to borrow up to $140,445,000 for the same purposes. Second and third readings of the long-term bylaw are withheld until required public advertising under the Municipal Government Act is completed.
Requires city staff to further develop the investment items listed in Confidential Distribution 2 and present detailed proposals at the September 6, 2023 Executive Committee meeting. The proposals will be considered as options for the November 2023 adjustments to the 2023–2026 Service Plans and Budgets, preparing Council to decide on funding later but not authorizing spending now.
Authorizes final (second and third) readings of the listed borrowing and loan bylaws, allowing the City to legally borrow funds under those bylaws. This completes the bylaw approval process so the City can secure financing described in Report C2023-0654 for the associated projects or purposes.
Council directs administration to change the tri-party Development Management Agreement for the Arts Commons Transformation to formally include Olympic Plaza and the adjacent portion of 8 Avenue SE, and approves redirecting and reprioritizing Cultural Municipal Sustainability Initiative funds to support the project as detailed in the attachments. Practically, this brings Olympic Plaza under the ACT development scope and reallocates city cultural budget resources to fund the updated project priorities.
The City will cancel the municipal portion of the 2023 property tax bill for property roll number 202762597, removing $11,739.45 from the owner's tax liability and reducing city revenue by that amount. The City also requests the Mayor write to provincial ministers asking that the Province cancel the provincial portion of the 2023 tax bill for the same property, but any provincial cancellation is not guaranteed by this motion.
Gives first reading to bylaws allowing The City to borrow and lend up to $45 million to the Calgary Municipal Land Corporation and to increase total borrowing/loan authority for the Arts Commons Phase 1 redevelopment from $135 million to $165 million. Second and third readings are withheld until required public advertising is completed, and Administration is directed to amend City–CMLC agreements as needed to enable the financing for these capital projects.
Gives final approval (three readings) to the 2023 Special Tax Bylaw 12M2023, authorizing the City to impose and collect the specified special tax for 2023. This will affect the tax bills of properties or taxpayers subject to the special tax and provides funding for the municipal purpose(s) set out in the bylaw.
Council will revisit a prior decision to allocate $2 million in 2023 to expand the Non‑Residential Heritage Conservation Program, start a Residential Tax Heritage Incentive Program, and staff both programs. The outcome could change the timing or amount of funding and affect incentives and support available to owners of heritage properties.
Council advanced two loan bylaws by giving them second and third readings, which allows the city to move forward with legally borrowing the funds authorized in those bylaws. This action is a procedural step toward final adoption and enables the city to access financing for the projects or purposes specified in the bylaws.
Council formally accepts The City of Calgary's 2022 Annual Financial Report, including the audited financial statements and year-end results. This confirms the city's 2022 financial position and performance, adds the report to the public record, and supports transparency and future financial planning and reporting.
Council is approving all three readings of the 2023 Property Tax Bylaw, which finalizes the city's property tax rates for 2023. This determines how much property owners will pay and secures the tax revenue used to fund municipal services and the city's operating budget.
Council approved final (second and third) readings for four borrowing bylaws (1B2023–4B2023) and Loan Bylaw 1M2023, which legally authorizes the city to borrow money and enter a loan. This approval allows the city to issue debt and access funds needed to pay for planned capital projects or other designated obligations.
Increases the 2023 budget by $4,576,713.35 for the Public Spaces Capital Program (funding parks, streetscapes and other public realm projects) and advances Proposed Bylaw 1R2023 by giving it three readings so the bylaw can be enacted. This releases the funding and completes the legislative step needed to proceed with the related public-space projects.
Council adopts an updated Corporate Public Art Policy and transfers $12.1 million of approved capital funding into the Arts & Culture service line to fund the Public Art Program for 2023–2026. It also allows using the Reserve for Future Capital to replace up to $10 million of restricted funds, making more funding available for public art projects.
Council directs Administration to keep the current tax split of 52% residential and 48% non-residential (Option A), continue lobbying provincial and federal governments for long-term operational funding or new revenue tools, and return with recommended budget changes if new revenue is announced. Administration is also asked to factor differing physical growth (new development or redevelopment) into tax-share scenarios for 2024–2026.
Requires City staff to include differences in physical growth (new construction or redevelopment) when preparing property tax share scenarios for 2024–2026. This means tax projection models will reflect where new or redeveloped properties change the tax base, which could affect how tax burdens are shown to shift across areas and inform Council decisions.
If the province's 2023 requisition (the provincial portion of property tax) is less than $782 million compared to 2022, the city will increase the municipal tax rate by the amount needed to pay a one-time inflationary relief rebate to non-residential (business) property owners to offset the change in tax responsibility. The extra municipal tax collected for this purpose will be excluded from the calculation of each tax class's tax share.
Council directed Administration to draft and return by 2023-02-14 a Terms of Reference for a Budget Document Design & Process Refinement Working Group, approved recommendations in a confidential distribution, and ordered that the Closed Meeting discussions and two confidential distributions remain withheld under FOIP sections 16, 24 and 27 until reviewed by 2023-12-31, while permitting those confidential materials to be shared with the Executive Leadership Team and necessary Administration staff to support next steps.
Council authorizes an additional $520,677.31 in 2022 funding for Capital Program 147-148, bringing the program total to $5,897,634.31. Council also gives three readings to Proposed Bylaw 2R2022, allowing the bylaw to proceed toward enactment so the funded capital work can move forward.
Council directs administration to report by Q1 2026 with a recommendation for an accelerated program to replace declining poplar trees within 3 metres of sidewalks in established communities with species that have less invasive roots. The report must assess impacts on the urban tree canopy, recommend planting one poplar in a more suitable location for each removed, include financial implications (with tree and damaged sidewalk replacement delivered at no cost to residents), and add poplar lifecycle planning to the Urban Forestry Strategic Plan.
Council directs Administration to prioritize planting trees in equity-deserving (underserved) neighbourhoods using 2 Billion Trees funding, prepare an annual implementation plan with community-specific planting targets to help meet Calgary's canopy goals (average 9% by 2026 and 16% by 2060), and report yearly on progress, challenges and metrics (number and types of trees, locations, allocation factors and equity outcomes). Actions are to be done to the extent possible while complying with the existing Agreement.
Council directs Administration to create and implement new tools and incentives for homeowners and private landowners to keep, plant, and care for trees on their property. Practically, this could mean grants, permit adjustments, education or maintenance programs designed to increase the urban tree canopy and improve tree health on private land.
Requires city staff to create a bylaw to protect trees on private property and report back with status and recommendations on Phase 2 by Q4 2026. It also directs staff to bring any budget requests needed to support Phase 2 to Council on November 10, 2025 for consideration in the 2026 mid-cycle budget process.
Council directs the city to develop an implementation plan to naturalize major roads, boulevards and the sides of sidewalks/multi‑use paths to support biodiversity, climate mitigation and safety while considering aesthetics. Naturalization must be included in capital costs for new road projects starting in 2026, a public education campaign and volunteer opportunities will be developed, and Administration must report timing and budget requirements to the Infrastructure and Planning Committee by Q2 2026.
Approves a bylaw amendment to reduce the monthly Blue Cart Program charge and to enable Calgary to implement Extended Producer Responsibility (EPR) for recycling. Directs Administration to evaluate EPR impacts, review options to update waste and recycling rates, and report back to Council by Q2 2026, which may lead to further fee or service changes.
Requires City Administration to return by Q4 2026 with a feasibility strategy for a regional park in the Nose Creek Valley. The Strategy must include Indigenous and public engagement, recommendations to protect and connect creek, wetlands and wildlife habitat, coordinate water-quality and slope-stability work, align with nearby land-use and transit plans, work with Airdrie and Rocky View County, and incorporate cultural recognition and reconciliation actions from the White Goose Flying Report.
Directs City staff to prepare and present a business case analysis for the Single-Use Items Charter Bylaw 1H2023 to Council by the end of Q1 2024, detailing costs, benefits, implementation options and expected impacts to inform Council's decision-making.
Council will advertise and hold a public hearing to consider repealing a bylaw, and direct staff to develop waste-management infrastructure and communications that promote diversion options. The work will focus on alternatives to single-use items and improving access to blue (recycling) and green (compost) bins in city spaces.
Directs administration to advertise and bring a bylaw to a public hearing to consider repealing it, while also creating an evaluation framework for the related strategy, improving waste diversion infrastructure and communications (with a focus on single-use items and accessibility of blue/green bins in city spaces), and reporting back to Council by March 31, 2024. Practical effects may include possible repeal of the existing bylaw, changes to public-space waste bins and outreach, and new performance reporting on the strategy.
Council adopted a policy to offer tax incentives to developers who build renewable power projects (for example solar or wind) on previously used or contaminated brownfield sites. The policy is intended to encourage cleanup and reuse of underused land and increase local renewable energy development, while potentially reducing property tax revenue for projects that receive the incentives.
This motion asks Council to give all three readings to Bylaw 40M2023 so the proposed changes to the city's Waste Bylaw 4M2020 can be formally adopted. If passed, it finalizes updates to Calgary's waste management rules and enforcement, which could affect how waste is collected, handled, or regulated for residents and businesses.
Council directs city staff to prepare a draft noise policy emphasizing public health and the role of sound in liveable urban spaces, review existing noise bylaws against national/international health guidelines and other municipal best practices (including weather, entertainment and construction impacts), and recommend bylaw changes. Staff must also deliver a scoping report with funding options, a workplan and budget for city-wide noise mapping and public disclosure, and run a pilot community soundscape assessment, returning to Council in Q2 2024.
Approves giving three readings to a proposed bylaw that changes the Community Standards Bylaw to address foxtail barley. In practice this enables the city to set rules and enforcement for controlling/removing foxtail barley on properties to reduce its spread and associated nuisance or damage.
Council requests a briefing by Q4 2023 describing current and planned actions to control the spread of Foxtail Barley on City-owned lands (parks, road rights-of-way, etc.), and outlining the resource, logistical, and other implications if the City adopts a standard that no Foxtail Barley may exceed 8 centimetres. The briefing will inform decisions by estimating staffing, equipment, costs, timelines and operational impacts of enforcing that height limit.
Council directs Administration to draft amendments to the Community Standards Bylaw focused on managing foxtail barley on larger non-residential properties, to run a public education campaign for pet owners about foxtail risks and prevention, and to report back to the Community Development Committee in Q2 2023. The changes aim to reduce pet injuries and clarify property owner responsibilities for vegetation management.
Requires city administration to review temporary signs (for example, event, campaign, or yard signs) as part of the city's plan to reduce single-use items. This begins a policy review that could lead to future measures to limit disposable sign materials or encourage reusable/ recyclable alternatives, but does not itself change regulations or budgets.
Council approved updates to the Terms of Reference for the Downtown Post-Secondary Institution Incentive Program, which change how the city will administer and offer incentives to post-secondary institutions in the downtown area. Practically, this affects eligibility, application rules and program administration and could influence decisions by colleges/universities considering downtown projects or expansions.
Authorizes Council to pass Proposed Bylaw 55M2025 to amend the Business Licence Bylaw (32M98) as detailed in Attachment 2. If adopted, the changes will update the rules and requirements that govern business licences in Calgary (for example conditions, fees or compliance provisions) and enable the amended bylaw to come into effect.
Council gave first reading to bylaws that would allow the City to borrow up to $25 million and to lend up to $25 million to CMLC to finance its capital projects, and to amend a prior loan bylaw to allow additional financing sources. Final approval is paused until required public advertising is completed, and Administration is directed to prepare or amend loan agreements per City credit policies.
Council will give three readings to two bylaws: a 2025 Machinery and Equipment tax exemption and the 2025 Rivers District Community Revitalization Levy (CRL) rate, establishing the tax exemption rules and the CRL levy for redevelopment. It also directs Administration to calculate the cost of property tax invoicing (staff time, materials, etc.) and submit an invoice to the Government of Alberta to recover the province's proportional share of those costs.
Adopts the 2025 Business Improvement Area (BIA) tax bylaws and tax rates, approves 2025 BIA budgets and allows BIA boards to move funds with their reserves or between expense lines without increasing total spending. It also appoints nominees to the 15 BIA boards, directs thank-you letters to new and departing members, and temporarily keeps the board nominee list confidential under privacy rules.
Council will receive the confidential report for the record, confirm the City's support for a 2024/2025 Alberta Community Partnership grant application to advance the Prairie Economic Gateway initiative, and instruct that the closed‑meeting discussions, report, attachments and related materials remain confidential under FOIP until all related agreements are authorized, executed and satisfactory to the City, with a confidentiality review by December 31, 2030. Practically, this allows the City to pursue provincial grant funding for the project while restricting public access to negotiation details until agreements are finalized.
This amendment changes Recommendation 3.a of Report C2024-1097 to remove the proposed $7.00 per square foot charge for Street Use Permits for seasonal cafes/patios in 2025 and 2026, replacing it with a $0 fee. It also updates the referenced attachments; the practical effect is to waive that permit cost for two years to support outdoor dining and lower operating costs for businesses, with a corresponding reduction in city fee revenue.
Amends the staff recommendation to remove the $7.00 per square foot charge proposed for 2025 and 2026 for Street Use Permits for seasonal cafes/patios and replace it with $0.00, effectively waiving that fee for those two years. This reduces operating costs for businesses running seasonal patios but lowers the City's expected permit revenue for 2025–2026.
Council approved revised rules and guidelines for the Downtown Post-Secondary Institution Incentive Program, defining eligibility, incentives and how the program will be administered. The update is intended to make it clearer and more effective for attracting or supporting colleges and universities to locate or expand in Calgary's downtown, which can encourage investment and increased downtown activity.
Council approved three readings to adopt two bylaws: a Machinery and Equipment Exemption bylaw that provides a tax exemption for qualifying business machinery and equipment, and a Rivers District Community Revitalization Levy (CRL) rate bylaw that sets the tax-increment financing rate to fund redevelopment in the Rivers District. In practice this creates a business tax incentive and establishes how incremental tax revenue will be captured to support local revitalization projects.
Council gave three readings to the proposed changes in Attachment 2 to update the City’s Business Licence Bylaw (32M98). This implements revisions to how businesses are licensed and regulated in Calgary—likely affecting application requirements, compliance and enforcement, and potentially fees for businesses.
Authorizes Council to give three readings to Proposed Bylaw 29M2023 to amend the City’s Business Licence Bylaw (32M98). If adopted, the changes will update how business licences are regulated and administered (for example eligibility, conditions, fees or compliance), affecting businesses that require city licences and the licensing administration.
Approves first reading of a bylaw that would let the City guarantee up to $10 million of the Calgary Exhibition and Stampede Limited's bank borrowing, meaning the City could be on the hook if the Stampede defaults. Second and third readings are paused until public advertising is completed, and Administration is directed to update any City-Stampede agreements to follow the City's loan and guarantee policies.
Give final readings to and adopt the 2023 Machinery and Equipment Exemption Bylaw (15M2023), establishing a tax exemption for specified machinery and equipment. In practice this lowers property tax costs for qualifying businesses, may modestly reduce city tax revenue, and is intended to encourage business investment.
Gives final approval (three readings) to a bylaw that sets the 2023 levy rate for the Rivers District Community Revitalization Levy, allowing the city to collect that levy to fund local infrastructure and redevelopment projects. This affects property owners and developers in the Rivers District and provides funding for planned district improvements.
Council approves the recommendations in the corrected report, sets the reserve bid amounts for properties listed in the 2023 Tax Sale, and authorizes the Coordinator of Real Estate Acquisitions to place bids on the City's behalf. The corrected attachment is received for the corporate record, enabling the City to pursue acquisition or management of tax-sale properties under the specified terms.
Council approves updated rules (Terms of Reference) for the Downtown Calgary Development Incentive Program and two new incentive streams: one to attract post-secondary institutions downtown and one to support demolition of obsolete downtown office buildings. It also allows use of any remaining unallocated budget for the revised program and redirects $3 million from the Plus 15 Fund offset incentive budget to the Downtown Office Demolition Incentive Program, enabling funding for redevelopment and site readiness downtown.
Adopts the 2023 Business Improvement Area (BIA) Tax Bylaw and BIA Tax Rates Bylaw, approves the 2023 budgets for each BIA, and authorizes BIA boards to adjust their budgets by using reserves or reallocating spending without increasing total expenditures. This determines the levies local businesses in BIAs will pay for 2023 and funds the programs and services BIAs deliver.
Council received the 2023–2024 White Goose Flying progress report and endorsed Administration's commitment to update that report and the city's Indigenous Policy through inclusive engagement with Treaty 7 signatory First Nations, the Métis Nation and urban Indigenous Calgarians. This directs Administration to pursue consultations and policy revisions to improve Indigenous engagement and practices, but does not itself enact new services or budgets.
Council is asking city staff to come back with a preferred design for a permanent Indian Residential School Memorial and a request for the funding needed to build it. That design and funding proposal will be considered during the November 2025 budget adjustment so Council can decide whether to provide money to deliver the memorial.
Directs city administration to start negotiating a formal relationship (protocol) agreement with the Blackfoot Confederacy and return the finished agreement to Council for approval. It also approves applying for Alberta Community Partnership matching funds to support implementation and requires a sustainment plan for these agreements beyond 2026 to be reported back in Q1 2026; the report will be forwarded to the September 23, 2024 Indigenous Focused Council meeting as an item from committee.
Changes the committee's Terms of Reference to permit appointing up to two Indigenous members who may live outside Calgary if they are residents of the Treaty 7 Region, and to include people in Calgary who culturally identify as Métis, explicitly covering citizens of the Otipemisiwak Métis Government and specified Métis districts. Practically, this broadens who can serve to increase Indigenous and Métis representation on the Anti‑Racism Action Committee without creating a direct new budgetary obligation.
Council endorses the action plan in Attachment 2, directs the city to immediately start any actions that do not need new money, and asks Administration to request funding for Indigenous housing in the 2024 budget adjustment and in future four-year budgets to cover medium- and long-term steps. In practice this means immediate, no-cost measures will begin now and the city will pursue budget approvals to fund expanded Indigenous housing work.
Replaces the original Recommendation 2 to require City Administration to prepare and submit a funding request for Indigenous housing as part of the 2024 budget adjustment process and to present the matter at the monthly Executive Committee strategic discussion on plans and budgets. This ensures a formal funding proposal and committee review are brought forward, but does not itself approve or allocate the funds.
Appoints the person named in the confidential attachment as a Public Aboriginal Member of the Calgary Aboriginal Urban Affairs Committee for a two-year term ending October 31, 2024. Directs the City Clerk to make the appointment public after notifying the appointee and keeps the appointee's details confidential under privacy law.
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Jyoti Gondek supports proactive urban forestry measures, including accelerating replacement of problematic poplar trees, prioritizing tree planting in equity-deserving neighbourhoods, and creating incentives for private-property tree retention and planting.
Jyoti Gondek voted in favor of measures to amend the Emergency Management Bylaw and adopt the Municipal Emergency Plan; to request updates and a funding plan for an AI-enhanced pedestrian safety platform; and to direct analysis and funding proposals for Community Court expansion related to open drug use and weapons offences.
Jyoti Gondek voted in favor of motions that would repeal the existing Community Services Program Policy, allocate one-time operating funds to Family and Community Support Services, and direct Administration to develop a pilot to reduce hiring barriers for persons with disabilities. These votes indicate support for changing policy guidance, providing targeted funding to FCSS, and advancing inclusive hiring initiatives.