That with respect to Report C2024-1097, the following amendment be adopted: That a new Recommendation be inserted, as follows, and that all Recommendations be renumbered accordingly if necessary: Setting aside $480,000,000 for the five service lines as noted below, with tax increases of $160,000,000 starting in 2025 for the next three years, and a. Reporting back to Infrastructure Planning Committee on allocation of those funds in Q1 2025: i. Parks and Open Spaces ; Upgrading maintenance and operations ; Renewal of playgrounds and amenities ; Other high-priority preventative and proactive maintenance ; ; ii. Streets and Sidewalks & Pathways ; Paving and concrete quality ; Streetlight poles ; Other high-priority preventative and proactive maintenance ; ; iii. Facilities Management ; Recreation facilities ; Community facility grants ; Wading pools ; Other high-priority preventative and proactive maintenance ; ; iv. Public Transit ; Ctrain, track, stations, power system
Motion C2024-1097 bundles three council directions: 1) re-create a Finance and Budget Committee to do detailed reviews of operating budgets and oversee service planning each four-year term, 2) reverse the 2023 transit fare freeze so fare changes can resume and move $3,000,000 into the Primary Transit Network, and 3) ask the provincial government to waive Section 358.1 of the Municipal Government Act to avoid shifting tax burden between residential and non‑residential property classes.
These steps increase council oversight of how money and services are planned, could restart changes to transit fares while directing new funds to transit network improvements, and seek temporary provincial relief to prevent tax-class shifts while assessment values rebalance.