That with respect to Report C2024-1097, the following amendments be adopted: That a new Recommendation be inserted, as follows, and that all Recommendations be renumbered accordingly if necessary: With respect to the City of Calgarys transit fleet strategy, direct Administration to: Adjust the City of Calgarys transit fleet strategy to remove battery electric buses as an option for transit bus vehicles; ; Immediately cancel all active and planned procurements for battery electric buses including purchasing shuttle and 40ft e-buses, charging equipment and contracts to upgrade infrastructure and maintenance required to accommodate battery electric transit vehicles; and Notify the Government of Canada Housing - Infrastructure and Communities Canada and the Canada Infrastructure Bank of Councils direction to not pursue the addition of battery electric transit vehicles to the Citys bus fleet. ;
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.