That with respect to Confidential Verbal Report C2024-0760, the following amendment be adopted: That Recommendation #1 be deleted in its entirely and replaced with Adopt Confidential Recommendations 2 and 3 and publicly release Confidential Recommendations 2 and 3 contained in the Confidential Presentation.
Council directed the 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 that budget request is approved, the funding would continue subsidized transit fares for low-income Calgarians and keep the program running (C2024-0760).
This motion starts a formal budget request process for $14M to maintain the Low-Income Transit Pass Program—affecting whether subsidized transit fares for low-income Calgarians continue. Related procedural actions on the same report included moving into a closed session for confidential transit and CAO updates and a prior postponement of the transit update to July 30, 2024.