COR-2021-37 - Corporate Policy Review - Repeal of Policies

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'Staff Report ` Corporate Services Lle,oartrnent www. kitchener. ca REPORT TO: Committee of the Whole DATE OF MEETING: December 13, 2021 SUBMITTED BY: Christine Tarling, Director of Legislative Services/City Clerk, 519- 741-2200 ext. 7809 PREPARED BY: Christine Tarling, Director of Legislative Services/City Clerk, 519- 741-2200 ext. 7809 WARD(S) INVOLVED: All Wards DATE OF REPORT: December 9, 2021 REPORT NO.: COR -2021-37 SUBJECT: Corporate Policy Review — Repeal of Policies RECOMMENDATION: That the corporate policies listed in Appendix "A" as attached to staff report COR - 2021 -37 be repealed. REPORT HIGHLIGHTS: • The purpose of this report is to repeal policies that are no longer needed and to provide the reason for the repeal. • The financial implications are none. • This report supports the delivery of core services. BACKGROUND: On November 16, 2015, Council ratified a corporate policy review process as outlined in staff report FCS -15-142. Council also approved a master policy which provides a framework for the City to govern the development, review and maintenance of corporate policies to ensure currency and relevancy in the future. This framework included the reasons for which policies could be repealed and an initial list of policies for repeal were brought forward for Council's approval in April 2016. Since that time, staff has continued to monitor the relevancy of all the corporate policies with a view to amending, repealing and replacing, or repealing only as appropriate. REPORT: Each Director has reviewed with their respective General Manager a list of policies relating to their area and identified those which should be repealed for one of the following reasons: 1. Program or program funding no longer exists (0 policies). 2. Regulation or legislation is already in place (4 policies). 3. Policy has been replaced with another policy (2 policies). 4. Policy conflicts with another policy (0 policies). 5. Policy found redundant, outmoded or dysfunctional (3 policies).