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Councillor B. Vrbanovic, Chair, and Members of
the Finance and Corporate Services Committee
March 8, 2004
Pauline Houston, General Manager of Financial Services
& City Treasurer
Pauline Houston (2646)
ALL
FIN-05-042
Authorization to Extend Purchase Orders for Consulting Services -
Development Charge Appeal
RECOMMENDATION:
THAT the increases to the following purchase orders related to consulting services-
Development Charge Appeal be approved, to be funded from the City's Capital Surplus
Accou nt:
Purchase Order #500283 - Hemson Consulting Ltd. - increase from $15,000 to $75,000 plus
taxes.
REPORT:
Purchase Order #500260 - F. J. Galloway Associates Inc. - increase from $12,000 to $30,000
plus taxes.
The Ontario Municipal Board Hearing for the appeal of the City's July 2004 Development
Charge Background Study and development charge rate by-law is scheduled for six weeks
commencing February 6, 2006. The estimates for the purchase orders for the above
consultants were originally based on a potential settlement with the appeal proponents prior to a
full OMB Hearing. The scope has now been expanded as outlined above in anticipation of a full
OMB Hearing.
FINANCIAL IMPLICATIONS:
Costs related to the development charge appeal must be funded through the City's tax based
funding. Legislation does not permit these costs to be funded by the development charge
funds. As these costs are unbudgeted, it is recommended that all costs related to the appeal be
funded from the City's Capital Surplus.
Pauline Houston, CA
General Manager of Financial
Services & City Treasurer
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