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KITCHENER
Financial Services
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Report To:
Councillor B. Vrbanovic, Chair, and Members of
the Finance and Corporate Services Committee
May 1 , 2006
Date of Meeting:
Submitted By:
Prepared By:
Ward(s) Involved:
Date of Report:
Report No.:
Subject:
Pauline Houston, General Manager of Financial Services
& City Treasurer
Pauline Houston (2646)
ALL
April 24, 2006
FIN-06-014
Authorization to Extend Purchase Orders for Consulting Services -
Development Charge Appeal
RECOMMENDATION:
THAT the increases to the following purchase order related to consulting services-
Development Charge Appeal be approved, to be funded as an city operating over-expenditure.
Purchase Order #500283 - Hemson Consulting Ltd. - increase from $75,000 to $155,000 plus
taxes.
REPORT:
The Ontario Municipal Board Hearing for the appeal of the City's July 2004 Development
Charge Background Study and development charge rate by-law was held commencing
February 6, 2006 for approximately six weeks. The estimate for the purchase order for the
above consultant was originally based on a potential settlement with the appeal proponents
prior to a full OMB Hearing. The scope was expanded to $75,000 in November 2005, in
anticipation of a three week OMB Hearing. Since the hearing did require the full six week time
frame, as scheduled, the consultant's time increased accordingly
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 as over-expenditure from the City's Operating Fund.
Pauline Houston, CA
General Manager of Financial
Services & City Treasurer
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