TAMRMS#: B06
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REQUEST FOR DECISION
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2027 Budget Deliberation Process
Presented by: Marta Makulska, Chief Legislative Officer
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RECOMMENDED MOTION(S)
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That section 55 of the Procedure Bylaw 24/2022 be suspended for the 2027 Budget Deliberation to allow the addition of information as required without formally amending the agenda.
(requires unanimous consent of all members present - Procedure Bylaw s. 3(6))
That consideration of proposed amendments to the proposed 2027 Operating and Capital Budgets made during presentations be automatically postponed without need of a motion to that effect, until all presentations have been completed.
That Postponed Motions received to date, set out as attachment to the report dated October 20, 2026, entitled "2027 Budget Postponed Motions as of October 9, 2026", are hereby accepted as presented and deemed fully a part of the 2027 Budget Deliberation Process as though they were read verbatim into the record.
That Council move into Committee of the Whole.
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SUMMARY
This report provides a proposed methodology for Council to use in the 2027 Budget Deliberation Process. Passing the recommended motions will allow Council a greater degree of flexibility in dealing with the first phase of presentations and discussions with respect to the 2027 Operating and Capital Budgets.
ALIGNMENT TO COUNCIL DIRECTION OR MANDATORY STATUTORY PROVISION
The Procedure Bylaw provides that:
Council may waive or vary all or some of the provisions of this bylaw for a meeting or a portion of a meeting, “if the Councillors present vote unanimously to do so” (section 3(6));
Council may convene as a Committee of the Whole which “may consider any matter that Council may consider, including but not limited to detailed consideration of . . . the budget” (section 23(a));
Committee of the Whole may “give direction to the Chief Administrative Officer in the preparation and continued development of a matter being revie...
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