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Utility Relief Grant Program Outcome
Diane McMordie, Director of Financial Services
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RECOMMENDATION(S)
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1. That the Utility Relief Grant be approved as an ongoing program offered by the City of St. Albert and that the Services and Service Levels Inventory be updated accordingly.
2. That the following postponed motion be approved:
PM-12-2018
“That an initial amount of $45,000 be added to the 2018 Utility operating budget, with that amount to be reviewed annually based on program uptake, and the utility rates updated accordingly.”
3. That the City Manager be authorized to enter into a service agreement with the St. Albert Community Village for purposes of administering applications for the Utility Relief Grant.
4. That the remaining balance of the pilot project funds for the Utility Relief Grant of $122,493.70 be uncommitted within the Stabilization reserve.
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PURPOSE OF REPORT
COUNCIL DIRECTION
On October 3, 2016 Council passed the following motions:
(AR-16-130)
1. That the City of St. Albert extend the Utility Relief Grant pilot program to August 31, 2017 and the remaining funding of approximately $166,000 originally approved by resolution C140-2015 be used to financially support this extension.
2. That the Utility Relief Grant amount be increased to $200 (from $150) for single family residential and to $75 (from $50) for multi-unit residential.
3. That the City Manager be authorized to extend the agreement with Community Village to August 31, 2017 for the purposes of administering the program.
4. That Administration report back to Council in Q4 2017 with outcome and analytic data related to the Utility Relief Grant.
BACKGROUND AND DISCUSSION
On September 22, 2014, Council approved C-FS-14 Utility Fiscal Policy which effectively created a utility model with rates that achieved substantial cost recovery on both operating costs and estimated long term capital expenditures. The impact of the n...
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