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      BUDGET COMMITTEE

  A G E N D A

  

Date of Meeting: Tuesday, July 28, 1998 Enquiry: Ms. Betty Henderson

Time: 10:30 a.m. Interim Contact
Location: Committee Room C

55 John Street

2nd Floor, Metro Hall

Toronto

392-8088

FAX 392-2980



 

DECLARATIONS OF INTEREST PURSUANT TO

THE MUNICIPAL CONFLICT OF INTEREST ACT.

COMMUNICATIONS/REPORTS.

 1.IMPLICATIONS OF YEAR 2000 COMPUTER COMPLIANCE ISSUES - EXTENSION OF CONTRACT NO. T-27-96: MAINTENANCE OF TRAFFIC CONTROL AND RELATED DEVICES

 The Budget Committee on July 13, 1998 deferred consideration of this matter to its next meeting scheduled for July 28, 1998.

 (a)Executive Director, Information and Technology, Corporate Services

July 8, 1998

 Recommending that:

 (1)Contract No. T-27-96 not be amended to include the activities required to ensure that the traffic control computer systems and equipment are Year 2000 compliant; and

 (2)the Transportation Services Division, Works and Emergency Services Department present a report in September, 1998 identifying the total costs required to ensure Year 2000 compliance of traffic control computer systems and equipment.

 (b)City Clerk

June 17, 1998

 Advising that the Urban Economic and Development Committee, at its meeting on July 15 and 16, 1998, recommended the adoption of the report (May 26, 1998) from the Interim Functional lead, Transportation, wherein it is recommended that:

"Contract No. T-27-96 with Stacey Electric Company Limited be extended from January 1, 1999 to December 31, 1999, under the terms and conditions of the original contract, by exercising the "Option of Extension" clause (Part C, Section 15)."

 (c)General Manager, Transportation Services

July 17, 1998

 Providing clarification with regard to the relationship between Year 2000 Compliance Issues and the Extension of Contract No. T-27-96 - Maintenance of Traffic Control and Related Devices and recommending that the said report be received for information.

 2.USE OF CONSULTANTS IN CITY HALL RELOCATIONS

 The Budget Committee on July 13, 1998 deferred consideration of this matter to its next meeting scheduled for July 28, 1998.

 Commissioner of Corporate Services

July 12, 1998

 Providing information respecting the use of consultants for the City Hall relocations and recommending that the said report be received for information.

 3.SCARBOROUGH PORT UNION PEDESTRIAN UNDERPASS: TRANSPORTATION CAPITAL BUDGET PROJECT NO. C-RE-703

 (a)City Clerk

July 14, 1998

 Advising that the Urban Environment and Development Committee at its July 13, 1998 meeting directed that the report (July 9, 1998) from the General Manager, Transportation Services, headed "Scarborough Port Union Pedestrian Underpass: Transportation Capital Budget Project No. C-TR-703" be forwarded to the Budget Committee for consideration; wherein it is recommended:

 "that $900,000.00 be re-allocated from Project C-TR-703, Scarborough Part Union Pedestrian Underpass to Project C-Tr-701, Scarborough Sidewalk Construction and further that this report be forwarded to Scarborough Community Council for their information".

 (b)General Manager, Transportation Services

July 15, 1998

 Responding to the request from the Urban Environment and Development Committee to provide information on the proposed reallocation of funds from the subject project in relation to transportation needs on a City-wide basis.

  4.PROJECT APPROVAL AND PROCUREMENT AUTHORIZATION - GENERAL BUSINESS COMPUTER

 City Clerk

July 14, 1998

 Advising that the Urban Environment and Development Committee at its meeting on July 13, 1998 recommended that the increased project financing approval in the amount of $1,608,395.00 gross, be granted to City Project No. 710 of the Toronto Transit Commission, Computer Equipment and Software - Various.

 5.AWARD OF CONTRACT FOR A SMALL SCALE MIXED WASTE RECYCLING AND ORGANICS PROCESSING FACILITY

 City Clerk

July 15, 1998

 Advising that the Works and Utilities Committee at its meting on July 15, 1998 recommended the adoption of the report dated July 6, 1998, from the General Manager of Solid Waste Management Services, respecting the award of a contract for a Small Scale Mixed Waste Recycling and Organics Processing Facility, wherein it is recommended that:

 (1)staff be authorized to enter into a contract with a joint venture of Stone and Webster Canada Limited and Canada Composting Inc. (a company designated by Stone and Webster Canada Limited) for:

 (a)the design and construction of a Small Scale Mixed Waste Material Recycling and Organics Processing Facility at the Dufferin Transfer Station, at a total cost of $10.4 million after the municipal GST rebate, and

 (b)the operation of the facility and the marketing of the output material for a one-year term with options for two one-year extensions in accordance with the operating fee schedule contained in this report,

 such contract to be in accordance with the Request for Proposals and the Proposal submitted, modified as set out in this report, and on terms and conditions satisfactory to the Commissioner of Works and Emergency Services, including such financial and performance guarantees to be provided by Stone and Webster Canada Limited as deemed appropriate by the Commissioner, and in a form satisfactory to the City Solicitor;

 (2) a contingency amount of $500,000.00 be provided for any approved additional work in relation to Recommendation No. (1)(a);

 (3)subject to finalization of an agreement as set out in Recommendation No. (1), MacViro Consultants Inc. be engaged as project consultants to review the design of the facility, inspect site construction and monitor contractor progress and performance at a cost not to exceed $238,000.00 after the municipal GST rebate; and

 (4)financing in the amount of $3.2 million be transferred from Project C-SW360 - Recycling to Project C-SW004 - Recycling Facilities to accommodate the shortfall in financing resulting from the Request for Proposals process.

 6.TRAFFIC CONTROL SIGNALS AT BAYVIEW AVENUE AND TUDOR GATE

 (a)City Clerk

July 15, 1998

 Advising that the Urban Environment and Development Committee at its meeting on July 13, 1998:

 (1)recommended to the Budget Committee, the Strategic Policies and Priorities Committee, and Council, the adoption of the recommendation of the North York Community Council, embodied in the communication (June 19, 1998) from the City Clerk, subject to amending the motion by Councillor Flint by striking therefrom the third operative paragraph, viz:

 "BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED THAT provision be made in the 1998 Transportation budget to cover the cost of installing this signal light."; and

 (2)recommended to the Budget Committee that funds for the proposed traffic control signals at Bayview Avenue and Tudor Gate be allocated from cancelled projects within the Works and Emergency Services Department's 1998 Capital Budget for Transportation Services; and

 (b)General Manager, Transportation Services

July 15, 1998

 Responding to the request from the Urban Environment and Development Committee with regard to the potential to fund the installation of traffic control signals at the intersection of Bayview Avenue and Tudor Gate from under-expenditures in other projects, and recommending that the said report be received for information.

 7.WINTER MAINTENANCE - STANDBY

 General Manager, Transportation Services

July 8, 1998

 Recommending that the report dated July 8, 1998 from the General Manager, Transportation Services, providing information with regard to the Winter Maintenance "Standby" system works and the costs related thereto, be received for information.

  ANY OTHER MATTERS.

 

   
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