City Council Agenda in Brief

For the August 18, 2016 Meeting of City Council

9.3.1 Saskatoon Strides – 2015 Report on Service, Savings and Sustainability

*City Council will be asked to receive the 2015 Report on Service, Savings and Sustainability.
*The City is committed to continue to explore and implement new ways to improve service, increase savings, and grow Saskatoon in a sustainable way. Saskatoon Strides - 2015 Report on Service, Savings and Sustainability highlights the City’s accomplishments in each of these areas for 2015.

Additional Information

*In 2015, the City identified savings, additional funding, and revenues total over $183M. Increased operational efficiencies and service level enhancements resulted in savings of $5.2M. The City also applied to the Government of Canada and received approval for $860,000 in funding through the Canada 150 Community Infrastructure Program. Saskatoon Land delivered $16.07M in financial returns to the City.
*The City embarked on two P3 projects in 2015; the North Commuter Parkway and Traffic Bridge Project and the Civic Operations Centre. The procurement method chosen for the two projects has an estimated Value for Money savings of $161.7M NPV (Net Present Value) when compared to the design, bid, build procurement method.
*The City’s various environmental programs help reduce greenhouse gas emissions by approximately 94,000 tonnes carbon dioxide equivalent annually, the equivalent of removing over 19,000 cars off our roads. Civic programs also diverted approximately 31,828 tonnes of waste from the Saskatoon Landfill in 2015.
*The City received awards and recognition from the industry and citizens on the services it provides.

9.3.2 2015 Annual Report – Sustaining the Saskatoon Advantage

*City Council will be asked to receive the 2015 Annual Report – Sustaining the Saskatoon Advantage which includes a summary of the progress achieved on the 2015 Corporate Business Plan.

Additional Information

*Highlights from the 2015 Corporate Business Plan include:
-total investment in roads exceeded $53 million – an increase of $3 million from 2014 and $19 million from 2013.
-the completion of PotashCorp Playland and Kinsmen Park.
-the early completion of University Bridge rehabilitation.
-starting the North Commuter Parkway and Traffic Bridge replacement project.
-starting construction on the permanent snow storage facility at the new Civic Operations Centre (COC), with completion expected in late 2016. Construction also began on the new Transit facility at the COC.
-launch of Citizen Budget – an interactive activity that showed residents how building the City’s annual budget requires balancing affordability for taxpayers and helped them share their views on the City’s spending priorities and future investments for the 2016 budget.
-the City partnered to host the Wicihitowin “Working Together” conference in an effort to increase Aboriginal engagement and service delivery.
-public engagement initiatives moved forward on several elements of the Growing Forward! and Growth Plan to Half a Million; corridor redevelopment, employment areas, transit and transportation.

9.6.3 2016 Local Government Elections – Amendments to Bylaw No. 8191, The Election Bylaw, 2012

*City Council will be asked to add provisions and update the Bylaw to reflect recent provincial legislative changes.

Additional Information

*Housekeeping amendments to the Bylaw would update references to the new legislation and new section numbers, as well as provide for procedures related to the programming, use, storage and transport of vote counting machines and the counting of votes necessitated by the new legislation.