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Main motion at the Regular Meeting of Council, July 29, 2013. Carried 9–3.

Result
Carried 9–3
Margin +6
Absent
0
Meeting
Jul 29, 2013
Regular Meeting of Council
Topic
Budget, taxes & finance
Keyword-derived
Kind
Main motion

Resolution

Council minutes, roll call. Source

That Mayor Nenshi’s Motion, Green Sheet, Re: Flood Relief and Recovery Fund, Recommendations 2, 3, 4, 5 and 6, be adopted, as amended, as follows: NOW THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED that Council direct Administration to: 2. Allocate $52 million in 2013, funded through provincial tax room, to flood relief and recovery expenses for City and civic partner infrastructure not covered by insurance or by the federal and provincial governments; 3. Authorize the additional use of these funds for bridge financing purposes for flood relief and recovery expenses, if needed; 4. Utilize surplus funds from this $52 million, if any, on betterment of disaster mitigation and prevention infrastructure (e.g. “hardening” city assets against natural disaster, moving critical infrastructure to higher ground, strengthening the capacity of the Emergency operations Centre); 5. Bring a report to Council through the Priorities and Finance Committee on the proposal and disposition of these funds; 6. Direct Administration to bring a report to the Budget Adjustments in November 2013 with proposals, if needed, for the $52 million in the 2014 tax room to be used for flood recovery, mitigation and prevention.

Seats
YesNoAbsent (recorded)No vote recorded
Seats run Mayor, then Wards 1–14. Text and named votes from the confirmed Council minutes (linked above, at the source page).

How each member voted

SeatMemberVote
MayorNaheed NenshiYes
Ward 2Gord LoweYes
Ward 3Jim StevensonYes
Ward 4Gael MacLeodYes
Ward 5Ray JonesNo
Ward 7Druh FarrellYes
Ward 8John MarYes
Ward 9Gian-Carlo CarraYes
Ward 10Andre ChabotNo
Ward 11Brian PincottYes
Ward 13Diane Colley-UrquhartNo
Ward 14Peter DemongYes
A roll call from the minutes. A member not listed was absent or did not vote; the minutes do not always say which.