October 15, 2025 Audit and Finance Standing Committee

Date:

Time: 10:00 a.m.

Location: Council Chamber, 3rd Floor City Hall, 1841 Argyle Street, Halifax

Agenda

1. CALL TO ORDER AND LAND ACKNOWLEDGEMENT

2. APPROVAL OF MINUTES – September 17, 2025

3. APPROVAL OF THE ORDER OF BUSINESS AND APPROVAL OF ADDITIONS AND DELETIONS

4. BUSINESS ARISING OUT OF THE MINUTES

5. CALL FOR DECLARATION OF CONFLICT OF INTERESTS

6. MOTIONS OF RECONSIDERATION – NONE
7. MOTIONS OF RESCISSION – NONE
8. CONSIDERATION OF DEFERRED BUSINESS – NONE
9. NOTICES OF TABLED MATTERS – NONE

10. CORRESPONDENCE, PETITIONS & DELEGATIONS
10.1 Correspondence 
10.2 Petitions
10.3 Presentations – None

11. PUBLIC PARTICIPATION

12. INFORMATION ITEMS BROUGHT FORWARD – NONE

13. REPORTS
13.1 STAFF
13.1.1 Investment Activities - Quarter Ending June 30, 2025 [PDF]
Motion: 
That the Audit and Finance Standing Committee forward the staff report dated September 30, 2025 to Halifax Regional Council as an information item.

13.1.2 Funding Request – Prescott Group Society [PDF]
Motion:
That the Audit and Finance Standing Committee recommend that Halifax Regional Council:

1. Refer the Prescott Group Society’s funding request towards the purchase of small equipment to the Community Grants Program for consideration in fiscal year 2026/2027; and

2. Decline the Prescott Group Society’s request for tax relief.

13.1.3 Enterprise Project Management & Land Acquisition [PDF]
Motion:
That the Audit and Finance Standing Committee recommend that Halifax Regional Council amend the multi-year capital plan as described in the staff report dated October 15, 2025 to reflect the projected annual expenditures for capital project CI250002 - Enterprise Project Management.

14. MOTIONS - NONE

15. IN CAMERA (IN PRIVATE) – NONE

16. ADDED ITEMS

17. NOTICES OF MOTION

18. DATE OF NEXT MEETING – November 19, 2025

19. ADJOURNMENT


INFORMATION ITEMS

1. Memorandum from the Legislative Assistant dated October 8, 2025 re: Requests for Presentation to Audit and Finance Standing Committee - None [PDF]


For further information regarding this meeting, please contact Dorothy Maponga, Legislative Assistant, at Dorothy.maponga@halifax.ca or 902-478-2408

To submit correspondence, email clerks@halifax.ca 
More information: https://www.halifax.ca/city-hall/regional-council/communicating-halifax-regional-council