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
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