Date:
Time: Immediately following the Audit Committee
Location: Council Chamber, 3rd Floor City Hall, 1841 Argyle Street Halifax
Agenda
1. CALL TO ORDER AND LAND ACKNOWLEDGEMENT
2. APPROVAL OF MINUTES – August 20, 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
10.3.1 Alice Evans – Update on the Development Project on Clyde Street [PDF]
- Presentation [PDF]
11. PUBLIC PARTICIPATION
12. INFORMATION ITEMS BROUGHT FORWARD – NONE
13. REPORTS
13.1 STAFF
13.1.1 2025/26 Affordable Housing Grant Program Funding - Administrative Order 2025-003-ADM, Respecting Grants for Affordable Housing [PDF]
Motion:
That the Audit and Finance Standing Committee recommend that Halifax Regional Council direct the Chief Administrative Officer to allocate $1,500,000 from the Density Bonus Reserve Q640 to fund projects in the Regional Centre under the Affordable Housing Grant Program.
13.1.2 Orenda Canoe Club Request for HRM Funding [PDF]
Motion:
That the Audit and Finance Standing Committee recommend that Regional Council:
1. Decline the funding request from Orenda Canoe Club; and
2. Refer the Orenda Canoe Club to the HRM Community Grants program for consideration in fiscal 2026/27 for a capital grant valued up to $25,000.
13.1.3 First Quarter 2025/26 Financial Report [PDF]
- Presentation [PDF]
Motion:
That the Audit and Finance Standing Committee forward the First Quarter 2025/26 Financial Report to Regional Council for their information.
14. MOTIONS - NONE
15. IN CAMERA (IN PRIVATE) – NONE
16. ADDED ITEMS
17. NOTICES OF MOTION
18. DATE OF NEXT MEETING – October 15, 2025
19. ADJOURNMENT
INFORMATION ITEMS
1. Memorandum from the Acting Chief Administrative Officer dated September 1, 2025 re: CAO Contract Amendment Reporting [PDF]
2. Memorandum from the Acting Chief Administrative Officer dated September 3, 2025 re: Action Plan from the Management of Winter Operations Audit [PDF]
3. Memorandum from the Legislative Assistant dated September 10, 2025 re: Requests for Presentation to Audit and Finance Standing Committee [PDF]
4. Memorandum from the Chief Administrative Officer dated September 11, 2025 re: Action Plan – Management of Hiring Practices Audit Update [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