File #: 20-735    Version: 1 Name:
Type: Action Report Status: Carried
File created: 11/6/2020 In control: Governance and Finance Committee
On agenda: 12/2/2020 Final action: 12/9/2020
Title: COVID-19 Safe Restart Grants for Local Governments
Attachments: 1. Staff Report: COVID-19 Safe Restart Grants for Local Govts, 2. Appendix A: Safe Restart Allocation Letter from Ministry, 3. Appendix B: Regional Districts & Municipal Allocation of Grants, 4. Appendix C: Demographics, Population Estimates, CRD July 1, 5. Appendix D: Summary of the Grant Allocation

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COVID-19 Safe Restart Grants for Local Governments

 

Recommendation

[At the December 2, 2020 Governance and Finance Committee meeting, the following motion was amended and carried with the addition of items #4 and #5:]

The Governance and Finance Committee recommends to the Capital Regional District Board:

1.                     That staff allocate the $1.4 million CRD COVID-19 Safe Restart Grants for Local Government in alignment with the Provincial allocation formulae to Regional Services and Local Area Services as summarized in Appendix D;

2.                     That the Regional Services allocation be distributed to the Regional Corporate Emergency Service Budget;

3.                     That the Local Area Services allocation be apportioned to the respective Electoral Areas where staff will engage EA Directors to determine allocation to specific services;

4.                     That the CRD Board Chair, after consulting with the Union of British Columbia Municipalities, write and meet with the Premier and Minister responsible to advocate for an additional allocation of funding for electoral areas and First Nations;

5.                     That the CRD Board consider re-distributing any unspent funds from the Regional Services allocation prior to the end of 2021.

(NWA)