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46.48}, {"text": "acknowledge all First Nations Inuit and matey people from across Turtle Island who now reside in the city of Richmond", "start": 46.48, "end": 52.68}, {"text": "Hill we are committed to rebuilding constructive and Cooperative relations so at this point uh if you can I'd like", "start": 52.68, "end": 59.64}, {"text": "you to stand for our national in", "start": 59.64, "end": 64.159}, {"text": "[Music]", "start": 65.61, "end": 117.019}, {"text": "la", "start": 120.479, "end": 123.479}, {"text": "[Music] [Applause]", "start": 131.92, "end": 137.88}, {"text": "[Music]", "start": 137.88, "end": 155.389}, {"text": "okay thank you very much uh we have no one that I know of for the public forum", "start": 158.44, "end": 163.68}, {"text": "uh Council announcements anybody have Council announcements today okay councelor", "start": 163.68, "end": 168.84}, {"text": "svitz thank you Mr Mayor and welcome to everybody um who is in Chambers and", "start": 168.84, "end": 174.56}, {"text": "listening online this is our last council meeting until we break for our winter Hiatus in return in January I", "start": 174.56, "end": 181.2}, {"text": "just wanted to take this opportunity to wish all our residents and all our city staff um uh the best of the holiday", "start": 181.2, "end": 189.319}, {"text": "season um thank you for all that you do every day and um you are very you City", "start": 189.319, "end": 195.599}, {"text": "staff are very very much appreciated and our residents um uh we thank you for", "start": 195.599, "end": 202.159}, {"text": "always being there and um and helping us move through Sometimes some very", "start": 202.159, "end": 207.2}, {"text": "challenging um issues that we have to deal with as your nine elected members but to everybody out there um happy", "start": 207.2, "end": 215.12}, {"text": "holidays Merry Christmas happy kanuka happy Quanza whatever you celebrate celebrate it with love joy and peace", "start": 215.12, "end": 222.319}, {"text": "thank you thanks very much uh region local councelor Chan thank you Mr chair", "start": 222.319, "end": 228.879}, {"text": "um good morning and uh I want to share my colleagues that uh last week um I was", "start": 228.879, "end": 236.4}, {"text": "part of the delegation of the national Federation Academy parties uh at the Parliament Hill um to do our annual uh", "start": 236.4, "end": 244.439}, {"text": "advocacy days uh to uh get the attention of uh all federal parties uh in advance", "start": 244.439, "end": 251.319}, {"text": "of the budget for 2025 as well as uh for the U federal election sometime in next", "start": 251.319, "end": 258.639}, {"text": "year um there was something that I would like to share to takeway is regardless", "start": 258.639, "end": 264.12}, {"text": "or whether is the Deputy leader of the official opposition or whether is the chair of s Committee of Foreign Affairs", "start": 264.12, "end": 271}, {"text": "and International Development with is appartment secretary of the minister of citizenship immigration and refugees and", "start": 271, "end": 278.52}, {"text": "something regards of political parties that is a a common alignment that all", "start": 278.52, "end": 285}, {"text": "recognize that um the federal and Municipal relationship has to be uh an", "start": 285, "end": 290.72}, {"text": "overhaul and adopt new approaches as we tackle the same issue both locally um as", "start": 290.72, "end": 296.96}, {"text": "well as nationally on housing infrastructure um homelessness shelter mental health", "start": 296.96, "end": 304.56}, {"text": "and immigration and Refugee claimants are issue uh came up uh often uh because", "start": 304.56, "end": 311.24}, {"text": "of the shelter um situation that uh create um really uh Demand on resources", "start": 311.24, "end": 317.8}, {"text": "on municipalities like uh uh in York Region as well as other major Urban", "start": 317.8, "end": 323}, {"text": "centers so um I I think it's a worth our exercise as a 123 Year young uh National", "start": 323, "end": 330.24}, {"text": "Organization be doing it for the last 20 years and we look forward to have an opportunity regardless um which", "start": 330.24, "end": 336.36}, {"text": "political party um they all seem to get the message uh from the delegation that", "start": 336.36, "end": 341.8}, {"text": "we need new ways of um cooperating in particular resource support and thank", "start": 341.8, "end": 347.56}, {"text": "you very much uh Mr chair for me share with that in addition to my colleague just mentioned we only 10 days away from", "start": 347.56, "end": 354.96}, {"text": "Winter sers and also two weeks to go uh before um Community celebration hre as", "start": 354.96, "end": 362.84}, {"text": "well as Christmas and and regardless your faith or culture uh this is a time to really gather with your loved ones", "start": 362.84, "end": 370.199}, {"text": "your family and of course our hardworking staff my colleagues have a wonderful and safe holidays thank you", "start": 370.199, "end": 377.96}, {"text": "thank you very much anybody else councelor Thompson well thank you very much and", "start": 377.96, "end": 383.4}, {"text": "and of course yes this being our last one before the new year I certainly want to uh wish everybody happy holidays", "start": 383.4, "end": 391.24}, {"text": "whatever you celebrate Quanza Christmas uh you name it uh want to make sure that", "start": 391.24, "end": 397.4}, {"text": "everybody enjoys time with their families um but I'd also be a little bit remiss if I didn't talk about uh new", "start": 397.4, "end": 405.16}, {"text": "programs that will be coming in the the public library come January and that registration for those no programs", "start": 405.16, "end": 411.759}, {"text": "starts on uh December the 13th at 9:30 in the morning so if you wanted to be first off the mark to get in there that", "start": 411.759, "end": 418.599}, {"text": "would be uh a good opportunity to do so so uh thank you those are my comments", "start": 418.599, "end": 424.639}, {"text": "great thank you very much anybody else uh okay I'll just uh I I I do want to say thank you uh very much for this", "start": 424.639, "end": 431.96}, {"text": "past year for my colleagues and also for uh members of our staff for all of the great work and and shepherding through", "start": 431.96, "end": 438.8}, {"text": "uh all of the sometimes difficult but all uh decisions that were uh there to", "start": 438.8, "end": 444.72}, {"text": "design designed to be uh making our community a better place um as we go into this holiday season I I do wish", "start": 444.72, "end": 451.12}, {"text": "everybody uh regardless of what you celebrate um to uh enjoy time with family with friends uh and and loved", "start": 451.12, "end": 458.319}, {"text": "ones and uh hopefully everybody gets some time to to do that and uh share a meal and um you know share some of the", "start": 458.319, "end": 465.039}, {"text": "the things that are really important in our lives uh with with our the people closest to us so thank you very much and", "start": 465.039, "end": 471.08}, {"text": "um with that the next item on our agenda uh is Introduction of emergency or time", "start": 471.08, "end": 477.159}, {"text": "sensitive matters seeing none I need a motion to adopt the agenda councelor", "start": 477.159, "end": 483.199}, {"text": "Thompson councelor svitz all those in favor oos that carries uh disclosures of", "start": 483.199, "end": 488.879}, {"text": "pecuniary Interest or the general nature thereof okay um so the next item is", "start": 488.879, "end": 495.479}, {"text": "adoption of previous Council minutes we have a Christmas 3 for one special uh we", "start": 495.479, "end": 501.96}, {"text": "have Council public meeting held November 26th uh council meeting special council meeting November 27th and a", "start": 501.96, "end": 508.84}, {"text": "council meeting held on 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"end": 561.6}, {"text": "our the item uh that we had pulled so councelor dalala okay thank you Mr Mayor um I I", "start": 561.6, "end": 569.76}, {"text": "just just wanted to highlight I I um I think we had a very positive successful", "start": 569.76, "end": 575.56}, {"text": "budget process and and we've arrived at these recommendations uh for uh for for", "start": 575.56, "end": 581.12}, {"text": "your mayor budget uh Mr Mayor and I'm pleased to see it here and I I pulled it", "start": 581.12, "end": 587.64}, {"text": "merely to say thank you to the to our finance staff to everyone involved um", "start": 587.64, "end": 593}, {"text": "it's really all of our Senior Management that that take take part in this it's it's a lot of work beginning in June and", "start": 593, "end": 600.6}, {"text": "um in the spring and the cycle will start again soon but we're coming to a conclusion uh we we're our timing is", "start": 600.6, "end": 608.44}, {"text": "excellent in in uh in in getting this passed uh assuming it's it's ratified", "start": 608.44, "end": 614.64}, {"text": "today and and u i I think we've made some very tough decisions uh the in", "start": 614.64, "end": 622.16}, {"text": "including the decision to use some debt financing and we have positioned our", "start": 622.16, "end": 629.32}, {"text": "ourselves very well going forward I think that that's that's the takeaway from from this budget we we we made some", "start": 629.32, "end": 635.56}, {"text": "hard decisions this year to uh position ourselves very well going forward so I'm", "start": 635.56, "end": 640.8}, {"text": "very pleased to to move uh I don't know if the clerk needs the mon a time but I", "start": 640.8, "end": 646.16}, {"text": "I'm very pleased to move um the the operating and and capital budget can I", "start": 646.16, "end": 651.8}, {"text": "do both we we can do a two for one special on that too yeah no problem okay thanks", "start": 651.8, "end": 659.68}, {"text": "okay okay second or uh councelor Davidson you have anything to say don't I always thank", "start": 659.68, "end": 666.399}, {"text": "you all right you Mr chair um yeah I I'm glad we've gotten to this point that", "start": 666.399, "end": 672.56}, {"text": "we're approving this I I want to say for any residents who maybe didn't watch I", "start": 672.56, "end": 678.2}, {"text": "honestly can't count how many meetings and information sessions and I wanted to assure residents that everything well", "start": 678.2, "end": 685.72}, {"text": "not everything but honestly Big Ticket items and why are we doing it that way and I feel like this Council really", "start": 685.72, "end": 692.079}, {"text": "tried to hammer out every single point as to why taxes are going to go up and", "start": 692.079, "end": 698.76}, {"text": "unfortunately I think everyone on this for everyone on this Council I think I could safely say wishes we didn't have", "start": 698.76, "end": 704.6}, {"text": "to raise taxes but that's not the world we live in we live in a world where prices going up there's different forces", "start": 704.6, "end": 710.04}, {"text": "so even hammering out how do we make sure nobody's house gets flooded or there this sidewalk is clear there's", "start": 710.04, "end": 716.519}, {"text": "just so much in this budget and I do want to thank staff for dragging us along I know I asked the same questions", "start": 716.519, "end": 723.72}, {"text": "more than once um because we really it's hard to get to this point for counselors", "start": 723.72, "end": 729.639}, {"text": "because we have to let everyone know unfortunately we're going to have to have taxes go up but on the other hand", "start": 729.639, "end": 736.76}, {"text": "it made me walk away with such a sense of Pride that we live in a safe um City", "start": 736.76, "end": 742.199}, {"text": "where you can walk down the street and know go to a beautiful Park and you can skate and you can meet your neighbors at", "start": 742.199, "end": 748.16}, {"text": "an event at the the uh community centers so it's it's a really tough road and I do want to thank staff for getting us", "start": 748.16, "end": 754.8}, {"text": "here and my colleagues for always asking questions and the patience of everybody to listen to our eight million questions", "start": 754.8, "end": 760.519}, {"text": "so uh it's yeah it's a tough I would say it's the hardest thing about this job so", "start": 760.519, "end": 766.24}, {"text": "I I um I approve it and and I thank everyone involved in getting us here thank you counselor anybody else", "start": 766.24, "end": 773.16}, {"text": "councelor tree thank you so much Mr chair through you m chair first one thank you so much for our staff especi", "start": 773.16, "end": 779.16}, {"text": "esally for our treas Gia working for hard so put this all together also thank", "start": 779.16, "end": 784.279}, {"text": "you for our counselors I think we have gone through a lot of the meetings discuss and budget so my first questions", "start": 784.279, "end": 791.48}, {"text": "to our uh Traders is uh from process perspective what the best approach we", "start": 791.48, "end": 799.04}, {"text": "have done in 2024 to get community engagement discussing the budgeting and", "start": 799.04, "end": 806.12}, {"text": "what we will do in next year to guide more communities and resents to be", "start": 806.12, "end": 811.72}, {"text": "engaged for this type of budgeting", "start": 811.72, "end": 816.279}, {"text": "discussion treasure Lee through the chair to counselor tree", "start": 818.36, "end": 825.56}, {"text": "so as part of the report back we did back in September staff did um note that", "start": 825.56, "end": 832.04}, {"text": "you know through a number of the budget engagement events in person or online we", "start": 832.04, "end": 840.24}, {"text": "do have some lessons learned so for example we definitely um we had the open", "start": 840.24, "end": 845.8}, {"text": "house we did have the budget open a house at McAn Center and we do not have any", "start": 845.8, "end": 851.519}, {"text": "participants um for for that event so definitely taking some of the some of", "start": 851.519, "end": 857.279}, {"text": "the the feedback and the lessons that we learned from 2025 we will be very likely focusing", "start": 857.279, "end": 865.56}, {"text": "on the virtual piece and that's something that will continue to develop along with their communication Services", "start": 865.56, "end": 872.279}, {"text": "Group as well perfect thank you so much so I just want to Echo that one as well so I think I believe all the council", "start": 872.279, "end": 878.839}, {"text": "members here sending public notice to invite right and join the council", "start": 878.839, "end": 884.44}, {"text": "meeting so hopefully in 2025 in next years we're going to continue do it so", "start": 884.44, "end": 890.12}, {"text": "if City holding more budet meetings publicly I welcome all the res join as", "start": 890.12, "end": 895.56}, {"text": "early as possible if you have any questions concerns put forward for discussion instead of last minute uh", "start": 895.56, "end": 903.8}, {"text": "thank you so much so my next question regarding to the watering I think we already discussed this things a lot but", "start": 903.8, "end": 909.8}, {"text": "I just want to bring this up for watering charges this year a city mark up", "start": 909.8, "end": 915.839}, {"text": "6.8% so just question one more time uh from our Traders perspective uh what the", "start": 915.839, "end": 923.199}, {"text": "root cost to resolve the water for 6.8 thank you so much", "start": 923.199, "end": 929.519}, {"text": "through the chair to councelor tree so the 2025 water and waste water budget is", "start": 929.88, "end": 935.88}, {"text": "funded by the water Billings and the rates are Guided by the 2024 Water and", "start": 935.88, "end": 941.16}, {"text": "Wastewater financial plan that we did earlier in the summer and I would say for the most part the the rates now they", "start": 941.16, "end": 947.639}, {"text": "emphasize on overall cost recovery for operations as well as allocating sufficient funds for future Capital", "start": 947.639, "end": 955.04}, {"text": "needs okay thank you so much so next question regarding to the flooding water or storm water so this year we have 50", "start": 955.04, "end": 963.68}, {"text": "percentage of the increase so that scared a lot of people when they really first time see this report so what is", "start": 963.68, "end": 970.72}, {"text": "driven is because our BAS is too low or is any specific or what what driven that", "start": 970.72, "end": 977.199}, {"text": "in the sou is a speik thank you through the chair to Council Tree so", "start": 977.199, "end": 983.079}, {"text": "the storm water fee um the the the increase in the storm water fee is also", "start": 983.079, "end": 989.48}, {"text": "Guided by the 2024 storm water management financial plan that was approved by Council in November and it", "start": 989.48, "end": 995.319}, {"text": "emphasizes allocating sufficient funds for future Capital renewal needs I do want to remind everybody like we we did", "start": 995.319, "end": 1003.48}, {"text": "talk about this during the the financial plan process it's largely because over", "start": 1003.48, "end": 1008.519}, {"text": "the years the funding have not kept pace they we this is what I would call a", "start": 1008.519, "end": 1014.199}, {"text": "catchup because over the last 10 years we haven't been keeping Pace with the", "start": 1014.199, "end": 1019.399}, {"text": "rates that are needed so that's why we're seeing um a higher increase in", "start": 1019.399, "end": 1025.16}, {"text": "2025 to make sure that we we are getting ourselves back on track okay if I", "start": 1025.16, "end": 1031.16}, {"text": "remember correctly uh there there was a this uh the gap or budgeted", "start": 1031.16, "end": 1038.52}, {"text": "shocking uh for the storm water around $60 million or maybe $16 million I", "start": 1038.52, "end": 1044}, {"text": "forgot the number I think we had that discussion do you have a remember what is the deficit for the storm water", "start": 1044, "end": 1052.08}, {"text": "budgeting for next 10 years is a 600 million or 16", "start": 1052.08, "end": 1058.52}, {"text": "million through the chair to Council Tree I don't have that number often but", "start": 1060.799, "end": 1067.72}, {"text": "it wouldn't be 600 um but definitely I think what we have to look at is that when we talk", "start": 1067.72, "end": 1075.12}, {"text": "about the deficit it's really related to Capital renewal needs so that's why by", "start": 1075.12, "end": 1080.32}, {"text": "increasing the rates we're able to fund the capital projects that are needed in", "start": 1080.32, "end": 1085.64}, {"text": "the next 10 years but I I don't believe it would be in the $600 million range no thank you so much so 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see inflation at a at a much higher elevated", "start": 1195.76, "end": 1204.679}, {"text": "Pace what that does in turn is is it's impacting our cost as a city to deliver", "start": 1205.6, "end": 1211.84}, {"text": "those Services okay thank you so much okay thank you uh next is regional", "start": 1211.84, "end": 1219.52}, {"text": "local Council Deputy Mayor Chan um thank you very much Mr chair um let me stay up", "start": 1219.52, "end": 1224.919}, {"text": "front that is uh um the stock from Finance as well as everyone in the", "start": 1224.919, "end": 1232}, {"text": "city I understand have a role to play on it thank you very much and also to my", "start": 1232, "end": 1237.84}, {"text": "colleagues and the mayor uh is certainly I'm a taxpayer too uh uh honestly nobody", "start": 1237.84, "end": 1244.559}, {"text": "would like to see an increase z% re better but in reality it's not the case um so on the tax rate increase uh I I'm", "start": 1244.559, "end": 1252.64}, {"text": "personally very pleased because I remember I had a motion move on June uh", "start": 1252.64, "end": 1257.88}, {"text": "in June 23 at the budget committee say you know cap the tax rate 3% last year", "start": 1257.88, "end": 1263.24}, {"text": "we 4.7% so this year is 3% uh so I hope", "start": 1263.24, "end": 1268.559}, {"text": "that with the financial out look hopefully we can maintain or around that in the years to come so that's Point", "start": 1268.559, "end": 1275.24}, {"text": "number one point number two um Council sh uh talking about uh consultation I'm", "start": 1275.24, "end": 1281.76}, {"text": "very gungho on consultation uh in fact I believe even in um early years um that I", "start": 1281.76, "end": 1288.72}, {"text": "did ask for to have more um budet consultation strategy which treasure Lee", "start": 1288.72, "end": 1294}, {"text": "brought in early this year for 2025 and I was there at the open house", "start": 1294, "end": 1300.039}, {"text": "in M County Center and I've been to a number of other ones um that I think", "start": 1300.039, "end": 1305.12}, {"text": "there's something if I may say so each one of us uh on Council has a", "start": 1305.12, "end": 1310.24}, {"text": "responsibility and we can all help work with our diligent staff to publicize to", "start": 1310.24, "end": 1315.96}, {"text": "let people understand what it is to this mystify what budget is right because we", "start": 1315.96, "end": 1321.679}, {"text": "all paying into it and um and um uh I I did a whole one myself on both region", "start": 1321.679, "end": 1329.279}, {"text": "and the um City itself and I find the 20 some OD people from all the city they're", "start": 1329.279, "end": 1335.88}, {"text": "very engaged for those people really want to learn more they will come out through the appropriate marketing and", "start": 1335.88, "end": 1343.159}, {"text": "and communication and turn to my last Point Mr Mayor is on communication and", "start": 1343.159, 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councelor colleague who sit on Library board the new programs coming livebrary and so on", "start": 1393.44, "end": 1400.32}, {"text": "is that something it's been planned from a communication on that respect some info Graphics easy for people understand", "start": 1400.32, "end": 1408.12}, {"text": "for what you're getting um this is the 3% to you Mr chair through the chair to", "start": 1408.12, "end": 1415.32}, {"text": "W mayor CH definely communication Services is a partner working with financial services we've been working", "start": 1415.32, "end": 1421.799}, {"text": "together along the way so with the the the newly", "start": 1421.799, "end": 1426.84}, {"text": "um presented budget book to a lot of the media releases a lot of the", "start": 1426.84, "end": 1432.76}, {"text": "communications that we're doing throughout they are a part of it and when obviously we're we're going to", "start": 1432.76, "end": 1438.44}, {"text": "continue to work with them definitely infographics 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"end": 1489.039}, {"text": "do that every year and we do include an insert in the tax bill to identify and", "start": 1489.039, "end": 1494.799}, {"text": "you know it's it's to it's notice to identify and also help to communicate", "start": 1494.799, "end": 1499.84}, {"text": "what the budgets thank you very much again uh my sincere gratitude to everyone involved mayor at chair and", "start": 1499.84, "end": 1507.44}, {"text": "everyone here um yeah 3% I I can live with it and I'm supporting the motion", "start": 1507.44, "end": 1514.039}, {"text": "thank you okay thank you anybody else okay so um I'll just make a couple", "start": 1514.039, "end": 1520.32}, {"text": "of comments um so the 2025 City Richmond Hill budget is a plan for today but also", "start": 1520.32, "end": 1526.32}, {"text": "for our future and I am really really proud to table this budget uh it reflects our commitment to building a", "start": 1526.32, "end": 1532.799}, {"text": "resilient City and a complete Community with the services and amenities that our residents have come to expect uh I think", "start": 1532.799, "end": 1540.12}, {"text": "it's a reflection and a culmination of a a tremendous amount of work and effort that's being put forward by City staff", "start": 1540.12, "end": 1547.039}, {"text": "um and I think it demonstrates a responsible approach to maintaining the services that uh residents of our great", "start": 1547.039, "end": 1553.279}, {"text": "City uh enjoy and rely on every day I think you know at the end of the day", "start": 1553.279, "end": 1558.76}, {"text": "this really you know it's a very complicated document it's a very complex process that we go through all the time", "start": 1558.76, "end": 1565.039}, {"text": "but really this budget reflects what we value as a community and the Investments that we're going to be making and", "start": 1565.039, "end": 1571.2}, {"text": "although I guess legally this is the mayor's budget I do want to say thank you to my colleagues for the", "start": 1571.2, "end": 1578.399}, {"text": "participation um that we have put into this budget it really does I think reflect a lot of public input and also", "start": 1578.399, "end": 1585.279}, {"text": "input from members of council so thank you um one of the top priorities for all", "start": 1585.279, "end": 1590.72}, {"text": "of us here including me is the Financial Health of Richmond Hill and this means that we've obviously had to make some", "start": 1590.72, "end": 1596.32}, {"text": "hard choices in this budget to uh achieve a balance between our cost to our taxpayers and delivering city", "start": 1596.32, "end": 1602.6}, {"text": "services that are essential uh to this uh the people that live here in our our", "start": 1602.6, "end": 1607.64}, {"text": "uh City uh development charges on new development and Redevelopment is an essential tool to provide services to", "start": 1607.64, "end": 1614.2}, {"text": "our uh new residents in the past several years development charges have been adversely impacted by a number of", "start": 1614.2, "end": 1620.399}, {"text": "provincial legislative changes which have resulted in municipalities paying for services that were previously funded", "start": 1620.399, "end": 1626.559}, {"text": "by another level of government this means that in 2025 we will be doing more", "start": 1626.559, "end": 1631.799}, {"text": "with less and I have been and will continue to advocate for a new deal for our municipality to address these issues", "start": 1631.799, "end": 1639.44}, {"text": "because our city does need other sources of revenue to complement our property taxes and user fees that we collect uh", "start": 1639.44, "end": 1646.72}, {"text": "to support our operations from all levels of government the 2025 budget", "start": 1646.72, "end": 1651.88}, {"text": "includes a 3.19% property tax increase and a 1 1.5%", "start": 1651.88, "end": 1657.159}, {"text": "infrastructure Levy for a total of 4.69% increase on uh the city's portion", "start": 1657.159, "end": 1663.039}, {"text": "of our tax bill as a municipality we'll be working hard to live within our means", "start": 1663.039, "end": 1668.6}, {"text": "we know that the cost of living is very high and our post-pandemic society is still struggling financially to get back", "start": 1668.6, "end": 1675.12}, {"text": "on its feet one example is of that is the city of Richmond Hill City manager", "start": 1675.12, "end": 1680.159}, {"text": "has a goal of funding up to $1 million of improvements through streamlined Services increased revenue and time and", "start": 1680.159, "end": 1687.08}, {"text": "cost avoidance this is part of the city's efforts to deliver current and new service levels with at the least", "start": 1687.08, "end": 1693.32}, {"text": "impact on our property tax paying constituents and I will say that this is something that we do a lot around here", "start": 1693.32, "end": 1700.48}, {"text": "it's it's a it's an ongoing process to be efficient and make sure that we're spending our tax dollars effectively", "start": 1700.48, "end": 1707.36}, {"text": "we're Levering uh leveraging savings uh we call Reserve funds in we maintain in", "start": 1707.36, "end": 1712.679}, {"text": "a measured way and to maintain our sound fiscal approach to financial planning and to minimize our tax burden on our", "start": 1712.679, "end": 1719.64}, {"text": "residents some highlights of this budget include ongoing work to relieve the", "start": 1719.64, "end": 1724.76}, {"text": "housing crisis and that includes moving forward with the implementation uh of the housing", "start": 1724.76, "end": 1729.96}, {"text": "accelerator fund specifically our community Improvement plan uh for affordable sustainable housing and", "start": 1729.96, "end": 1736.48}, {"text": "infrastructure acceleration initiative uh our affordable housing concierge program which will be launched", "start": 1736.48, "end": 1742.399}, {"text": "officially uh in 2025 also Richmond Hill secondary plan", "start": 1742.399, "end": 1747.799}, {"text": "will come into effect in 2025 and it sets out a policy framework for future housing near the plan near the plan", "start": 1747.799, "end": 1754.48}, {"text": "North York uh sub sorry young North uh Subway extension and it supports development of community with", "start": 1754.48, "end": 1761.08}, {"text": "infrastructure and amenities to support the anticipated growth of Richmond Hill Center we're going to be improving the", "start": 1761.08, "end": 1767.519}, {"text": "public part participation in the building and planning and development process with the implementation of an", "start": 1767.519, "end": 1773.279}, {"text": "online viewer and interactive map with the status of development planning applications on Richmond", "start": 1773.279, "end": 1779.679}, {"text": "hill.ca we're excited to move forward with the concept plan for a brand new park at the southwest corner of Young", "start": 1779.679, "end": 1786.039}, {"text": "Street and major McKenzie Drive West this will provide space for our community to come together and frankly I", "start": 1786.039, "end": 1792.6}, {"text": "think it's long overdue uh we also are building our relationships with our treaty partners", "start": 1792.6, "end": 1797.84}, {"text": "and including the Miss sagas of the Credit First Nations and other Williams treaty uh First Nations I I look forward", "start": 1797.84, "end": 1804.039}, {"text": "to seeing the unveiled signage reflecting the indigenous names of Richmond Hill waterways coming", "start": 1804.039, "end": 1809.559}, {"text": "soon these are all important efforts to support our vibrant and inclusive city of neighbors as we grow our budget", "start": 1809.559, "end": 1816.76}, {"text": "consists of an operating budget that supports the city's day-to-day operations and a capital budget that", "start": 1816.76, "end": 1822.679}, {"text": "invests in the community to ensure that our assets are safe and reliable for the future", "start": 1822.679, "end": 1828.76}, {"text": "while our large largest capital projects in 2025 will be Road reconstructions and", "start": 1828.76, "end": 1833.84}, {"text": "the roof replacement of the Bay Hill Community Center I'm also excited about the continued Improvement of the", "start": 1833.84, "end": 1840.24}, {"text": "Richmond Hill Dunlop observatory park and the investment we are making in", "start": 1840.24, "end": 1845.399}, {"text": "storm water management to help prevent flooding caused by more powerful storms and impacts and impacts of climate", "start": 1845.399, "end": 1852.2}, {"text": "change we must make these critical decisions for today and tomorrow for", "start": 1852.2, "end": 1858.6}, {"text": "ourselves and also to keep our kids safe once again the community can count on a", "start": 1858.6, "end": 1863.72}, {"text": "fiscally responsible annual budget that will make the most out of every dollar spent to sustain our thriving vibrant", "start": 1863.72, "end": 1870.12}, {"text": "and inclusive community these Investments are the things that make Richmond Hill a great community and I I", "start": 1870.12, "end": 1876.96}, {"text": "will admit that sometimes I take for granted all of the great services that we offer to our residents each and every", "start": 1876.96, "end": 1883.72}, {"text": "day but I can assure you that this budget makes sure that those vibrant uh", "start": 1883.72, "end": 1889.519}, {"text": "aspects of our community continue so thanks very much to my colleagues again", "start": 1889.519, "end": 1894.76}, {"text": "for all the input and to staff for all of the the guidance as we've worked through this process um we are at a", "start": 1894.76, "end": 1900.519}, {"text": "point now where we're ready to move the uh both the capital and operating budgets um so I would uh ask for a", "start": 1900.519, "end": 1908.039}, {"text": "motion we've got sorry we have the motion in seconder uh all those in favor opposed that carries unanimously", "start": 1908.039, "end": 1915.32}, {"text": "thank you very much okay um at this point in time uh we need", "start": 1915.32, "end": 1922.6}, {"text": "a I guess we passed all the bylaws on consent right oh we did not okay so who gets to do the bylaw this is like an", "start": 1922.6, "end": 1929.08}, {"text": "early Christmas present for whoever does it councelor svitz councelor tree all", "start": 1929.08, "end": 1934.919}, {"text": "those in favor oppose that carries thank you very much uh we need a bylaw to confirm the proceedings of this meeting", "start": 1934.919, "end": 1942.039}, {"text": "councelor doollo councelor Regional local councelor uh Chan all those in favor oppos that carries", "start": 1942.039, "end": 1949.44}, {"text": "and um what's what's the last thing we need to do I guess it's probably a motion to", "start": 1949.44, "end": 1956.36}, {"text": "adjourn yes uh but with your Indulgence uh Mr chair uh before uh the meeting adjourned for the benefit not only of", "start": 1956.36, "end": 1963.36}, {"text": "council here uh but for the public uh who regularly attend or view our our meetings uh beginning tomorrow the uh", "start": 1963.36, "end": 1971.039}, {"text": "technology in this Council chamber will be updated uh uh and that's going to", "start": 1971.039, "end": 1976.08}, {"text": "take several weeks and so I just wanted to advise the public uh and members of council and everyone that uh our two", "start": 1976.08, "end": 1982.96}, {"text": "meetings scheduled in January the committee the hold in regular council meeting um will be held virtually only", "start": 1982.96, "end": 1989.32}, {"text": "uh so uh please do not uh if you're planning to come out for those riveting meetings don't plan to come in the", "start": 1989.32, "end": 1995.24}, {"text": "building okay so everybody can wear their jammies on the bottom for the first couple of weeks in in January I", "start": 1995.24, "end": 2001.32}, {"text": "think that's what you were saying okay so I need a motion to adjourn councelor svitz councelor tree all those in favor", "start": 2001.32, "end": 2008.24}, {"text": "oppose that Kish", "start": 2008.24, "end": 2011.278}]