Motion by Councillor Mary-Margaret McMahon on EX14.1

Councillor Mary-Margaret McMahon has moved the following motion on the 2012 Operating and Capital Budgets:

Moved by: Councillor Mary-Margaret McMahon

Policy, Planning, Finance & Administration and the Toronto Environment Office – Operating Budget

That City Council direct the City Manager to:

- Increase the Toronto Environment Office (TEO) Division's operating budget by $323,000 with funds coming from the estimated $3 million in reserve funds, which were originally allocated from the Strategic Infrastructure Partnership Reserve Account and allocated in 2008 for implementation of the Climate Change Action Plan and are currently unallocated to any program activities, in order to reinstate 3 Corporate Environment Support positions;

- Continue to fund these 3 positions through reserve funding until December 2014; and

- Ensure that these 3 positions will continue to implement the City's Sustainable Energy Strategy and Climate Change Action plans and that the Director of the Toronto Environment Office report to City Council through the Parks and Environment Committee by the end of 2012, and annually thereafter, on the outcomes and activities of these 3 positions and their role focused on implementing the Sustainable Energy Strategy.