Finance and Responsible Governance Committee – Wednesday, June 19, 2024, 4pm

25th anniversary of the Barrie Skateboard Park, International delegations, and internal audit shows full compliance still not achieved

Watch Online: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5whRLlqz3W8

Agenda: https://barrie.legistar.com/View.ashx?M=A&ID=1194714&GUID=D6D98254-1027-4776-AD06-0E4F92B04D78

Meeting Location: Council Chambers

🎤🙋 Open Delegations

🛹🥳 Barrie Skateboard Park 25th Anniversary Event

• Event Proposal: https://barrie.legistar.com/View.ashx?M=F&ID=13025788&GUID=7E18B5EE-9088-4C43-94E5-036958903494

• The Barrie Skateboard Association will be celebrating the 25th Anniversary of the Skateboard Park in Queen's Park on September 21

• They are asking for the following issues to be addressed before the event:

  • Chain Link Fence

    • removing the frontal section of the gates as well as the tall section of the chain link fence fronting Park Street

      • community members say it makes people feel excluded

    • removing the back section of fencing and gate between the Queen's Park baseball diamond and the Army Cadet Drill Hall

      • would allow for safer entrance into the park

  • Trash Receptacles

    • asking that three trash receptacles be added to the three entrances of the park, to help community members maintain the cleanliness of the park

🧑‍🏫📑 Presentations

• Nil

↪️📥 Deferred / Referred Items

🤐🏷️ Confidential Proposed or Pending Acquisition or Disposition of Land by the Municipality - Waterlot

• Confidential memo from M. Banfield, Executive Director of Development Services

📝📑 Advisory Committee Reports

🇨🇦🇺🇳 International Relations Advisory Committee

• Report, June 4: https://barrie.legistar.com/View.ashx?M=F&ID=13025785&GUID=1FC767F0-F19F-4EEB-8B19-51FE4B8B4F07

🤝🇩🇪 International Relations Committee and Invest Barrie German Trade Delegation

• Authorize an official delegation of 5 members of the International Relations Committee to travel to Germany to join the Invest Barrie German trade delegation November 4-8 to foster the continued relationship with Zweibrucken, and to develop new economic opportunities in Baden-Baden

• Travel expenses to be funded from the International Relations Committee budget, not to exceed $15K

🤝🇺🇸 Saginaw, Michigan Delegation

• Direct the Economic and Creative Development Department to support the International Relations Committee in inviting a delegation from Saginaw, Michigan to visit Barrie during the fall of 2024

📑🗂 Staff Reports

Q2 2024 Internal Audit Status Update

• Report: https://barrie.legistar.com/View.ashx?M=F&ID=13025783&GUID=C4F4F106-1FC9-4FB5-87E9-603EB4E84C15

• Receive the report for information

• Compliance with PCard policy and procedures has not improved from prior years, and the types of non-compliance remain the same -- stronger disciplinary actions are recommended

• Compliance with expense policies and procedures has increased, but full compliance has still not been achieved

💡🗣️ Items of Discussion

• Nil