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Parks and Recreation Planning Committee
Parks and Recreation Finance Committee
The following motion was put forward by Commissioner Herbert at the meeting of the Board held on Monday, October 16, 2006:
Whereas on October 5, 2006 City Council voted unanimously to reinstate the full-time Contracting Specialist position to the end of 2008 in order to develop and implement a comprehensive Sustainable and Ethical Purchasing Policy (SEPP), and to provide support to all City departments and boards in administering the EPP;
Whereas City Council and the Vancouver Park Board were partners in the creation, and implementation of the Ethical Purchasing Policy;
Whereas City Council recently demonstrated their commitment to EPP by providing funding of $30,000 that includes a previously approved budget for EPP, reallocations out of the 2006 Operating Budget, with funding for 2007 and 2008 to be added to the 2007 Operating Budget without offset;
Whereas on June 12, 2006 the Vancouver Park Board voted to amend the EPP to allow for buying from suppliers who don't meet the ethical standards of the policy;
Whereas City Council have urged the Vancouver Park Board to reconsider the amended policy on ethical purchasing;
Whereas differential buying as laid out in the current policy opens the door to purchasing from unethical suppliers;
And Whereas on June 12, 2006 the Vancouver Park Board unanimously voted to direct staff to report back in early 2007 with a review of the EPP based on budget and initiatives;
Be It Resolved that the Vancouver Park Board request staff report back to the Board on the EPP review, in time for 2007 Operating Budget discussions;
And Be It Further Resolved that the Vancouver Park Board request Council review the funding which had been assigned to the Vancouver Park Board for ethical purchasing in the previous budget, and reinstate funding provided to the Vancouver Park Board for the implementation of this policy.
THAT the Board later this evening go into a meeting which is closed to the public, pursuant to Section 165.2 of the Vancouver Charter, to discuss matters related to paragraphs:
(e) the acquisition, disposition or expropriation of land or improvements, if the Council considers that disclosure could reasonably be expected to harm the interests of the city;
k) negotiations and related discussions respecting the proposed provision of an activity, work or facility that are at their preliminary stages and that, in the view of the Board, could reasonably be expected to harm the interests of the city if they were held in public.
NEXT MEETINGS:
Special Board Meeting: Monday, November
27, 2006 at 5:00 pm at Hastings Community
Centre
Regular Board Meeting: Monday, December
11, 2005 at 7:00 pm at Killarney Community
Centre