2.             COMMUNITY OWNERSHIP OF CHILDCARE FACILITIES

(Referred from City Council meeting of 15 January 2007)

 

PROPRIÉTÉ COMMUNAUTAIRE D'ÉTABLISSEMENTS DE GARDE D'ENFANTS

(Reporté de la réunion du Conseil municipal du 15 janvier 2007)

 

 

COMMITTEE RECOMMENDATION as amended

That Council reject the following motion:

 

WHEREAS child care is a vital service for critical service for families in the City of Ottawa; and

 

WHEREAS there are 17,037 childcare spaces in Ottawa with 7263 subsidized spaces; and

 

WHEREAS the City of Ottawa licences 282 childcare centres of which 200 centres provide subsidized spaces; and

 

WHEREAS the City of Ottawa owns and operates 17 childcare centres with 493 spaces; and

 

WHEREAS the vast majority of childcare spaces are located in regulated not for profit childcare centres which deliver vital services in an entrepreneur and cost effective manner; and

 

WHEREAS this childcare centres are governed by a community based board of directors making these childcare centres incredibly close to the communities that they serve; and

 

WHEREAS the communities served by the City owned childcare centres may wish to establish community ownership of these centres similar to the to that which exists in the regulated not for profit childcare centres;

 

THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED that the 2007 budget for the Community and Protective Services Department include a financial provision that would allow communities served city owned childcare centres to explore the opportunity to establish community ownership model similar to that which exists in the regulated not for profits childcare centres that provide the bulk of the City’s childcare spaces.

 

 

Recommandation du Comité TELLE QUE MODIFIÉE

 

Que le Conseil rejette la motion suivante :

 

ATTENDU QUE la garde d'enfants est un service d'importance critique pour les familles à Ottawa;

 

ATTENDU QU'il y a 17 037 places en garderie à Ottawa, dont 7 263 places subventionnées;

 

ATTENDU QUE la Ville d'Ottawa a délivré des permis d'exploitation à 282 garderies, dont 200 qui offrent des places subventionnées;

 

ATTENDU QUE la Ville d'Ottawa possède et exploite 17 garderies, offrant 493 places;

 

ATTENDU QUE la grande majorité des places se trouvent dans des garderies réglementées sans but lucratif qui fournissent des services essentiels de façon professionnelle et économique;

 

ATTENDU QUE de telles garderies relèvent d'un conseil d'administration communautaire, ce qui fait qu'elles sont très près des communautés qu'elles desservent;

 

ATTENDU QUE les communautés desservies par une garderie appartenant à la Ville pourraient souhaiter établir un régime de propriété communautaire semblable à celui qui existe dans les garderies réglementées sans but lucratif;

 

IL EST PAR CONSÉQUENT RÉSOLU QUE le budget de 2007 des Services communautaires et de protection comportera une disposition financière permettant aux communautés desservies par une garderie appartenant à la Ville d'étudier la possibilité d'adopter une formule de propriété communautaire semblable à celle qui existe dans les garderies réglementées sans but lucratif qui fournissent l'essentiel des places en garderie à Ottawa.

 

 

 

 

 

DOCUMENTATION

 

1.                  Coordinator, Community and Protective Services Committee report dated 17 January 2007 (ACS2007-CCS-CPS-0001).

2.                  Extract of Draft Minute, 1 February 2007


Report to / Rapport au:

 

Community and Protective Services Committee

Comité des services communautaires et de protection

 

17 January 2007 / le 17 janvier 2007

 

Submitted by / Soumis par: City Council / Conseil municipal

 

Contact / Personne-ressource : Rosemary Nelson, Committee Coordinator /

Coordonnatrice de comité,

City Clerk’s Branch/Direction du greffe

580-2424, Ext. / poste : 21624, Rosemary.Nelson@ottawa.ca

 

City Wide / À l'échelle de la Ville

Ref N°:  ACS2007-CCS-CPS-0002

 

 

SUBJECT:     COMMUNITY OWNERSHIP OF CHILDCARE FACILITIES

 

OBJET :         PROPRIÉTÉ COMMUNAUTAIRE D'ÉTABLISSEMENTS DE GARDE D'ENFANTS

 

 

REPORT RECOMMENDATION

 

That the Community and Protective Services Committee consider the following motion:

 

WHEREAS child care is a vital service for critical service for families in the City of Ottawa; and

 

WHEREAS there are 17,037 childcare spaces in Ottawa with 7263 subsidized spaces; and

 

WHEREAS the City of Ottawa licences 282 childcare centres of which 200 centres provide subsidized spaces; and

 

WHEREAS the City of Ottawa owns and operates 17 childcare centres with 493 spaces; and

 

WHEREAS the vast majority of childcare spaces are located in regulated not for profit childcare centres which deliver vital services in an entrepreneur and cost effective manner; and

 

WHEREAS this childcare centres are governed by a community based board of directors making these childcare centres incredibly close to the communities that they serve; and

 

WHEREAS the communities served by the City owned childcare centres may wish to establish community ownership of these centres similar to the to that which exists in the regulated not for profit childcare centres;

 

THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED that the 2007 budget for the Community and Protective Services Department include a financial provision that would allow communities served city owned childcare centres to explore the opportunity to establish community ownership model similar to that which exists in the regulated not for profits childcare centres that provide the bulk of the City’s childcare spaces.

 

 

RECOMMANDATION DU RAPPORT

 

Que le Comité des services communautaires et de protection considère la motion suivante :

 

ATTENDU QUE la garde d'enfants est un service d'importance critique pour les familles à Ottawa;

 

ATTENDU QU'il y a 17 037 places en garderie à Ottawa, dont 7 263 places subventionnées;

 

ATTENDU QUE la Ville d'Ottawa a délivré des permis d'exploitation à 282 garderies, dont 200 qui offrent des places subventionnées;

 

ATTENDU QUE la Ville d'Ottawa possède et exploite 17 garderies, offrant 493 places;

 

ATTENDU QUE la grande majorité des places se trouvent dans des garderies réglementées sans but lucratif qui fournissent des services essentiels de façon professionnelle et économique;

 

ATTENDU QUE de telles garderies relèvent d'un conseil d'administration communautaire, ce qui fait qu'elles sont très près des communautés qu'elles desservent;

 

ATTENDU QUE les communautés desservies par une garderie appartenant à la Ville pourraient souhaiter établir un régime de propriété communautaire semblable à celui qui existe dans les garderies réglementées sans but lucratif;

 

IL EST PAR CONSÉQUENT RÉSOLU QUE le budget de 2007 des Services communautaires et de protection comportera une disposition financière permettant aux communautés desservies par une garderie appartenant à la Ville d'étudier la possibilité d'adopter une formule de propriété communautaire semblable à celle qui existe dans les garderies réglementées sans but lucratif qui fournissent l'essentiel des places en garderie à Ottawa.

 

 

BACKGROUND

 

City Council, at its meeting held on 15 January 2007, referred the aforementioned motion (Motion 4/20) to the Community and Protective Services Committee.

 

The value of direct municipal delivery of childcare programs has been examined a number of times over the course of the past 10 years. Staff has considered various divestment options. A community management model was looked at in the 1990’s, and in 2003 a combined closure and alternate service delivery model was explored under the City’s Universal Program Review project. In 2004, a business case for municipally operated child care was developed internally and at the same time, CUPE Ontario in partnership with the Ontario Coalition for Better Child Care co-authored a report outlining the value of municipally operated programs across Ontario. 

 

If Committee were supportive of pursuing such a review, staff would propose to report back to the Feb 15 meeting with a proposed work plan and budget.

Many of the City owned childcare centres are located in neighbourhoods that are hard to serve.  Should those child care centres move to a community ownership model similar to that which exists in the regulated not for profit childcare centres that provide the bulk of the City’s childcare spaces, staff do not believe that savings could be attained.  The net result of such a move would be the City purchasing additional spaces from Community owned centres for parents in those neighbourhoods.

 

 

CONSULTATION

 

This item will be advertised in the local dailies as part of the Public Meeting Advertisement on Friday preceding the Committee meeting.

 

 

FINANCIAL IMPLICATIONS

 

Community and Protective Services department staff to provide comments at the meeting.

 

 

DISPOSITION

 

Community and Protective Services department staff to take appropriate action on the Committee’s direction.


COLLABORATIVE APPROACH TO COMMUNITY FUNDING

UNE APPROCHE COMMUNE AU FINANCEMENT COMMUNAUTAIRE

ACS2007-CCS-CPS-0001                                             CITY WIDE / À L’ÉCHELLE DE LA VILLE

 

The Committee received a written presentation in advance of the meeting from Roseanne Sallafranque of the Ottawa Federation of Parents’ Day Cares.  A copy of the submission, although not presented at the committee meeting, is held on file.

 

Similar to what was noted at Item 6 of the agenda of 1 February, the Committee Chair advised that the community is not in support of this Motion and she suggested the Committee reject the proposed resolution.

 

Moved by D. Holmes

 

That the Community and Protective Services Committee reject the following motion:

 

WHEREAS child care is a vital service for critical service for families in the City of Ottawa; and

 

WHEREAS there are 17,037 childcare spaces in Ottawa with 7263 subsidized spaces; and

 

WHEREAS the City of Ottawa licences 282 childcare centres of which 200 centres provide subsidized spaces; and

 

WHEREAS the City of Ottawa owns and operates 17 childcare centres with 493 spaces; and

 

WHEREAS the vast majority of childcare spaces are located in regulated not for profit childcare centres which deliver vital services in an entrepreneur and cost effective manner; and

 

WHEREAS this childcare centres are governed by a community based board of directors making these childcare centres incredibly close to the communities that they serve; and

 

WHEREAS the communities served by the City owned childcare centres may wish to establish community ownership of these centres similar to the to that which exists in the regulated not for profit childcare centres;

 

THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED that the 2007 budget for the Community and Protective Services Department include a financial provision that would allow communities served city owned childcare centres to explore the opportunity to establish community ownership model similar to that which exists in the regulated not for profits childcare centres that provide the bulk of the City’s childcare spaces.

            CARRIED, as amended