7.       motion - AMBULANCE DONATION TO ETHIOPIA

 

MOTION - DON D’UNE AMBULANCE À L’ÉTHIOPIE

 

 

Committee Recommendation

 

That Council waive Subsection 41(4) of By-law No. 50 of 2000, as amended, and approve the donation of one (1) ambulance (approximate value $5,000) to the Friends of Ethiopia, on the condition that the Friends raise funds to cover the associated cost to deliver the ambulance to Ethiopia.

 

 

Recommandation du comité

 

Que le Conseil renonce au paragraphe 41(4) du Règlement no 50 de 2000, tel que modifié, et approuve le don d’une (1) ambulance (valeur approximative de 5 000 $) à l’organisation Friends of Ethiopia, à condition que celle-ci amasse les fonds nécessaires au paiement des coûts de livraison de l’ambulance vers l’Éthiopie.

 

 

For the information of council

 

The Corporate Services and Economic Development Committee also approved the following directive:

 

That staff report back in 2008 with a formal policy respecting the donation of decommissioned vehicles.

 

Pour la gouverne du Conseil

 

Le Comité des services organisationnels et du dévéloppement économique a également approuvé la directive suivante :

 

Que le personnel rende compte en 2008 par le biais d’une politique officielle relative au don des véhicules retirés de la circulation.

 

 

Documentation

 

1.   Corporate Services and Economic Development Committee report dated 6 November 2007 (ACS2007-CMR-CSE-0014).

 

2.   Extract of Draft Minute, 6 November 2007.


Report to / Rapport au :

 

Council / Conseil

 

6 November 2007 / le 6 novembre 2007

 

Submitted by / Soumis par : Corporate Services

and Economic Development Committee

Comité des services organisationnels et du développement économique

 

Contact/Personne-ressource : Diane Blais, Committee Coordinator/Coordonatrice du comité,
Corporate Services and Economic Development Committee /
Comité des services organisationnels et du développement économique
580-2424, Ext./poste : 28091  Diane.Blais@ottawa.ca

 

 

 

Ref N°: ACS2007-CMR-CSE-0014

 

SUBJECT:     MOTION - AMBULANCE DONATION TO ETHIOPIA

 

OBJET :         MOTION - DON D’UNE AMBULANCE À L’ÉTHIOPIE

 

 

REPORT RECOMMENDATION

 

That Council waive Subsection 41(4) of By-law No. 50 of 2000, as amended, and approve the donation of one (1) ambulance (approximate value $5,000) to the Friends of Ethiopia, on the condition that the Friends raise funds to cover the associated cost to deliver the ambulance to Ethiopia.

 

RECOMMANDATION DU RAPPORT

 

That Council waive Subsection 41(4) of By-law No. 50 of 2000, as amended, and approve the donation of one (1) ambulance (approximate value $5,000) to the Friends of Ethiopia, on the condition that the Friends raise funds to cover the associated cost to deliver the ambulance to Ethiopia.

 

 

BACKGROUND

 

At its meeting of 6 November 2007, pursuant to Section 84(3) of the Procedure By-law 2006-462, the Corporate Services and Economic Development Committee agreed to consider the above-noted motion, moved by Councillor D. Deans.   The full text of the motion follows:

 

WHEREAS the Friends of Ethiopia have requested a decommissioned ambulance from the City of Ottawa to be sent to Ethiopia as a millennium project;

 

AND WHEREAS the Friends of Ethiopia have committed to raise the funds necessary to fit up and ship the ambulance to Ethiopia;

 

THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED that Council waive Subsection 41(4) of By-law No. 50 of 2000, as amended, and approve the donation of one (1) ambulance (approximate value $5,000) to the Friends of Ethiopia, on the condition that the Friends raise funds to cover the associated cost to deliver the ambulance to Ethiopia; and

 

BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that staff report back in 2008 with a formal policy respecting the donation of decommissioned vehicles.

 

 

 

CONSULTATION

 

N/A

 

 

 

FINANCIAL IMPLICATIONS

 

As noted in the motion.

 

 

 

ATTACHMENTS

 

N/A

 

 

 

DISPOSITION

 

N/A




 

 

extract of draft minutes 17

6 november 2007

 

extrait de l’Ébauche du proces-verbal 17 - le 6 novembre 2007

 

 

MOTION - DONATION OF AMBULANCE TO ETHIOPIA

MOTION - DON D’UNE AMBULANCE À L’ÉTHIOPIE

ACS2007-CMR-CSE-0014                                City Wide / À l'échelle de la ville

 

Moved by Councillor D. Deans

 

That the Corporate Services and Economic Development Committee approve the addition of this item for consideration by the Committee at today’s meeting, pursuant to Section 84(3) of the Procedure By-law.

 

                                                                                                CARRIED

 

Moved by Councillor D. Deans

 

WHEREAS the Friends of Ethiopia have requested a decommissioned ambulance from the City of Ottawa to be sent to Ethiopia as a millennium project;

 

AND WHEREAS the Friends of Ethiopia have committed to raise the funds necessary to fit up and ship the ambulance to Ethiopia;

 

THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED that Council waive Subsection 41(4) of By-law No. 50 of 2000, as amended, and approve the donation of one (1) ambulance (approximate value $5,000) to the Friends of Ethiopia, on the condition that the Friends raise funds to cover the associated cost to deliver the ambulance to Ethiopia; and

 

BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that staff report back in 2008 with a formal policy respecting the donation of decommissioned vehicles.

 

                                                                                                CARRIED