THAT Report No. CAO-002-24 be RECEIVED for information;
AND THAT Council ADOPT a Resolution to Join the FCM–ICLEI Partners for Climate Protection Program as follows:
WHEREAS The Federation of Canadian Municipalities (FCM) and ICLEI–Local Governments for Sustainability (ICLEI Canada) have established the Partners for Climate Protection (PCP) program to provide a forum for municipal governments to share their knowledge and experience with other municipal governments on how to reduce GHG emissions;
WHEREAS over 350 municipal governments across Canada representing more than 65 per cent of the population have already committed to reducing corporate and community GHG emissions through the PCP program since its inception in 1994;
WHEREAS the PCP program is based on a five-milestone framework that involves completing a GHG inventory and forecast, setting a GHG reduction target, developing a local action plan, implementing the plan, and monitoring progress and reporting results;
BE IT RESOLVED that the Municipality of Thames Centre review the guidelines on PCP Member Benefits and Responsibilities and then communicate to FCM and ICLEI Canada its participation in the PCP program and its commitment to achieving the milestones set out in the PCP five-milestone framework;
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that the Chair of the Environmental Advisory Committee and the CAO be appointed to oversee the implementation of the PCP milestones and be the points of contact for the PCP program within the Municipality.
AND THAT, one-time funding of $25,000 from the Tax Stabilization Reserve be authorized for utilization toward this Program for Corporate Benchmarking, including, a retroactive analysis of Municipal energy consumption and greenhouse gas emissions.