Approve the 2026 tax-supported base operating budget for City Operations and the Infrastructure Investment Fund, with gross expenditures of $355.6M and a net property tax levy requirement of $214.5M
Add a Camp Access expense amount and corresponding revenue amount of $35,000 to the Recreation and Culture Program Budget for 2026
Staff to apply to Province for $5M in funding to install traffic safety/calming measures
Increase Capital Project - Traffic Calming Measures by an additional $500k ($50k per ward) to be funded in the interim from the ASE Reserve pending receipt of any funding from the Province

Approve the 2026 budget request for City Operations, with a net tax supported municipal funding requirement of $214.5M - representing a 0% tax rate increase for City operations and a 2% increase associated with Infrastructure Investment Funding (Read "Why 0% tax increases cost so much", to get a plain-language summary of why continuous 0% tax increases are actually a really bad idea for the City.)
Approve the New Investment and Service Recommendations presented, with a gross cost of $1.2M and net property tax levy requirement of $73K
Approve the 2026 Water Rate base operating budget, with net expenditures of $37.4M and water rate revenues of $37.4M, and the 2026 Water Rates as proposed
Approve the 2026 Wastewater Rate base operating budget, with net expenditures of $51.3M and wastewater rate revenues of $51.3M, and the proposed 2026 Wastewater Rates
Approve the 2026 Parking Rate base operating budget, with net expenditures of $2.5M and parking rate revenues of $2.5M, and the proposed 2026 Parking Rates
Exclude the following estimated expenses from the Business Plan:
- Amortization expense: $69.5M
- Post-employment benefit expenses: $1.5M
- Solid waste landfill closure and post-closure expenses: $200K

Approve the 2026-2030 Capital Budget relating to new capital spending requests of $36.2M, $92.1M, $80.3M, $54.3M and $31.5M (odd that the amounts are given, but not the purpose)
Any Industrial Development Charge Discounts in 2026 to be funded by any year-end surplus, with any remaining balance funded from the appropriate capital reserve

Bylaw 2025-024 to be replaced on May 1, 2026, with a bylaw incorporating the fees and charges presented in the 2026 Business Plan
Receive the operating forecast information for 2027-2029

Authorize the Executive Management Team (EMT) to add temporary non-complement positions to the end of the budget year, using existing approved funds to deal with any unforeseen circumstances that impact delivery of City Operations
Authorize the EMT to implement the economic adjustment for the Non-Union Group (NUG) of employees (including full-time, part-time and students), effective January 1, 2026
Authorize staff to submit applications for grants that would reduce future capital expenditures, fund service enhancements, or enable capital projects to be advanced, and present a report or memo prior to the execution of any agreement associated with the acceptance of any grant
Authorize the Director of Finance/Treasurer to make the necessary alternations to the transfer to and/or from reserves to reflect changes since the 2026 Business Plan's publication on October 29, 2025
Authorize the Director of Legislative and Court Services / City Clerk or their designate to prepare all necessary bylaws to implement the recommendations

Report: https://barrie.legistar.com/View.ashx?M=F&ID=14888527&GUID=8B14386C-39A7-418C-9F78-17350253374E
- Summaries of the completed internal audit projects "Wastewater Treatment Facility Upgrade Integrated Project Delivery (IPD) Billable Rate Audits" and "Fraud Prevention Month"
- The projects "PCard and Expense Reimbursement", "Vendor Reviews", and "Staff Overtime" are in progress, and "Fraud & Wrongdoing Program Oversight" is ongoing
Receive the report as information