# Audit, Finance and Administration Committee approves Community Benefits Charges Strategy Development Procurement 9-0

The motion carried 9 to 0, with 1 absent at the Thursday, July 9, 2026 meeting.

Published: 2026-08-07T19:26:01.248Z
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## Record

Meeting: Audit, Finance and Administration Committee
Date: Thursday, July 9, 2026
Item: Motion
Result: Carried 9-0
Time on this item: About 131 minutes
In the recording: 1:49:00

## Report

Audit, Finance and Administration Committee voted 9 to 0, with 1 absent on Community Benefits Charges Strategy Development Procurement at its Thursday, July 9, 2026 meeting. The motion carried.

The motion, as recorded in the minutes:

```
Community Benefits Charges Strategy Development Procurement (City Wide) (Kroetsch/Hwang) That Report FCS26037(a), respecting the 2023 Community Benefits Charges Strategy Development Procurement (City Wide), dated July 9, 2026, be received and the following recommendation, be approved: (a) That staff be directed to report back to the Audit, Finance and Administration Committee in Q2 2027 with recommendations regarding Community Benefits Strategy procurement process.
```

This item comes up about 1:49:00 into the [meeting recording](https://pub-hamilton.escribemeetings.com/Players/ISIStandAlonePlayer.aspx?Id=509e6092-8325-4ac0-9b31-30519e07310b). The meeting stayed on it for about 131 minutes. The recording is the city's own. Local Wire does not transcribe it or attribute remarks from it.

Every figure above comes from the [official minutes](https://pub-hamilton.escribemeetings.com/FileStream.ashx?DocumentId=501040) and the recorded vote they contain. The roll call shows how each member voted.

## Sources

[1] AFA Minutes 26-009 (Please refer to the July 15 2026 Council minutes for the disposition of these matters): Audit, Finance and Administration Committee, Thursday, July 9, 2026 — https://pub-hamilton.escribemeetings.com/FileStream.ashx?DocumentId=501040
[2] Audit, Finance and Administration Committee, Thursday, July 9, 2026 (City of Hamilton eSCRIBE meeting record) — https://pub-hamilton.escribemeetings.com/Meeting.aspx?Id=509e6092-8325-4ac0-9b31-30519e07310b&lang=English