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It is resolved that:
(A) Council approve that the City of Sydney host the C40 Women4Climate 2020 conference;
(B) authority be delegated to the Chief Executive Office to negotiate, execute and administer an agreement with C40 Women4Climate for the City of Sydney to host the 2020 C40 Women4Climate conference;
(C) Council note that provision will be made in the 2019/20 budget of $550,000 (excluding GST) to fund the cost of the conference and affiliated events; and
(D)
Council note that included within the
budget of $550,000 is a contribution of $100,000 (USD) (the final $AUD amount
is subject to exchange rate variation) (excluding GST) that the City of Sydney
is required to make to C40, for their conference expenses. The City of Sydney
can seek to recover this amount through external sponsorship of the conference,
however, if this amount is not raised, the contribution to C40 must be covered
by Council.