This series consists of meeting minutes, agendas, attachments, reports to Council, and correspondence created by the Economic Affairs Committee. Over the years the Committee had various names, including the Finance and Budgeting Committee (1968-1971), the Economic Affairs Committee (1971-1982), the Corporate Resources Committee (1982-ca. 1984), and the Budget Committee (ca. 1986-ca. 1988). The committee was responsible for financial matters of the City, including approval of land sales and budgeting.
The series includes meeting minutes, agendas and attachments from 1968-1984 (files 1-498), with some earlier years including reports to Council and budget meeting minutes. The series also includes reports to Council with attachments from 1971-1981 (files 499-820), and budget meetings and associated subject files and reports from 1973-1988 (files 821-1324).