Feb 13, 2023 City Council

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GOOD EVENING, WELCOME TO THE COUNCIL MEETING FOR MONDAY, FEBRUARY 13TH, 2023, STARTING AT 7:00 PM.

[1. CALL TO ORDER]

EVERYONE IS PRESENT.

NUMBER THREE DECLARATIONS OF CONFLICT OF INTEREST.

ARE THERE ANY DECLARATIONS? GOING ONCE, GOING TWICE, NONE.

NUMBER FOUR, ADOPTION OF PREVIOUS MINUTES FROM JANUARY 9TH, 2023.

[4. ADOPTION OF PREVIOUS MINUTES]

JANUARY 30TH, 2023 FEBRUARY 7TH, 2023.

SO THIS IS ONE MOTION TO ACCEPT THEM ALL.

MAY I HAVE A MOVER? COUNCILLOR BULL. SECONDER COUNCILLOR FLINTOFF.

ANY QUESTIONS, COMMENTS OR CONCERNS.

OK. WE'LL CALL THE VOTE ALL IN FAVOR.

NONE OPPOSED SO THAT IT'S PASSED.

[5. PUBLIC INPUT SESSION]

WE HAVE MR. MIKE THOMAS THIS EVENING [INAUDIBLE] ON 6.1 AND 7.4.

APOLOGIES. WELCOME, MR. THOMAS. THANK YOU.

ACTING MAYOR, MEMBERS OF COUNCIL.

THE FIRST ITEM IS ITEM 2.6.1.

THE MEMBERS OF BHP ARE HERE TO GIVE A PRESENTATION THIS EVENING.

HISTORICALLY, I COME AND ASK QUESTIONS WHEN THEY DO.

PRIOR TO THE MEETING TONIGHT, I GAVE YOU ALL A PIECE OF INFORMATION NOT TO DISCUSS THE POINTS OF IT, JUST SO THAT YOU COULD BE INFORMED AS TO WHAT THEY WERE ASKED IN THE PAST.

THE ONLY THING I WILL SAY ABOUT THE EMAIL OF LAST YEAR IS THAT I'M NOT SURE IF THE SAME PEOPLE THAT ARE HERE TONIGHT WERE HERE LAST YEAR WHEN I ASKED THE QUESTIONS, BUT WHAT I WILL SAY IS THAT I WAS ADVISED BY THE CORPORATE AND BY THE ADMINISTRATION AT THE TIME THAT MY QUESTIONS WOULD BE ANSWERED AND A YEAR AND A BIT LATER, I'M STILL WAITING.

SO THANK YOU. WHAT IS IMPORTANT ABOUT THIS REPORT AS IT HISTORICALLY IN ELLIOT LAKE PRIOR TO BHP'S INVOLVEMENT WITH OUR MUNICIPALITY IN REPORTING, THEY WERE A MUCH LARGER PACKAGE.

THEY INCLUDED MORE INFORMATION, AND THIS ANCILLARY REPORTS THAT WERE REFERENCED IN THEIR OVERVIEW WERE EITHER AVAILABLE TO THE COUNCIL AND THE PUBLIC AT THE TIME OR THEY WERE GIVEN TO THE COUNCIL AND THE PUBLIC AT THE TIME, AND WHY THAT'S RELEVANT IS BECAUSE THE TAILINGS AND THE DECOMMISSIONING OF THE MINES, THAT IS AN ENTERPRISE.

IT WILL BE HERE FOR A MILLENNIA AND WE'RE CHARGED WITH THE STEWARDSHIP OF THAT RIGHT NOW , AND WHERE IT'S SIGNIFICANT FOR OUR COUNCILS INVOLVEMENT IS WHEN WE CONSIDER THINGS LIKE STRATEGIC PLANNING, ENVIRONMENTAL SAFETY, PREPAREDNESS FOR EXPENDITURES AND MUNICIPALITY.

HOW THAT ENTERPRISE FACTORS INTO OUR DECISION MAKING IS PARAMOUNT BECAUSE IT INFORMS YOUR DECISIONS NOT ONLY NOW, NOT ONLY FIVE YEARS FROM NOW, BUT IN LONG TERM EXPENDITURES AND IN A POINT OF FACT.

THE MANAGEMENT OF THE TAILINGS IS THE LARGEST STRATEGIC PARTNER THAT THIS CITY HAS EVER HAD AND WILL EVER HAVE.

IT BEARS THAT MUCH WEIGHT.

IT SHOULD BEAR THAT MUCH ATTENTION AND ASSOCIATED WITH THAT, IT SHOULD BEAR THAT MUCH SCRUTINY.

SO I THANK BHP FOR COMING TONIGHT AND I HOPE YOU TAKE WHAT I SAY TO HEART.

THAT. I WOULD LIKE TO HEAR MORE IN DEPTH FROM WHAT WE HAVE TONIGHT.

IT LOOKED BETTER LAST YEAR AND IT LOOKED BETTER THE YEAR BEFORE.

THE DETAILS ARE IMPORTANT.

THANK YOU. WITH THE NEXT ITEM OF DISCUSSION THAT I WANTED TO BRING UP TONIGHT WAS IN THE COMMITTEE STRUCTURE.

FOR THE ADVISORY COMMITTEES.

THAT IS 7.4, I BELIEVE.

THANK YOU. THROUGH COMMITTEE AND THROUGH PREVIOUS MEETINGS OF COUNCIL, IT WAS DISCUSSED AND DEBATED ABOUT MOVING TO A MODEL THAT INVOLVES MORE TOWN HALL STYLE COMMUNICATION WITH THE PUBLIC, AND I'VE SPOKEN TO TWO OTHER MEMBERS ABOUT THIS, AND I TAKE THEIR QUESTIONS AND CRITICISMS TO HEART, TO TEMPER WHAT MY PASSIONS ARE , BUT I WANT TO ASK COUNCIL THIS, AND I'M NOT ALLOWED TO ASK.

SO I HAVE TO JUST SUGGEST FOR THE PUBLIC TO BE ENGAGED, FOR THE PUBLICLY TO BE CONSIDERED, FOR THE PUBLIC TO BE CONSULTED.

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HISTORICALLY AND PRODUCTIVELY.

COUNCILS PRIOR TO THIS HAVE ENGAGED DIRECTLY THROUGH THE COMMITTEE PROCESS TO HAVE MEMBERS PRESENT, TO HAVE THEM COMMITTED, TO MAKE THEM PARTNERS, NOT NOT IN THE DECISION PER SAY THAT YOU MAKE, BUT IN THE DISCUSSIONS THAT GET US THERE, AND WHILE I APPRECIATE AND RESPECT THE OUTLINE OF WHAT WE HAVE BEFORE US IN 7.4.

GIVEN THE FACT THAT THIS COUNCIL IS NEW AND REFRESHING, MY QUANDARY IS THIS: IS IT PRODUCTIVE TO WHAT SERVES YOU TO SERVE US? IS IT PRODUCTIVE TO GET ENGAGEMENT OF THE COMMUNITY BACK TO WHERE IT USED TO BE WHEN YOU WERE YOUNG? DOES IT TEMPER CRITICISM OR DOES IT ENCOURAGE FURTHER DISSENT? AND I KNOW I'M ACCUSED OF TALKING AT THE 40,000 FOOT LEVEL BY A COUPLE OF PEOPLE IN BEHIND ME BUT AS A COUNCIL, THESE ARE THESE ARE IMPORTANT CONSIDERATIONS THAT I WANT YOU TO THINK ABOUT TONIGHT BECAUSE THIS IS GREAT, IF EVERYTHING RUNS WITHOUT A HITCH AND IF THERE'S NO HARD DECISIONS, IF THERE'S NO QUANDARY ABOUT THE COST OF THINGS, BUT THAT'S NOT HOW GOVERNMENT WORKS.

THAT'S NOT HOW ANYTHING'S EVER WORKED IN ELLIOT LAKE, AND WITH WHAT WE JUST CAME THROUGH IN THE LAST COUPLE OF YEARS AND WHAT WAS DISCUSSED DURING THE ELECTION, I THINK COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT IS PARAMOUNT, AND I THINK ALL OF YOU DO AS WELL.

MAYBE NOT TO THE LEVEL OF WHAT ANY OF US WOULD SAY IS PERFECT, BUT I THINK THIS NEEDS TWEAKED A LITTLE MORE CASE IN POINT, AT THE COMMITTEE MEETING, COUNCILLOR FLINTOFF SAID THAT IT WAS AN IMPORTANT COMPONENT AND THAT HE WAS FOR IT AND THE MEMBERS AGREED, AND NOW HERE WE ARE TONIGHT AND THERE'S TWO MEMBERS OF COUNCIL POINTED TO EDAC ON A ONE YEAR TRIAL BASIS, BUT THERE IS NO ADVERTISEMENT IN THE PUBLIC FOR ANYBODY TO PARTICIPATE.

ARE WE GOING TO THROW AWAY GENERATIONAL WEALTH OF ENTREPRENEURS THAT I'M AWARE OF THAT LIVE ON DUNLOP OR AROUND TOWN THAT HAVE HUNDREDS OF YEARS EXPERIENCE AND COLLECTIVELY BETWEEN FIVE PEOPLE? ARE WE GOING TO THROW THAT AWAY? WHEN IT COULD BE A USEFUL RESOURCE FOR OUR COMMUNITY, WHEN IT COULD BE A USEFUL RESOURCE FOR YOU AS A COUNCIL TO HAVE PEOPLE THAT HAVE FEDERAL AND PROVINCIAL EXPERIENCE IN PROCUREMENT, COSTING, BUDGETING, ANALYSIS.

WE HAVE THAT EXPERTISE IN OUR COMMUNITY AND THESE ARE THE PEOPLE THAT SCREAMED DURING THE LAST ELECTION.

WE WANT TO BE INVOLVED.

WE WANT TO PARTICIPATE.

WE WANT TO BE CONSIDERED.

WHILE THIS IS GREAT FROM AN ADMINISTRATIVE LEVEL, WHAT I SEE IN 7.4, WE LOSE IN PUBLIC ENGAGEMENT, AND I THINK ALL OF YOU WILL DO YOUR LEVEL BEST TO CONSIDER THAT MOVING FORWARD.

THANK YOU VERY MUCH.

THANK YOU, MR. THOMAS.

[6. PUBLIC PRESENTATIONS]

RIO ALGOM/BHP IS HERE TO PRESENT THEIR ANNUAL REPORT.

THE PRESENTERS ARE JAY HARTLING, RICHARD DAVIS, HOLLY HEFFNER AND MAXIME MORIN.

WELCOME. CAN YOU HEAR US ALL ON ZOOM? I CAN HEAR YOU. OKAY, THANK YOU FOR PARTICIPATING THIS EVENING.

GO AHEAD. THANK YOU.

I'M GOING TO START, RICHARD SURE.

FOR A SECOND. SO I DIDN'T ACTUALLY CATCH THE GENTLEMAN'S NAME THAT WAS SPEAKING TO [INAUDIBLE].

MR. THOMAS I THINK.

MIKE THOMAS. SO, YEAH, I TOOK HIS I'VE TAKEN DOWN A FEW NOTES IN TERMS OF TAILINGS INFORMATION, AND NOW THIS IS NOT OUR ANNUAL REPORT THAT WE'RE PRESENTING TONIGHT. IT'S AN UPDATE ON WHAT'S HAPPENING AT THE SITE.

IT'S THE EXACT SAME PRESENTATION WE GAVE LAST YEAR, BUT WITH SOME UPDATES.

THERE ARE A FEW NEW FACES WHICH WE'LL INTRODUCE OURSELVES AND WE ARE COMMITTED TO SHARING INFORMATION WITH THE PUBLIC, LOOKING AT DOING A TAILINGS 101 TYPE PRESENTATION MORE PUBLICLY IN ELLIOT LAKE THIS COMING YEAR AND ALSO PERHAPS A PUBLIC OPEN HOUSE.

WE DO ENGAGE WITH A LOT OF STAKEHOLDERS AND WE JUST FINISHED AN ENTIRE WEEK OF MEETINGS IN JANUARY IN ELLIOT LAKE MEETING WITH DIFFERENT GROUPS.

SO WE CAN'T ALWAYS GET TO EVERYBODY AND WE ONLY HAVE 15 MINUTES FOR THIS PRESENTATION.

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SO I'M GOING TO HAND IT OVER TO RICHARD, AND I DON'T KNOW, DO YOU HAVE A SCREEN THERE WITH THE PRESENTATION OR IS IT IN YOUR BOOK? I BELIEVE YOU HAVE TO SHARE YOUR SCREEN IF YOU WANT TO BE SEEN ON THE TV HERE.

WE ALL HAVE IT IN OUR SCREENS.

IN A SECOND. LET ME KNOW WHEN YOU CAN SEE THAT.

YES, IT'S ON THE SCREEN.

GO AHEAD, RICHARD. SO FIRST OF ALL, THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR HAVING US TONIGHT.

AS YOU MENTIONED, THERE'S FOUR OF US HERE AND WE WILL BE PRESENTING AN OVERVIEW OF BHP, RIO ALGOM, AS WELL AS SOME OF THE ACTIVITIES THAT WE HAVE PLANNED.

SO IF YOU CAN MOVE ON TO THE NEXT SLIDE, JAY.

THIS DISCLAIMER IS IS QUITE COMMON FOR MOST OF OUR PRESENTATIONS PUBLIC FACING, AND ALL IT REALLY SAYS IS THAT NOTHING THAT WE DISCUSS TONIGHT OR SHARE TONIGHT SHOULD ENCOURAGE YOU OR TO EITHER BUY OR SELL ANY SHARES WITHIN BHP.

SO AS YOU SEE, WE'RE GOING TO JUST JUST BRIEFLY INTRODUCE OURSELVES.

ROLES AND RESPONSIBILITIES.

TALK ABOUT SAFETY A BIT, WHAT WE DO, SOME OF THE WORK THAT WE HAVE GOING ON AND FINISH UP WITH SOME COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT AND SOCIAL INVESTMENT COMMENTS. SO FOR THOSE OF YOU WHO DO NOT KNOW BHP, WE'VE BEEN LONG TERM PARTNERS THERE IN ELLIOT LAKE, BUT WE'RE A COMPANY WHO SUPPORTS EFFORTS TO SOLVE CLIMATE CHANGE, PROMOTE AFFORDABLE, CLEAN ENERGY, PRODUCE MATERIALS THAT BUILD GLOBAL INFRASTRUCTURE AND SUPPORT THE PEOPLE AND COMMUNITIES IN WHICH WE WORK.

LEGACY ASSETS WE'RE FORMER PRODUCING MINES.

THERE'S EIGHT FORMER PRODUCING MINES THERE IN ELLIOT LAKE THAT WE THAT WE HAVE CARE OVER.

WE PROVIDE OR WE PERFORM ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING MAINTENANCE ON THOSE SITES, WHICH WE'LL DISCUSS IN A BIT, AND REALLY, WE CONCENTRATED EFFORTS ON ENVIRONMENTAL AND COMMUNITY ISSUES, CLEAN WATER RESTORATION OF THESE SITES, AND OUR VALUES.

THIS REALLY SPEAKS TO WHO WE ARE, HOW WE ENGAGE WITH PEOPLE, HOW WE ENGAGE WITH COMMUNITIES, HOW WE ENGAGE WITH OUR STAKEHOLDERS, AND WE DON'T HOLD ANY OF THESE VALUES ABOVE OTHERS, BUT FOR ME PERSONALLY, I WOULD SAY THE RESPECT PIECE RESPECTING OUR STAKEHOLDERS RESPECTING OUR TEAMWORK OUR TEAMS RESPECTING THE COMMUNITIES IN WHICH WE WORK, AND ACCOUNTABILITY REALLY HOLDING OURSELVES RESPONSIBLE AND DELIVERING ON WHAT WE TELL YOU WE'RE GOING TO DO.

SO I KIND OF RUSHED THROUGH THOSE FIRST FIVE SLIDES KNOWING THAT WE HAVE A VERY SHORT TIME AND YOU'RE PROBABLY MUCH MORE INTERESTED TO HEAR WHAT HOLLY AND MAXIME AND JAY HAVE TO SAY THAN I DO BUT AGAIN, THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR HAVING US HERE.

MAXIME, I'M GOING TO TURN IT OVER TO YOU.

HEY, MAXIME, YOU MAY BE ON MUTE STILL.

CAN YOU HEAR ME NOW? YES, WE CAN HEAR YOU NOW.

YES. OKAY, GOOD.

YEAH, THIS IS THE SLIDE OF ALL OF OUR SITES WITH [INAUDIBLE] AND PANEL IN THE NORTHERN PART OF THE ELLIOT LAKE, ALL THE WAY TO [INAUDIBLE] ON THE SOUTH END, AND THERE ARE FIVE EFFLUENT TREATMENT PLANTS ARE [INAUDIBLE] PANEL, STANLEY, NORDIC AND [INAUDIBLE].

[INAUDIBLE] ALREADY KNOW ABOUT THE INFORMATION ON THIS SLIDE OF WHEN THEY OPERATED AND WHEN THEY CLOSED AND THE AMOUNT OF MATERIALS THAT WERE MINED AT EACH SITE THERE. NEXT SLIDE.

SO OUR ROLES AND RESPONSIBILITIES, WE HAVE A TEAM THAT'S BASED IN ELLIOT LAKE WITH MYSELF AND THE NEWLY SITE SUPERINTENDENT FOR ELLIOT LAKE SITES, AND THEN WE HAVE GEORGE DOWNEY AND JAMES CAMERON OUR PRINCIPAL OF OPERATIONS, AND THEN ELSEWHERE, WE HAVE AN OFFICE IN SASKATOON WHERE RICHARD IS OUR CANADIAN SITES MANAGER, AND WHILE WE HAVE [INAUDIBLE] PRINCIPLE OF LICENSING AND

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SHE'LL BE INTRODUCING YOURSELF LATER ON.

NEXT SLIDE, AND SO IN ELLIOT LAKE, YOU KNOW, PUBLIC SAFETY IS REALLY IMPORTANT FOR US OUR SITES FOR MULTIPLE REASONS.

EVERYTHING THAT WE DO IS ALWAYS BASED AROUND SAFETY AND THAT GOES TO THE COMMUNITY AS WELL.

SO WE'RE COMMITTED TO ENSURING THE SAFETY OF OUR EMPLOYEES AND THE COMMUNITY.

OUR SITES ARE ACTIVELY MANAGED AND MAINTAINED BY OUR STAFF AND OUR CONTRACTORS.

SOME OF THE HAZARDS THAT EXIST ARE RELATED TO SOME OF THE EQUIPMENT.

WE HAVE [INAUDIBLE] MOBILE EQUIPMENT, INCLUDING LIME DELIVERY TRUCKS AND ROAD MAINTENANCE EQUIPMENT LIKE DUTY VEHICLES AND EVEN BEAVER TRAPPING.

THE PUBLIC TRAIL SYSTEMS ON OUR SITE AS WELL.

SO ACROSS OUR PROPERTIES.

SO [INAUDIBLE] PROHIBIT PUBLIC VEHICLES, INCLUDING ATVS AND SNOW MACHINES FOR OBVIOUS REASONS.

PEDESTRIAN TRAFFIC IS ALLOWED ON PUBLIC TRAILS THAT CROSS RIO ALGOM'S PROPERTY, AND HIKING ACTIVITIES ARE RESTRICTED TO PUBLIC TRAILS AND ALL PETS MUST BE LEASHED WHILE ON RIO ALGOM PROPERTIES AND NO PARKING IN FRONT OF OUR GATES EITHER BECAUSE OF AGAIN, IT'S SAFETY RELATED, IT'S OPERATIONAL RELATED, AND PEOPLE CAN, YOU KNOW, IF THERE'S AN EMERGENCY, PEOPLE NEED TO GET IN AND OUT, AND ALSO THE WAY THAT WE OPERATE OUR SITES, WE HAVE LIME DELIVERY TRUCKS THAT COME IN AND OUT.

SO WE'RE A CLOSED SITE BUT STILL [INAUDIBLE] GOING ON IN OUR OPERATIONS.

NEXT SLIDE, PLEASE. SO THE NEXT SLIDE IS JUST A BIT ABOUT WHAT WE DO IN OUR DAY TO DAY IS A LOT OF IT AROUND DAM SAFETY INSPECTIONS, WATER TREATMENT AND MANAGEMENT OF WATER SYSTEMS, ROAD AND INFRASTRUCTURE MAINTENANCE.

ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING IS A BIG KEY COMPONENT AS WELL, AND JUST ROUTINE MAINTENANCE OF ALL THE INFRASTRUCTURES THAT WE HAVE THAT SOME OF THEM ARE LIKE ANYTHING ELSE THAT GETS OLD AND YOU NEED TO UPDATE THINGS AND SPEND AND REBUILD [INAUDIBLE], SOME HYDRO POLES, FOR ONE EXAMPLE, AND PUMP STATIONS AS WELL, A LOT OF THEM HAVE BEEN GETTING RETROFITS.

NEXT SLIDE IS ON OUR PROJECTS THAT WE HAVE THIS YEAR THAT WE COMPLETED IN 2022 AND WHAT'S ON THE LIST OF PROJECTS IN 2023 AND THEN 2026, A BIT OF A POTENTIAL WORK GOING ON [INAUDIBLE], BUT LAST YEAR WE STARTED WORKING ON OUR STANLEY EFFLUENT TREATMENT PLANT REFIT AND POWER LINE COMMISSIONING.

WE HAD A [INAUDIBLE] DAM REPLACEMENT [INAUDIBLE] UNDERGROUND INFRASTRUCTURE, SHOP CAP REPLACEMENT TUNNEL EXECUTED BY [INAUDIBLE] TRIAL, AND THEN THIS COMING YEAR IS GOING TO BE REPLACING A POWER LINE PANEL THAT'S NOT [INAUDIBLE] VERY OLD. [INAUDIBLE] PUMP STATION IS ANOTHER INSTALLATION AND [INAUDIBLE] INTAKE IMPROVEMENT WE'RE DOING AS WELL OF A BIT OF WORK AT NORDIC AND THE MORE MINE OPENING SAFETY IMPROVEMENTS AND SO LOTS GOING ON IN THE NEXT COUPLE OF YEARS HERE FOR ELLIOT LAKE , AND NEXT SLIDE, I BELIEVE THEY CALL IT.

YEAH. HELLO, EVERYBODY.

I'M HOLLY HEFFNER.

SO JUST GOING THROUGH THIS REALLY QUICKLY.

WE DO HAVE ANNUAL AS WELL AS REPORTS PRODUCED EVERY FIVE YEARS, AND HAPPY TO GO INTO MORE DETAIL ON THIS ANOTHER TIME IF YOU WISH BUT WE DO HAVE AN ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING PROGRAM WHICH CONSISTS OF THREE DIFFERENT PROGRAMS, OUR TAILINGS MANAGEMENT AREA OPERATIONAL MONITORING PROGRAM.

SO THIS IS LOOKING AT THE TEAMMATES THEMSELVES.

HOW ARE THEY PERFORMING IN RELATION TO OUR PREDICTIONS? THE SOURCE AREA MONITORING PROGRAM.

SO LOOKING AT THE FINAL RELEASE POINTS FROM THE FACILITY AND WHAT THE QUALITY OF THE WATER IS LEAVING OUR FACILITY TO THE ENVIRONMENT, AND THEN WE'VE GOT MORE OF A FAR FIELD MONITORING PROGRAM, WHICH IS THE SERPENT RIVER WATERSHED MONITORING PROGRAM, WHICH LOOKS AT THE RECEIVING ENVIRONMENT.

JUST FOR AWARENESS, IF ANYBODY'S BEEN IN THESE MEETINGS BEFORE, WE ARE CURRENTLY IN WHAT WE CALL OUR SOE CYCLE FIVE AND WE'RE IN YEAR THREE OF THAT CYCLE.

SO YOU CAN EXPECT IN TWO YEARS TIME THAT WE'LL BE WORKING ON THE CYCLE SIX REPORT FOR YOU.

NEXT SLIDE. THANK YOU.

SO THIS IS JUST A QUICK OVERVIEW OF HOW THE SERPENT RIVER WATERSHED MONITORING PROGRAM WORKS.

SO AT CLOSURE, ALL THE MINES HAVE SPECIFIC MONITORING PROGRAMS TO THEMSELVES.

HOWEVER, THERE WAS RECOGNITION THAT WE NEEDED SOMETHING MORE ROBUST THAT WAS MORE WATERSHED BASED.

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IT'S AN AQUATIC ECOSYSTEM BASED MONITORING PROGRAM DESIGNED TO MONITOR FOR THE CUMULATIVE EFFECTS OF ALL THE MINE DISCHARGES TO THE WATERSHED , AND SO YOU CAN KIND OF SEE BY THE DIAGRAM THERE, EVERY FIVE YEARS WE DO A STUDY DESIGN THAT'S PREPARED AND APPROVED BY OUR REGULATORY JOINT REVIEW GROUP.

IT'S PREPARED IN CONSIDERATION OF ALL THE MONITORING DATA THAT WE HAVE TO DATE.

SO THOSE ANY FINDINGS OR SPECIAL INVESTIGATIONS THAT WERE CONDUCTED TO INFORM THE PROGRAM , AND WE LOOK AT THINGS SUCH AS METHODS, ASSESSMENT, BENCHMARKS, MONITORING LOCATIONS, PARAMETERS AND FREQUENCIES AND ALL OF THAT AND UPDATE THEM BASED ON WHAT WE'RE SEEING IN THE WATERSHED.

AFTER THAT, WE'VE GOT A REPORT CALLED THE STATE OF THE ENVIRONMENT REPORT, WHICH SYNTHESIZES ALL THE DATA FROM THE TMAS AND ALL THE WATERSHED MONITORING PROGRAMS THAT WE HAVE, AND THEN WE PRODUCE A REPORT THAT GOES OUT FOR EXTERNAL REVIEWS WITH OUR REGULATOR , AND THOSE COMMENTS GET WORKED BACK INTO OUR CYCLE DESIGN. THIS IS JUST AN UPDATE FROM LAST YEAR.

SO WE DID UPDATE THE PUBLIC DOSE ESTIMATE, WHICH IS THE AMOUNT OF RADIATION ABSORBED INTO THE BODY FOR PEOPLE WHO ARE EXPOSED TO OUR FACILITIES IN THE AREA.

WE UPDATED THIS AS PART OF THE LAST CYCLE REPORT BECAUSE WE HAVE SOME NEW FISH TISSUE DATA THAT WAS COLLECTED IN 2019.

SO THE PREVIOUS INCREMENTAL DOSE THAT WAS CALCULATED FOR THE FACILITIES WAS 0.012 MILLISIEVERTS PER ANNUM.

THE UPDATED DOSE IS 0.010, WHICH IS WELL BELOW THAT HEALTH CANADA INCREMENTAL DOSE CONSTRAINT AT 0.3.

SO THAT'S GOOD, AND THEN NEXT SLIDE, PLEASE.

JUST QUICKLY TO GO OVER THIS.

WE DO HAVE LOTS OF LICENSING AND PERMITTING GOING ON FOR THESE FACILITIES.

AS YOU SAW, WE HAD A SLEW OF PROJECTS THAT MAXIME WENT OVER AND EACH ONE OF THOSE IS REVIEWED GENERALLY BY A MINISTERIAL PARTY, WHETHER IT BE PROVINCIALLY OR FEDERALLY.

SO THOSE ARE A FEW THAT WE'VE GOT GOING ON RIGHT NOW, AND I WILL HAND OVER TO JAY.

THANKS, HOLLY. SO COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT WAS MENTIONED EARLIER.

WE DO PUT OUT AN ANNUAL NEWSLETTER THAT IS PUBLIC.

IF YOU DON'T GET IT AND YOU WANT TO JUST LET ME KNOW AND I'LL PUT YOU ON THE LIST.

WE DO ANNUAL OR SEMIANNUAL INFORMATION MEETINGS WITH THE MUNICIPALITY.

WE HAVE A VERY GOOD RELATIONSHIP WITH WITH LOCAL INDIGENOUS GROUPS AND NGOS.

WE DO HAVE A SHARED STEWARDSHIP AGREEMENT WITH THE PENOKEAN HILLS FIELD NATURALISTS AND THE CITY.

WE JUST CELEBRATED THE 25TH ANNIVERSARY IN MAY OF LAST YEAR AND SIGNED A RENEWED AGREEMENT.

WE HAVE A NUMBER OF LAND ACCESS AGREEMENTS AND THAT'S ONE OF THE PRIMARY INTERESTS OF THE CITIZENS OF ELLIOT LAKE IS HAVING ACCESS TO LAND.

SO THERE ARE AGREEMENTS WITH PLANT NURSERY, MODEL PLANE FLYING CLUB, SENIORS, CAMPING PARK, FISH HATCHERY AND A SNOWMOBILE CLUB, AND SO THAT ALLOWS THEM TO USE THE GROUND SAFELY THIS YEAR OR JUST LAST YEAR.

I GUESS AT THE END OF THE YEAR, WE PUT OUT A NEW INDIGENOUS PEOPLE'S POLICY STATEMENT, WHICH IS QUITE FORWARD THINKING, AND WE'RE NOW LOOKING AT HOW THAT IS IMPLEMENTED, AND WE'RE ALSO DEVELOPING A RECONCILIATION ACTION PLAN FOR ALL OF BHP IN CANADA, AND THAT'S CURRENTLY IN DEVELOPMENT.

WE DID A COMMUNITY PERCEPTION SURVEY.

WE DO THEM EVERY TWO YEARS AND AT ALL OUR ASSETS AND ELLIOT LAKE IS ONE OF THOSE.

SO I THOUGHT I'D JUST SHARE SOME OF THE RESULTS.

PROBABLY INTERESTING TO YOU.

GENERALLY, YOU KNOW, WE'RE NOT THAT WELL KNOWN AND PART OF THAT MIGHT BE THAT PEOPLE KNOW RIO ALGOM BEFORE THEY KNOW BHP, BUT BHP PURCHASED RIO ALGOM IN 2000, SO IT'S BEEN QUITE A BIT OF TIME.

WE ARE A LEADER IN WATER MANAGEMENT.

THERE'S A POSITIVE RECOGNITION OF THE REMEDIATION EFFORTS THAT WE'VE MADE THAT WE GO ABOVE AND BEYOND REGULATORY REQUIREMENTS AND THAT WE DO CONTRIBUTE ECONOMICALLY TO THE AREA DESPITE THE MINES BEING CLOSED AND THAT WE ARE ENGAGING AT AN APPROPRIATE LEVEL AT THIS POINT IN THE STAGE OF THE MINE, WHICH IS POST CLOSURE.

MORE SPECIFICALLY AT ELLIOT LAKE AS I MENTIONED, THERE'S A LITTLE BIT OF CONFUSION BETWEEN BHP, RIO ALGOM AND DENISON MINES.

DENISON ACTUALLY IS OUR CONTRACTOR.

WE CONTRACT THEM TO TAKE CARE OF THE MINE AND DO ALL OF THE WORK THAT MAXIME DESCRIBED.

THE TOP COMMUNITY CONCERNS ARE GOING TO BE NO SURPRISE TO ANYBODY IN THAT ROOM, BUT THE RISING COST OF LIVING ADDICTION AND DRUG ABUSE, ATTAINABLE HOUSING, ACCESS TO HEALTH CARE AND EMPLOYMENT AND THE TOP COMMUNITY INTERESTS REGARDS TO OUR WORK IS REALLY ABOUT LAND ACCESS AND BEING CONSISTENT AND TRANSPARENT ABOUT HOW WE ACCESS.

WE ALLOW THE PUBLIC TO ACCESS OUR LANDS AND THEN FINALLY, ON SOCIAL INVESTMENT, WE ACTUALLY DO INVEST IN THE COMMUNITY.

I'VE LISTED THE COMMUNITY DONATIONS OVER THE PAST TWO YEARS.

THAT'S ONLY BECAUSE I'VE BEEN WITH BHP FOR TWO YEARS.

SO PRIOR TO THAT WE DIDN'T HAVE A BUDGET REALLY AND WE HAVE A CANADA WIDE BUDGET.

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SO THAT WILL CONCLUDE THE PRESENTATION.

DOES ANYONE HAVE ANY QUESTIONS FOR US? THANK YOU VERY MUCH, EVERYONE.

THAT WAS GOOD. ANY QUESTIONS? COUNCILLOR FLINTOFF.

THANK YOU, YOUR WORSHIP.

THROUGH YOU. I'M NOT QUITE SURE WHO I'D ASKED THIS QUESTION TO, BUT IF I HAD A CONSTITUENT OR SOMEBODY COME UP TO ME AND SAY AND HAVE SOME BHP QUESTIONS, WHAT WOULD OUR CONTACT PERSON BE? WHO WOULD WE? WOULD IT BE MAXIME OR? I'M JUST WONDERING ABOUT THAT.

WE WOULD PREFER THAT YOU CONTACT ME.

MY REMIT, BY THE WAY, IS COMMUNITY GOVERNMENT AND INDIGENOUS RELATIONS AND SOCIAL INVESTMENT, CORPORATE SOCIAL RESPONSIBILITY.

SO YOU CAN CONTACT ME AND I'LL MAKE SURE THAT YOUR QUESTIONS GET ANSWERED.

THANK YOU, AND ONE MORE QUICK FOLLOW UP.

I'M JUST MORE CURIOUS BEING ORIGINALLY WHEN THE MINES WERE GOING, WHAT DOES MINE OPENING SAFETY IMPROVEMENTS MEAN? I'M JUST WONDERING WHAT THAT MEANS.

THANK YOU. SOMEBODY ON THE TEAM? YEAH.

CAN YOU HEAR ME? YES, WE CAN.

MAXIME.

SO BASICALLY, IT'S RELATED TO SHOP CAPS.

SO WE DID SOME EVALUATIONS AND INSPECTIONS OF THEM AND WE FOUND THAT WE NEEDED TO REHABILITATE SOME OF THEM AND MAKE IMPROVEMENTS TO MAKE THEM SAFER.

SO THAT'S THE [INAUDIBLE] RAISES THE OLD MINING THE WAY THAT ACCESS TO THE UNDERGROUND WORKINGS BASICALLY FROM EITHER AIR RETURN OR EXHAUST RAISES OR, BUT [INAUDIBLE] IF YOU'RE FAMILIAR WITH [INAUDIBLE] MINING INFRASTRUCTURE.

HEY, MAXIME, CAN I ANSWER THAT REAL QUICK? I THINK ESSENTIALLY WE HAD A NUMBER OF OF MINE SHAFTS.

SOME WERE VENTS, SOME WERE ACCESSED, THE MINES, THIS SORT OF THING.

WHEN THE MINES WERE CLOSED THERE WAS VARYING DEGREES OF STANDARDS FOR HOW TO CLOSE AND CAP THE SHAFT, AND AT THIS POINT, WE ARE GOING BACK INSPECTING THOSE CAPS AND SHAFTS TO MAKE SURE THEY ARE STRUCTURALLY SOUND AND THAT THEY WOULD NOT POSE DANGER TO FOR COLLAPSE OR ANYTHING LIKE THAT, AND WHERE WE FIND THAT THERE MAY BE THERE'S EVIDENCE THAT SOME REPAIRS NEED TO BE MADE.

WE ARE CONDUCTING THOSE REPAIRS.

TO DATE, THERE'S BEEN ONE MINE SHAFT THAT HAS BEEN REPAIRED THAT'S NEEDED REPAIR.

THANK YOU. ANY OTHER QUESTIONS? OKAY, THANK YOU VERY MUCH AGAIN, AND WE'LL LOOK FORWARD TO MORE REPORTS.

THANK YOU FOR THE OPPORTUNITY TO PRESENT EVERYONE AND HAVE A GOOD MEETING.

WE'LL LEAVE YOUR MEETING AND LEAVE YOU TO IT.

THANK YOU, EVERYONE. BYE FOR NOW.

THANK YOU. OKAY, MOVE ON TO NUMBER SEVEN.

[7. INTRODUCTION AND CONSIDERATION OF CORPORATE REPORTS]

7.1 REPORT FROM THE ADMINISTRATIVE ASSISTANT TO THE CHIEF ADMINISTRATIVE OFFICER REGARDING CITY OF ELLIOT LAKE REPRESENTATION AT THE 2020 FONOM CONFERENCE THAT THE REPORT FROM THE ADMINISTRATIVE ASSISTANT TO THE CAO BE RECEIVED AND THAT COUNCIL APPROVE THE ACTING MAYOR TWO MEMBERS OF COUNCIL AND THE CAO OR A MEMBER OF SENIOR STAFF TO ATTEND THE 2023 REFERENDUM CONFERENCE HELD IN PERRY SOUND, ONTARIO, FROM MONDAY, MAY 8TH TO WEDNESDAY, MAY 10TH.

MAY HAVE A MOVER AND A SECONDER? MOVER COUNCILLOR FLINTOFF.

SECONDER COUNCILLOR BULL.

DO YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS, COMMENTS, CONCERNS? OKAY, COUNCILLOR FLINTOFF.

IT'S JUST A COMMENT BECAUSE I WENT TO RONA EARLIER THIS IN JANUARY WITH COUNCILLOR MANN AND MR. GAGNON AND COUNCILOR JACK TRUDEAU FROM SERPENT RIVER FIRST NATIONS, AND WE MET WITH SEVERAL MINISTERS, PARLIAMENTARY ASSISTANTS, AND THEY WERE VERY RECEPTIVE TO US, AND BEING MY FIRST TIME TO GO TO ONE OF THESE CONFERENCES, IT WAS A GREAT LEARNING EXPERIENCE AND I THINK IT WAS MONEY WELL SPENT TO PUT OUR CITY ON

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THANK YOU COUNCILLOR FLINTOFF.

ANY OTHER COMMENTS? QUESTIONS? COUNCILLOR MANN.

THANK YOU, MR. CHAIR. THROUGH YOU.

THE NUMBER OF TIMES THAT I'VE ATTENDED ON BEHALF OF THE MUNICIPALITY HAS BEEN QUITE BENEFICIAL, OBVIOUSLY WITH A BIT OF A NORTHERN FLAVOR TO THE CONFERENCE AS WELL AS THE TRAVEL IS A LITTLE BIT, YOU KNOW, IT'S A LESS OF A DISTANCE AND BEING THAT IT'S IN PARRY SOUND, I THINK IT'S REASONABLE THAT WE ATTEND AGAIN NEW COUNCIL BEGINNING OF THE TERM.

SO I WOULD BE COMFORTABLE IN SENDING THE RECOMMENDED NUMBER OF REGISTRANTS AS WELL.

OKAY, THANK YOU. ANYONE ELSE? YEAH. SO I GUESS WE'LL JUST HAVE A CALL TO VOTE THEN.

ALL IN FAVOR? NONE OPPOSED. SO THAT IS PASSED.

SO I GUESS YOU SAY FONOM. IS THAT WHAT YOU SAID? FONOM THANK YOU.

OH, IT'S ALL GOOD.

7.2 REPORT FROM THE DIRECTOR OF RECREATION AND CULTURE REGARDING 2023 STREET DANCE ARTISTS OPTIONS.

AS THIS MATTER DEALS WITH POSITION, PLAN CRITERIA OR INSTRUCTION TO BE APPLIED TO ANY NEGOTIATION CARRIED ON OR TO BE CARRIED ON BY OR ON BEHALF OF THE MUNICIPALITY.

IT MAY BE DISCUSSED IN CLOSED SESSION AS PER SECTION 239(2)(K) OF THE MUNICIPAL ACT, AND THAT THIS MATTER BE DISCUSSED IN CLOSED SESSION MAY HAVE A MOVER AND SECONDER COUNCILLOR MANN COUNCILLOR SEIDEL.

ALL IN FAVOR? NONE OPPOSE.

THAT IS PASSED.

7.3 REPORT FROM THE ACTING DIRECTOR OF PUBLIC WORKS REGARDING FOX DRIVE HYDRO ONE NETWORKS INC MULTI SERVICE CONNECTION COST AGREEMENT THAT THE REPORT FROM THE ACTING DIRECTOR OF PUBLIC WORKS.

BE RECEIVED AND THAT INSTALLATION OF ELECTRICAL SERVICES PROCEED FOR THE FOX DRIVE PHASE THREE PROJECT IN ACCORDANCE WITH OPTION A OF THE MULTI SERVICE CONNECTION COST AGREEMENT BETWEEN HYDRO ONE NETWORKS INC AND THE CITY OF ELLIOT LAKE, AND THAT THE APPROPRIATE BYLAW BE PASSED AT THE NEXT COUNCIL MEETING.

MAY I HAVE A MOVER AND A SECONDER? COUNCILLOR MANN. COUNCILLOR SEIDEL.

ANY COMMENTS, QUESTIONS OR CONCERNS? COUNCILLOR MANN. THANK YOU, MR. CHAIR. THIS OBVIOUSLY IS VERY GOOD NEWS TO HAVE THIS COMING FORWARD.

THE HYDRO INSTALLATION AT FOX DRIVE HAS BEEN SOMETHING THAT'S BEEN ONGOING FOR A NUMBER OF YEARS.

AS IS INDICATED IN THE REPORT.

THERE'S TWO OPTIONS BASED ON THE RECOMMENDATION OF STAFF, WHICH I APPRECIATE COMING FROM MR. GOULDING. I HAVE EVERY CONFIDENCE THAT OBVIOUSLY GOING WITH HYDRO TO HAVE IT INSTALLED IS OBVIOUSLY THE PREFERRED OPTION.

MY ONLY QUESTION THROUGH YOU TO MR. GOULDING IS BASED ON SOME OF THE WORK THAT HYDRO ONE HAS BEEN REQUIRED TO DO IN THE AREA RECENTLY.

DO WE ANTICIPATE ANY DELAYS ONCE WE AGREE TO THIS TO HAVE THIS INSTALLATION BEGIN? THANK YOU. THROUGH YOU, MR. CHAIR. WELL, I CAN'T SPEAK TO HYDRO'S PERFORMANCE, AND I'D BE LOATH TO DO SO AFTER CONSIDERABLE WAIT TIME GETTING THIS FAR.

THAT BEING SAID, I THINK I CAN OFFER SOME INSIGHT IS WHAT YOU'RE LOOKING FOR.

THERE'S A CONSIDERABLE AMOUNT OF COORDINATION THAT HAS TO BE DONE, AND IF YOU HEARKEN BACK TO DECEMBER 19TH, WHEN I BROUGHT THIS FORWARD TO PUBLIC SERVICES, I WAS A BIT APPREHENSIVE TO MAKE A RECOMMENDATION RIGHT AWAY.

IT'S A LONGER CONTRACT THAT THEY HANDED US, AND IT'S IN TWO PARTS.

PART OF IT IS CALLED THE STANDARD TERMS AND CONDITIONS, AND I'VE LEARNED THAT THEY HAVE SEVERAL VERSIONS OF THIS.

THE CORRECT VERSION IS PROVIDED TO YOU FOR REVIEW AND IT OUTLINES ALL OF THE BUREAUCRATIC BACK AND FORTH ABOUT EASEMENTS AND SPECIFICATIONS AND COORDINATION THROUGHOUT THE PROJECT.

SO TO SAY THAT WE SIGN THIS AND THEY THEY START DROPPING HYDROFOILS RIGHT AWAY, THAT'S A MISCHARACTERIZATION.

THERE'S SOME ADMINISTRATION TO TAKE PLACE.

IT'S SPELLED OUT IN EXCRUCIATING DETAIL IN THAT SECONDARY DOCUMENT IF YOU CARE TO GO THROUGH, BUT SHORT STORY IS WE'RE LOOKING AT MONTHS WORTH OF COORDINATION.

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ANY OTHER QUESTIONS? COMMENTS? COUNCILLOR FLINTOFF.

THANK YOU, YOUR WORSHIP THROUGH YOU.

I'M NOT QUITE SURE.

MAYBE MR. ANTUNES WILL ANSWER THIS.

JUST FOR OPTION A, IT'S SAYING WE NEED LIKE FIVE HOOK UPS TO SORT OF GET OUR MONEY BACK 100%.

SO HOW MANY LOTS DO WE HAVE SOLD THERE? I THINK IT'S MR. ANTUNES. HE'S A LOT GUY.

THANK YOU. THROUGH YOUR WORSHIP, WE'VE WE HAVE ALL THIS LOTS TENTATIVELY SOLD ON FOX DRIVE.

SO OFFICIALLY SOLD MR. [INAUDIBLE] HAS PURCHASED AND AJ BUS LINES HAS PURCHASED THE TRYING TO FIGURE OUT MY DIRECTIONS THE SOUTHEAST PORTION A NUMBER OF LOTS THERE ABR SEAMLESS EAVES TROUGH HAS PURCHASED THE SPOT ON THE CORNER WHICH WAS PURCHASED WELL BEFORE MY TENURE.

MR. CASEY HAS PURCHASED THE OTHER LOT ON THE OTHER SIDE AND WE'VE GOT AN APS [INAUDIBLE] PURCHASE AND SALE THAT'S ONGOING THAT CLOSES ONCE WE GET A FIXED DATE FOR INSTALLATION OF HYDRO.

SO ALL THE LOTS TECHNICALLY ON FOX DRIVE ARE SOLD IN PRINCIPLE WITH AJ BUS LINES.

MR. [INAUDIBLE] OWNING, I BELIEVE IT WAS FOUR OR FIVE OF THOSE LOTS.

SO AGAIN, IT WILL GO THROUGH AND THE PROCESS THAT MR. GOULDING HAS BROUGHT FORTH.

ESSENTIALLY IS ONCE THEY HOOK UP AND THEY START USING POWER, WE START GETTING A REBATE OR A REFUND EXCUSE ME, ON OUR RETURN OF OUR COST OF INSTALLATION, IT'S BASICALLY A DEPOSIT.

SO WE DIDN'T SAY, HONEST TO GOODNESS, WE'RE GOING TO PUT A BUSINESS HERE AND NEVER PUT ANYTHING IN PLACE.

THAT'S GOOD NEWS, AND THEN I THINK THIS LAST QUESTION IS BACK TO YOU, MR. GOULDING. SO THE CITY THEMSELVES NEED TO ARE GOING TO HOOK UP TO THEIR SERVICE LIFT STATION.

SO IS THAT GOING TO COUNT AS ONE FOR THE $21,000 CREDIT NOTE? THROUGH YOU, MR. CHAIR. YEAH, MY UNDERSTANDING IS YES, A SERVICE IS A SERVICE AND THE HYDRO IS JUST LOOKING TO CHARGE ON KILOWATT HOURS.

SO I THINK OURS COUNTS.

GOOD. THANK YOU.

ANY OTHER QUESTIONS? SO I THINK WE'RE ALL IN FAVOR FOR OPTIONALLY.

SO LET'S HAVE A VOTE.

ALL IN FAVOR. NONE OPPOSED.

SO THAT IS PASSED.

7.4 DIRECTOR FROM THE DIRECTOR OF CLERKS AND PLANNING SERVICES REGARDING ADVISORY COMMITTEE AND BOARD STRUCTURES.

[INAUDIBLE] SO [INAUDIBLE] FURTHER TO THE RECOMMENDATION OF THE FINANCE AND ADMINISTRATION COMMITTEE AND CHANGES TO THE ADVISORY COMMITTEE AND BOARD STRUCTURE AS AMENDED BE APPROVED, AND THAT FOLLOWING COUNCIL APPOINTMENTS BE MADE TO THE FOLLOWING ADVISORY COMMITTEES AND BOARDS.

ACCESSIBILITY ADVISORY COUNCILLOR WANAN AND COUNCILLOR BULL PUBLIC LIBRARY BOARD COUNCILLOR FLINTOFF COUNCILLOR SEIDEL RECREATION AND CULTURE ADVISORY COUNCILLOR BULL COUNCILLOR MANN.

AGE FRIENDLY COUNCILLOR SEIDEL COUNCILLOR FLINTOFF.

ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT ADVISORY COUNCILLOR FLINTOFF COUNCILLOR WANNAN ELLIOT LAKE NUCLEAR AND MINING MUSEUM BOARD COUNCILLOR MANN COUNCILLOR MORISSETTE. ELLIOT LAKE RESIDENTIAL DEVELOPMENT COMMISSION COUNCILLOR MORISSETTE COUNCILLOR SEIDEL AND COUNCILLOR WANNAN, AND THAT THE CLERK BE DIRECTED TO ADVERTISE FOR ADVISORY AND BOARD CITIZEN MEMBERS TO THE FOLLOWING COMMITTEE.

ACCESSIBILITY ADVISORY PUBLIC LIBRARY.

AGE FRIENDLY AND THE ELLIOT LAKE NUCLEAR AND MINING MUSEUM BOARD.

ANY QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS? A MOVER AND A SECONDER, PLEASE? COUNCILLOR FLINTOFF.

COUNCILLOR BULL. ANY QUESTIONS? COUNCILLOR MANN. THANK YOU, MR. CHAIR. JUST A COMMENT.

EARLIER, ONE OF OUR SPEAKERS HAD INDICATED ABOUT POTENTIALLY SOME OF THE SHORTCOMINGS OF SOME OF THE POTENTIAL OPPORTUNITIES FOR TOWN HALL MEETINGS, AS AN EXAMPLE FOR ONE OF THE COMMITTEES IN QUESTION.

I THINK I PERSONALLY VIEW IT IN THE OPPOSITE WAY.

I DO BELIEVE THAT IS AN OPPORTUNITY FOR INDIVIDUALS WHO ARE UNCOMFORTABLE IN A COMMITTEE SETTING.

OUR COMMITTEES ARE VERY, VERY STRUCTURED AND NOT EVERYONE CAN OPERATE IN THAT STRUCTURE.

THIS NOW ALLOWS INDIVIDUALS FROM THE COMMUNITY THAT HAVE AN IDEA THAT WANT TO PRESENT IT, TO COME FORWARD, PUT UP THEIR HAND PUT IT ON AN AGENDA WITH NO OTHER FURTHER

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AT THAT POINT, IF COUNCIL WANTS TO DIRECT AN AD HOC COMMITTEE OR SOMETHING OF THAT NATURE IN ORDER TO FLESH OUT A FURTHER IDEA OR THROUGH EXAMPLE FOR ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT, IT WOULD BE DONE THROUGH THAT COMMITTEE.

SO AGAIN, I'M NOT LOOKING AT THE SHORTCOMINGS.

I'M LOOKING AT THESE AS FURTHER OPPORTUNITIES TO GET ENGAGEMENT FROM THE COMMUNITY, WHICH I BELIEVE MAJORITY OF US AROUND THE TABLE WANTED AND ARE COMMITTED TO FOR THIS TERM OF COUNCIL. THANK YOU.

THANK YOU, COUNCILLOR MANN.

THAT'S WELL SAID.

ANY OTHER COMMENTS? YEAH, AND I'D JUST LIKE TO ADDRESS SOMETHING THERE, TOO.

IT'S FLUID.

WE CAN CHANGE THE PROCESS AS WE GO.

IF IT WORKS, MAYBE WE CAN EXPAND ON IT, AND IF IT DOESN'T, THEN MAYBE WE CAN REVIEW AND REVERT BACK.

SO THE FLEXIBILITY THAT'S HERE OR THE POTENTIAL FOR FLEXIBILITY IS IS LARGE.

WE'LL SEE, AND, YOU KNOW, WE CAN REVIEW IT AS WE GO.

ANYBODY ELSE HAVE A COMMENT? OKAY, LET'S VOTE.

ALL IN FAVOR? NONE OPPOSED.

SO THAT IS CARRIED.

OKAY 7.5 REPORT FROM THE CHIEF ADMINISTRATIVE OFFICER REGARDING THE MOU WITH REDLINE OUTDOORS CANADA SAFETY COUNCIL THAT THE REPORT OF THE CAO REGARDING AN MOU FOR TRAINING AREA BE RECEIVED AND THAT COUNCIL APPROVE AND PASS A BYLAW TO EXECUTE AN MOU TO FACILITATE THE USE OF MUNICIPAL LAND FOR OFF-ROAD VEHICLE TRAINING PURPOSES.

MAY I HAVE A MOVER AND A SECONDER.

COUNCILLOR FLINTOFF COUNCILLOR MORISSETTE.

SO REDLINE OUTDOORS IS CANADA SAFETY COUNCIL PROGRAM THAT TRAINS FOR OUTDOOR TRAIL USE OUTDOOR ATV.

SO THIS IS I BELIEVE HE'S A RETIREE THAT'S MOVED TO TOWN.

HE'S ONE OF THE ONLY ONES IN CANADA THAT CAN RUN THESE PROGRAMS. SO WE'RE KIND OF LUCKY TO HAVE HIM AND THAT HE'S STILL INTERESTED IN RUNNING THESE PROGRAMS. HE'S DONE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT, PROVINCIAL GOVERNMENT, OPP AND HE IS WILLING TO SET UP HERE.

IT'S A PERFECT SETTING FOR HIM, HE SAYS, AND HE'S MORE THAN HAPPY TO HAVE THIS MOU, AND I THINK THIS IS A GOOD START FOR OTHER THINGS.

SO I'M GLAD THAT THIS CAME THROUGH, TOOK A WHILE, BUT WE GOT TO IT MAY HAVE A VOTE THEN.

ALL IN FAVOR? NONE OPPOSED, THAT IS CARRIED.

[8. PRESENTATION OF COMMITTEE REPORTS]

REGARDING THE MEMO FROM THE DIRECTOR OF FINANCE AND TREASURER 11-2022 UNAUDITED STATEMENT OF FINANCIAL POSITION AT THE JANUARY 16, 2023 MEETING OF THE FINANCE AND ADMINISTRATION STANDING COMMITTEE.

THE FOLLOWING RESOLUTION WAS PASSED THAT THE MEMO FROM THE DIRECTOR OF FINANCE AND TREASURER BE RECEIVED AND THIS ITEM BE FORWARDED TO THE NEXT REGULAR SCHEDULED MEETING OF COUNCIL FOR INFORMATION.

MAY I HAVE A MOTION THAT THE REFERRAL FROM THE JANUARY 16TH, 2023 FINANCE AND ADMINISTRATION STANDING COMMITTEE BE RECEIVED? COUNCILLOR MANN.

COUNCILLOR SEIDEL.

ANY COMMENTS? COUNCILLOR MANN. THANK YOU, MR. CHAIR. THROUGH YOU. EARLIER IN THE FALL, COMMITTEE HAD BEEN LOOKING AT PROJECTING A YEAR END SURPLUS OF UNDER $200,000.

OBVIOUSLY, THE TREASURER IS REPORTING THAT AT THE END OF NOVEMBER, WE'RE SITTING AT A SURPLUS OF ALMOST $900,000.

I GUESS THE ONLY CAUTION OF THIS NUMBER IS IT'S JUST MORE OF A REFLECTION ON PROJECTS WE WEREN'T ABLE TO ACHIEVE DUE TO A VARIETY OF REASONS LAST YEAR.

AGAIN, LAST YEAR'S BUDGET PROCESS WAS.

.. HOW SHOULD I PUT THIS? WAS MORE OF A CONCILIATORY TYPE OF BUDGET PROCESS.

WE HAD SEVERAL MEMBERS THAT WERE WILLING TO RAISE TAXES AT HIGHER LEVELS, AND WE HAD SOME THAT WERE LOOKING AT NO PERCENT.

SO WE ENDED UP RESTING AT JUST ABOVE A 3% INCREASE.

SO, AGAIN, IT'S JUST MORE OF A CAUTION AS WE MOVE INTO BUDGET PROCESS THAT, YOU KNOW, IT'S A GOOD POSITION TO BE IN, BUT HONESTLY, THAT MONEY SHOULD HAVE REALLY BEEN ALLOCATED

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THANK YOU. THANK YOU, COUNCILLOR MANN ANY OTHER COMMENTS? COUNCILLOR FLINTOFF.

THANK YOU, YOUR WORSHIP.

JUST A COMMENT.

I ACTUALLY DID HAVE A BUNCH OF QUESTIONS FOR MS. SONNENBURG AND THEN I GOT TO THE PART OF READING THE HER TREASURER'S VARIOUS NOTES AND YOU ANSWERED ALL MY QUESTIONS.

SO VERY, VERY GOOD REPORT.

THANK YOU. THANK YOU, COUNCILLOR FLINTOFF.

OKAY, NO FURTHER QUESTIONS.

SO LET'S HAVE A VOTE.

ALL IN FAVOR AND NONE OPPOSED.

SO THAT IS CARRIED.

8.2 REFERRAL FROM THE JANUARY 16TH, 2023 FINANCE AND ADMINISTRATION STANDING COMMITTEE REGARDING MEMO FROM THE DIRECTOR OF FINANCE AND TREASURER 11-2022 VISA ACTIVITY.

AT THE JANUARY 16TH, 2023 MEETING OF THE FINANCE AND ADMINISTRATION STANDING COMMITTEE.

THE FOLLOWING RESOLUTION WAS PASSED THAT THE MEMO FROM THE DIRECTOR OF FINANCE AND TREASURER BE RECEIVED AND THIS ITEM BEFORE TO THE NEXT REGULAR SCHEDULED MEETING OF COUNCIL FOR INFORMATION.

MAY I HAVE A MOTION THAT THE REFERRAL FROM THE JANUARY 16TH, 2023 FINANCE AND ADMINISTRATION STANDING COMMITTEE REGARDING 11-2022 VISA ACTIVITY BE RECEIVED.

COUNCILLOR FLINTOFF AND COUNCILLOR MANN.

ANY COMMENTS? SPEED READING. OKAY, LET'S HAVE A VOTE.

ALL IN FAVOR? NONE ARE OPPOSED. SO THAT IS CARRIED.

8.3 REFERRAL FROM THE JANUARY 16, 2023 FINANCE AND ADMINISTRATION STANDING COMMITTEE REPORT FROM THE DIRECTOR OF FINANCE AND TREASURER REGARDING 2023 USER FEES AT THE JANUARY 16, 2023 MEETING OF THE FINANCE AND ADMINISTRATION STANDING COMMITTEE.

THE FOLLOWING RESOLUTION WAS PASSED THAT THE REPORT OF THE DIRECTOR OF FINANCE TREASURER REGARDING 2023 USER FEES BE RECEIVED AND THAT COUNCIL ADOPTED 2023 USER FEES AS PRESENTED, AND THAT THE NECESSARY BYLAW BE PLACED ON AN UPCOMING COUNCIL AGENDA FOR CONSIDERATION.

MAY I HAVE A MOTION THAT THE REPORT OF THE DIRECTOR OF FINANCE TREASURER REGARDING 2023 USER FEES BE RECEIVED AND THAT COUNCIL ADOPT THE 2023 USER FEES AS PRESENTED, AND THAT THE NECESSARY BYLAW BE ADOPTED TO ENACT THIS DECISION? COUNCILLOR MANN.

COUNCILLOR BULL.

ANY COMMENTS? OKAY SEEING NONE.

LET'S HAVE A VOTE.

ALL IN FAVOR? NONE ARE OPPOSED. SO THAT IS CARRIED.

8.4 REFERRAL FROM THE JANUARY 16, 2023 FINANCE AND ADMINISTRATION STANDING COMMITTEE REPORT OF THE HUMAN RESOURCES COORDINATOR REGARDING MANAGEMENT BYLAW AND ORGANIZATION CHART REVIEW AT THE JANUARY 16, 2023 MEETING OF THE FINANCE AND ADMINISTRATION STANDING COMMITTEE.

THE FOLLOWING RESOLUTION WAS PASSED.

THAT THE REPORT OF THE HUMAN RESOURCE COORDINATOR BE RECEIVED AND THAT THE COMMITTEE RECOMMEND TO COUNCIL THE EXTENSION OF THE MANAGEMENT BYLAW FOR THE PERIOD OF ONE YEAR, AND THAT THE COMMITTEE APPROVED MANAGEMENT WAGE INCREASE BY 2% FOR 2023, AND THAT THIS ITEM BE FORWARDED TO COUNCIL FOR REVIEW AND APPROVAL.

MAY I HAVE A MOTION THAT COUNCIL APPROVE THE EXTENSION OF THE MANAGEMENT BYLAW FOR THE PERIOD OF ONE YEAR AND THAT COUNCIL APPROVE THE MANAGEMENT WAGE INCREASE OF 2% FOR 2023 AND THAT THE APPROPRIATE BYLAW BE PASSED ENACTING THIS DECISION.

MOVER COUNCILLOR FLINTOFF SECONDED COUNCILLOR MORISSETTE.

DO I HAVE ANY COMMENTS? SEEING NONE. LET'S HAVE A VOTE.

ALL IN FAVOR? NONE OPPOSE.

SO THAT IS CARRIED.

SECTION 8.5 REFERRAL FROM THE FEBRUARY 6TH, 2023 BYLAW AND PLANNING COMMITTEE REPORT FROM THE DIRECTOR OF FINANCE AND TREASURER REGARDING CITY OF ELLIOT LAKE MUNICIPAL AIRPORT HANGAR LEASE AGREEMENT RENEWALS.

AT THE FEBRUARY 6, 2023 MEETING OF THE BYLAW AND PLANNING STANDING COMMITTEE.

THE FOLLOWING RESOLUTION WAS PASSED THAT THE REPORT OF THE DIRECTOR OF FINANCE AND TREASURER CONCERNING LEASES FOR SPACE AT THE MUNICIPAL AIRPORT BE RECEIVED AND THAT THE REPORT AND ATTACHED LEASE AGREEMENTS BEFORE THE COUNCIL FOR APPROVAL.

PASSING OF APPROPRIATE BYLAW AND EXECUTION.

MAY I HAVE A MOTION THAT THE REPORT OF THE DIRECTOR OF FINANCE AND TREASURER CONCERNING LEASES FOR SPACE AT THE MUNICIPAL AIRPORT BE RECEIVED AND THAT THE DRAFT LEASE AGREEMENT

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SECOND? COUNCILLOR MORISSETTE.

DO I HAVE ANY COMMENTS? COUNCILLOR MORISSETTE.

I THOUGHT WHEN WE DISCUSSED THIS AT THE COMMITTEE MEETING THAT WE'RE GOING TO GO FOR FIVE YEARS FOR THE LEASE.

YEAH, THAT'S IN THE REPORT THAT'S EXPANDED IN THERE.

OKAY [INAUDIBLE] WOULD YOU LIKE TO ADDRESS THAT, MISS BRAY? SURE. THANK YOU, YOUR WORSHIP.

SO IN THE ATTACHED LEASE, WE'VE HIGHLIGHTED THAT WE'VE CHANGED THE TERM FROM TEN YEARS TO FIVE YEARS, AND THEN WE ALSO ADDED THE TERMINATION CLAUSE THAT EITHER PARTY MAY TERMINATE THE LEASE UPON GIVING 60 DAYS WRITTEN NOTICE, AND WE'VE ADJUSTED, OBVIOUSLY, THE TABLE FOR THE BASE RATE AND THE TAXES TO A FIVE YEAR TERM VERSUS THE TEN YEAR TERM THAT WE HAD IN THE ORIGINAL COPY.

SO IF APPROVED TONIGHT, THEN WE WILL SEND ALL TEN LEASES OUT TO THE LEASEES, AND ONCE EXECUTED, WE'LL BRING THEM BACK TO COUNCIL FOR EXECUTION BY BYLAW.

IS THAT OKAY? OKAY, THANKS.

ANY OTHER COMMENTS? COUNCILLOR FLINTOFF.

THANK YOU, YOUR WORSHIP.

THROUGH YOU TO I THINK MS. SONNENBURG. SO WERE WE JUST UNDER CHARGING FOR THE TAXES FOR THE LAST TEN YEARS? IS THAT BASICALLY IT? THROUGH YOU, YES, ABSOLUTELY.

YEAH, IT'S A SIMPLE HOUSEKEEPING ISSUE THAT HASN'T BEEN DEALT WITH IN MANY, MANY MOONS, AND SO WE NEED TO DO THE CLEANUP NOW AT THIS TIME. SO, YES, IT WAS DEFINITELY A TAX ISSUE THAT HADN'T BEEN CLEANED UP SINCE 2003.

SO IT'S FOLLOW UP.

SO IT'S BEEN $100 JUST LIKE THAT.

NO MATTER HOW MUCH THE LAND WENT UP AND MONEY OR ANYTHING, AND THEN FINALLY, WE'RE GOING TO CLEAN THIS UP.

THAT'S CORRECT. OKAY, THANK YOU.

COUNCILLOR MANN. THANK YOU, MR. CHAIR. THROUGH YOU. I THINK ONE OF THE CHALLENGES WHEN WHEN SITUATIONS LIKE THIS ARE DISCOVERED, YOU KNOW, WE AS A COUNCIL ARE THE ONES THAT HAVE TO BRING IT FORWARD AND RESOLVE THE ISSUE BECAUSE UNFORTUNATELY, WE JUST CAN'T SIT BY, AND IT'S PRETTY CLEAR UNDER THE ACT THAT WE CAN'T BONUS.

SO WHEN THE ERROR WAS BROUGHT FORWARD, IT HAS BEEN RESOLVED.

CLEARLY WE'VE MADE A COUPLE OF CHANGES WHICH I BELIEVE ARE REASONABLE AS WELL AS COMPROMISES FOR THE LENGTH OF LEASE MOVING TO A FIVE YEAR AS WELL AS STAFF, ADDING THE TERMINATION CLAUSE WHICH WILL ALLOW INDIVIDUALS, EITHER US OR THE INDIVIDUALS THAT ARE OCCUPYING THE PREMISES AN OPPORTUNITY TO TERMINATE THE LEASE.

WE STILL HAVEN'T DETERMINED AS A COUNCIL WHAT OUR LONG RANGE PLANS FOR THE AIRPORT ARE AND NOW WE HAVE A MECHANISM THAT WE CAN STILL PLAN AND ALLOW THE LEASES TO MOVE AHEAD AND THEN WE CAN HAVE AN OPEN DISCUSSION WITH THOSE PROPONENTS AS WE MOVE FORWARD.

SO THANK YOU.

THANK YOU, COUNCILLOR MANN.

SO ANY OTHER COMMENTS? OKAY, SO LET'S HAVE A VOTE THEN.

ALL IN FAVOR? NONE OPPOSE, SO THAT IS CARRIED.

ITEM 8.6 REFERRAL FROM THE FEBRUARY 6TH, 2023 BYLAW AND PLANNING COMMITTEE REPORT FROM THE DIRECTOR OF CLERKS AND PLANNING SERVICES REGARDING THE AMENDMENT TO THE NOISE BYLAW.

AT THE FEBRUARY 6, 2023 MEETING OF THE BYLAW AND PLANNING COMMITTEE, THE FOLLOWING RESOLUTION WAS PASSED THAT THE DIRECTOR OR THAT THE REPORT FROM THE DIRECTOR OF CLERKS AND PLANNING SERVICES BE RECEIVED AND THAT BYLAW 21-48 BE AMENDED AS FOLLOWS.

SECTION 3.7 REPLACE UNREASONABLE AND PERSISTENT NOISE WITH UNREASONABLE OR PERSISTENT NOISE AND TO REMOVE SECTION 3.8 AND THAT THE APPROPRIATE BYLAW BE PASSED ENACTING THIS DECISION.

MAY I HAVE A MOTION THAT THE REPORT FROM THE DIRECTOR OF CLERKS AND PLANNING SERVICES BE RECEIVED AND THAT BYLAW 21-48 BE AMENDED AS FOLLOWS.

SECTION 3.7 REPLACE UNREASONABLE AND PERSISTENT NOISE WITH UNREASONABLE OR PERSISTENT NOISE AND REMOVE SECTION 3.8 AND THAT THE APPROPRIATE BYLAW BE PASSED ENACTING THIS DECISION.

MOVE FOR COUNCILLOR MANN.

SECONDED. COUNCILLOR BULL.

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ALL IN FAVOR? NONE OPPOSED, AND THAT IS CARRIED.

ITEM 8.7 REFERRAL FROM THE FEBRUARY 6, 2023 RECREATION AND CULTURE STANDING COMMITTEE REPORT FROM THE MUSEUM CURATOR REGARDING TRIVIA NIGHT FUNDRAISERS AT THE FEBRUARY 6, 2023 MEETING OF THE RECREATION AND CULTURE STANDING COMMITTEE.

THE FOLLOWING RESOLUTION WAS PASSED THAT THE REPORT OF THE MUSEUM CURATOR BE RECEIVED AND THAT THIS ITEM BE FORWARDED TO THE NEXT REGULAR SCHEDULED MEETING OF COUNCIL TO RECOGNIZE THE MUSEUM'S TRIVIA NIGHTS FOR THE DATES OF MARCH 3RD, APRIL 7TH AND MAY 5TH, 2023.

AS MUNICIPALLY SIGNIFICANT EVENTS, WE HAVE A MOTION THAT THE REPORT OF THE MUSEUM CURATOR BE RECEIVED, AND THAT COUNCIL RECOGNIZES THE MUSEUM'S TRIVIA NIGHTS FOR THE DATES OF MARCH 3RD, APRIL 7TH AND MAY 5TH, 2023 AS MUNICIPALLY SIGNIFICANT EVENTS.

MOVER? COUNCILLOR BULL.

SECOND? COUNCILLOR SEIDEL.

DO I HAVE ANY COMMENTS HERE? COUNCILLOR BULL. THANK YOU, MR. CHAIR. THROUGH YOU.

OH, NO. I GUESS MORE JUST A COMMENT.

I THINK THESE ARE GOOD EVENTS.

THEY SEEM TO BE WELL-RUN AND WELL ATTENDED, AND AS LONG AS WE'RE MAKING MONEY, THAT'S THE MAIN THING.

DO YOU HAVE ANYTHING TO ADD TO THAT? NO, THANK YOU. JUST HAPPY TO CONTINUE ON.

IT'S REALLY NICE TO SHARE LITTLE HISTORIES AND HERITAGE PIECES WITH MEMBERS OF THE COMMUNITY WHERE THEY WERE PREVIOUSLY UNAWARE.

SO IT IS A LOT OF FUN ON MY END AS WELL.

SO I'M HAPPY TO CONTINUE SERVING THESE TO THE COMMUNITY.

THANK YOU. I EVEN HERE, IT'S CATCHING ON.

OTHER PEOPLE ARE STARTING TO DO IT.

COUNCILLOR FLINTOFF.

THANK YOU. WORSHIP THROUGH YOU TO MS. D'AMATO. JUST A BUDGET QUESTION.

I NOTICED, LIKE YOU HAD PIZZA FROM TOPPERS 108 AND 64.75, BUT THEN I NOTICED ON THE DISPERSALS THERE'S A FIRE SIDE FOR $200.

IS THAT THE GIFT CARDS FOR PRIZES? SORRY. THROUGH YOU, YOUR WORSHIP? YES, FOR THE NOVEMBER 4TH EVENT.

IT WAS A GIFT CARD FOR THE FIRST PLACE WINNER.

OKAY, THAT'S A GOOD PRICE.

OKAY, THAT WAS IT.

THANKS. THANK YOU, MS. D'AMATO. GOOD JOB.

ANY OTHER COMMENTS? OKAY, LET'S VOTE.

ALL IN FAVOR, NONE OPPOSED, SO I JUST CARRIED.

ITEM 8.8 REFERRAL FROM THE FEBRUARY 6TH, 2023 RECREATION AND CULTURE STANDING COMMITTEE REPORT FROM THE MUSEUM CURATOR REGARDING UPDATE TO POLICIES AND STRATEGIC PLAN AT THE FEBRUARY 6, 2023 MEETING OF THE RECREATION AND CULTURE STANDING COMMITTEE.

THE FOLLOWING RESOLUTION WAS PASSED THAT THE REPORT OF THE MUSEUM CURATOR REGARDING UPDATE TO POLICIES AND STRATEGIC PLAN BE RECEIVED, AND THAT THE REVISED POLICIES AND STRATEGIC PLAN FOR THE ELLIOT LAKE MUSEUM BEFORE THE COUNCIL FOR CONSIDERATION AT THE FEBRUARY 13TH, 2023 COUNCIL MEETING.

MAY I HAVE A MOTION THAT THE REPORT OF THE MUSEUM CURATOR REGARDING UPDATES TO POLICIES AND STRATEGIC PLAN BE RECEIVED AND THAT THE REVISED POLICIES AND STRATEGIC PLAN FOR THE LAKE MUSEUM BE APPROVED BY COUNCIL FOR IMPLEMENTATION.

MOVER COUNCILLOR FLINTOFF SECONDER COUNCILLOR BULL ANY COMMENTS.

COUNCILLOR FLINTOFF.

THROUGH YOU YOUR WORSHIP.

I HAD MENTIONED EARLIER THAT NOW IS THE TIME TO, IF WE'RE GOING TO CHANGE OUR NAME, THAT WE SHOULD DEFINITELY CHANGE IT BECAUSE IT WOULDN'T COST US AS MUCH MONEY AND ALSO FOR THE LONG TIME, PEOPLE THAT WERE HERE, AND I'M GLAD THAT THE CANADIAN MINING INSTITUTION WILL STILL RECOGNIZE OUR NAME, TE ONLY THING THAT I THINK THAT WE SHOULD TRY AND GET FOR OUR BUDGET, IT'S YOU KNOW, I READ YOUR PAMPHLET ONE MORE TIME AND IT SAID THE FIRE RANGERS HERITAGE CENTER IS CONSIDERED SEASONAL SATELLITE LOCATION FOR THE MUSEUM, AND SINCE WE DON'T HAVE A MUSEUM, I REALLY THINK THAT WE SHOULD TRY AND LIKE, I KNOW, IT HASN'T BEEN OPEN FOR A FEW YEARS, BUT WE SHOULD TRY AND MAKE IT WORK TO GET IT OPEN DURING AT LEAST SOME PEAK SUMMER.

I'VE BEEN OUT THERE AND THERE'S LOTS OF PEOPLE AND I SEE THEM SHAKE THE DOOR AND, YOU KNOW, WITHOUT A MUSEUM, I THINK WE SHOULD REOPEN THAT.

THAT'S IT. THANK YOU, COUNCILLOR FLINTOFF.

ANY OTHER QUESTIONS? IT WAS A LOT OF WORK THAT WENT INTO THE STRATEGIC PLAN AND THE POLICIES UPDATE.

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I THINK IT'S GOOD. OKAY.

NO OTHER QUESTIONS? LET'S CALL A VOTE. ALL IN FAVOR? NONE ARE OPPOSED AND THAT IS CARRIED.

ITEM 8.9 REFERRAL FROM THE FEBRUARY 7TH, 2023 ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT STANDING COMMITTEE REPORT FROM THE MANAGER OF ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT REGARDING 2023 PROMOTIONAL FISHING CAMPAIGN AT THE FEBRUARY 7, 2023 MEETING OF THE ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT STANDING COMMITTEE.

THE FOLLOWING RESOLUTION WAS PASSED THAT THE REPORT OF THE MANAGER OF ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT BE RECEIVED AND THAT THIS BE FORWARDED TO THE NEXT REGULAR SCHEDULED MEETING OF COUNCIL TO APPROVE A SCOPE OF WORK WITH ASHLEY RAE/SHE LOVES TO FISH ON A CAMPAIGN TO PROMOTE FISHING IN ELLIOT LAKE TO AN UPSET LIMIT OF $12,924 PLUS APPLICABLE TAXES, AND THAT THE COST OF THIS PROGRAM BE TAKEN FROM THE 2023 OPERATING BUDGET FOR THE ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT DEPARTMENT.

I MAY HAVE A MOTION THAT THE REPORT OF THE MANAGER OF ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT BE RECEIVED AND THAT COUNCIL APPROVE A SCOPE OF WORK WITH ASHLEY RAE/SHE LOVES TO FISH ON A CAMPAIGN TO PROMOTE FISHING IN ELLIOT LAKE TO AN UPSET LIMIT OF $12,924 PLUS APPLICABLE TAXES, AND THAT THE COST OF THIS PROGRAM BE TAKEN FROM THE 2023 OPERATING BUDGET FOR THE ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT DEPARTMENT.

MOVER COUNCILLOR BULL SECONDER COUNCILLOR SEIDEL.

ANY COMMENTS, QUESTIONS OR CONCERNS? COUNCILLOR FLINTOFF.

WELL, I KNOW THAT [INAUDIBLE] TEAM PUT A LOT OF WORK INTO THIS AND THE FACT THAT THERE'S GOING TO BE ICE FISHING, SUMMER FISHING AND KAYAK EVENT FISHING, YOU'VE COVERED ALL THE BASES, AND WAY BACK WHEN BOB AND WAYNE IZUMI PROMOTED ELLIOT LAKE.

IT WORKED BACK THEN. THIS IS A DIFFERENT DEMOGRAPHIC, BUT I'M PRETTY SURE COUNCILLOR BULL HAD MENTIONED IT LAST TIME THAT KAYAK FISHING IS GETTING MORE AND MORE POPULAR, AND WE HAVE THE LAKES, WE HAVE THE BEAUTY, SO MAKE SURE WE GET IT PUT IN YOUR OPERATIONAL BUDGET AND I'LL VOTE FOR IT.

THANK YOU. THANK YOU, COUNCILLOR FLINTOFF.

ANY OTHER QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS? COUNCILLOR SEIDEL.

THANK YOU, MR. CHAIR. THROUGH YOU TO MR. ANTUNES. UNDER THE FINANCIAL IMPACT THAT SAYS, AS PROPOSED, THE MARKETING INITIATIVE WILL COST APPROXIMATELY $13,000 LESS REVENUE GENERATED FROM THE KAYAK EVENT, WHICH IS TO BE DETERMINED.

DO WE KNOW HOW THAT'S GOING TO BE DETERMINED YET OR HOW WE'RE GOING TO, LIKE, ARE WE CHARGING PEOPLE A FEE TO GO ON TO KAYAK FISHING? THROUGH YOUR WORSHIP.

THANK YOU, COUNCILLOR SEIDEL.

ABSOLUTELY. WE HAVEN'T NAILED DOWN HOW THE OFFSET OF COSTS.

SO THIS IS DONE. AS I MENTIONED AT COMMITTEE, I ALWAYS LIKE TO BRING THE WORST CASE SCENARIO, BUT THE INTENT IS FOR THE KAYAK EVENT TO CHARGE A ADMISSION FEE TO FOLKS, THE 12 ANGLERS THAT WOULD BE JOINING MS. RAE. SO THAT WILL OFFSET THE COST BREAKDOWN OF THE $4,660 OF THE EVENT.

STAFF ARE WORKING TO OFFSET THAT COST COMPLETELY THROUGH PARTNERSHIP WITH EITHER ONE OF OUR LODGES OR SOME OF OUR SERVICE PROVIDERS HERE IN TOWN.

SO THE HOPE IS THE ADMISSION COST WILL OFFSET THAT, BUT AGAIN, WANTING TO COME TO COUNCIL WITH A UPSET LIMIT NUMBER AND WORK BACKWARDS.

SO WE ARE THE GOAL IS TO CHARGE FOR AND I HATE TO USE THE WORD PRIVILEGE, BUT THE OPPORTUNITY TO FISH WITH MISS RAE, ESPECIALLY TO NEW KAYAK ANGLERS, WHICH, AS COUNCILLOR BULL SAID, IS GROWING IN POPULARITY.

BUT FOR SOMEONE THAT JUST GETS ONE AND THEY THEY'RE NOT CHEAP, THEY'RE NOT $200 KAYAKS.

SO THE INVESTMENT OF PURCHASING ONE AND GETTING OUT WITH SOMEONE AS WELL VERSED AT IT AS MS. RAE IS CERTAINLY WORTH THE COST OF ADMISSION, AND I THINK THAT PRESENTS A GREAT OPPORTUNITY TO HAVE THEM TRY OUT THE LAKES AND ELLIOT LAKE WITH THIS AND THEN HOPEFULLY BRING THEIR KAYAK BACK AND SPEND SOME MORE MONEY IN TOWN.

THANK YOU. ANY OTHER QUESTIONS? OKAY SEEING NONE.

WE'LL CALL A VOTE. ALL IN FAVOR? OKAY, NONE OPPOSED, SO THAT IS CARRIED.

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[10. UNFINISHED BUSINESS]

DO YOU HAVE ANY COMMENTS, QUESTIONS OR CONCERNS HERE? NO. SO, OH, COUNCILLOR BULL.

THANK YOU, MR. CHAIR. THROUGH YOU TO MR. GOULDING. THE FIFTH PARAGRAPH.

MAYBE I READ IT WRONG, BUT IT SAYS IT WAS IMPRACTICAL TO INCORPORATE COUNCIL'S DIRECTION INTO THE DESIGN PROCESS AT THIS TIME.

WHAT WAS THAT ABOUT? MAYBE I MISREAD IT.

I'M NOT SURE. YEAH.

THANK YOU. THROUGH YOU, MR. CHAIR. I'LL NOT ENGAGE IN SPEED READING RIGHT NOW, JUST TO CLARIFY MY THOUGHT TO YOU VERBALLY INSTEAD.

FOR THE PURPOSES OF OUR APPLICATION TO THE GICB SPECIFICALLY, WE DISCUSSED THE IMPLICATIONS OF LOCATION OF THE ACTUAL FACILITY WITHIN THE LOT WITH THE ARCHITECTS AND AT THE END OF THE DAY, FOR THE PURPOSES OF OUR APPLICATION, WE DECIDED THAT WE WEREN'T REALLY MISREPRESENTING ANYTHING TO THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT BY NUDGING THE BUILDING IN A MINOR WAY NORTH OR SOUTH.

WHAT WE'RE PUTTING FORWARD IS WITHIN THE SPIRIT OF WHAT WILL ACTUALLY BE REALIZED.

SO GOING THROUGH, ESPECIALLY WITH THIS TIGHT TIMELINE RIGHT NOW, THE PROCESS OF NAILING DOWN SPECIFICALLY WHERE THE FOOTPRINT OF THE BUILDING WOULD BE WOULD BE IMPRACTICAL BECAUSE WE NEED TO REALLY GET A MOVE ON TO MAKE SURE THAT WE HAVE A SUBMISSION DONE FOR FEBRUARY 28TH.

OKAY, THANK YOU. COUNCILLOR MORISSETTE.

THROUGH YOU, MR. CHAIR TO MR. GOULDING. DO YOU KNOW ROUGHLY WHEN WE WERE GOING TO GET A REPORT BACK FROM BROOK MCILROY ? THROUGH YOU, MR. CHAIR, WE WERE IN CONTACT WITH THEM TODAY.

THEY'VE ACTUALLY SUBSEQUENTLY PROVIDED A PROGRESS UPDATE TO US TODAY AND WE HAVE A MEETING WITH THEM ON WEDNESDAY SCHEDULED.

RIGHT NOW, MY UNDERSTANDING IS THAT THE MATERIAL THAT YOU SEE BEFORE YOU IS IN THE HANDS OF VARIOUS OTHER SUB CONSULTANTS, INCLUDING CONSTRUCTION COST CONSULTANTS WHO ARE WORKING THROUGH A PROJECT ESTIMATE COST FOR THE CONSTRUCTION, AND RIGHT NOW WE'RE IN THE THROES OF COORDINATING WHO'S ACTUALLY GOING TO TYPE OUT THE GRANT, AND WE'RE GOING TO BE GETTING STARTED ON THAT AS SOON AS PRACTICAL SO THAT WE CAN MEET OUR FEBRUARY 28TH DEADLINE.

SO I TALKED AROUND YOUR QUESTION.

I'M SORRY. IT WON'T BE UNTIL VERY CLOSE TO THE DEADLINE UNTIL YOU SEE A FINAL RESULT FROM US.

THERE'S JUST NOT ENOUGH TIME TO SHOW AHEAD OF TIME.

OKAY, THANK YOU.

ANY OTHER QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS? OKAY, SO WE'LL HAVE A VOTE THEN.

ALL IN FAVOR, AND NONE ARE OPPOSED, AND THAT IS CARRIED.

10.2 RESIDENTIAL WATERFRONT DEVELOPMENT OPTIONS A STANDING ITEM 10.3 REPORT FROM THE DEPUTY CLERK AND ACCESSIBILITY COORDINATOR.

PERSONAL RECREATIONAL CANNABIS REGULATION BYLAW MINISTRY OF THE ATTORNEY GENERAL REVIEW ADDITIONS THAT THE REPORT FROM THE DEPUTY CLERK AND ACCESSIBILITY COORDINATOR BE RECEIVED AND THAT THE PERSONAL RECREATIONAL CANNABIS BYLAW WITH MINISTRY OF THE ATTORNEY GENERAL EDITS BE APPROVED BY COUNCIL FOR ADOPTION AND IMPLEMENTATION AND THAT THE APPROPRIATE BYLAW BE PASSED.

MAY I HAVE A MOVER AND A SECONDER? COUNCILLOR MANN.

COUNCILLOR BULL. ANY COMMENTS? QUESTIONS? COUNCILLOR MANN.

THANK YOU, MR. CHAIR. THROUGH YOU.

THIS WAS A PROJECT THAT HAD BEEN.

WORKING WITH THE BYLAW COMMITTEE FOR SOME TIME.

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THERE ARE CHALLENGES WITH US BEING ABLE TO ENFORCE RULES LIKE THIS.

WE HAVE OTHER CHALLENGES WITH SOMETHING THAT HAS COME DOWN WITH A CHANGE FROM LAWS FROM THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT, BUT I BELIEVE IT'S STILL IMPORTANT FOR US AS A MUNICIPALITY TO MAKE A STATEMENT AND TO TRY TO BE AS CONSCIENTIOUS TO SAFEGUARD OUR RESIDENTS AS POSSIBLE.

SO I DO THANK STAFF FOR ALL THE WORK THAT'S GONE INTO THIS.

IT'S BEEN A BIT OF A JOURNEY TO GET IT HERE, BUT IT'S NICE TO FINALLY SEE IT IN ITS FINAL STATE.

SO THANK YOU. THANK YOU COUNCILLOR MANN.

ANY OTHER COMMENTS? COUNCILLOR BULL. THANK YOU, MR. CHAIR. THROUGH YOU TO WHOEVER, I GUESS, MISS BRAY, WHEN IT SAYS NO PERSON SHALL CULTIVATE RECREATIONAL CANNABIS WITHIN SIGHT AND REACH OF CHILDREN OR ANYWHERE CHILDREN MAY CONGREGATE.

WHAT ABOUT IF IT'S IN YOUR BACKYARD, AT YOUR HOUSE? ARE WE SAYING THAT THEY CAN'T GROW PLANTS AND HAVE CHILDREN RUNNING AROUND IN YOUR YARD? OR AM I MISREADING THAT.

THANK YOU THROUGH YOUR WORSHIP.

SO IT DOES NOTE IN THE PROPOSED CHANGES TO THE BYLAW WHERE IT'S HIGHLIGHTED THAT IT'S TEN METERS FROM ANY SCHOOLS, PARKS, CHURCHES OR OTHER PUBLIC PLACES FREQUENTED MAINLY BY PERSONS UNDER 18 YEARS OF AGE.

FOLLOW UP, I GUESS, IS THAT THE LIKE WOULD BE THE SCHOOL PROPERTY OR PARK PLAYGROUND ITSELF OR THE PARK BOUNDARY? THROUGH YOU, YOUR WORSHIP? YES.

SO THAT'S WHAT COUNCIL AND COMMITTEE AND THE LEVELS OF REVIEW HAD REQUESTED.

SO THE LEVEL OF ENFORCEABILITY IS YET TO BE DETERMINED.

CONTACTING POLICE IS STILL THE MOST VIABLE OPTION.

THIS IS GOING TO TAKE SOME TIME TO WORK OUT THE QUIRKS.

IT'S A FAIRLY NEW LEGISLATIVE EFFORT.

SO THEREFORE, THIS WAS REQUESTED AND PUT TOGETHER AS BEST AS POSSIBLE BY STAFF AND THEN THESE ARE THE HIGHLIGHTED RECOMMENDATIONS FROM THE ATTORNEY GENERAL'S REVIEW.

SO THIS IS THE KIND OF FINAL PRODUCT THAT'S COME FORTH OVER THE LAST SEVERAL MONTHS.

OKAY, THANK YOU. ANY OTHER QUESTIONS? OKAY SEEING NONE.

I'LL CALL A VOTE. ALL IN FAVOR, AND NONE ARE OPPOSED AND THAT IS CARRIED.

ITEM 10.4 MEMO FROM THE MANAGER OF ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT REGARDING 255 HIGHWAY 108 THAT THE MEMO FROM THE MANAGER OF ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT REGARDING 255 HIGHWAY 108 BE RECEIVED.

MAY I HAVE A MOVER AND A SECONDER? COUNCILLOR MANN COUNCILLOR BULL.

THANK YOU.

WELL, ANY COMMENTS THEN? DO I WANT TO READ IT? DO I READ IT OR DOES? DO YOU WANT TO HAVE A GO AND READ IT, MR. ANTUNES? THANK YOUR WORSHIP THROUGH YOU.

I'LL CERTAINLY GIVE IT THE READER'S DIGEST VERSION OF IT, BUT AS DIRECTION GIVEN TO STAFF, WE DID CONTACT THE TWO PARTIES THAT HAD AN INTEREST IN PURCHASING THE LOT AT 108.

BOTH WERE DIRECTED WITH THE SOUTHEAST SIDE OF THE LOT, RANGING WITH OPPORTUNITIES FROM TWO AND A HALF TO THREE ACRES.

BOTH DID RESPOND, SAYING THEIR PREFERENCES WAS TO PROCEED WITH THE NORTHWEST SIDE AND HAVE CHOSEN TO WITHDRAW THEIR PROPOSALS.

ALL IS NOT LOST. WE ARE STILL WORKING WITH THE PROPONENTS AND HAVE SUGGESTED OTHER AVAILABLE LOTS AND WE'RE STILL WORKING THROUGH THAT.

SO ANY OPPORTUNITIES THAT DO COME FORTH, ANY NEW INFORMATION, WILL CERTAINLY BRING BACK TO COUNCIL AND THE PUBLIC AND SHARE THAT INFORMATION AND CERTAINLY WITH ANY NEW OPPORTUNITY, ANY NEW INVESTOR THAT DOES REACH OUT TO THE DEPARTMENT, WE DO TOUCH BASE IN REGARDS TO FIXED ROOF ACCOMMODATIONS AND WE'LL CONTINUE TO OFFER THE SITE AS DIRECTED BY COUNCIL ON 255 108.

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THAT WAS PROBABLY LONGER THAN IF I JUST READ THE WHOLE REPORT, BUT I'LL ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS YOU HAVE.

THANK YOU, MR. ANTUNES.

I HAVE A CONCERN.

WE DID DISCUSS IN CLOSED SESSION THAT THERE IS A PROPONENT STILL INTERESTED, AND THAT WASN'T INCLUDED HERE.

SO, MAYBE WE SHOULD I DON'T EVEN KNOW WHAT THE PROCESS WOULD BE TO CHANGE ANYTHING, BUT THERE IS A PROPONENT THAT IS STILL INTERESTED, AND WE DISCUSSED THAT IN CLOSED.

THAT'S ABOUT ALL I'LL HAVE TO SAY ON THAT ONE.

ANY OTHER COMMENTS? COUNCILLOR FLINTOFF.

TO ME, IT SOUNDS LIKE THE PROPONENTS ARE TRYING TO TELL US WHAT TO DO.

THEY SAID THEY NEEDED TWO AND A HALF TO THREE ACRES.

WE OFFERED THAT.

THIS IS SUPPOSED TO BE A NEGOTIATION AND IT JUST DOESN'T FEEL LIKE IT IS A NEGOTIATION.

THE CITY OWNS THE LAND THAT LAND IS THERE TO BE UTILIZED FOR THE BETTERMENT OF THE CITY OF ELLIOT LAKE, AND FOR THE BETTERMENT OF THE COMMUNITY.

THE MAJORITY OF THE PEOPLE OF ELLIOT LAKE VOTED US IN HERE TO MAKE WELL-INFORMED DECISIONS, AND THIS IS, AS I HAD MENTIONED EARLIER, ABOUT 255, THIS IS A VERY, VERY IMPORTANT PIECE OF PROPERTY AND WE WILL GET THINGS DONE THERE, BUT WE WILL GET THINGS DONE THERE AT OUR LEVEL, AND I JUST FEEL THAT THEY'RE TRYING TO TAKE THE THEY'RE TRYING TO TELL US WHAT TO DO, AND THAT DOESN'T WORK GREAT WITH THIS COUNCILLOR ANYWAYS.

THANK YOU. ANY OTHER COMMENTS? OKAY SEEING NONE.

WE'LL HAVE A VOTE TO ACCEPT THE MEMO.

ALL IN FAVOR? ALL ARE IN FAVOR. SO THAT IS CARRIED.

NUMBER 11 PETITIONS.

NONE. NUMBER 12 CORRESPONDENCE.

NONE. NUMBER 13 NOTICES OF MOTION.

NONE. NUMBER 14 COUNCIL REPORTS AND ANNOUNCEMENTS.

NONE. 15 ADDENDUMS. NONE. 16 INTRODUCTION AND CONSIDERATION OF BYLAWS.

[16. INTRODUCTION AND CONSIDERATION OF BY-LAWS]

MAY I HAVE A MOVER AND A SECONDER? COUNCILLOR MANN COUNCILLOR BULL.

ALL IN FAVOR, NONE ARE OPPOSED, SO THAT IS CARRIED.

16.2 BYLAW 23-11 BEING A BYLAW TO ESTABLISH USER FEES FOR MUNICIPAL SERVICES AND TO REPEAL BYLAW 22-19 THAT BYLAW 23-11 BE PASSED.

MAY I HAVE A MOVER IN A SECONDER? COUNCILLOR SEIDEL.

COUNCILLOR FLINTOFF.

ALL IN FAVOR? NONE ARE OPPOSED AND THAT IS CARRIED.

16.3 BYLAW 23-15 BEING A BYLAW TO AMEND BYLAW NUMBER 21.48 BEING A BYLAW TO PROHIBIT AND REGULATE NOISE IN THE MUNICIPALITY THAT THE BYLAW 23-15 BE PASSED.

MAY I HAVE A MOVER AND A SECONDER? COUNCILLOR MANN. COUNCILLOR FLINTOFF.

ALL IN FAVOR.

NONE ARE OPPOSED. SO THAT IS CARRIED.

16-4 BYLAW 23-16 BEING A BYLAW TO AUTHORIZE A MEMORANDUM OF UNDERSTANDING WITH REDLINE OUTDOORS CANADA SAFETY COUNCIL. THAT BYLAW 23-16 BE PASSED.

MAY I HAVE A MOVER AND A SECONDER? COUNCILLOR BULL. COUNCILLOR MORISSETTE.

ALL IN FAVOR, AND NONE ARE OPPOSED SO THAT'S CARRIED.

16.5 BYLAW 23-17 BEING A BYLAW TO AUTHORIZE THE EXTENSION OF MANAGEMENT EMPLOYMENT BYLAW AUTHORIZED BY BYLAW NUMBER 20-89 THAT BYLAW 23-17 BE PASSED.

MAY I HAVE A MOVER AND A SECONDER? COUNCILLOR MORISSETTE.

COUNCILLOR FLINTOFF.

ALL IN FAVOR? NONE ARE OPPOSED AND THAT IS CARRIED.

[17. CLOSED SESSION (if applicable)]

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THAT COUNCIL PROCEED INTO CLOSED SESSION AT THE HOUR OF 8:19 P.M..

MAY I HAVE A MOVER AND A SECONDER? COUNCILLOR MANN COUNCILLOR SEIDEL.

ALL IN FAVOR.

NONE ARE OPPOSED AND THAT IS CARRIED.

THANK YOU VERY MUCH.

OKAY, MAY I HAVE A MOTION TO COME OUT OF CLOSED SESSION AT 9:17 P.M.

? MOVER COUNCILLOR MORISSETTE.

SECONDER COUNCILLOR MANN.

ALL IN FAVOR? NONE OPPOSED THAT IS CARRIED.

[18. CONFIRMATORY BY-LAW]

THAT BYLAW 23-18 BE PASSED.

MAY I HAVE A MOVER AND A SECONDER? COUNCILLOR BULL. COUNCILLOR SEIDEL.

ALL IN FAVOR? NONE OPPOSED, THAT IS CARRIED.

19 ADJOURNMENT THAT THE MEETING ADJOURNED AT 9:18 P.M..

MOVER AND A SECONDER? COUNCILLOR MANN COUNCILLOR FLINTOFF.

ALL IN FAVOR? NONE OPPOSED AND THAT IS CARRIED.

* This transcript was compiled from uncorrected Closed Captioning.