Jun 12, 2023 City Council

[1. CALL TO ORDER]

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GOOD EVENING. WE'LL CALL TO ORDER THE REGULAR COUNCIL MEETING FOR THE CORPORATION OF THE CITY OF ELLIOT LAKE.

MONDAY, JUNE 12TH, 2020 3:07 P.M.

ROLL CALL. ALL MEMBERS ARE PRESENT.

DECLARATIONS OF CONFLICT OF INTEREST.

ARE THERE ANY CONFLICTS? GOING ONCE. GOING TWICE.

THERE'S NONE.

[4. ADOPTION OF PREVIOUS MINUTES]

MAY I HAVE A MOTION? THE FOLLOWING MINUTES BE ADOPTED FROM THE MAY 23RD, 2023 REGULAR MEETING THE MAY 29TH, 2023 SPECIAL MEETING.

MOVER COUNCILLOR BULL SECONDED COUNCILLOR FLINTOFF.

ANY CONCERNS? OKAY. AND THEN ALL IN FAVOR.

AND NONE OPPOSED. THAT IS CARRIED.

WE HAVE NO PUBLIC INPUT SESSION THIS EVENING.

[6. PUBLIC PRESENTATIONS]

ITEM 6.1 MUNICIPAL TAX EQUITY EQUITY ELLIOT LAKE TAX WORKSHOP.

WE HAVE A PRESENTATION FROM MR. PETER FREESE.

PETER. THANK YOU.

THANK YOU. COUNCIL. I WILL TRY TO BE AS EFFICIENT AS POSSIBLE BECAUSE I KNOW YOU HAVE A LENGTHY AGENDA.

SO EACH YEAR THE CITY HAS TO MAKE A NUMBER OF DECISIONS AROUND THE PROPERTY TAX, HOW IT WILL BE SHAPED AND HOW MUCH YOU'LL RAISE.

PART OF THAT IS SETTING YOUR TAX POLICY, YOUR LEVY POLICY, MAINLY CLASS STRUCTURE TAX RATIOS.

AND THAT'S WHAT I'LL MAINLY BE TALKING ABOUT TONIGHT.

WE WOULD NORMALLY BE DOING THIS WITHIN THE CONTEXT OF REASSESSMENT.

2021 SHOULD HAVE BEEN THE FIRST YEAR OF A NEW ASSESSMENT CYCLE, BUT IT AS PART OF THE RESPONSE TO THE PANDEMIC THAT WAS POSTPONED.

IT WAS LATER EXTENDED THROUGH 2023.

SO RIGHT NOW WE ARE CONTINUING TO USE JANUARY 1ST, 2016 CURRENT VALUE ASSESSMENTS ON ALL PROPERTIES FOR THE DISTRIBUTION OF TAX.

SO ALTHOUGH WE WON'T BE DEALING WITH REASSESSMENT, IT IS THERE ARE A NUMBER OF OTHER EXTERNAL FACTORS THAT AFFECT OUR TAX LANDSCAPE AS WELL AS DECISIONS THAT COUNCIL WILL MAKE.

WITH THE ABSENCE OF REASSESSMENT, WE ARE REALLY ONLY MISSING ONE ELEMENT, AND THAT IS THE REDISTRIBUTIVE EFFECT OF REASSESSMENT.

REASSESSMENT. WHEN WE ADVANCE VALUES, BRING THEM TO A MORE CURRENT PERIOD OF TIME DOESN'T GIVE THE MUNICIPALITY ANY MORE FUNDS.

IT DOESN'T GROW THE BASE.

IT SIMPLY PUTS A NEW MARKET VALUE ON THE PROPERTIES.

NEW MARKET SHARES FOR EACH PROPERTY.

SO THAT'S THE ONLY THING THAT'S MISSING WITH THE PROVINCIAL PAUSE AND REASSESSMENT.

WE STILL HAVE GROWTH, WHICH IS THE EXPANSION OR CONTRACTION OF THE CITY'S TAX BASE.

PROPERTY THAT'S AVAILABLE FOR TAXATION.

TAX POLICY DECISIONS WHICH ARE ON THE AGENDA TONIGHT WITH A STAFF REPORT TALKING ABOUT SETTING THE CLASS STRUCTURE TAX RATIOS WHICH DICTATE THE RELATIONSHIP OF TAX RATES IN DIFFERENT CLASSES AND THE WEIGHTING OF ASSESSMENT AND THEN LEVY CHANGE AND LEVY CHANGE IS THIS YEAR'S SPENDING DECISIONS, WHICH, ALTHOUGH IT'S LISTED LAST ON THIS SLIDE, ACTUALLY COMES EARLY AS PART OF YOUR BUDGET DISCUSSIONS.

SO WHEN WE'RE TALKING ABOUT MEASURING AND UNDERSTANDING TAX CHANGE, WHAT WE'RE DEALING WITH RIGHT NOW IS GROWTH.

THAT HAS CHANGED SINCE LAST YEAR WHEN YOU PASSED YOUR BY LAW.

SO WE HAVE TO CONSIDER HOW THE BASE HAS CHANGED AND WHAT GROWTH IN THE ASSESSMENT BASIS IS WHEN WE ADD OR SUBTRACT ASSESSABLE IMPROVEMENTS.

SO IN THIS VERY SIMPLE EXAMPLE, WE ADD A HOME OR WE TEAR DOWN PART OF A PLANT OR A MILL.

ONE IS POSITIVE, ONE IS NEGATIVE GROWTH AND INCREASES IN REVENUE COME FROM POSITIVE GROWTH.

WHEN WE ADD HOMES OR BUSINESSES, WE HAVE A BIGGER TAX BASE, WE HAVE NEW TAXPAYERS, AND THAT GROWTH REVENUE COMES FROM THOSE NEW TAXPAYERS.

SO WHEN WE MEASURE ON A YEAR OVER YEAR BASIS, WE WANT TO MAKE SURE WE'RE DOING THAT CAREFULLY BECAUSE THE ADDITIONAL REVENUE FROM GROWTH IS CARRIED BY JUST A SUBSET OF OUR OF OUR OF OUR BASE REASSESSMENT.

AS I SAID, WITHOUT IT, WE DON'T HAVE OUR VALUES AREN'T INCREASING AS A RESULT OF MARKET VALUE, BUT WE ARE NOT MISSING GROWTH.

REASSESSMENT DOESN'T BRING US GROWTH.

SO THE ABSENCE OF IT DOESN'T WE DON'T LOSE ANY GROWTH.

WE USE THIS LITTLE DIAGRAM HERE TO EXPRESS WHY REASSESSMENT IS NOT GROWTH.

WE DON'T ADD ANY TAXPAYERS WITH REASSESSMENT GROWTH.

WE'RE EXPANDING OUR BASE.

SO DURING 2022, FROM WHEN YOUR TAX RATES WERE SET LAST YEAR, THE BASE OVERALL GREW BY 0.08%,

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THE URBAN ZONE, WHICH IS THE MAIN THE CORE OF THE CITY WHERE MOST OF YOUR PROPERTY IS THE BIGGEST PART OF YOUR BASE, GREW A LITTLE BIT MORE IN TERMS OF ASSESSMENT DOLLARS, BUT A LITTLE BIT LESS IN TERMS OF MAGNITUDE.

IT GREW BY 0.64.

THERE WAS A LITTLE BIT MORE GROWTH ON A PERCENTAGE BASIS IN THE RURAL ZONE.

WHAT DOES THAT MEAN? WELL, YOU HAVE TO LEVIES A GENERAL LEVY AND AN URBAN SERVICE AREA LEVY THAT IS ONLY APPLIED WITHIN THE URBAN AREA BETWEEN COMBINED BETWEEN THOSE TWO LEVIES.

YOUR YEAR END POSITION ON THE TAX BASE WAS ABOUT 104, JUST UNDER $105,000 MORE THAN YOU PUT IN YOUR BYLAW LAST YEAR.

AND AGAIN, THAT ADDITIONAL $105,000 IN TAX CAPACITY IS TOTALLY ATTRIBUTABLE TO PEOPLE THAT BUILT NEW PROPERTIES, BUILT A NEW HOME, BUILT A NEW BUSINESS, OR MAYBE ADDED TO A PROPERTY, YOU KNOW, ADDED A GARAGE, THINGS LIKE THAT.

THE 104,000 WAS NOT CARRIED GENERALLY BY THE TAXPAYERS OF ELLIOT LAKE.

SO THAT'S GOOD.

YOU KNOW .081 REVENUE GROWTH IS IS IS A PRETTY GOOD NUMBER IN TERMS OF HOW THAT WAS SPLIT ACROSS THE DIFFERENT LEVIES IN THE DIFFERENT ZONES.

AGAIN, MOST OF THAT WAS ON THE GENERAL LEVY, WHICH APPLIES EVERYWHERE IN ELLIOT LAKE AND THEN SOME ON THE URBAN LEVY, $6,000 ON THE URBAN, MOST OF IT ON THE GENERAL.

WHICH IS BY FAR THE LARGEST PORTION OF YOUR LEVY.

SO THIS MAKES SENSE.

WHEN WE MEASURE GROWTH, WE DO IT TO START OUR NEW YEAR.

WE WANT TO FIGURE OUT WHAT HAPPENED LAST YEAR BEFORE WE GET INTO THE CURRENT YEAR'S TAX CIRCUMSTANCES.

IT TAKES US TO THE YEAR END AND OBVIOUSLY A YEAR END GIVES US A NEW STARTING POSITION.

WHEN WE START THE LANDSCAPE, I'M GOING TO JUST EXPLAIN A BIT MORE ABOUT THE URBAN SERVICE AREA BECAUSE WE ARE GOING TO LOOK AT THOSE NUMBERS A FEW TIMES.

THE URBAN SERVICE AREA WAS ESTABLISHED UNDER A PREVIOUS VERSION OF THE MUNICIPAL ACT, WHICH ALLOWED THESE SPECIAL ZONES TO BE SET UP.

YOU CAN'T SET THESE UP NOW, BUT YOU CAN MAINTAIN THEM.

YOU JUST CAN'T EXPAND THEM.

IF YOU COLLAPSE THEM, THEN THEY'RE THEY'RE GONE FOREVER.

IN TERMS OF WHERE IT APPLIES, IT APPLIES WITHIN THE SORT OF PURPLE I DESCRIBED IT EARLIER TODAY, LIKE A SORT OF BACKWARDS LEGLESS DINOSAUR IN THE IN THE URBAN CENTER.

BUT THAT'S THE URBAN SERVICE AREA.

IT REPRESENTS MOST OF YOUR ASSESSMENT, BUT OBVIOUSLY NOT MOST OF YOUR GEOGRAPHY IN THE OUTLYING AREAS IN THE RURAL ZONE.

THE RED LINES REPRESENT IMPROVED RURAL RESIDENTIAL AREAS AND THE REST IS REALLY VACANT LAND MINE TAILINGS, MINE CLAIMS, THINGS LIKE THAT.

THERE'S NOT A LOT OF BASE OUT THERE.

IN TERMS OF HOW WE DISTRIBUTE THE TAXES FROM A STARTING PERSPECTIVE, THERE ARE TWO LEVIES.

THERE'S A GENERAL LEVY AND A USA LEVY.

AND THAT USA LEVY THAT STANDS FOR URBAN SERVICE AREA.

AT THE AT THE STARTING POSITION.

SO BEFORE LEVY INCREASE OR POLICY CHANGES.

92.5% OF THE LEVY IS GOING TO BE PICKED UP BY THE GENERAL LEVY.

7.5% ON THE USA LEVY, WHICH MAKES THE USA LEVY ABOUT $1.3 MILLION.

HOW THAT TRANSLATES IS IT TRANSLATES INTO THE URBAN ZONE.

SO THOSE THAT THAT THAT ARE HAVE PROPERTY WITHIN THAT CENTRAL URBAN ZONE CARRYING ABOUT 82.22% OF THE TAXES, MUNICIPAL TAXES AND THE RURAL ZONE CARRYING 11.78% NOW.

ALTHOUGH THAT LEVY IS $1,033,000.

THAT IS NOT THE EFFECT OF THE LEVY.

IF WE WERE TO NOT HAVE THAT LEVY, IT WOULD ACTUALLY IT DOESN'T MOVE THAT MUCH MONEY.

THE URBAN ZONE IS 87.

APPROXIMATELY 87% OF THE BASE.

SO IT WOULD CARRY 87% OF THAT 1.3 MILLION, REGARDLESS OF WHETHER YOU HAVE THAT LEVY OR NOT.

WHAT THIS TABLE SHOWS US IS THE ACTUAL IMPLICATION OF A $1.3 MILLION URBAN SERVICE AREA LEVY.

WHAT IT DOES, IT MOVES APPROXIMATELY $131,000 FROM THE RURAL ZONE INTO THE URBAN ZONE.

THAT IS THE TOTAL REDISTRIBUTIVE EFFECT OF THE URBAN SERVICE AREA.

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WHY? BECAUSE THE URBAN ZONE WOULD BE PAYING PAYING A 7% OF THAT.

MY APOLOGIES. 87% OF THAT EITHER WAY.

OKAY. SO THAT'S.

SO THAT'S YOUR BASELINE, YOUR ABSOLUTE BASELINE TAX STARTING POINT.

THAT'S WHAT WE CALL YOUR NOTIONAL LEVY.

BEFORE YOU MAKE ANY SPENDING DECISIONS, BEFORE YOU MAKE ANY POLICY CHANGES.

SO IF YOU WERE TO DO LAST YEAR'S YEAR END, WHICH WOULD HAVE NO IMPACT ON ANY TAXPAYER.

THAT LAST TABLE IS WHAT YOUR TAXES WOULD LOOK LIKE.

ANY DIFFERENCE BETWEEN THAT BASE LEVY AMOUNT AND THE FULL LEVY AMOUNT IS WHAT WE CALL A LEVY CHANGE.

SO THAT IS THE INCREASE BASED ON BUDGETARY REQUIREMENTS, INFLATION, THINGS LIKE THAT.

FROM YOUR BASE LEVY TO YOUR TARGET LEVY IS A AND THIS IS THE GENERAL AND USA LEVY UNDER STATUS QUO POLICY IS A 5% OVERALL BETWEEN THE TWO LEVIES, A 5% INCREASE, IT IS ACTUALLY 5.13 ON THE USA LEVEL LEVY AND 4.98 ON THE GENERAL LEVY.

WHEN WE COMBINE THOSE TWO, WE GET THE 5%.

THE REASON THEY'RE A LITTLE DIFFERENT IS BECAUSE WE'RE RESETTING IT BACK TO THE 92.5% SPLIT.

SO THIS WOULD BE YOUR BASELINE BASED ON THE BUDGET THAT YOU'VE ALREADY PASSED AND ABSOLUTELY NO CHANGES TO ANYTHING.

SO IF YOU WERE TO GO WITH THE STATUS QUO, THIS GIVES US OUR BASELINE FROM WHICH TO CONSIDER YOUR TAX POLICY DECISIONS IN 2023.

YOUR MAIN DECISION IS WHAT TO DO WITH TAX RATIOS.

WHAT ARE TAX RATIOS? WELL, THEY AFFECT THE BALANCE OF TAXATION AMONGST CLASSES.

THEY REFLECT THE RELATIONSHIP OF THE RATES THAT ARE APPLIED TO EACH CLASS, TO THE RESIDENTIAL RATE.

WHAT THEY REALLY DO AND IS, IS WE TAKE OUR ASSESSMENT SHARES.

SO IN THIS SLIDE WE SEE THAT THE RESIDENTIAL HAS 7.70 9.91% OF THE ASSESSMENT BASE.

WHEN WE APPLY THE RATIOS AND WE WEIGHT THAT CLASS AND WE WEIGHT ALL THE OTHER CLASSES, THE RESIDENTIAL CLASS IS CARRYING 71.09% OF THE TAXES.

THE MULTI-RES, WHICH REPRESENTS 8.9% OF THE ASSESSMENT BASE.

SO THE PROPERTY VALUE SHARE WITHIN THE MUNICIPALITY.

WE APPLY A RATIO OF 1.863.

WE WEIGHT THAT MORE SO EVERY DOLLAR OF MULTI-RESIDENTIAL IS WORTH ONE POINT OR WE TREAT IT AS $1.83 OR $1.86 OF RESIDENTIAL ASSESSMENT THEY'RE CARRYING.

WE AUGMENT OR CHANGE THEIR SHARE OF TAX INCREASE IT TO 14.76.

SIMILAR WITH COMMERCIAL AND INDUSTRIAL.

SO BECAUSE THEY HAVE A RATIO THAT'S HIGHER THAN ONE, THEY CARRY A LITTLE HIGHER PROPORTION OF THE TAX BURDEN.

IF WE WANT TO ADJUST TAX RATIOS, WE ARE LIMITED BY PROVINCIAL LAW.

RIGHT NOW, THE MUNICIPALITY CAN MOVE THEM DOWN PRETTY MUCH FOR EVERY CLASS IF THEY WANTED TO EXCEPT RESIDENTIAL IS ALWAYS FIXED AT ONE MANAGED FOREST IS FIXED AT 0.25.

THE OTHER CLASSES CAN MOVE DOWN OR TOWARDS THE PROVINCIAL RANGES WHICH YOU SEE THERE OF 0.06 TO 1.0.

NOT A LOT OF MOVEMENT.

YOU CANNOT INCREASE THEM.

SO WE HAVE A WE HAVE A SENSITIVITY MODEL THAT WE'VE PREPARED HERE.

THIS CONSIDERS MOVING THE MULTI RESIDENTIAL CLASS RATIO DOWN BY 4.99%.

NOW, IF THIS HAS MOVED DOWN BY 4.99% BECAUSE WE'RE IT'S SORT OF ONE TAX PIE.

IF WE'RE GOING TO REDUCE THEIR SHARE, EVERYBODY ELSE'S SHARE ARE GOING TO INCREASE MARGINALLY.

WHAT THIS DOES IS IT INCREASES ON THE GENERAL LEVY, THE RESIDENTIAL BY 0.74%, AND ON THE URBAN LEVY, THE RESIDENTIAL BY 0.85%.

WE'RE ALSO THIS WOULD ALSO SHIFT THE GENERAL LEVY IN ADDITION TO THE SHIFTS AMONGST CLASSES.

SO WHAT WE SEE HERE IS THAT ON THE GENERAL LEVY, IT WOULD SHIFT APPROXIMATELY $80,500 OFF OF THE MULTI-RES CLASS ONTO ALL OTHER CLASSES BECAUSE THE RESIDENTIAL CLASS IS THE LARGEST CLASS, IT'S GOING TO PICK UP THE BULK OF THAT SHIFT.

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THERE ARE MULTI RESIDENTIAL PROPERTIES IN THE URBAN LEVY, SO THAT WILL SHIFT AS WELL.

IT'S GOING TO IT'S GOING TO MOVE THINGS AROUND A BIT AND IT WILL INCREASE TAXES FOR ALL OTHER.

PROPERTY TYPES.

IT IS GOING TO BECAUSE THE MULTI-RES IS CONCENTRATED IN THE URBAN ZONE.

IT WILL ALSO SHIFT TAXES SOMEWHAT, NOT DRAMATICALLY, BUT A LITTLE BIT OUT OF THE AS IT SHIFTS BETWEEN INDIVIDUAL PROPERTIES AND THEN PROPERTY CLASSES. IT'S GOING TO SHIFT BETWEEN THE ZONES.

AGAIN, YOU KNOW, THE RESIDENTIAL IS GOING TO GO UP ABOUT THREE QUARTERS OF A PERCENT NO MATTER WHERE YOU ARE.

AS IT PICKS UP THAT MULTI RESIDENTIAL SHIFT OFF OF THE CLASS, IF THE MUNICIPALITY WAS WAS TO MAKE THAT REDUCTION.

WHAT THIS DOES IS IT BRINGS YOUR RESIDENTIAL IN AT OVERALL AT 5.7, EIGHT NET YEAR OVER YEAR FROM THE YEAR END.

AND THAT IS SORT OF WHERE WHERE YOU WOULD BE IF THERE WAS NO GROWTH.

SO THIS MULTI YEAR REDUCTION KIND OF SPENDS THE GROWTH MONEY AND BRINGS YOU DOWN TO YOUR 5.78, WHICH WAS THE NUMBER UNDER CONSIDERATION WITHIN THE BUDGET, BUT BEFORE GROWTH WAS CONSIDERED, IF I UNDERSTAND THAT CORRECTLY, AND THAT'S WHY IT'S 4.99, NOT A FLAT 5%.

WE WERE GOING FOR THAT 5.78 NET CHANGE.

SO IT TAKES THE GROWTH AND IT KIND OF PUT IT ROUGHLY BUYS DOWN THE MULTI RESIDENTIAL TARGETS THAT GROWTH TO THE MULTI RESIDENTIAL RATIO.

WHY ARE WE LOOKING AT MULTI-RES? WELL, IT IS A, THERE IS A CHANCE.

THERE ARE INDICATORS THAT THE PROVINCE MIGHT MOVE TO EQUALIZE THE MULTI-RES CLASS WITH RESIDENTIAL.

THEY'VE ALREADY ELIMINATED THE POSSIBILITY OF NEW PROPERTIES COMING INTO THE MULTI RES CLASS BY ESTABLISHING A MANDATORY NEW MULTI RES CLASS.

SO IF I BUILD A MULTI RES BUILDING IN ELLIOT LAKE, IT DOESN'T GO TO MULTI RES, IT GOES INTO NEW MULTI RES AND IS TAXED AT THE SAME LEVEL AS RESIDENTIAL, WHICH WOULD BE A RATIO OF ONE.

IN FEBRUARY 2022, THE PROVINCIALLY COMMISSIONED REPORT BY THE ONTARIO HOUSING AFFORDABILITY TASK FORCE INCLUDED A RECOMMENDATION THAT THESE BE EQUALIZED, THAT THE MULTI RES DIFFERENTIAL BE ELIMINATED AND YOU'RE CURRENTLY AT 1.8 IN THE PROVINCE'S FALL ECONOMIC STATEMENT.

THEY INCLUDED A POTENTIAL TO LOOK AT POTENTIAL APPROACHES.

THEY KIND OF RAMPED UP FROM THE PRIOR YEAR WHAT THEY WERE SAYING RATHER THAN LOOKING AT THE MULTI RES RATIO AND WHETHER IT SHOULD BE DIFFERENT.

THEY CHANGED THE LANGUAGE A BIT TO SAY LOOK AT WAYS TO REDUCE THE MULTI RES RATIO.

AND THIS WAS REITERATED IN A COMMUNICATION SENT TO YOUR TREASURER AND ALL TREASURERS BY THE ASSISTANT DEPUTY MINISTER IN DECEMBER.

AND THEN ON FEBRUARY 9TH THIS YEAR, ANOTHER RECOMMENDATION WAS MADE, THIS ONE BY A JOINT, ONE BY THE BUILDING INDUSTRY AND LAND DEVELOPER ASSOCIATION AND THE FEDERATION OF RENTAL HOUSING PROVIDERS OF ONTARIO.

SO THE LAND DEVELOPERS AND THE LANDLORDS BASICALLY MADE A RECOMMENDATION THAT THIS SHOULD BE ELIMINATED.

NOW A LOT OF THE LOGIC IS ON THE PUSH SIDE FOR THIS, OH, IT WOULD SPUR MULTI RESIDENTIAL DEVELOPMENT, WHICH WE NEED.

IT ACTUALLY WON'T.

SO I WANT TO BE REALLY CLEAR WITH ALL THE COUNCILS I TALKED TO, THIS WILL NOT RESULT IN NEW MULTI RES BEING BUILT BECAUSE NEW MULTI RES ISN'T TAXED AT MULTI RES.

SO IT'S NO INCENTIVE.

THE PURE THE ONLY REASON THAT WE'RE SUGGESTING OUR CLIENTS LOOK AT THIS THIS YEAR AT LEAST CONSIDER IT IS THAT IF THEY FORCE A CHANGE TWO FROM DOWN TO ONE, THE MAX IS TWO RIGHT NOW, IF THEY FORCE IT DOWN TO ONE, IT WOULD BE A BIG CHANGE.

SO YOU SHOULD AT LEAST KNOW HOW FAR YOU ARE AWAY FROM FROM ONE WHERE THAT CHANGE TO BE MANDATED.

I DON'T THINK IT WOULD BE DONE ALL AT ONCE, BUT IT IS POSSIBLE THAT THEY COULD START MOVEMENT.

SO IT'S MORE A RISK AVERSION THING TO CONSIDER.

IT'S CRYSTAL BALL.

I CAN'T TELL YOU THAT THE PROVINCE IS GOING TO FORCE YOU DOWN, BUT IT'S IT'S MUNICIPALITIES ARE TAKING THE OPPORTUNITY TO START MOVING TOWARDS ONE UNDER THEIR OWN STEAM IF THEY CAN.

AND IN THE ABSENCE OF A REASSESSMENT, WE DON'T HAVE ANY COMPLICATING SHIFTS THAT MIGHT MAKE IT MORE DIFFICULT.

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THROUGH YOU, MR. CHAIR, IF WE REDUCE THE MULTI UNIT LANDLORDS TAXES DOWN, DO THEY HAVE AN OBLIGATION TO REDUCE THE RENT CHARGED TO THEIR RESIDENTS IN THOSE BUILDINGS? THROUGH YOU CHAIR.

ONLY IF THE NET YEAR OVER YEAR TAX REDUCTION FOR THE FOR THE COMPLEX GOES DOWN BY MORE THAN 2.49%. ON CURSORY REVIEW.

WE DON'T BELIEVE THIS YEAR THAT WOULD BE TRIGGERED UNDER THE MODEL IN FRONT OF YOU.

BUT IF IT WERE FOR ANY INDIVIDUAL UNIT, THE MUNICIPALITY WOULD SEND BE REQUIRED UNDER LAW TO ACTUALLY SEND NOTICES TO THE LANDLORD THAT THE THAT THE BUILDING QUALIFIED AND THEN TO FOLLOW UP WITH NOTICES TO THE TENANTS TELLING THEM THEY WERE ENTITLED TO A CALCULATED RENT AUTOMATIC RENT REDUCTION UNDER THE RESIDENTIAL TENANCIES ACT. SO.

YES, BUT ONLY IF THEY MEET A THRESHOLD, WHICH I DON'T BELIEVE THEY WOULD THIS YEAR.

OKAY, COUNCILLOR FLINTOFF.

THANK YOU. WORSHIP THROUGH YOU TO MR. FREEZE. SO THE HIGHEST THAT A MULTI-RESIDENTIAL RATE COULD BE COULD BE 2.0.

NOBODY'S WE'RE AND I KNOW WE'RE NOT AT THAT.

WHAT YOU'RE SUGGESTING IS WE START TO CREEP IT DOWN.

SO IF THE GOVERNMENT COMES AT US AND SAYS IT NEEDS TO BE ONE, IT WON'T BE SUCH AN IMPACT FOR THE RESIDENTIAL PEOPLE.

THAT BEING SAID, IT COULD BE A YEAR OR TWO THREE BEFORE ANYTHING IS DONE.

DID I SURMISE THAT SORT OF RIGHT OR.

YES, ABSOLUTELY.

AND OUR ADVICE KIND OF STOPS THAT YOU SHOULD BE LOOKING AT THIS, YOU SHOULD BE AWARE OF IT SHOULD BE ON YOUR RADAR.

THE CHOICE TO MOVE THAT IS A LOCAL ONE.

SO YOU GOT TO WEIGH. COUNCILLOR MANN.

THANK YOU, WORSHIP, THROUGH YOU.

AGAIN, MR. FREESE, THANK YOU FOR THE PRESENTATION.

I'VE HAD THE BENEFIT OF SITTING THROUGH A COUPLE OF YOUR PRESENTATIONS, WHICH I'VE APPRECIATED, AND I THINK YOUR EXPLANATION AGAIN THIS EVENING ON THE URBAN SERVICE AREA COMPONENT OF OUR OF OUR TAX STRUCTURE WAS A GOOD ONE AND IT WAS APPRECIATED BECAUSE I KNOW OVER THE PAST NUMBER OF YEARS WE'VE HAD VARYING LEVELS OF QUESTIONS AND COMMENTS REGARDING THAT AND THE TRUE THE TRUE IMPACTS AND NOT THE MILLIONS OF DOLLARS, BUT REALLY IT'S $130,000, AS YOU INDICATED.

SO AGAIN, I JUST WANT TO THANK YOU FOR THAT CLARIFICATION AGAIN THIS YEAR.

ANY OTHER QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS? COUNCILLOR BULL? THANK YOU TO YOU, MR. CHAIR. SO WE'VE SAID THAT 5.78 WAS GOING TO BE OUR RATE.

SO AFTER WE IF WE DO LOWER EVERYTHING, NOBODY'S GOING TO BE PAYING MORE THAN 5.78.

ALTOGETHER ON THEIR TAXES OR WILL THEY HAVE TO ABSORB THAT THREE QUARTERS PERCENT FOR THE MULTI-RES, TOO? THAT WOULD BE THE NET YEAR OVER YEAR CHANGE FOR THE RESIDENTIAL CLASS FROM DECEMBER 31ST TILL WHEN THEY GOT THEIR BILL.

THE ONLY PEOPLE THAT WOULD GO UP MORE THAN THAT WOULD BE IF I CHANGED MY PROPERTY.

SO AGAIN, GROWTH.

IF I BUILT A NEW GARAGE OR NEW HOUSE AND ACTUALLY NET ON THE TAX BILL, IT WOULD BE SLIGHTLY LESS THAN THAT BECAUSE THE EDUCATION IS NOT CHANGING THIS YEAR.

ANYTHING ELSE? OKAY. THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR YOUR PRESENTATION.

IT WAS GREAT. THANKS.

[7. INTRODUCTION AND CONSIDERATION OF CORPORATE REPORTS]

7.1 MEMO FROM THE MANAGER OF ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT.

MAY I HAVE A MOTION THAT THE MEMO FROM THE MANAGER OF ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT BE RECEIVED? MOVER COUNCILLOR BULL SECONDED.

COUNCILLOR MORRISSETTE.

MR. ANTUNES? THANK YOU, WORSHIP.

GOOD EVENING, MEMBERS OF COUNCIL.

THANK YOU FOR THE OPPORTUNITY, AS ALWAYS, TO PRESENT FAIRLY QUICK AND EASY.

THE RENAMING POLICY THAT WE HAVE ALLOWS FOR 30 DAYS FOR THE PUBLIC TO MAKE ANY OBJECTIONS OR COMMENTS AFTER COUNCIL DIRECT STAFF TO PROCEED.

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THE SIGN IS UP RIGHT NOW.

IT WAS PLACED WITHOUT FULL COMMUNICATION FROM US.

THE GOOD NEWS IS THE SIGN IS UP, BUT WE ARE PLANNING A FULL UNVEILING JUNE 29TH.

IF I'M NOT MISTAKEN, WE'RE WORKING WITH THE FAMILY AND THE CROSS COUNTRY SKIING BIKE CLUB TO MAKE A GOOD EVENT TO UNVEIL.

SO AS IT STANDS NOW, THE SIGN IS UP.

SO IF ANYONE DOES SEE IT, IT WAS, AGAIN, A BIT OF MISCOMMUNICATION, BUT WE ARE OKAY TO PROCEED AND WILL ADVISE COUNCIL ON THE EVENT AS WE APPROACH.

OKAY. THANK YOU, MR. ANTUNES.

ANY QUESTIONS OR CONCERNS? OKAY. ALL IN FAVOR? NONE ARE OPPOSED. THAT'S CARRIED.

ITEM 7.2 REPORT FROM THE DIRECTOR OF FINANCE AND TREASURER REGARDING 2023 PROPERTY TAX POLICY RATES AND LEVY.

MAY I HAVE A MOTION THAT THE REPORT OF THE DIRECTOR OF FINANCE AND TREASURER REGARDING 2023 PROPERTY TAX POLICY RATES AND LEVY BE RECEIVED, AND THAT THE PROPORTIONAL SPLIT BETWEEN THE GENERAL MUNICIPAL AND URBAN SERVICE AREA LEVIES BE MAINTAINED AT THE SAME LEVEL AS 2022, WHICH IS 92.5% GENERAL, 7.5% USA, AND THAT THE TAX RATIO FOR THE MULTI RESIDENTIAL CLASS BE REDUCED AS DETAILED IN THE ANALYSIS WITH ALL OTHER TAX RATIOS AND POLICY PARAMETERS BEING SET CONSISTENT WITH 2022 TAXATION AND THAT THE RECOMMENDED LEVY STRUCTURE, TAX RATIOS AND REQUIRED TAX COLLECTION PROVISIONS BE INCLUDED IN THE APPROPRIATE BYLAW TO LEVY AND COLLECT PROPERTY TAXES FOR THE 2023 TAXATION YEAR.

MOVER. COUNCILLOR MORRISSETTE.

SECONDED. COUNCILLOR MANN MS. SONNENBURG, PLEASE.

THANK YOU, THROUGH YOU.

SO TO CONTINUE WITH MR. FREEZE'S REPORT FROM PUBLIC PRESENTATIONS, THIS REPORT PROVIDES THE FINAL LEVYING AND COLLECTION OF 2023 PROPERTY TAX REQUIREMENTS FOR THE CITY. TO REITERATE SOME HIGHLIGHTS FROM MR. FREESE'S REPORT, THE CURRENT VALUE ASSESSMENT CYCLES HAVE BEEN UNTOUCHED SINCE 2016.

AGAIN, THROUGH THE MUNICIPAL PROPERTY ASSESSMENT CORPORATION FROM MPAC, WE WILL NOT BE SEEING ANOTHER REASSESSMENT.

SO YOUR HOMES AND BUSINESSES AND PROPERTIES WILL BE VALUED AT THE SAME ASSESSMENT CYCLE AS OF JANUARY 1ST, 2016.

THE REASSESSMENT WAS PAUSED IN 2020 AS PART OF A RESPONSE TO COVID 19, AND WE WILL CONTINUE TO SEE THAT PAUSE.

SO AT THIS MOMENT IN TIME, THE MAJOR MOVING FACTOR IN SETTING TAX POLICY IS SETTING THE TAX RATES.

THROUGH THE REPORT.

HIGHLIGHTS OF THE ANALYSIS AS PRODUCED IN CONJUNCTION WITH MTE.

DETAIL THAT SCENARIO ONE FROM THE REPORT FROM MTE, WHICH IS APPENDIX TWO OF THE REPORT DETAILS THAT SCENARIO ONE BASES EVERYTHING ON A STATUS QUO POLICY MODEL, AND SCENARIO TWO REDUCES THE MULTI-RESIDENTIAL RATIO CLOSER TO THE RESIDENTIAL RATIO OF ONE.

I THINK IT'S VERY IMPORTANT THAT EVERYONE WATCHING AND LISTENING UNDERSTANDS THAT.

THE MULTI-RESIDENTIAL PROPERTIES THAT ARE CURRENTLY HAVE A RATIO OF 1.863 ARE EXISTING BUILDINGS.

ANY NEW MULTI-RESIDENTIAL BUILDING THAT WOULD BE BUILT TOMORROW OR THE NEXT DAY IN THE CITY OR ANYWHERE IN THE PROVINCE.

JOIN THE TAX ROLL WITH A RATIO OF ONE.

THIS. THIS PROPOSED REDUCTION BRINGS THE EXISTING MULTI-RESIDENTIAL RATE CLOSER IN LINE WITH THE RESIDENTIAL AND NEW MULTI-RESIDENTIAL CLASS RATES WHERE MULTI-RESIDENTIAL NEW MULTI-RESIDENTIAL PROPERTIES JOIN THE ROLE WITH A RATIO OF ONE.

IN CONSULTATION WITH MR. FREESE AND HIS TEAM AT MTE AND SIMILAR EQUALIZATION EFFORTS UNDERWAY AT OTHER NUMEROUS MUNICIPALITIES ACROSS THE PROVINCE.

WE BELIEVE THAT THIS IS THE MOVE THAT PUTS OUR CITY IN A STATE THAT WOULD BE BETTER RESPONSIVE IF THE PROVINCE CHOSE TO PUSH US TO REDUCE THAT MULTI-RESIDENTIAL RATE.

IT'S AN EFFORT TO BE AHEAD OF THE CURVE AND IS A MEASURED MIGRATION AND IS AN EASY DECISION IN THIS CALENDAR YEAR BASED ON THE FACT THAT WE HAVEN'T SEEN

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MPAC. BASED ON THE SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS CONTAINED IN THE REPORT.

THE SHIFT OF TAXATION SHIFTS 4.27% FROM GLOBAL TOTAL FROM MULTI-RESIDENTIAL TO RESIDENTIAL AND OTHER TAX CLASSES.

WITH RESPECT TO THE FINANCIAL IMPACT, I'D LIKE TO HIGHLIGHT AGAIN THAT TAX POLICY DOES NOT IMPACT THE AMOUNT OF TAXES TAXES LEVIED OR COLLECTED, BUT RATHER DETERMINES THE DISTRIBUTION OF TAXES TO BE RAISED.

IT SIMPLY TAKES THE TOTAL GLOBAL TOTAL ASK OF THE BUDGET OF THE LEVY AND DIVIDES THAT PIECE OF PIE INTO THAT PIE, INTO THE DIFFERENT SECTORS TO COLLECT THE THE TAXES NEEDED TO RAISE THE LEVY.

CHANGES TO THE RATIO WILL RESULT IN TAX SHIFTS AT THE PROPERTY AND CLASS LEVELS, DEPENDING ON THE ASSESSMENT MAKEUP WITHIN EACH GROUP.

IT IS RECOMMENDED THAT COUNCIL ADOPT SCENARIO TWO AS PROPOSED AND OUTLINED IN APPENDIX TWO, WHICH WOULD RAISE THE CITY'S 2023 REVENUE REQUIREMENT AND REDUCE THE MULTI-RESIDENTIAL RATIO FROM A RATIO OF 1.863 TO 1.770090.

THIS REDUCTION AGAIN EQUALIZES THE EXISTING MULTI-RESIDENTIAL RATE WITH THE RESIDENTIAL RATE FOR NEW MULTI-RESIDENTIAL CLASSES.

FURTHERMORE, THE SECOND RECOMMENDATION DOES DETAIL THAT WE MAINTAIN ALL OTHER TAX POLICY PARAMETERS CONSISTENT WITH THOSE APPLIED FOR 2022 TAXATION, INCLUDING THE STATUS QUO BALANCE BETWEEN THE GENERAL AND THE URBAN SERVICE AREA LEVIES WITH A 9.25% AND 7.5% SPLIT.

IF THERE ARE ANY QUESTIONS, I WOULD HAPPILY TAKE THEM AND COULD ALSO DEFER TO MR. FREEZE AS HE HAS STAYED WITH US THROUGH THIS PROCESS AND HAS WALKED US THROUGH THIS FOR MANY HOURS TODAY.

THANK YOU, MS. SONNENBURG. DO WE HAVE ANY QUESTIONS FROM COUNCIL? COUNCILLOR FLINTOFF.

THANK YOU.

WORSHIP. MORE OF A COMMENT BECAUSE COUNCILLOR MORRISSETTE ASKED A QUESTION, SO WE'RE GOING TO LOWER IT.

WE'RE TENTATIVELY.

YOU'RE SUGGESTING THAT WE LOWER THE TAX RATE OR RATIO FOR THE MULTI RESIDENTIAL UNITS? I THINK I PERSONALLY THOUGHT THAT THAT WOULD SORT OF HELP OUT THE RENTERS.

BUT BASED ON WHAT MR. FREESE HAS SAID TO ME, IT REALLY ISN'T.

AND I KNOW THAT WE'RE TRYING TO PUT WE WANT TO BE PROACTIVE BECAUSE WE DON'T WANT TO BE HIT WITH WE HAVE TO GO DOWN TO 1.0 NEXT YEAR AND THEN IT'S GOING TO BE A BIG PRICE HIKE.

BUT MYSELF, I THINK I'D LIKE TO LEAVE IT THE WAY IT IS.

THANK YOU. THANK YOU.

ANY OTHER QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS? I KNOW THAT WE'VE GONE THROUGH ALL THIS JUST THIS EVENING.

I THINK WE MOSTLY HAVE A GRASP OF WHAT'S HAPPENING.

IS MAYBE FOR YOU, MR. FREESE, IS THE POTENTIAL FOR LEAVING IT AS IS.

IS IT GOING TO BE DETRIMENTAL? BECAUSE WE WILL BE HAVING TO CHOOSE THIS AGAIN NEXT YEAR AND PROBABLY EACH YEAR.

IS THERE A DETRIMENT TO LEAVING IT THE WAY IT IS FOR THIS YEAR AND THEN REVISITING IT, LET'S SAY, NEXT YEAR? YOUR WORSHIP IT'S.

IT DEPENDS ON WHAT HAPPENS.

IF NOTHING HAPPENS, THEN THERE'S NO DETRIMENT.

AND THAT'S ONE OF THE THINGS THIS IS, AS I KIND OF MENTIONED, THERE'S SOME CRYSTAL BALL HERE.

WILL IT START TO BE FORCED DOWN IF YOU HAVE TO FORCE IT DOWN WHEN THERE'S REASSESSMENT AND PERHAPS YOU HAVE A SHIFT ON TO RESIDENTIAL ALREADY.

BUT IT'S IT'S A JUDGMENT.

IT'S A JUDGMENT CALL.

AND THAT CLASS DOESN'T CARRY.

IF IT WAS A HUGE CLASS AND YOU WERE AT 1.9 AND THERE WAS FIVE, $6 MILLION IN IT.

SO IT COULD BE A POTENTIAL $2.5 MILLION SHIFT.

THEN I'D SAY, YOU KNOW, MAYBE I'D BE WORRIED ABOUT THAT.

IT'S NOT A MASSIVE.

SO YOU KIND OF TAKE THE ADVICE AND THE INFORMATION AND IT IS A CALL.

I'M NOT GOING TO TELL YOU THE SKY IS GOING TO FALL BECAUSE I DON'T KNOW THAT IT IS.

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IF YOU HAVE A SIGNIFICANT LEVY INCREASE AND THEN YOU HAVE THERE COULD BE THEY COULD FLOW SOME OF THAT TAX INCREASE THROUGH. IF THEY WERE ELIGIBLE FOR THAT, THIS WOULD MITIGATE IT.

BUT THAT'S NOT THE SAME AS A RENT REDUCTION.

BUT SO UNFORTUNATELY, I DON'T HAVE A CLEAR ANSWER FOR YOU.

I'M NOT GOING TO TELL YOU YOU'RE GOING TO BE IN TROUBLE IF YOU DON'T DO IT.

OKAY. SO MY UNDERSTANDING THEN, IT'S NOT A BIG PART OF OUR TAXATION.

THE ONE SECTION THAT WE'RE TALKING MULTI RESIDENTIAL, IT'S A VERY SMALL DECREASE TOWARDS GOING TO ONE, RIGHT? SO IT'S NOT GOING TO BE A HUGE IMPACT WHETHER WE CHOOSE ONE WAY OR ANOTHER THIS YEAR.

YOUR WORSHIP THE AMOUNT OF, IF YOU SHIFT IT NOW OR SHIFT IT LATER, IT'S GOING TO BE THE SAME SHIFT.

YEAH. SO IF YOU HAD TO GO TO 1.5, YOU'RE GOING TO BE FURTHER AWAY FROM IT NEXT YEAR.

IF THEY MAKE YOU GO TO 1.75 THEN GOING TO BE FURTHER AWAY FROM IT.

IF THEY DON'T DO ANYTHING, THEN THAT'S WHERE IT SORT OF STANDS.

OKAY. THANK YOU VERY MUCH.

COUNCILLOR SEIDEL THANK YOU, YOUR WORSHIP, THROUGH YOU.

SO IN MY UNDERSTANDING, IT SOUNDS LIKE IF WE KEEP IT AT THE 1.863 FOR THE RENTERS, THERE COULD BE A RENT INCREASE. DOES THAT SOUND RIGHT? I KNOW IT'S SPECULATING, BUT.

I CAN TRY. GO AHEAD.

GIVE IT A SHOT. YOUR WORSHIP.

IT REALLY DEPENDS ON A WHOLE BUNCH OF CIRCUMSTANCES, WHETHER THEY CAN THEY'RE ALLOWED TO FLOW THAT THROUGH, WHETHER RENT RULES APPLY TO THOSE TENANTS.

IT DOESN'T APPLY TO ALL TENANTS.

THERE'S A LOT OF COMPLICATIONS THERE.

BUT ANY RENT INCREASES THAT COULD FLOW THROUGH, THERE COULD BE A SMALL OFFSET.

I WOULDN'T SAY THAT WOULD BE THE HUGE MOTIVATOR HERE TO MOVE IT.

IT'S MORE A STRATEGIC MOVE TO GET AHEAD OF THE SHIFT.

SO. OKAY.

OKAY. THANK YOU VERY MUCH.

COUNCILLOR FLINTOFF.

THANK YOU, YOUR WORSHIP.

SO IF WE SHIFT IT NOW BECAUSE WE'RE TRYING TO BE A LITTLE BIT PROACTIVE, THE PUBLIC'S GOING TO AND THE PUBLIC'S OUT THERE WATCHING.

THEY'RE GOING TO THE ONES THAT LIVE IN ALL THE RESIDENTIAL, THEY'RE GOING TO SAY, WELL, YOU KNOW, WHY ARE WE DOING IT? WE DON'T HAVE TO.

NOW, IF THE GOVERNMENT COMES TO US AND SAYS WE HAVE TO LOWER IT OR BECAUSE WE HAVE NO CHOICE, WELL THEN THEY'RE GOING TO UNDERSTAND THAT.

BUT FOR NOW, THIS IS OUR DECISION ON WHETHER OR NOT WE WANT TO DO THIS.

THIS ISN'T THE GOVERNMENT'S DECISION.

THIS IS COUNCIL'S DECISION.

NOW I'M DONE TALKING.

OKAY. ANY OTHER COMMENTS OR QUESTIONS? SO I GUESS WE ARE GOING FOR A VOTE TO ACCEPT OPTION TWO.

OKAY. ALL IN FAVOR? SORRY. ALL IN FAVOR? COUNCILLOR MANN.

ALL OPPOSED.

COUNCILLOR MORRISSETTE. ARE YOU VOTING? I DON'T QUITE UNDERSTAND THE THING.

I JUST WANTED TO CHECK SOMETHING.

OKAY.

IS IT TO GO DOWN TO 1.77? IS THAT WHAT WE'RE VOTING? YES. OPPOSED OR AGAINST? OR. SORRY. FOR OR AGAINST.

I'M FOR IT. PLEASE.

OKAY. SO THIS BECOMES INTERESTING BECAUSE THEN THERE'S NOT A TIE VOTE.

BUT I HAVEN'T VOTED.

BUT IT WON'T. IT WOULD BE.

WE HAVE TWO FOR THREE AGAINST AND I HAVEN'T VOTED, SO IT'S NULL AND VOID.

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IS THAT HOW THIS WORKS? KEEP IT THE SAME.

I MAKE AN AMENDMENT.

SO WE'RE GOING TO MAKE AN AMENDMENT TO SEE IF WE WILL RECEIVE OPTION ONE.

I HAVE TO GET A MOVER AND A SECONDER.

COUNCILLOR FLINTOFF.

COUNCILLOR BULL.

SO ITEM ONE IS TO KEEP THE THE RATIO THE SAME.

ALL IN FAVOR? OH THREE.

WELL, FOUR THEN.

AND THAT'S THE WAY WE'LL LEAVE IT.

YEAH. OKAY.

IN FAVOR WAS COUNCILLOR SEIDEL, COUNCILLOR BULL, COUNCILLOR FLINTOFF AND COUNCILLOR WANNAN AGAINST COUNCILLOR MANN COUNCILLOR MORRISSETTE.

AND THAT IS CARRIED.

OKAY. ITEM 7.3 MEMO FROM THE ACTING DIRECTOR OF PUBLIC WORKS, THE REUBEN LEE CENTER TENDER UPDATE.

MAY I HAVE A MOTION THAT THE MEMO FROM THE ACTING DIRECTOR OF PUBLIC WORKS BE RECEIVED? MOVER COUNCILLOR MANN SECONDED.

COUNCILLOR MORRISSETTE.

MR. GOULDING, PLEASE.

THANK YOU. YOUR WORSHIP THROUGH YOU.

I DON'T RECALL WHEN I LAST GAVE AN UPDATE AT THIS ON THIS PROJECT, WHETHER IT WAS A PUBLIC SERVICES MEETING OR COUNCIL.

REGARDLESS, IT WAS PRIOR TO US GOING TO TENDER FOR THE PROJECT.

I BELIEVE AT THAT TIME WE WERE PLANNING TO PUT OUT THE PROJECT IN TWO PHASES AND AS THE DESIGN TEAM WORKED TWO PHASES MOVING FORWARD FROM THAT POINT.

PREVIOUSLY WE REFINISHED THE CEILING AT THE POOL.

IT'S SITTING READY FOR THE REMAINDER OF THE PROJECT TO TAKE PLACE.

CURRENTLY, AS THE DESIGN TEAM ADVANCED FORWARD, WE REALIZED THAT THE TWO TEAMS WERE CATCHING UP TO ONE ANOTHER AND THERE WAS A LOT MORE COORDINATION BETWEEN THE TWO PHASES THAN WE HAD PREVIOUSLY ANTICIPATED, SO IT MADE SENSE TO PUT EVERYTHING OUT AT ONCE.

THEY CAUGHT UP TO ONE ANOTHER AND WE DID SO ON MAY 25TH.

THE BIDS CLOSED LAST WEDNESDAY.

ON JUNE 7TH, THERE WAS A SINGLE BIDDER THAT OFFERED A PRICE AND IT WAS HIGHER THAN WE HAD ANTICIPATED THAT THE DESIGN TEAM AS A WHOLE ANTICIPATED AND THE TIMELINE EXTENDED BEYOND WHAT WE WOULD PREFER.

SO. RATHER THAN BRING A REPORT FORWARD TO COUNCIL ENCOURAGING YOU TO ACCEPT THE BID, I THINK IT MAKES SENSE TO TAKE A PAUSE. I'VE BEEN IN CONTACT WITH THE DESIGN TEAM TO TALK ABOUT OPTIONS.

THEY'VE ENGAGED THE SUCCESSFUL BIDDER, ASKING ABOUT OPTIONS, ABOUT WAYS THAT WE CAN RETHINK THE PROJECT A LITTLE BIT.

AND I'VE HAD DISCUSSIONS WITH MS. SONNENBURG ABOUT WAYS, YOU KNOW, STRATEGIES TO FINANCE.

AND I'VE HAD SOME PRELIMINARY DISCUSSIONS WITH FUNDERS AS WELL TO TRY AND BRING FORWARD COLLECT UP THE INFORMATION THAT I NEED TO BRING FORWARD AN ACTUAL REPORT AND RECOMMENDATION TO YOU WITH PROPER OPTIONS TO CONSIDER.

AND I ANTICIPATE DOING THAT AT THE NEXT SCHEDULED COUNCIL MEETING IF INFORMATION COMES TOGETHER QUICKLY ENOUGH AND THERE'S AN APPETITE FOR COUNCIL TO HAVE A SPECIAL MEETING ON THIS ISSUE.

LET ME KNOW THAT AND I CAN ACCELERATE THIS PROCESS.

BUT I THINK IT MIGHT TAKE ME THE COUPLE OF WEEKS OF CONSIDERATION IN ORDER TO GET SOME GOOD OPTIONS IN FRONT OF YOU TO CONSIDER.

OKAY. THANK YOU, MR. GOULDING.

ANY QUESTIONS? COUNCILLOR MANN. THANK YOU.

WORSHIP THROUGH YOU.

THANK YOU, MR. GOULDING, FOR YOUR UPDATE.

OBVIOUSLY NOT PROBABLY THE UPDATE THAT YOU WANTED TO PROVIDE TO US TONIGHT, EVEN THOUGH THAT YOUR REPORT INDICATES THAT THERE WAS ONE BIDDER THAT RESPONDED, HOW MANY PROPONENTS CAME FORWARD TO REVIEW THE TENDER PACKAGE INITIALLY? THROUGH YOU, YOUR WORSHIP EMBARRASSINGLY I DON'T ACTUALLY KNOW THE SO IT WAS APPROXIMATELY 4 TO 5 IS MY UNDERSTANDING.

WE ADVERTISE THE TENDER IN MULTIPLE VENUES ON OUR OWN BIDS AND TENDERS WEBSITE AS WELL AS THROUGH THE SUDBURY AND ST.

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AND I KNOW THAT THE DESIGN TEAM WHO HELPED US ADMINISTER THE TENDER PROCESS WAS DIRECTLY SOLICITING, LIKE LETTING PEOPLE KNOW THAT THIS WAS AVAILABLE TO, IT'S KIND OF A SMALL POOL, EXCUSE THE PUN.

IT'S A SMALL COLLECTION OF VENDORS THAT CAN DO SOME OF THE TECHNICAL WORK INVOLVED IN THIS PROJECT.

AND SO WE MADE SURE THE WORD WAS OUT.

IT'S JUST THERE'S A LIMIT. IT'S WE'RE DEALING WITH A VERY LIMITED MARKET OF PROVIDERS HERE.

COUNCILLOR MORRISSETTE.

IS IT POSSIBLE THAT WE REJECT THIS TENDER AND GO BACK AND REAPPLY OR ASK FOR MORE SUBMISSION BUT OPEN IT UP TO MORE LOCATIONS, MAYBE, OR MORE BIDDERS? THROUGH YOU, YOUR WORSHIP.

SO WE INVITED.

SO THE WAY THAT WE ADVERTISE THIS IS THAT IT WAS OPEN TO ANYBODY IN CANADA THAT WANTED TO BID.

SO IF WE SO THE SHORT ANSWER TO YOUR QUESTION IS YES, WE COULD REJECT THE ALL THE PRICES AND CHOOSE NOT TO DO THE PROJECT.

HOWEVER, IF WE PUT IT OUT TO TENDER AGAIN, WE WOULD.

BEST BE TO RE VISUALIZE THE PROJECT IN SOME WAY.

IT'S DIFFICULT TO IMAGINE HOW WE MIGHT DO THAT, BUT THERE ARE THERE ARE OTHER APPROACHES.

IT'S SOMETHING I'M TALKING TO THE DESIGN TEAM ABOUT RIGHT NOW, IF WE COULD APPROACH THIS A LITTLE DIFFERENTLY, BUT.

YEAH. I DON'T WANT TO DRILL DOWN TOO FAR INTO INTO THE THE BID PROCESS WITH YOU TONIGHT.

ONE OF THE REASONS I DIDN'T PUT THE AMOUNTS AND THE TIMELINES AND THE REPORT IS THAT I REALLY HAVE SOME CONSIDERATION FOR THE SUBMITTING BIDDER.

THEY BID IN GOOD FAITH.

I DON'T WANT TO DISCLOSE THEIR THEIR INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY, FOR LACK OF A BETTER DESCRIPTION, THEIR BUSINESS PROCESSES IN BAD FAITH IF WE'RE GOING TO REJECT THE TENDER. SO I'LL HAVE BETTER RECOMMENDATIONS FOR THE NEXT COUNCIL MEETING I THINK IS THE BEST WAY I CAN ANSWER THAT QUESTION.

OKAY. COUNCILLOR FLINTOFF.

THANK YOU. YOUR WORSHIP THROUGH YOU TO MR. GOULDING. SO WHEN YOU'RE SAYING ALTERNATIVE APPROACHES, IS THIS WHAT THE DESIGN TEAM IS SAYING? LIKE WHEN THEY PUT THIS TOGETHER? I'M JUST, THIS IS PROBABLY A LITTLE BIT FRUSTRATING FOR A LOT OF PEOPLE OUT THERE THAT YOU EVEN.

I KNOW YOU'RE JUST GIVING THE REPORT, MR. GOULDING, BUT I KNOW YOU CAN'T SAY MUCH MORE, BUT WHAT I JUST DON'T LIKE ALTERNATIVE APPROACHES.

AND THE DESIGN TEAM, I MEAN, WE'RE PAYING THEM GOOD MONEY TO DO THIS, AND IT ALMOST SEEMS LIKE WE'RE BACK TO SQUARE ONE AGAIN.

THANK YOU. THROUGH YOU, YOUR WORSHIP, I WOULDN'T CHARACTERIZE THIS AS BACK TO SQUARE ONE.

THERE'S SOME HIGH LEVEL APPROACHES WE COULD TAKE.

WE COULD GO THROUGH AND SPECIFY DIFFERENT THINGS TO BE DONE WITHIN THE PROJECT.

SO, FOR INSTANCE, WE.

UH, MANDATED THAT PARTICULAR FIXTURES BE PUT IN.

THE POOL.

THIS IS A VERY HIGH LEVEL AND TRIVIAL EXAMPLE, BUT THEY WERE TO BE OF A PARTICULAR GRADE.

WE COULD ENTERTAIN A LESSER GRADE, RIGHT? OR WE WERE GETTING DOWN TO SPLITTING HAIRS IF WE TAKE THAT APPROACH.

BUT IT'S SOMETHING THAT WE COULD DO IF WE WERE TO GO TO TENDER AGAIN.

MY BELIEF IS THAT IT WOULD HAVE TO BE A SUBSTANTIALLY DIFFERENT PROJECT WHERE WE WOULD SPLIT UP THE PROJECT.

AGAIN, I GO BACK TO THE PREVIOUS APPROACH WHERE WE JUST NOT TENDER THE WHOLE JOB.

WE TENDER THE DEMOLITION, SEE WHERE THAT GETS US INTO OUR WAY FORWARD.

THERE'S BENEFITS AND DRAWBACKS TO THAT APPROACH THAT.

I DON'T THINK IT WILL SAVE US ANY TIME AT THIS POINT.

SO I DON'T KNOW WHY WE WOULD ENGAGE IN THAT AT AT ITS MOST PROBABLE THAT WOULD INCREASE COSTS AND NOT SAVE US TIME.

SO I UNDERSTAND YOU'RE WANTING TO GIVE THE PUBLIC AS MUCH INFORMATION AS WE CAN RIGHT NOW.

BUT I REALLY.

I DON'T KNOW WHAT ELSE I CAN TELL YOU IN GOOD FAITH.

OKAY. THANK YOU.

COUNCILLOR MANN? THANK YOU, WORSHIP. CLEARLY, WHEN WE BEGAN THIS PROJECT, WE KNEW THAT IT WAS GOING TO BE A VERY EXTENSIVE REBUILD.

PERSONALLY, I WOULD BE VERY HESITANT AT THIS POINT TO START TRYING TO MINIMIZE FIXTURES.

THAT'S PERSONALLY, I THINK WE'VE.

WE AS A COUNCIL HAVE COMMITTED TO REBUILDING THIS POOL.

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THIS ISN'T THE INFORMATION THAT WE WANTED TO HEAR ON JUNE 12TH.

WE HAD GIVEN SOME FIRM COMMITMENTS.

THE DESIGN TEAM HAD ALSO DECIDED ON A WORK PLAN AND WHEN WE WERE GOING TO FINISH THIS.

CLEARLY, THERE'S AN EXPECTATION THAT THE POOL WILL REOPEN.

AND I'M STILL COMMITTED TONIGHT THAT THE POOL WILL REOPEN.

WE JUST NEED TO LEAVE IT TO YOU TO REVIEW.

DISAPPOINTING THAT, YOU KNOW, WE HAD ONE BID.

AND AGAIN, THAT'S NOT A DISRESPECT TO THIS BID.

AND I COMPLETELY APPRECIATE THAT THIS MIGHT BE SOMETHING THAT YOU CAN STILL AWARD.

WE DON'T KNOW YET. RIGHT.

SO BUT CLEARLY, THERE'S SOME BUDGETARY IMPLICATIONS, I'M GOING TO ASSUME, AND A LARGER SCOPE POTENTIAL.

BUT THAT'S WHAT HAPPENS WHEN YOU START DIGGING INTO SOMETHING THAT'S BEEN HIDDEN FOR.

30, 40 PLUS YEARS, AND NOW WE HAVE TO DEAL WITH THAT.

SO THANK YOU.

OKAY. THANK YOU, COUNCILLOR MANN.

ANY OTHER COMMENTS? QUESTIONS? OKAY.

ALL IN FAVOR? CARRIED.

7.4 REPORT FROM THE ACTING DIRECTOR OF PUBLIC WORKS REGARDING 2023 CONTRACT FOR DUST ABATEMENT.

I HAVE A MOTION THAT COUNCIL APPROVE THE PROVIDED CONTRACT TO POLLARD DISTRIBUTION INC AND THAT COUNCIL DIRECT STAFF TO LIMIT CHARGES INCURRED UNDER THIS CONTRACT TO REMAIN BELOW THE BUDGETED AMOUNT 45,000 FOR 2023 AND THAT COUNCIL PASSED THE APPROPRIATE BYLAW TO ENTER INTO A CONTRACT WITH POLLARD DISTRIBUTION INC TO PROVIDE MATERIALS AND SERVICES RELATING TO THE APPLICATION OF CALCIUM CHLORIDE TO UNSURFACED ROADS FOR 2023 AT THE PROVIDED RATES.

MOVER COUNCILLOR FLINTOFF.

SECONDED COUNCILLOR SEIDEL.

MR. GOULDING, PLEASE.

THANK YOU. WORSHIP THIS REPORT IN THE ONE FOLLOWING ARE LARGELY PROCEDURAL, BRINGING IT FORWARD TO COUNCIL BECAUSE WE'RE ENGAGING IN.

WE'RE USING THE NEGOTIATION METHOD AS DESCRIBED IN OUR PROCUREMENT POLICY.

SO WE HAVE.

A SUITE OF VENDORS THAT WE TYPICALLY USE FOR MAINTENANCE ACTIVITIES AT THE MUNICIPALITY.

FOR SOME SERVICES, MOSTLY.

WELL, NOT MOSTLY EXCLUSIVELY, BECAUSE WE HAVE LEARNED THROUGH TIME THAT EITHER A, THERE'S LIMITED AVAILABILITY OF LOCAL VENDORS TO OTHERWISE PROVIDE THEM AND B AFTER.

ENGAGING IN TENDER PROCESSES IN THE PAST.

THE VENDORS THAT WE USE FOR.

SERVICES SUCH AS THIS ARE SO MUCH CHEAPER THAT IT'S IT SEEMS SUPERFLUOUS TO ENGAGE IN THE EXERCISE REPEATEDLY YEAR AFTER YEAR. SO.

PRETTY STRAIGHTFORWARD REQUEST THAT COUNCIL RECOGNIZED THAT WE ARE USING OUR PAST INSIGHT INTO THIS MARKET TO MOVE FORWARD WITH THIS VENDOR FOR SERVICES THIS YEAR. THERE'S A NUANCE TO THIS.

REPORT IN THAT WE'VE REALLOCATED SOME SAVINGS FROM THAT WE WOULD HAVE INCURRED PREVIOUSLY.

THERE'S APPROXIMATELY SIX KILOMETERS OF DUNLOP SHORES ROAD THAT WASN'T SURFACED LAST YEAR, BUT WE SURFACED IT.

LAST SUMMER, WE ALLOCATED THE SAVINGS FOR THAT PATCH OF ROAD, WHAT IT WOULD HAVE COST US TO TREAT THAT AND ROLLED THAT INTO MONEY TO DO A SUBSEQUENT APPLICATION.

WE INCREASED OUR BUDGET A LITTLE BIT DURING THE BUDGET PROCESS TO MAKE SURE THAT WE COULD GET TWO TREATMENTS DONE THIS YEAR BECAUSE DUST ON THESE UNSURFACED ROADS IS AN ISSUE THAT THE CONSTITUENTS ARE RAISING CONSISTENTLY.

SO WE'RE GOING TO TRY SOMETHING ABOUT.

OKAY. THANK YOU. SO YOU'RE PLANNING TWO APPLICATIONS.

WHEN ARE THOSE DATES PLANNED? SO TENTATIVELY, BASED ON YOUR APPROVAL TONIGHT.

THE FIRST WOULD BE THE THE WEEK OF LIKE NEXT WEEK, WE WOULD HAVE THE FIRST APPLICATION DONE.

AND WE HAVEN'T SET A FIRM DATE ON THE SECOND APPLICATION, BUT WE'RE EXPECTING IT TO BE WITHIN AUGUST.

I HAVEN'T DECIDED WHETHER IT'S EARLY AUGUST OR LATE AUGUST, BUT WE'RE GOING TO BE COORDINATING WITH BOTH THE VENDOR BECAUSE IT'S SUBJECT TO THEIR AVAILABILITY AS WELL AS MONITORING THE DUST CONDITIONS ON THE ROAD THROUGHOUT THE SUMMER TO TRY AND TIME THIS.

RIGHT. THIS IS THE FIRST TIME WE'VE EVER DONE THIS.

SO WE'RE GOING TO SEE HOW THIS GOES.

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THANK YOU THROUGH YOUR WORSHIP.

SO THERE'S A WIDE VARIETY OR A THERE'S A, SO THERE'S THE STANDARD PRACTICE FOR APPLICATION OF CALCIUM CHLORIDE CAN VARY FROM ONCE A YEAR TO MULTIPLE APPLICATIONS A YEAR.

IT'S A VERY LOOSE DEFINITION.

SO IT'S NOT INCORRECT FOR ME TO SAY THAT WHAT WE'VE DONE UP UNTIL THIS YEAR IS STANDARD PRACTICE AND WHAT WE ARE DOING THIS YEAR IS STANDARD PRACTICE. SO THE LIFE SPAN IS DEPENDENT UPON A NUMBER OF THINGS, INCLUDING THE AMBIENT AIR HUMIDITY AND HOW MUCH PRECIPITATION WE GET.

GENERALLY, IF WE'RE NOT GETTING A LOT OF RUNOFF, THE CALCIUM STAYS ON THE ROAD.

IF WE'RE IN A MORE HUMID CONDITION, THE CALCIUM BINDS BETTER.

IT'S DEPENDENT UPON SO MANY FACTORS, ENVIRONMENTAL FACTORS THAT BASICALLY YOU DO.

WHAT WORKS IS WHAT IS WHAT YOU USE YOUR BEST JUDGMENT.

YOU TRY TO DO WHAT WORKS.

OKAY. THANK YOU VERY MUCH.

ANY OTHER QUESTIONS? OKAY. SEEING NONE.

ALL IN FAVOR.

NONE ARE OPPOSED, THAT IS CARRIED.

7.5 REPORT FROM THE ACTING DIRECTOR OF PUBLIC WORKS REGARDING THE 2023 CONTRACT FOR LINE PAINTING.

WE HAVE A MOTION THAT COUNCIL APPROVE THE PROVIDED CONTRACT IN THE AMOUNT OF $71,433 PLUS APPLICABLE TAXES TO TRILLION PAVEMENT MARKING, AND THAT COUNCIL PASSED THE APPROPRIATE BYLAW TO ENTER INTO A CONTRACT WITH TRILLIUM PAVEMENT MARKING TO PROVIDE LINE PAINTING SERVICES.

MAY I HAVE A MOVER? COUNCILLOR MANN SECONDED.

COUNCILLOR SEIDEL.

MR. GOULDING, PLEASE.

THANK YOU. YOUR WORSHIP.

AGAIN, PROCEDURAL REPORT.

WE'VE ENGAGED TPM ON THE SAME BASIS AS POLLARD.

WE KNOW THE VENDOR.

WE'VE USED THEM IN THE PAST.

WE'RE SATISFIED WITH THEIR SERVICES FOR CONTRAST.

WE'VE GONE TO TENDER WITH THIS WITH THIS ACTIVITY IN THE RECENT PAST AND RECEIVED PRICES IN THE RANGE OF 600,000 FOR THE SAME.

SERVICES. SO.

THIS BEING CONSIDERABLY LESS.

WE'D LIKE TO MOVE FORWARD USING THE NEGOTIATION METHOD.

HAVING TESTED THE MARKET BEFORE AND AND MOVE FORWARD WITH THIS VENDOR FOR THIS SEASON.

THANK YOU, MR. GOULDING. ANY QUESTIONS? OKAY. ALL IN FAVOR.

NONE ARE OPPOSED. AND THAT'S CARRIED.

ITEM 7.6 REPORT FROM THE MANAGER OF HUMAN RESOURCES REGARDING MANAGEMENT, JOB EVALUATION AND PAY EQUITY EXERCISE.

MAY I HAVE A MOTION THAT THE REPORT OF THE MANAGER OF HUMAN RESOURCES BE RECEIVED AND THAT COUNCIL DIRECT STAFF TO ENGAGE WITH GALLAGHER BENEFIT SERVICES CANADA GROUP, INC. TO COMPLETE THE MANAGEMENT JOB EVALUATION AND PAY EQUITY EXERCISE.

MAY I HAVE A MOVER? COUNCILLOR MANN.

SECONDED. COUNCILLOR BULL.

MS. SONNENBURG.

IS IT OR.

I SUPPOSE SO. IF YOU DON'T MIND.

NOT A PROBLEM. SO ON BEHALF OF THE MANAGER OF HUMAN RESOURCES, I'D LIKE TO PROVIDE COUNCIL WITH SOME INFORMATION REGARDING THE MANAGEMENT WAGE GRID AND THE SELECTION OF A THIRD PARTY TO ADMINISTER JOB EVALUATIONS ON PAY EQUITY IN ORDER TO BE COMPLIANT WITH THE PAY EQUITY ACT, WE HAVE PREPARED TO COMPLETE A JOB EVALUATION AND PAY EQUITY EXERCISE FOR ALL MANAGEMENT EMPLOYEES.

THIS IS TO ENSURE THAT WE ARE COMPLIANT UNDER THE PAY EQUITY ACT.

AND EMPLOYERS ARE OBLIGATED TO UPDATE THEIR PLAN EVERY FIVE YEARS.

THIS EXERCISE INCLUDES A REVIEW OF MANAGEMENT JOB DESCRIPTIONS TO ENSURE THAT WE ENSURE THAT OUR WAGE SCALE IS PROPERLY DESIGNED AND ADMINISTERED.

THE MANAGEMENT WAGE. AS YOU KNOW, THE MANAGEMENT WAGE SCALE DID EXPIRE IN 2022 AND DUE TO BUDGET TIMELINES AND NEW COUNCIL CONSIDERATIONS, WE HAVE COUNCIL APPROVED THE EXTENSION FOR ONE YEAR.

THIS EXTENSION EXPIRES AT DECEMBER 23RD, SORRY, IN DECEMBER 2023.

IT'S IMPORTANT TO COMPLETE THIS WORK BEFORE THE BUDGET PREPARATIONS FOR THE 2024 BUDGET SO THAT WE CAN ACCURATELY BUDGET AND PLAN.

THERE ARE THE ANALYSIS DETAILS THAT PAY EQUITY IS DEFINED AS EQUAL PAY FOR EQUAL WORK, AND THAT IF THE EMPLOYER IS FOUND NOT TO BE COMPLIANT IN THE ACT, THERE COULD BE A FINE

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AFTER ACHIEVING THREE QUOTES, THREE QUOTES FROM THREE DIFFERENT CONTRACTED SERVICES WE HAVE, WE ARE RECOMMENDING THAT.

GALLAGHER BENEFITS SERVICES IS ENGAGED TO PERFORM THE PAY EQUITY EVALUATION FOR MANAGEMENT AT THE CITY.

WE ARE CONFIDENT THAT THEY CAN PROVIDE A COMPETITIVE MARKET GRID WHICH WILL BE CLOSELY ALIGNED WITH OUR GRID AND A FULL REVISION AND ANY EDITS THAT WOULD NEED TO BE MADE WITH RESPECT TO JOB DESCRIPTIONS.

WE CURRENTLY USE A TEAM AT GALLAGHER, SEVERAL INDIVIDUALS FOR AD HOC CONSULTING ADVICE.

AND BECAUSE OF THAT RELATIONSHIP, THAT IS WHERE WE SEE A GREAT SAVINGS.

THE SAVINGS IS ACHIEVED THROUGH CONTINUOUS WORK WITH GALLAGHER SERVICES ON OTHER FILES AND OTHER REVIEW OF JOB DESCRIPTIONS.

THIS WOULD GREATLY REDUCE THE WORK THAT WOULD BE NEEDED TO BE COMPLETED, WHICH IS JUST A.

TO BOLSTER THE FACT THAT THEY'RE NOT.

COMPLETELY UNDERCUTTING.

THEY JUST HAVE A VERY GOOD KNOWLEDGE, WORKING KNOWLEDGE OF THE ACTIVITIES THAT HAVE OCCURRED AT THE CITY.

AS FAR AS FINANCIAL IMPACT, AND FUTURE BUDGET EFFECTS, WE DO NOT KNOW OF ANY AT THIS TIME.

HOWEVER, DEPENDENT ON THE PAY EQUITY EXERCISE, THAT'S ALWAYS A BUDGET.

ISSUE THAT MAY ARISE DEPENDENT ON THE OUTCOME.

SO TO THAT END, IT IS RECOMMENDED THAT STAFF ENGAGE WITH GALLAGHER BENEFIT SERVICES TO COMPLETE THE MANAGEMENT JOB EVALUATION AND PAY EQUITY EXERCISE.

THANK YOU, MS. SONNENBURG.

ANY QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS? COUNCILLOR FLINTOFF.

THANK YOU. YOUR WORSHIP THROUGH YOU TO MS. SONNENBURG. SO GALLAGHER LOOKS OVER ALL THE PAY STRUCTURE OF OUR FEMALE AND MANAGEMENT EMPLOYEES, ET CETERA.

AND THEN THEY'LL COME BACK TO TO YOUR DEPARTMENT AND MAKE SURE THAT WE'RE COMPLIANT.

IS THAT BASICALLY.

SEEING. THE SERVICES OF ENGAGEMENT WOULD INCLUDE A FULSOME REPORT FROM GALLAGHER DETAILING ANY GAPS OR ROOM FOR IMPROVEMENT AND ALSO COMPLIMENTS TO THE WORK THAT'S ALREADY BEEN DONE BY THE HR DEPARTMENT AS WELL.

SO YES, THEY WOULD COME BACK WITH A FULSOME REPORT, INCLUDING A GRID TO BE PRESENTED LIKELY IN CLOSED SESSION TO COUNCIL AT A LATER DATE.

AND JUST JUST TO FOLLOW UP, SO WOULD GALLAGHER SEND THAT REPORT TO THE GOVERNMENT OR THEY JUST IN THE BACKGROUND IN ALL THIS? IT IS OUR DUTY TO BE THROUGH YOUR WORSHIP.

IT'S OUR DUTY TO BE COMPLIANT.

SHOULD PAY EQUITY, PERFORM AN AUDIT.

OKAY. THANK YOU.

COUNCILLOR MANN. JUST TO ADD TO COUNCILLOR FLINTOFF MS QUESTION, YOUR WORSHIP, THE DOCUMENT WOULD BE OWNED BY THE CORPORATION.

AND IF IF THERE WAS EVER ANY QUESTION THE PAY EQUITY UNDER THE PAY EQUITY ACT, THEN IT WOULD THEN IT WOULD BE USED POTENTIALLY TO DEFEND A SITUATION THAT WOULD OCCUR, BUT IT WOULD BE OUR DOCUMENT.

THERE ISN'T ANY REGULAR REVIEW THAT GOES ON OTHER THAN THE REQUIREMENT FOR COMPLIANCE, AS IS INDICATED IN THE REPORT.

THANK YOU. THANK YOU. ANY OTHER COMMENTS? QUESTIONS? OKAY.

ALL IN FAVOR. NONE OPPOSED.

THAT IS CARRIED.

OKAY. PRESENTATION OF COMMITTEE REPORTS 8.1 REFERRAL FROM THE JUNE 5TH, 2023 BYLAW AND PLANNING COMMITTEE REPORT FROM THE DIRECTOR OF CLERK'S AND PLANNING

[8. PRESENTATION OF COMMITTEE REPORTS]

BYLAW UPDATE.

MAY I HAVE A MOTION THAT THE REPORT FROM THE DIRECTOR OF CLERK'S AND PLANNING SERVICES CONCERNING THE UPDATE ON THE MOBILE VENDOR AND HAWKERS AND PEDDLERS BYLAW BE RECEIVED AND THAT THE DRAFT BYLAW BEING A BYLAW TO LICENSE MOBILE VENDORS AND PEDDLERS IN THE CITY OF ELLIOT LAKE AND TO REPEAL BYLAWS.

79-36, 00-66 AND 06-08 BE APPROVED BY COUNCIL.

MOVER COUNCILLOR MORRISSETTE.

SECONDED COUNCILLOR SEIDEL.

DO YOU? OR DO WE JUST DO WE HAVE ANY QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS? NO. OKAY.

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8.2 REFERRAL FROM THE JUNE 5TH, 2023 BYLAW AND PLANNING COMMITTEE REPORT FROM THE DEPUTY CLERK AND ACCESSIBILITY COORDINATOR REGARDING OFF ROADS VEHICLE BYLAW. WE HAVE A MOTION THAT THE REPORT OF THE DEPUTY CLERK AND ACCESSIBILITY COORDINATOR BE RECEIVED AND THAT COUNCIL APPROVED THE ATTACHED DRAFTED OFF ROADS VEHICLE BYLAW WITH MINISTRY OF THE ATTORNEY GENERAL REVIEW FOR ADOPTION AND EXECUTION.

MAY I HAVE A MOVER? COUNCILLOR BULL SECONDED.

COUNCILLOR FLINTOFF.

ANY QUESTIONS OR CONCERNS HERE? COUNCILLOR FLINTOFF? THANK YOU, WORSHIP, JUST TO COMMENT.

THIS IS AN IMPORTANT BYLAW BECAUSE I THINK IT WOULD GIVE OUR OUR BYLAW OFFICERS A LITTLE MORE POWER BECAUSE IT SEEMS LIKE I'M HAVING CONSTITUENTS COMPLAIN TO ME AND OBVIOUSLY PROBABLY THE REST OF US.

I SEEM TO BE SEEING MORE AND MORE MOTORCYCLES ON OUR PARKS.

I'VE SEEN THEM DOWN ON THEIR BEACHES AND WE DO HAVE TO TRY AND CURB THIS.

SO I THINK IT'S A GREAT NEW BYLAW.

THANK YOU, COUNCILLOR MANN.

THANK YOU. WORSHIP THROUGH YOU.

JUST A SIMILAR COMMENTS TO COUNCILLOR FLINTOFF.

OBVIOUSLY THE REVIEW OF THIS BYLAW IS IMPORTANT BECAUSE CURRENTLY THE BYLAW THAT WE HAVE IS NOT TRULY ENFORCEABLE.

THIS BYLAW WAS REVIEWED WITH THE OPP AS WELL AND WILL PROVIDE AN ADDED LEVEL OF ENFORCEMENT WITH VERY CLEAR DIRECTIONS THAT THESE TYPES OF VEHICLES ARE NOT, AS AN EXAMPLE, ALLOWED IN THE CENTRAL COMMERCIAL DISTRICT.

THANK YOU. THANK YOU, COUNCILLOR MANN.

ANY OTHER QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS? OKAY. ALL IN FAVOR.

NONE ARE OPPOSED. AND THAT IS CARRIED.

ITEM 8.3 REFERRAL FROM THE JUNE 5TH, 2023, BYLAW AND PLANNING COMMITTEE REPORT FROM THE DEPUTY CLERK AND ACCESSIBILITY COORDINATOR REGARDING BYLAW TO PROHIBIT AND REGULATE THE KEEPING OF EXOTIC AND OTHER CERTAIN KINDS OF ANIMALS WITHIN THE CITY OF ELLIOT LAKE.

MAY I HAVE A MOTION THAT THE REPORT OF THE DEPUTY CLERK AND ACCESSIBILITY COORDINATOR BE RECEIVED AND THAT COUNCIL APPROVED THE ATTACHED DRAFTED EXOTIC PETS BYLAW WITH MINISTRY OF THE ATTORNEY GENERAL REVIEW FOR ADOPTION.

MOVER COUNCILLOR MANN.

SECONDED. COUNCILLOR MORRISSETTE.

ANY QUESTIONS? CONCERNS? SEEING NONE. ALL IN FAVOR.

NONE ARE OPPOSED.

AND THAT IS CARRIED.

ITEM 8.4 REFERRAL FROM THE JUNE 5TH, 2023, BYLAW AND PLANNING COMMITTEE REPORT FROM THE DEPUTY CLERK AND ACCESSIBILITY COORDINATOR REGARDING THE GARBAGE BYLAW. MAY I HAVE A MOTION THAT THE REPORT FROM THE DEPUTY CLERK AND ACCESSIBILITY COORDINATOR BE RECEIVED AND THAT COUNCIL REPEAL BYLAW 21 -28 AND REINSTATE BYLAW 05-74 ON AN INTERIM BASIS.

I HAVE A MOVER. COUNCILLOR MANN SECONDED.

COUNCILLOR MORRISSETTE.

ANY QUESTIONS HERE? COUNCILLOR MANN. JUST A COMMENT, YOUR WORSHIP.

CLEARLY THE RATIONALE FOR THIS TONIGHT IS STAFF HAD RECOMMENDED PROVIDING A TAG SYSTEM TO BE IMPLEMENTED IN 2023. AND FORTUNATELY UPON SOME FURTHER REVIEW, THERE WERE SOME CONCERNS THAT STAFF HAD SO INSTEAD OF ELIMINATING THAT PROCESS, WE'RE JUST GOING TO GO BACK TO THE PRIOR BYLAW AND THEN HAVE THIS REVIEWED AND THEN STAFF ARE COMING BACK WITH A FURTHER RECOMMENDATION TO REINTRODUCE A SIMILAR SYSTEM TO MOVE FORWARD. SO AGAIN, I THINK SOMETIMES SOMETIMES BEFORE YOU MOVE AHEAD, YOU HAVE TO TAKE A STEP BACK AND DO A FURTHER REVIEW, WHICH WHICH I DID THANK STAFF AT COMMITTEE.

AND AGAIN, I THANK THEM FOR TONIGHT AS WELL.

THANK YOU. OKAY.

THANK YOU. ANY OTHER QUESTIONS? OKAY. ALL IN FAVOR? NONE ARE OPPOSED AND THAT IS ALSO CARRIED.

ITEM 8.5 REFERRAL FROM THE JUNE 5TH, 2023 RECREATION AND CULTURE STANDING COMMITTEE REPORT FROM THE DIRECTOR OF RECREATION AND CULTURE REGARDING ENTERING INTO A MEMORANDUM OF UNDERSTANDING WITH POUTINE FEAST, ONTARIO, INC.

MAY I HAVE A MOTION THAT THE REPORT FROM THE DIRECTOR OF RECREATION AND CULTURE BE RECEIVED AND THAT THE APPROPRIATE BYLAW BE PREPARED TO ENTER INTO A MEMORANDUM OF UNDERSTANDING BETWEEN THE CITY OF ELLIOT LAKE AND POUTINE FEAST, ONTARIO, INC.

MOVER COUNCILLOR BULL.

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ANY QUESTIONS OR CONCERNS.

OKAY. COUNCILLOR FLINTOFF.

THANK YOUR WORSHIP. JUST A COMMENT.

I THINK IT'LL BE BE REALLY SORT OF A FUN WEEKEND OR FOUR DAYS WITH EVERYBODY LOVES POUTINE AND WE'LL SEE WHAT WE GET WHEN THEY SHOW UP.

COUNCILLOR MORRISSETTE JUST ANOTHER LITTLE QUICK COMMENT THROUGH YOU, MR. CHAIR, THAT ANY OF THE VENDORS THAT ARE COMING IN, THEY'RE PAYING A LICENSE TO THE CITY TO BE HERE.

SO IT'S WE'RE GETTING MONEY OUT OF THIS ALSO.

OKAY. THANK YOU.

ANY OTHER QUESTIONS? COMMENTS? OKAY.

ALL IN FAVOR. NONE OPPOSED.

THAT IS CARRIED.

ITEM 8.6 REFERRAL FROM THE JUNE 5TH, 2023 RECREATION AND CULTURE STANDING COMMITTEE CORRESPONDENCE FROM GENTLE SHEPHERD CHURCH REGARDING HOSTING THE 2023 SOAPBOX DERBY.

MAY I HAVE A MOTION THAT THE LETTER DATED MAY 25TH 2023, FROM THE GENTLE SHEPHERD CHURCH BE RECEIVED, AND THAT COUNCIL APPROVE THE TEMPORARY CLOSURE OF LISBURN ROAD ON SATURDAY, JULY 15TH, 2023, FROM 8 A.M.

TO 3 P.M.

FOR THE SIXTH ANNUAL SOAPBOX DERBY.

MOVER COUNCILLOR MORRISSETTE SECONDED COUNCILLOR FLINTOFF ANY QUESTIONS OR CONCERNS HERE? COUNCILLOR BULL. I DON'T KNOW WHO.

THROUGH YOU, MR. CHAIR.

MORE OF A COMMENT. ARE WE STILL GOING TO ASSIST THEM WITH BARRICADES AND PICNIC TABLES AND STUFF IF IT'S REQUIRED? MR. GOULDING? THROUGH YOU, YOUR WORSHIP.

SHORT ANSWER IS YES.

I MEAN, THIS IS AN ONGOING EVENT.

THE CITY AND STAFF IS SUPPORTIVE OF IT.

IN THE PAST, WE'VE BEEN ABLE TO SUPPORT THE EVENT TO A GREATER DEGREE BECAUSE SOME OF THE REQUIREMENTS THAT THEY HAVE ALIGNED WITH STUFF THAT WE JUST HAD LEFT OVER FROM OTHER EVENTS.

SO EVEN THOUGH THAT'S NOT THE CASE NOW, WE'RE GOING TO DO WHAT WE CAN TO SUPPORT THE ORGANIZATION IN THE EVENT.

ANY OTHER COMMENTS? OKAY. ALL IN FAVOR.

NONE ARE OPPOSED AND THAT IS CARRIED.

8.7 REFERRAL FROM THE JUNE 6TH, 2023 ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT STANDING COMMITTEE MEMO FROM THE MANAGER OF ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT REGARDING TOURISM MARKETING PIECE.

MAY I HAVE A MOTION THAT THE REFERRAL FROM THE JUNE 6TH, 2023, ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT STANDING COMMITTEE BE RECEIVED? MOVER. COUNCILLOR SEIDEL SECONDED.

COUNCILLOR FLINTOFF MR. ANTUNES, THANK YOUR WORSHIP THROUGH YOU.

JUST VERY BRIEFLY. WE DID DISCUSS IT AT COMMITTEE.

SINCE THEN WE DID HAVE THE ACTUAL HARD COPIES PRINTED.

THEY ARE ALL ON BEEN DISTRIBUTED TO COUNCIL.

THEY ARE AVAILABLE HERE AT CITY HALL AND SHORTLY AT THE TRAILHEAD.

WE'RE WORKING ON GETTING SOME DOWN THERE LATER THIS WEEK AND HAVE BEEN IN COMMUNICATION WITH OUR PARTNERS SUCH AS ALGOMA COUNTRY.

SOME ARE BEING SHIPPED OUT TODAY, IF NOT TOMORROW, TO THE BARRIE TOURISM CENTER TO BE DISPLAYED AND HANDED OUT THERE ON THE 400.

SO WE'RE WORKING WITH DISTRIBUTION.

MR. HURD DID A FANTASTIC PIECE WORK ON THE DESIGN OF THE PIECE AND HAPPY TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS THAT COUNCIL MAY HAVE.

THANK YOU. ANY QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS? COUNCILLOR FLINTOFF.

THANK YOU. WORSHIP TO MR. ANTUNES. THIS HAS BEEN LONG OVERDUE.

WHEN WAS THE LAST TIME WE DID SOMETHING LIKE THIS? THROUGH YOUR WORSHIP.

I'LL BE HONEST, COUNCILLOR FLINTOFF.

I DON'T KNOW. MR. HURD DID ANSWER IT AT COMMITTEE.

IT'S BEEN QUITE A NUMBER OF YEARS.

IT WAS THE COIL DISCOVER BOOK THAT WE HAD.

IT HAD PICTURES OF THE BUSSES AT THE TURNAROUND NEXT DOOR AT 151 ONTARIO.

SO IT'S BEEN QUITE A WHILE.

THIS HAS BEEN MOVED TO BE MUCH MORE MODERN WITH THE INTRODUCTION OF QR CODES TO HAVE FOLKS GET TO THE ELECTRONIC VERSION OF THE EXPLORE ELLIOT LAKE DOT COM SITE.

SO THIS IS MEANT TO BE TIMELESS THAT WE'RE NOT NEEDING TO REPLACE THEM EVERY YEAR, BUT IT CERTAINLY WILL NOT BE 8 OR 10 YEARS BEFORE WE DO THEM AGAIN.

AND JUST TO FOLLOW UP, SO WITH THE QR CODES THAT CAN SELF UPDATE IF SOMETHING CHANGES NEXT YEAR, SOME NEW TRAILS OR WHATEVER, THE QR CODE WILL UPDATE ITSELF THROUGH YOUR WORSHIP. WHAT THE QR CODES HAVE DONE IS WE FLIPPED THROUGH THE GUIDE.

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SO WITH ANY CHANGES, JUST AS AN EXAMPLE, I'LL TAKE THE SNOW SPORTS PAGE.

IF YOU HIGHLIGHT THE QR CODE THERE, IT WILL TAKE YOU TO THE SNOW SPORTS PAGE ON THE ELLIOT LAKE DOT COM WEBSITE.

SO IF OUR FRIENDS AT MOUNT DEW FOR MAKE ANY CHANGES, CHANGE A RUN, ADD ANOTHER FEATURE CHANGE TIMING PRICING, WE CAN UPDATE THAT INFORMATION SO THIS BOOK DOES NOT BECOME STALE DATED BY CHANGES IN THE MUNICIPALITY.

THE ONLY THING THAT RUNS THE RISK, THE ONLY TWO THINGS ACTUALLY THAT RUN A RISK IN HERE.

ONE IS OUR ACCOMMODATION PAGES, IF THERE'S ANYTHING IN THERE.

BUT WE WERE KIND OF HAND TIED THERE TO MAKE SURE THAT THE INFORMATION WAS THERE IN PRINT AND OF COURSE OUR MAPS.

SO IF THERE'S ANY CHANGES TO THE BUSINESSES ON THE MAP.

BUT OTHER THAN THAT, IT WE WILL UPDATE THE BACK END AS FOLKS GO THROUGH.

OKAY. THANK YOU. ANY OTHER QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS? OKAY. SEEING NONE.

ALL IN FAVOR. NONE OPPOSED.

THAT IS CARRIED. A REFERRAL FROM THE JUNE 6TH, 2023, ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT STANDING COMMITTEE MEMO FROM THE MANAGER OF ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT REGARDING ELLIOT LAKE BRANDED MERCHANDISE.

I HAVE A MOTION THAT THE REFERRAL FROM THE JUNE 6TH, 2023, ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT STANDING COMMITTEE BE RECEIVED.

MOVER COUNCILLOR MORRISSETTE SECONDED COUNCILLOR SEIDEL.

MR. ANTUNES, PLEASE.

THANK YOUR WORSHIP THROUGH YOU TO COUNCIL AGAIN DISCUSS THIS QUITE AT LENGTH.

AT COMMITTEE STAFF ARE IN THE MIDST OF GETTING WE'VE BEEN USING THE TERM SWAG OR MERCH, BUT APPAREL DONE FOR THE MUNICIPALITY.

THERE'S A PICTURE OF IT THERE FOR THOSE OF FOLKS AT HOME THAT CAN SEE IT.

WE'RE GOING WITH A VERY SIMPLE ROLLOUT ONE T SHIRT, ONE COLOR, ONE HOODIE, ONE COLOR, AND A ONESIE, ONE COLOR WITH ARTWORK.

WE'RE HOPING TO HAVE THEM WITHIN THE NEXT FEW WEEKS AVAILABLE HERE AT CITY HALL AT THE TRAILHEAD TO A LIMITED AMOUNT.

AND WE'RE HOPING FOR AN ONLINE OPTION AS WELL.

ALL GOING WELL. AND OF COURSE, WE DISCUSSED PARTNERING WITH OUR RETAILERS HERE IN ELLIOT LAKE OF MAKING IT AVAILABLE TO RETAILERS AS WELL.

WE'RE NOT HERE TO COMPETE WITH OUR RETAILERS, BUT THE ELLIOT LAKE BRANDED SWAG WILL BE AVAILABLE THROUGH RETAILERS THAT CHOOSE TO PARTICIPATE AND BEING SOLD TO RETAILERS AT COST. SO THEY ARE ABLE TO MAKE A MARGIN AND SISTER RETAILERS AS WELL.

HOODIES WILL BE AVAILABLE A LITTLE BIT LATER, BUT AS I SAID, HOPING TO HAVE T SHIRTS AVAILABLE AS EARLY AS NEXT WEEK.

AND CERTAINLY WHEN WE HAVE OUR FLOOD OF FOLKS COMING UP FOR HERITAGE DAY, URANIUM HERITAGE DAYS WEEKEND TO HAVE THEM AVAILABLE FOR SALE AS WELL.

SO ALL THE HOMERS WHO DON'T LIVE HERE ANYMORE, WHO ARE GOING BACK TO OTHER CITIES WITHIN THE IN PROVINCE, CAN TAKE THEIR ELLIOT LAKE T SHIRT BACK WITH THEM.

HAPPY TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS THAT COUNCIL MAY HAVE.

OKAY. THANK YOU. DO WE HAVE ANY QUESTIONS? COMMENTS. NOT.

OKAY. SEEING NONE.

ALL IN FAVOR.

NONE OPPOSED. AND THAT IS CARRIED.

8.9 REFERRAL FROM THE JUNE 6TH, 2023 ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT STANDING COMMITTEE MEMO FROM THE MANAGER OF ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT REGARDING SUMMER SHOP LOCAL.

WE HAVE A MOTION THAT THE REFERRAL FROM THE JUNE 6TH, 2023, ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT STANDING COMMITTEE BE RECEIVED.

MOVER. COUNCILLOR MORRISSETTE SECONDED.

COUNCILLOR SEIDEL MR. ANTUNES, PLEASE.

THANK YOUR WORSHIP AGAIN.

IT WAS A BUSY COMMITTEE MEETING LAST TUESDAY.

THE SUMMER SHOP.

LOCAL STAFF ARE WORKING WITH SOME OF OUR RETAILERS.

WE WILL BE GOING OUT IN EARNEST LATER THIS WEEK TO SPEAK WITH AS MANY RETAILERS AS WE CAN, ESPECIALLY INTO THIS WEEK AND NEXT WEEK.

THE EVENT IS TENTATIVELY SCHEDULED AS IT STANDS FOR THURSDAY, JULY 27TH FOR THE EVENT DAY.

BUT AGAIN, COUNCILLOR MORRISSETTE HAD SOME GREAT INPUT AT COMMITTEE.

WE WOULD ALLOW AND ALWAYS HAVE ALLOWED RETAILERS TO STRETCH THE THEIR SAVINGS AND THEIR PROMOTIONS AS LONG AS THEY CHOOSE TO.

BUT THE IDEA OF HAVING A SET EVENT DAY WHERE HOSPITALITY RETAILERS, THE CITY, IT'S A COLLABORATION.

IT'S AN EVENT DAY TO GET PEOPLE OUT KIND OF A BIG BOOM ON THAT DAY.

BUT THEN RETAILERS ARE ABLE TO HAVE THE PROMOTION TRICKLE ON AS LONG AS THEY CAN, AS LONG AS THEY CHOOSE EXCUSE ME, PUBLICATION THAT GOES OUT AND MAILED TO EACH OF THE RESIDENCES IS A BIG ADVANTAGE TO OUR SMALLER RETAILERS WHO HAVE LITTLE TO NO ADVERTISING OR MARKETING BUDGET.

IT GIVES THEM A CHANCE TO BE ABLE TO PROMOTE THEIR THEIR BUSINESS TO EVERY RESIDENTS IN THE COMMUNITY.

AND JUST PART OF OUR BUSINESS RETENTION, EXPANSION, EFFORTS TO HELP ALL OUR BUSINESSES THRIVE AND GROW AND AND EXPAND WITHIN THE COMMUNITY WITH

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SO HAPPY TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS THAT YOU MAY HAVE.

THANK YOU. ANY QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS? OKAY. SEEING NONE.

ALL IN FAVOR. NONE OPPOSE THAT IS CARRIED.

ITEM 8.10 REFERRAL FROM JUNE 6TH, 2023 ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT STANDING COMMITTEE MEMO FROM THE MANAGER OF ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT REGARDING CITY PROMOTIONAL VIDEOS.

WE HAVE A MOTION THAT THE REFERRAL FROM THE JUNE 6TH, 2023, ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT STANDING COMMITTEE BE RECEIVED.

MOVER COUNCILLOR FLINTOFF SECONDED.

COUNCILLOR BULL.

MR. ANTUNES? THANK YOU, YOUR WORSHIP.

ALMOST DONE, I PROMISE.

THE STAFF HAD WORKED WITH OUR PARTNERS AT NORTHERN EXPOSURES PHOTOGRAPHY TO CREATE TWO VIDEOS FOR THE CITY.

WE'VE BEEN WORKING, OF COURSE, ON PROMOTING THE MUNICIPALITY AND ONE OF THE BEST WAYS IS THROUGH VIDEO.

AND WE'VE ALSO BEEN APPROACHED BY MANY EMPLOYERS THROUGHOUT THE MUNICIPALITY THAT HAVE REACHED OUT TO US AND SAID, WE WANT SOME HELP, WE'D LIKE THE CITY, WE'D LIKE A BETTER WAY TO PROMOTE WHAT THE CITY HAS TO OFFER.

OF COURSE, COUNCIL RECALLS THE TWO OF PILLARS OF THE DEVS STRATEGY AND OUR WORK FOR THE COMING YEARS, OUR EMPLOYEE ATTRACTION AND RECRUITMENT AND REMOTE WORKER RECRUITMENT AND TOURISM.

AND THIS ADDRESSES BOTH OF THEM.

THE ADVENTURE VIDEO, THE PROMOTIONAL VIDEO, VERY FUN, VERY LIGHT HEARTED, TRIES TO HIGHLIGHT ALL THE THINGS YOU CAN DO IN ELLIOT LAKE, WHERE THE RECRUITMENT VIDEO, A LITTLE BIT OF A DIFFERENT FEEL.

AND YOU'LL SEE THAT AS WE GO THROUGH.

AND THE RECRUITMENT VIDEO REALLY HIGHLIGHTS MORE OF WHAT ELLIOT LAKE OFFERS TO FOLKS THAT WANT TO RELOCATE AND MOVE TO ELLIOT LAKE.

SO WITH YOUR INDULGENCE, YOUR WORSHIP, I'D LOVE TO SHOW BOTH VIDEOS.

OKAY, GO AHEAD. THANKS.

HELLO, WORLD. WAKE ME UP TO ANOTHER.

GOOD. GOOD MORNING.

TIME TO GO. GOT THAT SMILE UPON MY FACE BECAUSE THERE'S EXCITEMENT IN THE CHASE.

BECAUSE I KNOW. YEAH, I'M GOING FOR THE RIDE AND FIND MYSELF.

I AM ALIVE.

AND I SAW.

STILL I RUN TOWARD THE WIND AND [INAUDIBLE] ME IN BECAUSE I WANT MORE.

OH, WE ARE ALL LOOKING FOR ADVENTURE.

WAKE UP FINE AND SEE THE WORLD IS YOURS TO FIND AND LOVE.

WITH EVERY PASSING DAY.

THERE'S MORE. CALLING YOU OUT TO EXPLORE.

GET UP AND GO. THERE IS JOY FOUND IN THE RACE AND I FEEL IT IN THE PLACE WHERE I AM FREE.

AND I SIMPLY CAN'T DENY.

THAT I FEEL ADVENTURE CALLING OUT TO ME.

YEAH, WE ARE ALL LOOKING FOR ADVENTURE.

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AS YOU CAN SEE THROUGHOUT THE EXPLOREELLIOTLAKE.COM LOGO IS IS WELL REPRESENTED THROUGHOUT.

OF COURSE WE KEEP HAMMERING THAT MESSAGE HOME.

THE EXPLOREELLIOTLAKE.COM IS ON THE BACK OF ALL OF OUR LAPTOPS AND WE'RE REALLY TRYING TO GET FOLKS TO VISIT THAT SITE AND I PROMISE YOU THAT SONG WILL STAY IN YOUR HEAD FOREVER.

I WAKE UP IN THE MIDDLE OF THE NIGHT HUMMING, SEARCHING FOR ADVENTURE.

SO AS YOU CAN SEE, A VERY DIFFERENT FLAVOR BETWEEN THE TWO VIDEOS.

I THINK THE SECOND VIDEO DOES A GREAT JOB AS WELL OF PROMOTING ELLIOT LAKE TO FOLKS THAT WANT TO RELOCATE TO THE AREA AND AGAIN, TO OUR EMPLOYMENT PARTNERS WHEN THEY'RE SEEKING OUT STAFF TO REALLY PUT ELLIOT LAKE BEST FOOT FORWARD.

AGAIN, KUDOS TO NORTHERN EXPOSURES FOR THE WORK AND PUTTING UP WITH WORK ON THE VIDEO AND PUTTING UP WITH ME WHILE PUTTING THE VIDEO TOGETHER AND MR. HURD AND MRS. DOYLE THAT A TON OF WORK WENT INTO STORYBOARDING AND PUTTING IT TOGETHER.

SO VERY FORTUNATE.

THE TEAM WORKED VERY HARD TO GET AN IDEA TOGETHER AND TURN IT INTO SOMETHING TANGIBLE.

SO HAPPY TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS THAT COUNCIL MAY HAVE.

THANK YOU VERY MUCH, MR. ANTUNES. THOSE ARE GOOD VIDEOS.

ANY QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS? COUNCILLOR BULL. THROUGH YOU, MR. CHAIR, TO MR. ANTUNES, I GUESS, WILL THEY BE PLAYING DOWN AT THE WELCOME CENTER ON THE 108 AND 17TH SOMEHOW THROUGH YOUR WORSHIP? YES, SIR. THE KIOSKS THAT WE HAVE THERE.

MR. ELMORE HAS BEEN FANTASTIC WITH PUTTING TOGETHER SUGGESTIONS.

NOT AS MUCH.

THE RECRUITMENT VIDEO PUTS A LITTLE DIFFERENT FOOT FORWARD, BUT YES, WE WOULD HAVE THE THE PROMOTIONAL VIDEO ON ON LOOP AT THE MINERS MEMORIAL AT THE FIRETOWER LOOKOUT AND AT THE TRAILHEAD DOWN AT THE BOTTOM, WE HAVE THREE KIOSKS AND WE'LL JUST LOOP THE VIDEO OVER AND OVER AND OVER AT EACH OF THE LOCATIONS.

OKAY. ANY OTHER QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS? COUNCILLOR FLINTOFF. THANK YOU, YOUR WORSHIP.

JUST A COMMENT. THEY WERE VERY GOOD.

THEY REALLY TOOK IN ALL OF ELLIOT LAKE AND AND MAKES YOU WANT TO ALMOST MOVE HERE.

THANK YOU. OKAY.

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

8.11 REFERRAL FROM JUNE 6TH, 2023 ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT STANDING COMMITTEE REPORT FROM THE MANAGER OF ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT REGARDING

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AS THIS MATTER DEALS WITH A PROPOSED OR PENDING ACQUISITION OR DISPOSITION OF LAND BY THE MUNICIPALITY, IT MAY BE DISCUSSED IN CLOSED SESSION AS PER SECTION 239.2.C OF THE MUNICIPAL ACT.

MAY I HAVE A MOTION THAT THIS MATTER BE DISCUSSED IN CLOSED SESSION? MOVER COUNCILLOR MANN.

SECONDED. COUNCILLOR FLINTOFF.

ALL IN FAVOR? ANOTHER POST THAT IS CARRIED.

ITEM 812 REFERRAL FROM THE JUNE 6TH, 2023, ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT STANDING COMMITTEE REPORT FROM THE MANAGER OF ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT REGARDING CHANGE OF USE FOR LANDS AT EASTON ROAD NORTH.

WE HAVE A MOTION THAT THE REPORT OF THE MANAGER OF ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT BE RECEIVED AND THAT COUNCIL DIRECT STAFF TO BEGIN MARKETING BLOCKS 100, 101 AND LOTS 81, 82 AND 83 ON PLAN 1M-438 AS RESIDENTIAL AND MULTI USE RESIDENTIAL PROPERTIES AND THAT COUNCIL DIRECT STAFF TO PROMOTE LANDS FOR COMMERCIAL USE ALONG THE PEARSON DRIVE WHEN READY AND OR INVESTIGATE OTHER LOTS IN THE NORTHERN INDUSTRIAL AREA. MAY I HAVE A MOVER? COUNCILLOR BULL SECONDED.

COUNCILLOR FLINTOFF MR. ANTUNES, PLEASE THANK YOUR WORSHIP.

FAIRLY SIMPLE. WE DID DISCUSS IT QUITE A BIT AT COMMITTEE AS WELL.

THE LOTS THAT WERE REFERRING TO FOR THOSE AT HOME AND FOR COUNCIL, AS YOU LOOK THROUGH YOUR PACKAGES, THEY ARE A COLLECTION OF SIX LOTS AT THE CORNER OF PEARSON ROAD AND EASTON DRIVE NORTH.

AGAIN, TO GIVE FOLKS SOME CONTEXT, IT'S WHERE THE GARAGE SALE SIGN IS, JUST TO GIVE FOLKS A MONUMENT TO TO, TO USE AS A BASIS, AS A POINT OF INTEREST.

A COUPLE OF REASONS.

WE DID REACH OUT TO AN APPRAISAL FIRM THAT WE ARE DISCUSSING IN ANOTHER SESSION OR IN A SESSION.

THE THE RESPONSE FROM THEM WAS THAT THE BIGGEST AND BEST USE OF THOSE PROPERTIES ARE FOR RESIDENTIAL USE CURRENTLY IN OUR ZONING MAP.

THEY ARE SLATED, AS ARE SHOWN AS COMMERCIAL AND SPEAKING WITH OUR PLANNER.

THEY DID SAY THAT THAT'S SOMETHING THAT PERHAPS WAS OVERSEEN WHEN THE ZONING MAP WAS DONE, BUT RIGHT ACROSS THE STREET IT'S RESIDENTIAL TIES INTO A VERY RESIDENTIAL AREA.

SO TO HAVE THOSE AS COMMERCIAL POSED A COUPLE OF OF HURDLES.

ONE OF THEM WAS THE SIZE OF THE LOTS FROM 0.45 TO 0.2 LOTS, 0.2 OF AN ACRE ON THE SMALLER LOTS.

MAKE THEM A LITTLE BIT MORE OF A CHALLENGE TO BE A COMMERCIAL USE PIECE OF LAND.

THE OTHER ISSUES THAT WERE BROUGHT UP IS VACANCY AND ELLIOT LAKE IS ESTIMATED AT 2.2% FOR RENTAL USAGE, WHICH IS VERY LOW WITH A POPULATION THAT INCREASED 5.9% IN THE LAST CENSUS.

NEW RENTAL UNITS ARE ATTRACTIVE TO INVESTORS COMING INTO THE THE COMMUNITY AND AGAIN TYING BACK TO BIGGEST AND BEST USE FOR THOSE IS RESIDENTIAL POTENTIALLY TIE INTO THE NEW CIP THAT WE'RE WORKING ON AS WELL FOR INCENTIVES FOR RESIDENTIAL DEVELOPMENT COULD BE TIED INTO THOSE AREAS AS WELL. SO TO INCREASE OUR CAPACITY FOR RESIDENTIAL AND MULTI UNIT RESIDENTIAL IN THE COMMUNITY.

ONE OF THE SUGGESTIONS IS TO SEPARATE THOSE LOTS FROM THE COMMERCIAL LOTS TO THE EAST ALL ALONG.

PEARSON ROAD IS TO CREATE A BUFFER ON THE SCOTT ROAD AND PEARSON INTERSECTION SO IT CREATED A BUFFER FROM THOSE AND IT WOULD CREATE A CLEAR DIVIDE BETWEEN RESIDENTIAL AT THE CORNER OF PEARSON AND EASTON AND THEN THE DIVISION TO SCOTT ROAD AND THEN SCOTT ROAD TO THE PEARSON DOG PARK SLASH DIEFENBAKER AREA BEING OUR COMMERCIAL ZONE. SO WE'VE GOT A GOOD BUFFER ON EITHER SIDE.

THOSE LANDS ARE ZONED CLEAN, INDUSTRIAL ALL ALONG PEARSON ROAD AS EMPLOYMENT LANDS.

AGAIN, GREAT OPPORTUNITY.

THERE IS THE TWO OR SORRY, THE THREE LARGER LOTS, 100, 101 AND 102 ARE THE LARGER ONES.

IDEAL FOR MULTI UNIT RESIDENTIAL EITHER SEMI OR ROW HOUSE, SMALL ROW HOUSE DEVELOPMENT AND OF COURSE LOTS 81, 82 AND 83 WOULD BE GOOD FOR SINGLE FAMILY DWELLINGS.

SO AGAIN, WE CAN HAVE A NICE MIX IN THERE AND HAVE SOME GROWTH IN RESIDENTIAL.

LEAVE IT AT THAT AND ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS THAT COUNCIL MAY HAVE.

[01:35:02]

DO WE HAVE ANY QUESTIONS? OKAY. ALL IN FAVOR.

NONE ARE OPPOSED. AND THAT IS CARRIED.

813 REFERRAL FROM THE JUNE 6TH, 2023 ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT STANDING COMMITTEE REPORT FROM THE DEPUTY CLERK AND ACCESSIBILITY COORDINATOR COMMITTEE MANDATE REVIEW.

MAY I HAVE A MOTION THAT COUNCIL APPROVE THE ATTACHED MANDATE FOR COMMITTEE ADOPTION? MAY HAVE A MOVER.

COUNCILLOR MORRISSETTE. SECONDED.

COUNCILLOR FLINTOFF.

DO YOU WANT TO TAKE THIS? OKAY. MS. DOYLE, PLEASE.

THANK YOU. THROUGH YOU, MR. CHAIR. SO THE MANDATE THAT YOU HAVE IN FRONT OF YOU HAS BEEN FUNNELED UP THROUGH COMMITTEE LEVEL AND IS IN FRONT OF YOU RIGHT NOW FOR COUNCIL'S APPROVAL IN ORDER FOR THE COMMITTEE TO ADOPT AND EXECUTE BY RESOLUTION OF COUNCIL.

IF YOU DO HAVE ANY QUESTIONS ABOUT THE SPECIFICS OF THE MANDATE, I CAN TRY TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS THAT YOU MIGHT HAVE.

THANK YOU. THANK YOU, MS. DOYLE. ANY QUESTIONS FROM COUNCIL? NOPE. SEEING NONE. ALL IN FAVOR.

NONE ARE OPPOSED. AND THAT IS CARRIED.

OKAY. ITEM NINE.

THERE IS NO OUTSIDE BOARD AND COMMITTEE REPORTING.

[10. UNFINISHED BUSINESS]

BUSINESS. THERE'S NONE.

NO PETITIONS, THERE'S NO CORRESPONDENCE, NO NOTICES OF MOTION.

NUMBER 14 COUNCIL REPORTS AND ANNOUNCEMENTS.

[14. COUNCIL REPORTS AND ANNOUNCEMENTS]

WHEREAS SENIORS MONTH IS AN ANNUAL NATIONWIDE CELEBRATION, WHEREAS SENIORS HAVE CONTRIBUTED AND CONTINUED TO CONTRIBUTE IMMENSELY TO THE LIFE AND VIBRANCY OF THIS COMMUNITY.

WHEREAS SENIORS CONTINUE TO SERVE AS LEADERS, MENTORS, VOLUNTEERS AND IMPORTANT AND ACTIVE MEMBERS OF THIS COMMUNITY.

WHEREAS THEIR CONTRIBUTIONS PAST AND PRESENT WARRANT APPRECIATION AND RECOGNITION AND THEIR STORIES DESERVE TO BE TOLD.

WHEREAS THE HEALTH AND WELL-BEING OF SENIORS IS IN THE BEST, IS IN THE INTEREST OF ALL, AND FURTHER ADDS TO THE HEALTH AND WELL-BEING OF THE COMMUNITY.

WHEREAS THE KNOWLEDGE AND EXPERIENCE SENIORS PASS ON TO US CONTINUES TO BENEFIT ALL.

I ACTING MAYOR ANDREW WANNAN DO HEREBY PROCLAIM THE MONTH OF JUNE 2023 TO BE SENIORS MONTH IN THE CITY OF ELLIOT LAKE AND ENCOURAGE ALL CITIZENS TO RECOGNIZE AND CELEBRATE THE ACCOMPLISHMENTS OF OUR SENIORS.

THANK YOU. DO WE HAVE ANY OTHER ANNOUNCEMENTS FROM COUNCIL? COUNCILLOR MANN.

THANK YOU. WORSHIP. THROUGH YOU.

OBVIOUSLY IN THE MEDIA LATELY THERE'S BEEN LOTS OF INFORMATION ABOUT THE WILDFIRES IN THE AREA.

I JUST WANT TO THANK CITY STAFF, YOU ACTING MAYOR WANNAN, FOR YOUR YOUR SUPPORT TO STAFF.

I THINK THE INFORMATION THAT THE MUNICIPALITY IS PROVIDING ON THEIR VOICEMAIL SYSTEM STAFF ARE GETTING OUT IN THE MEDIA IS VERY IMPORTANT.

AND AGAIN, THIS MUNICIPALITY AND THIS COUNCIL TAKES THIS VERY SERIOUSLY.

WE ARE LOOKING OUT FOR THE BEST INTERESTS OF OUR RESIDENTS.

WE'RE TRYING TO ENSURE THAT PEOPLE ARE NOT PANICKING ON A REGULAR BASIS OR ON A DAILY BASIS.

AND AGAIN, AS AS IS INDICATED BY STAFF, REACH OUT, LOOK TO OUR WEBSITE, LISTEN TO OUR VOICEMAIL SYSTEM FOR UPDATES.

IF THERE ARE UPDATES, WE WILL DEFINITELY LET YOU KNOW AS SOON AS THEY'RE AVAILABLE.

AND JUST HAVE TO THANK MOTHER NATURE FOR A LITTLE BIT OF THAT RAIN OUT THERE TODAY.

THANK YOU. THANK YOU, COUNCILLOR MANN.

ANY OTHER ANNOUNCEMENTS? OKAY. ITEM 15.

THERE ARE NO ADDENDUMS.

[16. INTRODUCTION AND CONSIDERATION OF BY-LAWS]

16.1 BYLAW 23 DASH 50 BEING A BYLAW TO TEMPORARILY CLOSE CERTAIN PUBLIC HIGHWAYS.

WE HAVE A MOTION THAT BYLAW 23 DASH 50 BE PASSED.

MOVER COUNCILLOR BULL.

SECONDED. COUNCILLOR SEIDEL ALL IN FAVOR.

NONE ARE OPPOSED. THAT IS CARRIED.

[01:40:01]

SO BASICALLY IT'S SUPPOSED TO BE BYLAW 23-51.

BUT I'VE BEEN INFORMED THAT WE HAVE TO.

I NEED A MOTION TO DEFER BYLAW 23 DASH 51.

THE DEFERRAL DATE WOULD BE TO THE MONDAY, JUNE 19TH SPECIAL COUNCIL MEETING.

MAY I HAVE A MOVER? COUNCILLOR FLINTOFF. SECONDED.

MR. CHAIR. WHAT RATIONALE, I GUESS.

SO COUNCILLOR BULL.

ARE YOU SECONDING? YES.

YES. THANK YOU. AND SAME THING FOR 16.0.

YEAH. SORRY. ALL IN FAVOR? LINEAR OPPOSED AND THAT IS DEFERRED.

SO 16.3, SAME THING.

AGAIN, WE HAVE A MOTION TO DEFER.

23-52 DEFERRAL DATE TO THE MONDAY, JUNE 19TH SPECIAL COUNCIL MEETING MAY HAVE A MOVER.

COUNCILLOR MORRISSETTE.

SECONDED. NOT DURING THE BYLAW.

UNFORTUNATELY, I DON'T KNOW WHAT'S HAPPENING EITHER.

COUNCILLOR MANN.

ALL IN FAVOR? THEN I OPPOSE THE CARRIED.

OKAY. 16.4 BYLAW 23-53 BEING A BYLAW TO LICENSE MOBILE VENDORS AND PEDDLERS AND TO REPEAL BYLAWS.

79-136, 00-66 AND 06-08.

MAY I HAVE A MOTION THAT BYLAW 23 DASH 53 BE PASSED? MOVER COUNCILLOR MANN SECONDED.

COUNCILLOR MORRISSETTE ALL IN FAVOR? NONE ARE OPPOSED. THAT IS CARRIED.

16.5 BYLAW 23-54 BEING A BYLAW TO AUTHORIZE THE ENTERING INTO AN AGREEMENT WITH TRILLIUM PAVEMENT MARKING FOR THE SUPPLY AND INSTALLATION OF PAVEMENT MARKINGS.

I NOW HAVE A MOTION THAT BYLAW 23-54 BE PASSED.

MOVER COUNCILLOR SEIDEL SECONDED.

COUNCILLOR MORRISSETTE ALL IN FAVOR.

NONE ARE OPPOSED.

THAT IS CARRIED.

16.6 BYLAW 23-55 BEING A BYLAW TO AUTHORIZE THE ENTERING INTO AN AGREEMENT WITH POLLARD DISTRIBUTION INC FOR CALCIUM CHLORIDE APPLICATION.

MAY I HAVE A MOTION THAT BYLAW 23-55 BE PASSED? MOVER COUNCILLOR BULL SECONDED.

COUNCILLOR FLINTOFF ALL IN FAVOR? NONE ARE OPPOSED. THAT'S CARRIED.

16.7 BYLAW 23-56 BEING A BYLAW TO REGULATE THE OPERATION OF OFF ROADS VEHICLES OR RV.

MAY I HAVE A MOTION THAT BYLAW 23-56 BE PASSED? A MOVER COUNCILLOR MANN SECONDED COUNCILLOR SEIDEL ALL IN FAVOR.

NONE ARE OPPOSED. THAT IS CARRIED.

16.8 BYLAW 23-57.

BEING A BYLAW TO PROHIBIT AND REGULATE THE KEEPING OF EXOTIC AND OTHER CERTAIN KINDS OF ANIMALS WITHIN THE CITY OF ELLIOT LAKE.

MAY I HAVE A MOTION THAT BYLAW 23-57 BE PASSED? A MOVER. COUNCILLOR SEIDEL SECONDED.

COUNCILLOR MANN.

ALL IN FAVOR.

OPPOSED. THAT'S CARRIED.

16.9 BYLAW 23-58.

BEING A BYLAW TO AUTHORIZE A MEMORANDUM OF UNDERSTANDING WITH THE POUTINE FEAST FOR THE POUTINE FESTIVAL ON JUNE 20TH 1ST TO JUNE 26TH, 2023.

MAY I HAVE A MOTION THAT BYLAW 23-58 BE PASSED? MOVER COUNCILLOR BULL.

SECONDED. COUNCILLOR FLINTOFF ALL IN FAVOR? ANOTHER OPPOSED THAT IS CARRIED 17 CLOSED SESSION.

[17. CLOSED SESSION (if applicable)]

[01:45:02]

COUNCILLOR MORRISSETTE ALL IN FAVOR? AND NOW IT IS CARRIED.

MAY I HAVE A MOTION? THE COUNCIL RETURNED TO OPEN SESSION AT THE HOUR OF 9:00 PM.

MOVER COUNCILLOR MANN SECONDED.

COUNCILLOR BULL.

UM, SO THEN I HAVE A MOTION THAT THE REPORT FROM THE MANAGER OF ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT BE RECEIVED AND THAT COUNCIL APPROVE THE SALE PRICES FOR SUBJECT PROPERTIES AS LISTED IN THE MAY 2023 APPRAISALS.

NORTH APPRAISAL DOCUMENT.

MOVER. COUNCILLOR FLINTOFF.

SECONDED. COUNCILLOR MANN.

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

SO FROM HERE, WE CAN SAY, MR. ANTUNES, WE KNOW YOU JUST VOTED ON IT.

SO IT'S CARRIED. IT'S CARRIED.

PERFECT. 18 CONFIRMATORY BY LAW.

[18. CONFIRMATORY BY-LAW]

23-49 BEING A BY LAW TO CONFIRM THE PROCEEDINGS OF SPECIAL COUNCIL AT ITS MEETING HELD ON MAY 26TH, 2023.

WE HAVE A MOTION THAT BYLAW 23-49 BE PASSED.

MOVER COUNCILLOR BULL SECONDED.

COUNCILLOR MORRISSETTE ALL IN FAVOR? NONE ARE OPPOSED. THAT'S CARRIED.

18.2 BYLAW 23-59 BEING A BYLAW TO CONFIRM THE PROCEEDINGS OF COUNCIL AT ITS MEETING HELD ON MONDAY, JUNE 12TH, 2023. MAY I HAVE A MOTION THAT BYLAW 23-56 BE PASSED? MOVER COUNCILLOR SEIDEL SECONDED.

COUNCILLOR MORRISSETTE ALL IN FAVOR? I'M NOT OPPOSED. THAT'S CARRIED.

ADJOURNMENT. MAY I HAVE A MOTION THAT COUNCIL ADJOURN AT THE HOUR OF 9:02 P.M.

MOVER COUNCILLOR MANN.

SECONDED. COUNCILLOR MORRISSETTE.

ALL IN FAVOR.

AND THAT'S CARRIED.

THANK YOU VERY MUCH.

* This transcript was compiled from uncorrected Closed Captioning.