[1. CALL TO ORDER]
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WELCOME TO THE REGULAR MEETING OF THE COUNCIL OF THE CORPORATION OF THE CITY OF ELLIOT LAKE, DATED MONDAY, MARCH 25TH, 2024.
JUST A GENTLE REMINDER, PLEASE TURN YOUR PHONES TO SILENT.
I'D LIKE TO CALL TO ORDER, ROLL CALL, ALL MEMBERS ARE PRESENT.
DECLARATIONS OF CONFLICT OF INTEREST.
[3. DECLARATIONS OF CONFLICT OF INTEREST]
I HAVE A CONFLICT WITH ITEM 7.1, BECAUSE MY COMPANY OWNS PROPERTY NEAR THE SUBJECT PROPERTY THAT WE'RE JUST DISCUSSING.DO YOU HAVE ANY OTHER CONFLICTS OF INTEREST? GOING ONCE, GOING TWICE.
[4. ADOPTION OF PREVIOUS MINUTES]
MARCH 11TH, 2024, REGULAR MEETING MAY HAVE A MOTION THAT THE MINUTES BE ADOPTED.A MOVER, PLEASE. COUNSELOR SEIDEL.
SECONDED, COUNCILOR MORRISSETTE.
ANY QUESTIONS OR CONCERNS? ALL IN FAVOR? NONE ARE OPPOSED.
[5. PUBLIC INPUT SESSION]
THIS EVENING THERE ARE FOUR INPUT SESSIONS.MR. LORIE BLAKE, ON ITEM 10.1.
MRS. SUSAN ANDERSON, ON ITEM 10.1.
MS. HELEN LAFEVE, ON ITEM 10.1.
MIKE THOMAS, ON ITEM 6.1, 7.6, AND 10.1.
WHEN YOU COME UP PLEASE MAKE SURE THAT THE MIC IS ON.
YOU SEE THE GREEN LIGHT, AND STATE YOUR NAME CLEARLY FOR THE RECORD.
>> I BELIEVE WE'RE GOOD TO GO.
GOOD EVENING, AND THANK YOU FOR THIS OPPORTUNITY TO SPEAK TO ITEM 10.1 ON THE AGENDA.
LET ME BEGIN BY REFERENCING ELLIOT LAKE, BEING A TOP-FOUR FINALIST IN THE KRAFT HOCKEYVILLE CONTEST.
LIKE YOURSELVES, ANYBODY WHO I SPEAK TO I ENCOURAGE THEM TO VOTE BECAUSE VOTES MATTER.
I'M IMPRESSED WITH THE WAY THE CITY HAS PICKED UP AND GOTTEN ON BOARD WITH THIS INITIATIVE, AND TO GET OUT AND VOTE FOR ELLIOT LAKE.
A GENUINE EXAMPLE THAT VOTES DO MATTER.
I ACKNOWLEDGE COUNSELOR FLINTOFF, FOR YOUR EFFORTS FOR GOING ON NATIONAL TELEVISION, SHARING OUR STORY TO THE NATION AND THE REST OF CANADA, AND ENCOURAGE EVERYONE TO VOTE FOR ELLIOT LAKE.
COUNCILOR MORRISSETTE, COUNCILOR MANN, COUNCILOR FLINTOFF, COUNSELOR SEIDEL, COUNCILOR BULL, AND MAYOR [INAUDIBLE] YOU ALL SIT HERE TODAY BECAUSE INDIVIDUAL PEOPLE VOTED FOR YOU.
YOU WENT OUT AND ENCOURAGED AN INDIVIDUAL TO VOTE FOR YOU.
YOU ALL HAVE A REAL UNDERSTANDING OF WHAT IT TAKES, AND WHAT THE INDIVIDUAL VOTES ACTUALLY MEAN.
THAT'S HOW YOU GOT HERE. IT'S ALSO IMPORTANT THAT WE ALL REMEMBER WHERE WE'VE COME FROM.
WE BEYOND BLESSED TO COME FROM A COUNTRY WHERE AN INDIVIDUAL'S VOTE MATTERS AND RESPECTED.
WE NEED GO NO FURTHER THAN ANY MEDIA FEED TO SEE THE RESULTS OF AUTOCRATIC ACTIONS BY GOVERNORS OF PEOPLE THEY SERVE.
WE LIVE IN CANADA, WHERE DEMOCRACY AND VOTING IS A CORE VALUE.
VOTING IS AN ACT THAT RESPECTS AND PROTECTS DEMOCRACY, OR OTHERWISE WE HAVE A SYSTEM THAT SHOWS TOTAL DISREGARD AND TOTAL DISRESPECT TO THE PEOPLE WHO CAST THEIR BALLOTS.
MORE IMPORTANTLY, LOCALLY, NOT RESPECTING AN INDIVIDUAL'S VOTE SUGGESTS A LACK OF RESPECT AND TOTAL DISREGARD OF THOSE PEERS WHO SUBMITTED THEIR NAMES TO RUN IN THE ELECTION TO SERVE THIS COMMUNITY.
BY THE MUNICIPAL ACT, YOU HAVE THE RIGHT TO APPOINT WHOEVER YOU WANT, BUT WHAT DOES IT SAY TO THE TRUE DEMOCRATIC PROCESS OF THE IMPORTANCE OF AN INDIVIDUAL'S VOTE? WE ARE PRESENTLY IN THE NATIONAL SPOTLIGHT, WHICH IS GREAT FOR SO MANY REASONS FOR ELLIOT LAKE.
MAYBE THIS IS THE BEGINNING OF THE DISCOVERY.
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I'M SURE YOU DON'T NEED TO REMIND YOURSELVES THAT YOU HAD THE OPPORTUNITY TO SHOW THE REST OF CANADA ELLIOT LAKE'S COMMITMENT TO VALUING AND REINFORCING THE IMPORTANCE OF THE RIGHT OF VOTING TO THE PEOPLE YOU SERVE.YOU NEED TO REASSURE ELLIOT LAKES AND CANADIANS, THAT THE RIGHT OF INDIVIDUAL VOTERS IS ALIVE AND WELL, AND IS RESPECTED IN ELLIOT LAKE, THIS COMMUNITY.
YOU DO THIS BY CHOOSING THE NEXT ELIGIBLE CANDIDATE FROM THE 2022 CANDIDATES LIST, TO FILL THE VACANT COUNSEL SEAT.
THANK YOU, AND I SAY THIS TO EVERYBODY, LET'S ALL GET OUT AND VOTE, ON THE 29TH AND 30TH, FOR ELLIOT LAKE.
LET'S GET IN THIS TOGETHER. THANK YOU.
[APPLAUSE] NEXT IS SUSAN ANDERSON, PLEASE.
>> GOOD EVENING, EVERYBODY. I'M GLAD TO SEE EVERYBODY'S GOT A JERSEYS ON.
I WAS THINKING I SHOULD HAVE WORN MINE TONIGHT, BUT I DIDN'T.
I LIKE TO SEE YOURS MAYOR [INAUDIBLE] THAT'S MY FAVORITE TEAM TOO.
ANYWAY, I WANT TO SAY GOOD EVENING TO MAYOR [INAUDIBLE] AND THE COUNSELORS.
I'M HERE AGAIN TO SPEAK ABOUT THE FILLING OF THE VACANT SEAT ON COUNSEL.
>> CAN YOU PLEASE STATE YOUR NAME AGAIN?
>> IT WAS ABOUT 1.5 YEARS AGO THAT VOTERS IN ELLIOT LAKE, VOTED FOR THE COUNSEL.
THAT IS WHY ALL OF YOU ARE SITTING HERE.
IN THE INTERVENING TIMES THERE HAVE BEEN CHALLENGES AND CHANGES, BUT THE PEOPLE THAT VOTED DID SO, AND HELEN IS THE NEXT ELIGIBLE PERSON IN LINE WITH THE HIGHEST NUMBER OF VOTES FOR THE VACANT COUNCIL SEAT.
THIS IS ABOUT ACKNOWLEDGING AND HEARING THE VOTERS OF ELLIOT LAKE.
THIS IS ABOUT TRANSPARENCY AND LISTENING TO THE PEOPLE.
THIS IS NOT ABOUT DOING WHAT HAS ALWAYS BEEN DONE, BUT ABOUT RESPECTING THE WILL OF THE PEOPLE.
PLEASE CONSIDER VOTING IN THAT MANNER THAT THE PEOPLE WHO VOTED IN THE ELECTION DID, AND APPOINTING HELEN TO THE VACANT SEAT ON COUNCIL. THANK YOU.
NEXT IS HELEN LAFEVE. WELCOME.
>> THANK YOU. GOOD EVENING, YOUR WORSHIP, MEMBERS OF COUNCIL, CITY STAFF AND EVERYBODY THAT'S HERE AS WELL.
MY NAME IS HELEN [INAUDIBLE], AND I'D LIKE TO PROVIDE SOME INPUT ON AGENDA ITEM 10.1, REFILLING THE VACANCY ON COUNCIL.
TONIGHT, COUNCIL WILL SELECT A NAME TO PROCEED FROM THE LIST OF ELIGIBLE CANDIDATES FROM THE 2022 ELECTION.
AS A REMINDER, THE CANADIAN CHARTER OF RIGHTS AND FREEDOMS INDICATES THAT EVERY CITIZEN OF CANADA HAS THE RIGHT TO VOTE IN AN ELECTION.
IT ALSO INCLUDES THE FREEDOM OF SPEECH AND THE RIGHT TO EQUALITY.
THE PEOPLE OF OUR COMMUNITY HAVE SPOKEN VERY LOUDLY AND CLEARLY ON FILLING THE VACANT SEATS THROUGH THE SOCIAL MEDIA, SOCIAL CONVERSATIONS, EMAILS TO COUNCIL, PEOPLE SPEAKING DURING THE INPUT SESSION.
I HAVE SO MUCH RESPECT FOR THOSE WHO CAME TOGETHER TONIGHT TO RALLY AND TO STAND UP FOR THEIR RIGHT TO BE HEARD.
THEY ARE ASKING COUNCIL TO RESPECT THE VOTERS AND THE DEMOCRATIC PROCESS, AND TO CHOOSE THE NEXT CANDIDATE IN LINE.
UNDER SECTION 224(A) OF THE MUNICIPAL ACT OF 2001, IT IS THE ROLE OF COUNCIL, FIRST AND FOREMOST, TO REPRESENT THE PUBLIC AND TO CONSIDER THE WELL-BEING AND THE INTERESTS OF THE MUNICIPALITY.
THE COMMUNITY HAS EXPRESSED THEIR INTEREST THAT THE NEXT CANDIDATE IN LINE SHOULD FILL THE VACANT SEAT.
ANY OTHER DECISION WOULD SHOW A TOTAL DISRESPECT AND DISREGARD FOR PEOPLE WHO VOTED AND WHO STOOD TONIGHT FOR DEMOCRACY.
MY FATHER WAS A MINER FOR OVER 25 YEARS AT [INAUDIBLE].
WITH HIS PARTNER, RALPH BROMLEY, THEY BRAGGED ABOUT GETTING THE TOP BONUS MANY TIMES AT THE ALGODON.
HIS NAME IS PROUDLY DISPLAYED ON THE MINERS MEMORIAL.
THERE ARE MANY ISSUES THAT WE FACE AS A COMMUNITY, BUT THE MOST IMPORTANT ASSET THAT WE DO HAVE IS OUR PEOPLE.
WE COME TOGETHER TO HELP EACH OTHER OUT IN TIMES OF NEED.
WE RALLY TOGETHER TO MAKE THINGS BETTER.
AS A COMMUNITY WORKING TOGETHER, WE'RE GOING TO ACHIEVE MANY GREAT THINGS.
KRAFT HOCKEYVILLE, HERE WE COME.
I'M NEXT IN LINE ACCORDING TO THE RESULTS, AND AS I'VE SAID BEFORE, I WOULD WITHOUT A DOUBT SAY YES.
I WOULD BE SO HONORED TO REPRESENT THE PEOPLE OF THIS COMMUNITY.
YOUR WORSHIP, MEMBERS OF COUNCIL, CITY STAFF, AND THE COMMUNITY, THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME.
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>> THANK YOU, HELEN. NEXT IS MR. MIKE THOMAS, ITEM 6.1, 7.6, 10.1.
>> THANK YOU, MR. MAYOR, MEMBERS OF COUNCIL.
FOR THE RECORD, MY NAME IS MIKE THOMAS.
GOOD TO SEE YOU-ALL WEARING JERSEYS.
I'M NOT SURE ABOUT THE MAPLE LEAFS JERSEYS, BUT THE HABS ARE WELL PRESENTED.
I CAN'T EVEN REMEMBER WHAT THAT INSIGNIA IS, MR. MAYOR, BUT IT LOOKS GOOD.
>> THANK YOU, SIR. I AM TRULY IMPRESSED ABOUT THE AMOUNT OF COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT INVOLVEMENT FOR HOCKEYVILLE, CANADA.
IT'S PROBABLY ONE OF THE MOST ENERGIZING AND IMPACTFUL THINGS WE'VE SEEN IN OUR TOWN IN A LONG TIME.
I APPLAUD YOU-ALL FOR YOUR EFFORTS IN THE COMMUNITY FOR GETTING STARTED, AND I HOPE THAT EVERYBODY GETS OUT AND VOTES ON THE 29TH AND 30TH FOR ELLIOT LAKE.
I KNOW THAT I'VE ENCOURAGED MY SON AND GRANDSON IN THEIR HOCKEY LEAGUE DOWN SOUTH TO DO EVERYTHING THEY CAN TO HELP US A LITTLE BIT LIFT.
MY ITEMS TONIGHT ARE 6.1, 7.6, 10.1.
I THINK I'LL GO IN ORDER IF THAT'S ALL RIGHT WITH YOU.
I HOPE THE FOLKS AT BHP CAN HEAR ME SPEAKING TONIGHT.
I'VE SPOKEN TO THEIR ISSUES I THINK FIVE TIMES NOW.
I APPRECIATE THE REPORT THAT CAME FORWARD.
THERE ARE A FEW INSTANCES THAT I THINK IT WOULD BE REMISS IF I DIDN'T ASK THIS COUNCIL TO CONSIDER IT BECAUSE IT INVOLVES THE LONG TERM HEALTH AND WELL-BEING OF OUR COMMUNITY, AND THE FINANCIAL IMPACTS FOR A MILLENNIA.
WITH REGARDS TO THE BUTTRESSING THAT THEY'VE ADVISED US THEY'RE GOING TO DO IN '25 AND '26, I THINK IT WOULD BE GOOD FOR THE COUNCIL TO BE AWARE OF HOW EXTENSIVE THIS IS GOING TO BE, HOW LONG IT'S GOING TO TAKE, AND WHAT IMPACT IT'S GOING TO HAVE ON OUR MUNICIPALITY.
BECAUSE IN ALL OF THE TAILINGS AND DECOMMISSIONINGS THAT I'VE RESEARCHED OR REVIEWED OVER THE YEARS, THERE'S SOMETHING KNOWN AS A LEVEL OF ENCROACHMENT.
WHAT THAT MEANS IS EVERY SO OFTEN THEY ANTICIPATE THAT THEY'RE GOING TO HAVE TO GET BIGGER AND IT'S GOING TO SWALLOW UP MORE OF OUR PROPERTY AND RESTRICT MOVEMENT.
I KNOW THAT'S BEEN A PRETTY SERIOUS ISSUE FOR THE LAST DECADE, BECAUSE PEOPLE ARE ALWAYS TALKING ABOUT THE TRAILS BEING SWALLOWED UP OR THE LIMITATION OF PEOPLE, AND ANIMALS, AND OTHER MACHINERY THAT ARE ALLOWED ONTO THEIR PROPERTY OR ALLOWED NEAR IT.
I DON'T ANTICIPATE THAT THAT'S REALLY GOING TO GET LESS, IT'S NATURALLY GOING TO GET MORE.
IT WOULD BE GOOD TO HAVE THAT AS A PART OF A PLANNING KNOWLEDGE BASE FOR OUR COUNCIL TO BE ABLE TO WORK WITH MOVING FORWARD, BECAUSE IT'S NATURAL FACT OF LIFE, IT'S GOING TO HAPPEN.
ANOTHER THING THAT CAME UP IN THE LAST TWO REPORTS THAT IS NOT IN THIS REPORT, THAT I THINK IS VERY PERTINENT FOR OUR COUNCIL IN THE FUTURE, IS WE WERE NOTIFIED IN THE PREVIOUS TWO INSTANCES BHP HAD APPLIED FOR PROVINCIAL AND FEDERAL LICENSES TO OPERATE AS A NEWLY RECOGNIZED ENTITY IN THE MANAGEMENT OF THE PONDS.
THAT ENCOMPASSES ALL OF OUR MUNICIPALITY.
THAT'S PERTINENT IN TERMS OF A FINANCIAL ASPECT, IN TERMS OF A FUTURE PLANNING ASPECT.
IT WOULD BE HELPFUL IF THEY WOULD ADVISE US WHAT THEY ARE OPERATING AS BECAUSE IT IS NECESSARY INFORMATION FOR US TO WORK WITH THEM AS A PARTNER, AND WHO WE'RE NEGOTIATING WITH, IN WHAT CAPACITY AND UNDER WHAT LEGISLATION.
I DIDN'T SEE THAT IN THIS REPORT, IT WAS IN THE LAST TWO.
[NOISE] I THINK IT WOULD BE VERY BENEFICIAL TO COUNCIL TO HAVE THAT INFORMATION.
THE THIRD THING, I SAY THIS IN ALL FULL RESPECT, WITH NO INFLAMMATORY INTENTIONS, IS THERE WAS ANOTHER ARTICLE IN THE TORONTO STAR LAST WEEK.
IT HAD SOME SEMI INCENDIARY COMMENTS THAT WE'RE NOT DEALING WITH 50 UNITS, WE'RE DEALING WITH 100.
IT'S WITH THE CNSC AND MEMBERS OF THE COMMUNITY, [NOISE] BUT I THINK IT WOULD BE VERY HELPFUL IF BHP WOULD ADDRESS WITH THIS COUNCIL BECAUSE YOU ARE THE LEADERS OF THE COMMUNITY, YOU ARE THE CURRENT DECISION MAKERS, AND IT'S PERTINENT INFORMATION THAT YOU NEED TO HAVE.
GOING FORWARD IS WHAT WOULD BE THEIR RESPONSE TO THIS ISSUE, BECAUSE THEY WERE NAMED BY THE CNSC BASICALLY AS A RESPONSIBLE PARTY, NOT THE GOVERNMENT.
AS A MUNICIPALITY, THAT PUTS US IN A PRECARIOUS POSITION.
WHO ARE WE DEALING WITH? WHO IS RESPONSIBLE FOR WHATEVER COMES OUT OF THIS, IF ANYTHING COMES OUT OF THIS? THEY'RE HERE THIS EVENING.
IT WOULD BE HELPFUL TO GET FEEDBACK FROM THEM TO SAY, HOW DO YOU LOOK AT THIS? WHAT PART DO YOU PLAY IN THIS? WHAT IS YOUR FORECASTING? BECAUSE THEY HAVE SOME REALLY SMART LAWYERS AND MULTINATIONAL CORPORATION.
THEY DEAL WITH THIS STUFF ALL THE TIME.
I THINK IT'S VERY IMPORTANT FOR US AS A CITY AND YOU AS A COUNCIL, TO GET SOME UNDERSTANDING FROM THEM AS WHAT THEIR VIEW OF THIS IS,
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HOW THEY PLAN TO RESPOND TO IT, AND HOW THEY CAN WORK TOGETHER WITH OUR MUNICIPALITY GOING FORWARD, BECAUSE I DON'T THINK IT'S AN ISSUE THAT'S GOING TO GO AWAY.I APOLOGIZE FOR THE LONGEVITY OF THAT, BUT THERE'S A LOT TO COVER IN THAT PRESENTATION AND MATERIAL THAT I THINK IS VERY IMPORTANT FOR THIS COUNCIL TO CONSIDER.
WITH REGARD TO ITEM 7.6, I READ WHAT WAS IN THERE.
MY UNDERSTANDING OF THE MECHANISM THAT YOU-ALL USE, AND FORGIVE ME, I FORGOT THE NAME OF IT RIGHT OFF THE TOP OF MY HEAD.
>> THANK YOU. ESCRIBE. THERE'S BEEN PROBLEMS WITH THAT FOREVER.
WHETHER IT'S A FUNCTIONAL PROBLEM, WHETHER IT'S A SOFTWARE PROBLEM, WHETHER IT'S A PERSONNEL PROBLEM, WE'VE NEVER UTILIZED IT FOR THAT ASPECT.
MY QUESTION TO THAT IS, WHAT DO WE GAIN BY CHANGING THE WAY COUNCILORS ARE OBSERVED TO VOTE, GOING FROM A DIGITAL SOMETHING THAT IT SAYS EVERYBODY CAN SEE, BUT IT'S JUST AS EASY TO RAISE YOUR HAND.
ON A TECHNICAL ASPECT, WHERE I WOULD LOOK AT THAT IS, MOST PEOPLE DON'T REALIZE THAT IN AN ABSENCE OF A YES VOTE, EITHER AN ABSTENTION OR SILENCE IS EQUIVALENT TO A NO VOTE.
IS THAT GOING TO BE CAPTURED ON THIS TYPE OF SYSTEM? I DON'T THINK IT'S SET UP TO DO THAT.
THAT IS PART OF YOUR PARLIAMENTARY PROCEDURE THAT YOU WERE ALL TRAINED ON.
ASIDE FROM THAT, THE PUBLIC OPTICS OF USING THAT SYSTEM, I THINK ARE COUNTERPRODUCTIVE.
THIS TOWN IS USED TO PEOPLE TALKING, ANSWERING, DEBATING, RAISING THEIR HANDS, SHOWING THEIR CONCERNS OR THEIR SELECTION.
I THINK THAT'S SOMETHING THAT THIS COUNCIL HAS DEMONSTRATED OVER THE PAST THAT YOU'VE MAINTAINED THE PERSONAL CONNECTION WITH THE VOTERS, WITH THE PUBLIC THAT COMES TO MEETINGS, WITH THOSE WHO WATCH ON TV.
IN ADDITION TO THAT, THE SECOND THING THAT GOES WITH THAT IS THE CONSOLIDATION OF CLOSED SESSION ITEMS. I UNDERSTAND THE TECHNICAL REASON TO DO THAT, I UNDERSTAND THE BENEFIT.
I ALSO WANT TO CAUTION WHAT THE CONSEQUENCES OF THAT COULD BE.
I'VE LOOKED AT SHEETS AND FORGOTTEN THINGS THAT WERE RIGHT IN FRONT OF ME OR STOPPED AND SAID, OH, I MISSED THAT.
IT'S HAPPENED IN THIS ROOM A FEW TIMES OVER THE LAST 15 MONTHS.
IS THE BENEFIT OF A CONSOLIDATION OF CLOSED SESSION ITEMS WORTH THE GAIN OF INCREASED MISTAKE OR INCREASED CONSEQUENCE AS A RESULT OF FAILURE TO RECOGNIZE A CONFLICT IN MASS, BECAUSE THAT'S WHAT IT LOOKS LIKE IT WANTS TO DO INSTEAD OF SAYING, I'M GOING TO READ EACH ONE OF THESE THINGS, WHICH IS A PAIN IN THE BUTT.
NOBODY WANTS TO SIT THERE AND READ THE SAME RULES OVER AND OVER AND OVER AGAIN TO SAY WE CAN DECLARE, WE SHOULD DECLARE, WE MUST DECLARE.
BUT IF YOU CONSOLIDATE IT, IF YOU HAVE 10 ISSUES LIKE IT'S OFTEN HAPPENED ON AN AGENDA, AND YOU SAY, BLANKET, YEAH, WE'RE GOING IN THE CLOSE WITH ALL OF THIS OR WE'RE ALL IN FAVOR OF GOING IN THE CLOSED WITHOUT DISCUSSION, WHAT HAPPENS IF SOMEBODY MISSED IT? WE'VE HAD PROBLEMS WITH THAT ISSUE THAT WERE TERRIBLE BEFORE.
I CAN'T IMAGINE THE EFFECT OF COMPOUNDING THAT BY CONSOLIDATION TO SAVE A COUPLE OF MINUTES ON EACH ITEM, TO SAVE SOME PAPERWORK.
I THINK IT'S ONE WORTH NOT TAKING.
THAT'S MY POSITION. THAT'S MY OPINION, AND I THINK IT'S AN UNNECESSARY STEP.
LIKE I SAID, I APPRECIATE THE VALUE OF CONSOLIDATION.
I APPRECIATE THE VALUE OF TIME SAVING, AND PAPERWORK, AND EXPEDIENCY, BUT I ALSO WOULD IMPRESS UPON YOU THAT I APPRECIATE THE VALUE AND A LIABILITY, OR AS THEY SAY IN HOCKEY, UNFORCED ERRORS.
THANK YOU FOR YOUR PATIENCE AND INDULGENCE BECAUSE THIS IS THE ONE I REALLY DON'T WANT TO TALK ABOUT, BUT I MUST, 10.1.
>> I'M JUST GOING TO REMIND YOU, TWO MINUTES.
TWO THINGS HAVE IMPACTED MY THOUGHT PROCESS IN THE LAST 60 YEARS.
ONE WAS BY A 16-YEAR OLD GIRL IN HIGH SCHOOL THAT SAID SAY WHAT YOU MEAN AND MEAN WHAT YOU SAY.
THE OTHER ONE WAS A YEAR AND A HALF AGO THAT SAID WE ALL CARE ABOUT ELLIOT LAKE.
THAT IMPACTED ME A GREAT DEAL.
IT MEANS A GREAT DEAL TO A GREAT MANY, INCLUDING EVERYBODY AT THIS TABLE.
WHAT I SEE BEING LOST IN ALL THE KERFUFFLE OF WHAT'S GOING ONLINE IS THAT STATEMENT.
WE ALL TRULY CARE ABOUT ELLIOT LAKE.
WE'VE GOT TO GET RID OF THE TRIBALISM AND WHAT'S BEEN GOING ON BECAUSE ONLINE I HOPE YOU'RE NOT PAYING ATTENTION, BUT IT'S CIRCUSES.
THE TECHNICAL POINT OF 10.1 IS VERY SIMPLE,
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AND I'VE SPOKEN TO THREE OF YOU IN THE LAST WEEK ABOUT IT.I WATCHED THE VIDEO THREE TIMES AND I'LL JUST READ THE STATEMENT.
RESOLUTION 93 24, THAT THE COUNCIL VACANCY BE FILLED BY APPOINTING A CANDIDATE FROM THE 2022 MUNICIPAL ELECTION AND THAT THE NAME BE BROUGHT FORWARD TO THE MARCH 25TH, 2024 COUNCIL MEETING.
IT WAS MOVED BY COUNCILOR MANN, SECONDED BY COUNCILOR BULL, AND PASSED WITH A VOTE OF FOUR IN FAVOR TO OPPOSED.
WHAT I SEE IS PROBLEMATIC IN THAT, AS I UNDERSTAND YOUR INTENT WAS TO SAY PEOPLE WHO RAN FOR THE POSITION OF COUNCILOR.
IN THE MUNICIPAL ACT, PROCEDURAL BY LAW, CONFIRMATORY BY LAW, WORDS MATTER.
WHAT IS STATED IN THAT RESOLUTION, MY INTERPRETATION AS ONE MEMBER OF COUNCIL TOLD ME, AND I REACHED OUT TO SOMEBODY WHO I TRUST WITH MUNICIPAL AFFAIRS OPINION AND THEY SAID, NO, ANYBODY THAT RAN IS ELIGIBLE TO BE APPOINTED ACCORDING TO THAT STATEMENT.
THAT WAS THEIR OPINION BECAUSE I TOOK THE CRITICISM TO HEART AND I DIDN'T WANT IT TO BE JUST MY SUPPOSITION.
WHERE DOES THAT LEAVE US? WE HAVE A CLARIFICATION TONIGHT IN THE CLERK'S MEMO TO COUNCIL THAT'S ASKING FOR ANOTHER RESOLUTION.
WELL, TECHNICALLY YOU ALREADY PASSED ONE.
THE ONLY WAY TO CHANGE A RESOLUTION OR TO CHANGE AN ORDER OF COUNCIL, TO MY KNOWLEDGE, IS A MOTION FOR RECONSIDERATION.
COUNCILOR MANN WOULD KNOW THIS BETTER THAN I, I THINK.
IF I'M WRONG, PLEASE POINT ME OUT. I'D APPRECIATE IT.
BUT I THINK THAT NEEDS TO BE RECONCILED AND CAN BE VERY SIMPLY.
I'M NOT HERE TO PUT MY SLUMBER ON A SCALE TO TELL YOU WHAT I THINK YOU SHOULD DO, I TRUST YOU TO DO THAT.
WHAT I'M ASKING YOU TO DO IS BE MORE CAREFUL IN HOW YOU DO IT.
WHAT I'VE STATED HERE TONIGHT, THAT'S AN EASY FIX.
YOU DON'T NEED TO RE-RESOLUTION.
YOU CAN JUST SAY AS WRITTEN, AS STATED IN THE PAST RESOLUTION OF COUNCIL, WE CHOOSE TO DO X. I'VE TOLD YOU WHAT MY INTERPRETATION IS OF IT LEGALLY.
I'VE TOLD YOU WHAT I'VE ASKED SOMEBODY IN QUEENS PARK WHAT THEIR INTERPRETATION IS OF IT LEGALLY.
IT IS STILL COUNCIL'S PURVIEW TO DO AS YOU CHOOSE.
YOU ALL VOTED AND ACCEPTED WHAT YOUR CHOICE WAS.
I DON'T BELIEVE THE OUTCOME OF THE VOTE WAS THE INTENT OF THE TABLE THAT EVENING.
TONIGHT YOU HAVE AN OPPORTUNITY TO DO AS YOU CHOOSE, AS STATED, AND I WISH YOU LUCK IN THAT BECAUSE I DON'T ENVY IT AND I VERY MUCH THANK YOU FOR YOUR ATTENTION AND FOR YOUR PATIENCE AND FOR THE OPPORTUNITY TO ADDRESS YOU AS THE COUNCIL THAT I CONTINUALLY AND STILL SUPPORT PRIVATELY AND PUBLICLY.
[6. PUBLIC PRESENTATIONS]
ITEM 6 IS A PUBLIC PRESENTATION FROM BHP.IT'S THEIR ANNUAL PRESENTATION THIS EVENING.
MR. RICHARD DAVIS, THE MANAGER OF LEGACY ASSETS, CANADA, MAXIME MORIN, SUPERINTENDENT IN ELLIOT LAKE, HOLLY HEFFNER, SUPERINTENDENT, LICENSING AND PERMITTING CANADA, AND ALEXANDRIA DION, PRINCIPAL CORPORATE AFFAIRS, LEGACY ASSETS NORTH AMERICA.
>> I WANT TO SAY THANK YOU FOR HAVING US.
IS THERE A PRESENTATION? DO YOU HAVE A COPY OF THE PRESENTATION?
>> YES. I WILL GO AHEAD AND SHARE THE PRESENTATION.
I WAS THINKING WE COULD START WITH JUST A QUICK ROUND OF INTRODUCTION FROM THE BHP TEAM IF THAT'S OKAY.
>> I'LL START ALEXANDRIA DION, I ACTUALLY GO BY ALLY, BUT YOU WILL SEE ALEXANDRIA IN MY EMAILS.
I AM THE PRINCIPAL FOR CORPORATE AFFAIRS FOR LEGACY SITES ACROSS NORTH AMERICA.
I AM YOUR CONTACT FOR ANYTHING THAT YOU GUYS NEED FROM BHP AND FROM THE ELLIOT LAKE SITE.
YOU GUYS WILL ALL HAVE MY INFORMATION, EMAIL, AND PHONE NUMBER, AND PLEASE DON'T BE SHY.
I AM BHP'S MANAGER FOR CANADA SITES, AND THAT INCLUDES ELLIOT LAKE SITES.
>> HI. I'M MAXIME MORIN, THE SITE SUPERINTENDENT FOR ELLIOT LAKE SITES.
I THOUGHT I'D JOIN THE SWEATER PARTY AND THROW IN THE SWEATER THAT I HAD.
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>> WE ARE DEFINITELY CHEERING ON THE CRAFT HOCKEY BILL AS WELL AND HOPING TO GET SOME OF OUR BHP EXTENDED FAMILY TO CONTRIBUTE TO MAKE SOME VOTES AS WELL.
>> GOOD EVENING EVERYONE. HELLO, MY NAME IS HOLLY HEFFNER.
I AM THE SUPERINTENDENT FOR LICENSING AND PERMITTING FOR THE BHP FACILITIES LEGACY ASSETS ACROSS CANADA.
I WILL BE HELPING WITH SOME OF THE WATER QUALITY AND LICENSING QUESTIONS.
>> LET ME GO AHEAD AND GET THIS SHARED.
GIVE ME A THUMBS UP WHEN YOU GUYS CAN SEE THAT PRESENTATION.
>> AGAIN, THANK YOU FOR HAVING US.
TO START, WE WOULD LIKE TO BEGIN BY ACKNOWLEDGING THAT BHP OPERATES ON LAND THAT'S BEEN INHABITED BY INDIGENOUS PEOPLE FOR THOUSANDS OF YEARS.
WE ACKNOWLEDGE THAT THE LAND WHERE ELLIOT LAKE LEGACY ASSETS ARE LOCATED ARE ON THE TRADITIONAL TERRITORY OF THE ANISHINAABE.
WE ALSO ACKNOWLEDGE THAT ELLIOT LAKE RESIDES WITHIN THE AREA COVERED BY THE ROBINSON HURON TREATY AND WE PAY OUR RESPECT TO THE FIRST NATION ANCESTORS OF THIS PLACE AND HONOR THEIR CONTRIBUTIONS.
NEXT, AS WE GET IN, I WOULD JUST LIKE TO JUST DO THE LEGAL BIT REAL QUICK AND JUST HAVE A LITTLE DISCLAIMER THAT'S LETTING EVERYONE KNOW THAT NOTHING WE SAY TODAY IS INTENDED TO INFLUENCE YOU TO GO OUT AND BUY STOCK IN BHP OR INVEST IN BHP.
THIS IS PURELY AN INFORMATION ABOUT WHAT IS GOING ON AT OUR SITES IN ELLIOT LAKE.
NEXT SLIDE. IT'S THE OUTLINE HERE.
WE'RE GOING TO GO OVER, WE'VE SPLIT THIS UP AMONGST A FEW PEOPLE, BUT JUST A LITTLE BIT OF THE COMPANY OVERVIEW, I'LL DO THAT AND THEN WE'LL HAND OVER TO MAXIME AND HE WILL TALK A LITTLE BIT ABOUT A PUBLIC SAFETY ISSUE AND SOME OF OUR ONGOING PROJECTS.
HOLLY WILL TALK A LITTLE BIT ABOUT OUR REGULATORY COMPLIANCE AND ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING.
ALLY WILL WRAP THINGS UP HERE WITH COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT AND SOCIAL INVESTMENT AND THEN ADDRESS QUESTIONS OR ANYTHING ELSE THAT WE MAY NEED TO DISCUSS FOR TODAY.
THE LAST BIT, THE NEXT SLIDE, ALLY IF YOU DON'T MIND, IS JUST OUR CHARTER AND OUR CORE VALUES AND OUR PURPOSE.
ALL OUR CONVERSATIONS, ALL OF THE WORK, ALL OF OUR ENGAGEMENTS WITH PEOPLE, WHETHER IT'S INTERNAL OR EXTERNAL, ALL REST ON THE FOUNDATION OF OUR VALUES.
WITHOUT GOING THROUGH EACH OF THESE VALUES, I'LL NAME THEM THE SUSTAINABILITY, INTEGRITY, RESPECT, PERFORMANCE, SIMPLICITY AND ACCOUNTABILITY.
FOR US, IT'S MORE THAN LIP SERVICE.
I WOULDN'T SAY THAT ANY OF THE VALUES ARE GREATER THAN THE OTHERS, ALTHOUGH SOMETIMES IN CERTAIN CIRCUMSTANCES, SOME SEEM TO REALLY BE POIGNANT AND RISE ABOVE OTHERS.
I THINK TONIGHT WITH EVERYTHING THAT WE ARE DISCUSSING WITH YOU, INTEGRITY THAT IS DOING WHAT'S RIGHT AND DOING WHAT WE SAY WE DO, IS SOMETHING WE WANT TO DELIVER.
ACROSS LEGACY ASSETS, WE HAVE A PURPOSE AND I DON'T WANT TO CONFUSE IT WITH THE CANADA PURPOSE, BUT WE HAVE A PURPOSE OF REIMAGINING THE LEGACY OF MINING.
IN CANADA, WE'VE BETTER DEFINED THAT TO SAY THAT OUR PURPOSE, AND THIS IS WHAT EVERYONE IN CANADA IS WORKING TOWARDS, IS PROTECTING TODAY AND IMPROVING TOMORROW.
WHEN WE TALK TONIGHT ABOUT THE ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING, WHEN WE TALK ABOUT PROJECTS, I HEARD SOME CONCERNS AROUND BUTTRESSING, EVERYTHING THAT WE DO IS ABOUT PROTECTING AND IMPROVING.
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I KNOW THAT SOMETIMES THESE ARE MULTIPLE ASPECTS OF THESE THINGS, BUT THE INTENT WITH EVERYTHING WE DO IS PROTECTING TODAY AND IMPROVING TOMORROW.WITH THAT, I THINK I WILL HAND OVER TO MAXIME AND LET HIM TALK ABOUT THE TEAM WE HAVE THERE AND SOME OF THE WORK THAT WE HAVE GOING ON.
>> THIS IS OUR TEAM IN ELLIOT LAKE, WE'VE TRANSITIONED TO AN OWNER OPERATED BUSINESS MODEL.
WE'VE BUILT OUR TEAM WITH SOME FABULOUS EXPERIENCED TEAM MEMBERS THAT ARE PASSIONATE ABOUT THE ENVIRONMENT, THE WORK THAT THEY DO AND AS WELL AS VOLUNTEERING IN THEIR LOCAL COMMUNITY.
THIS IS JUST OUR FIRST TEAM BUILDING EXAMPLE WE DID THAT WAS AT THE SHERIFF CREEK LAST SEPTEMBER.
WE GOT THE CREW TOGETHER AND GOT A COUPLE WHEELBARROWS AND FIXED SOME SECTIONS OF THE TRAIL SYSTEM FROM SHERIFF CREEK THERE.
BUT LET ME GO OVER OUR TEAM JUST BRIEFLY.
WADE WIGGINS IS OUR SUPERVISOR OF OPERATIONS.
JODY STEFANICH IS AN ENVIRONMENTAL COORDINATOR.
CALVIN SCOTT, SPECIALIST OF OPERATIONS.
CYNTHIA CHOPPE, ENVIRONMENTAL COORDINATOR.
JOSH BOWERMAN, SPECIALIST IN OPERATIONS.
WE HAVE JAMES CAMERON AND CLAUDE MARIER, THEY'RE IN OUR MAINTENANCE TEAM.
THEN WE HAVE OUR DEDICATED PROJECTS TEAM WITH STEPHEN BILANCHETTE AND PAIGE DUNBAR.
WE ALSO HAVE A PRINCIPAL OF SAFETY, BRANDEN CROSKERY.
GEORGE DOWNEY IS OUR PRINCIPAL OF WORK MANAGEMENT.
BASICALLY, EVERYONE ELSE ON THE CALL HERE IS SUPPORTED REMOTELY, RICHARD, ALLY.
MONIQUE FRY IS OUR PRINCIPAL INDIGENOUS.
>> THIS IS OUR MAP OF THE OPERATING MINE SITE OR OUR CLOSED MINE SITES.
WE HAVE FROM THE NORTH SIDE, WE HAVE QUIRKE AND PANEL AND STANLEIGH, MILLIKEN, LACNOR, PRONTO TO THE SOUTH WEST AND BUCKLES NORDIC AS WELL.
A BIT OF A BIT OF INFORMATION THERE ABOUT THE AMOUNT OF MATERIALS AND THE SIZE OF THE FOOTPRINT THERE. NEXT SLIDE.
>> I HIT IT IT'S JUST NOT NOT UPDATING.
>> ARE YOU SEEING THE PUBLIC SAFETY SLIDE?
>> YEAH, I SEE IT NOW. THANK YOU.
ON PUBLIC SAFETY, I MEAN, WE'RE ALWAYS LOOKING FOR WAYS TO ENSURE THAT OUR LOCAL STAKEHOLDERS CAN SAFELY SHARE OUR SITES.
I MEAN, EVERY BHP IS COMMITTED TO ENSURING THAT THE SAFETY OF OUR EMPLOYEES AND THE COMMUNITIES ARE SAFE, AND ACTIVELY MANAGING AND MAINTAINED BY OUR SITES AND CONTRACTORS.
SOME HAZARDS INCLUDE SURFACE MOBILE EQUIPMENT INCLUDING LIME DELIVERY TRUCKS AND ROAD MAINTENANCE EQUIPMENT, LIGHT DUTY VEHICLES, AND BEAVER TRAPPING ACTIVITIES AS WELL.
THERE ARE SOME PUBLIC TRAILS THAT CROSS RAL PROPERTY.
RAL PROHIBITS PUBLIC VEHICLES INCLUDING ATVS AND SNOW MACHINES.
PEDESTRIAN TRAFFIC IS ALLOWED ON PUBLIC TRAILS THAT CROSS RAL PROPERTY.
HIKING ACTIVITIES ARE RESTRICTED TO PUBLIC TRAILS, AND ALL PETS MUST BE LEASHED WHILE ON RAL PROPERTY.
NO PARKING IN FRONT OF RAL ACCESS GATES JUST TO MAKE SURE THAT ANY ACTIVITIES OR EMERGENCY VEHICLES OR LIME DELIVERIES ARE ABLE TO GET TO THE TREATMENT PLANTS IN A SAFE MANNER.
OUR ONGOING OPERATIONS, WE DO HAVE REGULAR DAM SAFETY INSPECTIONS, WE HAVE WEEKLY, MONTHLY, AND ANNUAL DAM SAFETY INSPECTIONS THAT OCCUR WITH EITHER IN THE HOUSE OR WITH A THIRD PARTY ENGINEER RECORD.
A LOT OF OUR INFRASTRUCTURE FOR
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WATER TREATMENT AND MANAGEMENT CONSISTENTLY BEING UPGRADED.THERE'S ALWAYS IMPROVEMENTS BEING DONE ON THOSE FRONTS AS WELL AS THE ROAD AND INFRASTRUCTURE MAINTENANCE.
IT'S A BIT OF A SIMILAR SITUATION OF A SMALL CITY.
IT'S A LOT OF THESE INFRASTRUCTURES WERE BUILT QUITE A LONG TIME AGO, AND IT'S CONTINUAL UPKEEP THAT WE NEED TO DO AND IMPROVE THINGS AND MAKING SURE THAT THEY'RE ABLE TO FUNCTION FOR A LONG TIME IN THE FUTURE, SO REGULAR MAINTENANCE IS A BIG COMPONENT OF THAT.
ANOTHER ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING.
HOLLY WE'LL HAVE A COUPLE OF SLIDES ON SOME OF OUR RESULTS AND DIFFERENT STUDIES THAT WE DO AS LARGE COMPONENT AND ROUTINE MAINTENANCE AS I SAID.
NEXT SLIDE WE'LL TALK ABOUT SOME CURRENT PROJECTS THAT ARE ONGOING.
A LOT OF THE PROJECTS THAT WE DO HAVE, A LOT OF THEM ARE TO GET AHEAD OF THINGS.
WE'VE ALL GONE THROUGH DIFFERENT CLIMATIC PERIODS, THIS WINTER BEING A LOT OF LOW SNOW, BUT IN A COUPLE OF YEARS FROM NOW, MAYBE WE'LL HAVE LARGER RAIN EVENTS WITH GLOBAL WARMING ADAPTATION.
GLOBAL WARMING ADAPTATION IS MAKING SURE THAT OUR INFRASTRUCTURE IN OUR SITES, WE'RE ABLE TO BE ABLE TO OPERATE AND MANAGE THOSE FUTURE STORMS IN A SAFE WAY.
THERE'S ALSO REASONS WHY WE DO WORK THAT INCREASE IN SAFETY STANDARDS, MODERNIZED BEST PRACTICES OF TODAY AS WELL, AND AS WELL AS IMPROVING EFFICIENCIES ON A DAY TO DAY WORKS THAT WE DO.
IN 2023, WE HAD THE PANEL POWER LINE REPLACEMENT.
WE HAVE THE PRONTO PUMP STATION INSTALLATION, AND EFFLUENT TREATMENT PLANT DIDN'T TAKE IMPROVEMENTS.
WE HAD NORDIC POND PUMP STATION REPLACEMENT.
THEN WE HAVE REMOTE MONITORING ETP SCADA UPGRADES AS WELL.
WE HAVE NORDIC GROUNDWATER INVESTIGATION AND SITE CHARACTERIZATION WORKS THAT ARE CONTINUING TO GO ON AND SETTLING POND HYDRAULIC RETENTION TIME STUDIES.
IN 2024, WE HAVE REMOVING THE OLD POWER LINE POSTS.
THE NORDIC PUMP STATION REPLACEMENT CONTINUATION AND MINE OPENING SAFETY IMPROVEMENTS AS WELL AS NORDIC HYDROMETRIC STATION INSTALLATIONS AND CORRECT POWER LINE REPLACEMENT.
IN 2025, 2026, ONGOING IMPROVEMENT PROJECT IS THE QUIRKE FACILITY STABILITY IMPROVEMENTS FOR BUTTRESSING THE MAIN DAM AND DECOMMISSIONING OF QUIRKE SUBSTATIONS.
>> ARE THERE ANY QUESTIONS ABOUT ANY OF THESE PROJECT'S PAST, PRESENT, OR FUTURE? IF ANY ARISE AFTER THIS MEETING, HAPPY TO CHAT WITH ANYONE AS THOSE COME UP.
>> COUNSELOR FLINTOFF HAS A QUESTION.
>> THANK YOU, YOUR WORSHIP, THROUGH YOU PROBABLY TO MAXIM.
JUST TO THE 2023 PROJECTS, ARE THEY COMPLETED OR ARE THEY ONGOING STILL?
>> SOME OF THEM ARE JUST WRAPPING UP RIGHT NOW.
SO EXAMPLE IMPROVING OUR SCADA SYSTEMS IS ONE THAT WILL HAVE SOME DELAYS.
THERE'S SOME OF THEM THAT 2023 THAT ARE OVERLAPPING INTO 2024.
THE PANEL POWER LINE REPLACEMENT.
THE PANEL POWER LINE HAS BEEN POWERED.
FOR THOSE OF YOU DON'T KNOW THAT ONE, IT WAS COMPLETE.
POWER LINE HAD TO BE REPLACED.
THAT WAS THE POWER LINE WAS AT THE END OF ITS LIFE, WE HAD TO BASICALLY OPERATE THAT EFFLUENT TREATMENT PLANT WITH THE GENERATOR FOR ALMOST A TWO YEAR TIME FRAME, AND WE HAD A LOT OF CHALLENGES GETTING THE POWER LINE BUILT WITH, AND SOME OF THE STAKEHOLDERS ENDED UP HAVING TO DO SOME OF THE WORK OURSELVES AND SOME OF THE LOCAL CONTRACTORS THAT WE PUT IN PLACE THERE, BUT.
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>> MAXIM, OTHER THAN THAT POWER LINE REPLACEMENT, WHAT OTHER PROJECTS FROM 2023 ARE COMPLETELY COMPLETED?
>> PRONTO PUMP STATION IS A CONTINUATION ONE.
THAT ONE WILL BE COMPLETED MID-2024.
SO NORDIC PUMP STATION IS IN THE DESIGN PHASES AT THE MOMENT.
THE SETTLING POND HYDRAULIC RETENTION TIME STUDIES WOULD BE COMPLETE AT THE CORRECT TIME.
>> MAYOR AND COUNCIL, WHAT WE CAN DO IS, SEND OVER THIS LIST AGAIN, BUT WITH A LITTLE BIT OF A TIMELINE ATTACHED TO IT SO THAT YOU HAVE A REFERENCE.
>> THAT WOULD BE GREAT. THANK YOU.
>> HEY, MAYOR AND OTHER COUNCILWOMAN.
I'D JUST LIKE TO SAY THAT WHEN WE DISCUSS THESE PROJECTS, OFTENTIMES, THE PROJECT WAS KICKED OFF IN 2023.
COULD INCLUDE ENGINEERING DESIGN STUDIES, OTHER THINGS LIKE THAT, BUT AS YOU'RE DISCOVERING HERE THAT MANY OF THESE PROJECTS ARE MULTI-YEAR OR MULTI-PHASE, SO WHEN YOU SEE A DATE HERE, THIS IS THE KICK-OFF DATE FOR THAT PROJECT.
>> THANKS. DO WE HAVE ANY OTHER QUESTIONS SO FAR?
>> ALL RIGHT. WE'VE GOT A COUPLE OF SLIDES HERE ON ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING.
I TRIED TO KEEP IT SHORT, HOWEVER PLEASE, IF YOU WANT MORE INFORMATION, FEEL FREE TO REACH OUT.
THE ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING FRAMEWORK CONSISTS OF THREE ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING PROGRAMS THAT LOOK AT THE SOURCE AND THE RECEPTORS.
WE LOOK AT THE TAILINGS MANAGEMENT AREA OPERATIONAL MONITORING PROGRAM.
THAT'S REALLY LOOKING AT HOW OUR TMAS ARE PERFORMING IN REGARDS TO HOW WE PREDICTED THEY WOULD PERFORM.
WE HAVE THE SOURCE AREA MONITORING PROGRAM, WHERE WE LOOK AT WHERE WE HAVE DISCHARGE FROM OUR FACILITIES TO THE ENVIRONMENT.
WE ALSO HAVE THE SERPENT RIVER WATERSHED MONITORING PROGRAM, WHICH REALLY LOOKS AT OUR RECEIVING ENVIRONMENT AND HOW IT'S REACTING IN RELATION TO OUR FINAL RELEASE POINTS.
THE MONITORING FRAMEWORK IS DESIGNED EVERY FIVE YEARS THROUGH THE STATE OF THE ENVIRONMENT PROGRAM.
WE ARE CURRENTLY DESIGNING THE NEXT CYCLE WHICH WOULD LOOK AT WHICH MONITORING STATIONS WE SHOULD CONTINUE MONITORING, MAYBE IF WE NEEDED MORE MONITORING AT CERTAIN LOCATIONS, AND REALLY JUSTIFIES THE PROGRAM BASED ON WHAT WE'VE SEEN OVER THE PAST FIVE YEARS OF MONITORING.
WE'RE CURRENTLY IN YEAR 4 OF CYCLE 5, SO THAT MEANS WE'RE 25 YEARS IN ALMOST, OF THE STATE OF THE ENVIRONMENT PROGRAM, WITH OUR NEXT REPORT TO BE COMPLETED IN 2025, FOLLOWING THE DESIGN OF THE CYCLE 6 MONITORING PROGRAM.
ONE OF THE KEY TENETS OF ALL OF OUR DIFFERENT LICENSES IS OUR EFFLUENT DISCHARGE.
WE HAVE FIVE EFFLUENT TREATMENT PLANTS THAT THE WATER THAT WE DISCHARGE HAS TO MEET COMPLIANCE LIMITS.
THOSE COMPLIANCE LIMITS ARE SET BOTH IN OUR CNSE LICENSE AS WELL AS OUR LICENSES ON FILE WITH THE PROVINCE.
THIS IS JUST ONE PARAMETER THAT WE MONITOR FOR, IT IS NOT EVERYTHING.
BUT ALL OF THE EFFLUENT WATER QUALITY FROM OUR FACILITIES MET ALL DISCHARGE COMPLIANCE LIMITS DURING THE CALENDAR YEAR OF 2023.
JUST TO SHOW YOU A SNAPSHOT OF 2023, WE INCLUDED THE RADIUM-226 CONCENTRATIONS COMPARED TO OUR MONTHLY MEAN DISCHARGE LIMIT OF 0.37 BECQUERELS PER LITER.
YOU CAN SEE THE BARS IN THE GRAPH ARE THE CONCENTRATIONS AND THEN THE LINE IN RED.
THOSE SHOW YOU THAT MONTHLY MEAN DISCHARGE LIMIT.
IT IS A MEAN OF FOUR CONSECUTIVE SAMPLES IN THAT MONTH.
THERE IS A GRAB SAMPLE DISCHARGE LIMIT OF 1.1 BUT WE ARE WELL BELOW THAT.
JUST TO KEEP THE GRAPH LOOKING A LITTLE CLEANER, I HAVE LEFT THAT ONE OFF.
THAT'S ALL I HAVE ON THAT, I THINK.
>> ANY QUESTIONS ON THE ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING?
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>> SORRY ALLY. THERE WAS ONE QUESTION, SORRY.
>>WHO DOES THE WATER QUALITY TESTS FOR THE REPORTS HERE? IS IT DONE BY YOUR ORGANIZATION OR IS IT AN OUTSIDE ORGANIZATION?
>> YES. THE WATER QUALITY SAMPLING IS DONE BY OUR ENVIRONMENTAL TECHNICIANS AND SENT TO ACCREDITED LABORATORIES OFF-SITE.
>> ALLY, JUST FOR CLARIFICATION, THOSE ACCREDITED LABORATORIES ARE NOT BHP LABORATORIES, SO THOSE ARE THIRD PARTY LABORATORIES?
>> OKAY. THERE ARE NO OTHER QUESTIONS.
>> AGAIN, I'M ALLY, I HANDLE OUR COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT FOR OUR CLOSED SITES ACROSS NORTH AMERICA.
I'M GOING TO SHOW YOU TWO QUICK SLIDES, AND I'M HAPPY TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS.
AS RICHARD HAD SAID WHEN HE SHARED OUR SOCIAL VALUE PLATFORM, A BHP IS A SOCIAL VALUE COMPANY, MEANING THAT WE WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT WE ARE ALWAYS BEING GOOD NEIGHBORS TO OUR HOST COMMUNITIES.
IN THE WAYS THAT WE DO THAT ARE THROUGH ROBUST, OPEN, HONEST, AND TRANSPARENT ENGAGEMENT AND THEN THROUGH OUR SOCIAL INVESTMENT BUDGET.
AS YOU GUYS KNOW, WE DO PRESENTATIONS LIKE THIS ANNUALLY.
WE HAVE AN ANNUAL NEWSLETTER THAT GOES OUT.
WE HAVE ANNUAL MEETINGS OF DIFFERENT INDIGENOUS GROUPS, NGO'S, REALLY ANYONE THAT WANTS TO MEET WITH US, WE ARE MORE THAN HAPPY TO SCHEDULE A MEETING AND ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS THAT THERE MIGHT BE.
WE DO HAVE SOME LAND ACCESS AGREEMENTS THAT YOU MIGHT ALL BE AWARE OF.
WITH THE PLANT NURSERY, PLANE FLYING CLUB, SOME CAMPING PARKS, SOME LOCAL TRAILS, SNOWMOBILE CLUB, A LITTLE BIT OF EVERYTHING, FOR RECREATIONAL USE AROUND THE COMMUNITY.
BHP DID RELEASE A NEW INDIGENOUS PEOPLE'S POLICY STATEMENT IN NOVEMBER OF 2022.
YOU CAN ALWAYS GOOGLE THAT, BHP INDIGENOUS PEOPLE'S POLICY STATEMENT OR I'M HAPPY TO SEND OUT A LINK TO THE MAYOR AND COUNCIL OF YOU GUYS ARE INTERESTED IN IT.
WE ARE ALSO WORKING ON OUR BHP CANADIAN INDIGENOUS PARTNERSHIP PLAN, AND THAT IS SET TO BE RELEASED IN JUNE OF 2024.
WE WILL BE SENDING THAT OUT TO YOU GUYS.
ONE SIDE IS RELEASED AND LOOKING FOR FEEDBACK ON THAT.
THEN THIS IS MY EMAIL ADDRESS AS THE NEW CORPORATE AFFAIRS CONTACT.
I BELIEVE THAT YOU GUYS HAVE PREVIOUSLY WORKED WITH MY COLLEAGUE, JAY HARTLEY, WHO HAS ACTUALLY MOVED TO THE US TO TAKE A POSITION ON THE INDIGENOUS ENGAGEMENT TEAM IN THE US AND SO I HAVE TAKEN HER PORTFOLIO OVER.
I'M HAPPY TO GIVE MY PHONE NUMBER OUT IF ANYBODY WOULD LIKE IT.
THEN THE NEW INDIGENOUS ENGAGEMENT CONTACT SINCE JAY HAS LEFT IS A WOMAN BY THE NAME OF [INAUDIBLE] AND SHE'S HAPPY TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS AS WELL.
ALL RIGHT. NOW ON TO WHAT I CALL THE MOST FUN PART OF MY JOB, IS OUR COMMUNITY INVESTMENT.
WHAT WE DO IS WE HAVE A SOCIAL INVESTMENT WE MEET FOR ALL OF OUR STATES ACROSS THE WORLD.
THOSE ARE BASED ON THE UNITED NATIONS SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT GOALS.
THEY HAVE TO FIT INTO A FEW DIFFERENT PILLARS.
THEY'RE INDIGENOUS PARTNERSHIPS, FUTURE READY WORKFORCE, A THRIVING COMMUNITY, RESPONSIBLE SUPPLY CHAIN, DECARBONIZATION AND HEALTHY ENVIRONMENT.
NOW YOU'LL FIND THAT THOSE ARE PRETTY BROAD, SO WE CAN USUALLY FIT QUITE A FEW THINGS INTO THOSE CATEGORIES AND GET CREATIVE TO MAKE SURE THAT WHAT WE ARE DOING WORKS FOR YOUR COMMUNITY.
NO ONE IS CLOSER TO YOUR COMMUNITY THAN YOU, AND SO WE OFTEN LIKE TO HEAR FROM THE COMMUNITY ABOUT WHAT REALLY IS NEEDED AND WHAT CAN MAKE THE LARGEST IMPACT WITH OUR DOLLARS.
SOME OF THE DONATIONS THAT WE'VE DONE JUST THIS FISCAL YEAR ALONE, WOULD BE TO THE TOWN OF SPANISH, TO THE EASTER SEALS OF ONTARIO, ELLIOT LAKE PALLIATIVE CARE, ARIEL, CENTRAL PUBLIC SCHOOL, AND THE GRACE CHURCH FOR THEIR MEAL SERVICE PROGRAMS. THEN I'M CURRENTLY WORKING WITH THE CITY OF ELLIOT LAKE ON A DONATION.
I KNOW THAT THERE'S SOME INTEREST IN MAYBE UPDATING OR RENOVATING SOME PARKS.
OF COURSE, WE HAVE THE NEED AROUND THE ARENA.
WE'RE WORKING WITH THE CITY ON HOW WE CAN MAKE AN IMPACT THERE.
THAT IS ACTUALLY THE END OF OUR SLIDE.
ARE THERE ANY ADDITIONAL QUESTIONS FOR OUR TEAM?
>> THANK YOU FOR THE PRESENTATION.
ARE THERE ANY QUESTIONS? COUNSELOR FLINTOFF?
>> THANK YOU. MORE OF JUST A COMMENT.
I WALK SHERIFF CREEK QUITE A BIT, AND I HEARD LOTS OF GOOD COMMENTS AND ALL THE NEW SIGNAGE THAT BHP'S PUT OUT THERE, AND I'VE SEEN IT.
IT'S NOT A HUGE THING, BUT IT LOOKS QUITE WELL AND IT'S MUCH APPRECIATED BY EVERYBODY THAT'S OUT THERE WALKING THOSE TRAILS. THANK YOU.
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THAT IS A SHINING STORY IN THE BHP ECOSYSTEM ACROSS THE WORLD.
WE LOVE TALKING ABOUT THAT PARTNERSHIP.
>> THAT'S GREAT. THANKS. ANY OTHER QUESTIONS? OKAY, I DON'T SEE ANY OTHER QUESTIONS.
I'D LIKE TO THANK YOU ALL AGAIN FOR TAKING THE TIME AND PRESENTING AGAIN.
I THINK WE WILL BE LOOKING UP A FEW THINGS AND MAYBE CONTACTING YOU.
IS THERE A CONTACT FOR MEMBERS OF THE GENERAL PUBLIC? IS IT THE SAME CONTACTS OR IS THERE A WAY FOR THEM TO CONTACT BHP?
I'M HAPPY TO PUT THAT IN A PLACE WHERE YOU THINK IS THE MOST REACHABLE FOR THE COMMUNITY, WHETHER IT BE IN A SOCIAL MEDIA PAGE.
BUT YEAH, IT WOULD STILL BE ME.
>> OKAY, EXCELLENT. THANK YOU ALLY.
ANY OTHER QUESTIONS? LAST CHANCE. OKAY, THANKS AGAIN. HAVE A GREAT EVENING.
>> KRAFT HOCKEYVILLE. MOVING ON TO ITEM 7.
[7. INTRODUCTION AND CONSIDERATION OF CORPORATE REPORTS]
INTRODUCTION AND CONSIDERATION OF CORPORATE REPORTS, ITEM 7.1 MEMO FROM THE MANAGER OF ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT REGARDING UPDATE ON ACQUISITION OF PROPERTY ON FOREST PLACE.AS THIS MATTER DEALS WITH A PROPOSED OR PENDING ACQUISITION OR DISPOSITION OF LAND BY THE MUNICIPALITY OR LOCAL BOARD, IT MAY BE DISCUSSED IN CLOSED SESSION UNDER SECTION 2392C OF THE MUNICIPAL ACT 2001.
MAY I HAVE A MOTION THAT THIS ITEM BE DISCUSSED TO CLOSE SESSION.
A MOVER COUNCILOR, BOTH SECONDED COUNCILOR MANN, ALL IN FAVOR. THAT'S CARRIED.
A MEMO FROM THE DIRECTOR OF CLERKS AND PLANNING SERVICES REGARDING NEW WEB PAGE ON THE CITY WEBSITE.
I MAY HAVE A MOTION THAT THE MEMO FROM THE DIRECTOR OF CLERKS AND PLANNING SERVICES BE RECEIVED.
SECONDED COUNCILOR FLINTOFF. MISS B.
THIS IS STRICTLY FOR INFORMATION.
WE ARE HAPPY TO ADVISE THAT THE CLERK'S DEPARTMENT HAS CREATED A NEW WEB PAGE ON THE CITY'S WEBSITE.
THIS WEB PAGE DETAILS THE ROLES, SERVICES, AND RESPONSIBILITIES OF THE CLERK'S DEPARTMENT.
IT INCLUDES LINKS TO THE PROCEDURAL BY LAW AND IT HAS AN EXPLANATION OF THE THREE DIFFERENT WAYS THAT THE PUBLIC CAN COMMUNICATE WITH THEIR COUNSEL BEING A DELEGATION, A PUBLIC PRESENTATION, AND PUBLIC INPUT.
WE'VE ALSO CREATED A FORM TO BE SUBMITTED ONLINE AND EMAILED TO PUBLICINPUT@ELLIOTLAKE.CA.
ALL FORMS SUBMITTED WILL BE SENT TO ALL STAFF IN THE DEPARTMENT AND A MEMBER OF STAFF WILL REPLY TO ACKNOWLEDGE RECEIPT OF THE FORM.
IN TERMS OF ACCESSIBILITY, WE WILL CONTINUE TO ACCOMMODATE THOSE WHO REQUIRE AN ALTERNATE FORMAT TO SUBMIT THEIR REQUESTS.
THE WEB PAGE WILL BE LIVE TO THE PUBLIC STARTING TOMORROW MORNING AND WILL BE FOUND UNDER THE CITY HALL TAB AND LABELED AS CLERK'S DEPARTMENT.
ANY QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS? WE WILL VOTE ON RECEIVING.
ALL IN FAVOR. THAT IS CARRIED.
MEMO FROM THE DEPUTY CLERK AND ACCESSIBILITY COORDINATOR REGARDING APPLICATIONS TO SIT ON THE ACCESSIBILITY ADVISORY COMMITTEE.
AS THIS MATTER DEALS WITH PERSONAL MATTERS ABOUT AN IDENTIFIABLE INDIVIDUAL, INCLUDING MUNICIPAL OR LOCAL BOARD EMPLOYEES, IT MAY BE DISCUSSED IN CLOSED SESSION UNDER SECTION 239 2B OF THE MUNICIPAL ACT 2001, MAY I HAVE A MOTION THAT THIS ITEM BE DISCUSSED IN CLOSED SESSION.
A MOVER? COUNCILOR MASACH, SECONDED COUNCILOR FLINTOFF.
7.4 MEMO FROM THE MANAGER OF ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT REGARDING PROPERTY ON ADD AVENUE.
WE HAVE A MOTION THAT THE MEMO FROM THE MANAGER OF ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT BE RECEIVED AND THAT STAFF BE DIRECTED TO CONTINUE PROMOTING THE PROPERTY AT ADD FOR SALE.
MOVER? COUNCILOR MANN, SECONDED COUNCILOR MORRISSETTE.
>> GOOD EVENING YOUR WORSHIP MEMBERS OF COUNCIL.
THANK YOU FOR THE OPPORTUNITY AS ALWAYS TO BE ABLE TO PRESENT.
FAIRLY STRAIGHTFORWARD MEMO THE PROSPECTIVE PURCHASER THAT REACHED OUT LETTER OF INTENT ON THE PROPERTY.
STAFF BEEN WORKING DILIGENTLY SINCE DECEMBER.
UNFORTUNATELY FOR SOME OF THE TOPICS MENTIONED IN THE MEMO, THE PURCHASERS DECIDED NOT TO PROCEED.
STAFF DO CURRENTLY HAVE THE LOT LISTED ON THE AVAILABLE LAND SITE.
WE WERE GOING TO LEAVE THAT UP UNTIL WE DID GET AN AGREEMENT OF PURCHASE AND SALE PROCESSED.
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WE DID TAKE THE LOT AVAILABLE SIGN DOWN OFF THE LOT WHEN WE DID ENTER INTO NEGOTIATIONS, ACTUALLY, WE DIDN'T HAVE MUCH OF A CHOICE.WE WILL BE REPLACING THAT AND HOPEFULLY IT WILL REMAIN.
WE WILL UPDATE THE POSTING ON THE SITE.
JUST NOTE TO COUNSEL, BECAUSE WE WILL DISCUSS THIS IN A LATER ITEM TYPICALLY WHEN A LOT GETS RELISTED, WE PUT A TERM OF 30 DAYS TO RECEIVE NEW LETTERS OF INTENT ON THE PROPERTY JUST TO MAKE IT FAIR THAT IT WAS LISTED.
THE LOT TECHNICALLY WAS NEVER SOLD, SO IN TURN, WE'RE NOT GOING TO DO A 30-DAY PERIOD, THE LOT STILL LISTED ON THE AVAILABLE LOT SITE OR SECTION OF OUR SITE.
WE HAVE BEEN ACTIVELY RECEIVING INTEREST ON THE PROPERTY UNTIL IT WAS CLOSED.
I WILL LEAVE IT AT THAT AND ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS THAT COUNSEL MAY HAVE.
ANY QUESTIONS? COUNCILOR MANN.
>> JUST TO COMMENT YOUR WORSHIP.
THANK YOU. THROUGH YOU THANK YOU, MR. ANTUNAS FOR THE REPORT.
AGAIN, JUST A REMINDER THAT WITH ALL THE EXTRA WORK DONE ON THE ENVIRONMENTAL ASSESSMENT, THIS IS A CLEAN PROPERTY.
THERE ARE NO CONCERNS WHETHER THIS WAS RETURNED AS A RESULT OF ANY OTHER ISSUES BECAUSE THE ENVIRONMENTAL WAS ALL DONE CORRECT.
>> THROUGH YOUR WORSHIP? THAT'S CORRECT, COUNCILOR MANN.
IT WAS STRICTLY A FINANCIAL ISSUE.
I HAVEN'T NOTED IN THE REPORT.
OF COURSE, INTEREST RATES HAVE PLAYED A ROLE WITH SOME INVESTORS IN WHAT THEY'RE LOOKING TO DO AND IT WAS THE PREROGATIVE OF THE PURCHASER THEY CHOSE TO USE THEIR FUNDS FOR A DIFFERENT PROJECT THAT WAS EASIER FOR THEM TO ENTER INTO.
ABSOLUTELY ENVIRONMENTAL, WE DO HAVE A PHASE 2 ON THE PROPERTY AND IT IS A GOOD PROPERTY.
>> THANK YOU. ANY OTHER QUESTIONS? ALL IN FAVOR? THAT HAS CARRIED.
MEMO FROM THE MANAGER OF ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT REGARDING PURCHASE OF LAND ON TIMBER ROAD.
I MAY HAVE A MOTION THAT THE MEMO FROM THE MANAGER OF ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT BE RECEIVED AND THAT STAFF BE DIRECTED TO PROMOTE THE PROPERTY LOCATED AT 17 TIMBER ROAD AND RECEIVE LETTERS OF INTENT FOR A PERIOD OF 30 DAYS AND THAT STAFF LIST THE PROPERTY AT THE EXISTING PRICE OF $25,000 PER ACRE.
COUNCILOR BULL, SECONDED COUNSELOR SEIDEL.
>> THANK YOU AGAIN, YOUR WORSHIP.
THE PROPERTY KNOWN AS 17 TIMBER ROAD, I DO HAVE THE PIN NUMBERS ON THE MEMO AS WELL, WAS SOLD IN JANUARY OF '22 WE DID CLOSE THE SALE AS WITH ANY COVENANT THAT WE DO HAVE WITH THE BUYER, SHOULD THEY NOT COMPLETE WITHIN A PRESET PERIOD, THE MUNICIPALITY HAD THE OPTION TO REPURCHASE THE PROPERTY FOR 30% OF THE PURCHASE PRICE, WHICH WE INDEED DID.
THAT CLOSED ON THE 14TH OF THIS MONTH.
THE PROPERTY IS NOW BACK IN THE NAME OF THE MUNICIPALITY.
ULTIMATELY, THE PURCHASER ADVISED STAFF THAT WOULD NOT BE ABLE TO MEET HIS COVENANT.
THEREFORE, WITH THE DIRECTION OF COUNSEL, WE DID BEGIN THE PROCESS OF REPURCHASING THE LOT, WHICH WE DID IN CLOSED SESSION AND THIS HAS COME OUT, THE PROCESS COMPLETELY CONCLUDED ON THE 19TH.
THE PROPERTY FOR COMPARABLE SALES IN THE COMMUNITY WE'VE STILL BEEN SELLING TO ABOUT 25,000 AN ACRE FOR SERVICE LOTS.
IN THE ABSENCE, AS MENTIONED IN THE RESOLUTION WITHOUT GOING AND GETTING A NEW APPRAISAL DONE, THE COMPARABLES HAVE ALL BEEN 25,000 AN ACRE TO SAVE THE MONEY ON THE APPRAISAL LOGIC SAYS, THE APPRAISER IS GOING TO GO BACK AND SAY, WHAT DID THE OTHER LOTS SELL FOR? THEY SOLD FOR 25,000 AN ACRE SO WE'RE SAVING SOME MONEY FROM GETTING AN APPRAISAL DONE ON THAT.
AS I MENTIONED IN THE PREVIOUS ITEM, BECAUSE THE LOT WAS OFFICIALLY OFF THE MARKET, IT WAS SOLD.
WE WEREN'T ACTIVELY PROMOTING IT.
NOW THAT IT IS COMING BACK ONTO THE MARKET, STAFF WILL FOLLOW THE PROCESS THAT WHICH WE FOLLOWED IN THE PAST.
WE WILL LIST THE PROPERTY ACTIVELY FOR 30 DAYS, WHICH WOULD TAKE US TO 25TH OF APRIL, AND WE WILL RECEIVE LETTERS OF INTENT UP TILL THAT POINT.
WE WILL PROMOTE AS SUCH ON OUR WEBSITE AND THROUGH OUR PARTNERS AND THEN STAFF WILL BRING TO COUNSEL WHATEVER PROPOSALS WE RECEIVE BETWEEN NOW AND THE 25TH OF APRIL.
SOME GOOD NEWS FOR COUNSEL. THIS WASN'T VERY BIG SECRET.
THE AGENDA WAS OUT A FEW DAYS AGO SO STAFF HAVE ALREADY RECEIVED SOME INTEREST SO HOPING TO BRING A FEW PROPOSALS BACK TO COUNCIL IN THE FIRST MEETING IN MAY.
HAPPY TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS THAT COUNSEL MAY HAVE.
>> THANK YOU. MR. ANTUNAS, ANY QUESTIONS HERE? NO. SEEING NONE, ALL IN FAVOR? THAT IS CARRIED. PRESENTATION OF COMMITTEE REPORTS.
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NO, SORRY.7.6 MEMO FROM THE DEPUTY CLERK AND ACCESSIBILITY COORDINATOR REGARDING E-SCRIBE AND MEETING CHANGES.
MAY I HAVE A MOTION THAT THE MEMO FROM THE DEPUTY CLERK AND ACCESSIBILITY COORDINATOR BE RECEIVED? MOVER, COUNCILOR MANN, SECONDED.
COUNCILOR BULL. MS. BRAY, PLEASE.
>> THANK YOU AGAIN YOUR WORSHIP.
ON BEHALF OF MRS. LAWRENCE, I'M HAPPY TO ADVISE COUNSEL AND THE PUBLIC ON SOME CHANGES COMING TO THE WAY THE AGENDA WILL LOOK.
THE CITY HAS BEEN USING MEETING MANAGEMENT SOFTWARE E-SCRIBE, FOR WELL OVER A DECADE, BUT HAVE NOT BEEN USING IT TO ITS FULLEST POTENTIAL.
THE CLERK'S DEPARTMENT BEGAN IMPLEMENTING CHANGES AT A STAFF LEVEL THROUGH REPORT WRITING IN 2021.
FOLLOWING THE ELECTION, WE ELIMINATED PAPER COPIES OF AGENDA PACKAGES AND COUNSEL WAS TRAINED AND PROVIDED WITH TABLETS AND USING ESRIBE AND GOING FORWARD, THEY'LL BE A FEW MORE CHANGES COMING FOR EFFICIENCY PURPOSES FOR COUNSEL AND STAFF AND THAT INCLUDES VOTE MANAGER AS WELL AS CLOSED SESSION CHANGES.
VOTE MANAGER THROUGH THIS MODULE, COUNCIL WILL BE ABLE TO MOVE AND SECOND A RESOLUTION USING THEIR TABLET.
MR. MAYOR, YOU'LL STILL READ OUT THE MOTION.
YOU'LL READ THE MOVER AND SECONDER, AND THEN ASK COUNSEL TO LOCK IN THEIR VOTES.
ALL OF THIS WILL BE CAPTURED AUTOMATICALLY THROUGH OUR SOFTWARE AND THE RESULTS OF THE VOTE WILL BE READ BY THE MAYOR AND SHOWN ON THE SCREENS LIKE THE IMAGES IN THE MEMO.
WE WILL BE TRAINING COUNSEL ON THE VOTING TOOL IN THE COMING WEEKS AND WE'D LIKE TO START UTILIZING THIS IN MAY.
I CAN STOP THERE FOR QUESTIONS ON VOTE MANAGER AND THEN PROCEED TO CLOSED SESSION.
DO WE HAVE ANY QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS? COUNSELOR PLATOF
>> THANK YOU, WORSHIP THROUGH YOU, MS. BRAY.
WE DON'T RAISE OUR HAND ANYMORE WE HIT THIS AND THEN WE STILL CAN ASK OUR QUESTIONS AND ALL THAT.
THAT'S NUMBER 1. NUMBER 2 IS WHAT IF IT CRASHES? THEN WE GO BACK TO THE HANDS?
WE STILL HAVE FULL METHODS OF DOING THE MINUTES WITH OR WITHOUT ESCRIBE THAT WON'T BE AN ISSUE BUT ONCE IT'S MOVED AND SECONDED COUNCIL WILL STILL HAVE THEIR DEBATE AND THEN WHEN IT'S TIME TO VOTE, THE MAYOR WILL ASK YOU TO LOCK IN YOUR VOTE.
PEOPLE WATCHING AT HOME WILL SEE ON THE SCREEN EVERYONE'S NAME.
IT'LL BE GREEN FOR WHO VOTED IN FAVOR, IT'LL BE RED FOR WHO WAS OPPOSED AND FOR MR. THOMAS, THERE IS AN ABSTAIN BUTTON.
IF SOMEONE CHOOSES TO ABSTAIN FROM A VOTE, THAT WILL ALSO SHOW.
FURTHER, IF A COUNCIL HAS DECLARED A CONFLICT OF INTEREST, THEY WON'T BE ALLOWED TO VOTE ON THAT ITEM BECAUSE IT'S ALL RECORDED THROUGH ESCRIBE.
>> THANK YOU. WORSHIP THROUGH YOU.
OTHER THAN OBVIOUSLY, THE CITY OF BURLINGTON IS WHAT OTHER COMMUNITIES THAT YOU KNOW OF ARE USING THIS SOFTWARE RIGHT NOW WITH THAT VOTE MANAGER.
SO ACTUALLY, OUR NEIGHBOR, BLIND RIVER, HAS BEEN USING THIS FOR OVER A YEAR NOW WITH NO ISSUES.
THIS IS A MEETING MEASUREMENT SOFTWARE THAT'S MADE FOR MUNICIPALITIES.
SO A NUMBER OF MUNICIPALITIES UTILIZE THIS PROGRAM WITHOUT ISSUE.
THIS IS JUST ANOTHER STEP THAT WE CAN USE TO HAVE EFFICIENCIES AND TO CONDUCT OUR MEETINGS WITH A BIT MORE ORDER.
>> ANY OTHER QUESTIONS? COUNCILOR MANN,.
>> THANK YOU, WORSHIP THROUGH YOU TO STAFF.
THANK YOU FOR FINALLY GETTING US TO THIS POINT.
THIS HAS BEEN A LONG STANDING ISSUE THAT WAS TO BE ADDRESSED.
IT'S TAKEN SOME ADDITIONAL TIME TO GET HERE.
THERE ARE A COUPLE OF COMMENTS MADE BY MR. THOMAS EARLIER ABOUT RAISING HANDS IN THE PAST.
BUT AS MR. THOMAS WILL KNOW, NOT EVERY MEMBER OF COUNCIL ALWAYS RAISE THEIR HAND IN THE PAST FOR VOTES.
SOME PEOPLE DIDN'T NECESSARILY RAISE A HAND, AND JUST IN THE PAST, I'M NOT SAYING THAT THIS CURRENT COUNCIL, BUT OBVIOUSLY THAT HAS HAPPENED OVER MY TIME HERE.
SO OBVIOUSLY THAT WILL ELIMINATE THAT.
THIS IS NOTHING GOING TO BE SECRETIVE.
THIS IS GOING TO BE VERY VISIBLE ON THE SCREEN FOR EVERYONE IN THE AUDIENCE TO SEE, AND ACTUALLY SHOULD SPEED UP THE PROCESS AND MAKE IT A LITTLE EASIER.
AND AGAIN, AS WE ADOPT TECHNOLOGY, ONE OF THE OTHER THINGS THAT WAS MENTIONED ABOUT WE'RE ALL USED TO RAISING HANDS IN THE COMMUNITY.
I THINK ANOTHER THING THAT THIS COMMUNITY IS USED TO IS CHANGE.
AND WE WILL EMBRACE THIS CHANGE AND WE WILL WORK THROUGH IT, AND WE WILL ENSURE THAT THERE IS NO ERRORS WITH IT AS WE GO FORWARD.
AND WE'RE ALL UP HERE AND WE KNOW WHY WE'RE HERE AND WE'RE HERE TO SERVE THE COMMUNITY.
AND I DON'T SEE THAT CHANGING WITH VOTING ON MY TABLE AS OPPOSED TO MY HAND IN THE AIR. THANK YOU.
ANY OTHER QUESTIONS? COUNCILOR BULL.
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>> THANK YOU, YOUR WORSHIP THROUGH YOU TO MS. BRAY, I GUESS.
WOULD IT BE POSSIBLE IF WE'RE GOING THAT ROUTE TO HAVE YOU SCRIBE ON THE MONITORS WITH ALL THE MEMOS AND PICTURES AND WHATEVER SO THAT EVERYBODY KNOWS.
I KNOW EVERYBODY GETS AN AGENDA, BUT NOT EVERYBODY READS ONLINE ALL THE INFORMATION.
BUT IF YOU'RE SITTING HERE AND YOU SEE EXACTLY WHAT THE MEMO SAYS, AND THEN EVERYBODY WILL HAVE A BETTER UNDERSTANDING OF WHAT WE'RE TALKING ABOUT MAYBE.
>> THROUGH YOUR WORSHIP. SO THANK YOU, COUNCILOR BULL.
SO THAT IS SOMETHING THAT WE ARE WORKING TOWARDS AS WELL.
THIS IS MORE OF AN IT QUESTION.
I DON'T KNOW ALL THE INCIDENTS OF THAT.
BUT IT WILL TAKE PLACE ONCE WE SWITCH OVER TO THE DIFFERENT WAY IN WHICH WE STREAM OUR MEETINGS AND THE AGENDA WILL BE VISIBLE ON THE SCREEN AS WELL.
SO THERE'S A LOT OF CHANGES COMING DOWN THEN.
THIS IS THE NEXT ONE THAT WE'RE TACKLING.
BUT WE'RE LOOKING FORWARD TO A NUMBER OF CHANGES COMING FORWARD.
>> I THINK IF WE DO THAT, THEN I WOULD BE IN FAVOR OF VOTING ON THE TABLET THEN.
>> THANK YOU, COUNCILOR BULL. ANY OTHER QUESTIONS?
>> YEAH. I'D JUST LIKE TO MAKE A FINAL COMMENT ON THIS.
I DO AGREE WITH COUNCILOR MANN.
>> THIS IS TECHNOLOGY THAT WE HAVE BEEN PROMOTING RIGHT FROM THE START.
WE'VE INVESTED QUITE A BIT OF MONEY TO UPGRADE OUR TECHNOLOGY HERE AT THE CITY.
YOU SEE LARGE, BIG SCREENS LIT AROUND.
WE HAVE INFRASTRUCTURE SET UP FOR THIS KIND OF THING.
YOU'LL BE ABLE TO SEE THESE VOTES AS BRIGHT AS DAY.
SO WE ARE FORTUNATE THAT WE ARE AHEAD THAT WAY.
I DID SEE A VIDEO OF HOW THIS IS DONE.
IF YOU'RE INTERESTED, YOU CAN MAYBE LOOK UP A BLIND RIVER COUNCIL MEETING AND JUST WATCH THAT AND SEE BEFORE YOU MAKE ANY JUDGMENTS ON IT.
I THINK IT'S IMPORTANT TO REMEMBER THAT BECAUSE IT HAPPENS HERE TO MAKE IT EASY, IT ALSO MAKES IT VERY EASY FOR STAFF.
YOU'RE CUTTING DOWN DOUBLE TIMING, WHAT THE HECK WAS THAT? PUTTING YOUR NOTES, YOUR MEMOS INSTEAD OF HAVING TO REPORT ONCE, TWICE, THREE TIMES, IT JUST GOES IN ONCE, CORRECT?
>> THEN IT'S MUCH EASIER FOR THINGS TO GET POSTED AND PERHAPS EVEN ALLOW MORE TIME FOR US TO POST INFORMATION AHEAD OF THE NEXT COUNCIL MEETINGS.
I THINK THIS IS WHAT IT'S MEANT FOR.
IT WAS PURCHASED 10 YEARS AGO BUT HAS NEVER BEEN UTILIZED TO THE FULLEST, SO I THINK THAT'S IMPORTANT TO KNOW AS WELL.
ANY OTHER QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS? LET'S HAVE A VOTE.
>> I'LL MOVE ON TO CLOSED SESSION.
>> THAT'S OKAY. [NOISE] SO THE SECOND CHANGE WILL BE IT'S MORE ADMINISTRATIVE, BUT IT'S WITH HOW CLOSED SESSION WILL APPEAR ON THE AGENDA.
SO WE WILL NOW BE HAVING ALL THE CLOSE SESSION AND IT'S LISTED UNDER I BELIEVE IT'S 15 CLOSED SESSION.
THEY WILL STILL BE LISTED WITH THEIR OPEN SESSION EXEMPTIONS AND THE MAYOR WILL STILL READ OUT WHAT THE ITEM IS AND THE REASON WE'RE GOING TO CLOSE SESSION.
WE WILL JUST NOT BE VOTING ON EACH INDIVIDUAL ITEM.
THEY'LL GET ONE VOTE TO GO INTO CLOSE SESSION, UNDER THE REGULATIONS OF 239 OF THE MUNICIPAL ACT, THAT IS THE WAY ESCRIBE WAS INTENDED TO BE USED FOR CLOSED SESSION AND WE HAVE BEEN NOT DOING THAT FOR SEVERAL YEARS.
WE'VE BEEN CREATING A SECOND AGENDA PACKAGE.
IT'S A LOT MORE WORK ADMINISTRATIVELY, IT'S MORE DIFFICULT FOR STAFF WHEN WRITING REPORTS.
THEY CAN'T JUST PLACE IT WHERE IT BELONGS.
IT'S SENT SEPARATELY TO THE CLERK'S DEPARTMENT, AND THEN WE HAVE TO CREATE THAT SECOND AGENDA PACKAGE.
THIS WOULD BE UTILIZING ESCRIBE FOR THE WAY IN WHICH IT WAS INTENDED TO BE USED FOR CLOSED SESSION, AND AS ALWAYS, IF THERE'S AN ITEM THAT COUNSEL DOES NOT WANT IN CLOSED SESSION, THEY CAN SIMPLY MOVE IT TO OPEN.
THE BENEFITS TO THIS ARE MANY, AND IT'S MOSTLY ADMINISTRATIVE ON THE BACK END.
BUT WE DID WANT TO ADVISE COUNSEL THAT THERE WILL BE A NEW LOOK TO THE AGENDA.
>> THANK YOU. ANY QUESTIONS ON THAT PART? SO THERE IS TRAINING SESSIONS FOR THIS PROVIDED AND ARE THEY SCHEDULED FOR THAT?
>> FOR THE VOTE MANAGER, THE CLERKS WILL DEFINITELY BE REACHING OUT TO COUNSEL TO PROVIDE SOME TRAINING ON THAT AND THEN FOR CLOSED SESSION, IT'S SIMPLY JUST GOING TO BE ON THE NEXT AGENDA.
YOU'RE GOING TO NOTICE THAT THE ITEMS APPEAR IN A DIFFERENT SECTION, AND WE'LL DO THAT AT ONE VOTE FOR ALL THE ITEMS. JUST FOR THE PUBLIC'S KNOWLEDGE AND COUNCIL, BLIND RIVER ALSO DOES THEIR CLOSED SESSION THIS WAY, BRAMPTON SAULT STE.
MARIE, THE MUNICIPALITIES THAT UTILIZE ESCRIBE.
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THIS IS THE WAY IT WAS INTENDED TO PROVIDE CLOSED SESSION ITEMS.>> THANK YOU. ANY QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS? COUNCILOR FLINTOFF.
>> THANK YOUR WORSHIP THROUGH YOU TO MS. BRAY OR MR. THOMAS.
SO IF THERE'S SIX CLOSED ITEMS ON THERE, AND IT'S UP TO THE COUNCILORS, OBVIOUSLY WE ALL DO, WE PRE-READ THE AGENDA BEFORE WE GET HERE, AND THEN ONE OF US NOTICE ITEM NUMBER 3 SHOULD COME UP FOR DISCUSSION THAT MAYBE IT SHOULD GO INTO OPEN.
THE TIME TO DO THAT WOULD BE BEFORE WE ACCEPT THE ALL FIVE.
IS THAT SORT OF HOW THE SYSTEM IS GOING TO WORK?
>> THROUGH YOUR WORSHIP, NOTHING WOULD CHANGE FROM HOW WE DO IT NOW.
IF YOU NOTICE THAT SAME ITEM RIGHT NOW ON THE AGENDA AND YOU DIDN'T WANT TO PUT THAT IN CLOSED SESSION, YOU WOULD SIMPLY VOTE AGAINST PUTTING THAT ITEM IN CLOSE SESSION.
SO WITH THE NEW SYSTEM, IF SAY THERE'S SIX ITEMS AND ONE A COUNCILOR WISHES TO MOVE THAT TO OPEN, THEY'D MAKE A MOTION TO MOVE THAT ITEM TO OPEN SESSION.
>> ANY OTHER QUESTIONS? COMMENTS? THANK YOU VERY MUCH, MS. BRAY. ALL IN FAVOR? AND OPPOSED? THAT IS CARRIED.
NO PRESENTATION OF COMMITTEE REPORTS, THERE'S NO OUTSIDE BOARD AND COMMITTEE REPORTING.
UNFINISHED BUSINESS 10.1 MEMO FROM THE DIRECTOR OF
[10. UNFINISHED BUSINESS]
CLERKS AND PLANNING SERVICES REGARDING VACANCY [NOISE] ON COUNCIL.AT THE LAST MEETING, COUNCIL DID RESOLVE THAT THE COUNCIL VACANCY WOULD BE FILLED BY APPOINTING A CANDIDATE WHO RAN IN THE 2022 MUNICIPAL ELECTION AND THAT THE NAME BE BROUGHT FORWARD TO THIS MEETING.
AGAIN, ATTACHED TO THIS MEMO ARE THE 2022 MUNICIPAL ELECTION RESULTS, IDENTIFYING ELIGIBLE CANDIDATES WHO RAN FOR THE POSITION OF COUNSEL.
AGAIN, JUST TO CLEAR UP ANY CONFUSION, MY REPORT AT THE LAST MEETING DID IDENTIFY THAT WE WERE SPEAKING ABOUT A CANDIDATE WHO RAN FOR THE POSITION OF COUNSEL.
THE LIST ATTACHED AT THAT TIME, AND AGAIN THIS EVENING IS THE ELIGIBLE CANDIDATES WERE NAMES OF PEOPLE WHO RAN FOR THE POSITION OF COUNSEL AND THE RESOLUTION THIS EVENING IS SEPARATE FROM LAST WEEK'S.
LAST WEEK COUNCIL SIMPLY DETERMINED A METHOD TO USE THAT THEY WOULD BE USING THE LIST VERSUS AN OPEN CALL FOR NOMINATIONS.
THIS MOTION TONIGHT THAT'S UP FOR CONSIDERATION FROM COUNCIL, IS ACTUALLY NAMING THAT PERSON, DIRECTING THE CLERK TO UNDERTAKE THE ACTIONS NECESSARY TO CONFIRM THE INTEREST AND ELIGIBILITY AND SELECTING THE DATE AT WHICH WE WILL SWEAR IN THAT CANDIDATE.
IS THERE ANY QUESTIONS? I'M HAPPY TO ANSWER THEM.
>> THANK YOU, MS. BRAY. DO YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS? COUNCILOR CLINTON.
>> THANK YOU, YOUR WORSHIP. COUNSEL'S DECIDED ON AN APPOINTMENT FROM THE PEOPLE THAT WAS ON THE LIST THAT RAN FOR COUNSEL.
WHILE THERE ARE MORE THAN ONE QUALIFIED AND WORTHY CANDIDATE ON THAT LIST, I FEEL THAT HELEN LA FABE SHOULD BE THE ONE.
SHE SHOWED THAT SHE'S READY AND THE DESIRE AND THE WILLINGNESS TO TAKE ON THIS ROLE.
THAT BEING SAID, I WOULD LIKE TO MAKE A MOTION THAT COUNSEL VACANCY BE FILLED BY APPOINTING THE CANDIDATE WHO RAN FOR THE POSITION OF COUNSEL FOR THE 2022 MUNICIPAL ELECTION.
THAT THE CLERK UNDERTAKE THE ACTIONS NECESSARY TO CONFIRM THE INTEREST AND ELIGIBILITY OF HELEN LA FABE FOR APPOINTMENT.
THAT SHOULD HELEN LA FABE BE CERTIFIED BY THE CLERK AS QUALIFIED TO HOLD OFFICE, THE SELECTION AND APPOINTMENT TAKES PLACE AT THE APRIL 8TH, 2024 COUNCIL MEETING.
THAT'S THE MOTION I'D LIKE TO DO.
>> MAY I HAVE A SECONDER TO THAT MOTION? COUNSELOR SEIDEL, ANY QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS? COUNCILOR BULL.
>> THANK YOU. THROUGH YOUR WORSHIP, I AGREE WITH COUNSELOR FLINTOFF.
I THINK MS. LA FABE RAN A GOOD CAMPAIGN, AND WE SHOULD STICK WITH THE TRADITION OF GOING WITH THE NEXT PERSON ON THE LIST, AND I WOULD BE HAPPY TO SUPPORT HELEN.
>> THANK YOU, COUNCILOR BULL. COUNCILOR MORRISSETTE.
>> ACTUALLY, THE NEXT PERSON IN LINE WAS BRUCE IBITSTEN.
ACTUALLY, I HAD TO FIGHT OVER HIM TO GET MY SEAT.
HOWEVER, BRUCE HAS DECLINED TO GO FORWARD.
I ALSO AGREE THAT HELEN SHOULD BE THE NEXT ONE IN LINE TO FILL THAT LAST SEAT.
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COUNCILOR MORRISSETTE, ANY OTHER QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS? ARE WE READY TO VOTE? ALL IN FAVOR? NONE ARE OPPOSED. THAT IS CARRIED.
JUST A QUICK CONGRATULATIONS TO MS. LA FABE.
LOOKING FORWARD TO HAVING YOU COME ABOARD. THANK YOU.
NATALIE BRAY WILL BE IN TOUCH WITH YOU TOMORROW.
NUMBER 11, PETITIONS. THERE ARE NONE.
NUMBER 12, CORRESPONDENCE. THERE ARE NONE, 13 NOTICES OF MOTION. THERE ARE NONE.
>> A CORRESPONDENCE OR DO YOU WANT TO DO IT IN ANNOUNCEMENTS?
>> OH, SORRY. [LAUGHTER] YOU'RE RIGHT.
SORRY. YOU'RE RIGHT. [LAUGHTER].
[14. COUNCIL REPORTS AND ANNOUNCEMENTS]
>> SO NEXT IS 14, COUNSEL REPORTS AND ANNOUNCEMENTS.
I HAVE TWO PROCLAMATIONS AND ANNOUNCEMENTS AND THEN I'LL OPEN IT UP FOR EVERYONE.
WHEREAS WORLD AUTISM DAY WILL BE RECOGNIZED ON APRIL 2ND, 2024.
IN CANADA, THANKS TO SENATOR JIM MUNSON'S BILL S206, AN ACT RESPECTING WORLD AUTISM AWARENESS DAY.
WHEREAS AUTISM SPECTRUM DISORDER AFFECTS MORE THAN 135,000 ONTARIANS.
AUTISM SPECTRUM DISORDER IS A NEURODEVELOPMENTAL DISORDER AFFECTING ONE IN EVERY 66 CANADIAN CHILDREN, AS WELL AS THEIR FRIENDS, FAMILY, AND COMMUNITY.
APPROXIMATELY, 1-2% OF THE CANADIAN POPULATION IS ON THE AUTISM SPECTRUM.
WHEREAS ASD IS A SPECTRUM DISORDER, WHICH MEANS IT NOT ONLY MANIFESTS ITSELF DIFFERENTLY IN EVERY INDIVIDUAL IN WHOM IT APPEARS, BUT ITS CHARACTERISTICS WILL CHANGE OVER THE LIFE OF EACH PERSON AS WELL.
A CHILD ON THE AUTISM SPECTRUM WILL BECOME AN ADULT ON THE AUTISM SPECTRUM.
WHEREAS AUTISM ONTARIO IS THE LEADING SOURCE OF INFORMATION AND REFERRAL ON AUTISM AND ONE OF THE LARGEST COLLECTIVE VOICES REPRESENTING THE AUTISM COMMUNITY.
SINCE 1973, AUTISM ONTARIO HAS BEEN PROVIDING SUPPORT, INFORMATION, AND OPPORTUNITIES FOR THOUSANDS OF FAMILIES AND INDIVIDUALS ACROSS THE PROVINCE.
WHEREAS AUTISM ONTARIO IS DEDICATED TO INCREASING PUBLIC AWARENESS ABOUT AUTISM AND THE DAY TO DAY ISSUES FACED BY INDIVIDUALS WITH AUTISM, THEIR FAMILIES, AND THE PROFESSIONALS WITH WHOM THEY INTERACT.
THE ASSOCIATION AND REGIONS SHARE COMMON GOALS OF PROVIDING INFORMATION AND EDUCATION, SUPPORTING RESEARCH, AND ADVOCATING FOR PROGRAMS AND SERVICES FOR THE AUTISM COMMUNITY.
NOW THEREFORE, I, ANDREW WANNAN, MAYOR OF THE CITY OF ELLIOT LAKE, HEREBY PROCLAIM APRIL 2ND, 2024, AS WORLD AUTISM DAY IN THE CITY OF ELLIOT LAKE.
[APPLAUSE] OUR SECOND PROCLAMATION.
WHEREAS ELLIOT LAKE HAS BEEN SELECTED AS ONE OF THE FOUR FINALISTS IN THE 2024 KRAFT HOCKEYVILLE CONTEST AND WHEREAS THE GREAT CITIZENS OF ELLIOT LAKE HAVE COME TOGETHER IN A MOVING GROUNDSWELL OF SUPPORT.
NOW, THEREFORE, I, ANDREW WANNAN, MAYOR OF THE CITY OF ELLIOT LAKE, HEREBY PROCLAIM MARCH 25TH-31ST, 2024, AS HOCKEY WEEK IN THE CITY OF ELLIOT LAKE.
[APPLAUSE] I ENCOURAGE YOU ALL TO WEAR YOUR JERSEYS, FLY YOUR TEAM'S FLAG ON YOUR CAR OR AT HOME, GET OUTSIDE AND PLAY SOME BALL HOCKEY REGARDLESS OF YOUR AGE, AND PUT A KRAFT HOCKEYVILLE POSTER IN YOUR WINDOW.
NO MATTER WHAT TEAM YOU CHEER FOR, WE WANT TO SEE EVERYONE SUPPORT THE CAUSE AND HELP US WIN KRAFT HOCKEYVILLE 2024, AND KEEP THOSE VIDEOS COMING.
THEY'RE EXCELLENT. IT'S THE SAME.
CITY OF ELLIOT LAKE HAS BEEN SELECTED AS ONE OF THE FINAL FOUR IN THE KRAFT HOCKEYVILLE CONTEST.
WE'RE IN THE RUNNING TO WIN $250,000 TOWARDS THE CENTENNIAL ARENA.
FINAL VOTING WILL TAKE PLACE MARCH 29TH, STARTING AT 09:00 A.M. AND CLOSES AT 05:00 P.M. ON MARCH 30TH.
A VOTING STATION WILL BE SET UP AT COLLINS HALL FROM 09:00 A.M. TO 04:00 P.M. ON MARCH 29TH, AND FROM 09:00 A.M. TO 05:00 P.M. ON MARCH 30TH.
TRANSIT WILL BE RUNNING FREE ON SATURDAY, MARCH 30TH AND EXTENDED TO 09:30 P.M.
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FOR THOSE WHO ARE TUNING IN TO WATCH, THE WINNER BE ANNOUNCED ON HOCKEY NIGHT IN CANADA.FOR FULL CONTEST DETAILS, PLEASE VISIT CRAFTHOCKEYVILLE.CA.
THE ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT DEPARTMENT, TOGETHER WITH EMPLOYMENT OPTIONS, WILL BE HOSTING A JOB FAIR AT THE COLIN'S HALL.
JOB SEEKERS ARE ASKED TO JOIN US ON APRIL 8TH FROM 12:30-04:00 TO MEET WITH LOCAL EMPLOYERS.
FOR MORE INFORMATION, PLEASE CONTACT CHRISTINE AT EMPLOYMENT OPTIONS, 705-848-51-19.
IT IS THE LAST DAY TO VOTE ON THE NEW NAME FOR OUR DOWNTOWN ART CENTER.
PLEASE VISIT ELLIOTLAKE.CA ART CENTER NAMING CONTEST TO VOTE FOR YOUR FAVORITE SUBMISSION OR HEAD OVER TO THE COLIN'S HALL AND VOTE IN PERSON, AND EACH INDIVIDUAL GETS ONE VOTE, SO SELECT CAREFULLY.
ONLINE VOTING ENDS AT 11:55 P.M. TOMORROW EVENING.
THANK YOU TO EVERYONE WHO PARTICIPATED IN THIS PROJECT.
A FINAL REMINDER ABOUT THE YMCA SUMMER DAY CAMP REGISTRATION.
IT'S OPEN. PLEASE VISIT YMCANEO.CA/DAY-CAMPS.
THAT'S IT FOR ME. ANY OTHER ANNOUNCEMENTS, COUNCILOR FLINTOFF?
>> THANK YOU, WORSHIP. I HAVE A LETTER.
I RECEIVED AN EMAIL LETTER FROM A FORMER NHL AND ELIIOT LAKE, ZACK STORTINI.
I ACTUALLY HAVE ONE OF HIS EMMETON ORDER JERSEYS ON RIGHT NOW IN A GAME.
THERE MIGHT EVEN BE SOME BLOOD ON IT, BUT ANYWAYS, HE ALSO PLAYED NINE YEARS IN THE AMERICAN HOCKEY LEAGUE, AND HE'S CURRENTLY AN ASSISTANT COACH WITH THE TUCSON ROADRUNNERS OF THE AMERICAN HOCKEY LEAGUE.
ZACK ASKED ME TO READ THIS LETTER TO THIS PEOPLE OF ELIIOT LAKE. HI, CHARLIE.
GREAT SPEAKING WITH YOU YESTERDAY AND CONGRATULATIONS ON YOUR KRAFT HOCKEYVILLE NOMINATION.
AS A PROUD ELIIOT LAKE, I'M EXCITED FOR THE OPPORTUNITY TO HAVE THE GREAT CITY OF ELLIOT LAKE SELECTED AS KRAFT HOCKEYVILLE FOR 2024.
I URGE EVERYONE TO PRE-REGISTER TO VOTE FOR ELLIOT LAKE ON MARCH 29TH AND 30TH.
IT IS RARE TO HAVE SUCH AN OPPORTUNITY TO MAKE A COMMUNITY BETTER AND STRONGER.
WITH THE HELP OF KRAFT, THIS IS NOW TANGIBLE.
THE CENTENNIAL ARENA IS IN CLEAR NEED OF REVITALIZATION.
I HAVE MANY FOND MEMORIES OF STARTING MY HOCKEY CAREER HERE IN ELLIOT LAKE AT THE CENTENNIAL.
MEMORIES OF GREAT FRIENDSHIPS, GROWTH, AND FUN.
THE CENTENNIAL ARENA IS A PLACE WHERE OUR COMMUNITY BONDS TOGETHER THROUGH THE SPORT OF HOCKEY.
WE NEED A HOME BASE THAT WILL ALLOW US TO CONTINUE TO GROW TOGETHER, TO TAKE THE NEXT STEP TO LIVING HEALTHY AND ACTIVE LIFESTYLES, AND TO INSPIRE A GENERATION OF YOUNG ATHLETES WHO HAVE BIG DREAMS AND UNLIMITED POTENTIAL.
WE ALL KNOW WHAT KRAFT HAS DONE FOR CITIES ACROSS CANADA, HOW THEY HAVE REVITALIZED THE LIFEBLOOD OF EACH COMMUNITY THEY HAVE TOUCHED.
THE TRULY REMARKABLE WAY THAT KRAFT HAS POSITIVELY IMPACTED EACH PRIOR HOCKEYVILLE CITY, IS BOTH INSPIRING AND WORTH FIGHTING FOR.
ONCE AGAIN, I URGE EVERYONE TO PRE-REGISTER AND TO VOTE ON MARCH 29TH AND 30TH FOR ELLIOT LAKE TO BECOME THE NEXT KRAFT HOCKEYVILLE.
LET US CONTINUE THE TRADITION OF BECOMING A BEACON OF HOPE, A PLACE OF FUN, AND A HOME FOR TRUE CANADIAN SPIRIT.
ANY OTHER ANNOUNCEMENTS? COUNCILOR MANN.
>> THANK YOU, WORSHIP. JUST A REMINDER TO THE COMMUNITY THAT AD HOC BUDGET RESUMES TOMORROW AT 04:00 P.M. IN CHAMBERS.
>> THANK YOUR, WORSHIP, AND I APPRECIATE THE INDULGENCE.
I OMITTED TO ADD THIS IN OUR COUNCIL ANNOUNCEMENT PACKAGE, BUT THIS WEEKEND THE MOUNT DUFOUR HILL CLIMB WENT ON.
MANY MEMBERS OF COUNCIL, MANY BUSINESSES PARTICIPATED.
IT WAS A GREAT EVENT FROM A TOURISM ASPECT.
IT WAS A GREAT WEEKEND FOR THE COMMUNITY.
WE HAD 96 COMPETITORS JOIN IN, 160-ISH RUNS.
OTHER THAN THE ANNOUNCER WAS A LITTLE ANNOYING.
THAT WAS ME BY THE WAY, SO I'M NOT TALKING ANYTHING ABOUT ANYTHING ELSE.
TOURISM, GREAT IMPACT TO THE MUNICIPALITY.
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WE HAD RIDERS FROM 30 COMMUNITIES VISIT THE CITY.WE HAD SOMEONE FROM MANITOBA, MANY FROM THE SOU, CAP SKACING, WE HAD TWO RIDERS. IT WAS FANTASTIC.
MR. BURNETT, THE TEAM AT THE MOUNT DUFOUR SKI AREA, DESERVE A BIG PAT ON THE BACK AND A BIG KUDOS FOR WHAT THEY'VE DONE TO THE COMMUNITY AND IT WAS GREAT.
I APOLOGIZE FOR MISSING THAT EARLIER.
>> NO, YOU'RE WELCOME. THAT'S A GOOD JOB.
THANKS, STEVE. ANY OTHER ANNOUNCEMENT.
WE DO HAVE AN ADDENDUM THIS EVENING,
[15. ADDENDUM]
SO MAY I HAVE A MOTION TO ADD THE ADDENDUM TO THE AGENDA.A MOVER? COUNSELOR SEIDEL, SECONDED COUNCILOR BULL.
THE ITEM 15.1, MEMO FROM THE ACTING DIRECTOR OF PUBLIC WORKS REGARDING HILLSIDE DRIVE NORTH RENEWAL PROJECT ROAD CLOSURE.
MR. DOYLE WILL TAKE THIS AS MR. GOLDING IS NOT HERE.
>> THROUGH YOU, YOUR WORSHIP COUNCIL RECOGNIZED DENIS GRATTON, CONSTRUCTION LIMITED, AS A SUCCESSFUL BIDDER FOR TENDER RDS 23-07.
A PROJECT THAT WILL AFFECT COMPREHENSIVE REPAIRS TO HILLSIDE DRIVE NORTH BETWEEN HIGHWAY 108 AND BEACH ROAD.
THE CONTRACTORS HAS ALREADY MOBILIZED FOR PRELIMINARY WORK AND IS NOW ASKING THAT THE CITY CLOSE HILLSIDE DRIVE NORTH BETWEEN HIGHWAY 108 AND ONTARIO AVENUE, FOR THE PERIOD BETWEEN APRIL 2ND, 2024 AND JULY 5TH, 2024.
THIS CLOSURE REPRESENTS AN INITIAL PHASE OF THE ONSITE WORK AND THE PROJECT IS EXPECTED TO CONTINUE THROUGH THE END OF OCTOBER OF 24.
ANY QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS, COUNCILOR MORRISSETTE.
>> THROUGH YOU, MR. CHAIR. THE ONLY QUESTION I HAVE IS WILL THAT AFFECT THE PROPERTIES THAT HAVE THE ENTRANCE OFF HILLSIDE NORTH LIKE THE BELL BUILDING AND THE OLD IGA BUILDING? THEY'VE GOT TENANTS THERE.
WE'RE GOING TO SCHEDULE A MEETING WITH A LOT OF THE STAKEHOLDERS IN THE AREA THIS WEEK TO GO OVER PLANS WITH EMERGENCY SERVICES AND OTHER PLACES THERE, SO FURTHER INPUTS, CONCERNS, ETC, ON THIS PROJECT.
>> THANK YOUR WORSHIP. MY QUESTION WAS ANSWERED BY MR. DOYLE REGARDING EMERGENCY SERVICES AND NOTIFYING THEM PRIOR TO THE CLOSURE. THANK YOU.
>> THANK YOU. ANY OTHER QUESTIONS OR CONCERNS? THANK YOU, MR. DOYLE.
FOR BY-LAW, 24-27 BEING A BY-LAW TO TEMPORARILY CLOSE HILLSIDE DRIVE NORTH BETWEEN HIGHWAY 108 AND ONTARIO AVENUE FROM APRIL 2ND TO JULY 5TH, 2024.
I HAVE A MOVER. COUNCILOR FLINTOFF.
ALL IN FAVOR? THAT IS CARRIED.
SIXTEEN, INTRODUCTION AND CONSIDERATION OF BY-LAWS 16.1, BY-LAW 24-24.
[16. INTRODUCTION AND CONSIDERATION OF BY-LAWS]
BEING A BY-LAW TO AUTHORIZE THE LEASING OF CERTAIN MUNICIPAL LANDS FOR THE PURPOSE OF ESTABLISHING A PUBLIC PEDESTRIAN ACCESS RAMP TO JUSTIN CHASON OPERATING AS JC COMPUTERS.I HAVE A MOTION THAT BY-LAW 24-24 BE PASSED.
SECONDED, COUNSELOR SEIDEL. ALL IN FAVOR? COUNCILOR MORRISSETTE. THANKS. BY-LAW 24-25 BEING A BY-LAW TO ENTER INTO A MEMORANDUM OF UNDERSTANDING WITH NORTH SHORE AND ELLIOT LAKES, MUDDY PAWS WITH RESPECT TO THE CITY'S ANIMAL SHELTER.
WE HAVE A MOTION THAT BY-LAW, 24-25 BE PASSED.
CLOSED. WE HAVE A MOTION THAT COUNCIL
[17. CLOSED SESSION (if applicable)]
PROCEED INTO CLOSED SESSION AT THE HOUR OF 08:29 P.M.SECONDED COUNCILOR MORRISSETTE.
ALL IN FAVOR? AND THAT'S CARRIED.
MAY I HAVE A MOTION THAT COUNSEL RETURN TO OPEN SESSION AT THE HOUR OF 08:46 P.M.
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MOVER? COUNCILOR MORRISSETTE.SECONDED COUNCILOR MANN. ALL IN FAVOR? CARRIED. MAY I HAVE A MOTION THAT LUKE SEER BE APPOINTED TO THE ACCESSIBILITY ADVISORY COMMITTEE? A MOVER? COUNCILOR BULL.
ALL IN FAVOR? THAT IS CARRIED.
[18. CONFIRMATORY BY-LAW]
18.1, BY-LAW 24-26.BEING A BY-LAW TO CONFIRM THE PROCEEDINGS OF COUNSEL AT ITS MEETING HELD ON MONDAY, MARCH 25TH, 2024, I HAVE A MOTION THAT BY-LAW 24-26 BE PASSED.
ADJOURNMENT OF A MOTION THAT THE MEETING ADJOURNED AT THE HOUR OF 08:47 P.M? MOVER? COUNCILOR BULL.
SECONDED, COUNCILOR MORRISSETTE.
ALL IN FAVOR? THAT IS CARRIED.
THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
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