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I'd like to order call to order the
committee the whole meeting for August

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10th, 2026 at 4:30 p.m.
First order of business is disclosure of

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pecuniary interest and the general
nature thereof.

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I see two hands go up.
Councilor Stubbs, are you there?

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» I'm going to be declaring a conflict of
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» Okay. Councilor Shine, I expect the
same?

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» Yes. Thank you, Mayor Ferguson.
>> Okay. That's noted. Thank you.

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Any other disclosure of pecuniary
interest or the general nature thereof

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can be declared now or any time during
the meeting.

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We have no delegations for tonight. So,
we'll get to Committee of the Whole

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reports, and first up is
Administration and Employee Relations

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and we'll CAO report. We'll turn it over
to CAO Young.

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» Thank you, Mayor Ferguson. So, included
in your package today is the update for

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July and August. Unfortunately, I have
limited staff here today, but uh myself

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or Brandy will do our best to answer any
questions that you may have.

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» Any questions from anybody regarding the
report?

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Yes, Councillor Lyons.
>> Thank you, Mayor Ferguson. Um I do have

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a couple of questions about the report.
Um maybe I'll start with the Mud Lake

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culvert. In there, you noted that um
there's a delay in the the construction

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schedule. Do we have an anticipated
start date for

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the contractor?
>> Unofficially, unofficially, um

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we're hoping by the end of this month.
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» We've had some renewed communication, so
it sounds like they are getting um

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organized. So, fingers crossed end of
the month.

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» Okay, and you're not anticipating any
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window. It'll still be completed this
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» Okay.
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uh another question I had was regarding
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Um
the financial implications, so this

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might be
a question for yourself and Treasurer

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Colson.
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looking at this,
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we've received notice from GFL
about an increase in the commercial

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institutional
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that the town is paying.
Correct?

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» So, you're you're referencing uh the GFL
recycle collection?

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» Yes.
>> So, we're that's not in the update. If

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we could If we could wait till that.
>> Absolutely. Absolutely. We can come back

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to that.
>> Sure.

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» And then just another quick question
regarding the outdoor rinks. Um I think

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that's great that they are getting some
improvements. Um just what type of

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improvements will we see for the winter
season or we anticipating seeing?

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» So there was some plumbing work
in the Don Park shack that I think was a

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bit of a deterrent last It was one of
the reasons possibly for the delay last

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year.
That's all been done. There's been some

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interior work
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And then we are looking at see if we can
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the the winter season as well.
>> Okay. Thank you.

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» Painting the exterior as well.
>> We're hoping to, yeah. Yeah.

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» Councillor Martin.

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» This is a good question. So
from what I understand they still meet

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quite regularly.
Linda represents the town and she tries

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to make it to those meetings. I think
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found what what we already know in a lot
of projects. It's hard to get

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engaged
professionals to to provide those

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services. So I think as far as the
engineering goes I think that they've

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run into some challenges getting people
to help them with the engineering or of

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the initial design.
They are currently challenged or

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continue to
do some fundraising

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and to find that. So
it's moving along slowly.

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So the council had
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direct them towards Centennial Park. So
Centennial Park is still the preferred

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location and again depending on what
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design there's room for expansion in in
different areas like that. So I would

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assume that once they get to a point
where they have some um

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engineer drawings or designs that
they'll they'll we'll report back to

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council with that.
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I I just thought we're tearing up a
couple of streets. Like, could some of

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that fill go to that location? Uh you
know, like it's subgrade kind of

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material for those jump jumps and what
have you, I would imagine.

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I'm not a dirt expert. Uh I have
experience in manure.

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Works well.
>> The problem is you wouldn't want to

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create
a partially done project that might sit

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there for an extended period of time cuz
you could create issues there as well.

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So, I think they'll probably wait till
they have something firm and committed

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before they would actually move on it.
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» Councilor Shannon.
>> Thank you, Mayor Ferguson. Um my

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question is in regards to the pool since
um the RFP and things are moving a

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little bit slower, are you still
planning to be open by the end of

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August? And if you aren't, what are you
going to do about the patrons? Will they

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get an extra month somewhere fit in
there if they paid ahead of time?

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» I don't
I don't know how many people have paid

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ahead of time sort of thing. Um we we
would look at that if if it came around.

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We are looking at early September for if
all goes well to to be opened up again.

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If we can't get all of the repairs done
um in that amount of time, then we will

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schedule them at a later date.
>> Okay. Thank you.

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» Councilor Johnson.
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uh
Tyler's vacancy, but I

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respect why.
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is there an update on the street
sweeper?

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» Um so, both the street sweeper and
street sweeper and the sidewalk machine

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were both down. The sidewalk machine is
up and running with the with the brush

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on there. They've been utilizing that in
some of the bad areas.

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Uh the
street sweeper itself is still under

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repairs.
Uh and we do not have an estimated time

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when that will be
finished. Yeah, it's unfortunate, but

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once they get in there right and they
start looking a little deeper, there's

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there's a lot of work that needs to be
done with it.

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» And my second question is, I see the
track dozer is in for repairs. Would we

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be privy to the final cost of that them
repairs?

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» Yeah, I don't have that information with
me, but I mean certainly once they're

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done that's information that we could be
we could find for you.

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» Thank you, Grayson.
A lot going on, so

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good report and good questions. Thank
you. So, we'll move on to the next

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[snorts] one is NWMO federal impact
assessment update.

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» Okay, so as council members, that was a
discussion shortly after the NOMA

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conference end of April, and
staff was able to with the help of of

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some council to to get the request into
the impact registry, and

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happy to happy to report that those
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I think successful in the sense that we
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specifically mentioned in the in the
registry. I think that's a really

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important
uh uh determination because and and

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almost immediately we found a change of
of tone and discussion with NWMO and

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other people because of that now. So, I
think it's very important that we are we

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are listed in that, and it'll be it'll
help us moving forward.

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Yeah.
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talk discussions I've had with NWMO
since has been much a lot more substance

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to it.
And a lot more professional as opposed

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to just giving us an update on what's
going on.

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They've been working with us on that, so
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uh, a session hopefully at the end of
September for them to come down and and

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give everyone a a presentation and an
update and give you guys an opportunity

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to ask some questions. So, we're
currently trying to schedule that for

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the end of September.

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» Can I get a mic closer?

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» Okay. Any other questions for Jason on
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Okay.
Seeing none, we'll move on to

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finance, public works, GFL recycle
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Jason.
>> Yep. So, um, I understand uh, Counselor

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Lyons has a has a question too on that.
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I'll take any questions and then be able
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» Ryan or Counselor Stephenson.
>> I'll let

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» Oh, okay. Go ahead, Counselor Lyons.
>> Yes, my question regarding um, this was

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what sort of financial implications are
uh, coming out of this recommendation?

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I know that there was money budgeted for
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but with the excess
of recycling for commercial

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institutional,
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I guess the question is,
what can we expect for this year? How

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how far have we exceeded that 11 tons?
>> Yeah, it's it's tough to tell right now

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cuz we haven't done a full year.
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» Um, and these are all
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estimates, right? So, so we won't really
know until until we go through a couple

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cycles for that. Uh, the nice thing is
is that we are getting the annual rent

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um, for the depot itself.
Uh, and and again, we

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we are hoping that that revenue will
offset any sort of expenses

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um, after those 12 scheduled pickups,
after that 11.097 tons of pickup, uh, we

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believe that there will be um, earned
revenues that will be able to pay for

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those expenses honestly. And then uh,
again, trying to figure out um,

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uh, possibly purchasing or or renting an
extra couple bins so that we can keep

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the flow going.
It's It's too It's too

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soon to really be able to tell. Um
Having said that, I think it's a great

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opportunity to to bring forward that
we need to lobby the provincial

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government that the IC&I, the industrial
commercial portion, was was overlooked

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in this circular materials transfer and
we're not the only municipality saying

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saying that. And and and I hope that the
province will understand their oversight

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on that matter and that there'll be some
changes coming for that.

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We're still committed to cuz we're
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the direct benefit of that being
diverted from our landfill. So, you

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know, we we do There is a cost for us to
go around and pick all that up. We

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believe that's money well spent in the
sense that we are diverting that. It is

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probably being recycled with the hope
that the province will

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understand their oversight and and be
able to fund that to a certain degree.

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So, it it'll be hard for us to know
until we've gone through a cycle or two,

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but we believe the revenue will offset
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possible expenses.
>> Is this something that could be raised

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through NOMA or AMO?
>> Absolutely, yeah. I mean, I think this

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is a great a great delegation request
moving forward or any opportunity that

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you have to lobby that. I think that
I'm sure they're well aware because I

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think a lot of municipalities are having
those same discussions and the larger

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the city probably even more so, but
yeah, I agree. Yeah.

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» Yeah, I can just if I can just speak to
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I was really surprised I think it was
AMO last year and I went to a

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session on this. And there's there's
people that haul their garbage 500 km

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to
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to deal with all the indust- the ICI
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I I would really surprise me and at how
much there was to haul and

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and how passionate a lot of the people
were. So, we're getting a lot of There's

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a getting a lot of traffic on this and
and I don't know if it was an oversight

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or it was a plan by the province, but
they are getting pushed back on this.

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So, we're hopefully we can see some some
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the right thing to do collect it. Uh
even though it's for the towns are doing

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it, but uh
just want to encourage all the all the

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residents in town if you can You can put
as much as you want at your curb and

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they will pick it up every Monday.
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and I and I understand people that might
miss the recycle truck and they're going

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out to the dump. So, they throw their
recycle bags in our bins, which is

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a good thing to do, but uh
if we could put it out at the road the

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residents could put it out at the road.
That's that'd be a big savings for for

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the town and and stop the the amount
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» Yeah, it helps us
We don't want to reach our 11.097

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times too quickly, right? So,
if we can have if if if you're putting

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that curbside that doesn't go towards
that, which is good for us. So, it

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stretches that out. Yeah.
>> Councillor Johnson, sorry.

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» Mr. Mayor Ferguson, excuse me.
Jason, do we realize any monies from the

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electronic collection cuz they they do
have a value?

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» I will have to get that information for
you. I'm not sure.

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» Okay.
>> Yeah, I know with there used to be like

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stewardship for the rubber tires and and
there is there is revenue associated

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with the white metals.
The electric electronics there might be

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a small
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revenue off that, but I don't know.
Yeah, I'll look. I'll I'll get back to

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» Councillor Knowles.
>> Yeah, thank you, Mayor Ferguson. I'm

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just
I'm trying to wrap my head around this.

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Um
we are certain that all of the recycling

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being put out is residential.
Um I'm just I'm confused by the fact

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that we seem to have lower than average
curbside collection,

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but that we would be worried that people
would be bringing an average of almost 1

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ton of recycling out on the highway
um to make up for that because they

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missed recycling day that happens every
week. So, I'm just I'm trying to wrap my

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mind around
the sheer amount of recyclables that it

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would take to make 1 ton average per
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up in excess.
>> So, it it is based

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So, again, there's a lot of estimates
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Um and then and then we try and do a
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residents who do not have access to
curbside pickup, and then that forms the

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basis for the the rental of the depot at
the landfill. So, to to our benefit,

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um
but we as you said, we do mix the IC&I

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into that, and that's why we're
we're agreeable to pay the excess of

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that.
Um the other the other option would be

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is is to either not collect the IC&I, um
have it completely separate, and we

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would fund all that, which at the end of
the day would mean that we would have to

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pass those costs along to those business
owners, and the fear is then it's going

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to go into the into the landfill. So, uh
not a perfect system by any means. It's

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new. There's a lot of estimates in
there.

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Uh the icing for us is that again, we're
not paying until we hit that um

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that tonnage.
>> Yeah, I'm just curious how that would

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separate between the residential um
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» Yeah, so So, basically, what we've done
is we've we're we're not separating.

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We're putting it all together, and then
we'll we'll just pay anything extra

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above above that. Yeah. So, if if it
doesn't reach that,

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that's great for us as well.
>> Thank you. Appreciate that.

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» Just to Counselor Johnson's question, we
we used to receive money for electronic

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um recycling years ago, but then with
all the changes with Stewardship of

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Ontario and and the program changes, we
haven't received it for a few years. It

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wasn't much anyway, so it it's not a
significant impact, but how that program

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changed, I don't know with with all the
changes with all the other

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stewardships.

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» Uh so,
just just one thing I want to say

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because I I I don't know if I spurred
this or Jason was working on it before,

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but
I went to I went to the landfill with a

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truckload, bought a $20 token. There's
somebody there with a

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Ranger truck full of old wood in the
back of his truck.

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And he was giving me
the gears a little bit about having to

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pay $20 to take this old wood out of in
his little truck. And then another

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person had some old wood and some
electronics.

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And he said he bought a ticket dub
token. And he said, "Yeah, well, it cost

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money." He said, "I bought a token,
too." So, the three of us

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carpool or not carpool, convoyed out
there. The guy that just had the wood in

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the back of his truck, he was directed
to the wood pile, dumped for free,

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didn't cost him anything because it's
wood. Uh the other guy that had some old

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wood and some electronics, he dumped the
wood in the wood pile, the electronics

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in the bin, and he didn't have to pay
anything. So, I know it does sound like

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$20 for this and $20 for that, but if
people that separate their material and

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they they work the dump the way it
should be worked,

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they were both
both came up to me and said, "You know,

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we're sorry about that. We didn't
realize it was free, so

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uh
yeah, garbage my my truck was garbage. I

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paid the $20, but uh yeah, if you
recycle, throw your steel in, throw your

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wood in, your electronics in, you can
take a lot of stuff to the dump and not

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have to pay anything.
So, that's my little story on that, my

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one trip to the dump every year.
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do we want to discuss options? Do we
want to continue with GFL collection and

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processing of recyclable materials
exceeding the annual allocation,

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disposal of recycled material in the
landfill,

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or remove the current fee structure for
commercial recycling services as part of

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future update of the waste management
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Uh
I would I would I would My

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recommendation was we continue with
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Unless anybody has any other comments.
We want to encourage recycling. Uh go

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ahead, Councillor Lines.
>> Uh thank you, Mayor Ferguson. I would

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agree with continuing with the GFL
collection and processing status quo,

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um but maybe after a few cycles, see
what the actual costs are associated

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with this process, and at that point,
look and see if there's any sort of uh

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review.
>> Yeah.

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» And maybe in that time, too, is the
province will make some changes and they

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will start recouping some of that money
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» Absolutely.
>> We carry on?

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Okay. Great.
Okay, next we'll move to fire and

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property.
Fire dispatch agreement with Central

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Ambulance Communication Centre.
Jason.

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» Okay. So, um
yeah, as part of the the centralized um

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communication system for fire dispatch,
that is done out of Kenora. Uh that is

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separate than the next gen 911 that is
is being transitioned as well. Um this

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is a long-standing agreement with uh
this organization.

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Um I don't I don't believe there are
other options in a sense. This is this

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is the This is the company that does it
for the region. Uh very well established

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with our fire department and and um
regional fire departments as well. So,

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uh unfortunately, Chief Orban's not here
today to answer any specifics. I don't

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have
I don't have any financials for you

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other than I don't believe that there's
any change in

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the the cost of that, but we could get
that for you as well.

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» Any questions on that? Yes, Councillor
Johnson.

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» Thank you, Mayor Buergler. Brandy, you
you wouldn't have a

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guestimate of what this costs?

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» Not offhand, but it isn't very much.
It's it's not significant.

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» Not that I don't
understand where Jason's coming from. I

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just thought
Brandy would know.

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» Any other questions on that?
Uh hearing no questions, the

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recommendation is to continue continue
on with CCAC for a 5-year term based on

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the agreement attached.

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Is that the consensus of council?
Okay, see heads nodding. Most heads

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nodding.
Okay, great. And I think we will have a

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resolution for that.
Bylaw.

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Okay, next we'll go to other business.
Uh Ad Hoc Bass Classic requests wave

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fees report to council.
Jason and the people that have declared

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a conflict.

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Just to note that Councillor Johnson has
also declared conflict on this.

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Yes.

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Or or you're just leaving.
>> [laughter]

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» Okay, that is always the best way. Thank
you, Councillor.

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Okay, Jason.
>> Okay,

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so Uh, we are as of Monday into full
swing of Bass Classic Week, the 40th

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anniversary. Uh, I know events were
already starting to take place uh, this

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morning. Um, as always, there is a
request to the town for certain uh,

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in-kind um,
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different things that they need from
from the town. Uh,

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not a whole lot of change from the
previous year. Um,

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one important note is that the the
town's event tent is not needed this

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year.
Which is which is good in the sense that

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we don't have to set it up. I think
they're they're moving the artisans and

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and such um,
under the big top. So, uh, so that's

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good for us. I know that we're already
delivering porta-potties and um,

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and uh, yeah, that's about it. So, I
think at the end of the day the and and

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if um, you'll recall
uh, administration was was asked to

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bring forth a uh, a report showing the
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in-kind costs, actual costs, foregone
revenue. Um, that was presented to

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council. I believe it was June of this
year, early June of this year, early

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June. Um, so everyone's well aware of
that there is a there is a cost

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associated with this um, but um,
council is of the mindset that that's

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um, um, appropriate for for the event.
Uh, so the only matter really kind of

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outstanding today uh, because it is in
the fees bylaw is if I or um, the

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committee's request to forego the rental
charges for the porta-potties um, for

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the event. And and there are I think a
couple porta-potties out at the landing

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and then the remainder of them uh, over
uh, by the by the big tent.

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So, uh, that's in a nutshell, that's
kind of what what the the request does.

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Um,
right, today the the the options are are

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to uh,
approve the town's operational support

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at the same levels provided in 2025. Um,
determine whether to waive the port

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potty washroom rental fees
or if there's a

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any sort of change or anything different
that that council would be looking at.

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That's what we're asking for today.

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» Councilor
Councilor Knowles

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» Thank you, Mayor Ferguson. I got no
problem with uh

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continuing on the same as 2025 and
waving the fees, um

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but maybe a request that they submit
this a little bit

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earlier than, you know, the day it
starts

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for next year.
>> And and that's that's that's on me, not

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them. So,
we they were they were pretty good. Um

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they've they've had good com-
communication with us. Uh just with the

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way the summer schedule fell out, we
just missed the uh the other meetings,

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so we we had to tack it on to knowing
that it was the week after.

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» More of it's ever an issue moving
forward with a future council that they

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would have an opportunity to be able to
deal with anything that may come up. But

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I have no issues with it.
>> Yeah, it's granted. Granted. Appreciate

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that.
>> Councilor Lines

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» I concur with Councilor Knowles. I fully
support waving of the fees and um

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continuing with the level of service
that we provide in 2025. Um just noting

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that we waived those fees because of the
nonprofit status.

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» Uh
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» I don't know about that.
>> Okay.

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» [laughter]
>> They they state in the request that they

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have nonprofit status. We we don't we've
never asked for proof of that. Uh

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and and quite honestly, I'm I'm not I'm
not sure of of that. I mean I mean

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that's certainly at council's request,
we can ask for that moving forward.

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» think we would be asking specifically
for it, but just that it's been past

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practice that um
>> It's been stated, but never

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» applied.
>> Or or asked to be proven. I mean, yeah.

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Yeah.
>> Thank you.

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» it's an opportunity for the town to
support the Bass Classic without putting

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out taxpayers' money, right?
>> Absolutely.

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» By just not collecting those. Cuz if
they weren't using those

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porta potties, they'd be sitting in the
public works garage. So, it's no real

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loss of revenue.
It's just

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» But, the caveat
>> It's the kind work, yeah.

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» Yeah, the the foregone revenue, not so
much. Um, there there is absolutely a

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cost of of the work that we provide,
right? That that's not free. But, you're

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right. I mean, whether the the porta
potties, if they were just sitting in in

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the public works yard, you know, it'd be
foregone revenue in that sense. But, um,

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the other stuff is there's obviously a
cost in that.

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» Yeah.
Councillor Martin.

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» Yeah.
>> Last word.

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» [clears throat]
>> Me three on the on the no cost. Uh,

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the um, I I do have a question. Do they
have to provide proof of insurance for

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this event?
>> Oh, absolutely. Yes. So, they have they

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have to get a
a permit for the the erection of the

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tent. Uh, and then I believe that they
provide all that through that process.

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» Okay. Cool. Thanks.
>> Okay.

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» Great cause.
>> We'll go ahead with the current level of

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support?
>> Perfect. Thank you.

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Mike, do you want to grab those guys?
I'll just kidding.

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» [laughter]

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» I So, just an update. We had you had
seen the the memo was in the in the

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agenda package. Uh, council has agreed
to move forward with a level of service

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provided in 2025 and to waive any fees
pertaining to the rental of porta

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potties.

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» Okay. Since we have no in camera topics,
we will adjourn the meeting. Five-minute

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break.
We'll adjourn the meeting at 4:56 and

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we'll resume at 5:02.