[2:00] Good evening everybody. As we begin this
meeting, I'll ask everyone to please
[2:03] silence cell phones and other electronic
devices, reminding council that our
[2:06] procedure bylaw prescribes the use of
technology during council meetings. It's
[2:10] 5:01 p.m. I'll call this council and
council planning meeting to order.
[2:16] We acknowledge that we are meeting today
on the traditional territory of the
[2:19] Missasaga and Asha now of Balderville.
The Missaga have lived lived on and
[2:26] cared for this land for generations. We
recognize their enduring connection to
[2:30] this land, water, and community, and we
pay respect to their elders both past
[2:34] and present. As we come together to make
important decisions for our community,
[2:38] let us be mindful of our responsibility
to uphold the values of justice,
[2:42] respect, and inclusivity for all the
people who call this traditional
[2:45] territory home.
I have a motion moved by councelor
[2:49] Butwell, seconded by councelor mccoslin
that council
[2:56] that council amend. That's all right.
the August 20, 2026 council agenda.
[3:06] [sighs and gasps]
I [laughter] don't know what you did.
[3:10] That the council meeting of August 20
20th, 2026
[3:19] be amended to remove delegation 1.1 from
the agenda. Is there any discussion? Uh
[3:25] just to advise the the delegation um
could not appear because his spouse has
[3:31] taken ill. That's it. Um they they will
return. I suspect we will reschedu so
[3:37] that we can all see the uh the pottery.
Any discussion? Any further discussion?
[3:43] All in favor? Being none opposed? That
motion's carried.
[3:50] and a motion moved by councelor McClin
and seconded by councelor Butwell that
[3:52] council approve the August 20th 2026
council agenda as amended. Is there any
[3:58] discussion? All in favor? There being
none opposed, that motion's carried.
[4:05] Members of council, have you any
declarations of pecuniary interest? And
[4:08] if so, please state the general nature
thereof. Council mccosland.
[4:14] » Uh yes. Thank you, Mr. Mayor. and
through you I do have to declare for
[4:20] sorry item 12.2
um as the applicants are family members.
[4:27] » Thank you for that. Anyone else?
Thank you.
[4:35] [gasps]
>> That brings us to our close session. It
[4:39] is moved by Council Rowley, seconded by
Deputy Mayor Anderson, that council
[4:42] resolve into close session August 20th,
2026 at 5:03 p.m.
[4:48] Pursuant to the Ontario Municipal Act,
RSO 2001 is amended subsection 2392A,
[4:53] security of the property of the
municipality or local board relating to
[4:56] cyber security and information
technology systems. and C proposed
[5:01] appending acquisition or disposition of
land by the municipality or local board
[5:04] discussion regarding the potential
acquisition of certain property for
[5:08] municipal use including consideration of
related strategic financial and
[5:12] negotiating implications and D
[clears throat] labor relations or
[5:16] employee negotiations. Is there any
discussion? All those in favor? There
[5:20] being none opposed, that motion is
carried.
[5:25] We'll give staff a moment to trans
[1:31:40] Hey, good evening everybody. It's 6:30
p.m. I'll call this meeting back to
[1:31:43] order. I have a motion moved by
councelor Butwell, seconded by councelor
[1:31:47] Wielden that council rise and report
from close session August 20th, 2026 at
[1:31:51] 6:31 p.m. in accordance with subsection
2392 of the Ontario Municipal Act to
[1:31:57] discuss matters pertaining to security
of the property of the municipality or
[1:32:00] local board relating to cyber security
and information technology systems and a
[1:32:06] proposed or pending acquisition or
disposition of land by the municipality
[1:32:10] or local board. discussion regarding the
potential acquisition of certain
[1:32:13] property for municipal use, including
consideration of related strategic,
[1:32:18] financial, and negotiating implications
and labor relations or employee
[1:32:22] negotiations.
And further that council received
[1:32:26] confidential information that provided
that was and provided direction and that
[1:32:30] a procedural motion to adopt the closed
session minutes of July 27th and July
[1:32:35] 29th, 2026 was voted on during the
closed session. Is there any discussion?
[1:32:40] All in favor? Being none opposed, that
motion is carried.
[1:32:50] Are there any announcements? Councelor
Wield.
[1:32:54] » Thank you, Mayor. Uh, I just wanted to
thank everyone from the public who came
[1:32:57] out to the uh session last Wednesday
evening at King Edward Park about the uh
[1:33:03] the land banking initiative.
um phenomenal to see people coming out
[1:33:08] and and expressing their values and and
contributing to what will be um I think
[1:33:13] maybe one of the the central projects of
the coming term. So, uh thanks to
[1:33:18] everyone about that and it's not too
late to participate folks. There will be
[1:33:21] more opportunity to uh engage on that
project in particular. Um and please
[1:33:26] reach out to any of us if you have
questions about it. It's uh it's a
[1:33:29] really exciting and important thing.
>> Thank you for that, Council Mossland.
[1:33:35] Um, thank you, Mr. Mayor. And through
you, I just want to say thank you to all
[1:33:39] the participants that we had out um at
our soapbox derby. We kicked it off um
[1:33:45] first year for the municipality running
it as opposed to the Lions Club. And we
[1:33:50] had a lot of participants out and also
thank you to all of our sponsors. Um
[1:33:54] without both of those parties, it would
not be able to happen. And we had our
[1:33:58] great first responders there from
firefighting and St. John's ambulance
[1:34:02] and our auxiliary officers there to um
see how fast the kids were going down
[1:34:06] the hill. So it was really fun and
hopefully it's better next year.
[1:34:10] » Go ahead.
>> Thank you. Um we did have the DBA there
[1:34:14] as well taking u photography and
videography of the event and I was just
[1:34:17] wondering if we could share that video.
>> Is it Do we have it available now?
[1:34:21] » Yeah.
>> Deputy clerk. Go ahead.
[1:34:25] » Thank you.
>> Way to sneak in a delegation hand.
[1:35:18] Can't believe
[1:35:56] Very nice. Thank you very much for that.
Thank you to the BDA for the video. Uh
[1:36:00] Councelor Butwell, thank you.
>> That looks like tons of fun. So, while
[1:36:05] the soap box derby was going on, we were
in the throws of the 10th annual Bridge
[1:36:10] Hospice indoor yard sale. uh two-day
sale uh loaded exclusively with uh
[1:36:16] Brighton residents um belongings that
were then resold. 100% of the proceeds
[1:36:21] of that sale go to the bridge hospice.
We brought in a uh moderately decent
[1:36:27] amount of $2,200 for the hospice. It was
up from last year but still our second
[1:36:31] lowest. Uh we made that announcement
online and we have had four individuals
[1:36:37] don four individual donors step forward
and contribute and we are now up to
[1:36:43] $3,530.
So thank you to those donors who all
[1:36:48] formed a part of that after the fact. Um
it really meant a lot to not only the
[1:36:55] volunteers but to the people from the
hospice who are kind of in the
[1:36:59] background egging us on to try to keep
getting more. So, if anyone would like
[1:37:03] to donate, um, please get in touch or
donate directly to the Bridge Hospice
[1:37:07] themselves. Thank you very much.
>> Thank you. Anyone else? Councelor
[1:37:13] Rowley.
>> Thank you, Mayor. I just want to add a
[1:37:17] little bit to uh, Council Member
Cosland's announcement regarding the
[1:37:21] soapbox Stervy. Um, did speak with one
of the residents on the street after it
[1:37:25] was all over. I believe you were already
gone. Great compliments. They were
[1:37:29] hoping that we uh use their street
again. And I did see in the video it was
[1:37:33] missed that there was one minor
accident. There was one car that did go
[1:37:36] in the ditch.
>> What about this?
[1:37:40] » Someone needs to learn to drive better.
Maybe next year.
[1:37:44] » Been a local politician. I heard.
>> Yeah, it was. It [laughter] was the
[1:37:48] younger ones.
[1:37:56] No one there council
either. [laughter]
[1:38:01] » I do have another couple of
announcements. I want to um publicly uh
[1:38:06] thank that maybe uh Director Linen could
take this to his u parks and recreation.
[1:38:10] It was uh brought to my attention a few
weeks ago that um the Aris Marcus um
[1:38:16] soccer field sign had been taken down
years ago and it had been missed and um
[1:38:22] uh manager uh Halum got all over that
and we now have a new Aeros Aris Marcus
[1:38:29] community soccer field sign. So check it
out. It's got the new logo on it. It
[1:38:33] looks really great. Um, as well you and
I learned a lot more about chickens and
[1:38:38] grain a week or so ago on the Poly Egg
tour and that was with u more residents
[1:38:44] from the county. That was also an
awesome day. So that's all I got.
[1:38:48] » Thank you, Councelor Wright.
>> Um, I have an announce not so much an
[1:38:55] announcement just as a sharing of an
experience um that's not quite as much
[1:38:59] fun as everything else that we've heard
so far on the table. I went around to
[1:39:02] several businesses through the
industrial park um and those that are
[1:39:07] impacted right now by all the
infrastructure construction and there's
[1:39:12] a lot of unhappy businesses at the
moment. Um so we had some good
[1:39:16] discussions and I had a great discussion
with Mr. Heggerman hoping to follow up
[1:39:19] with him again um soon but I just want
to remind everybody listening to just
[1:39:24] please take a breath. There was a woman
that came into my store um who said that
[1:39:30] she was at the point of giving up to
going to her appointment and she, you
[1:39:35] know, checked herself, took a deep
breath, looked at the map, figured it
[1:39:39] out, got to where she needed to go
because there is a way to get to where
[1:39:42] you need to go. You just need to be a
little bit more patient than what um you
[1:39:46] would normally have to display. So, just
really encouraging everybody to continue
[1:39:50] to support the businesses that are
impacted um by the infrastructure
[1:39:55] construction. It will land well in terms
of the infrastructure. It's going to
[1:40:01] look beautiful when it's done and it's
going to be brilliant to drive on and
[1:40:04] walk through and all those things. Um
but we are in the the midst of the chaos
[1:40:08] at the moment. So, just take that breath
and keep going.
[1:40:13] » Thank you for that. Any other
announcements?
[1:40:16] Um, we had Pop Palooa on uh Saturday as
well uh in the park. I had an
[1:40:21] opportunity to go around see some of the
vendors and thank uh Prescll Animal
[1:40:24] Hospital for hosting that event in
Memorial Park. It was uh it's fun. It's
[1:40:29] fun to see the dogs. Anyone else?
[1:40:34] Uh moving on to the adoption of the
minutes. It's moved by councelor Rowley,
[1:40:37] seconded by councelor Wright, the
council adopt the July 27th, 2026
[1:40:40] council and planning meeting minutes and
the July 29th, 2026 special council
[1:40:45] meeting minutes as presented. Is there
any discussion? All in favor? There
[1:40:50] being none opposed, that motion's
carried.
[1:40:57] [gasps]
We have no public meeting on the agenda,
[1:41:00] but we do have a statutory public
meeting uh for a planning issue coming
[1:41:04] up.
Uh the delegation the presentation from
[1:41:08] uh Nick Grumoff the archaeological
assessment has been cancelled. Um Mr.
[1:41:13] Grumoff was unable to join us this
evening.
[1:41:21] Brings us to citizens comments. I saw
one madame clerk but it was with regard
[1:41:25] to the delegation. So it's been
withdrawn. Is there any others that you
[1:41:28] know of? Thank you.
[1:41:38] It does bring us to our statutory public
meeting. The municipality of Brighton
[1:41:41] takes steps beyond the requirements of
the planning act to engage the community
[1:41:44] and land use planning initiatives. The
municipality also holds a statutory
[1:41:49] public meeting on the planning item and
then receives a staff report with a
[1:41:52] recommendation on which council will
make a decision. It is during this
[1:41:56] meeting that council depends on the
community to provide input for our
[1:42:00] decision. This input may be received in
advance of the statutory public meeting
[1:42:04] by sending correspondence to the clerk's
office and/or by making an oral
[1:42:08] submission to council at the statutory
public meeting. This will best inform
[1:42:12] council on the land use planning matter
prior to council making our final
[1:42:15] decision. The province's regulations now
limit appeal rights to only the
[1:42:19] applicant and specified regulated
persons. For details or information on
[1:42:23] the new appeal process, please visit the
municipal website or contact the clerk's
[1:42:27] office.
And with that, I have a motion moved by
[1:42:31] councelor Butwell, seconded by Councelor
McCoslin that council move into the
[1:42:34] statutory public meeting at 6:41 p.m. Is
there any discussion? All in favor?
[1:42:40] Being none opposed, that motion's
carried.
[1:42:50] [gasps]
There's only one item in our statutory
[1:42:53] public meeting this evening. It's with
regard to a proposed zoning bylaw
[1:42:57] amendment on 15064 telephone road. The
owner is um break. The purpose of the
[1:43:05] meeting is to address requirements under
the planning act for hosting a public
[1:43:08] meeting before council makes a decision
and to obtain public input towards
[1:43:12] making any decision on the proposed
zoning bylaw amendment. [gasps]
[1:43:16] So planner Britain, by what method and
on what date was notice of the
[1:43:19] application given?
Through your worship, notice of zoning
[1:43:23] bylaw amendment application Z32026
was provided in compliance with the
[1:43:28] planning act with a public notice sign
posted on the property on July 30th,
[1:43:32] 2026, as well as a notice of complete
application and public meeting mailed to
[1:43:37] all land owners within 120 meters of the
subject lands on the same day, July
[1:43:42] 30th, 2026. Notice also circulated to
all agencies as required under the
[1:43:47] planning act.
>> Thank you. Planner Brent, would you
[1:43:51] please explain the purpose and reason
for the subject application before
[1:43:54] council this evening?
>> Uh through your worship, the purpose of
[1:43:58] subject zoning bylaw amendment
application Z3 2026 is to seeks to
[1:44:02] reszone the portion of the agriculture
Azone and environmental protection EP
[1:44:07] zone into a rural residential zone. Uh
the meaning the new lot with an existing
[1:44:13] dwelling. The subject lands are located
at 1506 Telephone Road and uh as
[1:44:19] previously seen, the subject lands were
taken to council as part of a proposed
[1:44:24] consent BO5206
on July 27th, 2026. Sorry, July 27th,
[1:44:31] 2026. Thank you. Um under section 53 of
the planning act the um the uh sorry
[1:44:37] severed lands are a48 hectare or 1.19
acre parcel that contain this dwelling
[1:44:44] and garage that are surplus to a farm in
operation.
[1:44:50] » Thank you planner. Are there persons
present who have questions or comments
[1:44:53] regarding the proposed application?
[1:45:00] Any questions for members of council?
[1:45:05] Planner Britain. Any final comments?
>> Through your worship? None at this time.
[1:45:10] » Thank you. I have a motion moved by
councelor Rowley, seconded by councelor
[1:45:13] Wright, that council enacts a bylaw to
reszone portions of the severed lands
[1:45:17] from agricultural zone and environmental
protection lands to the rural
[1:45:21] residential exception number 58 zone and
the retained lands into the agriculture
[1:45:26] agriculture exception number 38 zone. Is
there any discussion from members of
[1:45:31] council? All in favor? Being none
opposed, that motion's carried.
[1:45:39] And with that, I have a motion moved by
council right, seconded by council rally
[1:45:42] that council move out of the statutory
public meeting at 6:44 p.m. Is there any
[1:45:47] discussion? All in favor? There being
none opposed, that motion's carried.
[1:45:58] brings us to staff reports. The first
report is the designation of 18 of an
[1:46:02] 1880 hops barn at the Cardington
Community Center. Manager Warren, we've
[1:46:07] read your report. Do you have anything
to add or highlight, sir?
[1:46:11] » Through you, uh, Mr. Mr. Mayor, I will
just say that the the barn has the barn
[1:46:15] was a real priority of uh of the
heritage advisory committee based on its
[1:46:21] importance to Brighton's cultural
heritage, not just the the structure
[1:46:26] itself, but also the importance of the
hops industry in the in the second half
[1:46:31] of the 19th century. Um and uh yeah, B
after we get the the word from council,
[1:46:37] we will start to get some photos ready
and on the municip on the municipal
[1:46:41] website, you can expect to see a notice
of intent to designate probably in the
[1:46:46] next two weeks probably. Yep.
[1:46:51] » Thank you, Mr. Warren. I have a motion
moved by councelor Rowley, seconded by
[1:46:55] deputy mayor Anderson that council
endorse the heritage advisory committee
[1:46:58] recommendation to prepare a formal
notice of intent intention to designate
[1:47:02] the 1880 hops barn under part four of
the heritage act and that council direct
[1:47:07] staff to post a notice of intention on
the municipality's website for a period
[1:47:11] of 30 days in accordance with the notice
requirements under the Ontario Heritage
[1:47:15] Act. Questions or comments from members
of council? Council Rowley.
[1:47:20] » Uh thank you mayor. glad to see this
happen. Um, will this by uh any chance
[1:47:26] once this is done, will this kind of
maybe tie up any kind of activities that
[1:47:30] can happen there in that barn because of
the designation once it happens or um I
[1:47:35] know there hasn't been a whole lot going
on there yet, but uh certainly um the
[1:47:39] vision is at sometimes to um host
activities and events in there. Will
[1:47:43] that will this um uh change any of that
>> through the chair? don't think it would
[1:47:49] change it in any way and I know it is
certainly the intent of the advisory
[1:47:52] committee that it be used. Absolutely.
[1:47:57] » We've set policy around that as well
already for how it can and should be
[1:48:01] used or how it may be used, how it may
be rented or borrowed or whatever we
[1:48:06] want to however word whatever word we
want to say.
[1:48:09] Anything further on the motion? All in
favor? There being none opposed, that
[1:48:14] motion's carried.
[1:48:22] » [sighs and gasps]
>> Next report is with regard to a request
[1:48:26] to approve revisions to a consent
application B 05206
[1:48:31] B06 2026 for 400 Chatten Road. Uh
planner planner Brittnull, we've read
[1:48:38] this report. Do you have anything to add
or highlight?
[1:48:41] » Uh through your worship. Um I did just
want to clarify. So, the consent
[1:48:46] applications are BO6 2026 and BO7 2026.
Um, and I did let um the deputy clerk
[1:48:54] and municipal clerk know when I caught
the error. Um, there were some very
[1:48:58] tight timelines. Um, so I hope that that
error in the title does not reflect how
[1:49:05] much work and time has been put into
this to this staff report. Um and how
[1:49:09] much you know goodwill let's say between
yourself, your worship and uh the
[1:49:14] proponents as well as planning staff to
give this file the proper consideration
[1:49:22] and demonstrate the appropriate size and
appropriate zoning as discussed with
[1:49:28] county planning staff. So hopefully
very quickly I'm I'm summarizing what I
[1:49:34] what I see needs to be said. It's BO7
2026 and BO6 2026.
[1:49:40] » So the motion before me, we need to
change the notation of the consents to
[1:49:45] read B 06 2026 and B 07 2026. Is that
correct?
[1:49:50] » Yes, sir.
>> Thank you. That's what I'm going to
[1:49:51] read. Uh, councelor Butwell, you've
signed this as the mover. Are you okay
[1:49:55] with that amendment?
>> I am. That's why I started them on your
[1:50:00] sheet.
>> Very well. Thank you. I wondered where
[1:50:03] those asterisks came from. Thank you for
that. Councelor Wen, as a secondary,
[1:50:06] you're okay with those amendments, and I
can assure uh the planner that it uh
[1:50:10] that minor typos do not uh do not
indicate any uh uh falling down of the
[1:50:15] department at either the county or the
municipal level. And I want to thank our
[1:50:20] staff for working together to uh help
round this out for the uh for the
[1:50:24] Harrington family.
The mo the motion is moved by councelor
[1:50:27] Butwell, seconded by councelor Wen, that
council approve minor revisions to the
[1:50:30] previously approved consent applications
B062026
[1:50:34] and B 0720 26 that would permit an
extension of depth to the two
[1:50:39] residential lots to be created and that
council consider the revisions to be
[1:50:43] minor in nature without need for
additional notice or service. Is there
[1:50:47] any discussion? All in favor?
Any opposed? That motion is carried.
[1:51:02] Next report is with regard to community
grants and aid program. Treasurer
[1:51:05] Kramer, we've read your report. Do you
have anything to add or highlight
[1:51:09] » through your worship? Um I think I'll
just take a moment and highlight a
[1:51:13] couple of things if that's okay. Um
so just to take everyone back I did uh
[1:51:20] present the
high level concept of the policy that's
[1:51:24] in front of you tonight back in April.
Um I think staff myself uh and Elena and
[1:51:31] um everyone else who contributed
received some really good feedback from
[1:51:35] council and I we've incorporated all
that feedback into the policy that's uh
[1:51:40] in front of you tonight. Um I will say
in revising the policy the goal was
[1:51:44] definitely to streamline the process for
applicants, staff and even council um
[1:51:51] the whole process throughout but also to
provide clarity on the type of
[1:51:55] applications that should be supported
through this program. Um so I think
[1:52:01] we've achieved that um open to
questions. The one thing I will point
[1:52:04] out the final page of the the report is
a one-page summary of for the applicants
[1:52:13] that they can refer to and get the
information that they need for the
[1:52:17] program to kind of give them some
guidance. I will say the the policy
[1:52:21] morphed a little bit from as much as I
think the policy does streamline and
[1:52:25] make the whole overall program more uh
simple, the policy isn't uh necessarily
[1:52:32] a one pager. So, uh, it does try to
capture all the controls and everything
[1:52:36] in place that needs that council wanted
to see, but I think are are also really
[1:52:40] effective and and should be there for a
program like this.
[1:52:45] » Thank you, Mr. Treasure. I have a motion
moved by councelor Butwell, seconded by
[1:52:48] councelor Wen that council approve the
revised grant community grants and aid
[1:52:52] policy attached as attachment one
repealing and replacing policy FI40 as
[1:52:57] amended June 4th, 2018. with the revised
policy applying commencing with the next
[1:53:03] annual grant intake. Is there any
discussion? Councelor Bwell.
[1:53:08] » Uh thank you through Mr. Mayor to Mr.
Kmer. Thank you so much for this. Um I
[1:53:12] know it's been a long time coming. Um my
seconder coincidentally we're next to
[1:53:17] each other so we both signed it. Um we
this is something that we've discussed
[1:53:21] at length uh multiple years in a row and
having a process that is much more clear
[1:53:26] and as you said streamlined is it was
definitely helpful from a practical
[1:53:30] standpoint for st uh for council but
also I think is a lot clearer uh and
[1:53:36] transparent for those that are applying.
It's it there's an there's a level of
[1:53:40] understanding that they can get simply
by going through this process that they
[1:53:45] could not before necessarily. Thank you.
Thank you, Councelor Wield.
[1:53:51] » Thank you, Mayor. I I want to uh echo
that and and also add that the other
[1:53:56] great thing about this is that it also
depoliticizes the process. Um we are
[1:54:02] responsible for the overall budget and
for managing the public purse. Um, but
[1:54:07] when we are making decisions about local
nonprofits at this table and applying
[1:54:12] scrutiny to them, it it was always
something that felt awkward to me and
[1:54:17] I'm sure it felt even more awkward to
the nonprofits that we were discussing.
[1:54:22] And so I uh I think this is uh a great
step forward and uh that last page that
[1:54:27] you pointed out, Mr. Kamer, is
excellent. It's very clear and uh even
[1:54:32] welcoming. We definitely want people to
want to apply for this and so having a a
[1:54:37] clear and open process like this. Um, A+
very good
[1:54:44] » treasurer
>> through your worship. Just one more
[1:54:47] thing I actually did want to point out
is just the timelines um for the program
[1:54:51] both this year and moving forward. Uh
this year just given that it's just
[1:54:56] being approved and we want to make sure
there's an opportunity for everyone to
[1:54:58] understand the new process. Um, and
also, uh, you know, we're going to be in
[1:55:02] the middle of an election. So, um, this
year we'll be we're aiming to get
[1:55:07] everything out on the website by
September 1st. We're hope hopeful to do
[1:55:11] that. Um, and we're going to be closing
the applications on October 31st. Uh,
[1:55:17] with November being used as evaluations,
follow up, anything that needs to happen
[1:55:22] at that time. uh with a presentation to
council on the results of of anything
[1:55:28] that we've received in December. Uh in
the future though, everything would be
[1:55:32] kind of moved up a month. So, we'd use
September to receive applications,
[1:55:35] October to review, November to present.
I think this aligns well with uh the
[1:55:40] preferred budget schedule um that we
want to be using going forward. It'll
[1:55:44] feed right into it or be a part of it,
but it will be somewhat separate. I know
[1:55:49] in the past it's always been like on
budget day on budget presentation day. I
[1:55:54] think this is a little bit now we've
identified the amounts the thresholds
[1:55:58] and it's a little bit of a separate
process on its own but going in tandem
[1:56:02] with the budget.
>> Thank you Mr. Treasurer Councelor
[1:56:06] Wright.
>> Uh through you Mr. Mayor. Just wondering
[1:56:09] will all past participants be given a
heads up through email or letter mail um
[1:56:15] alerting them to the new process?
treasurer
[1:56:19] » through your worship. Yes, that's a good
idea and we'll make sure to do that.
[1:56:23] » Thank you both. Councelor Rowley.
>> Uh thank you, mayor. Just um wondering
[1:56:28] how it will affect um
uh certain applications like Proctor
[1:56:33] House. Certainly don't want to see um
them losing their funding over
[1:56:37] something.
>> Will they will they be considered into
[1:56:40] this as well? If I read the report
right, it would be one of the automatic
[1:56:43] sort of grants under the cemeteries and
heritage aspect, but I'd turn that over
[1:56:48] to the treasurer to confirm
[1:56:52] » uh through your worship. I'd want to get
back to you. I'm not familiar with each
[1:56:55] organization that went through the
process last year, so I wouldn't want to
[1:56:59] comment on the spot. Um, but I could
follow up.
[1:57:01] » Okay, that would be great. Thank you so
much. Don't want to see them lose their
[1:57:05] » grants indeed. And thank you both for
that. Anything further?
[1:57:11] All in favor?
Any opposed? That motion is carried.
[1:57:24] That moves us to the report with regard
to 2026 tax writeoffs. Uh, Treasure
[1:57:30] Kramer, we've read this report. Do you
have anything to add or highlight?
[1:57:34] » Through your worship. Uh, just quickly,
this is typically an annual report. Um,
[1:57:39] but with guidance from our our tax
collector, uh, there's a couple
[1:57:44] properties on here that would um, be
more advantageous for us to do this now
[1:57:48] instead of waiting till December uh,
just given some of the billing cycles
[1:57:52] and timing. Um, so you will see a
midyear this year. Uh, in past there
[1:57:57] probably wouldn't have been a midyear.
So there will be a midyear report and
[1:58:00] then if any further um, writeoffs come
in, we would you would see one at year
[1:58:04] end as well.
>> Thank you for that. And I have a motion
[1:58:07] moved by councelor Vwell, seconded by
councelor mccosland. The council
[1:58:10] approves the 2026 tax writeoff report
and authorizes staff to adjust the tax
[1:58:14] account as identified in this report. Is
there any discussion? Councelor Butwell.
[1:58:20] » Thank you, Mr. Mayor, and through you to
Mr. Kamer. Um, for the fourth line item
[1:58:25] on your report, the property damaged by
fire, uh, does that does this tax write
[1:58:31] off, is that tied to the the demolishing
of that building or the suspension of
[1:58:37] the use of the building that hasn't been
demolished,
[1:58:40] » treasurer? So, we've had a couple,
right?
[1:58:44] » Uh, through your worship, I I'd want to
say it's because the structure is no
[1:58:48] longer there. So, the assessment is
going to be changing.
[1:58:50] » Okay. So that the a property where the
building is no longer there at all. All
[1:58:55] right. Thank you.
>> Thank you both. You're good. Okay.
[1:58:58] Anyone else?
>> Go ahead.
[1:59:03] » Uh [clears throat] thank you. Uh it was
it's kind of Mr. Mayor. Um to Director
[1:59:09] Walsh, if I could just ask a quick
question. We have another building in
[1:59:13] town here that had a structural fire and
there's it's no longer being used. Has a
[1:59:18] demolition permit been issued for that
property? Because it's been a good seven
[1:59:24] months now.
Um, and if not, do we have an order out
[1:59:29] on that?
>> We do have an order and the uh chief
[1:59:31] building official is working with the
insurance company on that.
[1:59:34] » Okay.
>> And I think they're very close to
[1:59:36] issuing a demolition permit if they
haven't already.
[1:59:38] » Okay. Thank you. I just noticed that
just prior to our uh I guess it would
[1:59:43] have been July 1st activities, there was
some debris that had fallen towards the
[1:59:49] public spaces. So
>> Mhm.
[1:59:51] » Thank you. I'll I'll alert the CBO of
the recent occurrences. Okay. Thank you.
[1:59:59] » Thank you both. Anyone else? All those
in favor? Any opposed? Motion's carried.
[2:00:07] Our
[2:00:14] next report is with regard to PW202607
Dundas Street Water Booster Station.
[2:00:20] Manager Gooding, we've read your report.
Do you have anything to add or
[2:00:23] highlight?
>> If I could, Mr. Mayor. Um,
[2:00:27] [clears throat]
>> Director Lennon.
[2:00:29] » Yes.
>> Thank you. And through you. Uh just want
[2:00:32] to quickly summarize this report by
saying this project was initiated in
[2:00:36] 2024 and the preliminary budget numbers
were derived from market values and
[2:00:42] typical design criteria at that time. Uh
the report does detail the factors that
[2:00:47] impacted the final costs primarily being
the long-term care home servicing
[2:00:51] requirements.
Um, council can expect that funding
[2:00:55] options for the balance of the project
will be included in 2027 budget. And
[2:01:00] wanted to mention as well, this is a
critical project for the long-term care
[2:01:03] home opening, planned opening for 2027
and for future development planning.
[2:01:09] That's staff are happy to answer any
questions.
[2:01:12] » Thank you for that. I have a motion
moved by councelor Rowley, seconded by
[2:01:15] deputy mayor Anderson that council award
tender PW202607
[2:01:20] Dunda Street Water Booster Station to
Peak Construction Group limited in the
[2:01:24] amount of 2,46,1908
[2:01:28] inclusive of a 10% contingency and the
expense portion of the HST. Is there any
[2:01:34] discussion? Councelor Wright?
Um, I think it's fair to say that, um,
[2:01:41] none of us want to see any delays in
this project. Um, we all want to see the
[2:01:46] the long-term care facility come on
board. Um, but I personally have some a
[2:01:52] big question about where the remaining
uh 1.27 million is going to be funded
[2:01:58] from. were being asked to approve
um extra funding of no small amount
[2:02:07] and and I recognize that, you know,
timing is is everything and and that
[2:02:12] look uh the that Omni wants to come on
and open at their appropriate time, but
[2:02:19] I need to ask where is this money going
to come from? And I I know it says in
[2:02:24] the budget, but we're being asked to
approve it now pre-budget without a
[2:02:29] direct line to funds. And I think that
question needs to be answered before we
[2:02:33] can approve anything.
[2:02:38] Treasurer, through your worship,
councelor, right? Um it's
[2:02:45] it's an awkward position to be in. Um
and I and I wish I kind of had a a
[2:02:50] better answer in the sense of um what
what it's going to require is more
[2:02:54] evaluation. Um this project is
technically 95% development charge
[2:02:59] eligible. Uh the challenge is is the
development charge study was developed
[2:03:04] um with a different cost and and it's
not smaller am
[2:03:10] insignificantly less amount. So what it
would require us to fully fund it from
[2:03:15] development charges would be an
evaluation of the impact to the DC rate
[2:03:19] going forward. Um it'll require us to
open up the bylaw to do a public
[2:03:23] consultation. And so that's what we're
going to have to look at going forward
[2:03:28] if the development charges is the right
tool going forward uh and what that'll
[2:03:32] mean, how we're going to fund it, what
kind of timing. Um the there's also
[2:03:38] alternatives uh using the water rates.
Um,
[2:03:43] and I know in conversations with uh the
manager of infrastructure, uh, I know
[2:03:49] some of the we've been funding a certain
amount every year. And so as we look to
[2:03:53] 27, I think there's going to be, uh, an
eye to maybe doing a little less
[2:03:58] infrastructure work in order to
accommodate this project. We'll be able
[2:04:02] to look at debenture financing and
spreading the the cost over more years
[2:04:07] than just 27. So without um the full
picture of 27 of everything coming due
[2:04:15] and the development charge picture not
in front of me um it's hard to say
[2:04:19] exactly what the solution is going to
be. I'm confident that there is a
[2:04:22] solution and we will get there. Um but
this is in order for the project to move
[2:04:28] forward uh we kind of have to approve it
without um that solution in front of us
[2:04:34] today.
followup.
[2:04:39] » Yes. Thank you um to you, Mr. Mayor. I'm
I'm not sure who's to answer this
[2:04:44] question. I did send some questions to
um Mr. Gooding earlier today and the
[2:04:51] comment back. Um
I'm just trying to find it here.
[2:04:58] Um,
[2:05:02] given the long lead times for major
equipment, an award was required to
[2:05:06] allow equipment to be ordered and keep
the booster station on schedule. Does
[2:05:10] this mean that the award has already
been given prior to
[2:05:15] council approval?
>> Mr. Gooding,
[2:05:20] » excuse the mayor. No, no, it is not.
>> Okay.
[2:05:25] Okay. So
there's obviously product that needs to
[2:05:29] be purchased. So
[2:05:33] I get that this needs to come out of the
2027 budget, but product and everything
[2:05:38] needs to be purchased now. So
pardon me. Oh, sorry. Um
[2:05:47] I'm also wondering aside from that
question, how did we get to this 2
[2:05:54] whatever? Um, it is I I get that
construction cost increase and all of
[2:06:01] that, but Omni would have presented a
plan and
[2:06:08] sprinkler requirements legislation have
not changed since about 2014.
[2:06:13] They knew what their building size was
going to be, how many rooms were going
[2:06:16] to be. I'm just wondering how did we get
to the cost of a million and then plans
[2:06:24] are finalized and then we've jumped to
over two. That's that's a huge jump.
[2:06:31] Like are they going for the, you know,
all the bells and whistles possible in a
[2:06:37] sprinkler system? I don't know if
there's multi levels of different
[2:06:41] sprinkler systems. I'm just wondering
how did we get to a more than doubled
[2:06:46] amount from where we started? And that's
rec also recognizing that I think we
[2:06:51] doubled the amount to begin with from
500,000 to a million to begin with.
[2:06:57] So it's just I'm just very concerned and
trying to join the dots. I
[2:07:02] » think it's a good question. Who wants to
field it? And and we're not paying for
[2:07:06] their sprinkler system. We're just
paying for a system to get the water to
[2:07:09] it.
>> Yeah. it but it was the contingent on
[2:07:13] their final plans that it was noted that
all of a sudden we needed bigger booster
[2:07:17] station and all things.
>> I think I think there's an answer to
[2:07:20] this question director
>> hopefully through you Mr. Mayor. Um so
[2:07:26] originally um there was discussion with
the development uh on where that booster
[2:07:31] would take place on their lands or
municipal lands and initially when the
[2:07:36] budget was provided it was using
industry standards for a standard
[2:07:40] boosting station. Um it was determined
that the boosting station would be
[2:07:46] municipally owned on to replace existing
boosting
[2:07:51] vault if you will that's in the ditch
line currently on Dundas Street. it
[2:07:54] needed to be upgraded and um by the time
we got detailed data from
[2:08:00] » Could you draw the microphone closer to
your mouth so we can all hear you
[2:08:03] better? Thank you.
>> Apologies. Um by the time we get
[2:08:05] detailed information from Omni, it
impacted the size of the the pump
[2:08:10] required and the size of the generator
to back up the the large pump for the
[2:08:15] fire needs. Um so that didn't um arrive
in our hands till much later in the
[2:08:21] process.
[2:08:27] Councelor Bwell.
[2:08:30] » Uh thank you, Mr. Mayor. And then I
suppose Mr. Linen, you're on you're on
[2:08:35] tap right now. Um so by the time their
final design came through, they then
[2:08:41] presented us with a different
requirement than what we had proceeded
[2:08:45] on originally. So, how come um
we as a municipality, the collective we
[2:08:53] um need to pay over $1 million for their
I don't want to say it's a mistake, but
[2:09:00] the lack of information flow. Um we are,
you know, we had an original amount of 1
[2:09:06] million including the property
acquisition. Um I
[2:09:13] calculate it. I ran think I ran the
report there was a 20% uh increase in
[2:09:18] the last since 2025. 20% increase in
cost of materials. I found a little high
[2:09:24] but okay we're we're we're rounding up
20%. That brings me to 1.2 million.
[2:09:28] We're now being told we need $2.2
million um to service
[2:09:34] this one player and their needs. Um uh
my question I suppose and I don't know
[2:09:41] Mr. Lynen if you have this information.
How do we what what tools are available
[2:09:47] to us as a municipality to recover those
costs from the individual corporation
[2:09:53] that is requiring this increase in
capacity and pressure. Um I don't uh I
[2:10:01] think a million dollars is a significant
enough amount. Um where was the
[2:10:05] breakdown in communication along the
way? Um, and how how do we go about not
[2:10:11] being on the hook for their either
change of plans, their um
[2:10:18] their in them increasing the scope or
the requirements cuz the municipality
[2:10:24] proceeded based on what their purses
were and now their needs are in excess
[2:10:30] and we have not budgeted for this and
I'm not comfortable um and I appreciate
[2:10:36] Mr. cream that you're saying I really
don't have an answer for you. I would
[2:10:39] much rather that than um than blowing
smoke and say we'll figure it out down
[2:10:44] the road because it's a million dollars.
That's a 10% well 9%
[2:10:50] tax increase for the entire
municipality.
[2:10:55] » Well, actually no, I know it's I I know
it's it's userfunded, but the users are
[2:11:00] going to be at this point the increased
capacity and pressure is strictly for
[2:11:05] one player.
and future development
[2:11:08] » and future development that's not
actually there,
[2:11:12] » right? That's why future development
charges would come online as well to
[2:11:16] help pay for it.
>> So, I suppose the question I was going
[2:11:19] for because there's another question in
here and I might as well just ask it
[2:11:22] now. Um, we had the booster station down
at uh Prescll where the users wanted to
[2:11:28] tie into that and they were they had a
higher um usage fee.
[2:11:34] Have have there been any discussions
about recovering that but from the
[2:11:38] people who actually require the
additional servicing?
[2:11:42] » So, I will turn the floor over to you in
a second, Mr. Lynon, but I do want to
[2:11:46] point out two things.
>> Um, we're not being asked to pay $2.2
[2:11:50] million. It's 2.046. Just be clear about
the number%.
[2:11:55] » I get it, but it is the low bid. It's
also the low bid. It's not like staff
[2:11:59] are saying we need $2.2 million. The low
bid is 2.0. 046 with all the
[2:12:05] contingencies just I don't I don't want
anyone to think that staff are doing
[2:12:09] something here providing us with the
lowest bid
[2:12:12] » I actually think that staff is not the
ones who made the air
[2:12:19] » I think you guys did what you the best
you could with what you had to work with
[2:12:21] » don't want the municipality to get in a
strange liability situation by making
[2:12:25] comments about developers so go ahead
>> thank you and through you Mr. Mayor
[2:12:31] [clears throat] Councelor Blowwell.
Yeah, you're you are correct. It's a
[2:12:34] it's been a complicated process. Um
originally,
[2:12:39] um when we were looking at ownership of
the boosting, the original budget figure
[2:12:45] was based on
supplying water to this the site. I'm
[2:12:50] not sure that the developments
requirements have changed. We just
[2:12:55] didn't have the details until much later
in the game.
[2:13:06] Do we know how much we've collected from
this developer to build the 256 bed or
[2:13:11] whatever the number is long-term care
facility
[2:13:14] in fees and charges and development
charges? Do we have an idea round
[2:13:20] figures what that is?
>> Um to the mayor to ask the question to
[2:13:26] council. that the DC uh charge came in
about around $950,000
[2:13:32] and then also through the site plan and
control agreement they need to do a lot
[2:13:37] of off-site improvements. Um I can't
remember the exact figure on that but
[2:13:42] that was the extension of the water man
it was sidewalks it was urbanization of
[2:13:47] Dondas and a portion of Georgina. So
that uh you know
[2:13:54] I'm not the best person to put a number
on that. It's right in the site plan
[2:13:57] agreement because then they provide
security to ensure to get done. Um but
[2:14:01] it was it was like another million
dollars. Yeah.
[2:14:05] Is is my recollection. But
>> Right. And they would have they would
[2:14:08] have had a building um
>> the building permit fees. Yeah. At uh an
[2:14:13] institutional rate.
>> Yeah.
[2:14:14] » Yeah.
>> And before I get off this topic, do we
[2:14:18] know what we'll collect from taxes on an
annualized basis from a building of this
[2:14:22] nature? We don't. Yeah, I should have
asked you that before. Sorry. Um, okay,
[2:14:29] Councilman Cosland. Okay, thank you,
Councelor Bwell.
[2:14:34] » Uh, thank you. And I just want to
compare very briefly. It is it's not the
[2:14:38] same scale, but there is a residence on
the west side of Georgina. Um, it's the
[2:14:44] most northerly residence on the west
side, a newer home construction, and
[2:14:48] they wanted to bring uh natural gas up
to their property line. Um they were
[2:14:53] told that by the municipality it would
have to be a larger
[2:14:57] pipe I guess it is um and they had to
bring it all the way to the north end of
[2:15:02] their property not just the south end of
their property because for down the down
[2:15:07] the down the track there would probably
be development in that area long term.
[2:15:12] So they had to pay more
to accommodate
[2:15:17] um what our needs were.
If the Omni Center requires more
[2:15:24] than what our regular offering might be,
then to me,
[2:15:30] especially given the timeline conflicts
that might have happened or or the
[2:15:35] little bit of a mess up in not mess up
in timeline, but the timeline issues
[2:15:40] that you experienced. Um, I really feel
like they that this should not be on
[2:15:48] that this amount we should look at some
way to recuperate it from that
[2:15:52] developer.
I'll just leave it out there.
[2:15:55] » So, I'm not I'm not I'm not going to
disagree with you. I'm I'm a big fan of
[2:15:59] growth paying for growth and development
paying for their own development ways,
[2:16:03] but we have a legally binding agreement
with this developer
[2:16:08] that does not include the concept that
you've put out on the floor. So, I don't
[2:16:12] know how we would go back to the
developer and ask for more at this
[2:16:17] stage. Maybe staff has a has a idea, but
I don't.
[2:16:23] » So, if I sitting on their hands, I'm
going to say they don't. So, go ahead.
[2:16:27] Councelor Bel.
>> Um,
[2:16:30] what I am hearing is that we have an
agreement that we'll just provide them
[2:16:34] what they need. They didn't
necessarily tell us in a timely manner
[2:16:39] what it was they need. I'm I'm dumbing
it down. um they didn't necessarily
[2:16:43] provide us with what they needed and
staff then came to us at council and
[2:16:48] said, you know, we need a million
dollars for this when really um
[2:16:53] unknowingly you should have asked for
one or $2 million for it. Is that kind
[2:16:58] of how I'm understanding the 2.046
billion? And again, not be staff simply
[2:17:06] didn't know, right? Is that what I'm
hearing has happened?
[2:17:10] I think that's the long and short of it.
Councelor Wielen.
[2:17:16] » Thank you, Mayor. Um
I I think it is important to acknowledge
[2:17:21] that in so far as or even though uh Omni
currently is the main beneficiary of
[2:17:28] this pumping station, it is designed to
provide adequate water pressure for that
[2:17:34] entire part of the community as it
develops. And so that's what the future
[2:17:39] development charges are for and things
like that. It uh growth, paying for
[2:17:44] growth doesn't mean that
uh the first person there pays for
[2:17:48] everyone's growth.
Um and so there was always going to be a
[2:17:53] scenario in which we would be paying out
more for something than Omni was going
[2:17:58] to put up for this. That's the way that
works. Um I I don't know that there's an
[2:18:02] alternative to spending the money. And
the question I always like to ask when
[2:18:07] we are going to spend money is what's
the cost of not spending this money?
[2:18:13] Because there's always a cost to not
spend money. There's no free lunches
[2:18:16] here.
I think the cost is we delay a
[2:18:20] significant long-term care facility in
our community that I'm not willing to
[2:18:24] do, but I'd look to staff to see if
there's a different cost
[2:18:32] through unis. That's correct. They're
they're proceeding with their
[2:18:35] development and they have a target
completion date and it's and to be
[2:18:39] operational, it's contingent on
supplying adequate water for for the
[2:18:44] building and for fire.
And I suspect that if we don't go down
[2:18:48] this road, we would have to engage our
solicitor at some point with their
[2:18:52] solicitor. And I'm not willing to go
down that road either because now a
[2:18:55] million dollars becomes two real quick.
Councelor Butwell.
[2:18:59] » Um, so
much like councelor Wen, when these
[2:19:05] things come up, you go, how much is it
and how are we going to pay for it? We
[2:19:09] know how much it is. We know that we are
obligated to at this point proceed
[2:19:13] forward. So, without an answer on how
we're going to pay for this, I don't
[2:19:18] think we should be making this decision
this evening. I think that I would very
[2:19:22] much like to find out what the plan is
to how are we going to pay for an extra
[2:19:28] million dollars. Um,
>> treasure
[2:19:31] » 1
27 according to councelor Well, I mean,
[2:19:37] right,
>> Mr. treasure
[2:19:40] » through your worship. Uh, one thing I
will note if I look at um the projected
[2:19:45] end of 2026 reserve balance for the
water race itself, there is a projected
[2:19:52] 2.8 uh almost 2.9 million in that
reserve. Um, so it's not like there are
[2:19:57] zero funds to pull from. The
complication in this project is the fact
[2:20:01] that it is development related and so
there needs to there will have to be a
[2:20:06] decision and an analysis on what the
impact to the development charge would
[2:20:09] be um whether or not we would ultimately
recoup it um and the equity of that that
[2:20:16] you know I think that's the resulting
conversation that's happening here. Um
[2:20:20] we through development charges we can
look at area specific charges um which
[2:20:26] would put in a charge for a specific
area but I'm not sure that that's the
[2:20:31] path that we would want to go down in
this um for this type of project or for
[2:20:36] this community. Every time I've seen
area specific charges in other
[2:20:40] communities, it's been for larger areas
and specific infrastructure needed that
[2:20:47] without that that area couldn't develop.
Um, so there are some elements that meet
[2:20:52] that criteria, but I'm not sure on the
scale it would meet the criteria. Um, so
[2:20:57] this is all part of what we're going to
look at. I think there is a there is a
[2:21:00] safety net there in in the reserve. Um,
and just that wouldn't be the targeted
[2:21:06] funds to pull from at this time. Um, for
you know, maybe this the answer is to
[2:21:12] say it's from reserves. I think um, and
then we could do further analysis. I
[2:21:17] mean, the funds are there, but
not knowing the longer term impact that
[2:21:21] has on next year's capital the year
after. It's it's just not a
[2:21:25] recommendation. So, we're kind of stuck
in a place where we need to uh we need
[2:21:30] this development. We need the approval
to move forward on the development. Um
[2:21:34] but there's some balls up in the air on
the finance side. I wouldn't say that
[2:21:38] there's no answer, but there it's just
the answer is not in front of us. But we
[2:21:44] have the money in the bank so we could
use the reserves if we needed to at the
[2:21:48] end of it all. But the recommendation or
the information in the report suggests
[2:21:53] we we deal with this through the 2027
budget because there may be other
[2:21:57] mechanisms beyond the reserves that we
can use and not drain our reserves. So
[2:22:01] if we were to provide direction to drain
the reserves, that would be it. There
[2:22:04] would be no then further direction to
staff to take other another look at
[2:22:09] development charges. I suspect staff
would do so anyway because you're smart
[2:22:12] people and and you want to make keep the
municipality whole. I get all of that.
[2:22:17] But what I don't want to do is have this
council provide direction on where the
[2:22:21] money comes from knowing that there's
options, potential options available
[2:22:27] that won't drain those reserves. The
good news I'm hearing is that it won't
[2:22:31] affect the rates and it won't affect
those who are on the system. This will
[2:22:35] be this will be coming from either
reserves andor reserves and development
[2:22:39] charges from a future development
charges study.
[2:22:44] » Dear worship um
short answer yes uh that that's correct
[2:22:50] in terms of uh you know I think the the
target will be development charges
[2:22:54] because this is very much a development
related project. Um but anytime any
[2:22:58] project goes grows in scale and then we
have to pull from reserves that prevents
[2:23:02] us from funding another project. So I I
don't want to say it doesn't impact
[2:23:05] rates at all. Um because ultimately it's
coming from the same pot.
[2:23:10] » Understood. Councelor Ray
[2:23:16] my
these items these products that need to
[2:23:20] be ordered um because we don't want it
to delay into the future and have the
[2:23:23] cost go all the more up yada yada yada.
Those things need to be paid for now.
[2:23:30] So,
like, am I understanding that correctly?
[2:23:34] Like, do we have like a 30-day, 90day,
120day leeway for the bill to come in
[2:23:38] and and pay up? Because
I'm not I'm not hearing that. And
[2:23:46] pushing this off to the 27 budget and
telling whoever we're ordering these
[2:23:49] from, well, you'll have to wait for our
budget. That might not fly for them
[2:23:53] either. So,
>> I I don't I don't think we'd wait to
[2:23:57] order it. It would be how we finance it
would come from the 2027 budget. So,
[2:24:01] » so we wouldn't order until the 2027
budget.
[2:24:03] » I think we would order immediately and
then deal with the funding issue in the
[2:24:08] 2027 budget. So, we we would we we would
borrow from reserves, if you will. I'm
[2:24:13] going to turn this over to staff to
confirm all of this. But my
[2:24:16] understanding is we if the stuff is
needed now, we're going to get it now.
[2:24:20] We'll deal with the financing issue
through the 2027 budget, but Mr. Gooding
[2:24:24] is about to jump out of his seat if I
don't turn the floor over to him.
[2:24:28] um through the mayor is we don't pay for
the material till it's delivered on
[2:24:31] site. So I anticipate uh in 2026 we'll
see the building show up. Um but the
[2:24:36] internal components, the backup
generator, all that uh it'll end up
[2:24:39] being deferred to 2027 before we
actually uh receive it and have to pay
[2:24:43] for it.
>> When does when does the when does Omni
[2:24:48] plan on coming online?
>> Is it next year?
[2:24:51] » Yeah, mid year. Yeah.
Councelor Rally.
[2:24:57] » Uh, thank you, Mayor. Um, so just
looking, we approved a million bucks
[2:25:03] last year. We've spent only 25% of that.
So, I'm guessing some of that will be
[2:25:08] spent whether we order parts or build
the building anyway, right? So, there is
[2:25:13] money there already to be spent, money
that we haven't spent yet. Correct. So,
[2:25:17] we can move along. just basically
waiting for how to uh then provide the
[2:25:24] other 1 million next year for the
mechanics of the of the plant. That's
[2:25:30] what we're looking at, right? Just just
to be clear. Thank you.
[2:25:35] » Thank you both. Councelor Bellwell.
>> Uh through you, Mr. Mayor, to I guess
[2:25:41] Mr. Gooding, because you seem super keen
on this one. Um has the equipment been
[2:25:46] ordered already?
>> No. No, it has not.
[2:25:49] » Okay. And the um what is the name of
sorry my rolly thing is not
[2:25:56] peak construction have they begun any
any prep work anything?
[2:26:03] » We've had plenary discussions with them
and asked is just get an understanding
[2:26:07] of of their approach to this project.
They're going to be supplying various uh
[2:26:10] different models or whatnot that that
has available to them. We asked them if
[2:26:14] initially we've asked them if there's
any savings we can get and I mean one
[2:26:17] thing they've identified is $80,000 is
going from a natural gas generator to a
[2:26:21] diesel generator. It's just it's
difficult to get too far into the weeds
[2:26:25] for them is and unless we have a formal
contract signed.
[2:26:28] » Um and a follow up if I might. What are
the payment terms with peak or what what
[2:26:33] are the general payment terms standard
payment terms? Are is it a st a stared a
[2:26:38] staged payment schedule? Typically, it's
monthly and as it's as it's delivered
[2:26:42] and then there's a hold back period for
for payment,
[2:26:46] » would they be willing to work with the
municipality on figuring out how this is
[2:26:52] going to be paid knowing that we are
good for our bills?
[2:26:58] » I I have asked them is is if identifying
what we can push to 2027 in order to
[2:27:03] improve cash flows. Um, unfortunately
the building needs to be put in this
[2:27:06] year so that we can work in it through
the winter in order to hit that June
[2:27:10] deadline.
So there'll be preliminary site works
[2:27:14] the building um perhaps the some of the
plumbing underground works um and such
[2:27:18] that'll have to be done in 26 uh but I
don't believe it'll exceed that initial
[2:27:23] $780,000 that we have right now
approved.
[2:27:27] council rate.
>> Has Omni been approached at all in
[2:27:32] goodwill um that they would help cover
some of this cost
[2:27:38] if not all cost?
>> There's a bunch of shaking of heads.
[2:27:44] » Thank you, Mr. Mayor. Uh no, nothing no
formal discussions have taken place uh
[2:27:48] with Omni
at this time.
[2:27:53] » What What are the What are the options
there? I'm looking at Director Walsh.
[2:28:00] uh through the mayor council. Um
I think you've said it accurately
[2:28:06] earlier that we have that site plan
agreement. It has the costing in it. The
[2:28:10] site plan agreement does say that we
will install an upgraded water booster
[2:28:14] station uh because it had to be replaced
anyway. It was failing. It fails
[2:28:20] multiple times a year commonly. Um and
uh so I I I don't think there's a lot of
[2:28:28] options going forward as I think you've
described earlier. We can we can talk to
[2:28:33] Omni and see uh what they're willing to
do but to our experience to date they're
[2:28:39] getting pretty tight with their budget.
Um I think manage of infrastructure has
[2:28:44] related that uh even little things
happening on site um there's multiple
[2:28:49] staff with major push backs. though they
are very very costconc conscious uh
[2:28:55] corporation. Um so I think we are we are
um lucky to have benefited from the
[2:29:02] offsite works that they have committed
to uh to get their approval. U but now
[2:29:07] that they've got their approval it's
they're [snorts] watching every every
[2:29:10] dime literally. Um just a side note uh
not in relation to the question um
[2:29:17] very quick calculation on the water
utilities that they will be giving from
[2:29:22] a 256 bed uh long-term care home with a
3,000 square ft commercial kitchen and a
[2:29:29] corresponding laundromat. It is about
300,000 in water utilities over about 10
[2:29:35] years not adjusted for inflation.
>> Thank you for that. Yeah. Councelor
[2:29:40] Bellwell.
[2:29:44] » Um through you um director Walsh um much
as they are cost conscious
[2:29:51] and careful with how they spend their
money. So should we be cost conscious
[2:29:56] and be careful about how we spend our
taxpayers money? Um,
[2:30:01] » this is not
>> No, rec I know rec he cut in recognizing
[2:30:07] that is user pay. Um, I'm
We've over doubled the amount that this
[2:30:16] council has approved and I think that we
definitely need to be very careful about
[2:30:23] how we turn around and pay for this um
because we're paying for this upfront um
[2:30:29] and without a clear path on how this is
going to be paid. And I appreciate uh to
[2:30:35] Mr. that Mr. Kramer is saying, you know,
there's there's options available, but
[2:30:41] you're not willing to make a
recommendation. Um, you and I are both
[2:30:45] financially a little bit cautious. I
think um I I am not comfortable um
[2:30:52] making this decision at this point um to
be in favor of this. Not that I don't
[2:30:57] want this facility to be up and
servicing the people of our area. Um
[2:31:02] it's going to happen anyways. I just
think we need to have a better
[2:31:04] understanding of where this money is
coming from.
[2:31:08] » I understand that. But delaying this
delaying this will delay it till the
[2:31:13] next council because we're going to lame
duck at two o'clock tomorrow
[2:31:17] [gasps and sighs]
which means we delay the entire project
[2:31:20] until December or we delay the the
letting of a contract till December
[2:31:25] which means we delay the opening of a
long-term care facility until whenever
[2:31:30] that happens to be when Omni gets back
on site because they're going to have to
[2:31:33] move their their entire group somewhere
knowing that they can't open this
[2:31:38] facility. in June and I'm not willing to
hold the project up knowing that we have
[2:31:44] the money in the bank if that's where it
needs to come from and knowing that the
[2:31:48] team has a plan to look at development
charges for potential [gasps]
[2:31:53] um for potential recuperation of the
money. So I I I think we need to make
[2:31:56] this decision and if you're not in favor
of it, so be it. But I think one way or
[2:32:01] the other we need to make this decision.
Councelor Rowley,
[2:32:04] » thank you. um a point that you brought
up um director Walsh that we would have
[2:32:09] been making improvements to this um
pumping station anyway correct as far as
[2:32:14] we would have already been investing
some of our own money regardless of
[2:32:17] whether omni was going up there council
councelor uh yes we would be needing to
[2:32:23] make that correction the water services
folks indicated that it was failing on a
[2:32:26] regular basis and um so and it's on uh
it's on Dundas Street which is a
[2:32:33] collector road. Regina is a collector
road. Uh Omni's made improvements that
[2:32:38] technically uh should have come out of
DC's but it was developer paid for. So
[2:32:43] there is in in my brain uh if you if you
look at the development charges act and
[2:32:48] whatnot that they've paid an extra
already for those improvements when the
[2:32:54] taxpayer should have been contributing
to that.
[2:32:56] » Thank you.
>> The user the user should have been
[2:33:01] contributing to that. Thank you
councelor. Right.
[2:33:04] » Um I'm sorry to go back to this again
and I get that we have an agreement,
[2:33:11] but if the design because we already had
a plan in place for the upgrades that
[2:33:16] were going to cost a million.
It seems to me by the way the report is
[2:33:22] worded that it was the most recent
report of the water demand that Omni was
[2:33:29] going to be needing which seemed like an
upgrade from the original
[2:33:36] plan of what was needed that that is
what has triggered this like massive
[2:33:42] upgrade to the booster station.
Um, if it was a scope change, is the is
[2:33:51] OMI then not responsible to cover the
scope change?
[2:33:59] » It's not a scope change to their
development. It's a scope change to our
[2:34:02] project.
>> But was it not an increase in demand on
[2:34:06] the water infrastructure from them? Like
like that's the way it read to me in in
[2:34:11] the report. Maybe I' I've read it.
>> Director
[2:34:15] through you, Mr. Mayor. Um, no, I think
the
[2:34:20] if Omni had provided the water boosting
requirement for their building, then we
[2:34:25] would have supplied water to the
property. But because we're supplying
[2:34:29] the boosting station, by the time we got
the details on what they needed cuz we
[2:34:34] wouldn't have needed that information
from them had they provided the
[2:34:37] boosting. Um, so by the time we received
that information, it was late in the
[2:34:41] game and that's why we're here having
this conversation. But it doesn't change
[2:34:45] the scope or the amount of water
required. It's just who is
[2:34:51] being responsible for the boosting of
that water.
[2:34:57] » Any further discussion? Councelor
Butwell.
[2:35:00] » Uh, thank you, Mr. Mayor. And just a
quick question to any and all um manager
[2:35:07] staff.
I'm thinking it's much more likely a
[2:35:10] planning issue. So Mr. Walsh um has Omni
approached Brighton about an additional
[2:35:16] location and
for a second building.
[2:35:19] » I don't think we should discuss
someone's private property matters in
[2:35:22] open session.
[2:35:27] » I I think we best be careful with that.
>> Yeah.
[2:35:34] But perhaps you could answer that
question to council Bwell after the
[2:35:36] meeting or by email. Thank you, Council
W. Thank you, Mayor. Uh, so what I'm
[2:35:42] hearing is that we were going to have to
replace the booster station anyway. We
[2:35:49] need to make it bigger because of the
amount of demand that's there. Because
[2:35:54] if nobody was building there, we would
have just rebuilt the same one. Um, but
[2:35:58] since there's going to be more people
there, we need a bigger one.
[2:36:01] um that was always going to be the case.
Um
[2:36:06] through a matter of timing or anything
else, an error was made regarding the
[2:36:11] cost that was going to acrue on this. We
have the money to pay for it anyway.
[2:36:18] Um, and there will be future options for
making that payment process easier
[2:36:26] uh that we can address in the next
budget or the next council will address
[2:36:29] in the next budget. So, what I'm hearing
is that we need it. We were going to do
[2:36:35] it anyway. It needs to happen. If if we
for some reason delay in doing it, it's
[2:36:41] going to cost more and it's okay because
we can pay for it. So I'm in.
[2:36:49] Sounded like you answered your own
question. Councelor Wa. Yeah. Anything
[2:36:52] further on the motion.
I'll call the vote. All those in favor,
[2:36:59] please.
>> Madame clerk, council rally has
[2:37:02] requested a recorded vote.
[2:37:12] Councelor Emily Valley.
[2:37:17] Councelor Jeff Wen.
>> Yes.
[2:37:21] » Councelor Bobby Wright.
>> No.
[2:37:27] » Deputy Mayor Ron Anderson.
>> Yes.
[2:37:31] » Councelor Anne Butwell.
>> No.
[2:37:36] » Councelor Hannah Mccclausland.
>> Yes.
[2:37:40] » Mayor Brian Ostrander.
>> Yes.
[2:37:43] And that's carried.
[2:37:54] Thank you everyone. That brings us to uh
report PW202617
[2:38:00] drinking water quality management system
representative agreement. Director
[2:38:04] Linen, we've read your report. Do you
have anything to add or highlight?
[2:38:07] » Yes, just quickly, Mr. Mayor. This is
essentially a renewal of a agreement um
[2:38:13] for drinking water quality management
services.
[2:38:18] » Thank you.
>> Thank you for that. I have a motion
[2:38:19] moved by councelor Butwell, seconded by
councelor Wen that council received the
[2:38:22] staff report regarding the requirement
for a drinking water quality management
[2:38:26] system representative and that council
authorized the mayor and the clerk to
[2:38:30] enter into a multi-year agreement with
Patricia Scopalanos.
[2:38:34] Is that about right? Patricia, I'm
sorry. for the purpose of providing
[2:38:38] drinking water quality management system
representative services. Is there any
[2:38:42] discussion? All in favor? Any opposed?
That motion is carried.
[2:38:53] Next report is with regard to amendment
to the procedural bylaw 051 2024
[2:38:58] respecting religious observances at
council and committee meetings. Madame
[2:39:01] clerk, we've read your report. Do you
have anything to add or highlight?
[2:39:05] » Thank you, mayor. No, not at this time.
[2:39:10] » Thank you. I have a motion moved by
councelor McClin, seconded by councelor
[2:39:13] Butwell, that council receive this
report for information and that council
[2:39:16] approve an amendment to procedural bylaw
051 2024 to add a new section entitled
[2:39:22] religious observances as follows.
Religious observances. No prayer,
[2:39:26] religious invocation, religious reading
or other religious observance shall be
[2:39:30] included as part of the proceedings of
any council committee of the whole
[2:39:34] advisory committee, local board, special
counsel, regular council, or inaugural
[2:39:38] council meeting. Is there any
discussion? Council Bwell.
[2:39:43] » Um, thank you, Mr. Mayor, and through
you to the clerk. Um, Madame Clerk, uh,
[2:39:48] does this include references to, um,
um, like meeting council meetings
[2:39:54] specifically? You tend to end the
meeting with God Save the King. Um, does
[2:40:00] that include that as a reference?
[2:40:06] » That isn't in the procedural bylaw. Um,
but I would think that it would probably
[2:40:12] include that.
Well, then we're going to get a legal
[2:40:15] opinion on that one.
>> Okay.
[2:40:17] » Because I don't believe saying God saved
the king is a prayer. It is part of our
[2:40:22] one of our national anthems for goodness
sakes. So, I think uh I think it's
[2:40:27] probably fine. But if uh if a legal
opinion is required, it will. This came
[2:40:30] out of a a lawyer's letter I received.
someone in our community um objected to
[2:40:36] the fact that I uh in the past all
councils in the past have um asked for a
[2:40:42] a local clergy person to be present at
inaugural meetings to offer a blessing
[2:40:46] on the new council. I continued uh that
tradition in the last two terms and uh I
[2:40:53] received a lawyer's letter saying that
um the 2015 Supreme Court ruling uh
[2:40:58] prevents that from happening. So, we
have uh did done a little research. It
[2:41:02] seems that that is correct. So, we're
just adding I think we've added
[2:41:05] inaugural council meetings to this to
ensure that no future mayor does
[2:41:09] anything silly like pray at a council
meeting.
[2:41:16] Is there anything further for members of
council?
[2:41:19] » I'm going to shut up.
[2:41:23] » Do you have something to say? All in
favor? Any opposed? That motion's
[2:41:29] carried.
[2:41:35] » Moving on to the CA ongoing report and
capital projects update. CEO, do you
[2:41:39] have anything to add or highlight?
>> Uh through you, Mr. Mayor. Just one
[2:41:41] thing. There's an item here uh with
regard to the parking bylaw update. Um I
[2:41:45] just want to recognize that staff did
pull that together uh to try to get it
[2:41:49] on this agenda as it does indicate
August 20 2026. Normally I don't require
[2:41:54] a lot of time to review reports but that
one is quite substantial and I asked for
[2:41:57] additional time so that's why it's not
on your agenda but you will see that
[2:42:00] draft uh bylaw in September.
>> Thank you for that motion moved by
[2:42:05] councelor Rally seconded by deputy mayor
Anderson that council receive the CA
[2:42:08] ongoing report and capital projects
update discussion for members of council
[2:42:12] councelor butwell.
>> Thank you Mr. Mayor and through you to
[2:42:16] director Linen. How goes the tennis
club? Says summer 2026. I'm looking for
[2:42:21] an update.
>> I should have known that was coming.
[2:42:24] Council council and
>> thank you and through you.
[2:42:29] [clears throat] Yes, there's good news.
There's progress. We met with the uh
[2:42:33] tennis club again. Uh they asked for
some minor changes to the agreement that
[2:42:38] we've had drafted in their hands for a
while. Had a verbal that they're willing
[2:42:43] to sign it. They just haven't given us a
copy with a signature on it yet.
[2:42:52] Thank you. Anything further from members
of council?
[2:42:58] All those in favor of the motion? Any
opposed? Motion is carried.
[2:43:08] That brings us to bylaws. The first is a
amendment to the procedural bylaw. It's
[2:43:13] moved by councelor Wright, seconded by
councelor Rally. The council gives a
[2:43:16] bylaw its first, second, and third
reading and finally passes on this date
[2:43:20] being a bylaw to amend procedural bylaw
number 051 2024
[2:43:24] respecting opening ceremonies at council
and committee meetings. Is there any
[2:43:28] discussion? All in favor? Any opposed?
That motion's carried.
[2:43:34] The next is with regard to a joint
municipal election compliance audit
[2:43:38] committee. It's moved by councelor
Rowley, seconded by councelor Wright.
[2:43:41] The council gives a bylaws first,
second, and third read reading, pardon
[2:43:44] me. and finally passes on this date
being a bail to appoint members of the
[2:43:48] joint to the joint municipal election
compliance audit committee for the 2026
[2:43:53] election. Is there any discussion?
Councilor Rowley,
[2:43:56] » I'm not certainly familiar with all of
these names. Do we know if any of these
[2:44:00] are Brighton residents? Just asking.
>> Madam clerk,
[2:44:05] » I'm not 100% sure. I can take a look and
get back to you about that.
[2:44:11] » Thank you both. And anything further on
the motion? All in favor?
[2:44:15] Being none opposed, that motion's
carried.
[2:44:19] Next is with regard to the tender
PW202607
[2:44:22] Dundas Dundas Street water booster
station. Moved by councelor McCoslin,
[2:44:27] seconded by councelor Wielden that
council gives a bylaws first, second,
[2:44:30] and third reading and finally passes on
this date. Being a bylaw, authorized the
[2:44:34] mayor and the clerk to execute an
agreement between the corporation of the
[2:44:36] municipality of Brighton and Peak
Construction Limited for tender PW20267
[2:44:43] Dundas Street Water Booster Station. Is
there any discussion?
[2:44:47] » Recorded vote again, please.
>> Indeed. Is there any discussion? Madame
[2:44:51] clerk, the um council rally has
requested a recorded vote. Councelor
[2:44:59] [clears throat]
Marie Rally.
[2:45:02] » Yes.
>> Councelor Jeff Wen.
[2:45:05] » Yes.
>> Councelor Bobby Wright.
[2:45:08] » No.
>> Deputy Mayor Ron Anderson.
[2:45:12] » Yes.
>> Councelor Anne Butwell.
[2:45:16] » No.
>> Council Hannah Mccclausand.
[2:45:20] » Yes.
>> Mayor Brian Ostrander.
[2:45:23] » Yes.
And that is carried.
[2:45:25] » Thank you.
[2:45:31] Next is a bylaw with regard to zoning of
15064 Telephone Road. It's moved by
[2:45:37] Council Wright, seconded by Council
Rowley. The council gives a bylaw its
[2:45:40] first, second, and third reading and
finally passes on this date being a
[2:45:43] bylaw under the provisions of section 34
of the planning act RSO 1990 to amend by
[2:45:49] number 140 2002 as otherwise amended of
the corporation of the municipality of
[2:45:53] Brighton as it applies to the lands
located at 15064
[2:45:57] Telephone Road described as part 7
concession 4, Municipality of Brighton.
[2:46:01] Is there any discussion? All in favor?
Any opposed? That motion's carried.
[2:46:11] The next is a restricted acts delegation
of authority bylaw. It's moved by
[2:46:14] councelor Butwell, seconded by councelor
mccosland. That council gives a bylaw
[2:46:18] its first, second, and third reading and
finally passes on this date being a
[2:46:22] bylaw to authorize delegated authority
during the restricted acts period 2026
[2:46:26] municipal election commonly known as
lame duck. Is there any discussion? All
[2:46:31] in favor?
Being none opposed, that motion's
[2:46:34] carried.
[2:46:37] Next is the appointment of a deputy
clerk. It's moved by councelor Rowley,
[2:46:41] seconded by councelor right. The council
gives a bylaw, its first, second, and
[2:46:44] third reading and finally passes on this
date. Being a bylaw to appoint a deputy
[2:46:48] clerk for the corporation of the
municipality of Brighton. Is there any
[2:46:51] discussion? All those in favor? There
being none opposed, that motion's
[2:46:55] carried.
[2:46:59] We have no reports or minutes of
advisory committees of council or review
[2:47:03] teams. We have no reports or minutes of
statutory committees, boards or external
[2:47:06] agencies. We have nothing listed under
correspondence, direction items,
[2:47:09] endorsements, comm communications or
petitions. We have one item I think
[2:47:14] under FYI correspondence. It's a letter
from the Ministry of Citizenship and
[2:47:19] Multiculturalism. It's moved by
councelor Butwell, seconded by councelor
[2:47:23] Wielden that council receive for
information the letter from the Ministry
[2:47:26] of Citizenship and Multiculturalism
dated August 6 regarding the deadline
[2:47:30] for designating non-desated heritage
properties on municipal heritage
[2:47:34] registers. Is there any discussion?
Councelor Wright.
[2:47:37] » Um yes, thank you, Mr. Mayor. I was
hoping that um I think it's Mr. Walsh
[2:47:44] that would should comment on this maybe.
Um, and it's not a it's not a comment on
[2:47:50] the Heritage Committee's ability or
inability to get stuff done, but I'm
[2:47:55] just commenting more on the extended
deadline of this to get houses
[2:48:01] designated. How many have we actually
managed to designate in the time frame
[2:48:06] that we were given?
director.
[2:48:11] My call uh to the mayor to councelor
right my call on the assistance of uh
[2:48:16] manager uh Ron Warren but my
recollection is that we've had um
[2:48:23] one attempt but the land owner then
objected and we didn't follow through on
[2:48:27] it and we have the hops barn um and
that's about it. Um
[2:48:35] if that's my recollection is accurate.
>> True the chair that is also my
[2:48:38] recollection.
>> Mhm. Yeah. So the the deadline is uh I
[2:48:43] believe uh end of January 27
>> and the heritage advisory committee is
[2:48:48] aware of this and doing what they can to
move it forward. Correct.
[2:48:56] » To the mayor council. Yes. And it's been
helpful to have a change of policy that
[2:49:01] we can initiate the designation process
uh by having the committee direct uh
[2:49:06] contact the landowner directly uh before
commencing all the work.
[2:49:11] » Yeah.
>> Thank you for that. Anything further for
[2:49:14] members of council? All in favor? Being
none opposed? That motion's carried.
[2:49:23] Brings us to question period. Is there
anyone in the gallery that has a
[2:49:26] question that would with anything that
appeared on tonight's agenda? Mr. Smith
[2:49:39] introduce yourself, David.
>> I'll get you to introduce yourself.
[2:49:42] » Oh, I'm sorry. Uh David Smith, 40 Forest
Drive, Brighton. At the early part of
[2:49:48] the meeting, uh, Councelor Wen spoke to
the, uh, land banking, uh, project
[2:49:56] and, uh, the open house that was held
and, uh, I have I have a question and
[2:50:04] I'm not sure how to get how how to ask
it really or or who to ask, but here
[2:50:10] here I go. Um, councelor Wen, you uh
recently published a blog posting. Uh,
[2:50:19] » I'm I'm going to get you to stop. If you
have a question about councelor Wen's
[2:50:22] blogs, I would suggest you reach out
about council Wooden's blog. I have a
[2:50:26] question about council's position and as
to whether or not council's position and
[2:50:33] view and vision
on this landmaking exercise is
[2:50:38] consistent with councelor Wen's blog.
[2:50:44] » Okay, I can't answer that question. I
honestly haven't read the recent blog.
[2:50:48] So, I'll have to go and look at that and
formulate
[2:50:51] » as a counselor.
Can councelor Wielen, who spoke in such
[2:50:57] glowing terms about the meeting that was
held the other day or the open house
[2:51:00] that was held, can councelor Wen speak
to his understanding as to whether or
[2:51:06] not his blog post is consistent with
the town's vision, council's vision for
[2:51:17] this project? I'm
>> I'm sure he can in a private discussion
[2:51:20] with you at some point, but I won't
allow it at this meeting. No.
[2:51:24] He spoke to the matter as a counselor.
>> You and he can have a conversation about
[2:51:29] this. This this item was not on the
agenda.
[2:51:32] » Well, it is on the agenda. He put it on
the agenda.
[2:51:34] » No, he didn't. He he offered an
announcement about a land banking
[2:51:38] openhouse. That was not on the agenda,
sir. So, you and he can have a private
[2:51:42] conversation about whether councelor Wen
feels he's okay. If you if you object to
[2:51:47] something councelor Wielen has done or
think he's out of bounds, you may file a
[2:51:52] a complaint with the integrity
commissioner and and that's how that
[2:51:55] would be. Uh
>> I understand why you'd want to close
[2:51:58] this down.
>> I know, but I am so thank you for that.
[2:52:08] » That brings us to our confirmatory
bylaws. Moved by councelor Rowley,
[2:52:11] seconded by Deputy Mayor Anderson. that
council G. Sorry, I should ask. Is there
[2:52:14] anyone else in the gallery has a
question with anything that appeared on
[2:52:16] tonight's agenda?
[2:52:21] It's moved by councelor Rally, seconded
by council deputy mayor Anderson that
[2:52:24] council gives a bylaw its first, second,
and third reading and finally passes on
[2:52:27] this date being a bylaw to confirm the
proceedings of the corporation of the
[2:52:30] municipality of Brighton council meeting
held on August 20th, 2026. Is there any
[2:52:35] discussion? All in favor? Being none
opposed, that motion's carried.
[2:52:42] And finally, a motion moved by Councelor
McCoslin, seconded by Councelor Butwell
[2:52:45] that the August 20th, 2026 council
meeting adjourn at 7:51 p.m. Is there
[2:52:50] any discussion? All those in favor?
There being none opposed, that motion's
[2:52:55] carried. Leaving here tonight, let us
continue to serve our community as we
[2:52:59] stand united, strong, and maybe
terror-free.
[2:53:02] And may God save the king. Good night,
everybody.