Call the meeting to order with an acceptance of the
Council agenda. Councillor Hutchin, our Council of Trevelli, Deputy Mayor
Hutchin, that we accept the Council agenda for the 14th
of July. All those in favor. That is carried. Moves
us around long to the first, or declaration of pure
interest. Oh, Councillor Trevelli. Yeah, thanks, Mayor. Good evening. Declaration
on item 6. 1. Okay. All right. All right. That
moves us along to item five on the agenda. And
tonight, we're pleased to have Laurence Schneider and her family
in attendance tonight. And as you know, I always, as
a former teacher, I always like to encourage and celebrate
all the young people in our community that are doing
extraordinary things. And going on and making X - ray
accomplishments and getting awards. And Lauren has some significant accomplishments
in figure skating. She has her gold - free skate
designation. And her quad gold medalist. And now she's also
a coach so that she can instilled a passion for
figure skating in our younger children here in Walkerton and
Brockton. So that's very admirable to see a young person
going on and doing that sort of coaching work also.
So Lauren, congratulations. I have a certificate for you. So
I'm going to call you up here right in the
centre here and we'll get some pictures.
Okay. So that move along on the agenda item seven.
We have one delegation tonight. We have Chad Richards, senior
strategist from Bruce Power. And he's going to give us
an update on the activities that Bruce Power's been doing
to promote Bruce C. Wonderful. Thank you so much, Mr.
Merrill. Just a lot of the slides to come up
on screen. And it was the best approaches for me
to indicate when we moved to the next slide. Perfect.
Um, excellent. Well, again, thank you very much for having
me here this evening to speak to council about the
Bruce Sea Project. We're really in an exciting, uh, phase
for the project. There's lots of work going on and
really wanted to use this as an opportunity to update
Council on where we're at in that process. Um, and
to provide a bit of information about, uh, an exciting
initiative that we've, we've launched for regional readiness assessments when
it comes to, uh, the Bruce C project. So I
mean, if we can move on to the, the next
slide. Wanted to start by acknowledging that the Bruce Power
site is located within the Sagina Gymway nation territory, the
shared treaty and traditional territory of the Chippewas of Sagin
First Nation and Chip was of Nawash unseated First Nation,
Nia Shinghaming. Bruce Power, through all that we do, whether
that's our existing operations or exploring Transformative Project like the
Bruce C project, uh, we do so in the spirit
of, of reconciliation and respect with the indigenous communities that
we work with, that includes, uh, this Aguino Jibway Nation,
uh, the Mee T nation of Ontario, region seven and
the historic Sagin Mate onto the next slide, please. So
we like to start by setting the tone on why
we're exploring something like a new build project. Where's the
Ontario energy landscape at right now. Um, and when you
look at the, the grid operations more broadly, the Ontario's
independent electricity system operator every year, the system operator, what
releases what's called the annual planning outlook. And for, uh,
for folks like me who's been way too much time
looking at electricity markets. That's like our Christmas Eve the
day before the APO comes out. It's, uh, we're on
pins and needles waiting for the next APO to drop.
But when, when the system operator released their annual planning
outlook, uh, earlier this year in 2026, the APO showed
that the grid, when they look out to the year
2050, we're looking at about a 65 percent increase in
electricity demand compared to what we have on the grid
here today. So when you think about just the fundamental
scale of building up about 65 percent more in addition
to what we have today It's really a significant undertaking,
uh, to meet that new demand with, with clean, affordable,
reliable, uh, power going forward. Similarly, the, the, the province
said, set out in their energy for generations report, uh,
policy document effectively an integrated energy plan for the province
and how we're going to meet that increase demand by
meeting the and meeting those policy objectives of again, ensuring
that our electricity grid remains reliable remains affordable. Um, and
continues to, to operate at, at high degrees of efficiency.
Unsurprisingly, the Bruce power site played a fundamental role in
that, that planning document in the integrated energy plan. The
plan speaks to the importance of the major component, uh,
replacement program that is taking place, uh, currently at Bruce
Power as part of our life extension work. Uh, it
talked about growing our site output. So right now Bruce
Power is about a 6, 500 megawatt site, uh, talked
about growing that site output to 7, 000 megawatts through
our project 2030 program, which is, uh, a program that
we've, we're undertaking through some of our MCR work to
get the most that we can out of our existing
eight units at site, um, the, the plan speaks about
the potential refurbishments of units one and two down the
road. So obviously existing MCR work, uh, with contains units
three to eight within scope. We're looking, the system operator
is exploring what it would take to, uh, and we
are exploring what it would take to potentially refer as
units one and two in the 2040s. Talked about the
role of Bruce Power and producing cancer fighting isotopes that
are delivered across the world and supporting global supply chains.
And then unsurprisingly talked about the Bruce C project, which
we'll, we'll dig into here this into this evening. So
yeah, move on. We can move on to the next
slide. So in now that we've kind of mapped out
the demand is growing. The province has, has set the
policy conditions for meeting that new demand. And they understand
that Bruce C fits or the Bruce Heap as a
potential for meeting that new demand. We like to ask
the question of why us, why are we looking at
the Bruce Power site? What makes this a viable option
for the system operator when it comes to new electricity
generation here in the province? And there's, there's kind of
three really significant strategic advantages. The first is the people
that's around the site. We have access to a skilled
workforce who understand how to work on these projects, who
know how to, to build big things where when you
look at the scope of our major component replacement project,
we're effectively doing new build type work every single day
on site in replacing those major components of our units,
uh, so really fundamentally we have access to a skilled
workforce, a supply chain existing here locally who is supporting,
uh, safe, clean, reliable operations. And we have strong local
leadership. We know that the municipalities, the municipal leaders that
surround the site and leaders in our communities understand nuclear.
They have a commitment to seeing that our sector thrive
within the region. And really we count that as a
significant strategic advantage. The second one being that we have
an existing site. So we are not talking about expanding
site boundaries. We're not talking about a new build site
offsite with the Bruce C project is explored within our
existing site boundary. And there's, there are some pretty significant
advantages when it comes to having an established site for
new electricity generation. And when you compare that to a
potential, what we call a green field project where you're
looking at starting a site net new. We have transmission
running to the site, uh, we have, uh, again, an
existing infrastructure on site that can support a new build
program. And that really presents, uh, number of significant advantages.
One of those key advantages that the rolls into the
third point is that we have known, we have no
understanding of the effects of our site, uh, in terms
of baseline operations when it comes to interactions with the
natural environment. So we have a well studied site that
has been supported by environmental protection programs for, for decades.
And we have a good base of knowledge to be
able to begin, uh, the assessment work required to explore
new electricity generation here in the province. We can move
on to the next slide. So that leads us to
the Bruce C project. And what is the Bruce C
project? Well, fundamentally the Bruce C project is Bruce Power
exploring the edition of up to 4, 800 megawatts of
new nuclear capacity at the existing Bruce Power site. And
we're undertaking that assessment work through a integrated impact assessment
process, which is a federally regulated process led by the
impact assessment agency of Canada and the Canadian nuclear safety
commission because we're a nuclear project. Our impact assessment is
a bit unique and incorporates the expertise of the Canadian
nuclear safety commission. It also includes an additional component that
other impacts don't include, which is a license to prepare
site, which is a specific requirement for new nuclear generation.
You're required to have that license before you can perceive
with work. So our impact assessment is integrated. And it
in that it includes the CNSC as well as that
license to prepare site application as part of our process.
Through this work, Bruce Power is going to assess the
environmental, the economic, the social and the health impacts of
a Bruce C project. What would that project look like
on the region is the fundamental question that we're seeking
to answer. And we're going to be doing that in
a spirit of proactive engagement and, and transparency with indigenous
nations and communities as well as local municipalities and the
public. Move on to the next slide. So this, this
slide gives you a picture of what the impact assessment
process looks like. Uh, it's a lengthy process. We are
currently in the impact statement phase. We formally entered the
impact assessment process back in August, 2024, when we submitted
what's called our initial project description. These, uh, these processes
are very, very cleverly. They're used very clever names. The
initial project description is effectively an early description of what
the project is. So when we submitted that two regulators,
uh, we formally entered the planning process for the, the
impact assessment. And what happened at that point is the
federal regulators. So the impact assessment agency and the Canadian
suit nuclear safety commission. They took that initial project description
and they developed what's called our integrated Taylored Impact statement
guidelines. Those guidelines effectively set out the list of requirements
that we must, uh, satisfy or what we must assess
as the proponent for this project in what's called our
impact statement. When we received those Taylor Impact statement guidelines
from the regulators, we officially entered what's called the impact
statement phase. And that's the, the phase that we're in
now. If we can move on to the next slide.
So during the impact statement phase, that's really the phase
of the, of the impact assessment process that's heavy on
the proponent. It's when we do the work to understand
what the potential effects of this project will be on
the communities that surround our site, the people that surround
our site and the natural environment that surrounds our site.
So through this process, we'll be documenting existing conditions. So
in order to measure the effect of something, you need
to understand where you're starting from. So it's significant amount
of work has been going into documenting the conditions as
we see them here today on the ground. Once we've
documented those existing conditions, we will assess the potential positive
and negative effects of the project. So, uh, we know
we understand that there can be significant advantages of having
this project come. But we also know that projects of
this magnitude come with challenges. And so for any of
those negative effects, we will undertake work to provide mitigation
strategies on those negative effects. And for any positive effects,
we'll be looking to amplify those measures. So what can
we do, uh, to get the, the most juice for
our squeeze, if you will on those positive, uh, positive
impacts that we expect. Um, and all throughout this process
will be engaging, uh, with indigenous nations and communities with
the public with local municipalities. In fact, some of our,
our info sessions that we've had here in Walkerton have
been the most well attended sessions that we've had through
our Public Engagement efforts. I think we had back in
the fall, we had more than 75 people come out
to a single session to learn more about the project
and hear about the types of things that we're measuring
through this work, uh, onto the next slide, please. So
to give you a sense of what's happening now, uh,
and you've heard me probably say engagement about six times
already tonight, but engagement is absolutely critical to the impact
assessment process. We're actively engaging with indigenous nations and communities
with local municipalities with the public as we undertake this
work. We have been, uh, undertaking significant effort to collect
those baseline, uh, data to support those, uh, those baseline
conditions that I described on a previous slide. We're doing
that with respect to socioeconomic data, uh, cultural data, uh,
archaeological work, environmental data all to support those baseline or
existing conditions reports that we'll be part of our impact
statement. And we've begun undertaking those effects assessments. So starting
to understand how the project will change those existing conditions
that we've measured onto the next slide, please. Setting aside
the impact assessment process that the impact assessment process just
to wrap up on, on impact assessment, uh, we intend
to submit our impact statement later this year, uh, at
once we submit that, that, uh, that impact statement, we
will enter the assessment phase of the process all in
the, we expect the federal government to make a decision,
uh, on our impact assessment and that license to prepare
site application by early 2028. That's the timeline that we're
working on right now. But setting aside impact assessment for
a moment, we are also advancing what's called Bruce C
pre - development work. And many of you will have,
uh, have heard about an announcement that was made earlier
this year in May with the government of Ontario where
the government announced support for pre - development work, uh,
in support of the Bruce C project through pre -
development, which doesn't have a specific tie into the impact
assessment directly, uh, we're undertaking an activities such as technology
selection, uh, workforce and commercial planning, uh, estimating the cost
of site preparation activities. So that site preparation phase of
work looking at understanding or getting some early cost estimates
for that work, uh, developing cooling water strategies, uh, and
we're also undertaking significant efforts when it comes to community
readiness and indigenous engagement. This work all proceeds as I
described in parallel with the impact assessment. Um, we can
maybe move to the next slide. And a significant portion
of that work and happy to answer any questions from
council this evening on, on this scope of work. Um,
we've launched an assessment fund as part of our pre
- development work. So the regional municipal readiness assessment fund
is a program that we've created at Bruce Power to
really support municipal lead readiness assessment work that should be
undertaken in anticipation of a potential positive outcome on the
project. So really looking to make, uh, application - based
funding available to municipalities around the Bruce Grey and here
on region to support that municipal lead work in preparation
of a potential Bruce C project. And we've, uh, we've
released the fund, the application intake window has been open
since June 1st. It'll close on August 1st. And we're
looking for projects that can be completed early by the
end of 2027 is our target. Um, and projects, uh,
seeking no more than 75, 000 dollars from the fun
just to ensure that we have resources to support a
good number of projects across the region. And we've, uh,
included a number of eligible categories. And I know, uh,
staff with the municipality of Brockton have, have undertaken some
effort to, to propose some options for, uh, for council
as well too. And be happy to discuss the, the
fund in Greater Detail, uh, during Q and A and
maybe just onto the next couple slides, the, the next
slide just gives you some information, uh, or ways that
you can stay up to date on the project. Our
Bruce C project registry page is a tremendous resource for
some of our technical regulatory documents. All of our, our
guidelines, all of our submissions, uh, to the federal regulators
are available on our registry page. So please feel free
to access, uh, that resource and feel free to reach
out if you have any questions. We also do have
a Bruce Power engagement page where you can can visit
and find more information, uh, from us about the project
and feel free to, to email us anytime, uh, with
that, uh, Mr. Mayor. I'm happy to answer any questions
that, uh, questions from council. Yes, Councillor
McClain. I don't thank you, Chad, for the, uh, presentation
of a question more. Just thank you very much for
coming updating council. Um, it's a huge project with lots
of benefits, but it's really important along the way, uh,
to have the touchstones of the impact and certainly, uh,
we're quite excited about that and certainly from, uh, our,
our community. Have opportunities for engagement along the way in
the process. So thank you so much. Councillor Clark. Thank
you. And good evening. Thank you, Chad, for, uh, presenting
this to us tonight. Certainly a, um, uh, an important
project and one that's again going to take a lot
of work to be able to sort of put all
of this together. So it's great to have someone, uh,
on that side of it come to present to us
tonight. So we certainly appreciate that. Um, just going off
of the one slide where they mentioned that feedback had
been, uh, sort of looked at from different groups. I'm
curious specifically about the indigenous nations and the public on
Bruce C. And as that feedback generally been positive or
negative. And if negative, I'm curious what those groups concerns
are to date. Um, I know it's, it's one of
those things that again, I've heard people on one side
are really excited for it. Wanted to go forward. And
then there's obviously people on the other side as well.
I'm just curious from your perspective what's that sort of
looked like. Yeah. Three, you Mr. Merritt's, it's a, it's
a really great question. Um, we, we see lots of,
uh, lots of really great feedback when it comes to
the Bruce C project. We never take community support for
both Bruce Power and for the project for granted, um,
we did do some, some polling back in 20 and
late 2025, uh, that showed that residents from across Bruce
Grey and here on when it comes to support for
the project. We had about an 86 percent support for
the project would be good for, uh, the region and
the and the community that they live in. So really
again, we're starting from a really good place and lots
of positive support. We do see a lot of engagement
and really from a place of genuine curiosity about impacts.
I would say that the more, uh, when we hear
concerns from, uh, from members of the community, they're not
insurmountable concerns. They are concerns that we know we can
address through mitigation. Uh, we hear a lot about socioeconomic
effects of the project. So I mean, probably unsurprisingly, but,
um, uh, topics like housing, healthcare and education and impacts
on those services and infrastructure become kind of the focal
point for, uh, for folks who express, you know, concern
or information they'd like or pieces where they would like
more information. Like tends to be where, uh, where that's
focused on. Thank you. And through Mr. Mayor, thank you
very much, Chad, for being here tonight in the presentation.
Um, I just want to acknowledge the importance of keeping
members of council and the Public informed on an initiative
of this size. Uh, it's certainly going to be, I
think a great contribution to our community, not only here
regionally, but also throughout the province of Ontario in ensuring
that, uh, electricity demands are met in the future. Uh,
especially as we have more dependencies on electricity itself. Um,
I wanted to speak about two things. Uh, the first
is around the timeline. You mentioned around the impact assessment
later this year, uh, with the idea that a license
to prepare would be issued in around 20, 28, uh,
when would you see sort of peak project, uh, outlook?
Is that still from that point about 10 years out?
Um, or they'll just pause there and ask you that
question. When would you anticipate sort of peak project to
be fully underway. Yeah. Three of you, Mr. Mary, another
really great question. So what we'll just walk through the,
the timeline for sure. I think that's an excellent exercise.
So, um, we're in the impact statement phase of the
project now expecting that to, to conclude later this year
with the submission of the impact statement, um, as you
rightly pointed out, uh, impact assessment would run until early
2028. And that includes that license to prepare site application.
If successful on all fronts, um, site preparation work could
begin immediately effectively upon receipt of the, uh, the license.
The site preparation phase of the project is about a
three year window. So we would, uh, we would have
a site preparation activities ongoing for about three years, uh,
following, which would be a 14 year construction window for
the project. So, uh, kind of mid, mid construction period
is when we see that, that peak activity. And the,
uh, further follow up question, you mentioned about being able
to potentially speak more to the fund that's been established
in terms of readiness. Um, I'm curious given the timeline
how the studies, which really have expiry dates to them,
you know, we can do extensive studies, spend thousands of
dollars, uh, and see no value in return for studies.
We've seen that here in Brockton before. Um, I'm curious
about how I advancing on studies are going to help
us in 2031 and beyond if we commence those today
with a timeline of 2027. So are there abilities to
use those funds for other things that really advance current
initiatives in municipalities that will in fact assist in delivering
on the impact and the overall community going forward. Through
you, Mayor? We are really focused on understand getting an
early assessment of initiatives that must be undertaken to or
should be undertaken to support broader, uh, regional readiness. So,
um, I think to, to the point of studies, I
hear, I hear the, the general concern. I think what
we're hoping to do is get a sense of, uh,
of broadly across the region, what needs to be done
in preparation for, uh, for the project in the scale
of the, the Bruce C project. And really, we're, that's
where we're looking to municipal leadership to provide us with,
uh, with that expertise on what you need for your
community, uh, to succeed and to be ready for a
project of, of this scale, uh, and would hope that
I think that we're anticipating a number of really great
projects to be, uh, to be proposed by the, by
the municipalities we work with. Consult your valley. Thanks, Mayor.
And thanks, Chad. As you know, it's probably the second
or third time I've seen this presentation, but I do
appreciate it in the chance to ask you a couple
of questions. I think further to Councillor Elfick's comment, I
think, um, as, as perhaps by way of feedback, um,
I certainly recognise the importance of the, you know, these
readiness studies now. But, you know, maybe a message to
the Bruce Power team is that as these years progress,
you know, hopefully that there's continued partnership and opportunities for
funding where it's appropriate in relation to the project for
municipalities and the clean energy region, building off that with
this new, um, you know, the federal government is introduced
these projects of national interest, the National Project's Office. There's
also the nuclear strategies. All these things I'm sure come
across your desk every day. Should there be, and I
know you, you can't read the tea leaves necessarily, but
should there be, you know, an acceleration of this project
or it's identified by the federal government as a priority.
And it would, I guess, could you touch on or
hypothesize with the IA process be sped up? Could a
couple of years between now and 2031 be shaved off.
Hypothetically? And if so, I guess what would that look
like on Bruce Powers end. Through you, Mary? Another great
question. I think we have, uh, signed what's called a
project charter with the impact assessment agency of Canada and
the Canadian nuclear safety commission. Uh, that, that bounds the
timelines of our, of our impact assessment process. And so
we're working, uh, in conjunction with that, with that signed
charter for the, the impact assessment process. Just to follow
up, if I may. So I guess despite of that,
you won't get grandfathered in necessarily to a more condensed
timeline. You'll be sticking with what's in place regardless of
these other, I guess, national policy changes. Is that a
fair assessment. Three. Yeah. We're, we're proceeding on the assumption
that the, the timelines outlined in the project charter are
the timelines that will stand. Okay. Thank you. Okay. And
you further questions. No. Okay. Well, thank you very much
for your, your work. Chad. And as you can see,
a lot of questions from local councils about, uh, how,
how to get ready for this project. And I think,
um, the Bruce power team and the county have really
coordinated the this approach to, uh, look at all of
the, uh, the angles for the project. I think that's
great. It's great work. It's learning from some of the
lessons. I know on the MCR came. I was, um,
was a new mayor. And we all thought that, uh,
the gold rush. And there'd be a bonanza. And I
don't think any of us looked at maybe some of
the, um, the downsides, like the, uh, housing issues that
it would create. And so I think it's just, uh,
great that your team's looking at how to best prepare
for this, uh, huge mega project. And so that, uh,
all the communities could benefit. So thank you very much.
Thank you. Appreciate it.
Okay. That would lead us into. The minutes. Moved by
Councillor Tavalli and Deputy Mayor Hutchin that we approved the
June 23rd minutes. All those in favor. Carried. Then we've
got the, uh, now we're into Reports. And on the
topic of Chad's presentation, we've got Report One Regional Readiness
Assessment Fund. By Councillor Tavalli. Second, Debmir Hutchin that we
approve report CIO eight regional municipality, Ridness Assessment Fund Bruce
C, prepared by Sonya Watson, CEO, and doing so support
staff applying through the regional Mispala readiness assessment fund for
the following studies. Municipal Service Delivery and organisational review. Municipal
operation needs assessment study, East Ridge Business Park Servicing and
Implementation Strategy. Councillor Trevalli. Thanks Mayor Peabody and I appreciate
the report from staff. I think, um, given the fact
that, uh, at least to my understanding, and that's where
I'll get to in my question, that the impact on
the tax rate with these studies. I think they will
be beneficial. All three of them in our long -
term planning with and without Bruce C. So certainly support
as proposed. I guess my question would be, does staff
anticipate in the application applying for the full 75 in
each? Or are you going to have more estimated figures
based on, you know, previous types of studies, I guess
some could come in at 35, 40, 50 grand. So
will the application kind of break it out by cost
as opposed to just doing the max of 75, which
maybe not as good for a chances in my mind.
Through Mer Peabody, I have attaining quotes at this time.
So most of them are from discussions very close to
the 75, 000 dollar range It tried to pick, um,
projects that would fit into that. So, um, it will
be close, but yes, based on further, uh, discussions might
be slightly lower. Yeah. So just to sort of follow
up on that question, um, and that sort of goes
into where, um, mine was going as well. What's the
probability or is there a chance that the funding is
it underfunds and the, the application or the project that
we submit for goes over the 75, 000. So first
question is that a possibility second part to that question,
if it is a possibility, are we able to back
out once we get more of a concrete quote? I
just again, don't want to apply for 75, 000 and
it costs 125, 000 and we're on the hook for
an additional 50 on something that may be too early
or we may or may not need. Body. We will
be scoping the projects to, um, align within that budget
mind. I can't guarantee that there's not a possibility that
a tender would come in more than or across proposal
may come in a bit higher. But we will be,
you know, adapting our, um, Recross for proposals to include
staff time to work on these projects to try to
get them within this range. Thank you, indeed, through Mr.
Mayor. Um, you know, I appreciate the recommendations by staff
and the report. I do think that as a municipality,
we need to take advantage of available funds to conduct
some of these studies. Um, my concern is, uh, when
I read the definition for the municipal service delivery review
and also the municipal operations needs assessment. I see a
number of overlapping themes. Um, and what I'm concerned about
is there's not really a lot contained in the recommendations
for infrastructure planning. Um, you know, looking at impacts, uh,
on things like water usage in our communities, uh, looking
at, uh, road network. And I know the county's going
to do the transportation studies, but certainly, um, looking at
how we are going to connect in terms of transportation
and also in land development overall. And I know we
were just coming out of a official plan review. Um,
so I'm just, I'm mindful about whether we have the
right things that we're asking for, I do think we
should apply. I know the deadline is quite, uh, closest,
but I would certainly be open to seeing us consider
more other attributes along like workforce, uh, readiness. Um, I'm
just struggling a little bit to be honest with the
timeline. We're sitting here in 2026, uh, project, uh, 2031.
How are these are really going to inform the future,
uh, for us to actually have tangible and good, reliable
information moving forward. I think that, um, it's a good
snapshot in time, I suppose, but I really want to
ensure that we're thinking about all of the impacts throughout
our municipality. And I find that a number of these,
uh, items that we're talking about here are really closely
wedded in one area. And it'd be great to expand
that to think to things like workforce, uh, readiness and
also, uh, looking at other land development opportunities that we
would have. So I don't know if that's an opportunity
for us to consider making those changes here tonight or
tasked after those and making the final submissions. Um, but
I don't think that we need both a municipal services
review and an operation needs assessment study when a number
of those things by even their staff report overlap. Through
your Meripodi, uh, noted, I guess the municipal operations needs
assessment is to focus more directly on, um. On our,
um, in addition to staff on our facilities on, um,
we're, it's going to take into account, like I noted
there, that we already do have a road study rule
and a throughout Walkerton. Um, we also have our building
condition assessments that we can now incorporate all this information
to look at how we need to plan our facilities
for the future based on our road networks based on
our existing capacity of staff, um, pending growth that's projected
versus when Bruce C comes. So that's study is very
specific to our operations needs. There, I would agree there
may be, um, some small overlap within looking at a
whole municipal service delivery review. Um, again, we had a
municipal service delivery view done in 2015. Um, it was
a great basis. We've implemented a lot of those things
that came out of that review, um, hired the By
- law enforcement officer as one of those suggestions that
came out of there. Um, so we don't have that
guiding document to really look now at our service delivery
and how we do equip them municipality. For workforce readiness.
For the future. Okay. Well, if I could comment on
that, the, um, priority there to me would be the
East Ridge business park. And, uh, as, as we know,
there will be potential for subcontractors. Who are manufacturing components.
For the, um, Reactor to, uh, set up operations. And
I think in, in terms of the, uh, surrounding municipalities,
our business park is best set up, uh, to capture
that. There's some other good business parks, but ours is
just fantastic. So if we can, uh, make sure that
40 acres that we bought is opened up. I think
it'll just be, um, that would be, um, that would
be my priority for getting that. So it's good you
asked that question, Chad, because it allowed me to, uh,
explain to Chad what, uh, what my number one priority
is on that list. So, okay. Thank you. Um, I
just wondered, was there a limit to the number of
applications we could make. There is not a limit. It's
more to staff time. It's based on it's staff time
working with a consultants, um, and looking at our existing
needs, these all were viable projects that our senior management
whole team identified based on the, you know, existing studies
that we already have. And, you know, we, we do
understand already what our water infrastructure requirements are. Um, so
these were in addition to areas that we needed all
felt we needed to look at. And just, uh, maybe
further to that. What is the anticipated commitment for staff
for staff time if all three of these reviews were
to go ahead, um, just looking at the project runway,
um, having them awarded, having them completed in 2027. It
would seem if all three were approved that it would
take a considerable amount of stuff time to assist in
preparing these reviews. Through you my peabody, they would, they
would take, uh, time, you know, the different departments that
would be assigned to each of these. So I don't
have a number. Tim. And so just out of curiosity,
is that something that's part of the overall costing allocation?
Or is it just the studies that are covered. Just
the studies are covered in the 75, 000. Yes. Three
RP body, you know, I brought forward these options as
all, um, needed projects. It's certainly up to council on
if they only want to narrow it down to one,
uh, want to take as big of our, um, leverage
as big opportunity as we could for our needs, um,
without using the tax base. Um, but again, it's up
to council. Yeah. Just one small follow up question. If
we apply, are we allowed to back out of it?
Like should we get all three and realise this is
going to be way too much time, um, like, are
we given more time to think about these? Or is
if we're accepted that we have to go forward with
those options as presented tonight. Three MRP body. I think
in applying for the funding, we would want to do
it in good faith. There would be an agreement come
back, um, for council's consideration before we entered that, but
I think we definitely want to apply, um, with the
knowledge that we were going to proceed on these. Yeah.
I would, I would certainly just given the conversation around
the table. I think that our priority is clear. I
think I completely agree with Mayor P body. You know,
our ability for expansion of industrial lands is absolutely critical
in the municipality and really a really well placed for
it. I think that should be our focus for this.
I would certainly support, uh, removing in its entirety, the
municipal service delivery and organisation review from the motion. And,
uh, if staff feel, I'd like to hear a little
bit more about the operations needs, you know, we're hearing
that we've done transportation. We've done water. We've done infrastructure.
I'm not sure what the value add is. If we
can, if we actually proceed with that anyways. So I
would rather just have our priority here in Brockton focused
and ensuring that we're actually able to deliver on this
initiative to be ready, uh, to contribute to the Bruce
the expansion project. Steve. Yeah. I'm happy with the three.
I think multiple other municipalities, we know, I think Aaron
Elder's league. Others that have received this and grey in
here on our applying for multiple. Um, again, Bruce Power
will be reviewing these and determining if the link and
if it's substantial by their parameters. Um, so I don't
think we need to be overly cautious here. Um, in
my opinion, I certainly see the preference for the one.
And I agree with that. Um, as our, you know,
the best case scenario, if we only get one, it
would be for Eastridge, but, um, there's no harm in
my view in applying for the three. So that's the
way I'm going. All right. Mitch. Yeah. Just one follow
up piece, uh, to that. I guess again, my only
concern is sort of twofold one, the staff time involved
in the three applications. And then secondly, I'm still worried
about that 75, 000 dollar limit not being hint, hit.
And we've had this before where we'd be expected prices.
We've had quotes. We've had, um, reasons to believe a
price would be something. And then it's double it or
it's one and a half times it. And so again,
that's just what concerns me here. If I could get
again, from staff, I guess what's the confidence that we're
going to be under that 75, 000? I know you
can't, uh, guarantee it, but can we sort of aim
for 50? And if we go over 20, we're still
good instead of aiming for 75 and going over 20
or 30 or 40. I guess I can comment to
that, that, um, when we put out the request for
proposal, this still has to be accepted by council. So
at that time, you know, if for some reason it,
it comes in way over the expected budget. There's that
opportunity for, um, for seeing circumstances. Councillor Tribali. Yeah. I
would just add from previous experience working in South Bruce
and so on. I think to your point, it's, it's
very good to be cautious, but I think dealing with
consultants doing this sort of study is different than like
a road project where you're dealing with variables like construction
materials. So I would find it very unlikely that they
would be going over. And again, you're like you say,
you put out that RFP, um, and again, if they're
going to start projecting things out of the scope or
over the amount that's in the RFP, that's the conversation
where we need to pull back and say, okay, well,
that's not what we ask. So you're not within the
scope. Um, so that's just my own experience obviously defer
to, um, you know, Sonia's comments on this, but from
previous experience, that's sort of where I see it. Okay.
We had a discussion. I'll call the question. All those
in favor. All those opposed. Okay. The motion's carried.
Homecoming agreement. Councillor Javeli Demir Hutchin that we receive recort
2026 number 15 Walker and Homecoming Agreement prepared by Colleen
Gillis Director of Community Services for information purposes. Any questions.
All those in favor. Okay. Thanks Colleen. Do you and
your staff are working everything out. I, uh, here in,
um, lots of great things about how things are moving
along with the homecoming. So, uh, it's quite exciting. So
thank you for your preparatory works. Ridout Street Culvert. Deputy
Mayor Hutchin Councillor Ciavalli that we receive report public works
number six right out street culvert tender prepared by Nicholas
Schnerdirective operations. And doing so awards the tender to JT
excavating in the amount of 590, 846 dollars and 76
cents. Plus HST Councillor Trevelli. Thanks Mayor. Just a question
through you to staff. Uh, I read the report that,
uh, the work is estimated to cost 950, 000, including
the total tender cost. And of course, we have the
total tender cost at around 590K here. I guess can
staff clarified if there is a figure on what those
X or those separate engineering costs are. And if we're
of course within that budget or not at this time.
Yeah. Thank you through you, Mr. Mayor. When we initially
put this budget together, we looked at the 950, 000
looked at, you know, maybe some sidewalk me. We're going
to expand a little bit. Um, but, you know, we
have to fall within the guidelines of what, uh, sogging
valley will allow us to do. So we're not going
necessarily as big. Uh, there's also been no flooding issues
there that we need to accommodate or go bigger. So
we're kind of like for like, it's a steel culvert.
We're putting in concrete one. Engineering. Uh, I don't have
that right in front of me, but it's usually, um,
you know, so we'll be using our engineer on retainer
for that project. Kim. Thank you. Um, I'm excited that
we might actually come well under budget. When this project
is finished, what could you report back to us on
what the final figures are. Please. Thank you. Hey. All
in favor. It's carried. June modern wastewater. Dirt Beamer Hutchin
Councillor Travelli received utilities report 10, 2026 water and wastewater
prepared by Nicholas Schnurr for information purposes. All those in
favor. That's carried financial report June 30th. Moved by the
deputy mayor, seconded by Councillor Trevalli that we receive financial
report 21, June 30th. Prepared by Trish Sorceratory CFO for
information purposes. All those in favor. That's carried. Samuel Tax
Rares to June 30th. Moved by Deputy Mayr Hutchin, seconded
by Councillor Trelli that we receive report FIN 20 semi
- annual tax rares to June 30th prepared by Jessica
Schmidt tax collector for information purposes. Councillor Elfik. Thank you.
And three, Mr. Mayor, certainly just a comment on the
report. It's appreciated that council is being apprised of the
amounts that are outstanding. But the figures certainly tell a
story, uh, to all of us. I think here and
anyone reading the report about the arreers that we're in
2023 and beyond. At 11 percent, 25 was at 36
percent and then heading into 2026, we're at 51 percent.
So some pretty big jumps, uh, for the percentage of
total arrears that remain outstanding. Um, and, uh, we'd be
hopeful to hear from staff at some point around, um,
you know, how we're going to manage that and what
sort of steps can we put in place, um, I
know the limitations, but it would be good to know,
uh, our plan, uh, given that, uh, total property tax
arreers, you know, 847, 000 dollars being in a rear.
So pretty, uh, pretty notable from my point of view
as it really says report. Thank you. All those in
favor. It's carried. Beating schedule. Deputy Mayor Hutchin, Councillor
Tavelli that we receive report from clerk's office. The budget
and council meeting schedule prepared by Sarah Johnson, Deputy Clerk.
If you want to Hamilton, Director of Legislative and legal
services and approves cancelling the proposed budget meeting on Wednesday,
December 16th at 10 a. m. at the Bruce County
Council. Um, and further approves the budget meeting dates for
2027 to be held at seven at the Bruce County
Council Chambers electronically through Zoom. East Gribe unless otherwise noted
in accordance with the procedural by - law. So some
changes there due to the election, Councillor Trevalli. Thanks, Mayor.
Yeah. Overall, no problem with the dates, but I do
feel that as a courtesy and, uh, you know, out
of a goodwill gesture to our user groups in the
community, that we could push that September 7th deadline, if
at all possible. I appreciate the budget work starts now.
Um, but I think in the midst of a homecoming
and ploughing match and other community events through the summer
and fall September 7th is just on the heels of
a busy summer. And I think a little bit of
leeway. I think I brought this up last year too,
if possible, uh, as a date for these service groups
would be good. I mean, today we're in the middle
of July. You know, we have to get notice out
potentially in some form or fashion, I hope to serve
it to user groups that will be coming forward inevitably.
Um, so I think if we could even push it
to the, you know, start of October if staff, you
know, if that's feasible. Um, and again, we're not going
to see the budget as a council until January 2027.
So. Okay, it's a good idea. We'll change that. All
right. Anything else. All those in favor. That's carried. So
do we have clarity on that, sorry? Or what's. Okay.
Thanks. Yeah. Fiona got it. Land acknowledgement moved by Councillor
Alpha. Excited by Councillor McClain that we receive clerks report
13 land acknowledgement protocol policy prepared by Sarah Johnson's deputy
clerk and Kirk Mugi Corporate Records assistant and doing so
approves the Byla coming forward adopting the land acknowledgement protocol
policy and the visual Brockton land acknowledgement protocol. Councillor McClain.
Through you mayor. Glad to see this protocol. Um, certainly
I'm quite proud of the work that Brockton's done over
the last number of years in terms of the truth
and reconciliation file. Um, and I think that this protocol
certainly fits within, within that, uh, giving the public an
understanding of how the land acknowledgement is used and kind
of why we do it. Um, and, uh, I think
to sit that up in a protocol is important. Um,
the other thing I'd like to ask is, um, and
maybe it was in the report and I didn't quite
see it. I understand kind of model a little bit
on Bruce County protocol. Um, does this protocol go to
Sahn itself, our own once we pass this or have
we gotten Sawns, uh, feedback on our specific policy here
protocol. Through you Mayor Peabody, uh, we didn't specifically circulate
them on the protocol. Um, but it has been based
on, um, number one information that they themselves have provided
to the public about land acknowledgements. And secondly, sort of
from, you know, ongoing, uh, conversations, et cetera, about, um,
how to be thoughtful about land acknowledgments in general, but
we can certainly circulate it to some specifically. Sure. Thank
you. I think that would be a great idea. And
I was excited to see that the Walk for Wand
Jack is on the National Day for Truth and Reconciliation
locally here in Brockton on September 30th. So, um, happy
to be part of that. Also, Travelli. Yeah. Thanks, Mary.
Just seeking some clarity on some of the language. It
wasn't entirely clear to me in the protocol. Um, about
its use at Council and Committee meetings. Like, is it
implemented as a standing item or it's at the discretion
of the chair. For you Peabody, I think our intention
is that, um, while formal council meetings, um, and public
meetings would still have the land acknowledgement as a standing
item. What would change is that it wouldn't be as
prescriptive as it currently is within the procedural bylaw to
allow for more personal reflection and growth. So there would
still say something that's landing acknowledgement, but instead of just
sort of reading something that's been pre - prepared, which
could still serve as a guide, um, that it should
be supplemented with some personal reflection or a land acknowledgement
that's more tailored. Yeah. Sorry. Just as a follow -
up, but I guess more on the committee meeting side,
as far as I know, that's not a current practice.
So again, is it at the discretion or option of
the chair to read or say or do one? Yes.
Through you Mayor Peabody, I think our, um, current policy
even states that it's for regular council meetings. So even
for special counsel meetings, um, we don't have the land
acknowledgement as part of that. Standing item for that. So
I think we would keep that, you know, it's meant
to be for when, you know, main decisions are being
made so that it doesn't sort of become something that's
done as a rote gesture without thought and consideration. Councillor
Elfik. Thank you. And more so a comment, uh, Mr.
Mayor threw you that I very much support the report
and I appreciate it. I was part of the original
adoption of Brockton's Land Acknowledgement, uh, when it was introduced.
And I'm, I'm certainly happy to see the work that
we've done. Uh, what I would be curious to know
is if there's opportunities for all of us, you know,
as elected leaders in the community speaking about our own
work around reconciliation and reconciliation efforts, uh, to really share
in the delivery of that land acknowledgement, uh, exactly like
our clerk was saying that one of the core purposes
is to have that individualized reflection. Uh, that they're not,
uh, intended to be prescriptive or just read out. It
should be something coming from, uh, the individual who's at
the meeting and delivering the meeting. So, uh, I'm just
wondering if that might be something in the future we
look at around, um, for a particular meeting or for
formal council meetings that it rotate even between, uh, the
members of council to deliver that land acknowledgement to share
in their own work and their own reflections that they
would have, uh, in reconciliation efforts. Through you mayor P
body. Absolutely. There's opportunity for Council to provide feedback to
clarify how you'd like to incorporate, um, the protocol. If
you'd like to have a rotation of the land acknowledgement
at Council Meetings, that's something we could easily incorporate into
our new procedural bylaw that we would be updating for
the new term in any event. But certainly I'm happy
to take any feedback from council about, um, how we
can kind of best move forward in a way that
allows for each member of council to provide their personal
reflection. Okay. Councillor Civali. Yeah. I certainly appreciate Councillor Alfix
comment and commitment on this. I think that would obviously
have to be at the discretion of individual members and
respecting whether that's something they feel comfortable or wish to
do, you know, similarly if someone wanted to offer a
prayer at the start of a meeting, not every member
would necessarily be comfortable. So I think being mindful of
people's own beliefs or convictions or level of comfort and
even giving some statement or reflection. So certainly would have
to be, um, I'm obviously again at the chair's discretion.
And if it's not something that someone intends to do
or, or is comfortable, then that would not be meaningful
either. So. That's my, uh, only supplemental to that. Through
you mere peabody, perhaps one idea would be that much
like other items on the agenda, if it's an item
on the agenda and we don't have a prescriptive statement,
then, you know, the chairperson could offer whether the comment
that somebody wants to make at that time. Um, so
that, you know, Council members would be free to participate.
Or if not, then, you know, the chairperson could provide
comment as well. Much like any other item on the
agenda without sort of being too rigid. So that might
be one, um, method of dealing with it that provides
some flexibility. Okay. All those in favor. It's carried. Council
term Equipment moved by Defner Hutchinson. I'm a Councillor Chevelli
that we receive report clerk 14, 2027 Council Trim Equipment
prepared by Fiona Hamilton, Director of Legislative Legal Services and
doing so approves the purchase of seven laptops for the
upcoming Council term to be funded from the elections reserve
fund. Questions. Mitch. Yeah. Thank you. And through you mayor.
Um, I agree with the, the thought process of rotating
the laptops for each new, uh, council term. I mean,
it makes sense from strictly a strategic standpoint to just
sort of rotate the laptops. And it makes things a
little bit easier. Uh, a couple of things I, I
struggle with from the report though is, is the first
one is the, the work that council's doing on these
laptops is very minimal. Like truthfully, I think we could
continue to use these laptops for two, three, four more
years and be fine. Um, we're using, uh, web browser
and email and maybe Outlook if you're a lot or
sorry. Um, word if you're lucky or depending on what
you're doing. So again, it's not like we're using these
extensively. So that's my sort of one rationale on it.
And then on the other side of things as well,
spending 1700 dollars each of us is what it comes
out to roughly. Uh, for these new laptops. I also
wonder if there's cheaper options. If we are going to
go forward with new ones, uh, that would satisfy counsel
for what we're doing. Um, I also noticed in the
report that it had mentioned that, um, these might be
repurposed to a different department. Um, and I'm just curious
from staff what those departments are that these would be
useful for. That's using them less than what we are
as a group. You mayor P
buddy. I'll help Fiona with this one. Um, so the
other departments that we repurposely laptops for kind of go
across the entire organisation. So it can be summer students,
um, throughout the organisation. It can be, um, support staff
that don't need them on a continuous basis, but need
them for different meetings. Um, and it can be basically
anybody that needs one, um, that doesn't use it for
an everyday purpose. Uh, the price point for the laptops,
um, back and forth a couple of times. It was
also noted at our Bruce County IT meeting that the
price of infrastructure is going up. And I did hear
back from, um, the supplier that we can expect monthly
increases on the hardware itself. Um, it's not just the
laptop itself. It's also all the software that comes with
it. So there is added cost for the software and
the security. Software that goes along with it as well.
So. I think that answered all of your questions. There's
a few of them. So. Okay. Thank you. And through
you to, to staff, uh, you know, I recall, um,
in the previous term of council, uh, were similar report
came forward and council was asked to weigh in with
respect to the selection of the quotes and looking at
a regional provider or a local, uh, provider that was
able to do that in our own municipality. I'm just
wondering, uh, noting from the report, it sort of speaks
to obtaining a single quotation for approximately 12, 000, uh,
is this something that we have gone out and asked
other vendors locally. If there is any other vendors in
our own municipality that may be able to provide laptops
for council. Through you, Merry Peabody, uh, not at this
point. It's just a matter of trying to get the
authorization to move forward so that we can order them
and have them ready and purchase before we continue to
see price increases for the, um, devices. Um, if approved
by council, then staff can certainly go out and get
formal quotations from everybody. Um, but I would expect a
quicker turnaround since the quotes are typically only valid for
five days when we receive them. Sorry. Is that still
the intention then? So if council were to proceed with
authorizing it, we will still get quotes. We will still
look at vendors within our, our municipality first. I just
know that was a conversation point in the last term
of council. Three me repay buddy. Yes. Steph will go
out and get the quotes and review the information. Um,
that specific incident that you're speaking to. That's when we
purchased like 25 desktops. And it was a large amount
of, um, computers that we purchased. Um, so price point,
it was a bit different. But yes, we can certainly
ask for some different quotes and make sure that we
get the best price point for the organisation. Yeah. Just
one follow up. It's not, it's not really a question
more of just a statement and, and I think ultimately
where I struggle is again, laptops and hardware pricing is
going up. It's expensive right now. And I think the
laptops that we have ultimately are still, uh, sufficient and
would work for what we're doing. I would have no
prom staying on this one for, um, however long I
should be here. And so, um, I personally just can't
agree with going out and spending 1700 dollars for seven
new laptops when these ones are working, especially in a
situation where again, laptop and hardware prices are so expensive
right now. Okay. We've got some different opinions. I'll call
the questions. And see where it goes. All those in
favor. All those opposed. Okay. Motion is defeated.
Right. I'll have to be sure to be gentle on
my laptop then as we go forward. Well, this, this
term accounts have been pretty good. Trish, Trish will attest
that in my first term of Council has pretty bad
at, uh, breaking everything. Did they have laptops in your
first term of council Mayor? I've had a good run.
No, the first is mayor. Okay. All right. There. You're
right. It was just, it was just a huge paper
copy every week. Finder. Okay. All right. Okay. Uh, integrity
commissioner. Moved by Deptimer Hutchin. So you're going to be
Councillor Trevalli that we receive report. Clerks 15 Integrity Commissioner
Retainer. 26 to 30 prepared by Fiona Hamill Director of
Legionay Service in doing so proves a Byla coming forward
to a point ADR chambers as the municipality of Brockton's
integrity commissioner for the remainder of the 2026 calendar year
until December 31st, 2030. All those in favor. That's carried.
Okay. Final report Basra. Deptimer Hutchin, Councillor Ciavelli that we
approve report clerk number 16 Basmer Municipal Services Corporations Business
Case Study prepared by Fiona Hamilton. Director of Legislative Legal
Services for Information Purposes. Okay. We do have a report
on this coming in camera also. Okay. All those in
favor. Let's carry it. All right. Takes us along to,
um. Public Notification. And we have, um, Summer Street Fest
on Friday, 10 o'clock downtown Walker to exciting deals from
our downtown businesses. Family friendly activities and music. Music in
the Park, July 25th, August 29th, music in the Park
and August 30th at 1 p. m. for a special
performance at the Heritage Garden, bring your own blanketer lawn
chair donations. Welcome. Contact Committee Services Department or 8810625 for
more information. Walker and Homecoming Walkerton turns 155 this year.
Celebrate this exciting milestone at the Walkerton Homecoming. Happening July
30th to August 3rd. A Committee - wide event brought
to life by passionate local volunteers. Get ready for a
weekend filled with fund memories and hometown pride. Municipal officers
closing for civic holiday. They'd be closed August 3rd for
the Civic Holiday and Reopen August. 4th. And then finally
we have our Green Bin Registration Form to municipalities implementing
single source organics. It's part of the program. We'll be
providing 45 litre bins at no cost that currently reside
that receive curbside collection in Walkerton until August 28th. Residents
are invited to voluntarily submit a Green Bin registration form
to receive a green bin at no cost. Green bins
will be delivered to residents in advance. Visitbrockton. ca Green
Ben for more information than we have some correspondence requiring
action 12. 1 a letter on the e - scooters.
Through you Mayor Peabody. It's certainly up to council to
provide direction to staff with respect to both of these
letters. But at a minimum staff would suggest that, um,
letters of acknowledgement and appreciation would be provided to both
of those letters, um, provided there's no other further direction.
Yeah. Yeah. Just speaking about, uh, 12 point one first
related to e scooters, you know, the goal of the
municipality was really to conduct a review and compare, uh,
and look at what options existed either by enabling and
enacting a regulation or simply maintaining the status quo, which
is the provincial regulations. And I think there may be
a disconnect, um, in understanding that what Brockton, uh, did
Brockton did not in fact impose any ban, uh, Brockton
chose not to proceed with enrolling in any pilot program,
which would have enabled, uh, e - scooters in the
community, uh, and the number of reasons. And I'll just
refer back to the previous Council meeting where that decision
was made. But more importantly, the understanding is that you
still need to, even if you're operating one of these
devices, be over the age of 16 and wearing a
helmet if you're into the age of 18. And there
does seem to be this idea that young people in
our community who are under the age of 16 have
been prohibited by a result of council's recent decision, uh,
and that is not actually, uh, factual, uh, it's a
provincial decision. It's a provincial regulation that sets out those
limitations. And I think that whatever we can do to
continue our education on safe riding, as is mentioned here
in the letter. And to continue reviewing what options might
exist for those users that are over the age of
16, uh, at some point in the future, potentially use
Brockton roadways to operate their scooters. I think we're committed
to leaving that conversation open and ongoing, uh, but that
we weren't ready to make that decision in a previous
Council meeting. So we didn't adopt that. And I think
that's very important for the public to understand. Uh, because
we do need to have rules. We do need to
have, uh, more information, more education on these devices throughout
our community and how they're operating and where they're being
operated. So, uh, I certainly agree that we do need
to provide a response, but more importantly about what the
decision was that Brockton Council made versus what provincial regulations
actually overshadow that decision. Thank you. Okay. And that's a
good response. Yeah. Those were very, uh, eloquently put by
Councillor Alpha. And even though a common, I'm a comms
guy. I'm going to be a little more blunt. I
think, yeah, we need to be just clear. We didn't
do a ban. So just, I think communicating that as
Councillor Elfic pointed out, um, what the future brings provincially,
we can wait and see. It's like any province -
wide framework. And secondly, what folks have for toys or
leisure craft in their backyard. I mean, that's something of
their own risk. Um, but nothing is saying, you know,
kids can't get on a good old fashioned bicycle to
bike downtown. And there are rules in place and safety
in place with the bike too. But, um, yeah, we're
just, we just reminded people of what was already there.
We didn't change anything. And I understand that maybe cause
some confusion, but certainly response. I agree. And I appreciate
the advocacy. Hey, Mitch. Yeah. And just one follow up
question of that as well. And when we respond to
this group, I think again, it is important that what,
uh, the two, uh, fellow councillors had mentioned gets mentioned
to them too. And, and ultimately even maybe another social
media push. I know I seen a couple of them
on Facebook there. We had mentioned certain things. And again,
just sort of clarifying and reiterating that, um, yeah, this,
this is in something that council decided we're just going
to ban them. And prior to that, uh, they were
allowed. And so I just think again, education, education, education
and ensuring that the public's aware of sort of what,
um, had went on, uh, during that. And the rationale
for, um, Council's Decision during that. Ultimately, um, safety is
the most important thing that we can do around this
table. And we have to ensure people are safe. Um,
and so, uh, at this time right now, um, it
made sense to go the route that we did and
just follow the provincial government. But in the future, hopefully
we do have some kind of a better framework from
them that we can follow along with. And, um, and,
uh, make it a little bit more easy for these
residents to, uh, to use those items. Okay. And what
do you want to say back about the letter on
the dog park. Steve. Yeah. I just think an acknowledgement.
I myself corresponded with Rose and I certainly am again,
appreciate where she's coming from and the advocacy about, um,
the location. And I do think, you know, we need
to, aside from a response, but we could certainly incorporate
it is that we are working on plans. And hopefully
we have more tangible plans about next year's hopefully more
permanent location up in Eastridge. That's all. Right. Okay. Moves
this along to the information items. Councillor Elfik Councillor McLean
that we receive all items in Section 13. All those
in favor. Carried. Our bylaws. Councillor Elfik, Councillor McClain that
we authorized the following Byleth B Red and Acted Sein
tilt numbers followed 59 compliance audit 60 land acknowledgement 61
ADR chambers integrity commissioner, 62 homecoming committee financing agreement by
law 63 419 Durham Street East Fox Club bookshop encroachment
agreement. 64 assume Riverview estate subdivision phase four is a
public highway 65 Walker Hill Development grading memorand of all
those in favor. That's carried. The Committee Minutes Councillor
Elfik, Councillor McClain. Oh Councillor Clark that we received the
minutes the following committees. Accessibility advisory committee May 22nd. All
those in favor. That's carried, notice emotion brought forward. Councillor
Clark, Councillor Elfick that we dispensed with a notice of
motion with the procedural biolog. Consider the motion regarding AMO,
all those in favor. That's carried. AMO motion Councillor Clark,
Councillor Elfick that we authorize Council Trevi attending AMO in
Ottawa, August 16th. Being his second conference this year in
accordance with the Council Conference and Convention's policy. Discussion Councillor
McClain. Just to confirm that's because of Councillor Trevalli running
for the executive of email, correct? Yeah. Yeah. Okay. Yeah.
Just one publicly say that. All right. All those in
favor. That's carried. That brings us, um. To, um, business
brought forward. Anybody are that's additional business anybody else. We're
bringing anything up. What's happening in the community business brought
forward. No. Oh, yes. Yes. Yeah. Thanks. Mayor, the deputy
mayor reminded me here. Just want to, um, uh, acknowledge
that, uh, you know, the IPM is coming up and
there was a great community fundraiser on Sunday afternoon out
in CHEPSTO rev up for the match. Um, so just
really thanks to community for showing up. And obviously, uh,
many folks made that event possible. And it really is
an exciting time for our community. So I just want
to acknowledge that that happened. Great to see a number
of members of Council were able to support that as
well. Okay. Councillor Alfik. Yeah. Just building on the same
theme just to acknowledge us will be likely to be
our, well, this will be our last council meeting before
the Walker and Homecoming. So, uh, lots of great work
as we talked about earlier in the meeting, uh, certainly
encourage all members of Council to attend and participate. Uh,
it will be certainly a great event. Lots of activities
planned, uh, great way to incorporate also the Bruce power.
I know we had delegations here earlier, but they'll have
their, uh, fun, fest day on the Saturday. Um, and
it will be a great event for, uh, family friends
and everyone to be reacquainted. So, uh, hope to see
everyone there. Thanks. Mitch. Yeah. And also just want to
comment on another, uh, community event that went on, uh,
over the weekend, the dinner over the Yoca Sippi River,
uh, just outside of Cargill there. And it was, uh,
great event. And I heard them talking and I believe
they had 95 people. So that's up from, uh, all
of the other years as far as I'm aware. I
think they had around 70 or 80 in the past.
So it's great to see that turnout, uh, we, we
had great weather. And, uh, yeah, I was certainly, uh,
a fun evening. Okay. Councillor McClain, uh, this Saturday, uh,
we are hosting at the Walker Deng Golf and Country
Council Curving Club, not Country Club, Curling Club, uh, the
Optimist Junior Golf Championship. We have 25 young golfers who
get a chance to go to the Midwest tournament down
in St. Mary's and winners there get a chance to
play in Florida. So this is our fourth, fourth annual.
Okay. And then, um, so it's great. Lots of great
stuff going on in the community. Just wanted to share
with Council and stuff. I've been getting, um, some complaints
about, uh, Airbnbs and Public Safety. And I know we
rejected that at one point due to staff cost, but
been thinking, um, we should be doing something to, um,
have a registry. There's a number of public safety issues
out there. And, um, I don't want it to be
a cash grab like Northern Bruce Peninsula is doing, for
example, where they've had to hire a staff person to
follow Airbnb listings and then phone them up and say,
Hey, where's your tax for that one week? I don't
want to follow that model. But, uh, so I'd like
to, um, to bring something, um, forward Councillor Travelli. Yeah.
Just to build off that, if I may, or certainly
agree more from an accountability perspective. And, uh, you know,
when certain incidents arise or problems that there can be,
um, whether through Bylar other means appropriate follow up, um,
certainly heard some, um, important feedback from residents that are
late communities about that on the weekend. Um, so certainly
support you in that. And, uh, look forward to further
discussion. Okay. All right. And with that, we'll move to
the closed session at 8 10. And, uh, we're addressing
matters pertaining to a trade secret technical commercial financial information
that belongs to the municipality and has a monetary value
of potential monetary value municipal service corporation for BASRA. Labour
relations municipal services Corporation for BASRA. Personnel matters about a
digital individual, including local board employees, facility restriction request for
reconsideration and litigation, potential litigation, including matters before administrative Tribunals
affecting the MISPELD or local board, a potential settlement instruction.
All those in favor, that's carried.
Member municipality and two independent skills - based voting directors
and that the Councilman Spell Brogni supporter reserved shareholder powers
for BASRA Minicipal Service Corporation assured that major matters remain
subject to shareholder approval and that the Council Multi of
Brockton support the continuation of the existing Basra working group
and the CAO officers as the transition committee through the
implementation planning phase and with the transition committee providing recommendations
to the member municipal councils for final approval. All those
in favor, that is carried. Confirmation of proceedings, Councillor's Elfick
and McClain, that we read the following By - Law
be read and act to sign cell number to follow
66 July 14th, confirmatory by - law. All those in
favor. That's carried, motion to adjourn at 929. Councillor McClain
and Elfik, and we will meet again August 11th. All
those in favor. That is carried.