[1:00] Good evening and welcome to the council
meeting of Tuesday, August 25th, 2026.
[1:04] We will begin with our land
acknowledgement statement. We would like
[1:07] to acknowledge the land on which we meet
today. For thousands of years, it has
[1:10] been the traditional land of the
Alangquin nation. Today, this meeting
[1:13] place is still the home to many
indigenous people, and we are grateful
[1:16] to have the opportunity to live and work
on this land. Thank you.
[1:22] » Uh good evening everyone and welcome to
our council meeting. Uh I'm I'm uh
[1:28] sitting in this evening for uh um uh his
worship. Uh as you're all aware, a
[1:35] couple of weeks ago um our mayor had a
mild uh stroke. Uh he's uh recovering
[1:42] very well at home. I spoke with him at
length this afternoon about um uh the
[1:48] agenda uh tonight and also um he wanted
me to convey uh uh to you as a council
[1:56] but also to the citizens uh his
gratitude for how kind everyone's been,
[2:00] the various supportive messages that
he's received and and all the kindness
[2:04] and certainly again to reiterate um how
grateful uh he is to the staff at the
[2:11] Brockl General hospital and to the
emergency responders who um were so uh
[2:17] important in making sure he's um come
out of this and going to uh have a full
[2:22] recovery. So um he sounds uh really
good. He said a little bit fatigued, but
[2:28] other than that uh very upbeat and very
interested in what we're um doing here
[2:32] and wanted to um make sure that a few of
the things that are coming through
[2:36] tonight that he could have his um input
into that. So, um, anyway, wanted to say
[2:44] just, you know, thank you so much and
we're all, uh, you know, so grateful
[2:49] that he's had such a, um, marvelous
outcome to, um, to the incident that
[2:54] he's encountered. And it speaks to the
support that a few years ago we gave to
[2:59] the Brockville General Hospital. And I
remember when we when we were talking
[3:02] about that, you know, I was saying that
at any time any citizen in this city
[3:09] could need the services of the Broville
General Hospital. So I think it really
[3:12] is important that when they when they
need help from their municipality that
[3:16] we do step up and this council uh did
and I'm proud that we did. But this is
[3:22] um this just sort of shows you when it
hits very close to home as part of our
[3:26] team that these services are very needed
and um you know uh just uh wonderful
[3:33] that we have the the facility that we do
and the excellent care that we're able
[3:37] to receive um right here in Brockville.
So uh it's it's excellent.
[3:43] Um
he wanted me to mention a few things but
[3:48] I'm going to mention it later under uh
the item about the um uh the crosswalk
[3:53] because he was very instrumental in
bringing that initiative uh forward. So
[3:58] he had just had a little bit of
background um on that that he wanted to
[4:01] make sure that was uh shared in um at
the at the council meeting. Uh so the
[4:08] other thing that's happened this week of
course is that the nomination period
[4:12] closed for the upcoming election
and because um we're going to be in a
[4:19] minority in terms of returning officers
100% for um for sure um I mean it could
[4:25] be a full turnover of uh of council. the
electors of course will decide but uh we
[4:31] will be going into lame duck and I've
asked the city manager if she'd just
[4:34] take a minute and explain um uh to
everyone what the impact of lame duck
[4:41] is.
>> Thank you through you madame chair. Uh
[4:46] so lame duck situation is encountered in
a municipality when less than 75% of the
[4:52] current council may be returning. So in
our case it's seven. So we know we have
[4:58] far less than seven incumbents running
in this next election. So that does put
[5:02] us in a lame duck or restricted acts uh
period. So under the restricted acts in
[5:08] the municipal act there's a couple of
things that are four things actually the
[5:13] there means that the appointment or
removal from office of any officer of
[5:17] the municipality. So meaning the the
clerk, the uh treasurer, the chief
[5:22] building official, uh myself as city
manager, those things cannot happen, but
[5:28] I'll talk about how it can happen or may
need to happen. the hiring or dismissal
[5:32] of any employee of the municipality.
The disposition of any real uh or
[5:39] personal property and uh
yes, the disposition of property which
[5:46] has a value exceeding $50,000
and making any expenditure or incurring
[5:52] any liability greater than $50,000. So,
of those four things, I'll just fill you
[5:58] in on how each of them can be handled
during this lame duck period. With
[6:02] regard to the appointment or removal
from office of any officer of the
[6:05] municipality in our case in the city of
Brockville, the only officer that is
[6:11] hired or fired through council is the
city manager's position. So, everything
[6:17] else including all the other employees
are under my authority to hire and or
[6:22] fire. So that has been delegated
previously through my job description
[6:27] and other means. So that will continue
as it needs to happen in the next few
[6:32] months. With regard to the disposition
of property, uh we don't foresee any
[6:38] property needing to be uh disposed of in
the next peri next little period of
[6:43] time. But if something should happen
that it becomes necessary, then I have
[6:49] been delegated authority in order to be
able to manage that process. And that's
[6:54] the same with any other experience uh
expenditures or incurring liability
[6:59] greater than $50,000 that is not in the
budget. So, for example, if we had an
[7:05] emergency and we had to to expend
greater than $50,000, I have that within
[7:10] my authority to make those uh purchases
or incur those liabilities. So,
[7:17] in other words, we're going to continue
pretty much as normal for the next few
[7:21] months. And when the new council is
installed on November 15th, there will
[7:26] be will be little to no changes uh other
than the the people that will be in this
[7:31] room. So hope if I'd be happy to answer
any questions if there are any.
[7:35] Otherwise uh that's the explanation.
>> Yeah. Very very good. If the media has
[7:39] any questions um please um uh we'll we
would handle that at the end of the
[7:43] meeting. But is there anybody on the
council floor that has a question for
[7:47] the city manager about the lame duck
period? Seeing none, we'll move on. Uh
[7:52] disclosure of uh pecuniary interest.
Seeing none. Uh adoption of council
[7:59] minutes. Uh, councelor Calivas, would
you move those and councelor Severson,
[8:03] would you second?
>> Thank you. Uh, it's moved that the
[8:06] minutes of the council meeting of July
28, 2026 be adopted.
[8:11] » Uh, thank you. And I see councelor Earl
has also just uh joined us um via Zoom.
[8:17] Uh,
any questions or comments? Seeing none,
[8:22] uh, by show of hands, all those in
favor? That's carried. Thank you.
[8:26] Correspondence and communications.
Councelor Wales, I wonder if you would
[8:30] put the first appointments to boards and
committees uh motion on and councelor
[8:34] Hobbes, would you second?
>> Thank you, Madam Chair. So, uh this is
[8:40] appointments to boards and committees
regarding the aquitarium that the
[8:43] resignation of Barry Moss and Larry
Journal from the aquitarium board be
[8:47] accepted and that councelor Fullerton
and councelor Deiri be appointed to the
[8:51] aquitarium board and that the necessary
bylaw be enacted. And I just wonder if I
[8:55] could say a few words of sincere uh
thanks and appreciation uh to both Barry
[9:01] Moss and Larry Journal uh for their long
service uh on the Aquitarium board. Um I
[9:07] have always appreciated their insights
at the table and and Barry certainly his
[9:10] leadership uh in the chair's position.
So they're both deeply missed but uh
[9:15] wished well after a a deserved
retirement from the board. Uh and of
[9:20] course my thanks to uh you for stepping
into the board at this time and also uh
[9:25] Phil for for stepping in as well. Thank
you.
[9:28] » Yeah, great. Um yeah, happy to help and
uh yeah, I would echo those sentiments.
[9:32] Certainly both those uh gentlemen have
served on the aquitarium for quite some
[9:36] time and have done some things that are
um have been u very instrumental in
[9:41] making the equatorium a success. So well
yes, they have our our thanks for sure.
[9:46] Um, any other questions, comments?
Seeing none, by a show of hands, all
[9:51] those in favor? Carried. Thank you. Um,
item number two, councelor Deiri, would
[9:56] you put that on the floor? And councelor
Hobbs, would you second? Thank you.
[10:00] » Will, Madam Chair, uh, item number two
is a downtown Brockville photo op trail
[10:04] and full hearts and full shelves
initiative, the downtown Brockville
[10:08] business improvement area. uh that the
letter of intention related to the
[10:11] downtown Brockville photo op trail and
full hearts and full shells initiative
[10:15] be received and that the letter of
support be provided by city council for
[10:19] inclusion in the grant funding
application.
[10:21] » Yes. Uh do you want to add anything to
that? Um councelor Jerry I know you sit
[10:25] on
>> D. Yeah. I al I think it's one of these
[10:28] uh situations where people often forget
um that many of us are very fortunate
[10:33] and uh to be able to provide some
necessary meals for a lot of people in
[10:38] the community who are or may be
struggling. Um I always like to remind
[10:42] people that we generally do this over
the Christmas holidays, but it it you
[10:46] know the the food insecure food security
issues that we have don't just happen at
[10:51] Christmas, they happen all year round.
And so if you want to um if you're
[10:55] thinking of ways to give, this is a
great way to do it. We have food drives
[10:58] that go on as well. So this is just one
other tool we have that we can help very
[11:02] vulnerable part of our community. So I'm
happy to put this on the
[11:05] » Yeah. Yeah.
>> I think both these things are wonderful
[11:07] initiatives. I like the idea of the um
of the um um photo op um locations as
[11:14] well. Um my daughter and her family have
just been on an extended uh tour and uh
[11:19] so many uh countries and cities have
different um specifically set up um
[11:24] places in their towns to go to uh to
have a picture taken so you know exactly
[11:29] where you've been and uh I think this is
a great idea for our our downtown core
[11:34] and I'm sure we'll bring people down to
um uh yeah to visit us so that'll be a
[11:39] good thing. Any other questions or
comments related to the motion? Seeing
[11:43] none, um, by show of hands, all those in
favor?
[11:47] Carried. Thank you. Uh, item number
three, uh, Councelor Wales, would you
[11:52] put that on the floor? And councelor
Sepherson, would you second? Thank you.
[11:56] » Thank you, Madam Chair. Integrity
Commissioner's annual report, July 2025
[12:00] to July 2026 from the Office of the
Integrity Commissioner that Council of
[12:05] the Corporation of the City of Brock
receive the Integrity Commissioner's
[12:08] annual report for information.
>> Great. Thank you. Um, as the report
[12:13] states, this is a uh um an annual thing
that um every year we have to have a a
[12:20] report. It isn't that there's any
unusual activity. It's that um every
[12:23] year the integrity commissioner um makes
the report um about um what the
[12:28] complaints were and what the activity
was in that particular file. Are there
[12:32] any questions or comments?
Seeing Seeing none, we'll call a
[12:37] question. All those in favor?
That's carried. Thank you. Um, moving on
[12:44] to staff reports. Councelor Calivas,
would you put the first item on and
[12:48] councelor Deiri, would you second?
>> Thank you. who would uh move that the
[12:52] fire protection grant, fire hall, bunker
gear separation and contamination
[12:58] control, that the fire chief be
authorized to prepare and submit an
[13:03] application to the province of Ontario
for the fire protection grant to support
[13:07] the renovation of a section of the main
floor of fire station number one.
[13:14] » Um, thank you. Are there any questions
or comments related to the report?
[13:20] Yes.
>> I just wonder if we could get a brief
[13:22] overview from
>> Certainly. Thank you.
[13:30] » through you. Um the Ministry of Labor
had put forth cancer prevention
[13:35] guidelines for uh firefighters because
they are very at very high risk for
[13:41] cancer. Generally, they're about I think
it's 25 to 30% more likely to die of
[13:46] cancer than general uh population. So,
these Ministry of uh labor guidelines
[13:52] are what we're supposed to be having in
the fire halls that will give the basic
[13:55] minimum protection to control
contaminants. Uh every time they're in a
[14:00] fire or even at a a car fire, some of
that that stuff comes back to the hall
[14:05] and it's on their gear. So, that's why
they have to have two sets of gear so
[14:08] they can wash one and still have another
to respond. The problem is if it comes
[14:12] back to the hall and it's just sitting
in the back bay without being contained,
[14:16] then those contaminants are coming off
and infecting anybody that comes into
[14:19] its path. So, as you know, our newest
hall is over 30 years old and our oldest
[14:24] one's 116
years old. So, the uh the modern uh flow
[14:31] of contamin decontamination is not
there. So, this is a small step, but
[14:35] it's a fairly important one to be able
to provide a barrier and negative
[14:39] pressure so that the the gear can go in
there, the contaminants can be taken out
[14:44] and not exposed to the rest of the
firefighters.
[14:47] » Yeah. Thank you. Yes, Councelor Wells.
>> Thanks very much. Thanks, Chief. And um
[14:52] glad to hear that there's a a a grant uh
program available uh for us to uh to
[14:57] take advantage of hopefully. So, uh we
appreciate you bringing this forward. I
[15:01] I certainly uh would say and um I think
you know as obviously the the history of
[15:06] the fire service has progressed we've
learned more about how to keep members
[15:09] safe and what the risks are and how we
have to respond differently to keep
[15:12] members safe. Uh so I appreciate the the
work that you're doing to make sure that
[15:16] happens. Thank you.
>> Chief Jones, as I read the report, I
[15:20] wondered is this a fixed dollar um grant
or is it a proportion uh grant? And I
[15:26] wondered what the city's um share would
be.
[15:28] » So this is year three of the grant. The
first year it was 10 million divided
[15:32] amongst over 400 fire departments. Next
year it's 20 and we our portion was
[15:38] approximately I think it was 37 and
change and we use that for bunker gear
[15:42] last year
>> and this year is 20 million as well. So
[15:46] I would expect we would get the same
amount. So it's a fixed amount based on
[15:49] fire stations.
>> Yeah. Yeah. And and what was the city's
[15:53] share of that? Is that a 50/50
contribution or it doesn't say or it
[15:57] just depends on what the price is on
what you decide um is needed.
[16:02] » It's on what we propose. So the city
share of this one would end up if we get
[16:06] the 36 or 37 the total amount is 43.
>> Okay. Yeah. Yeah. Thank you. Thank you.
[16:14] Uh any other questions or comments?
Seeing none, we'll call the question.
[16:19] » Thank you, Madam Chair. On the matter
before you, Councelor Deir, how do you
[16:21] vote?
>> Yes. Councelor Earl,
[16:25] » sorry, you're on mute. Mute. Yes. Okay.
Councelor Hobbs.
[16:28] » Yes.
>> Councelor Calvass.
[16:30] » Yes.
>> Councelor Severson.
[16:32] » Yes.
>> Councelor Wales.
[16:33] » Yes.
>> Chair Fullerton.
[16:34] » Yes.
>> That's Carrie. Thank you.
[16:36] » And just indicate for our audience that
um councelor Earl is online and he
[16:41] indicated by raised hand that he was uh
uh voting in favor. Uh moving on to the
[16:48] next item, the um item number two.
Councelor Hobbs, would you put that on
[16:53] the floor? And Councelor Severson, would
you second, please?
[16:57] » Thank you, Madam Chair. Uh, item
2026-128,
[17:01] the Veterans Memorial Crosswalk, that
council received the report for
[17:07] information.
>> Thank you. This is one of the items that
[17:11] uh his worship and I um discussed at
length this afternoon. And uh this has
[17:16] been something a pro a project that the
mayor has been working on with the uh
[17:20] Brockville uh Legion. Uh this year is um
the Legion in Canada's uh centennial. So
[17:28] it's 100red years old. And what's
heartening about that is that in
[17:32] Brockville, it was the very next year.
So Le Legion can Canada formed 100 years
[17:37] ago. Legion Brockville uh formed 99
years ago. So next year will be their
[17:42] centennial. So certainly they were
looking for um something to mark that
[17:47] particular uh occasion and uh they came
up with this um uh with this idea and
[17:54] the pictures in the uh package uh
capture this very well. But also if
[17:59] you're on Instagram, you're starting to
see this because other cities are doing
[18:02] the same thing. And so this will start
to become a national identity type of
[18:07] thing that in most cities they'll they
will have a veterans um commemorative uh
[18:13] walk which is uh excellent. um uh his
worship wanted you to know that um he's
[18:19] been working with the Legion and
certainly they visited the site and a
[18:23] number of things had to be considered in
terms of the location for this and um
[18:27] one of the reasons of course that they
picked uh courthouse uh um square is
[18:32] that uh it has the beautiful war
memorial. But one of the first things
[18:36] that they considered was perhaps the uh
the walkway right below the um the
[18:42] memorial and um in in um in consultation
with uh public works, what they realized
[18:49] is that because there's so much traffic
coming down the hill and making the turn
[18:54] that the painting on that sidewalk was
not likely to hold up um very well that
[18:59] they would be constantly having to uh to
touch that up or replace um or or
[19:06] replace the painting. And also they felt
that it might be a little bit
[19:10] distracting in terms of it is a
beautiful um view and certainly when
[19:15] we're down there for the um Remembrance
Day services you the whole uh city sort
[19:22] of stands around the base and in the and
in the street. So um where this is going
[19:28] will be behind um uh between
basically going across Broad Street. So,
[19:34] it will actually create somewhat of a
little corral uh a framework, a backdrop
[19:40] for that whole uh area. And I think
it'll look beautiful. But I think the uh
[19:44] the thought was because it's narrower,
the street uh there was less of it uh to
[19:51] do, so less less cost because it will
need to be replaced and refreshed on a
[19:56] regular um basis that this was um a good
place to put it. um they consulted with
[20:02] the DBIA and were um uh pleasantly
surprised that when they contacted them,
[20:08] the DBIA actually had been in the
process. I assume in relation to the
[20:13] other two initiatives that they were
already undertaking, they were already
[20:17] had this idea and wanted to do it as
well. So they were in full support of
[20:21] this um project uh going forward. So
this is um this is a project that has uh
[20:27] a lot of support. has had a lot of
consultation and I think is something
[20:31] that um the list of municipalities that
have one of these veteran walks in their
[20:37] community uh is growing uh um very
quickly and I think um this will really
[20:43] look great in our downtown Brockville
and is a wonderful way to mark the
[20:47] centennial of uh the Legion's uh Canada.
Yes, councelor Sverson.
[20:53] » Thank you, Madam Chair. I was just
interested if Mr. Wood would give a an
[20:56] update as well. uh to uh to the design
and I'm kind of interested I saw the
[21:01] municipalities that have this design of
how it's withtood winters and that and I
[21:07] saw you had upkeep costs but I'm more
interested probably in the red like is
[21:13] the red will the red be faded more
quickly than the rest of the design.
[21:17] Thank you.
>> So thank you and uh thank you madam
[21:20] chair. Um it's a great question. Uh we
are somewhat sort of going to learn a
[21:25] lot about this as we go. Uh as as uh
councelor Fullerton had mentioned that
[21:30] we we did for this location because it
had less turning motions. We know that
[21:34] regular crosswalks in the city um we can
do an application per year. It tends to
[21:38] fade. We topped them up uh just before
kind of the school year. So that's been
[21:42] how we do things. But we know that this
is a commemorative area and we want it
[21:46] to have the distinction that of the
detail that it has. So, um, we're sort
[21:50] of banking on having to touch it up
several times a year. I think in terms
[21:52] of the colors, that's maybe a little
outside of my expertise in terms of
[21:56] which will fade faster, but, um, but
nonetheless, we we did spend the time to
[22:01] figure out that our equipment will do
this. We can get stencils to make it
[22:04] happen nicely. We're going to plan to
try and hit it at least three times a
[22:08] year, and maybe after the first year,
we'll say two is fine. But we are going
[22:12] to certainly give this an elevated level
of service that um that hopefully
[22:16] warrants the care that uh that we wanted
to present. So
[22:22] » yes,
>> oh uh councelor Earl
[22:25] » thank you uh madam chairman um this idea
it came forward a couple years ago and I
[22:32] certainly 100% support it supported it
then but it never got off the ground.
[22:37] Now the uh two items for it. One was uh
I noticed the background is white with
[22:45] the red poppies and I I saw numerous of
the uh when we looked at this a couple
[22:51] years ago where the the background was
red uh and had much more red in it. And
[22:59] I was wondering because it is a road and
there are tires and there are dirt.
[23:04] roads aren't necessarily the most
sanitary things. If maybe more red and
[23:10] less white might be uh might be more
appropriate because uh as anybody knows
[23:17] that know wears white or has a white uh
truck or something, the uh white is is a
[23:23] pretty hard color to keep clean. So the
uh u just as a u as a suggestion or as a
[23:33] something to look at before we do a
final on this. I would hope that we
[23:37] could look at a red more more red in the
background than white just so that it
[23:44] stays stays looking good. and and
certainly red poppies go with go with uh
[23:53] remembrance day and the and the in the
senate half uh very well. So I I just
[23:59] just ask that we look at that. I don't
know what the uh the answer is, but I
[24:04] trust Mr. Wood to uh to find the right
answer for that. Uh
[24:11] » the um the red in this is actually maple
leaf, not a not a poppy. uh in this
[24:17] case. So I'll have uh counselor I'm
sorry
[24:22] » I stand I stand corrected the original
design that when we look back then was
[24:26] was poppies as opposed to maple leaf. So
um you know where where the final design
[24:33] will end I don't know but
whether it's poppies or it's maple leafs
[24:39] I just think red might stay cleaner on
the street than white. So,
[24:43] » well, I think the other thing that the
mayor wanted to um make sure that that I
[24:48] um stressed with everyone is that the
design that we're looking at is a design
[24:53] that's been approved by the Legion. The
Legion likes this design. They like the
[24:58] wording. they like they've approved
everything about this and it's gone
[25:01] through um them and um it you know it it
it's had their collaboration and they
[25:08] are very much um part of this uh this uh
project and it's you know it's to
[25:14] recognize their organization so I think
that's very important their preference
[25:18] is extremely important but um director
Woods
[25:23] » so so through you madam chair that's
that's precisely what I was going to add
[25:25] as well is that we actually presented
maybe a dozen uh designs and asked the
[25:29] Legion to say which one they like the
best. And so this was the one that they
[25:33] liked the best. And one of the things
that's nice about it from I suppose the
[25:36] staff the rigid staff point of view is
that all road applications are actually
[25:40] very prescriptive. And one of the things
we've always shied away from is adding
[25:44] any detail that isn't legislated. So the
nice thing about this is the white
[25:47] ladder bars are actually what a standard
pedestrian crossover is mandated to look
[25:51] like when you resurface. So our plan is
if is within the report is to resurface
[25:56] this area. We've been slowly but surely
assimulating some of the brick downtown
[25:59] into Asheva and where where it's been a
crossing and this will actually work
[26:03] quite well for that to add the white
ladder bars that were required to and
[26:08] the detail that the Legion wanted. So it
seemed to be quite suitable for them.
[26:13] There was lots some that were red, some
that were quite a bit different and they
[26:16] they selected this one as you mentioned.
>> Yeah.
[26:18] » Okay. The uh if I could follow up from
something that uh Mr. Wood just said um
[26:27] we had the other thing we had talked
about when we these things and he just
[26:30] mentioned that that we were motioning
transitioning from
[26:36] uh the uh paving stones to asphalt in
some cases. And I'm sure everyone has
[26:43] read the uh criticism of the uh of the
cement patch job. And and I and I wanted
[26:50] to do two things. One is I wanted to to
let people know that that asphalt that's
[26:56] a temporary measure for safety that and
and that's why it's done um and that
[27:02] those things will be corrected. And one
of the corrections that we had looked at
[27:08] a couple years ago and Mr. Wood and I
had talked about it is when we convert
[27:13] them to asphalt is to take the crossings
and make them blue in honor of the of
[27:20] the river. similar to what we do with
the green with bicycle paths. So, I was
[27:26] uh I was hoping that when we do do that
consideration that that making our
[27:32] crosswalks blue to make Brock stand out
among cities for for tourism and and you
[27:38] know make each of the crosswalks I don't
think it'll ever look like a river but
[27:43] uh but to signify the river and our
crosswalks when when we go asphalt uh or
[27:49] if we go asphalt all the way. But
certainly uh I I did want to give his
[27:54] staff a break uh because they've been
taking a lot of heat on on the cement in
[27:59] the in the current uh paving stones and
and you know what you know that's not a
[28:05] a that's not a permanent fix. That's
just to keep a safety fix. Uh many of us
[28:12] have had knee problems uh uh
madame chairman included and myself and
[28:20] uh you know that that those cement
patches are to keep us from catching and
[28:25] and and falling down. So so u you know
it's it I didn't want the the citizens
[28:33] to think that was a permanent fix.
[28:38] » Uh thank you.
Uh I think um I I think we want to
[28:44] stress um councelor Earl that we're not
being asked uh to make any changes to
[28:49] this. We're asking we're being asked to
receive the report for information. So I
[28:55] I don't know that there's any venue for
us to insert ourselves into the design
[29:00] process um in this particular um thing.
Um,
[29:09] » I I understand that they were talking
this, but I just wanted to get the the
[29:14] blue crosswalks on the uh in the minutes
so that they were the so that we can
[29:22] deal with them at at a later time.
>> Thank you. Thank you. Uh, are there any
[29:28] other questions or comments related to
the report?
[29:32] Seeing none, we'll call the question.
>> Thank you, Madam Chair. On the matter
[29:36] before you, Councelor Deiri, how do you
vote?
[29:38] » Yes.
>> Councelor Earl,
[29:43] » you voted yes. Councelor Hobbs,
>> yes.
[29:45] » Councelor Calvash,
>> yes.
[29:47] » Councelor Severson,
>> yes.
[29:48] » Councelor Wales,
>> yes.
[29:50] » Chair Ferton,
>> yes.
[29:51] » That's carried. Thank you.
>> Yes. Uh just for clarity, I want to uh
[29:55] I'll record that councelor Earl uh
raised his hand in support of the
[29:59] motion. Um, item number three. Uh, let's
see. Councelor Wales, would you put that
[30:06] on the floor, please? Um,
and councelor Severson, would you
[30:11] second?
>> Thank you, Madam Chair. The item is
[30:14] 2026-126
adoption of zoning bylaw amendment
[30:18] general update following council's
direction from a previous meeting that
[30:22] zoning bylaw 050-204
be amended to implement the changes as
[30:26] proposed and prepared by NPG solutions
with the exclusions of section 3.21k
[30:32] home industries and 3.22 22. Oh, no.
12. Thank you. Uh, home home
[30:40] occupations. And that zoning bylaw 050 I
it just took me a second. I I don't even
[30:46] have the coffee excuse. Apologies. That
zoning bylaw 050-204
[30:50] be further amended in relation to home
industries and home occupations remain,
[30:55] but be further refined and read retail
except for the sale of goods in
[30:59] accordance with section 3.21 21 for home
industries and retail except for the
[31:05] sale of goods in accordance with section
3.22B
[31:08] 7 and 8 for home occupations.
[31:14] » There we go.
>> Thank you.
[31:16] » It's not good.
>> Mr. McGinness, uh I take it you can um
[31:20] provide an update for us.
Uh three you madam chair and as you do
[31:25] recall um in July or actually last
council meeting I believe it was uh the
[31:31] general amendment did come forward to
the zoning byl and there were questions
[31:34] regarding home occupations, home
industries, retailing from those
[31:38] locations as well as landscaped areas
within parking areas. Uh so staff did
[31:45] take a take it back and speak with MPG
our consultant and we have no problem
[31:50] removing
uh the preparation of food provided it's
[31:54] on a small scale. So councelor Wales is
brought had brought up at the last
[31:58] meeting about cakes, cookies, brownies
etc.
[32:03] We're still excluding restaurants. So
that gets the larger picture out of it.
[32:08] And they're also limited on size.
They're only allowed 25% of the home or
[32:12] 28 square meters, whichever is lesser.
And that happens with both home industry
[32:17] and home occupations, except home
industries could do their
[32:23] industry within their detached structure
or garage. Um, we've also focused the
[32:29] retail portion. So, back to councelor
Whale's comments at that meeting about
[32:33] people coming uh in
multiple vehicles to pick things up. Uh
[32:40] councelor also brought that up. We
already have a regulation that limits it
[32:44] to two occupant or two visitors at a
time.
[32:49] » So, all we did was limit it to not allow
a retail store,
[32:53] but in accordance with section seven and
8 and 12.
[33:00] So that references specifically to that
two clients per time at a time.
[33:05] » Yeah, that seems like a good uh
compromise in terms of uh not not being
[33:10] a nuisance to your neighbors because
you're tying the whole street up.
[33:15] » Now just sorry just to re or to add to
that it does not apply to home
[33:20] industries only to home occupations but
home industries are only allowed in the
[33:25] rural zone.
So you're not going to get a home
[33:28] industry on Perth Street or Charles
Street or Duke Street. They're basically
[33:34] out on Victoria Road.
>> Yeah.
[33:36] » And Centennial.
>> Yeah.
[33:37] » Which have larger lots. So we didn't
believe it would become an issue. Uh if
[33:41] it does though, we do issue certificates
of zoning compliance which we could
[33:44] revoke.
>> Yeah.
[33:46] » If complaints do arise.
>> Good. Uh councelor Derry.
[33:51] » Thank you. Uh thank you Mr. McInness.
Just my question was related to the 15%
[33:56] aotment for the landscaping. Was there
any specific requirement that it has to
[34:00] be within the interior of the or can it
be along the exterior or perimeter of
[34:04] the property? Does it specify anything
along that or does it matter where they
[34:08] make that landscaping?
>> Uh through you madam chair to couns
[34:12] councelor Derry and the rest of council.
Um so it would be within the parking
[34:16] area delineated by the building. So if
the parking area is in the front yard
[34:20] » it would need to be within the front
yard. Uh for an example
[34:24] um we already I'm going to use Walmart
as an example. We require say Walmart
[34:29] came tomorrow and wanted to build a new
complex. We require minimum 15%
[34:35] landscaped open space. When you look at
Walmart now where would their
[34:39] landscaping be? It's in the back. No one
sees it.
[34:43] » So we've we're trying to implement it
within the parking area to beautify the
[34:47] area, make it more attractive. Um, it is
already a requirement.
[34:52] We're just dictating it has to be within
that parking area if it's over 50
[34:56] parking spaces.
[35:00] » So hope so the desire is that hopefully
it would lead to a few trees uh being
[35:07] » hopefully it doesn't have to be trees
that could be shrubs or something that's
[35:11] easily maintained.
>> Yeah,
[35:13] » as councelor Earl did bring up trees are
hard to maintain in those islands.
[35:16] » Yeah,
>> they don't get enough water. No,
[35:19] » not saying the owners couldn't water
them, but there are other options.
[35:23] » Yeah. Yeah. Okay. Good. Are there any
other questions or comments? Yes.
[35:30] » Uh, thanks very much, Madam Chair. I
just want to thank uh Mr. McGinness for
[35:34] uh the revisions. I I think that they've
captured council's de uh debate and
[35:38] deliberation very well. Uh and also the
um the memo uh from uh Mr. opits uh and
[35:46] NPG I have found quite helpful in
explaining uh the many different reasons
[35:51] why they've considered this and the
whole heat island effect and it was very
[35:54] informative. So appreciate their work as
well.
[35:57] » Thank you.
>> Absolutely. as you're aware, I certainly
[36:00] had some concerns about it, but I'm not
the expert and I um I I believe, you
[36:06] know, you've had a good look at it um uh
now specifically and I do see that it,
[36:11] you know, on uh 50 uh car parking area,
it means five spaces. So, to me, it's
[36:18] still not insignificant. And I know
we're going to have some um some
[36:22] properties that are challenged to meet
uh what they need to do, but I also know
[36:26] that um yeah, we we work things out
somehow. Yeah. Yeah. Uh any other
[36:32] questions or comments? Seeing none,
we'll call the question.
[36:37] » Thank you, Madam Chair. On the matter
before you, Councelor Jerry, how do you
[36:39] vote?
>> Yes.
[36:40] » Councelor Earl?
>> Yes.
[36:44] » Councelor Hog,
>> yes.
[36:46] » Councelor Calvas,
>> yes.
[36:47] » Councelor Severson,
>> yes. Councelor Wales.
[36:50] » Yes.
>> Chair Fullerton.
[36:52] » Yes.
>> That's carried. Thank you.
[36:53] » Great. U moving on to the general
committee. I wonder councelor Deiri,
[36:58] would you take this agenda, please?
>> I will, Madam Chair. All matters listed
[37:02] under consent agenda considered to be
routine and will be enacted by one
[37:05] motion. Should a council member wish an
alternative action from the proposed
[37:09] recommendation, the council member shall
request that this matter be be moved to
[37:14] separate the item uh and that the
following items as listed on the general
[37:18] committee agenda are recommended by the
committee to be passed by consent
[37:22] agenda. Was anyone asking for separation
from the agenda?
[37:26] » Okay, seeing none, I'd ask.
>> Councelor Hobbs, um do you mind
[37:29] seconding?
>> Oh, yes. Thank you.
[37:31] » Thank you.
>> Yeah, thank you. Um, councelor Severson,
[37:35] if you could take one and two, and
councelor Hobbs, if you take three,
[37:38] four, and five.
[37:42] » Thank you, Councelor Deir. Um 2027
Ontario 55 summer games 55 plus ad hoc
[37:50] games organizing committee that an ad
hoc games organizing committee be
[37:54] established to develop and implement a
comprehensive strategy that aims to
[37:58] manage the Ontario 55 plus summer games
in 2027 along with associated
[38:04] subcommittees and that the draft terms
of reference for the ad hoc games
[38:08] organizing committee be adopted and the
necessary bylaw be adopted.
[38:13] 2026
118 museum collection policy that the
[38:18] brothel museum collection policy be
adopted as amended to reflect a review
[38:23] period of four years rather than three.
Item number 3 2026-19
[38:30] the museum exhibition policy that the
Brockville Museum exhibition policy be
[38:35] adopted as amended to reflect a review
period of four years rather than three.
[38:40] Item 4, 2026-120.
The museum membership program new user
[38:45] fee. That the new user fee for museum
membership offered by the broughtful
[38:50] museum be approved and that the
necessarily necessary bylaw be amended.
[38:56] Item 5, 2026-121,
the June 2026 capital status report that
[39:02] report 2026-121
June 2026 capital status report be
[39:09] received.
>> Thank you. Um, so by uh roll call, I
[39:15] will call the question.
>> Thank you, Chair Fullerton. On the
[39:19] matter before you, Councelor Deir, how
do you vote?
[39:21] » Yes.
>> Councelor Earl?
[39:24] » Yes.
Councelor Hobbs,
[39:26] » yes.
>> Councelor Calvas,
[39:28] » yes.
>> Councelor Severson,
[39:29] » yes.
>> Councelor Wales,
[39:31] » yes.
>> Chair Fullerton,
[39:32] » yes. Thank you. That's carried.
[39:38] » Uh, councelor Calivas, will you take the
next item, please? And councelor
[39:41] Severson, will you second?
>> Okay. It's moved that uh project 260036
[39:49] Murf Ball Diamonds and Pickle Ball
Excavation Tender that the report
[39:53] 2026124
project 260036
[39:57] Murf Ball Diamonds and Pickle Ball
Excavation Tender be received.
[40:03] » Uh thank you. Um, one of the things that
was noted at our general uh, committee
[40:09] meeting is that there were uh, a few
things on this um, on this uh, agenda
[40:16] that related to the multi-use recreation
facility and the fact that it's moving
[40:20] forward. And um at the time we had uh
the fundraiser for the new um uh project
[40:26] was in the room and certainly spoke to
um uh you know the fundraising efforts
[40:31] that are going to um begin to happen.
And um this is again part of the project
[40:38] that we are um you know taken off so
that we have a little bit of it done and
[40:44] we're working toward it. And it was
certainly noted that u the city has
[40:48] already acquired and paid for the land.
We've already uh contracted and paid for
[40:54] the uh design. So, we have a shovel
ready project that's um that's ready to
[41:00] go. We've got a fundraiser uh in place
and uh we're waiting for our upper level
[41:06] um government announcements for funding
and uh we have a very strong uh project
[41:12] to put forward. So, um so this was very
exciting. Um, yes, Councelor Severson.
[41:21] » Thank you, Madam Chair. Um, I might ask
Mr. Wood to speak. Uh, again, um, I I
[41:27] ask that these the item one and two be
pulled from our consent agenda because I
[41:32] think it's a very big project within the
city and also a very exciting time
[41:37] hopefully uh, within the next year. and
um and councelor Wales and myself went
[41:44] on a tour to check out the new roof that
was uh being finished and hopefully this
[41:50] week will be finished. So maybe Mr. Wood
could give us an update on that.
[41:56] » Certainly.
>> Thank you.
[41:58] » Thank you. And through you, Madam Chair.
Um well, I'm going to start with just a
[42:01] quick update on the roof. Um, so despite
the fact that I understand this to be
[42:06] the wetest July in history and possibly
I'm assuming the wetest August in
[42:10] history, um, our roof project has
proceeded and is planned to be complete
[42:15] on budget and on time. Uh, the, uh, as I
understand, our first ice booking is
[42:21] actually the 31st of August, and we are
planning to have ice built for then. So,
[42:26] I know there's a lot of moving parts and
there's a lot of uh maybe a little
[42:30] excitable folk in our in our barn at the
moment, but uh the uh the contractor's
[42:36] been excellent to deal with and uh been
very forward when we found issues. We
[42:39] worked them through and um and they've
done a very good job at completing the
[42:43] job as we've asked. So, um, right now
we're in a position where provided
[42:48] there's no enormous surprises between
now and the end of the week, we should
[42:51] have, uh, we should have all of that,
uh, ready to go to start building ice.
[42:56] So, again, um, those who have been
inside, I I think will be impressed.
[43:00] It's an enormous facelift on the inside,
even though we haven't made any
[43:03] structural changes. Um, you know, it's a
much brighter, renew, rejuvenated
[43:08] building when you're inside. And I must
admit, it's sort of um an interesting
[43:12] feeling when you're standing at Center
Ice and looking up at the sky. So, it's
[43:15] it's been impressive. So, yes, the
memorial center is is uh on its way.
[43:20] We're, like I said, planning to build
ice in the very near future. I think
[43:23] it'll probably be some allnighters by
staff to get it done on time, but we are
[43:26] hitting our marks. So, that's positive.
>> Yeah.
[43:29] » We have a doors open uh project coming
uh day coming on uh September the 18th,
[43:36] I believe. Uh, is the memorial center
going to be one of those doors that that
[43:40] is open?
>> Well, the uh, you know, manager of
[43:44] tourism would have been probably an
excellent person to answer that question
[43:46] because I'm not specifically sure. I
know that the Gourd Watts building is
[43:49] and so forth, but there will certainly
be people skating on it by the time the
[43:54] doors open happens. So, hopefully we'll
we'll all be, you know, in very pleased
[43:59] mood when we see that. But,
>> yeah. Um so yeah, if uh you'll indulge
[44:04] me, I'll I can speak to the the outside
project which is sort of the matter of
[44:07] the report. Um so uh maybe I'll start
quickly that um this this project and
[44:14] what we're discussing constitutes
probably a third or more of the
[44:18] component of the greater MURF project in
terms of the outside facility. So when
[44:25] we if if you recall and I'll paraphrase
but the uh the report of the costs of
[44:29] the project actually was approximately
20 million for the new build
[44:32] approximately $5 million for the outside
work and approximately $5 million for
[44:36] the inside work plus then you have
contractor markups and some
[44:39] contingencies and these sort of things
and that is how the cost estimate was
[44:42] presented by the the consultant. So um
of the of the renovation I'll start with
[44:48] that of the renovation approximately $2
million of that was to do the roof. So,
[44:52] we've checked that box. Now, we have
approximately $3 million worth of
[44:55] renovations in the inside. When we get
to that point in terms of the outside
[44:58] facilities, uh again, it was
approximately $5 million worth of work.
[45:02] Um if we built if we intended to proceed
with the ball fields and pickle ball the
[45:07] way that it was designed, it's probably
$2 million or more worth of work. Um
[45:12] that would include landscaping the
entire property. And to be perfectly
[45:16] honest and that would be the perfect
world for how to build it according to
[45:19] the way the designers did it but it
would actually result in a gap in our
[45:22] ability to deliver services to our user
groups. So for instance the co-ed men's
[45:27] and and ladies ball uh leagues would
have to pause while grass group for
[45:31] instance while we did this. Um the way
this is done um is actually going to be
[45:37] staff managing this in terms of the
landscapes that we have. the end product
[45:41] will be just as good, but it won't be as
I suppose complete as as the way it was
[45:47] designed where the whole landscape would
be leveled to one level and that sort of
[45:50] thing. Um, not I suppose ironically the
um the budget for this as I mentioned uh
[45:56] was probably two more than $2 million to
do it the way it was designed. um staff
[46:00] will be doing this in-house using um our
own contract administration capabilities
[46:05] and our own I suppose landscape the way
it is and we'll be approximately 954,000
[46:12] in terms of the budget that was set out
that was roughly equivalent not
[46:15] ironically to the amount that the
Ontario government gave us to do the
[46:18] roof. Um so we've had to set this up in
a way that was strategic for both the
[46:23] city and for staff uh ability to manage
this. So it was broken up into four
[46:28] smaller projects. one being the
excavation. That's the meat and potatoes
[46:31] of what this report is. So, it's talking
about how we we carved out the
[46:35] components that were just machine work
on site, land, earth moving and all that
[46:38] good stuff. Um, that's the part that
we've completed. Now, part of what the
[46:42] report says is that the amount that we
had we had estimated that to be the cost
[46:46] came in more than that. Um, the second
part of that is lighting which we are
[46:51] tendering at the moment, the fencing and
then also the sports material. This is
[46:55] the clay and things going on the
infield. By managing them independently
[46:58] and in house gives us the ability to do
two things. We can be strategic about it
[47:02] as I mentioned and by strategic I mean
that we're not actually going to
[47:06] interrupt any any services we provide.
Our plan is to phase in things so that
[47:10] the ball diamond that needs to be
complete will be complete on time for
[47:13] use in 2027. Provided that goes well, we
can use one of the existing ball fields,
[47:18] that's the way the landscaping is, to
build the pickle ball. And then the
[47:21] third component is the second diamond
and that uh can be finished by 2028. So
[47:27] this phasing the the way that we're
we're doing it in partition allows us to
[47:32] be strategic to manage it within ideally
a smaller budget more contained project
[47:37] just as good as a final product and uh
something that we've been able actually
[47:42] to procure inhouse and and deliver
ideally to the public in a in a in a
[47:47] very good way. This is actually very
similar to how we did the um the um
[47:52] docks at the Ernie Fox key and the
tunnel. This was something that was
[47:56] designed in cooperation with an a
designer, delivered using a local uh
[48:01] contractor to fabricate them being Kho
and then actually contract administrated
[48:05] by staff. What it means is as staff get
to these different milestones, we may
[48:10] come back to council and say, you know,
we were a little good on this one. We we
[48:12] were under our budget expectations or
this one was a little a little beyond.
[48:17] The other thing with the phasing is that
we can actually bring this back to a
[48:19] future capital project or capital
budget. So council can actually
[48:23] interpret the cost as we've tendered
them and make you know decisions on the
[48:27] budget implications through the budget
process as opposed to me coming in the
[48:31] middle of a budget year saying this is
ahead or behind. So apologize it for
[48:35] being a little more complicated than
normal but this is kind of the way that
[48:38] we'll do it that uh that allows us to
have our finger on the pulse, manage it
[48:42] inhouse and deliver those answers to
council as we go. there's uh lots of
[48:46] moving parts and uh I think uh you know
the usual if you hire a general
[48:51] contractor to do all these things
doesn't it add 20% of um to the project
[48:56] cost. So I think this is a an excellent
uh approach and as you say um you know
[49:01] our citizens are worried about losing um
access to uh um to certain of their uh
[49:08] facilities. So, um, being able to keep
those diamonds, uh, going when people
[49:12] want to play play ball is, uh, a really
important, uh, feature of the way that
[49:17] you're, uh, uh, taking this job on. So,
it's good. It's good. Other questions or
[49:23] comments?
>> Seeing none, we'll call the question.
[49:26] » Thank you, Madam Chair. On the matter
before you, Councelor Deiri, how do you
[49:29] vote?
>> Yes.
[49:30] » Councelor Earl,
[49:34] » yes.
>> Councelor Hobbs,
[49:36] » yes. Councelor Calvas,
>> yes.
[49:38] » Councelor Severson,
>> yes.
[49:40] » Councelor Wales,
>> yes.
[49:41] » Chair Fullerton,
>> yes.
[49:42] » That's carried. Thank you.
>> Councelor Hobbs, will you put the next
[49:45] item on? And councelor Wales, would you
second?
[49:48] » Thank you.
>> Thank you, Madam Chair. Item number two,
[49:51] 2026-122
inind fundraising policy for the MURF
[49:56] fundraising campaign.
[50:00] that report 2026-122
inind fundraising policy for the MURF
[50:06] fundraising campaign be received and
approved and that the inind fundraising
[50:11] policy be implemented accordingly and
that authorization of inind donations in
[50:17] accordance with the policy be accepted.
Are there questions or comments? Yes,
[50:23] Councelor Severson.
>> Thank you, Madam Chair. Um I got this
[50:27] one confused at committee. I was
thinking because we had Joan Simon here
[50:30] that that's what we were talking about
and I did read it but I just got you
[50:34] know all excited about raising money but
um Emily Wood prepared for us a great
[50:40] inind fundraising policy and uh while
Joan was here she gave us an update and
[50:45] she said it's much easier to uh have
this in place when she's starting to
[50:50] raise money because anybody that wants
to donate money in the community needs
[50:54] to have it in front of them that it's
factual and that we uh or ducks in a
[50:59] row, so to speak. I wouldn't mind if
Miss Wood would give us a little bit of
[51:03] an update on how she put this together
um and uh how she sees it proceeding.
[51:08] » Yeah.
>> Thank you.
[51:10] » Thank you.
>> Thank you. And through you, Madam Chair.
[51:12] Uh so yes, this policy was developed uh
from the request of the immensely
[51:17] talented Joan Simon. Uh so she's asked
us to consider inkind donations. In our
[51:22] current policy, it's limited at $5,000
and uh for a project of this size, uh
[51:27] she was hoping uh that there would be
interested parties that would maybe give
[51:33] more. So, um we've developed a formal
process for engaging local companies uh
[51:40] that may wish to support the project
through things other than a cash
[51:43] donation. This policy is uh going to
provide us with an accountable framework
[51:49] uh to accept these contributions while
protecting our procurement integrity uh
[51:54] ensuring that there's fair access to um
for potential donors and establishing
[52:01] appropriate safeguards for quality
workmanship and it allow us to recognize
[52:05] new and existing community partners with
the intent of offsetting those costs
[52:10] associated with this project. Uh and so
in terms of roll out uh there was a
[52:14] question uh a general committee of how
we are uh going to proceed with this and
[52:20] um uh in the beginning uh we'll probably
do an expression of interest uh getting
[52:26] some information from folks who
businesses that are interested in um
[52:33] contributing in this way. Uh in kind
again is you know free uh items for the
[52:39] city. So, not all businesses will be
doing that. Um, but we will put out the
[52:44] expression of interest through our
social media channels, through the
[52:46] city's website. We will allow that to be
open for a while. And once we get an
[52:50] idea of who is interested in donating,
we will pull from our design and we will
[52:58] pull uh the design information and
specifications for the items that we're
[53:03] looking for and see if it matches what
those folks that have expressed interest
[53:08] uh are willing to donate. Uh and then
from there we would quantify um you know
[53:13] numbers, values, timelines and we would
set out an agreement with those parties
[53:18] um so that they we all understand the
same thing. So, um that they would need
[53:24] to keep things until we're ready for
them. That um you know, their names
[53:30] would be written into the tender with a
uh contact information for the potential
[53:36] biders or the future biders hopefully uh
to reach out to them and understand what
[53:41] product they're providing and um just to
be very clear during that process so
[53:46] nothing falls between the cracks. So um
uh we hope in the next uh couple of
[53:52] months to be issuing uh a post for
expression of interest and then we would
[53:57] go from there. For other items, we
talked about the fundraising campaign
[54:01] needing some potential uh folks that
might want to provide food services to
[54:07] any events. um we would specifically
post what we were looking for in the in
[54:11] that regard, saying we're looking for um
businesses that might be interested in
[54:16] providing inind services. We're seeking
quantities of sandwiches or whatever
[54:22] that might look like. But uh that's
essentially the mechanism and the
[54:26] process that we're hoping to use if this
policy is approved.
[54:30] » Yeah. Yeah. Thank you. Yes, please. If I
may, Madam Chair, I just wanted to add
[54:36] that this is uh the first time that city
of brothel has attempted this type of
[54:41] inind policy and it's not uh Mr. Wood
and I were at the Association of
[54:46] Municipalities of Ontario conference
last week and it's not something that
[54:50] happens very often. So, this is a trial.
We're really quite excited about it. We
[54:55] think it could provide some great
opportunities for the city moving
[54:59] forward on on larger capital projects
especially, but uh let's treat this as a
[55:06] test case and uh we're hoping that we'll
see good results from it and we'll be
[55:10] able to implement it for future projects
as well.
[55:14] I can certainly remember um when I was a
counselor in Augusta, we had a large
[55:18] fundraiser for the uh library and uh so
the library board had uh an auction and
[55:26] um we had things donated like um you
know 10 yards of top soil and we had a
[55:32] lot of that that sort of donation is
dirt there. There are a lot of pits and
[55:37] things in Augusta. And uh when I first
saw the list, I was a little bit I
[55:42] thought this not very interesting. I was
shocked at how we got full price for all
[55:48] of um for all of the you know the
aggregate and we had you know different
[55:53] kinds of things um uh donated. And you
have people too that have seasons
[55:58] tickets for um you know sens games and
that kind of thing that are willing to
[56:02] uh to donate um uh uh tickets and um you
know they have a value they have a set
[56:08] value printed right on them and often um
you know they'll donate their parking
[56:12] pass with it and um it's really
something that you can monetize uh very
[56:17] well and that is marketable but it but
it's a little harder for them to just
[56:21] reach in the pocket sometimes and say
I'm going to give cash for this. Um, but
[56:25] to say, "Yeah, I'm not going to use all
of these tickets anyway. I'm quite happy
[56:30] to give a couple away." So, it's
surprising the different applications.
[56:34] And on the Brock Trail, too. We've had
trees donated and rocks uh donated to
[56:39] put our plaques on and uh uh we've had
uh engineering services uh donated.
[56:45] We've had design services uh donated. So
um when uh when it's the citizens group
[56:52] um working like a lot of times yeah
people can give you u what they do but
[56:58] you know it's it's a little harder for
them to just to write a check for it. So
[57:03] uh I think this is a great step forward.
It's a big project so I I think there's
[57:08] lots of opportunities and I'm glad that
it'll be another tool that u Miss uh
[57:13] Simon has uh in order to reach her uh
fundraising goal for us. So very
[57:18] exciting. Are there questions, comments?
Uh yes, councelor Earl.
[57:24] » Yeah, I just wanted to uh to say that,
you know, you're looking at it from the
[57:30] city side, but I I wanted to, you know,
give you a view from the contractor
[57:35] side. Many contractors are reluctant to
donate money
[57:41] so that so that the the city can hire
their competitor.
[57:46] So like uh you know like so if you are
say you wanted to donate
[57:53] you mention aggregate uh aggregate for a
project and so you donated strictly as a
[58:00] cash basis let's say $5,000 in aggregate
and then they went and bought it from
[58:07] another contractor that kind of leaves
you with a sour taste. So, so this way
[58:12] it, you know, this this type of
donation, you know, allows uh allows the
[58:19] uh contractor to actually physically
donate something and it goes directly to
[58:24] the project and not directly to to his
com competitors. And you know, I guess
[58:30] you you used a a sandwich analysis. I
think this would end a sandwich. Well,
[58:38] if you were a
sandwich emporium. Uh I think you would
[58:45] be reluctant to uh to to go and buy all
your sandwiches from the competitor to
[58:51] donate to the city. You'd want to do it
yourself. So, so I I think this
[58:55] recognizes uh you know the uh the the
the ability of local contractors or
[59:02] local businesses to have an impact but
uh you know to to put more of their
[59:09] their signature their face on the on the
donation.
[59:14] » I think Mrs. uh Miss Simon's um remark
was that giving should be easy and this
[59:20] makes it easier. So it's a good thing.
Councelor Deiri.
[59:23] » Uh, thank you, Madam Chair. I also
wanted to point out too that what we've
[59:27] Miss Woods put together here also
ensures the integrity portion, which is
[59:31] if we did receive an inind donation that
doesn't in any way uh make preferential
[59:38] purchasing as well. So, we are still
going to maintain that integrity. We're
[59:42] going to make sure that we're getting
the best possible service or product for
[59:47] our uh taxpayers. So, yeah. Yeah.
Exactly.
[59:52] Are there any other questions or
comments?
[59:55] Seeing none, we'll call the question.
>> Thank you, Madam Chair. On the matter
[59:58] matter before you, councelor Deiri, how
do you wish to vote?
[1:00:00] » Yes.
>> Councelor Earl,
[1:00:02] » yes.
>> Councelor Hobbs,
[1:00:04] » yes.
>> Councelor Calvass,
[1:00:06] » yes.
>> Councelor Severson,
[1:00:07] » yes.
>> Councelor Wales,
[1:00:08] » yes.
>> Chair Fullerton,
[1:00:10] » yes.
>> That is carried. Thank you.
[1:00:13] » So, um, moving on to new business, we
have reports from, uh, members of
[1:00:17] council, the recreation committee. Um,
is there anything new to report?
[1:00:20] Councelor Severson,
>> no report. I think we've kind of
[1:00:24] exhausted uh recreation uh for now. So,
most of what was discussed at our
[1:00:29] meeting has been talked about tonight.
So, thank you.
[1:00:32] » Uh thank you. Um Brock Trail, I don't
believe we've had a a meeting uh since
[1:00:38] uh we we talked last, but certainly um
there's lots of activity going on at
[1:00:43] John Taylor Park and um there's uh the
committee members are extremely excited.
[1:00:49] They're sharing pictures of the footings
going in for the different um uh park
[1:00:55] benches that are going to be part of
that project and also for the uh C10
[1:01:00] figures which are going to be there's
the metal sculpture that's going to be
[1:01:03] part of that park. So, we're uh excited.
The U footings have gone in for the um
[1:01:09] uh there's going to be a rod iron uh
decorative uh fence. So, uh, uh, those
[1:01:14] are starting to be poured and, um, yeah,
very, very excited to see that project
[1:01:20] coming to fruition. So, uh, yeah.
Um, councelor Calabas or councelor Oh.
[1:01:28] Oh, sorry, I've skipped. Um, Katarok Way
Conservation Authority. Councelor Hobbs
[1:01:33] or Councelor Earl? I need to report.
>> The meeting's tomorrow night, so you
[1:01:37] could skip us.
>> Great. Next month, we'll hear we'll
[1:01:39] we'll hear about that. Uh, councelor
Calivas or councelor Severson on St.
[1:01:43] Lawrence Lodge.
>> Nothing to report. It'll be next month.
[1:01:46] » Okay. Thank you. Uh, councelor Wales uh,
Aquitarium.
[1:01:51] » Uh, just the update we had at the
beginning of the meeting. So, we're
[1:01:54] welcoming new members, but also uh, the
Aquitarium members. So, that's the city
[1:01:58] of Brockville and Btown Brigantine had
their AGM uh, this week as well, which
[1:02:03] went well. Um, and uh, we're looking
forward to uh, the board meeting I think
[1:02:08] again for a regular meeting in
September.
[1:02:10] » Yes. Yes.
>> And uh on to the library board. Uh we
[1:02:13] don't have a meeting in August, so
September.
[1:02:16] » Okay. DBIA councelor Derry.
>> Uh not a lot to report, just that we're
[1:02:21] four weeks away from our September shop
the street culture days. So I'll just
[1:02:25] keep reminding everybody every time we
have these announcements.
[1:02:29] » Excellent. Excellent. So we have no
unfinished business uh bylaws.
[1:02:42] Okay.
>> Yes. Okay. So I So I read this or
[1:02:48] councelor Deir read.
>> Yes. Okay. So uh the reading of the
[1:02:52] bylaws. Councelor Deir, would you read
those? And councelor Wes, would you
[1:02:56] second that? I will.
>> Yes. Thank you.
[1:02:58] » Okay. Hey, that bylaws numbered 056206
and 6 060 2026 to 063 2026
[1:03:07] be introduced and the same be now read a
first, second, and third time signed by
[1:03:11] the mayor and the clerk sealed with the
seal of the corporation and be recorded.
[1:03:16] Thank you. Um
all those in favor
[1:03:22] carried. Thank you. Um I have no
announcements. Uh
[1:03:28] media question period.
>> Thank you. Um John Lawless with the
[1:03:34] Recorder and Times. I had a few
questions about the uh MURF project and
[1:03:37] as well as a couple about the crosswalk.
So
[1:03:40] » um I'll try not to take up too much of
your time, but uh I was trying to
[1:03:43] visualize the project based on the
design and I was wondering are any it
[1:03:48] might be for Mr. Wood. Are there any
baseball diamonds being removed at uh at
[1:03:52] the Murf project? I'm just wondering how
the total will stack up, I guess.
[1:03:56] » Yes, Director Woods.
>> Uh thank you. So, in reality, when the
[1:04:02] project is fully underway, when the new
expansion is going, um two diamonds will
[1:04:06] have to be relocated. So, part of what
we're doing today actually establishes
[1:04:11] two new diamonds to make way for that
expansion when it happens. And again,
[1:04:15] part of the the key to the way we're
doing it actually is that uh we'll have
[1:04:19] one of the new ones ready to go for
spring 27 and then the next one ready
[1:04:23] for 2028. So conceivably we will have
one extra diamond by the spring,
[1:04:28] » right?
>> Then one will be removed and made into
[1:04:30] pickle ball. So it is a bit of a domino
effect, but the reason we're phasing it
[1:04:34] as you kind of identified is that um was
that we don't lose any capacity. Nobody
[1:04:39] has to be put out to play somewhere
else.
[1:04:40] » Right. And are the Ball diamonds are
they softball or hard ball or little
[1:04:44] league or any mix of the the three or
>> an excellent question. It's almost been
[1:04:48] at one of our meetings.
>> I'm just a big baseball fan.
[1:04:51] » Yeah. Yeah. So So the reality is is that
the diamonds are being built to baseball
[1:04:55] standards, but we know that
predominantly it's softball that's
[1:04:59] played there. Now by bailing them to to
baseball standards with clay and and a
[1:05:03] larger infield, both can happen. So,
we're really hoping that that any
[1:05:08] changes we make with the MURF in general
allows a venue so that more can happen.
[1:05:13] We want we really want to maximize any
of these kind of elements that we're
[1:05:16] installing. So, um we know that softball
is on the rise and we know that that
[1:05:20] that adult softball has been doing very
well. So, sorry, little league is on the
[1:05:24] rise and adult softball has always been
very good. We don't have youth softball
[1:05:28] in the city and we don't have adult
baseball in the city. So hopefully by
[1:05:32] arranging these things the way we're
doing, we can allow all of those things
[1:05:35] to happen.
>> Absolutely. And um my other question was
[1:05:38] about the pickle ball. Um so is it being
built on the current ball diamond that's
[1:05:42] right in behind the memorial center? Is
that
[1:05:45] » So So again, for reference, the the one
directly behind is the Goldie
[1:05:48] Christopher. That's typically been where
the co-ed teams will play. Um the one
[1:05:51] that's going to be available in 2028
will be the new Goldie, so to speak. Um,
[1:05:56] so basically create that capacity for
when the goalie has to be demolished for
[1:06:00] the expansion, which again we don't have
a date for necessarily, but we're going
[1:06:04] to be be prepared for. Um, the Kinsman
uh, one diamond will be the location of
[1:06:09] the pickle ball, the one that's the
southmost of the Kinsman diamonds. So
[1:06:13] that's going to be the location of the
pickle ball and the location of a good
[1:06:16] deal of the new parking lot when the
expansion happens. So again, the new the
[1:06:20] the ball diamond that'll be ready in
2027 will be the new Kinsman Diamond and
[1:06:24] the one that's ready in 2028 will be the
new Goldie and then the existing one
[1:06:29] Kinsman diamond can become pickle ball
and the existing Goldie can operate
[1:06:33] until we're ready to expand.
>> Okay. And I know in the back part of the
[1:06:37] memorial center there's an open field. I
believe there's some youth rugby that
[1:06:40] takes place there, soccer. Is there
going to be any impact on those
[1:06:44] organizations and that space as well or?
>> So another great question. So that is
[1:06:47] precisely why we built the new soccer
field uh on Laurier. So we spoke with
[1:06:53] the local uh rugby and we spoke with the
local soccer uh groups and they
[1:06:57] basically worked with us to say you know
we have this space if we build something
[1:07:01] then you can maybe transplant a lot of
the youth soccer because it's about 90%
[1:07:06] the size of a full pitch. Um from what
they said is that some of the gentlemans
[1:07:10] will love the gentleman league will love
to play on a smaller pitch because you
[1:07:13] know I certainly would play on a smaller
rank if I could. Um but uh but anyways
[1:07:17] the idea was that that capacity then
allows transformation of that that
[1:07:22] activity to move to the north side and
that the rugby uprights will be actually
[1:07:26] transplanted to one of the full-size
pitches there so that rugby can continue
[1:07:30] to play in cooperation with soccer and
they gain some more capacity with the
[1:07:35] new pitches there. So all of these
things have been set up like dominoes
[1:07:38] and they're starting to fall
>> as we had planned and I think your
[1:07:41] questions hit those nails on the head
for sure.
[1:07:42] » Perfect. Thank you. And just one last
question about the um I think it was
[1:07:46] about the roof. Just for clarification,
you said it will potentially it should
[1:07:49] be done by the end of this week and then
ice will be in and people will be able
[1:07:52] to use it soon, I guess.
>> Yeah, actually. So So our staff are
[1:07:56] planning to be building ice probably
around the clock for the next uh several
[1:07:59] days leading up to the weekend. So Okay.
>> Um I I haven't actually checked in with
[1:08:02] that supervisor specifically because I
was out of the office today and
[1:08:05] yesterday, but but when I had last
checked in with it, everything was going
[1:08:08] to plan. All of the roof over the rink
is complete. Um then for I guess the
[1:08:13] public's consumption um you will notice
that there will still be people working
[1:08:17] on the outside. So the roof itself is
complete.
[1:08:20] » The flashing will take a little while.
The flat roofs will then have some
[1:08:23] ballast added to them. So there'll be
lots of activity always happening on the
[1:08:25] outside probably right through till
maybe October. But the site itself is
[1:08:30] currently a construction site. Will be
handed back over for the city's careman
[1:08:34] care and control and then we'll be
building ice and have regular operations
[1:08:37] on the inside.
>> Perfect.
[1:08:39] » That's the plan. And I might have a few
more for you if that's okay.
[1:08:42] » This time about the crosswalk. Yeah,
sure. Um I I believe if I understood the
[1:08:46] report correctly, there'll be a further
report coming to council for something a
[1:08:50] little more definitive. I was just
wondering if there's might be a target
[1:08:53] date uh on when the crosswalk might be
painted. I'm thinking like will it be
[1:08:57] done for Remembrance Day kind of thing.
Is that
[1:08:59] » So So again, we uh we were just looking
to coordinate kind of our own resources
[1:09:02] in house because we're going to remove
all the uh interlock and paving stone
[1:09:05] that makes up that current crosswalk.
And so that'll require us to close that
[1:09:09] part of our street briefly just to pull
that out, prepare it, pave it, tamp it,
[1:09:14] open it back up, and then uh in I think
it's the plan is uh midepptember to late
[1:09:19] September. Then we're going to again
bring people in. We we have a a night
[1:09:23] shift that does painting at like 2 a.m.
So we'll come in, close it again.
[1:09:27] » There'll be a crew that takes it on and
then ideally is open it up for the next
[1:09:30] day's worth of traffic. And if we need
to do a second night, then we'll go at
[1:09:33] it. Again, that's part of what I tried
to convey in the in the um in the report
[1:09:38] is that we're great at painting roads. I
don't know how artistic we can be with
[1:09:42] machinery we have, but we're going to
figure it out. It's going to be very
[1:09:45] presentable and and respective
respectable. So,
[1:09:48] » we also don't know 100% how much upkeep
it'll take. So, we may have to repeat
[1:09:51] that throughout the year. And the number
that you're referring to, um everything
[1:09:54] we've got pretty much at this point, we
can handle within the established budget
[1:09:57] and manpower that we have. But uh to
keep this in good condition, we'll
[1:10:02] probably have to come back and budget
and say this is the increment that it
[1:10:05] takes to do this sort of thing. So it's
not like a crosswalk that we do once a
[1:10:09] year. We're going to have to come back
and have some folks on night shift to
[1:10:12] touch it up and keep it clean and keep
it good.
[1:10:14] » Yeah. And Yeah. Do you think it would be
done by remembrance day then? Is that
[1:10:18] kind of a thing? I thought you mentioned
mid September.
[1:10:21] » Mid September I think is when we'll plan
to do it. Um the other thing is for
[1:10:24] paint has to be warm out. So we got to
work with the weather as well. So that's
[1:10:27] that's the criteria we're working with
and it is a bit of discovery as we go as
[1:10:31] every municipality I've sort of looked
into has kind of figured it out a little
[1:10:34] bit but it has to be uh weather
conditions are favorable for all the
[1:10:38] right reasons. So yeah should be
September that's that's done and um we
[1:10:42] do have a project landing page at the
city that we're trying to keep up to
[1:10:45] date with some information so that you
know folks don't have to wonder what's
[1:10:48] going on. So ideally update that as we
go and it usually hits social media so
[1:10:52] it should be something fairly
conspicuous I hope.
[1:10:54] » Perfect. And I my final question was
just about the design. I know there were
[1:10:57] some discussions about the design and
the photo that was included in the
[1:11:01] report. So is that kind of the template
with maybe there might be some kind of
[1:11:06] » deviation depending on suggestion or
things like that or
[1:11:08] » That's right. When we spoke to the
legion actually and I think councelor
[1:11:11] pointed out as well is that there was
idea of poppies. Poppies are actually a
[1:11:15] trademark of the legion. Um there was
lots of little things that we could do
[1:11:19] figures and and and and nomenclature and
all kinds of things. So when the legion
[1:11:23] looked at it, they actually selected the
one that has been widely used in a lot
[1:11:27] of municipalities. So it uses the white
ladder bars as I mentioned is required
[1:11:30] to include but also has you know a bit
of memory a bit of messaging as a
[1:11:35] commemoration and also the maple leafs
and these sort of things. So it's very
[1:11:38] similar to the ones I actually mentioned
in the report and I can't name off the
[1:11:41] top of my head but yeah
>> this same one has been scaled up and
[1:11:44] down in many communities. So that seems
to be maybe the the new standard so to
[1:11:48] speak but that's where it came from and
that's what we're playing about. Yeah.
[1:11:51] » Right. Thanks for letting me grill you
for a bit. Anyhow, that's it for me.
[1:11:54] Thank you,
>> Councelor Severson.
[1:11:58] » Not a media question, but uh we I think
we missed on all the work going on at
[1:12:02] the Memorial Center. I've had some
questions on the south side of the
[1:12:05] memorial center is the skateboard park.
Can you just confirm that that's going
[1:12:09] to remain where where it is and yes,
all's good for the skateboarders?
[1:12:13] » Yes. Yes, all is good for the
skateboarders. Um yeah, so there's no uh
[1:12:16] plan to change that at all. Um, in fact,
if I would love to actually share the
[1:12:22] designs with anybody who's interested,
but uh the the actual MURF project will
[1:12:26] see a road come in between the existing
moral center and the skate park and then
[1:12:31] enter a brand new parking lot at the
back and then come back around on the
[1:12:34] west side. So, um, there's a lot of
detail. Well, it's all you, of course,
[1:12:37] engineering plots and stuff like that.
But I' be happy to share them to show
[1:12:41] people because it's actually quite
exciting when you see pickle ball,
[1:12:44] skateboard park, ball diamonds, rock
trail, play structures, rink facility,
[1:12:49] walking track, community halls, all in
one spot. And that's kind of the essence
[1:12:52] that we've we've tried to actually
characterize is not just a rink because
[1:12:57] it certainly isn't.
>> Yeah. Awesome. Uh that's good. Okay. Um
[1:13:03] we do have an in camera uh session. So
uh why don't uh we'll take a couple
[1:13:10] minutes. Should we read the motion
before or when we get back?
[1:13:16] » Read it now. Okay.
>> Oh, okay. So we'll take a two-minut
[1:13:20] break to allow our uh guests to vacate
the room and then we'll have a um an in
[1:13:26] camera