[0:00] We have a nice week.
[0:06] » I call to order the regular council
meeting for the corporation of the
[0:10] Township of Brudenell, Lyndoch and
Raglan the 2nd day of September 2026 at
[0:15] 7:00 p.m.
As we gather this evening, I would like
[0:19] to acknowledge on behalf of this council
and our community that we are meeting on
[0:23] the traditional territory of the
Algonquin people.
[0:27] We would like to thank the Algonquin
people and express our respect and
[0:30] support for their rich history. We are
extremely grateful for their many and
[0:34] continued displays of friendship.
We also thank all generations of people
[0:39] who have taken care of this land for
thousands of years.
[0:44] Roll call. Counselor Banks.
>> Yes.
[0:46] » Counselor Caufield.
>> Here.
[0:48] » Counselor Keller.
>> Here.
[0:49] » Counselor Coyle.
>> Present.
[0:51] » Okay, we have a resolution to adopt our
agenda that reads that we council for
[0:58] the corporation of the Township of
Brudenell, Lyndoch and Raglan adopt the
[1:02] agenda as submitted. Can I get a mover
for that, please?
[1:06] Moved by Counselor Banks, seconded by
>> I can
[1:09] » Counselor Caufield. Any comments or
questions?
[1:13] » No.
>> I'll call for the vote. All those in
[1:15] favor?
>> Yes.
[1:16] » Opposed? None. The motion is carried.
Is there any disclosure of pecuniary
[1:21] interest with anybody on the agenda this
evening for anyone?
[1:26] » No from me.
>> Seeing none.
[1:29] Mayor's address. So,
nothing out of the ordinary for the
[1:33] month of August, like two county council
meetings, council
[1:36] and our regular council meetings.
And of course my weekly
[1:42] contact with
the office, and even sometimes when I
[1:46] can't make it to the office, it shows up
to me. So,
[1:51] thank you, Jordan.
Um because there's always every week
[1:55] checks to be signed, bylaws,
whatever.
[2:00] Um also, we have an announcement.
The Township of Brudenell, Lyndoch, and
[2:06] Raglan is a recipient of a $9,940
grant from the Seniors Community Grant
[2:12] Program from the government of Ontario.
This grant will be used to provide
[2:18] inclusive
senior lunches to the community
[2:21] implemented by the Community Resource
Centre Killaloe.
[2:25] We thank the government of
Ontario for their contribution to this
[2:30] monthly lunch program, which offers
older adults the opportunity to
[2:34] socialize and stay connected in their
community. Seniors will help with the
[2:38] planning and implementation of the meals
and will help to choose topics for
[2:43] presentation.
Each monthly presentation will be
[2:47] followed by a healthy lunch and social
time. So, we'd like to express our
[2:51] gratitude to the
to the province for that grant.
[2:55] » Oh, yeah. We're happy they got that.
>> Yeah, because it it is an outing that
[3:00] the seniors do look forward to and then
they also run exercise and and a bunch
[3:05] of other things, which is really, really
good for the seniors. And it seems to be
[3:10] I mean, the attendance fluctuates, but
it seems to be fairly well attended.
[3:16] And we'll thank Miriam Martischaw for
[3:23] It is. Yes.
>> On that note, Mayor, can I make a
[3:27] uh
report? I'd like to thank my company for
[3:30] giving the
Township $5,000 for the fire department.
[3:35] » Wow. Thank you to
>> George and I went and picked it up last
[3:38] Friday.
>> Okay, well, let's
[3:41] give our thank you and our our
appreciation to them for that. That
[3:46] that's a real bonus for us, especially
in the wintertime with the skidoo
[3:51] trails. If we ever have to go
you know, and do help or whatever, at
[3:55] least we have something that we can
respond with.
[3:58] » Are you Are you allowed to say what
company?
[4:00] » Oh, yeah.
>> Okay, what company?
[4:02] New Tech.
>> Precision Metals.
[4:04] » In Prior. Okay. Well, thank them very
much for us.
[4:10] » So, yeah, just for those who aren't
aware, the
[4:12] the donation is going to be used for a
set of tracks for our
[4:16] side-by-side that we just acquired. So,
again, we can
[4:19] we can
respond to medical emergencies on skidoo
[4:23] trails and
yeah, ice fishermen and stuff like that
[4:26] that run into problems that we currently
don't have
[4:30] adequate equipment to respond with. Now
we do.
[4:33] » A few years ago down there on Moccasin
Lake. That's for sure.
[4:38] Should we write the letter?
>> We could.
[4:40] » Yeah, so we'll say that.
>> And send it to them?
[4:43] » Yes.
>> Um, Jordan could sign it on behalf of
[4:46] council as a fire chief.
That would be nice.
[4:52] Okay, the clerk's report. Does the clerk
have something to report?
[4:57] » I have nothing to report.
Um
[5:00] I see our new office admin
assistant has started. I don't know if
[5:05] everybody is aware of that, Charlene
Lepinski.
[5:09] She's our new office assistant, which is
we lucked out there because she come
[5:14] from another municipality
that fully knows how to
[5:19] to
um
[5:21] work with Vadim, our software, our
computer software. So, that's a real
[5:25] bonus. It's a It's a plus for the girls.
They don't have to do so much training.
[5:30] Because she's worked in municipal.
>> Yeah, that is seamless transition.
[5:34] » Yeah.
>> Yeah.
[5:36] » So, okay.
>> welcome from us.
[5:39] » Yeah.
Yes, for some for once something went
[5:42] easy.
[5:46] Okay, delegations or presentations, we
don't have any.
[5:50] Um adoption of the minutes.
[5:55] » Okay.
[6:15] » Okay. Yeah, we have a resolution to
adopt the minutes that we the Council
[6:19] for the Corporation of the Township of
Brudenell, Lyndoch, and Raglan hereby
[6:23] adopt the minutes of the regular Council
meeting of August the 5th, 2026 as
[6:27] presented.
Could I get a mover for that, please?
[6:31] Moved by
Councillor Quad, seconded by Councillor
[6:34] Keller. Any comments or questions on the
minutes?
[6:39] Okay, about to call for the vote. All
those in favor?
[6:41] » Yes.
>> Opposed, none. The motion is carried.
[6:54] Okay.
Committee and staff reports, the
[6:57] operation manager re arena air
conditioning heating unit, and I
[7:02] understand uh that you have a verbal
report.
[7:06] » Yes, that's correct. So, uh through the
mayor and council, uh
[7:10] So, I did receive two um quotations for
the uh repairs to the heating and air
[7:15] conditioning uh system at the arena.
I thought we had it maybe nailed down to
[7:21] one, um but I found some further
discrepancies between the two,
[7:26] and I'm not satisfied with what I have.
So, I've requested a third quote from
[7:30] another company. So,
what I suggest to council is we
[7:36] we go ahead, get the pricing for this,
and this will be something that we plan
[7:40] for and execute in the next term of
council in the new year
[7:44] for the next budget.
>> So we're okay. We have heat.
[7:47] » We have heat. Yeah, the heat's fine.
It's just the air conditioner that's
[7:51] obsolete right now. And with the cooler
weather moving in or in the fall here
[7:54] now, we shouldn't hopefully need it
anymore, but
[7:58] » Okay.
>> That's That's what I'm recommending
[8:00] right now.
>> Okay.
[8:01] » Cuz by the time we get another quote, we
get things implemented, it's going to be
[8:06] into November.
Uh it's going to be too cold to do the
[8:08] job anyway.
>> Okay.
[8:12] So uh okay.
Sounds good.
[8:20] Oh, we're back.
[8:23] Correspondence. We have a resolution
that we the council for the corporation
[8:26] of the Township of Brudenell, Lyndoch
and Raglan hereby accept the
[8:30] correspondence as circulated. Could I
get a mover for that, please?
[8:34] I can move by Councillor Coughlin,
seconded by Councillor Banks. So is
[8:38] there anything in there the council is
interested in?
[8:43] Heads and beds, we don't have heads and
beds.
[8:46] I mean Barry Spada us, but it's only a
municipality that has a hospital in
[8:51] their
jurisdiction that gets the heads and
[8:55] beds grant, which amounts I think to
around
[8:58] I think it's around
[9:01] It's not that much.
I think it's
[9:05] I think when I was
I think when I was in Renfrew it was
[9:08] around $6,000 maybe, but I could be
wrong. But I know it's not a lot of
[9:13] money considering
um
[9:18] Eorn,
I was kind of thinking we should
[9:22] maybe draft a response to that because
we did have an issue with the sighting
[9:27] of one of our towers if everyone
remembers. I mean, they
[9:33] they should be
a suitable distance away from a
[9:37] residence. And I mean, we did
have that happen, and it turned out that
[9:42] they didn't even do the circulation
properly, so
[9:47] and then they want to cut it down to 30
days. I mean, that's not enough time.
[9:53] » to move things along, and I understand
that, but that's not good for everyone
[9:58] else. It doesn't give the the townships
time to to look at things.
[10:01] » Well, I think it's in their favor to
reduce it because that way
[10:06] » Yeah, it moves along for them better,
but it doesn't do us in the township
[10:10] good or or the the people near near the
towers. That's the distance that they're
[10:15] trying to
to to move to some of the uh
[10:19] the distances from towers to residences
are being
[10:21] » And I just kind of forgot
what the
[10:28] Oh, Eorn, that's I'm
This one is about the cell
[10:32] towers.
>> Yeah.
[10:33] » 10 seconds.
>> Um
[10:34] that was discussed at the county council
last week, and
[10:38] um
there's been a lot of complaints. In
[10:41] fact,
um Chalk River
[10:46] has a dead zone. And there's areas up in
there that's still dead with the Rogers
[10:51] towers,
and Jen spoke to that um the warden as
[10:57] she's on this committee. And with the
changeover with the Rogers towers, so
[11:03] many people have gone to Rogers, too,
that sometimes the traffic bogs it.
[11:10] So, you know,
that's not what was the information that
[11:16] was given to us.
And they had to say about Bell and that,
[11:21] well, there was no agreement when the
original contract was done that Bell
[11:27] would, you know, install onto their
towers. There was never any discussion
[11:32] in regard to that. So, we have no idea
if that will ever happen.
[11:37] It may.
>> Well, roaming roaming usually happens
[11:40] later once subscribership is up. Because
they make in this whole investment they
[11:43] were awarded the contract of the federal
program to
[11:47] to remove all the those black spots and
better service, but
[11:52] typically that's something that I don't
know I don't know if that was negotiated
[11:56] in, but normally you get a year or two
before they open up for roaming on Bell
[12:00] and then they would then they would
charge Rogers with charge Bell up a fee
[12:03] to allow them to roam.
>> Yeah.
[12:06] Yeah, like
I mean I I had planned on changing over
[12:10] from Bell to Rogers cuz I had Bell
because of my home it was available.
[12:15] And Rogers wasn't, but I haven't done
that and I'm thinking, I don't know if I
[12:20] will now because it could be worse than
what it would.
[12:23] » So far we've had home, but I noticed
that they're charging some upgrades now
[12:27] I think to the towers that
that are up that are seeing the heavy
[12:31] traffic. Whereas I was reading some
stuff this week and seeing Rogers are
[12:35] looking at upgrade programs I think to
to help with that, but that's in the
[12:39] future as well.
>> Yeah, and a lot of people have been
[12:42] having trouble with the internet also.
With Rogers.
[12:45] » Rogers home internet.
>> Yeah, I mean we have a we've had it for
[12:49] a long time and it's fine, but I mean
we're in a good spot because we pick up
[12:54] point on.
So, not just the local.
[12:59] So, anyway, that's the update on that.
[13:06] So, what does everybody got to say about
Morse code?
[13:14] » So, you're looking at 10-6 pulling 10-6
is that what you're
[13:16] » That's the one I was suggesting
suggesting.
[13:20] Uh any comment letters regarding that
have to be provided back to them by
[13:24] September 22nd.
>> Yes.
[13:26] » So, that's before our next council
meeting. So,
[13:28] » Yes.
[13:32] » Was there anything connected to families
law?
[13:35] » To where?
>> To to the families law 10 center.
[13:38] » Yeah, there was no attachment for that.
>> I thought it was.
[13:41] » That's okay with me. I know it's all
about but I don't know if anyone else
[13:44] knows it's all about. And that would be
I'd like to pull that and support that.
[13:49] » What's that about?
>> It's about better service for for kids
[13:51] in the in the emergency department.
>> Oh, okay.
[13:54] » So if if kids would be going to fast
track there'll be a shorter window of
[13:59] time that they can send it in an
emergency department and also ask the
[14:03] the province to give the hospitals more
funding to support that.
[14:08] So it's kind of two fold, shorten up the
time and provide more funding to the
[14:12] hospitals to give
shorter wait times in in the emerge.
[14:15] » Yeah, to be able to deal with it now.
[14:20] » I'd like to pull that one.
>> Okay.
[14:31] The OPP that's basically information not
good news.
[14:36] » Yeah.
>> And that's only for 2027.
[14:41] There's no guarantees beyond that.
>> I was reading through that.
[14:47] » And the County of Brantford the support
for the ground initiative, that was
[14:51] something that was approved by County
uh council and to be um
[14:57] sent out to the local municipalities and
and that's fine but we don't have any
[15:02] extra municipally owned land where we
could
[15:06] participate in that.
You know, it's good for the the cities
[15:10] of Pembroke and the towns of Renfrew and
the you know, the municipalities that
[15:15] have extra land.
[15:22] » Yeah, that create
affordable housing that could
[15:26] housing options.
>> Yeah.
[15:28] The county has moved ahead quite well
with um low-income housing like they've
[15:34] taken two or three
um
[15:37] semis that were
near the end of their life
[15:41] and they
tore them down and made triplexes
[15:44] triplexes
triplexes the sound like or triplexes on
[15:48] them. So um
but I mean they have the land and they
[15:52] have the places to do that and it's good
that they're doing that because the
[15:57] waiting lists for
um
[16:00] rent geared to income housing is like
hundreds of a family.
[16:05] » Yeah, and I was I was thinking about
that too and you have to have
[16:08] employment opportunities to have that
style of housing rent income because if
[16:12] you it doesn't help someone that doesn't
have a job or
[16:16] I guess with I forget how the program
works if you're handicapped or or
[16:19] challenged. That's a little bit
different. Yeah.
[16:22] » So anyway.
Okay. Anything else?
[16:27] So it's 10 5 and no.
>> 10 6 and 7.
[16:30] » 10 6 and 7.
Okay. So the mover and seconder are good
[16:35] with the friendly amendment to pull
those two.
[16:41] Yeah.
>> Yeah, yeah.
[16:42] » Okay. I'll call for the vote then. All
those in favor?
[16:45] » Yes.
>> Opposed and none. The motion is carried.
[16:48] We have a pretty light agenda.
[16:52] Okay. So now we're going to go on to new
business
[16:57] and we'll deal with our letters of
support from last month.
[17:02] We have a resolution be it resolved that
the council for the corporation of the
[17:05] Township of Brudenell and Raglan and
Raglan support the Township of Tudor and
[17:09] Cashel's resolution regarding a request
to to review of extended producer
[17:15] responsibility
for 1-lb single-use propane cylinders.
[17:21] And further that this resolution be
forwarded to the premier of Ontario, the
[17:25] Resource Productivity and Recovery
Authority, and all municipalities in
[17:30] Ontario. Could I get a mover for that,
please?
[17:32] » I can move.
>> Moved by Councillor Kauffeldt, seconded
[17:35] by Councillor Banks. Any comments or
questions?
[17:38] I'll call for the vote. All those in
favor?
[17:41] » Yes.
>> Opposed, none. The motion is carried.
[17:47] And the next one, be it resolved that
the Council for the Corporation of the
[17:50] Township of Brudenell, Lyndoch, and
Raglan support the Huron OPP Detachment
[17:55] Board's resolution regarding an appeal
to the Attorney General of Ontario for a
[18:00] review and reform of provincial offenses
system, and further that this resolution
[18:06] be forwarded to the premier of Ontario,
the Minister of Transportation, the
[18:10] Minister of Finance,
Renfrew-Nipissing-Pembroke MP and MPP,
[18:14] Animal Roma, all police services boards,
and all municipalities in Ontario.
[18:20] Could I get a mover for that, please?
Moved by Councillor Quad, seconded by
[18:26] » I can second.
>> Councillor Keller.
[18:28] Any comments or questions?
All those in favor?
[18:32] » Yes.
>> Opposed, none. The motion is carried.
[18:39] Okay, we have a resolution. Be it
resolved that the Council for the
[18:42] Corporation of the Township of
Brudenell, Lyndoch, and Raglan support
[18:46] the Town of Caledon resolution regarding
provincial support, funding, and
[18:51] coordinated plans to combat tick-borne
diseases. And further that this
[18:55] resolution be forwarded to the Chief
Medical Officer of Health, Minister of
[19:01] Environment, Conservation, and Parks,
Renfrew County District Health Unit, the
[19:06] Association of Municipalities of
Ontario, and all municipalities in
[19:10] Ontario. Could I get a mover for that,
please?
[19:13] Okay. Moved by Councillor Caufield,
seconded by Councillor Platt.
[19:17] All those in favor?
>> Yes.
[19:19] » Opposed, none. The motion is carried.
[19:26] It's warm in here.
[19:31] We have a resolution.
[19:35] It's a shoreline road allowance
closure that we the council for the
[19:41] corporation of the Township of
Brudenell, Lyndoch and Raglan hereby
[19:45] give tentative approval for the
application of shoreline road allowance
[19:48] purchase to
Is it Gary or Travis?
[20:04] » Gary and Travis both.
>> Yeah.
[20:05] » Oh, first name is Gary. Okay. Gary and
Deborah Hartwick.
[20:11] So, could I get a mover for that,
please?
[20:14] Moved by Councillor Banks, seconded by
Councillor Caufield. Any comments or
[20:18] questions?
>> Nope.
[20:22] » I will call for the vote. All those in
favor?
[20:24] » Yes.
>> Opposed, none. The motion is carried.
[20:30] And we have a letter of request
um that's attached
[20:38] for property owners on Youkes Drive
for snow removal.
[20:48] That's a private road.
>> Yeah.
[20:55] » And
I believe our policy is that we don't go
[20:58] plow private roads.
We're not allowed to
[21:03] plow private roads. We don't have
insurance for this.
[21:09] So, what's council's feeling?
>> Well, I guess we don't have the
[21:13] insurance, we can't do it.
>> We reply with a letter saying
[21:19] that, you know,
council policy is we do not plow private
[21:23] roads.
>> Yeah.
[21:24] » And
we don't have any
[21:29] coverage that they will have to find
someone
[21:34] to uh
[21:37] plow the road for them.
[21:40] Okay.
Um should we do a motion for that?
[21:47] So, who wants to move the motion?
[21:52] » Wait till we see it, or
>> Okay.
[21:59] » That the council for the corporation of
the Township of Bruton Lindock and
[22:02] Raglan hereby directs staff to reply in
the letter as stated that the Township
[22:07] cannot
plow private roads due to no insurance
[22:11] coverage and that it's contrary to the
policy.
[22:18] » I can move that.
>> Moved by Councillor Coller. Moved and
[22:21] seconded by Councillor Banks.
[22:39] I'll call for the vote. All those in
favor?
[22:41] » Yes.
>> Opposed? None. The motion is carried.
[22:46] And we have the financial reports
and a resolution that we the council for
[22:52] the corporation of the Township of
Bruton Lindock and Raglan accept the
[22:55] year-to-date budget variance and the
monthly expenses summary as presented.
[23:00] Could I get a mover for that, please?
Moved by Councillor Corbell, seconded by
[23:06] Councillor Banks. Everybody's had a
chance to review it.
[23:10] » Me.
>> Looks like we're
[23:14] doing well.
I mean, some
[23:19] are
you know, a little higher, but the
[23:22] majority of the big expenditures all
been done in that. And some have some
[23:27] coming in.
>> Any concerns?
[23:30] Any administration coming in at all
that's going to make big adjustments,
[23:33] no? We're good there.
And we talked about transportation last
[23:38] time.
>> That's right. Yes, we still have our
[23:42] paving project to finish up, and I can
happily announce that uh
[23:47] we will have our contractor here
in
[23:50] about 2 weeks to to do that. So, that's
good.
[23:53] If the weather goes well and everything
is good, then we should have that
[23:56] wrapped up shortly.
>> Okay.
[23:58] » Perfect.
>> I'm sure they're patiently waiting.
[24:06] Okay.
I'll call for the vote. All those in
[24:09] favor?
>> Yes.
[24:11] » Opposed, none. The motion is carried.
[24:15] And we have a bylaw
um that we the council for the
[24:19] Corporation of the Township of Brucedale
and
[24:26] being a bylaw to appoint a chief
building official, having been read a
[24:30] first, second, and third time, and
finally passed.
[24:33] And um
the code of conduct is a schedule to
[24:38] that bylaw.
Okay.
[24:41] So, everybody's had a chance to review
that.
[24:44] And I didn't see anything in it that was
[24:50] Any questions from council?
>> No.
[24:55] » Okay, I will call for the vote. All
those in favor?
[24:58] » Yes.
>> Opposed, none. The motion is carried.
[25:05] » I didn't get a mover or a seconder, but
I voted on it.
[25:09] » Got ahead of ourselves.
>> Can we get a mover for that bylaw,
[25:12] please? Moved by Councillor Clyde,
seconded by Councillor Banks. And do you
[25:16] still agree?
>> Okay.
[25:17] » Everybody seems to agree.
[25:21] Okay. Wow, we're moving along. We've a
resolution that we the council for the
[25:25] Corporation of the Township of
Brudenell, Lyndoch, and Raglan go into
[25:29] closed session pursuant to the Municipal
Act, 2001, Section 239(2) for the
[25:34] purposes of subsection D, labor
relations or employee negotiations. And
[25:41] um I need a mover for that, please.
Moved by Councillor Keller, seconded by
[25:44] Councillor Clyde.
>> Good night, Mayor.
[25:49] » Um any comments or questions? I'll call
for the vote. All those in favor?
[25:54] » Yes.
>> Opposed, none. The motion is carried.
[26:05] » You get to say
[26:08] » Okay, we have a motion that the council
comes out of the closed session
[26:13] at 7:45 p.m. Can I get a mover for that,
please?
[26:17] Moved by Councillor Keller, seconded by
Councillor Caufield. Any comments or
[26:21] questions? Call for the vote. All those
in favor?
[26:24] » Yes.
>> Opposed, none. The motion is carried.
[26:27] Um
In closed, we discussed one item
[26:33] regarding employee negotiations.
[26:41] We have the confirmatory bylaw. We have
a resolution that we the council for the
[26:47] Corporation of the Township of
Brudenell, Lyndoch, and Raglan hereby
[26:50] adopts bylaw 2026-48,
being a bylaw to confirm the proceedings
[26:55] of the September 2nd, 2026 regular
meeting of council, having been read a
[27:00] first, second, and third time, and
finally passed. Could I get a mover for
[27:04] that, please? Moved by Councillor Quads,
seconded by Councillor Koffel. Any
[27:08] comments or questions? I'll call for the
vote. All those in favor? Opposed? None.
[27:13] The motion is carried.
[27:17] And we have um resolution for
adjournment, that this meeting adjourns
[27:23] at 7:47 p.m. Could I get a mover for
that, please?
[27:28] Councillor Banks, seconded by
Councillor Keller. Any comments or
[27:32] questions?
Call for the vote. All those in favor?
[27:36] » Yes.
>> Opposed? None. The motion is carried.