[0:00] are they coming back in or like a lot
[0:13] of good afternoon everybody call this
meeting order for Wednesday October 18th
[0:20] 2023 uh we'll move on to item number two
land acknowledgement
[0:28] coun As We Gather we recognize that
we're on treat3 lands which are steeped
[0:32] in Rich indigenous history and home to
many First Nations and mate people today
[0:37] we continue to be thankful for the
Partnerships with indigenous people we
[0:41] give thanks for the many blessings we
enjoy in the city of canora we seek
[0:45] wisdom in our minds clearness in our
thinking truth in our speaking and
[0:50] always love in our hearts so that we may
TR try to unite the citizens of canora
[0:55] let these principles guide us in our
decision making thank you
[1:00] um so we're going to make a little
change on the agenda here we're going to
[1:03] move uh we're going to move one of the
proclamations up from uh item uh item 14
[1:10] to uh uh to now and it's the uh one to
do with the
[1:16] uh
[1:28] purple
[1:42] okay well we'll go to number three then
we do the uh public information notices
[1:48] as required under bylaw number or notice
bylaw number
[1:52] 160-220 the public is is advised of
council's intention to adopt following
[1:57] that today's meeting amend procedural
bylaw to reflect meeting dates and other
[2:03] procedural items establish the 2024
meeting calendar amend the Tariff fees
[2:09] in charge of by off new corporate
membership rate after the mon
[2:15] construction Court Center and implement
the new 2024 utility rates adopt the
[2:21] 2024 solid waste and uh water and
wastewater utility Opera in capital
[2:28] budgets
uh I'll do uh I'll do Declaration of
[2:34] theary interest and the general nature
thereof uh any members of council uh
[2:39] wish to declare Canary interest and the
general nature thereof on items on
[2:44] today's agenda uh or from a previous
meeting or from a meeting which the
[2:49] member was not in attendance uh see none
thank you okay so we'll uh we're going
[2:54] to skip back to uh our reading of one of
our proclamations
[3:00] uh by virtue of authority vested in me
uh do hereby Proclaim October 19th 2023
[3:08] as purple Thursday in and for the city
of canora and request its observance uh
[3:13] as such by citizens to bring awareness
about the intersection between brain
[3:19] injury and interpersonal violence uh
with a goal to eliminate it proclaimed
[3:24] at the city of canora this 18th day of
October
[3:28] 2023 uh uh his worship May Andrew
[3:36] 48 did you want a copy of this yes I
woulde
[3:43] okay
[3:47] yes so you're all welcome to stay for
the3 hour meeting if you wish oh yeah
[3:53] that's
[3:57] Stu thank you talking to the four other
individuals we're going to go get ham
[4:04] come
on this is my game now I have my first
[4:10] game congratulations thank you thank you
so much thanks for all your hard
[4:18] work we like doing it help thank you
okay moving on the agenda item number
[4:25] five confirmation of previous Council
minutes so resolution number one please
[4:32] resolution number one move by myself and
seconded by councelor cot that the
[4:36] following minutes of the Council of the
city of canar be adopted a circulated
[4:40] regular Council September 20th
2023 thank you uh any
[4:47] questions see none so I'll call the uh
call the vote then all those in
[4:52] favor uh carried thank
you uh moving on to item uh number six
[4:59] under presentation deputations uh
Capital project update so uh great yes
[5:05] thank you your worship um nearing the
end of the construction season and it is
[5:10] very busy all over the community um so
I'm going to tackle uh six or seven
[5:15] projects here um try and give a status
update on where we're at with each of
[5:19] those um first off is the uh mon Reef
construction uh Sports Center um they're
[5:27] Paving over there uh it's looking really
really good um I took cruise through
[5:30] last night and uh really the aim right
now is to get the paving done by uh the
[5:35] end of this week um all the curb work is
done the launch is in the creek work is
[5:41] done you know the the project is looking
really really good for uh for a
[5:46] completion um upcoming here um one final
note and we've had a couple inquiries
[5:51] just around accessible parking for um
people that you know also uh drive and
[5:57] bring trailers down there um there will
be when the lands are painted there will
[6:00] be um some accessible parking spaces um
for those individuals just want to make
[6:04] that note so that Council and the public
are both aware um next up is uh First
[6:10] Avenue South so in front of the Safeway
there I'm sure everyone's glad to see
[6:14] that uh the the roadway is getting
repaired and resurfaced um Titan's in
[6:18] the process of uh ripping that up right
now and uh Paving will be taking place
[6:23] there after they finish off the recck
center so um into next week uh following
[6:28] that we have uh fth Street South so down
on the West End closest to the uh Sports
[6:34] Center um sidewalk the last sidewalk
pors we're taking place today and so
[6:39] there'll be some uh some gravel
maintenance that needs to take place and
[6:42] then uh following that we'll get into
Paving on that end and that'll finish
[6:45] off that portion of that project um Cruz
will then be moving over to uh touchups
[6:51] on 9th Street North so everyone's
probably aware that there are um you
[6:56] know some of the the curb entrances into
the cemetery
[7:00] and um especially down on forgive my
pronunciation but uh hooton Road um hton
[7:06] there's a there's a bad curb there that
I think uh you know we've noticed that
[7:11] there's potential for contact with so um
we're going to get that curb lowered so
[7:15] that it's a little more um easily uh
navigated and all of the ashalt infills
[7:22] will take place um along the length of
of nin Street uh following that be
[7:27] moving over to the Gould and Railway
um project uh so a couple things um
[7:35] Gould Gould Road um deeper into Gould
Road uh there's a a culvert repair or
[7:41] replacement that's taking place uh there
so um ashalt is going to happen out
[7:46] there um after they finish up around 9th
Street and then they'll get into kind of
[7:51] the the bigger finishing works for the
uh Railway and Gould intersection so um
[7:57] so everyone's aware uh they there's no
intention to leave that kind of rougher
[8:01] surface at the intersection for the
winter we're going to cap that with uh
[8:05] with with pavement um and ensure that
that's a nice smooth surface to go
[8:09] through the winter um also there's going
to be a recycled asphalt product skiff
[8:14] of that material will go down on the uh
the currently graveled um ghouled
[8:18] portion of the RO where it comes into
meat so that'll take us through the the
[8:22] winter um the reason that that project
is um still sitting on that alignment is
[8:28] primarily because of the s that we've
seen on kind of that swampy area where
[8:32] the where the reant was to move on to so
um anyone driving by there sees you know
[8:36] kind of the volume of rock that's that's
gone in there settlement is still taking
[8:40] place so we're going to come back to
that in the spring um and and finish
[8:44] that off um beyond that uh the new poles
are in for the overhead uh cabling
[8:49] realignment um on creef construction has
uh has got that done and um Synergy will
[8:55] be moving in to start stringing cables
uh expectation is that um with the other
[8:59] Utilities phone and internet that'll
take us actually right through the the
[9:03] winter season into the
spring um beyond that uh couple updates
[9:09] for north of the bypass so um there's uh
the city's uh Capital graveling program
[9:15] will be taking place on uh the Anderson
Branch Road from Carlton Road out to uh
[9:21] Riverbend and also um the length of
School Road um all the way from east
[9:26] melik to the Essex Road is going to be
getting fresh gravel uh
[9:31] resurfacing um playground updates so the
fence oh sorry East milk and essics are
[9:38] parallel roads that's right so School
Road is the road that's going to be
[9:41] getting in
between uh couple of updates for
[9:45] playground so um Central Park the
fencing came down today um and we've
[9:50] actually staff have actually seen some
families out there enjoining the park
[9:53] already so that's really great to see um
over at Norman Park um the lower bowl is
[9:59] essentially complete um crews are
finishing up on the obstacle course and
[10:05] um and getting to the uh to the gravity
rail um inspections on everything except
[10:12] for the gravity rail is lined up for uh
next week and so we're looking at a
[10:16] potential partial opening over there um
just working through a couple of uh
[10:20] parts and materials for the gravity
gravity rail still um and the last one
[10:26] that I wanted to touch on is that some
folks um out on Lake Woods may have seen
[10:30] that um there's some piping floating in
around the harbor front that Marine line
[10:34] that's going to wrap around the green
belt um work is planned for that
[10:38] installation next week there was a bit
of a delay there procuring the weights
[10:41] that keep it submerged so now that those
are in hand uh work's going to be
[10:45] getting finalized on that
project any
[10:50] questions um Deputy Mayor I I can I
yeah hand you the gall or not I I have
[10:57] one question on Railway Street uh
because i' I've received some calls uh
[11:03] the I know the first left of as is down
is the second one going I didn't mention
[11:07] it but it will be going on the one
that's on the piece that's already been
[11:10] done once that's right yeah there's a
couple uh curb and valve repairs that
[11:13] need to take place and so that'll happen
when they're working around the
[11:16] intersection and then they'll go and put
the second lift on okay thank you no
[11:22] problem okay no other questions then uh
thanks great uh moving on the agenda it
[11:29] seven additions to the agenda uh there
are none uh eight appointments uh we
[11:35] have a member will be appointed to the
canora P advisory committee um and a
[11:41] member will be appointed to the canor
Police Service board
[11:47] [Music]
so thank you worship I move resolution
[11:52] number two and it's seconded by
councelor Chase the council hereby
[11:55] appoints Christopher price to the
planning advisory committee for a term
[11:58] of the plure me of council no later than
November 14th
[12:02] 2026 any questions of
council none I'll call the vote then all
[12:07] those in favor carried thank you uh
resolution number three please
[12:13] resolution number three your worship
moveed by myself seconded by councelor
[12:17] Chase that Council hereby appoints Joel
McGrath to the canora Police Services
[12:21] Board for a term at the pleasure of
council no later than November 14th
[12:26] 2026 uh any questions
I'll call the vote then all those in
[12:32] favor carried thank
you uh moving on the agenda under uh
[12:39] item number nine
[Music]
[12:43] reports sorry I don't know why that just
came uh reports committee as a whole uh
[12:49] 9.1 Corporate Services Finance Human
Resources uh resolution number four
[12:56] please resolution number four worship
moved by myself seced by counselor Chase
[13:01] whereas this that the city of canor
recognizes the urgent need for the
[13:05] physicians in Northern Ontario as it is
experienced a shortage of trained
[13:09] Physicians and specialist Physicians and
whereas life exp expectancy of Northern
[13:15] residents is more than 2 years lower
than the Ontario average and that mental
[13:19] health and addictions are at four times
higher rate and whereas one in eight
[13:24] Northern residents does not have access
to a family doctor and many must travel
[13:28] long distances to access health care
services representing the failure of
[13:33] healthc care in Northern Ontario and
whereas communities in Northern Ontario
[13:38] require access to Equitable healthc care
especially un underserved rural
[13:43] indigenous and frankenfeld communities
and whereas the Ontario Northern School
[13:48] of Medicine in Northern Ontario School
of medicine's University current base
[13:53] funding rates have not been increased
sufficiently to accommodate growth and
[13:57] expanses there therefore be a resolve
that the announcement of unprecedented
[14:01] medical expansion for nsome University's
medical programs the city of canora
[14:06] strongly requests that the provincial
government grant nsam University request
[14:11] for a permanent increase in annual base
funding of 4 million before the ending
[14:16] of the fiscal year so it can continue to
deliver on the Mandate that was
[14:20] originally established by the
conservative government in response to
[14:24] the needs of Northern
municipalities and further that a copy
[14:28] of this resolution be forwarded to
Premier Doug Ford minister of health and
[14:32] Deputy Premier Sylvia Jones minister of
colleges and universities Jill Dunlop
[14:37] mpps Greg brickford Vic fidelli George
Pye Ross Romano Kevin Holland
[14:43] Association of municipalities of Ontario
Northern Ontario School of Medicine
[14:48] University Federation of Northern
Ontario municipality Northern Ontario
[14:53] academic medicine Association and the
leaders of the opposition parties of
[14:57] Ontario thank you uh any questions to
council seeing none uh call vote then
[15:04] all those in
favor Carri thank
[15:09] you uh moving on to solid waste and
waste water or water and waste waterer
[15:15] utility operating capital budget so we
have resolution number five please
[15:19] resolution number five your worship move
by myself seconded by councelor Chase
[15:22] the council hereby approves the city of
canor 2024 2026 solid waste and water
[15:28] and Wastewater utility operating a
capital budget as reviewed and amended
[15:32] and further that in accordance with
notice bylaw number 160- 2022 public
[15:38] notice is hereby given the council
intends to formally adopt the 2024 solid
[15:42] waste and water and wastewater utility
operating and capital budgets included
[15:47] including updating the Tariff of fees
and charges bylaw to reflect the new
[15:52] utility rates at at its October 18th
council
[15:56] meeting and further that Council author
authorized City Administration to
[16:00] proceed with the implementation of all
budget related decisions in accordance
[16:04] with those reflected within the amended
budgets and further the council give
[16:08] three readings to a byw to adopt the
2024 solid waste and water and
[16:12] wastewater utility operating and capital
budget and further that bylaw number
[16:17] 55222 be hereby repealed and further
that three readings are given to a bylaw
[16:22] to adopt a new Tariff of fees and
charges VI to reflect the new utility
[16:26] rates effective January 1st
24 any questions and Council Council uh
[16:34] no questions your worship but if I may
um indulge Council and the public that
[16:39] this is your opportunity to have your
say around our budgets our operating
[16:44] Capital budgets we will be making this
decision now but we still have not made
[16:47] our decision around Capital budgets and
operating budgets so please make sure
[16:50] that you are communicating with us what
your priorities
[16:55] are thank you uh any other questions
uh see none then I'll call to vote then
[17:02] all those in
[17:05] favor uh against are you in fav sorry
yes in favor yes okay um
[17:17] Carri resolution number six please thank
you your worship I move resolution
[17:22] number six and it's seconded by
councelor Chase the council hereby
[17:26] accepts the 2024 council meeting
calendar as presented and further that
[17:30] Council hereby adopts an amended
procedural bylaw for Council reflecting
[17:34] Council and Committee of the whole
meeting days and further that in
[17:37] accordance with bylaw number 160-220
public notice is hereby given that
[17:41] Council intends to establish their 2024
meeting calendar and amend the
[17:45] procedural bylaw and further that bylaw
157-22 be hereby repealed and further
[17:51] that three readings be given to a bylaw
for this
[17:54] purpose any questions of council I see
none I'll call the vote then all those
[18:00] in
favor Carri thank
[18:06] you uh moving on to resolution
number um seven please which would be
[18:13] under
9.3 resolution number seven moved by
[18:17] myself and seconded by councelor cotch
that Council hereby approves an
[18:21] amendment to the traffic regulation by
law number 180
[18:26] d2015 schedule B no parking Hillway
zones for first West Bay and schedule t-
[18:32] rate of speed for Coker Road and further
that three readings be given to the to
[18:37] an amending bylaw for his purpose thank
you any
[18:41] questions see none I'll call the vote
then all those in favor carried thank
[18:48] you moving on to resolution number eight
please thank you your worship I move
[18:53] resolution number eight seconded by
councelor V Bellingham that councelor
[18:56] hereby adopts a new recreation
cancellation and refund policy
[19:01] cs-15 to support a fair and Equitable
process for refunds and cancellations
[19:06] for staff and F facility users and
further that Recreation cancellation and
[19:10] refund policy
cs-15 form part of the city's
[19:14] comprehensive policy manual and further
that three readings be given to bylaw
[19:18] for this purpose thank you any
questions see none I'll call vot then
[19:24] our those in
favor carried thank you
[19:28] uh moving on to resolution number nine
please resolution number nine your
[19:34] worship moved by myself and seconded by
councelor Chase the council hereby
[19:38] authorizes the mayor and clerk to
execute an agreement between the
[19:41] corporation of the city of canora and
liveborn Incorporated for streaming
[19:45] services for both Bowman Electric Kuwait
Memorial Arena and thisle Arena at the
[19:50] mon creeve construction Sport Center and
further that three readings be given to
[19:55] a by bylaw for this purpose uh any
questions of
[20:00] councel see none I'll call the vote then
all those in favor carried thank you uh
[20:08] moving on to
resolution uh number 10 under uh
[20:12] housekeeping
resolutions resolution number 10 uh move
[20:18] by myself seconded by councelor Chase
that the mayor and clerk be hereby
[20:21] authorized to execute a private road
agreement between the city of canora and
[20:25] Ontario power generation Inc and further
that the appropriate bylaw be passed for
[20:30] this
purpose we have a little more
[20:33] information on
this private road agreement every road
[20:39] what does this
me you want me to speak or Janice do you
[20:45] want to speak to the report or do you
want me to speak to
[20:49] it so this is the U property the former
property and when the main agreement uh
[20:55] was space you can jump in as well
because you were part of that um when
[21:00] the property was sold part of the uh
main agreement was that every uh piece
[21:06] of property has its own private Ro
agreement so you'll see several of these
[21:10] have come forward to council up until
now uh and this is the next piece of
[21:14] property that's been purchased and then
there's separate Ro okay that's as much
[21:20] planning as I
can is there anything that you like like
[21:26] add to that or is that no that's fine
no uh counselor my only question it was
[21:32] just on I was reading through the
agreement what is an East what is e
[21:36] stopped and E stopple is that a typo or
is that a term it says the owner here by
[21:43] E stopped from claiming or applying for
any reduction in reality taxes or
[21:46] assessment based and then it says later
on that that is the right you s yeah so
[21:53] can you explain what is that word yeah
if you if you spend enough time around
[21:56] these agreements you'll see it from time
to time um I'm just going to pull the
[22:01] Webster dictionary
just actually black black Law Dictionary
[22:06] I remember at
University I just didn't know if it was
[22:09] a typ off first but then I saw e St no
it's a legal term so the principle which
[22:13] precludes a person from asserting
something contrary to what is implied by
[22:17] a previous action or statement of that
person or by a previous pertinent
[22:20] judicial determination okay well now
we've all learned something new today so
[22:25] um yeah like I said you'll see it from
time to time
[22:30] the language hasn't been modernized I
guess okay any other questions okay uh
[22:36] we'll call the vote then all those in
favor Carri thank you uh resolution
[22:42] number 11 please thank you your worship
I move resolution number 11 and it's
[22:46] seconded by councelor Chase that the
mayor and clerk be hereby authorized to
[22:51] execute the following agreements on
behalf of the corporation of the city of
[22:54] canora Private Road agreement OPG site
plan agreement HK properties limited
[22:59] site plan agreement 283 9441 Ontario Inc
site plan agreement Pinnacle canora
[23:05] holding Court purchase agreement pyra
1974 that three readings be given to
[23:12] excuse me to bylaws for this purpose any
mo
[23:17] Council okay I'll call the vote then all
those in
[23:20] favor Carri thank
you uh resolution number 12 please
[23:29] resolution number 12 moved by myself and
seconded by councelor cotch the council
[23:33] hereby adopts the following minutes from
various city of canar committees May
[23:37] 25th 2023 the News June 6th and July
18th 2023 sustainability advisory
[23:44] committee and further the council hereby
receives the following minutes from
[23:48] other various committees May 25th June
29th and July 27th 2023 District of
[23:55] canar home for the agent uh June 25th
2023 canor District Services Board May
[24:02] 26 June 23rd and August 18th 2023 Board
of Health for the Northwestern health
[24:07] unit and further that these minutes be
circulated and ordered F thank you any
[24:14] questions um I have two questions your
worship so my first question is um will
[24:19] we be receiving the community safety and
wellbeing minutes as part of these
[24:22] packages going
forward um we can add those on there I
[24:27] think the assistant has posted them now
they'll come on the next mon okay um
[24:33] they're formally approved at the next
meeting
[24:38] okay and then if I question I when I was
reading the minutes for the news board
[24:44] they have a section on there that
is oh sorry I thought I went on the
[24:56] page
it's
[25:02] like I am very sorry I was jumping
around in these no it wasn't around the
[25:08] purchase of artw it there's a section
that says like items to bring forward to
[25:12] council or business um decision items
this is where what it is decision items
[25:19] recomend recommendations of council so
that's on the Muse minutes and I had
[25:23] noticed like in the sustainability me
minutes that there was um
[25:29] um some discussions around action items
and there was a piece around you know
[25:37] the committee supporting some policies
and stuff like that but there's not
[25:40] really like
a I don't know like a trigger mechanism
[25:45] to bring that forward to council and I
was wondering if bringing that piece
[25:49] from I guess what I'm asking is if there
is consensus of council to add that as a
[25:54] piece to our advisory committees having
a line item in our advisory committees
[26:00] as a decision item recom recommendations
to council as a way to sort of bring
[26:05] forward motions or things that are
discussed at these meetings and I'm
[26:08] obviously not asking you as a CL I'm
just looking at you um this would be
[26:11] something that that I would be asking
for consensus of council we think that's
[26:15] value
[26:18] valuable or can
doed yeah and you know we've had a
[26:23] broader conversation just around
committees in general so um and and how
[26:28] the best interest would be for reporting
out of Alles because there is that
[26:34] discussion happening at at different
levels for all committees so that is
[26:37] something that we've talked about just
very briefly at senior leadership and um
[26:43] going to have a continued conversation
because there are various leads in
[26:47] various areas so it does touch so for
example BR we would want to engage his
[26:51] input into um you know back and how the
best mechanism is so can that with me
[26:58] and we're going to look at the various
terms of reference I know sustainability
[27:02] it's on their agenda for next meeting so
we're going to talk about terms of
[27:06] reference there and I hope to gain some
conversation from the various Committees
[27:10] of how they like to see reporting back
to council so and I'd like to broadly do
[27:15] it for
alls I mean I don't sorry if I made your
[27:20] worship um I don't want to obviously
give you direction as my El so that's
[27:24] why I was if it's something that we
think is a value of
[27:28] as Council or if this is something it's
something
[27:32] administra already in motion it's been
brought up at different committees so uh
[27:38] the you know discussion I've had
internally was with uh other
[27:41] Administration is we need to think of a
way that it works for all committees um
[27:46] and whether we embed that in a committee
um appointment policy or we embedded in
[27:52] each committee's terms of reference um
so working on
[27:59] sorry and then my last question was just
around the District of canora home for
[28:05] the age um does anyone know like with
the fact that we do not have a council
[28:09] appointee do they I think going back to
that reporting mechanism do they have
[28:14] a way to sort of report back or
communicate with us if there is a ask of
[28:19] councel again sort of going back to the
same piece I was speaking of because we
[28:23] didn't have a council appointee with
that committee no we and they have
[28:28] never they've never really reported
they've never really had there's the
[28:33] annual funding but you know they don't
come and make updates or presentations
[28:38] to
counil in the past that's not taking
[28:42] place so there's been no
reporting
[28:51] okay uh okay uh no further questions
then I'll uh call a question then for
[28:57] vote uh all those in
favor
[29:03] carrik uh resolution number 13 thank you
your worship I move resolution number 13
[29:09] and it's seconded by councelor V
Bellingham that Council of the city of
[29:12] canar hereby accepts the August 2023 car
Water and Wastewater systems monthly
[29:17] summary report as prepared by City
Administration thank you any
[29:23] questions call to vote then all those in
favor Carri
[29:29] resolution number 14 please resolution
number 14 your worship moved by myx
[29:34] myself sorry seconded by councelor Chase
the B number 1
[29:39] 34-223 to1
14622 as outline on the October 18th
[29:44] 2023 Council agenda now be be now read a
first and second time and approved in
[29:49] their present form and presented for a
third and final
[29:53] reading questions Council I see none
call vote then all those in
[29:59] favor carried thank you uh moving on the
agenda uh number excuse me 13 notices
[30:08] motion we have uh Ved two uh so far um
so uh first one is resolution number
[30:18] 15 thank you your worship resolution
number 15 moved by myself seconded by
[30:23] councelor cheese I councelor Kelsey
vanell
[30:27] can't even say my own name Kelsey Van
Bellingham provided Council a notice of
[30:31] motion at the September 20th 2023
regular meeting of Council of intent to
[30:35] bring forward the following motion at
tonight's October 18th 2023
[30:40] meeting whereas in June 2015 The Truth
and Reconciliation Commission held its
[30:45] closing event in Ottawa and presented
its multivolume report including 94
[30:49] calls to action to further
reconciliation between Canadians and
[30:53] Indigenous people and whereas in
December 16th 2015 the Prime Minister
[30:58] committed to National indigenous
organizations that he would meet with
[31:01] them annually in order to sustain and
Advance shared priorities and whereas
[31:06] The Truth and Reconciliation Commission
calls to actions call on a Le call on
[31:10] all levels of government including
Municipal governments to adopt a number
[31:14] of recommendations in the report and
whereas in order to properly meet the
[31:18] goals of the commission it is imperative
that we keep accurate public records of
[31:22] our progress therefore be it resolved
that Council requests administ ation to
[31:27] draft a policy whereby Council will
receive an annual staff report outlining
[31:32] the ways in which the city of canora has
addressed the municipal call to action
[31:36] of the Truth and Reconciliation
Commission in the year prior and further
[31:40] the Council of the city of canora calls
on both the provincial and federal
[31:43] governments to also commit to annual
reporting for their progress in adopting
[31:47] the recommendations of the Truth and
Reconciliation commission's calls to
[31:50] action and further that this resolution
be forwarded to neighboring
[31:55] municipalities the association of
municipalities of Ontario the Federation
[31:59] of Canadian municipalities Federation of
Northern ont uh sorry Northern Ontario
[32:04] municipalities Association of Municipal
managers clerks and treasurers of
[32:09] Ontario MP Eric Melo and MP P
gregford thank you uh any questions
[32:18] Council so can can you take that so the
only question I had on that was the
[32:23] second last well I had a question and
then just a comment um the second last
[32:28] paragraph the Council of the city calls
on both to they as far as I know because
[32:34] I had chat they both report on an annual
basis uh you know to what quality I
[32:41] don't know but I I know they
both provide an annual report uh whether
[32:49] anything moved from previous years I
don't know but just to let you know that
[32:55] I they they do that whether whether
it's you know quality or whatever I have
[33:00] no idea so um and the the comment I had
to um just in discussion with some other
[33:09] municipalities now there are other
municipalities in our like catch or the
[33:14] canor district that actually have uh
Truth and Reconciliation Comm committees
[33:21] um
so some are probably uh much more
[33:25] advanced even some of the others of
government um and a couple of them I am
[33:30] aware of
that about that so I just wanted to
[33:34] bring that um as as information but I
the the government not I'm just
[33:40] wondering I mean it's probably semantics
but I'm pretty sure that part of the uh
[33:46] part of the uh commission was for them
to release the federal government to
[33:51] report and I've seen reports whether
again there was a lot to it I not for me
[33:58] to say but um I just wanted to BR that
so thank
[34:05] you um I think my followup to that would
be like yes and if that was the
[34:10] determining factor of moving this most
forward I I mean I'm happy to take that
[34:15] out um I think my goal in this is to
make sure that we are doing this in like
[34:21] a very open accessible way and
so whether it's cleaning up language
[34:27] around like making it open accessible if
that's what the determining factor is
[34:31] I'm happy to have that conversation if
need
[34:36] be uh did you have a question uh I just
wondered about how much time that would
[34:42] take to untangle everything or is this
going forward is your request going
[34:46] forward from today to form a report or
is it going backwards and that's part of
[34:51] my question the second one is the way
that this is worded it seems to me more
[34:57] as though it's uh not what we are doing
or intend it's about what we're seem to
[35:03] be doing and I I have a little bit of a
I have a little bit of a concern about
[35:09] that so I think it probably I it would
be my preference if we got to think
[35:14] about this now that it's from
table uh and gets more information from
[35:21] Administration on how long it would take
to UNT
[35:25] that um as a followup to that my
intention is not
[35:30] to have this be a make work project but
for this to be as of this being adopted
[35:36] moving forward these are the things that
we have done and these are the things
[35:40] that we are working to do so it's not
for the calendar years going forward
[35:44] from today like my int sorry if I'm not
to go back and forth your worship thank
[35:49] you yes my intention would be is that so
that for 2023 this would be a report
[35:54] that we would get forward and then going
forward it would be reporting on the
[35:58] year prior but then in 2023 would be the
year that we in the first do you want to
[36:03] say do you need me to clarify that in
the retion resoltion so you're the only
[36:08] person that can that but does
[36:14] that does this not say
[36:25] this so we actually have there's another
counselor that has a question coun sorry
[36:30] I just wondered if you might be able to
read the be resolved pieces
[36:35] again is that
okay so therefore be it resolved the
[36:40] council requests Administration to draft
a policy whereby Council receive an
[36:45] annual staff report aligning the ways in
which the city of canora has addressed
[36:49] the municipal call Action of the truth
and Rec Reconciliation Commission in the
[36:54] year
prior and then in further as the um
[36:58] calling on the other levels of
government thank you so the way I would
[37:02] interpret that it it was supported today
that would be we would report in 2024
[37:07] for what happened in
2023 yeah sorry I was thinking this in
[37:13] 2022 still I said 2023 sorry but we
would also have a policy that would come
[37:19] back for yes uh for Council
consideration because that's what you're
[37:24] asking
for
[37:27] okay um any other questions for
call my only question here worship is
[37:34] and I kind of like to he a little bit
like do we need a policy or is like
[37:37] direction to provide the annual report
not I'm just I'm just trying to think
[37:41] about efficiency the real aim is to
report on the calls to action so just
[37:46] what's the cleanest way I I you
want um I would view it as I mean I
[37:52] guess I'm seeking information as far as
what kind of polic are you looking for
[37:57] because there's an annual report I mean
we report on various things right so
[38:02] we'll have an accessibility report and
we' done so if it's if it's an annual
[38:07] report um completely different from
developing some sort of policy um I mean
[38:14] we have
requirements uh to move the actions
[38:18] forward and internally uh through the
various uh um directors that is taking
[38:25] place so we are on an annual basis and
so putting together report uh is
[38:30] something that we can do as far as
developing a policy I guess I'm seeking
[38:35] further information about that contents
that so if I may I think that the
[38:39] purpose behind drafting a policy versus
giving direction to staff is that then
[38:44] it's embedded in the culture of the
organization versus if we give you
[38:49] direction am I sitting here hopeful that
in because there's not a requirement
[38:56] similar to accessibility where there's
province of Ontario has legislated that
[39:00] you have to provide this report in
perpetuity if it's a policy then it
[39:06] needs to be repealed in order for it to
not be provided to counsel even after
[39:10] this council's done that's where my
thought process is with it but if I'm
[39:14] wrong in that I'm a newbie so by all
means because I don't believe that
[39:19] there's
any re uh requirement for municipalities
[39:24] to report this out to the public any
other um legislative body that requires
[39:29] this does that make
sense
[39:35] so just for clarification and then
before we look at
[39:39] calling um so are so you still are open
for a policy to be drafted to okay coun
[39:48] thank you I guess in Le of a policy I
just wondered on the same vein where
[39:54] this would be uh indicated in in our
sort of procedural documentation that it
[39:59] does come
forward you know in case we all get hit
[40:03] by a bus
[40:09] sometime Roberto would you have any
comments around the PO I'm just
[40:13] wondering if we could Broad in maybe uh
that it forms a regular part of the
[40:17] annual report as a section or a
component I'm just struggling with the
[40:21] policy is going to say you will report
on this this annually so um I'm
[40:26] wondering if we can leverage um existing
current annual processes reporting and
[40:32] to include that it must include a
section but I don't know if there's a
[40:36] policy I was actually trying to look is
there a policy on the annual report
[40:40] anual report you do know it's it's not a
policy it's just but it continues every
[40:44] year yeah uh alternative
like that's my only struggle is what
[40:50] exactly the policy would
[40:55] say so so is there a different mechanism
that would sort of like ensure that it
[41:00] would have to be a decision of council
for that to not come forward in years in
[41:07] advance not really unless it you know
unless there is a policy that's it's an
[41:12] administrative
[41:17] process so could we develop an annual
reporting policy for non- legislated
[41:23] reports like for for anything that would
sort of fall within that okay well I
[41:30] know it I know it changes things that's
just that would
[41:35] another but I I think getting back to
this resolution that
[41:39] like are you looking to amend that then
on this policy piece or are we going to
[41:44] vote on it because um we have to do one
or the other like we like we have to
[41:51] vote on it now it's on the on the floor
correct so I yeah um
[41:58] so um I'm willing
to table this to have it in conjunction
[42:05] with a conversation around a annual
reporting
[42:10] policy
um and bring that as of notice of motion
[42:15] today I guess is what I could do
procedurally so that we could at
[42:23] next or can I Adit like I can't amend
this to be an annual like this is
[42:28] completely amend this this the only
person that can amend this is yourself
[42:33] this is your Noti motion so you can
amend this however you you wish to
[42:38] proceed um on the
floor sorry if I may so then if I could
[42:45] amend it to say therefore be it resolved
the council request Administration to De
[42:49] to draft a annual reporting policy
whereby Council will receive an annual
[42:54] report Al the ways and which the city is
addressed add call Action of the truth
[42:57] and Recon in the ire
and like and other what is the my and
[43:05] other reports legisl and other
non-legislative
[43:11] reports does that incompass it
yeah y I did so therefore be resolved
[43:17] that Council request Administration to
draft an annual reporting policy where
[43:22] by Council will receiving an annual
staff report outlining the ways in which
[43:25] the
address the municipal calls to truth
[43:29] action of the truth reconcil Commission
in the year prior which includes other
[43:33] non- legislated
reports okay okay so so can you take the
[43:40] yeah just so so again so it's not uh
cumbersome confusing the staff what like
[43:47] for me to vote what does that mean like
other that that's a pretty blanket
[43:52] statement so mayor porier you would have
seen um previous from being part of
[43:56] council that staff brings an annual
report to council which you know
[44:01] outlines the highlights the M
municipality for the year H we talk
[44:05] about not just specific projects that
you would see in courtly reports uh but
[44:09] other um you know movement of the
municipality in the year prior so the
[44:13] policy would include those types of
things that we are already reporting on
[44:17] and then add this to
[44:21] it okay so do everybody if I may to
clarify does the the second piece about
[44:28] reporting like requirements of the
provincial Federal governments does
[44:31] anyone feel strongly enough that I
should remove those as far as thinking a
[44:35] vote on those I'm H like I'm happy to
have that as conversation if we need to
[44:42] well sorry again I I I mean they do so I
mean we could tell them we could remind
[44:48] them to do it I guess or whatever I
mean it's I guess it's you know if
[44:54] that's uh again back to like yourself to
uh you know whether you uh wish to amend
[45:00] uh this resolution uh I'm just saying
that they they do it now that they prob
[45:05] like the federal government probably
does a better job than any municipality
[45:10] or any other level government in Canada
on that piece now whether there's action
[45:16] you know is another another question but
they they do report on it I've seen them
[45:21] before uh provincial government i' I've
seen them t or uh speak to it in the
[45:28] legislature but you know uh is it that
formalized I have no idea
[45:35] soe uh thank you I just uh I think it's
fine I think it is maybe good for us to
[45:41] say hey this remains important um for
the general population to hear about I
[45:47] think there's no reason we can't send
something that
[45:51] says you should still be doing
this Al ship it it is allyship I agree
[45:59] but I I don't like to pull per funders
in the eye with a sharp stick and say
[46:03] we're doing this you should be doing
this I don't I don't I
[46:07] just I'd be a little near about that but
so
[46:10] coun um so instead of the uh commit to
annual reporting like commit to progress
[46:19] in adopting the recommendations we can't
ask them to do that we can't we can't
[46:24] guide another government
why not guiding commit to progress is
[46:33] guiding no
[46:36] sorry okay may I ask you directly is it
like a yes is it a make or break for you
[46:42] if it's in there no cor
okay okay so so with the the the one
[46:49] Amendment um cuz I I yeah I like if
we're not going to change that
[46:56] I I think we've had that discussion
already so um so I think and you and uh
[47:02] the clerk's read that piece so uh you
want her to read it again before we vote
[47:07] or are we okay to uh vote on this
resolution now good yeah okay okay so uh
[47:14] I'm going to uh discussion and I'm going
to call on the amend on the amended
[47:19] resolution uh 15 uh going to call the
vote all those in favor
[47:28] uh
[47:31] against
[47:35] carried
okay so uh the other notice motion C you
[47:42] have
something I got some things to say so
[47:46] your notice the motion is still on the
agenda so mayy
[47:53] will yeah um thank you thank you uh at
this time I actually would like to
[47:58] withdraw this
resolution um related to development of
[48:01] a diversity Equity inclusion Committee
in my research and conversations while
[48:05] writing a resolution it came to light
that there are maybe more efficient ways
[48:09] to do this important work without
striking another committee and so I will
[48:12] plan to bring uh something forward at
another time thank you thank
[48:18] you uh there any other notices motion
counc thank you worship I providing
[48:24] council with notice that I tend to bring
a motion at our November 15th council
[48:27] meeting to direct app to create a Town
Hall schedule for the city of canora in
[48:31] conjunction with consultation of the
city of canora
[48:36] council what can you read that
again I'm looking to create a Town Hall
[48:43] schedule what is that in order to have
Town Hall
[48:52] meetings we we'll support the writing
support the yeah no I'm not this is not
[48:56] the motion this is to bring to next
council's meeting thanks okay uh okay
[49:02] moving on uh item uh number 14 we have
Proclamation so we've actually read one
[49:09] of them uh so I have another one uh for
World polio day uh Proclamation is uh
[49:17] World polio day October 24th uh
2023 whereas uh rotary is a Global
[49:24] Network of Neighbors friends leaders and
problem solvers who unite and take
[49:28] action to create lasting change in
communities across the globe and whereas
[49:34] uh the rotary model service above self
inspires members to provide humanitarian
[49:40] service follow High ethical standards
and promote goodwi and peace in the
[49:44] world and whereas rotary in
1985 launched uh polio plus and in 1988
[49:52] helped establish the global polio ation
initiative which today includes the
[49:57] World Health Organization us Centers for
Disease Control and prevention uh UNF
[50:04] and the Bill and Melinda Gates
Foundation and Gabby uh the vaccine
[50:11] Alliance uh to immunize the children of
the world against polio and whereas
[50:17] polio cases have dropped by
99.9% since 1998 and the world stands on
[50:24] the threshold of Eric the disease and
whereas to date Roary rotary has
[50:29] contributed more than uh 2.2 billion US
uh dollars and countless volunteer hours
[50:37] to protect more than three billion
children in 122 countries and whereas
[50:43] rotary is working to raise an additional
50 million per year which would be
[50:48] leverag for Maximum Impact by an
additional 100 million annually from the
[50:52] bill and the Linda Gates Foundation and
whereas these efforts are providing much
[50:58] needed Operational Support medical staff
laboratory equipment and educational
[51:04] materials for health workers and parents
and whereas in addition uh rotary has
[51:09] played a major role in Decisions by
donor governments to contribute more
[51:14] than 10 million to the effort and
whereas there are over 1.4 million
[51:20] rotary members in more than 35,000 clubs
throughout the world that sponsor
[51:25] service projects to address such
critical issues as poverty disease
[51:31] hunger illiteracy and the environment in
their local communities and abroad
[51:36] therefore be it resolved that I near
Andrew Cory of the city of canor do
[51:40] hereby Proclaim October 24th 2023 as
World Poli old day in the city of canora
[51:47] and encourage all citizens to join
Council and Rotary International in the
[51:52] fight for a polio free world proclaimed
at this at the city of canor this
[52:00] uh is it 24th or is it
today's should
[52:06] be
[52:09] this this uh 18th uh day of October uh
2023 uh May and Report thank
[52:20] you okay uh moving on then uh it uh
resolution number 16 please oh
[52:28] sorry uh resolution number 16 your
worship moved by myself seconded by
[52:33] Council Chas to section 239 of the
municipal act as amended the
[52:37] authorization is given for committee to
move into a closed session at 5:51 p.m.
[52:43] to discuss items pertaining to the
following one Education and Training
[52:47] members of council one matter
development updates Council will be
[52:51] verbally reporting out in a general
Sense on all items considered in the
[52:54] Clos session once we return from the
closed session and move back into
[53:00] open uh thank you any questions I see
none I'll vote that all those in favor
[53:06] carried thank
[53:24] you
[2:16:02] okay okay so
[2:16:07] um uh thank you just reporting that um
in our Clos session we received updates
[2:16:12] on development
matters thank you um so I'll call uh
[2:16:17] resolution number 17 pleas thank you I
move resolution number 17 your worship
[2:16:22] and seconded by councelor Chase that
this meeting be now declared closed at
[2:16:26] 7:15 p.m. thank
you