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All right, good morning everyone. Welcome to our final meeting

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of this. Quarter. Is that how that works? I just

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have a couple of remarks. Actually, we got a nice

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thank you letter from the Allora Festival with regards to

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the Gambl Barn, where we make it available for their

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festival every year. You know, they've got 4, 000 patrons

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who go in there and they'd like to extend a

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sincere gratitude for the County of Wellington General Support of

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the Allora Festival, and in particular, for the use of

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the Gambl Barnes. So congratulations to Council to continue to

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do that and support this important festival in our community.

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With that, the Roll Call, please, Mr. Wilson. Thank you.

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Ordinary. Here. Councillor Corey.

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Here. Hey, either. Here. All right. Any declaration peuniar interest.

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Hearing it seeing non - confirmation of Council Minister Council

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Waters. Thank you, Warden. Moved by myself and second by

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Councillor Doug Breen, that the minutes of a Council meeting

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held on May 28, 2026, be confirmed and recorded and

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distributed. Thank you. I have the motion as read all

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in favor. That is, Carried, thank you. Resolution to permit

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presentations and delegations Councillor Cork. Yeah, you're working now.

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Have you got it? All right, what was with Councillor

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Dane, and we thought since you're such a caring individual,

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you'd want to step up, but that's all right. Jeff

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can do it. Go ahead, Jeff.

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Councillor Dane is off with a severe foot issue. Okay,

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I have the motion as red, all in favor. That

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is Carig, thank you. Now it's my pleasure to have

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the indigenous history inheritage gathering presentation committee here today. The

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indigenous advisory committee. Welcome. Step up. I'll turn the floor

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over to you. And we have a presentation, so I'm

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getting shifted. Is that right?

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Turned. On. Yeah. Good.

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It's a bit of a spotlight on me right now.

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Anikiwa, Badasegay Gizandija's Architract Dodom. I'm Jenny Matthews. I'm a

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member of the Wim Kong First Nation located on Manitou

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and Ireland, which are the homelands of the people of

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the Three Fire Confederacy. I grew up in lines head

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on the sogging peninsula on the Georgian Bay side. I

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currently live in Ancastor, and I work in Guelph for

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the County of Wellington Social Services. I'm here today as

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a member of the Indigenous Advisory Committee, along with Colleen

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Brunel. Melanie ElmQuist. And Kristen Simone's was not able to

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be here today. The IAC attended the indigenous history and

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historical gathering in Winnipeg at the beginning of March this

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year. This gathering, this gathering was initially scheduled for June

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2025, but was rescheduled to March of this year. June,

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2025, marked a decade since the truth and reconciliation commission

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presented the 94 calls to action. This event was meant

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to provide space to reflect on the progress made and

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discuss the path forward. It brings together diver's groups who

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are working to amplify the distinct stories of indigenous people

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across Turtle Island. Just as a side note, I normally

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don't speak from notes, so I'm going to try to

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turtle island for anyone that isn't familiar with that term

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is we refer to that as all of North America.

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So if you look at a map, it kind of

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looks like a turtle. So when I'm, we're staying turtle

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island, that's what we're referring to. So that's not Canada.

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That's not the US. It's not Mexico. It's that whole

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piece. All right. So we went on a field trip.

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We went on a few field trips. So one of

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the things here is I think it's important to look

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at the 14 of the 94 calls to action have

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been completed in a decade. So some have been started.

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Some have been not started, but only 14 are what

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are considered completed. So that is a low number, in

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my opinion. Another reason it was important to have this

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group together, to talk about what to do to move

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that agenda forward. We went on a field trip to

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the National Centre for Truth and Reconciliation Museum. This is

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a small but impactable collection of testimonies, historical artifacts, and

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the Bentwood box. The Bentwood box travelled with the TRC

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to its eight national events throughout Canada where people were

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able to put personal items into the box to symbolize

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their journey towards healing and expressions of reconciliation. Thousands of

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items from across the country including photographs. Reports, books, drums

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knitted baby blankets, beaded moccasins, prayer shawls, suitcases, and a

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warrior's bow with Eagle feathers were donated to this collection.

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Each side of the box holds meeting and it was

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very special to be able to see this piece of

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history. The result is sacred fire outside, so we were

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able to offer tobacco. The gathering started with smudging, and

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then the national student Memorial Banner was brought into the

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room. A Quillick was also lit, which is a traditional

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oil lamp used by the Inuit as a source of

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heat, light, cooking, and drying of clothes. I had never

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seen one of these before, and I actually didn't know

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anything about it. So it was really informative to be

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able to see this. There are videos of the cloth

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that can be viewed, but I can tell you from

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my personal experience that a video will never capture the

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impact of seeing the cloth. The cloth is 196 feet

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long. It comes into the room. It passes by you

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where you can see the names of real children in

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which school they were at and did not return home

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from elders and survivors.

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Who spoke about their experiences? We were surprised and disheartened

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to hear. Of the increase of denialism of the residential

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school experience. This is the rejection or misrepresentation of basic

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facts, but residential schooling. In reality, there's confirmation that 4,

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000 children died in residen. Schools. Sorry.

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Thank you. I'm usually not the crying one. It was

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disgusting the gathering that efforts made to combat this narrative.

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Did I skip about denialism. Sorry. That's an important part.

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Um, we were surprised and disheartened to hear of the

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increase of denialism of the residential school experience. This is

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the rejection or misrepresentation of basic facts, thinking about the

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residential school experience. This is the rejection or misrepresentation of

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basic facts about residential schools to underline truth and reconciliation

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efforts, including more controversial opinions that the system was well

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- intentioned. Thank you ladies. It was discussed during the

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gathering and the efforts that were made to combat this

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narrative. It was a heavy night to start the gathering.

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And it was highlighted the reality of many people in

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the room. During the next day, they were amazing youth

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who were talking about what they were doing in their

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communities. We started with elders and we moved to the

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youth. Okay, now I'm going to be a bit happier.

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That was the morning program. I'm not going to lie.

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I scoped out the room to find a table close

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to the front. So I would be able to see

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the keynote speaker for the day Phyllis Webstad. The founder

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of the Orange Short Society. I wanted to see Phyllis

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speak not to see her on the large screens. As

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we were finishing lunch, I saw a petite woman walking

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right towards us. I couldn't believe it. It was Phyllis.

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I can only imagine how my face looked, but I

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was starstruck. She was so gracious and stopped to speak

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with us for a bit. To me, she's an inspiration.

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She spoke to the attendees sharing her journey and story.

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She is the student that had her orange shirt, her

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grandma had bought for her. Taken when she got to

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residential school. I think her sharing her personal experience opened

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the eyes of a nation. She was warm and engaging

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and shared her very personal experience of how residential schools

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impacted her family. She spoke about choosing September for orange

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shirt day because that is when children were taken from

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their homes and sent to the schools. She in the

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orange shirt society were continuously to bring awareness presenting in

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school's workplaces and communities all across the country. She in

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the orange church society have created storybooks, workbooks, lesson plans

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for all ages, survivor videos, and much more. They are

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a nonprofit organisation in all proceeds from the resources speaking

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engagements and the licensing of every child matters trademark goes

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back into the work that they do. We as the

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IEC get asked by County staff, friends and family, where

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to buy orange shirts that are reputable. Um, there are

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many retailers who do donate a portion of the sales

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to various indigenous organisations, but old Navy and Walmart are

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two large retailers who directly support the orange shirt society.

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Lighter. Star Wars. This was one of the lighter moments

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of the conference Megan Link letter discussed the process that

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he went through to create a Nyshinabe moan version of

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Star Wars. He said he chose Star Wars because it's

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a much love movie that generations could watch together. It

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was really interesting to hear all that went into this

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huge project. The version of Star Wars is available on

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Disney streaming services. Louis Real. This was one spot close

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to the heart of our chair Colleen Brunel. She had

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only asked, this was her only ask and it was

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to go visit this statue. I asked her if she

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could give me a little information. I did limit her

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to one or two sentences. She said for her, this

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statue is about acknowledging the person who fought from A.

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T. rights and reclaiming his rightful place after generations of

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stigma against the matee. I will say the winter conditions

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made it a bit challenging to have us all in

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the photo. We managed it in the end. So this

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is a time lapse of us trying to get that

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photo, keeping in mind it's not warm like today. It

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was about minus 36 in the beginning of March. The

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human rights museum. This is a unique building and it

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spiles from the base all the way up to the

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top. Walking you through history. The failures, the successes and

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those who champion human rights, both here in Canada and

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abroad. There were so many interesting displays we were not

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able to see everything. I wasn't sure what the museum

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would be like, but there were so many exhibitions we

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felt exhibits, sorry, not exhibitions. We all felt we could

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have spent more time there. Final thoughts. In my over

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22 years with the County of Wellington, I have always

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commented that the County invest in professional development. This opportunity

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was not only professional development, but personal as well. I

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think it's important to share this wasn't just a conference

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that we were sent to. It was a touchstone in

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our professional and our personal development. It was informative. It

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was moving. And without a doubt will enrich our perspective.

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We will bring this to our ongoing work as the

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IEC. McGwich for the support of this Council, CAO Scott

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Wilson, Susan Farley and Louisa Artuzzo. They're continued to support

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the continue to provide to us as employees and specifically

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as members of the IAC. Viston resources there. My greatch.

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If anybody has any questions were going to answer them.

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Thank you very much Council. Comments questions. Well, thank you

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for that. Obviously extremely powerful extremely touching, very informative. Thank

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you for going. Thank you for the time to do

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this. And, um, very on behalf of County Council are

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very pleased to be able to help support this and

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continue the work. So again, thank you very much. And

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it's clearly very personal for you folks. Um, that's a

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really good thing. All right. Thanks very much.

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Okay. Uh, resolution first and second reading of the bylaws

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Councillor Lloyd. Thank you, Warden. Moved by myself and seconded

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by Councillor Doug Breen that the bylaws 5983 - 26

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and 5986 to 26. And 5990 to 26 be taken

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and read the first and second time by the clerk

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and that they be given consideration in the committee of

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the whole. I have the motion as read comments questions.

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Call the question all in favor. That is Carried. Thank

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you. Resolution moving Council to commit to the whole Councillor

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Davidson. Yes, Warren, we by myself, seconded by Councillor Turton

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that Council now go into committee of the whole.

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I have the motion as read all in favor. That

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is Carried. Thank you. Closed meeting. Um, who would that

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be? Councillor Ballantine. Welcome. It's a long one. Okay. Move

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by myself. Second to buy Councillor Jeff Duncan. That Wellington

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County Council move into a closed meeting for the purposes

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of considering the following subject matters. Acquisition and disposition of

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land by the municipality. Labour relations are employee negotiations, litigation,

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or potential litigation. Advice that is subject to solicitor client

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privilege. Information explicitly supplied incompetence by Canada, a province or

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territory or a crown agency of any of them. Trade

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secret or scientific technical commercial financial or labour relations information,

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supplied inconfidence, which if disclosed could reasonably be expected to

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prejudice the competitive position or interfere with the contractual or

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other negotiations of a person, group, or organisation, or a

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position, plan, procedure, criteria, or instruction to be applied to

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any negotiations, carried on or to be carried on by

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or on behalf of the municipality or local board. That's

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it. Alrighty, I have the motion as

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red all in favor. That is carried. We are going

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All right, please take your seats. Dave. Dave, no soliciting.

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Okay. Okay, we're all here. We're getting ready. Okay. Hello.

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Is that on. Not using that. Okay, we're getting ready

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to go here now. I want to thank you for

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your patience for that closed meeting. We have nothing to

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report out at this time, so I'm moving to the

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Rhodes Committee. Council Davidson. Welcome, sir. The floor is yours.

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Thank you. Still morning, so good morning, everyone. Rhodes Financials

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and various projections were presented to committee. Minister of Recoveries

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are a head of the budget expectations as a result

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that the sale of sand and salt to our lower

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tier municipalities. And that's all, of course, is offset. Because

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our operating expenses for the purchase of the sand assault.

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So they kind of a wash. Fuel costs are at

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56 percent of the 1. 3 million dollar budget. We

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use more fuel because of the amount of ploughing we

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did because of our lovely winter snowstorms. And of course,

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the fuel costs are actually higher. And then anticipate it.

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So if you'll cost it up there. Continuing with winter

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control, we still have October, November, and December to deal

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with. And they've averaged between 2. 1 million and 3.

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2 million over the previous five years. We have approximately

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1. 7 million left in our budget. So we could

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expect to go over budget, which will be funded through

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with your control reserve. Open Capital Projects are there for

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your review as well. The total approved budget for 67

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projects is 150. 5 million dollars. The next report was

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a request for proposal for construction management services for the

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new Aaron Garage. The construction management model allows the county

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to enter into a single agreement with the construction manager

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to be an advisor during preconstruction and assume the role

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of general contractor for the construction period. Daycon construction limited

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of Guelph are recommended to continue their work into construction

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phase at a total contract amount of 13 million 225,

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503 dollars and 52 cents exclusive of HST. We'd actually

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received update plan for the allura garage in February. We

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had a report in Council Sauce Mestimates for the rehabilitation

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works of that garage of nearly 2. 2 million dollars.

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Staff continued to refine the costs and for foundation and

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structural improvements and the new cost estimate came in at

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1. 7 million dollars. After the past two winters, the

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need for more storage of sand and salt is important.

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And it would not be enough at this location with

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the plan works. So staff explored an alternative solution of

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constructing a coverall or a fabric building on site with

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site work costs added in the new Coverall building. It's

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estimated to cost 1. 44 million dollars to construct. And

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the new build would allow 15, 000 tons of material.

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To be stored for winter use at this location, 2,

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500 in the barn, and a further 12, 500 in

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the new coverall. So that is going to increase the

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amount of sand and salt we have in that location,

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which is a great thing for our county. Committee, appreciate

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staff's efforts to look for alternative solutions while we're doing

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costs and increasing our capabilities. Our next report was on

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the Aaron Glenn commercial plaza and road improvements and Wellington

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Road 124 in Aran. Site plans are included in the

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agenda for your parousal. The primary entrance is going to

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be on County Road 124. The roundabout will be constructed

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between the Glalklin Road and Aaron Park Drive. On the

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124. And all construction costs will be born by the

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proponents, not the County. Council is being asked to approve

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the roads upgrade amending agreement to allow this to take

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place. And we had another update on the Speed Data

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from the past ASE locations. The data shows that the

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average speeds have increased since the end of ASE, but

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still remain below the speeds observed prior to the ASE.

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And these results that we have given to us are

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consistent with the results we had in March. Additional traffic,

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calving measures have been put in place and some other

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works are still ongoing. And if you recall, this data

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is going to be collected until September. So we'll actually

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get to see how our traffic common measures are faring

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as well. And with that warden, I have moved by

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myself, seconded by Councillor Turton, that the June 9th, 2026

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minutes of the roads committee be received and referred to

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Council for adoption. Cute. I have the motion as read

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comments questions. Councillor Campbell. Thank. You. Through you, Warden, I

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would respectfully request that I am number four. Be withdrawn

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from that motion. For separate discussion. Okay. Number four. Should

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we just deal with that first. Okay. Everybody all right.

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We're going to pull four and deal with it first.

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Would you like to speak to it. Thank you, Orton.

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So item number four, for those of you that are

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hurrying through your agendas is the new Aaron Rose Garage.

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At the committee meeting, it was requested by myself that

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the backup documents for tender submissions be included in the

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package as they had been in the previous package. Question

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was asked whether that was just for me or whether

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it was for other members of Council. The clerk proceeded

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to send an email out saying this request has been

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made. If you'd like this data, please let me know.

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13 days later, on Monday of this week, that data

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was released. With a correction to this whole bed amount

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reducing it. By 61, 972 dollars. So the dollar amount

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read this morning is incorrect. If you review the document

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that was provided by DaCon, there's another mathematical error and

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their potential. I suspect very highly that it's a typo.

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But under the electrical contract, there's a further savings of

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637, 000 dollars. 217, which I don't believe is there.

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But I have a serious concern about the fact that

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this was not shared with committee. The five members of

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Council that were given an update on this on Monday

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of this week, only one of them was a member

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of the roads committee. And he's not here today to

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speak to it. But I seriously think this should be

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the fur, should be reviewed by staff. Sent back to

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committee with the proper numbers and then voted on. Thank

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you. All right. Anybody else thoughts or comments on that.

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Councillor O'Neill. Councillor O'Neill, like just my head goes this

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way. It just comes out. Thank you, Wharton. Um, further

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to Councillor Campbell's. Comment about, I think it's just a

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table. It's in the, there's five of us got this.

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It's in the electrical. Miller. S bid is 117, 383

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complete. Yake is 754 600 complete. As Councillor Campbell mentioned

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it's probably a typo. I'm guessing Miller's is 1. 17

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million, but I don't know that. So we've got wrong

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figures here. I completely agree with Councillor Campbell that needs

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to be looked at closer. All right. You want to

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make that motion to defer item four. Absolutely. You're worship.

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I would motion that item for be deferred back to

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committee. For review. Second of my Councillor Neal. Anything further

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on item four. Call the question to defer all in

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favor. For, sorry, did you want to say something, Matthew?

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Did I miss you? Well, you've got two arms. You

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can vote either way. Okay. Thank you. Okay. So that's

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going to go back to committee. Understood. All right. Thank

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you. So going back to the rest of the roads

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minutes and a further comments or questions on that. Councillor

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Ballantine. I just want to thank County staff and Council

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for their ongoing support of rich community experiences within the

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County, um, as noted, uh, they've taken into consideration the

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allura festival and the use of the gambl barn and

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also thought of a solution that's going to provide better

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winter control, um, for our residents. And so the, the

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allure festivals also shared a letter with Council to thank

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them and acknowledge that they appreciate the use of the

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acoustically significant, I guess is the way that you would

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put it for the Gambl Barn for that festival. And

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we know that that's a great draw for the County.

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Um, so I appreciate Council support for that as well

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as, um, the staff for thinking outside the box. Thank

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you. Councillor Lloyd. Thank you Warden through you. Um, the

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ongoing work that's being done on Getty Street in Ilora.

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I really appreciate that we have a staff that is

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willing to work with us, talk with us about the

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situation of getting it prepared for completion and recognising that

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what was there, which was historic is being now, uh,

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covered over with what could be termed as some sense

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looking like a NASCAR, uh, drive - thru. So, um,

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I really pleased and appreciate the fact that our staff

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is willing to work with our community and with the

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construction company to see if we can come to a

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little bit more of an appreciative look or a nicer

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look along that strip. Thanks. All right. Thank you. I

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will call the question then. Councillor Duncan, you got something

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to say. Go ahead. Um, just a question for clarification.

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So just on the, uh, the new roundabout that's proposed

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on, um, uh. Just outside of Iran on 24, the

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Solmer, uh, new one there between the 10th line and

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Aaron Perk drive. Um, so I just wanted to clarify

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if all of the lands that are required for the

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roundabout, are they all within like the County's municipal right

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away and all Solomer's lands? Like is there. Wasn't any

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discussion of the roads meeting that, you know, that we're

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needing additional lands to the north of the right way

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there. So that would be one question. Yes. Um, the

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other one is, uh, so this project to be frank

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has come up probably the staff have been aware of

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it for a long time, but, uh, as far as

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the public is aware, this has come up very quickly.

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Um, you know, basically hit the roads committee agenda, uh,

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two weeks ago. Um, I don't think many members of

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the public were aware that there was, um, contemplation of

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a major roundabout at this location. I've indicated I'm supportive

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of it. Um, but, um, you know, it's, uh, as

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indicated, it's Solomar's, you know, there are going to be

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the proponent. They're paying for it. And they're going to

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be managing the construction aspect of the, of the project.

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Um, but, um, it's not, it's a couple, after a

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couple of members of public indicate to me, you know,

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it was when we put out the large County projects

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that are coming up for the year, this was not

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identified in there at all. Technically it's not a County

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project, but you know, let's face it, it's on the

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County Rightway creating a roundabout on our, uh, you know,

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on our, on our roadway there. Um, so for the

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communications in the future for this going forward, uh, there

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will be some, uh, some road closures involved, not all

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the time, just basically when they come to do the

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concrete work and they paving, uh, but the road closures

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and all the communication detour route are the County, are

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we going to be looking after the communication of that

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going out? Um, and, uh, you know, putting out, uh,

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what we would typically put out for all the work

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that we had to do. For instance, in Mapleton for

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the closures there, um, so just wondering, A, if the

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additional lands that are required or, you know, everything's on

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our right away and on the sawmer land and be,

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who's going to be doing the communication part of the,

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uh, of the project. Thank you. Kudo, please. The warden

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to Councillor Duncan. All lands are, there's no further land

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requirement for the roundabout. Uh, as far as communications goes,

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that's a very good point that this was not listed

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as one of our major projects for the year. Uh,

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so that is noted. Um, we will have our communications

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folks involved because there will be especially with a road

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closure and so on to, you know, have posting on

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social and, um, other community notices. Councilloid. Thank you. This

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is another question too. Mr. Kudo, when we have another

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third party building something on our roads, um, I'm sure

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we have certain criteria that has to be met like

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a rolling curb for large farm vehicles to move through

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it. And that it's built at a size that allows

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the farm vehicles to go through that area. Is it

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that, uh, they're paying for it and we're supervising how

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it's done or like, how is that relationship work with

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us. Councillor Liu, Idea. There's a great deal of oversight

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on our review, like sure, in this case, the developers

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come up with their design. It's been reviewed by our

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staff, even through our consultants have and to meet our

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County roundabout standards. So it'll be built to the standard

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that the county's built other roundabouts. On our road network.

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Anything further. Councillor Duncan. Just on that issue, I do

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want to just commend the Rode staff. I'm the Rose

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Community meeting. I raise some questions about it. Uh, you

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know, just, um, you know, who'd peer reviewed this and

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the, uh, traffic counts involved on the, uh, and the

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stretch of roadway and that the, there's another, the fully

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new signalized intersection, just a little bit away from this.

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And if that distance works. Anyways, the staffer great getting

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back, uh, to me with the background data, um, basically

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at the end of the day, you know, the traffic

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experts of indicated that this will function properly. And I

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01:54:31,107 --> 01:54:34,307
saw within the county's standards. So appreciate that. And also

471
01:54:34,488 --> 01:54:39,267
the County Road staff in the last week or two.

472
01:54:39,267 --> 01:54:41,427
I mentioned an email to Don when it rains up

473
01:54:41,448 --> 01:54:43,987
pores at a variety of, uh, call a minor issues

474
01:54:44,008 --> 01:54:47,407
from local residents that the County has dealt with, uh,

475
01:54:47,608 --> 01:54:52,846
very expeditiously. Just want to thank publicly, Don. And his

476
01:54:52,846 --> 01:54:55,166
staff that got out to deal with a feudal issues.

477
01:54:55,166 --> 01:54:59,670
Thanks, Tom. Anything further. I will call the question all

478
01:54:59,670 --> 01:55:04,871
in favor. That is carried. Thank you, Mr. Davidson. Solid

479
01:55:04,892 --> 01:55:09,859
waste services committee. Councillor O'Neill. Welcome, sir, the floor is

480
01:55:09,899 --> 01:55:16,103
yours. Thank you, Warden. Um, we're still in the morning.

481
01:55:16,103 --> 01:55:19,321
Good for us. This is for our meeting of Tuesday,

482
01:55:19,321 --> 01:55:22,361
June 9th, 2026. It currently looks like we'll have a

483
01:55:22,462 --> 01:55:25,721
positive variance of between 800 to 100, 000 dollars at

484
01:55:25,761 --> 01:55:28,921
year end. The allura transfer station has some minor works

485
01:55:28,961 --> 01:55:32,601
to be finished. And we expect that, uh, project to

486
01:55:32,702 --> 01:55:36,306
commend under budget. Going to go now to the tire

487
01:55:36,306 --> 01:55:40,739
collection report issue. As you can see in the report,

488
01:55:40,739 --> 01:55:43,619
the province has changed. The tire recycling target from 85

489
01:55:43,640 --> 01:55:47,763
to 65 percent for the producers. It seems that once

490
01:55:47,803 --> 01:55:51,283
the producers get to 65 percent, they stop collecting tires

491
01:55:51,384 --> 01:55:55,495
in a timely manner. The County does not have to

492
01:55:55,596 --> 01:55:58,775
accept tires as the businesses that sell and install them

493
01:55:58,815 --> 01:56:01,335
do that. We have done it as a convenience to

494
01:56:01,375 --> 01:56:04,535
our residents and we accept up to 10 tires per

495
01:56:04,556 --> 01:56:10,358
day from a resident. Not all municipalities are accepting tires.

496
01:56:10,358 --> 01:56:13,478
And some are pausing collection as well until the holige

497
01:56:13,478 --> 01:56:18,136
issue is corrected. Right now, registered tire haulers are not

498
01:56:18,397 --> 01:56:20,376
responding to our calls to come and pick up the

499
01:56:20,557 --> 01:56:24,775
accumulated tires that we have stockpiled. And we are not

500
01:56:24,775 --> 01:56:29,605
the only ones not getting responses from the haulers. The

501
01:56:29,645 --> 01:56:34,005
provincial regulation amendment to address this issue has not been

502
01:56:34,045 --> 01:56:38,032
approved as of this date. The consultation period has ended

503
01:56:38,293 --> 01:56:40,512
and we hope to see the amended approved before the

504
01:56:40,693 --> 01:56:45,312
snow tired change. So the snow tire changeover that always

505
01:56:45,493 --> 01:56:49,993
generates more tires being brought to our facilities. We are

506
01:56:50,014 --> 01:56:55,113
full and staffer recommending to temporarily stop accepting tires until

507
01:56:55,374 --> 01:57:00,557
the regulation amendment passes. And the backlog is reduced. If

508
01:57:01,138 --> 01:57:04,957
the pause is passed by Council, staff will ask anyone

509
01:57:04,978 --> 01:57:08,557
bringing tires if they can cape them in the near

510
01:57:08,557 --> 01:57:11,517
term. And we'll accept them from residents if they can't.

511
01:57:12,541 --> 01:57:14,920
While asking them not to bring any more until our

512
01:57:15,021 --> 01:57:20,963
backlog is removed. And the committee approved that recommendation. Our

513
01:57:20,984 --> 01:57:24,163
solid waste service division has received a promotion and education

514
01:57:24,163 --> 01:57:28,163
award for the County's business recycling campaign. When the producers

515
01:57:28,203 --> 01:57:32,163
took over responsibility for recycling province - wide, the IC

516
01:57:32,184 --> 01:57:35,712
and I sector was ignored in the new program. County

517
01:57:35,733 --> 01:57:38,672
staff went door to door, used messaging in various media

518
01:57:38,712 --> 01:57:42,432
to get the word out and help our businesses either

519
01:57:42,453 --> 01:57:45,632
get a fee exemption card or receive a recycling cart

520
01:57:45,672 --> 01:57:50,992
to allow them to continue recycling services. Congratulations to Saltway

521
01:57:51,013 --> 01:57:54,512
Service and the County's communication team for getting the word

522
01:57:54,552 --> 01:58:00,067
out. I will now get into the curbside Collection Contract

523
01:58:00,408 --> 01:58:04,550
RFP results and recommendation. You've all read the report. If

524
01:58:04,550 --> 01:58:12,813
there are any questions, none, okay thanks. Okay. Planned implementation

525
01:58:12,994 --> 01:58:16,973
date. It is July 1st, 2028. It is two years

526
01:58:17,013 --> 01:58:21,537
away. It is for garbage organics, leaf and yard waste.

527
01:58:22,376 --> 01:58:27,504
It does not include residential recycling. Residential recycling is no

528
01:58:27,504 --> 01:58:34,369
longer our mandate. Circular materials has it. Staff recommendation is

529
01:58:34,390 --> 01:58:37,009
to stay with a four day per week pickup schedule

530
01:58:37,590 --> 01:58:41,968
using an automated cart collection system. A five - day

531
01:58:41,968 --> 01:58:44,788
schedule was asked for in the RFP with the hope

532
01:58:44,828 --> 01:58:48,611
that substantial savings may be realised. That was not the

533
01:58:48,651 --> 01:58:51,571
case. And the savings of 20, 000 per year was

534
01:58:51,611 --> 01:58:55,971
not enough. As 20 percent of our residents would see

535
01:58:55,992 --> 01:58:59,411
a shift in their collection day. And that would probably

536
01:58:59,512 --> 01:59:03,122
not line up with the recycling pickup day. Staff and

537
01:59:03,162 --> 01:59:08,107
committee members agreed. Two service updates we will see with

538
01:59:08,147 --> 01:59:13,212
the new contract in 2028 hour. Same day pickup of

539
01:59:13,473 --> 01:59:18,120
leaf and yard waste as your regular collection day. Pet

540
01:59:18,141 --> 01:59:22,200
waste will now be accepted in the Green Organic Greenbin

541
01:59:22,200 --> 01:59:28,476
Organic Collection in 2028. Every week we'll have organic collection.

542
01:59:29,471 --> 01:59:33,130
And every second week will either be recycling collection or

543
01:59:33,151 --> 01:59:36,727
garbage cart collection. Only two streams will be on the

544
01:59:36,828 --> 01:59:40,327
Collection schedule each week and only two streams will be

545
01:59:40,367 --> 01:59:45,698
at the curbside. The 14 downtown Corps locations will have

546
01:59:45,719 --> 01:59:50,077
manual bag pickup. Not user bag pickup, not yellow user

547
01:59:50,098 --> 01:59:56,182
pay for garbage. And the current smaller organics cart. For

548
01:59:56,222 --> 02:00:03,316
residential and commercial in the 14 downtown course. Hybrid trucks

549
02:00:03,356 --> 02:00:06,516
will be used in those cores. High retrucks are not.

550
02:00:07,911 --> 02:00:15,010
Electric and whatever. Hybrid trucks are automated and manual collection

551
02:00:15,271 --> 02:00:18,452
capable trucks. And they will be used in the downtown

552
02:00:18,793 --> 02:00:23,613
cores. The IC and I sector. That the County pays

553
02:00:23,634 --> 02:00:26,413
for separately will go back to blue boxes in the

554
02:00:26,514 --> 02:00:32,324
downtown cores. Businesses outside the downtown areas that use a

555
02:00:32,324 --> 02:00:36,427
recycling cart will continue to do so. With this recommended

556
02:00:36,448 --> 02:00:40,987
proposal, the apartments above commercial buildings have recycling carts from

557
02:00:41,248 --> 02:00:46,107
circular materials. And if we put everybody in upstairs apartment

558
02:00:46,147 --> 02:00:50,987
with a garbage cart and with a larger composting cart,

559
02:00:50,987 --> 02:00:53,867
there will be a problem with upper level residents, manhandling

560
02:00:53,907 --> 02:00:57,515
those carts. Down the stairs. We can't do anything about

561
02:00:57,696 --> 02:01:02,235
the residential recycling, but we can believe we can work

562
02:01:02,275 --> 02:01:05,195
with the garbage and organic pickup issues that are under

563
02:01:05,296 --> 02:01:10,988
our control in those downtown cores. Yellow user bags will

564
02:01:11,169 --> 02:01:16,729
no longer be needed in the cart collection system. In

565
02:01:16,769 --> 02:01:19,849
your report, it talks about the net revenue of 1.

566
02:01:19,950 --> 02:01:24,489
5 million. That is after the gross sales minus the

567
02:01:24,510 --> 02:01:28,011
price of the bags minus the price of the. What

568
02:01:28,051 --> 02:01:31,831
we pay the retailers to sell them. So it would

569
02:01:31,831 --> 02:01:36,079
be a 1. 5 million dollar revenue. We'll have to

570
02:01:36,079 --> 02:01:41,872
go on the tax levy. And the above changes will

571
02:01:41,893 --> 02:01:47,177
not happen until July 1st, 2028. A reminder of recycling

572
02:01:47,198 --> 02:01:50,137
change is coming in ago, recycling carts are going to

573
02:01:50,177 --> 02:01:53,761
be delivered in July. Collection begins the week of August

574
02:01:54,022 --> 02:01:58,486
10th or 17th. Depending upon whether you are a week

575
02:01:58,507 --> 02:02:03,627
A or a week B collection schedule. Organics will always

576
02:02:03,667 --> 02:02:08,953
be collected weekly. Recycling and garbage will be on opposite

577
02:02:09,134 --> 02:02:12,267
weeks to each other. That is my report for our

578
02:02:12,368 --> 02:02:16,187
June committee meeting, moved by myself, seconded by Councillor Shawn

579
02:02:16,227 --> 02:02:19,467
Watters, that the June 9th minutes of the Saltway services

580
02:02:19,488 --> 02:02:22,507
committee be received and referred to Council for adoption.

581
02:02:29,720 --> 02:02:32,899
Thank you, sir. I have the motion as read. Comments,

582
02:02:32,899 --> 02:02:34,979
questions. You're looking forward to giving this for a while.

583
02:02:38,763 --> 02:02:45,935
Okay. Councillor Seeley. Thank you, Warden. Um, just seen frustrations

584
02:02:46,036 --> 02:02:50,256
online with the collection. Um, I'm starting to see rhetoric

585
02:02:50,277 --> 02:02:52,656
where people are, you know, the streets are missed two,

586
02:02:52,656 --> 02:02:54,816
three times. And they're, you know, whether they fall through

587
02:02:54,917 --> 02:02:58,488
this. They then claim they'll just, uh, buy the Costco

588
02:02:58,509 --> 02:03:03,093
bags. Abandoned their sorting and diversion tactics and just take

589
02:03:03,114 --> 02:03:05,633
it all to the transfer station, which is, you know,

590
02:03:06,394 --> 02:03:09,093
disappointing because, you know, we've worked very hard to increase

591
02:03:09,194 --> 02:03:11,973
the capacity at the landfill site. So, you know, we

592
02:03:11,973 --> 02:03:15,713
hear the challenges from waste management about staffing this, the

593
02:03:15,713 --> 02:03:21,050
other thing. How can we, as the County build something

594
02:03:21,090 --> 02:03:24,890
into the contract to ensure that the quality of the,

595
02:03:24,890 --> 02:03:26,690
of the collection is where we want it to be.

596
02:03:27,121 --> 02:03:30,600
Because really all it is you receive calls, DOS. I'm

597
02:03:30,600 --> 02:03:35,420
sure you apologise. And but the real mechanism for us

598
02:03:35,681 --> 02:03:39,500
to ensure that this habitual, whether it's the same road

599
02:03:39,540 --> 02:03:43,340
or other roads, quality service has, in my opinion, deteriorated

600
02:03:43,380 --> 02:03:44,620
lately. And I want to see it go back to

601
02:03:44,660 --> 02:03:50,198
where it was. Councillor Celia, you're talking about recycling in

602
02:03:50,198 --> 02:03:58,267
particular. No. Garage. Garbage? Garpness, sorry, garage inter. Okay. All

603
02:03:58,267 --> 02:04:03,409
right. Is there anything further. Or did you. Want to

604
02:04:03,449 --> 02:04:12,737
speak to that at all. Through you, Mr. Warden. Excuse

605
02:04:12,777 --> 02:04:16,897
me. Um, there are mechanisms to deal with ongoing service

606
02:04:16,897 --> 02:04:20,737
issues. And, uh, those are to be expected by any

607
02:04:20,777 --> 02:04:23,937
vendor, um, I'm pleased to say that the new curbside

608
02:04:24,038 --> 02:04:29,457
collection RFP has provisions to require the service provider to

609
02:04:30,198 --> 02:04:32,977
have up - to - date software, which gives real

610
02:04:33,078 --> 02:04:36,497
- time data GPS tracking. It's a much improved system

611
02:04:36,598 --> 02:04:40,417
over the current one, which can ensure that routes are

612
02:04:40,417 --> 02:04:43,697
completed on a daily basis. Um, that being said, if

613
02:04:43,958 --> 02:04:48,097
thunder the current contract, if there's any areas that are

614
02:04:48,118 --> 02:04:53,137
receiving inconsistent service, we can escalate that with our contractor.

615
02:04:53,137 --> 02:04:54,977
And that sets in motion a whole series of steps

616
02:04:54,998 --> 02:04:58,817
that the contractor takes to ensure that collection is given.

617
02:04:58,817 --> 02:05:01,937
And so there's additional checks, for example, the driver checking

618
02:05:02,038 --> 02:05:05,137
in saying, we've collected this location. So that's to address

619
02:05:06,918 --> 02:05:09,857
ongoing service issues at a given location or a given

620
02:05:09,897 --> 02:05:14,337
road. Um, further to that, both the current and the

621
02:05:14,438 --> 02:05:18,737
next contract has provisions for penalties to be used. It's

622
02:05:18,737 --> 02:05:21,937
not a step that we take lightly, but, uh, where

623
02:05:21,977 --> 02:05:27,196
we feel it's warranted. Penalties can be levied on a

624
02:05:27,377 --> 02:05:36,144
per day or per incident basis. Thank you. One of

625
02:05:36,144 --> 02:05:39,744
the myths I heard was that, uh, there is a

626
02:05:39,744 --> 02:05:43,024
GPS unit in the current vehicles, but, uh, because we

627
02:05:43,024 --> 02:05:45,041
do both sides of the road collection. That if they

628
02:05:45,062 --> 02:05:47,681
drive down that road, it would indicate collected. And that's

629
02:05:47,721 --> 02:05:52,221
how maybe there's some missing A is that true. Uh,

630
02:05:52,342 --> 02:05:55,521
and B, is that being corrected, and I guess I'll

631
02:05:55,622 --> 02:05:58,621
throw a C in there. I would really appreciate, um,

632
02:05:58,902 --> 02:06:01,761
what you just said in some, either in an email

633
02:06:01,801 --> 02:06:04,121
that I can, you know, inform the public, yes, we

634
02:06:04,121 --> 02:06:07,421
hear your concerns of the miscollection. Here's the improvements. Not

635
02:06:07,421 --> 02:06:10,561
necessarily the penalty component, but, you know, the GPS units,

636
02:06:10,561 --> 02:06:12,801
this is the improvement on, you know, our goal is

637
02:06:12,841 --> 02:06:15,841
to, uh, reduce the amount of miscollection. I would be

638
02:06:15,841 --> 02:06:18,401
all great information that we can push out to the,

639
02:06:18,401 --> 02:06:24,781
to the residence. Through you, Mr. Warden, I'll try to

640
02:06:25,682 --> 02:06:28,701
get to A, B, and C. Um, so yes, there

641
02:06:28,722 --> 02:06:34,196
are GPS on the vehicles. That indicate that the road

642
02:06:34,196 --> 02:06:37,236
has been travelled. Each direction. Now, the new software that

643
02:06:37,276 --> 02:06:40,836
will be required by the next curbside collection contract will

644
02:06:40,937 --> 02:06:44,436
improve the system, build upon it. And it'll be much,

645
02:06:44,537 --> 02:06:47,876
much more sophisticated in order to ensure that all rights

646
02:06:47,916 --> 02:06:52,276
are completed. Um, there will be alerts to advise that,

647
02:06:52,276 --> 02:06:54,196
you know, part of the route has been missed, which

648
02:06:54,196 --> 02:06:56,116
I believe is not a function of the current system.

649
02:06:57,566 --> 02:07:02,025
Um, and yes, absolutely. We can provide a description of

650
02:07:03,166 --> 02:07:07,385
the mechanisms in place to ensure service accountability. And I

651
02:07:07,406 --> 02:07:16,636
believe I'm forgetting what B was. All right.

652
02:07:17,297 --> 02:07:24,033
Don't go away. Councillor Lloyd. Thank you, Warden, for you.

653
02:07:24,033 --> 02:07:27,633
I appreciate that the bulky items was looked at and

654
02:07:27,654 --> 02:07:31,633
not recommended based on 12 inquiries. Um, it's good that

655
02:07:31,673 --> 02:07:33,793
we did look at it because we do have a

656
02:07:33,833 --> 02:07:37,713
neighbour immunicipality that does bulky item pickup, but I can

657
02:07:37,734 --> 02:07:41,713
appreciate that based on 12 requests, um, we're not having

658
02:07:42,934 --> 02:07:46,833
a large uptake of residents that want that service. Thank

659
02:07:46,833 --> 02:07:51,063
you. Council Bomert, I'm sorry, you were up before. Did

660
02:07:51,063 --> 02:07:55,312
you have something? Thank you. Councillor C. All right. What

661
02:07:55,352 --> 02:08:01,835
a team. Councillor Duncan. Uh, thanks, Warden. Um, I just

662
02:08:01,835 --> 02:08:04,235
wanted to mention there about the, uh, solid waste services

663
02:08:04,275 --> 02:08:07,805
for the award from the municipal waste association. Our communication

664
02:08:07,845 --> 02:08:10,045
staff and the solid was service. So they did such

665
02:08:10,045 --> 02:08:12,285
a tremendous job in getting out the word on the,

666
02:08:12,285 --> 02:08:15,645
uh, you know, transition period for the blue box and

667
02:08:15,685 --> 02:08:19,645
getting the ICI sector, you know, on board. But I

668
02:08:19,645 --> 02:08:21,725
do want to, I do want to thank County Council

669
02:08:21,826 --> 02:08:23,925
and the word in particular. Um, when this kind of

670
02:08:23,925 --> 02:08:27,005
came up 18 months ago, um, talking with the warden,

671
02:08:27,005 --> 02:08:29,405
like he indicated this is, you know, it's just not

672
02:08:29,445 --> 02:08:31,405
fair. You know, these folks pay two to three times

673
02:08:31,826 --> 02:08:34,525
a tax rate that the residential people pay and we're

674
02:08:34,565 --> 02:08:37,965
pulling, you know, we're pulling this service. And anyways, I

675
02:08:37,965 --> 02:08:41,245
just want to say, you know, this was such a

676
02:08:41,285 --> 02:08:43,485
good thing for the County did, you know, like rather

677
02:08:43,485 --> 02:08:45,245
than turning the clock back, you know, you have all

678
02:08:45,245 --> 02:08:48,765
these businesses and, uh, people in the recycling program for

679
02:08:48,866 --> 02:08:50,885
years and then just, uh, you know, this kind of

680
02:08:50,885 --> 02:08:54,285
basically abandoning them. Um, and which I thought this was,

681
02:08:54,285 --> 02:08:55,965
uh, it was, it was great for us to get

682
02:08:55,986 --> 02:08:58,365
this set up. And then the rollout of it, that

683
02:08:58,546 --> 02:09:00,125
was the award part. Like that was, that was fantastic

684
02:09:00,386 --> 02:09:04,004
in getting that. So. Steve could work at you in

685
02:09:04,004 --> 02:09:12,327
your committee and to staff. Councillor Valentine. Yeah, I just

686
02:09:12,348 --> 02:09:15,207
want to note appreciation because of the complicated messaging that's

687
02:09:15,247 --> 02:09:17,127
going on. Because we have two things kind of happening

688
02:09:17,308 --> 02:09:19,607
at once. You know, the province taking over the blue

689
02:09:19,607 --> 02:09:23,287
box program and trying to help people understand that we're

690
02:09:23,287 --> 02:09:25,847
not shepherding that any longer. And if it's not working

691
02:09:25,948 --> 02:09:28,647
quite right, we can try to help, but we actually

692
02:09:28,908 --> 02:09:30,887
are not the people that are in charge. And then

693
02:09:30,887 --> 02:09:34,567
that's being overlaid with the negotiation of a new contract

694
02:09:34,748 --> 02:09:37,287
for our Green bins and our garbage pickup, which is

695
02:09:37,868 --> 02:09:43,127
convoluting the complaints that we're seeing from residents. And I

696
02:09:43,127 --> 02:09:46,247
understand that that change is difficult for people, um, to

697
02:09:46,268 --> 02:09:48,407
absorb when you're only getting a little bits of information.

698
02:09:48,407 --> 02:09:51,927
But I really want to commend the County for their

699
02:09:51,948 --> 02:09:55,607
ability to be, uh, supportive for residents when they have

700
02:09:55,628 --> 02:09:58,327
questions and concerns, as well as trying to get the

701
02:09:58,367 --> 02:10:01,127
communication out as clearly as possible. And I also think

702
02:10:01,148 --> 02:10:03,927
that our residents are going to be extremely happy about

703
02:10:04,028 --> 02:10:06,807
the same day leaf and yard waste pickup because I

704
02:10:06,807 --> 02:10:09,367
know we definitely hear a lot about those bags sitting

705
02:10:09,367 --> 02:10:10,887
on the side of the road for a week or

706
02:10:10,927 --> 02:10:13,247
10 days. And people wondering whether they're ever going to

707
02:10:13,247 --> 02:10:15,607
be picked up. So I think that's a real benefit.

708
02:10:15,647 --> 02:10:21,071
Thanks. Any further. And I want to echo that as

709
02:10:21,071 --> 02:10:24,671
well. Same day, yard and waist is a big deal.

710
02:10:24,671 --> 02:10:27,791
And the pet pickup is huge. So some nice improvements

711
02:10:27,831 --> 02:10:31,533
in this new contract. What did I say?

712
02:10:38,907 --> 02:10:41,046
Maybe I've got a business. Maybe I've got a business

713
02:10:41,067 --> 02:10:44,604
on the side. Het waist pickup. Thank you for that

714
02:10:44,705 --> 02:10:52,761
correction. Clerk. Thank you. Warden. Just regarding the, uh, the

715
02:10:52,761 --> 02:10:58,361
changes to the tire pickup and our role in looking

716
02:10:58,462 --> 02:11:03,301
after. Tires that are left at our landfill sites. I

717
02:11:03,301 --> 02:11:05,061
think it's really too bad. I mean, with all the

718
02:11:05,162 --> 02:11:10,181
changes that are happening with our garbage and waste pickup

719
02:11:10,442 --> 02:11:14,901
and recycling that's going on at this point, that we

720
02:11:14,901 --> 02:11:17,701
have added to it, you know, it's the last thing

721
02:11:18,042 --> 02:11:21,381
our residents need is one more confusing factor to do

722
02:11:21,482 --> 02:11:24,901
with ways management. And this with the tires is just

723
02:11:24,901 --> 02:11:27,861
a gratuitous one as far as I'm concerned. And I

724
02:11:27,901 --> 02:11:30,421
think the province is really fumbled the ball in terms

725
02:11:30,421 --> 02:11:36,421
of number one reducing what they find acceptable in terms

726
02:11:36,421 --> 02:11:40,981
of recycling tires, dropping it from 85 percent to 65

727
02:11:41,002 --> 02:11:46,901
percent that they would find 65 percent recycling at this

728
02:11:46,901 --> 02:11:51,702
point acceptable, I find unacceptable. So I just, I hope

729
02:11:51,963 --> 02:11:55,302
the province is listening. I hope they respond to our

730
02:11:55,403 --> 02:11:59,222
urging that they will, uh, get the thumb out and

731
02:11:59,262 --> 02:12:04,182
get going, get this regulation amendment done and get one.

732
02:12:05,162 --> 02:12:08,741
Point of confusion out of the mixture at our waste

733
02:12:08,741 --> 02:12:14,871
management. Thank you. Okay. Is there anything further. I will

734
02:12:14,972 --> 02:12:17,431
call the question all in favor. That is Carried. Thank

735
02:12:17,431 --> 02:12:27,320
you very much. Opp Councillor Lennox, please. That's a big.

736
02:12:27,619 --> 02:12:34,979
Word. Welcome, sir. The floor is yours. Thank you, Warden.

737
02:12:36,685 --> 02:12:41,096
Um, here to present the. Uh, on the minutes of

738
02:12:41,096 --> 02:12:47,292
the OPP detachment board. Really the first major item on

739
02:12:47,292 --> 02:12:49,612
the agenda, of course, is the financial statements and variance

740
02:12:49,652 --> 02:12:52,092
projections. And if you go through those, you will find

741
02:12:52,132 --> 02:12:56,812
some, some variances throughout the year. But, uh, relatively small

742
02:12:57,473 --> 02:12:58,812
and some of most of them are expected to be

743
02:12:59,153 --> 02:13:03,166
sort of seasonal. Or work themselves out through it. The

744
02:13:03,166 --> 02:13:05,826
course of the year. The big unknown, of course, is

745
02:13:06,247 --> 02:13:08,386
the reconciliation, which is to come later in the year

746
02:13:08,727 --> 02:13:12,626
from the OPP. Um, we do have seen in recent

747
02:13:12,626 --> 02:13:15,506
years and are continuing to see increasing calls for service,

748
02:13:15,506 --> 02:13:20,106
which increases the costs associated with MPP service contract. So

749
02:13:20,327 --> 02:13:22,306
this will come out more clearly when we do get

750
02:13:22,306 --> 02:13:27,743
the reconciliation. But, uh, I think, uh. I'm not concerned

751
02:13:27,764 --> 02:13:30,223
about whether we're going to be within budget this year

752
02:13:30,223 --> 02:13:32,223
or not, but I do think that we should be

753
02:13:32,263 --> 02:13:35,903
expecting as our population grows as our communities grow that

754
02:13:35,924 --> 02:13:37,903
our policing costs are going to continue to grow as

755
02:13:37,903 --> 02:13:40,703
well. So just wanted to put that out there so

756
02:13:40,743 --> 02:13:43,343
that people are thinking about it as we approaching budget

757
02:13:43,383 --> 02:13:48,670
season. Uh, with that said, we'll move on to the,

758
02:13:48,670 --> 02:13:52,430
uh, detachment board procedural bylaw. So we've had some robust

759
02:13:52,451 --> 02:13:56,430
discussion here about some of that and they proceed drill

760
02:13:56,430 --> 02:14:00,350
bylaw with the necessary revisions. Came to the board and

761
02:14:00,371 --> 02:14:05,497
the board approved them as presented. Uh, we've been moved

762
02:14:05,497 --> 02:14:07,897
on to the detachment commanders report, which is the usual

763
02:14:07,918 --> 02:14:11,123
monthly report. Uh, there really wasn't anything that I wanted

764
02:14:11,144 --> 02:14:14,083
to highlight in particular. Out of that, although it hasn't

765
02:14:14,083 --> 02:14:15,923
showed up in the report yet, but, uh, we have

766
02:14:15,963 --> 02:14:20,803
seen in recent days, unfortunately, some traffic fatalities, which we'll

767
02:14:20,803 --> 02:14:26,963
show up in future months reports. Um, please, everybody stop.

768
02:14:27,393 --> 02:14:31,064
At stop signs. Look. And make sure that it's safe

769
02:14:31,104 --> 02:14:35,224
to pass. Uh, we've seen too many tragedies at intersections

770
02:14:35,885 --> 02:14:41,152
in the recent days and weeks. Um, having said that,

771
02:14:41,152 --> 02:14:46,672
we also have the annual report. You may remember their

772
02:14:46,712 --> 02:14:49,632
annual report had a slightly different format. This is now

773
02:14:49,733 --> 02:14:53,072
a province wide format that we're getting this annual report

774
02:14:53,112 --> 02:14:56,832
in, which has still many of the same information that

775
02:14:56,832 --> 02:14:59,632
we had previously. But this is something that can be

776
02:14:59,672 --> 02:15:02,272
shared with the members of the public, members of your

777
02:15:02,312 --> 02:15:05,792
local municipality, uh, to get the information out as to

778
02:15:06,853 --> 02:15:08,992
remind people what a safe community we have to live

779
02:15:08,992 --> 02:15:12,192
in and that the police are there to serve and

780
02:15:12,192 --> 02:15:14,912
to remind people, you know, to, to call on the

781
02:15:14,912 --> 02:15:21,937
police when they need them. And there are really citizens

782
02:15:21,977 --> 02:15:25,217
partners in keeping our community safe. So everybody has a

783
02:15:25,217 --> 02:15:27,899
role to play. And I think it's absolutely important that

784
02:15:27,920 --> 02:15:30,779
we remind people of that, that it's not an adversarial

785
02:15:30,819 --> 02:15:36,454
relationship. It's a cooperative one. I don't really want to

786
02:15:36,595 --> 02:15:38,814
point anything out of the parking ticket or the false

787
02:15:38,814 --> 02:15:41,374
alarm revenue report. Those are just standard features of our

788
02:15:42,915 --> 02:15:47,289
thing. Though perhaps the warden would like me pointing out

789
02:15:47,470 --> 02:15:49,849
that most of the parking tickets are in welfare mossa.

790
02:15:49,849 --> 02:15:54,167
I'm not sure. With that said, I have a motion

791
02:15:54,207 --> 02:15:57,207
move by myself. Second to the Councillor Breen that the

792
02:15:57,247 --> 02:16:00,487
June 10th, 2026 minutes of the Wellington County OPP detachment

793
02:16:00,527 --> 02:16:06,846
board be received and referred to Council for Information. I

794
02:16:06,846 --> 02:16:10,816
think you're funny, eh? I have the motion as red.

795
02:16:10,816 --> 02:16:16,524
Comments questions. Councillor Anderson. Councillor Bumer. Thank you, Warden. Um,

796
02:16:17,505 --> 02:16:20,204
thank you, great report Councillor Linux. You know, when we

797
02:16:20,204 --> 02:16:22,604
talk about road safety, I was in Harrison yesterday and

798
02:16:22,604 --> 02:16:24,124
I walked across the street and I saw a bumper

799
02:16:24,164 --> 02:16:25,804
sticker in the back of a car. So I really

800
02:16:25,985 --> 02:16:28,124
wanted to share that with you. It said, sorry for

801
02:16:28,145 --> 02:16:34,531
driving so close in front of you. So road safety.

802
02:16:34,531 --> 02:16:42,034
Thank you. Councillor Bumer. Thank you, Warden. Um. Last month

803
02:16:42,855 --> 02:16:46,194
you were reporting on some changes in how the black

804
02:16:46,234 --> 02:16:51,026
cats would be used by the OPP detachment. And I

805
02:16:51,026 --> 02:16:54,019
just wanted as many updates on that. Because that's, that's

806
02:16:54,019 --> 02:16:56,579
a resource that I know the County invested in to

807
02:16:56,920 --> 02:17:00,114
make sure they were deployed. Used in a proactive manner

808
02:17:00,154 --> 02:17:03,874
to determine where the problems are when we get a

809
02:17:03,874 --> 02:17:06,194
report. And I didn't know if the updates on how

810
02:17:06,234 --> 02:17:08,274
that change is going to roll out across the County.

811
02:17:10,448 --> 02:17:14,524
Yeah. Thank you, Councillor Bulmer. Uh, so part of the

812
02:17:14,524 --> 02:17:19,144
discussion that the board was that the OPP were, I

813
02:17:19,144 --> 02:17:21,024
mean, we've seen the reports. They've been struggling to get

814
02:17:21,064 --> 02:17:25,264
the black cats deployed on a significant way. And they're

815
02:17:25,285 --> 02:17:30,784
finding it quite a significant staff, draw on time to

816
02:17:30,784 --> 02:17:32,944
do so. So they were making the recommendation that perhaps

817
02:17:33,205 --> 02:17:35,904
if we, if we put this, these tools in the

818
02:17:35,944 --> 02:17:38,784
hands of local municipalities, they could maybe gather the information

819
02:17:39,605 --> 02:17:42,384
and share that with the OPP and continue to use

820
02:17:42,405 --> 02:17:47,904
this as a resource for speed enforcement. But we didn't

821
02:17:47,944 --> 02:17:50,224
really think that we should, at the police service board

822
02:17:50,224 --> 02:17:53,224
should be making decisions on behalf of local municipalities. So

823
02:17:53,224 --> 02:17:57,904
we tasked the OPP detachment commander and Don Kudo to

824
02:17:57,925 --> 02:18:01,324
start the discussion. I know that's discussion has started, but

825
02:18:01,324 --> 02:18:03,424
I don't think it has gotten to the local municipality

826
02:18:03,464 --> 02:18:05,904
yet. But the, the intent that we were looking for

827
02:18:06,085 --> 02:18:09,344
was to get some widespread deployment of these across the

828
02:18:09,445 --> 02:18:11,984
county. Hopefully this is a win - win for our

829
02:18:12,005 --> 02:18:15,264
local municipalities in that they're doing other traffic monitoring that

830
02:18:15,304 --> 02:18:18,728
these could be useful tools for as well. And, uh,

831
02:18:19,329 --> 02:18:21,788
gather up that information and make sure that we're responding

832
02:18:21,828 --> 02:18:25,548
to those, uh, speeding complaints in the most appropriate way.

833
02:18:29,231 --> 02:18:32,606
Councillor Seeley. Thank you, Warden. Just following up on our

834
02:18:32,707 --> 02:18:36,926
phone conversation. Puslinsh, we had Highway 6 closed due to

835
02:18:37,107 --> 02:18:41,592
a transport truck crash. It was a lengthy closure, which

836
02:18:41,592 --> 02:18:46,472
required a lengthy cleanup. And beyond the initial response, which

837
02:18:46,472 --> 02:18:50,152
is an emergency, that's not what I'm talking about here.

838
02:18:50,152 --> 02:18:53,232
Um, the road gets closed. It causes a detour. So

839
02:18:53,373 --> 02:18:56,712
an initial response, wherever the traffic has to go, that's,

840
02:18:56,712 --> 02:19:01,492
that's acceptable. It's the prolonged post emergency component that, um,

841
02:19:01,853 --> 02:19:05,512
in that situation kilometer and a half down, there's a

842
02:19:05,512 --> 02:19:09,432
truck route to Council for the east, sorry, correction, westbound

843
02:19:09,453 --> 02:19:13,175
traffic. Another kilometer, two down the road. There's Westbound heavy

844
02:19:13,175 --> 02:19:15,975
truck. What we're seeing on these closures is they're choosing

845
02:19:16,015 --> 02:19:19,655
the first road and all this heavy truck traffic is,

846
02:19:19,655 --> 02:19:25,144
uh, impacting our municipal infrastructure common theme today. So my

847
02:19:25,165 --> 02:19:28,424
question would be further to our conversation. What's the process

848
02:19:28,525 --> 02:19:31,544
for us to start that conversation with the police service

849
02:19:31,565 --> 02:19:34,424
support? Or to the OPP, because to me, it would

850
02:19:34,424 --> 02:19:38,584
be a policy and internal policy that they could adopt

851
02:19:38,685 --> 02:19:41,064
that says, you know, they direct traffic to heavy truck

852
02:19:41,405 --> 02:19:45,609
routes. Yeah. And Councillor Seeley and I did have a

853
02:19:45,609 --> 02:19:48,729
conversation about this. And I think we agreed that the

854
02:19:48,769 --> 02:19:53,449
initial emergency response needs to not be impeding where traffic

855
02:19:53,489 --> 02:19:56,169
goes. Just trying to resolve the issue. I don't have

856
02:19:56,670 --> 02:19:59,289
a real solution to offer at this point, but I

857
02:19:59,289 --> 02:20:02,649
do think there may be opportunities to, if this is

858
02:20:02,649 --> 02:20:06,889
a routine thing, especially with 401 travelling through your municipality.

859
02:20:06,889 --> 02:20:10,369
Perhaps the designated routes that could be established to, I

860
02:20:10,369 --> 02:20:12,649
do see that in other places. And that might be

861
02:20:12,830 --> 02:20:16,009
a collaboration effort that would lead to making sure that

862
02:20:16,910 --> 02:20:20,089
as much as possible, the roads that are built withstand

863
02:20:20,129 --> 02:20:28,145
the heavier traffic are absorbing that. Okay. Anything further. I

864
02:20:28,145 --> 02:20:31,547
will call the question all in favor. That is carried.

865
02:20:31,547 --> 02:20:34,693
Thank you very much. Thank you, sir. Social services ambulance

866
02:20:35,114 --> 02:20:44,405
Councillor Anderson, Flora's yours, sir. Thank you, Warden. I present

867
02:20:44,405 --> 02:20:48,325
to you today the socialist joint services and enabled committee

868
02:20:48,365 --> 02:20:56,595
meeting as of June the 10th. And we had a,

869
02:20:56,595 --> 02:21:04,281
uh, we started off. We had. One. Gotta get my

870
02:21:04,281 --> 02:21:06,841
papers in order, which I've got too many papers. Great.

871
02:21:06,881 --> 02:21:09,881
Fantastic. We had a written delegation from the Guelph Wellington

872
02:21:09,982 --> 02:21:16,831
Poverty Elimination Collaborative. And they're basically the delegation was writing

873
02:21:16,871 --> 02:21:21,551
to support the corresponding near the end of the meeting

874
02:21:22,052 --> 02:21:26,751
for consideration, which was brought forward by our chair councillor,

875
02:21:26,751 --> 02:21:30,111
Boosityal, that the Joint Social Service Lynamics Committee of the

876
02:21:30,132 --> 02:21:32,991
County of Wellington requests the province of material to amend

877
02:21:33,012 --> 02:21:36,751
Ontario works. And the interior disability support program rules to

878
02:21:36,751 --> 02:21:43,071
allow individuals expering homelessness to receive and accumulate the shelter

879
02:21:43,111 --> 02:21:46,431
portion of their benefits and to establish a mechanism such

880
02:21:46,431 --> 02:21:49,711
as a reserve to score account that allows the portion

881
02:21:49,751 --> 02:21:52,511
of the benefits requested to be made available to be

882
02:21:52,551 --> 02:21:56,351
held and used for the first and last month's rent.

883
02:21:56,351 --> 02:22:00,191
And other housing related costs necessary to secure and stabilize

884
02:22:00,231 --> 02:22:04,991
housing, such as renders insurance key deposits, essential movements, expenses,

885
02:22:04,991 --> 02:22:07,751
and so on. So another, this is another format. I

886
02:22:07,751 --> 02:22:09,631
think it was initially brought out by the city of

887
02:22:09,652 --> 02:22:12,831
Toronto. Uh, I think it's another way that social services

888
02:22:12,852 --> 02:22:16,651
from the Ontario has to help assist these people, you

889
02:22:16,651 --> 02:22:19,791
know, relocate without the being on the expenses of the

890
02:22:19,831 --> 02:22:23,471
taxpayers. So, um, that, uh, corresponds was supported by the

891
02:22:23,511 --> 02:22:27,151
committee. And we're setting it on as a, to try

892
02:22:27,252 --> 02:22:29,871
to talk to the ministries who look at this as

893
02:22:29,892 --> 02:22:34,672
another opportunity to enhance their services and the responsibilities. So

894
02:22:34,693 --> 02:22:36,752
I thought I would bring that four. There was an

895
02:22:36,792 --> 02:22:45,149
interesting discussion on that. Moving forward. We had the next

896
02:22:45,189 --> 02:22:49,369
was the land eminence paramedic services. The first quarter, the

897
02:22:49,810 --> 02:22:55,419
2026 budget variants report. And early indications indicate that there's

898
02:22:55,440 --> 02:22:57,179
going to be a negative variance at the end of

899
02:22:57,179 --> 02:22:59,899
the year. Um, and it can be expected. It's been

900
02:22:59,899 --> 02:23:03,259
2026. But we're going to have a, you're in projection

901
02:23:03,360 --> 02:23:05,659
will be coming at our next second quarter, which will

902
02:23:05,699 --> 02:23:07,579
be in the end of September. So I'll be coming

903
02:23:07,579 --> 02:23:12,973
forward and our committee meeting in September. We also talked

904
02:23:13,013 --> 02:23:18,653
about the, um, the services response performance in 2025 and

905
02:23:18,653 --> 02:23:23,053
the performance plan to 2027. Golf Wellington paramedic services in

906
02:23:23,093 --> 02:23:26,473
2025 were able to meet the target response times. Um,

907
02:23:26,754 --> 02:23:29,933
that were established in 2024, despite there was an eight

908
02:23:29,973 --> 02:23:35,133
percent increase in calls. So the, the committee, um, basically

909
02:23:35,234 --> 02:23:38,973
it's, it's called a response time performance plan. Um, what

910
02:23:38,973 --> 02:23:42,253
they're looking as they're looking at setting the same targets

911
02:23:42,354 --> 02:23:48,180
and compliances, um, to be the same in 2026. The

912
02:23:48,180 --> 02:23:51,780
next, we had some questions also in our, it was

913
02:23:51,820 --> 02:23:56,340
in our, um, May committee meeting about the, uh, the

914
02:23:57,001 --> 02:24:01,380
joint service services and land AMS committee and reporting regarding

915
02:24:01,380 --> 02:24:04,420
to the paramedic stations that we're looking at building in

916
02:24:04,420 --> 02:24:08,100
the future. And there was a report back, uh, from

917
02:24:08,361 --> 02:24:11,780
Chief DURP that basically stated that based on the consultant

918
02:24:11,801 --> 02:24:16,100
report that was done in 2024, the recommendations still stands

919
02:24:16,100 --> 02:24:18,500
that they're going to be standard standardized two - bay

920
02:24:18,500 --> 02:24:24,418
garages. And all the lower township municipalities except for the

921
02:24:24,519 --> 02:24:26,658
Fergus grudge, which be a three - bay garage because

922
02:24:26,698 --> 02:24:29,678
of, uh, just of true volume. So the, just had

923
02:24:29,678 --> 02:24:31,538
some clarity and questions that was brought forward from that.

924
02:24:36,920 --> 02:24:38,819
We also have, and we've talked about this as the

925
02:24:39,000 --> 02:24:42,899
Aboyne child care construction project. Everything's on schedule and the

926
02:24:42,899 --> 02:24:46,764
projected opening date. Will be November the 26th. So hopefully

927
02:24:46,865 --> 02:24:48,524
we'll see a lot of people there at that event.

928
02:24:50,443 --> 02:24:53,382
Two or number seven. We dealt with the tender award

929
02:24:53,422 --> 02:24:58,668
for 46 Vancouver driving Guelph. It was awarded to, uh,

930
02:24:58,869 --> 02:25:02,448
collared properties construction and Cambridge, Ontario, the total tender amount

931
02:25:02,709 --> 02:25:08,608
of 182, 995 dollars exclusive HST. And this is to

932
02:25:08,608 --> 02:25:12,608
increase the unit capacity in this billing to change over

933
02:25:12,629 --> 02:25:16,768
from three bedroom layout programs to a five bedroom layout

934
02:25:16,808 --> 02:25:19,728
program because the demand for housing. This is an opportunity

935
02:25:19,909 --> 02:25:21,488
we can do it in house without having to do

936
02:25:21,488 --> 02:25:24,688
a rebuilt. So it's very financially feasible to do that.

937
02:25:25,151 --> 02:25:28,330
We also talked about another tender. It was on 12

938
02:25:28,431 --> 02:25:33,136
Sunset Road and Guelph. And the, uh, the tender for

939
02:25:33,176 --> 02:25:36,736
that one is going to be to stone cast landscape

940
02:25:37,957 --> 02:25:41,296
in Ontario for their tender remote of 89, 263 dollars

941
02:25:41,957 --> 02:25:45,456
and 55 cents. And this is for repaving and curb

942
02:25:45,456 --> 02:25:50,422
repairs and install, um, three - ways containers. To that

943
02:25:50,462 --> 02:26:00,237
event. We had a financial statement upgrade. The variance projections,

944
02:26:00,237 --> 02:26:04,877
as of May 31st of 2026. And we're looking currently,

945
02:26:04,877 --> 02:26:07,197
we're looking at a County savings in the amount of

946
02:26:07,237 --> 02:26:09,677
69, 000 dollars up to this point. So that's a

947
02:26:09,677 --> 02:26:12,705
good moving forward with that. We have in front of

948
02:26:12,705 --> 02:26:15,985
you also, Louisa was able to hand out the social

949
02:26:16,025 --> 02:26:21,732
services and department guide. For 2025, the annual report. It's

950
02:26:21,732 --> 02:26:24,292
a good read. It gives you a great description of

951
02:26:24,332 --> 02:26:28,372
what we've been doing and achieving in 2025. It basically

952
02:26:28,873 --> 02:26:32,532
aligns the responsibility and goals and objectives and also provincial

953
02:26:33,193 --> 02:26:36,692
performant measures as well as the service delivery data for

954
02:26:36,793 --> 02:26:40,292
the many programs that each division achieved within the 2025

955
02:26:40,393 --> 02:26:44,772
budget. So good read for that. And if the meaning

956
02:26:44,812 --> 02:26:46,292
would like a copy of that, I do have a

957
02:26:46,292 --> 02:26:48,212
copy here. I'll give that to you for you to

958
02:26:48,252 --> 02:26:54,241
have. It's also in the report. Number 11 is request

959
02:26:54,281 --> 02:26:58,241
for the hundred percent County municipal discretionary funds from the

960
02:26:58,281 --> 02:27:01,121
city of Guelph. This is for the daytime space, food

961
02:27:01,121 --> 02:27:04,961
and security at stepping stones. Um, the city has made

962
02:27:04,961 --> 02:27:08,861
a commitment of the 850, 000 dollars per year. And

963
02:27:08,902 --> 02:27:11,601
in the past, we as the County have always supported

964
02:27:13,702 --> 02:27:18,481
basically many programs for security programs along with the city

965
02:27:18,521 --> 02:27:22,321
of Guelph with a 10 percent total cost. And that

966
02:27:22,822 --> 02:27:26,001
10 percent total cost is calculated because we find that

967
02:27:27,062 --> 02:27:30,881
the people that are using the shelters and using the,

968
02:27:30,881 --> 02:27:36,881
uh, daytime space, and a lot of those numbers have

969
02:27:36,921 --> 02:27:44,268
come up from our server Count Time Wheat list. Mr.

970
02:27:44,369 --> 02:27:49,596
Warden. That is my report on social services. And I've

971
02:27:50,177 --> 02:27:53,436
mover by myself and second by Councillor Mary Lloyd that

972
02:27:53,436 --> 02:27:56,476
the June 10th, 2026 minutes of the Joint Social Services

973
02:27:56,577 --> 02:27:58,956
land an ambermitte. We received and referred to Council for

974
02:27:58,996 --> 02:28:05,620
Adoption. Thank you. Thank you. I have the motion as

975
02:28:05,620 --> 02:28:09,925
read. Comments questions Councillor Davidson. Yes, Warren. I'd like to

976
02:28:09,925 --> 02:28:12,329
talk a little bit about the response times. You know,

977
02:28:12,350 --> 02:28:14,809
we have the, uh, response times in front of us.

978
02:28:14,809 --> 02:28:17,289
And we've talked for many years about Aaron and how

979
02:28:17,329 --> 02:28:21,129
Aaron's response times have been traditionally not good. If you

980
02:28:21,129 --> 02:28:24,169
look at Aaron's response time for 2025, which actually is

981
02:28:24,169 --> 02:28:26,089
the best of the last five years at 12 minutes

982
02:28:26,910 --> 02:28:31,369
and seven seconds. In comparison with Mapleton, Mapleton and Aaron

983
02:28:31,470 --> 02:28:33,929
had been pretty close to the response times throughout the

984
02:28:34,030 --> 02:28:37,955
entire time except for one year. But Mapleton's response times

985
02:28:37,995 --> 02:28:43,262
right now is 13. 15. Which is the longest time

986
02:28:44,323 --> 02:28:47,060
in the County right now. We're very hopeful that the

987
02:28:47,321 --> 02:28:49,620
new 12 hours that's been added to Minto is going

988
02:28:49,620 --> 02:28:53,780
to maybe shift that in 2026 that that comes online.

989
02:28:53,780 --> 02:28:56,420
But I just want to point out how this response

990
02:28:56,460 --> 02:29:00,486
time puts tremendous strain. On our volunteer firefighters to be

991
02:29:00,587 --> 02:29:04,646
there at the scene and waiting for the paramedics to

992
02:29:04,686 --> 02:29:07,526
show up. And I just had to praise our volunteer

993
02:29:07,547 --> 02:29:10,966
firefighters for all the work that they do. It's very

994
02:29:10,987 --> 02:29:15,526
difficult job. They're leaving wherever they are, work, home family

995
02:29:15,787 --> 02:29:19,766
to respond to whether it be a crash or some

996
02:29:19,806 --> 02:29:26,666
other emergency. And I just, how important they are to

997
02:29:26,687 --> 02:29:30,426
the community. But it also takes a toll on our

998
02:29:30,447 --> 02:29:38,959
volunteer firefighters to respond to these tremendously difficult situations. And

999
02:29:38,980 --> 02:29:41,919
they don't have the same expertise as a paramedic would

1000
02:29:41,959 --> 02:29:46,319
have. And they can't transport like a paramedic can to

1001
02:29:46,359 --> 02:29:51,673
get these people to the hospitals. So one side I'm

1002
02:29:51,694 --> 02:29:55,273
praising our voluntary firefighters and I'm looking out for them.

1003
02:29:55,273 --> 02:29:57,353
But on the other side I'm looking at our response

1004
02:29:57,393 --> 02:30:00,553
time in the township of a Mapleton is getting worse,

1005
02:30:00,553 --> 02:30:04,515
not better. Although I'm hopeful for that 12 hours that's

1006
02:30:04,536 --> 02:30:09,077
coming. I'm very concerned that as we continue down the

1007
02:30:09,117 --> 02:30:12,117
road, Mapleton is going to be left behind, especially when

1008
02:30:12,157 --> 02:30:16,270
we're talking about paramedic stations. To help increase and make

1009
02:30:16,310 --> 02:30:20,673
things better. And Mapleton is far beyond. It's still not

1010
02:30:20,673 --> 02:30:22,746
one of the last ones to get built. Thank you,

1011
02:30:22,746 --> 02:30:32,139
Warden. Anything further. Councillor Bomer. Thank you, Warden. If I

1012
02:30:32,139 --> 02:30:34,299
could speak to that point, that concern that was raised

1013
02:30:34,339 --> 02:30:41,925
by Councillor Davidson rest assured that was discussed. At the

1014
02:30:42,266 --> 02:30:44,965
committee meeting, the concerns that not all numbers are going

1015
02:30:45,226 --> 02:30:49,321
in the right direction in the county. Notwithstanding the may

1016
02:30:49,321 --> 02:30:52,681
be meeting the targets overall. We don't see that they're

1017
02:30:52,681 --> 02:30:55,321
based on the breakout numbers. We're not seeing it all

1018
02:30:55,582 --> 02:30:57,321
panning out like that in every part of the county.

1019
02:30:58,014 --> 02:31:00,473
So what their crest was made of the city of

1020
02:31:00,494 --> 02:31:06,073
Guelph to bring back an updated report in September to

1021
02:31:06,073 --> 02:31:08,233
try and get a sense of how these changes they've

1022
02:31:08,233 --> 02:31:11,833
instituted this year are affecting the response time. So we'll

1023
02:31:11,873 --> 02:31:14,873
have an opportunity through the budget process to say, Hey,

1024
02:31:14,873 --> 02:31:17,833
look, this is working or it isn't working. And we'd

1025
02:31:17,934 --> 02:31:21,753
like, we'd like to see increased investments for next year.

1026
02:31:21,753 --> 02:31:23,513
Instead of having to wait all the way till June

1027
02:31:23,614 --> 02:31:29,893
next year to possibly influence 2028 results, our goal, the

1028
02:31:29,893 --> 02:31:32,793
committee was to get that information on the table in

1029
02:31:32,894 --> 02:31:35,833
2026 so we can get the changes made in 2027

1030
02:31:35,854 --> 02:31:38,574
instead of having to wait another whole year. So I

1031
02:31:38,614 --> 02:31:41,614
hope, I hope that bears some fruit. The chief did

1032
02:31:41,635 --> 02:31:47,258
commit to bring back in term, um, response numbers. So

1033
02:31:47,258 --> 02:31:49,978
that we could have that discussion prior to budget time

1034
02:31:49,999 --> 02:31:59,010
this year. So thank you. Councillor Duncan. Just same topic.

1035
02:31:59,010 --> 02:32:02,130
I do want to thank Councillor Bomer and Kassanor Lloyd

1036
02:32:02,170 --> 02:32:04,370
that were on that committee. Um, so this was something

1037
02:32:04,410 --> 02:32:06,690
that came up and it was a push to get

1038
02:32:06,730 --> 02:32:09,490
these numbers back sooner. So if there's a trends or

1039
02:32:09,490 --> 02:32:11,170
things that we need to address, right? We can, we

1040
02:32:11,210 --> 02:32:16,210
can get it done sooner. Um, so normally the iron

1041
02:32:16,231 --> 02:32:19,550
numbers have been on the, on the bottom end, uh,

1042
02:32:19,671 --> 02:32:23,410
so, you know, when I saw the Mapleton number there.

1043
02:32:23,410 --> 02:32:25,810
And to be frank, I think the reason one of

1044
02:32:25,810 --> 02:32:27,650
the main reasons probably your number is better is over

1045
02:32:27,690 --> 02:32:31,730
the last number of years, you know, the paramedic service,

1046
02:32:31,730 --> 02:32:35,090
you know, they've invested into additional staffing at the Hillsburg

1047
02:32:35,511 --> 02:32:38,770
facility. Um, you know, the new supervisor position they brought

1048
02:32:38,770 --> 02:32:42,050
on, um, and, you know, they've increased the number of

1049
02:32:42,151 --> 02:32:44,290
staff there. So, you know, that's, that's, that's part of

1050
02:32:44,290 --> 02:32:47,250
it. So what worries me though is the, uh, financial

1051
02:32:47,271 --> 02:32:49,650
pressure that the city is under with the, uh, with

1052
02:32:49,751 --> 02:32:52,850
the, with that file. And, you know, how does that

1053
02:32:53,031 --> 02:32:55,970
going to impact or not impact the county moving forward?

1054
02:32:55,970 --> 02:32:58,290
Um, and, you know, one of the things as well

1055
02:32:58,391 --> 02:33:02,590
is just the timing of the, of the stations, you

1056
02:33:02,590 --> 02:33:05,230
know, by getting this data and getting it earlier, um,

1057
02:33:05,271 --> 02:33:07,650
you know, I don't think the timing of the station

1058
02:33:07,991 --> 02:33:11,170
rollout is necessarily cast in stone. Like if it shows

1059
02:33:11,191 --> 02:33:14,130
like the different priority over from when the study was

1060
02:33:14,130 --> 02:33:17,090
done in 2024 and that's, I basically updated the numbers

1061
02:33:17,130 --> 02:33:20,450
from 2018, you know, I would hope that the committee

1062
02:33:20,551 --> 02:33:23,090
and the city would be paramedic service being flexible with

1063
02:33:23,090 --> 02:33:25,490
looking at, you know, that order of the station. Maybe

1064
02:33:25,490 --> 02:33:29,886
that has to change. All right. Anything further. I will

1065
02:33:29,987 --> 02:33:32,861
call the question all in favor. That is carried. Thank

1066
02:33:32,861 --> 02:33:37,457
you. Heritage and seniors. Use every second word in your

1067
02:33:37,457 --> 02:33:46,581
report, please Doug. Out all the nouns and see how

1068
02:33:46,581 --> 02:33:51,132
that goes. Good afternoon everyone. Um, Mr. Warden, I have

1069
02:33:51,132 --> 02:33:54,572
the presentation of the June 10th meeting of Heritage Sr.

1070
02:33:54,593 --> 02:33:56,812
Committee. And of course, the Library Committee as well. So

1071
02:33:57,393 --> 02:34:00,333
we'll start with Heritage and Sr. And of course, as

1072
02:34:00,434 --> 02:34:02,813
always begin with the seniors. Uh, we had our financial

1073
02:34:02,834 --> 02:34:05,213
statements. There was some good news there that as of

1074
02:34:05,253 --> 02:34:07,693
May 31st grants and subsidies are actually trending ahead of

1075
02:34:07,693 --> 02:34:11,133
budget primarily due to some funding of, uh, high intensity

1076
02:34:11,234 --> 02:34:13,933
needs costing and some various other things. We also had

1077
02:34:13,933 --> 02:34:18,813
some, uh, construction funding, um, for reconciliation from last year

1078
02:34:18,853 --> 02:34:21,453
as well. Before you start looking for things to spend

1079
02:34:21,453 --> 02:34:23,053
that money on, though, all of this is for things

1080
02:34:23,234 --> 02:34:26,173
that have already been done and spent. And there's no

1081
02:34:26,194 --> 02:34:29,653
real, uh, new boon here or anything like that. It

1082
02:34:29,714 --> 02:34:32,173
just means that we have had support for projects that

1083
02:34:32,213 --> 02:34:34,573
we have already done. So we thank the province for

1084
02:34:34,613 --> 02:34:37,053
support and all of those. All in all, very positive

1085
02:34:37,234 --> 02:34:40,733
financial situation and hats off to the staff for pulling

1086
02:34:40,754 --> 02:34:44,093
all that together for us. We did have more Ministry

1087
02:34:44,093 --> 02:34:46,253
of Long - Term Care Inspections. I think I say

1088
02:34:46,253 --> 02:34:48,733
that pretty much every month when I get here. Again,

1089
02:34:48,834 --> 02:34:50,973
it's good that the ministry is keeping an eye on

1090
02:34:50,973 --> 02:34:53,933
the industry generally. And it's also good that our shortcomings

1091
02:34:54,354 --> 02:34:57,533
are rare. And for the most part, uh, administrative in

1092
02:34:57,533 --> 02:35:01,613
nature. So basically again, a fairly good news report there.

1093
02:35:01,794 --> 02:35:03,673
We want to move on to the Museum in the

1094
02:35:03,673 --> 02:35:07,213
Archives. Again, the financial, the key line and the last

1095
02:35:07,253 --> 02:35:08,653
is on the last line of each point in the

1096
02:35:08,693 --> 02:35:11,253
report does say that there is no variance anticipated. So

1097
02:35:11,554 --> 02:35:14,413
the budget is under control there as well. Within the

1098
02:35:14,434 --> 02:35:17,213
update, uh, it's included for your perusal. I'm not going

1099
02:35:17,213 --> 02:35:18,973
to read the whole thing to you. I'll leave out

1100
02:35:19,154 --> 02:35:21,533
each and every alternate points as I go here if

1101
02:35:21,533 --> 02:35:23,693
you want. But the high point to include that we

1102
02:35:23,733 --> 02:35:26,173
had 19, 000 visitors year to date, which is up

1103
02:35:26,173 --> 02:35:30,813
from 14, 000 in 2025. It's a significant up in

1104
02:35:30,813 --> 02:35:34,073
the last months are all included in to you. But

1105
02:35:34,073 --> 02:35:35,693
please do look at them because they are very, very

1106
02:35:35,794 --> 02:35:38,973
interesting. The museum will be open. These are announcements on

1107
02:35:39,314 --> 02:35:42,253
Canada Day and also on the August Long weekend. Lots

1108
02:35:42,253 --> 02:35:44,173
of activities, lots of good things to come and be

1109
02:35:44,213 --> 02:35:46,973
involved in. And through the summer, we have a lot

1110
02:35:47,074 --> 02:35:50,813
of activities. Um, we had our emerging insights. I want

1111
02:35:50,813 --> 02:35:54,573
to mention that again. We've had the insights art show

1112
02:35:54,594 --> 02:35:56,973
there for a number of years through the allura Fergus

1113
02:35:56,973 --> 02:36:00,493
Arts Council. We had 25 work selected from 100 submissions

1114
02:36:00,493 --> 02:36:03,773
of essentially high school students. The award winners are all

1115
02:36:03,773 --> 02:36:05,773
listed in there for your approval as well. But the,

1116
02:36:05,773 --> 02:36:08,253
uh, the evening was fantastic. The quality of the work

1117
02:36:08,594 --> 02:36:10,733
was really, really good. And it's all still there for

1118
02:36:10,773 --> 02:36:14,893
you to look at. July 11th, we're launching as if,

1119
02:36:14,893 --> 02:36:18,013
remembering the 90s. It's falling the decade series of the

1120
02:36:18,274 --> 02:36:20,973
60s, 70s. And of course in 1950s. I would like

1121
02:36:21,013 --> 02:36:23,213
to point out two things that I have trouble having

1122
02:36:23,314 --> 02:36:26,493
the 90s as nostalgia. But here we are. And that

1123
02:36:26,493 --> 02:36:28,333
I want to note that they left out Gen X

1124
02:36:28,354 --> 02:36:38,253
in the 1980s entirely. And as usual, we're being ignored.

1125
02:36:38,293 --> 02:36:41,133
I'm kidding, of course. It will be a great display.

1126
02:36:41,133 --> 02:36:43,613
The 90s obviously had a lot of good and interesting

1127
02:36:43,653 --> 02:36:46,093
things to look at. So please do come and see

1128
02:36:46,274 --> 02:36:50,650
that beginning on July 11th. Barries and bears was last

1129
02:36:50,650 --> 02:36:54,370
weekend, uh, over 750 people able to attend that. It

1130
02:36:54,370 --> 02:36:57,690
was fun, food and football. Uh, the European style football,

1131
02:36:57,690 --> 02:36:59,530
of course. It was a great event by all accounts.

1132
02:36:59,530 --> 02:37:01,930
I was away on work. But, uh, many of you

1133
02:37:01,970 --> 02:37:04,650
were there. And I heard it was fantastic. And hats

1134
02:37:04,650 --> 02:37:07,050
off to the staff for pulling that together as well.

1135
02:37:07,071 --> 02:37:09,050
Speaking of football, we had a viewing event for the

1136
02:37:09,231 --> 02:37:11,530
Canada Qatar game. I was there for that. It was

1137
02:37:11,711 --> 02:37:15,450
tremendous. It was, uh, it's, I'm always happy when I

1138
02:37:15,490 --> 02:37:17,210
drive down that road and I see that the people

1139
02:37:17,311 --> 02:37:20,330
on the property. I'm really happy when I see that

1140
02:37:20,351 --> 02:37:23,290
it's kids running around, uh, that's exactly what was happening

1141
02:37:23,391 --> 02:37:27,530
with that event. We had, uh, I don't know, probably

1142
02:37:27,551 --> 02:37:30,010
close to 50 or 60 people actually sitting watching the

1143
02:37:30,010 --> 02:37:31,530
game. And then a bunch of kids running around having

1144
02:37:31,631 --> 02:37:34,730
an impromptu soccer game. So it was really, really good.

1145
02:37:34,831 --> 02:37:37,530
Uh, we had a Model T collectors club, 30 vehicles,

1146
02:37:37,530 --> 02:37:39,770
30 Model T's, not surprisingly out there. And of course

1147
02:37:40,191 --> 02:37:42,970
320 students for the First World Education Day, which have

1148
02:37:42,970 --> 02:37:44,810
been running for several years and continues to be a

1149
02:37:44,810 --> 02:37:48,090
big hit. Uh, on the housekeeping side, we have inventory

1150
02:37:48,111 --> 02:37:50,890
update going on. Um, there's been a bunch of research

1151
02:37:50,930 --> 02:37:52,730
on the nursing sisters. And we have a lot of

1152
02:37:52,831 --> 02:37:55,590
information about that. There's actually a play being written. And

1153
02:37:55,631 --> 02:37:57,690
somebody was interested in research on that. And they approached

1154
02:37:57,711 --> 02:37:59,350
us and we were able to help with that. And

1155
02:37:59,350 --> 02:38:01,450
we've been cleaning out our attic, which is also our

1156
02:38:01,551 --> 02:38:04,730
archival storage area. For the summer activities, as I said,

1157
02:38:04,770 --> 02:38:06,890
there's lots to do and see. Uh, we have poor

1158
02:38:06,911 --> 02:38:09,690
house tours. Museum at work tours. We've seen an increased

1159
02:38:09,791 --> 02:38:12,730
interest in seeing how the museum actually works. And people

1160
02:38:12,730 --> 02:38:14,730
want those sort of backstage tours. And we're happy to

1161
02:38:14,730 --> 02:38:18,010
give them those. Um, we've got the July 11th Wellington

1162
02:38:18,191 --> 02:38:21,130
Multicultural Festival. So you can see the 90s and the

1163
02:38:21,231 --> 02:38:23,450
multiculturals all at the same time. Please do come out

1164
02:38:23,450 --> 02:38:26,250
to the Multicultural Festival. Most of you have been to

1165
02:38:26,271 --> 02:38:29,290
that before. Uh, we look forward to seeing you there.

1166
02:38:29,290 --> 02:38:31,370
And then of course September 19th, it's a ways off

1167
02:38:31,410 --> 02:38:33,410
in the future. But there is a bike ride, if

1168
02:38:33,410 --> 02:38:35,850
you like to ride bikes to support rural hospice and

1169
02:38:35,850 --> 02:38:39,770
the allura cataract trail we association, it's anywhere from 10

1170
02:38:39,810 --> 02:38:42,730
kilometers to 100 kilometers depending on your ability. It's non

1171
02:38:42,751 --> 02:38:45,130
- competitive. You can bring a tricycle. You can bring

1172
02:38:45,151 --> 02:38:47,210
anything you want. You know, the big penny far things,

1173
02:38:47,210 --> 02:38:49,850
things, if you got one. September 19th, that's coming up.

1174
02:38:49,951 --> 02:38:52,170
The archives had a very busy month. I won't go

1175
02:38:52,170 --> 02:38:55,050
into the details because they are attached. Uh, the strategic

1176
02:38:55,071 --> 02:38:56,890
action plan. If you haven't had a chance to review

1177
02:38:56,930 --> 02:38:59,930
that, please do. It's very lengthy, but the really good

1178
02:39:00,031 --> 02:39:02,730
information in there, please take the time to read it.

1179
02:39:02,730 --> 02:39:04,090
Um, and I'd like to point out a couple of

1180
02:39:04,090 --> 02:39:07,050
things in the report. One is that there are many

1181
02:39:07,050 --> 02:39:09,050
good comments from the public in there. Please do take

1182
02:39:09,090 --> 02:39:11,050
the time to look at those. And there was excellent

1183
02:39:11,151 --> 02:39:13,850
use of the word bifurcation, which may be very, very

1184
02:39:13,890 --> 02:39:17,290
happy. Without further ado, Mr. Warden, I have a motion

1185
02:39:17,290 --> 02:39:22,753
here. Moved by myself, seconded by Councillor Mary Lloyd that

1186
02:39:22,753 --> 02:39:25,553
the June 10th, 2026 minutes of the Heritage and Seniors

1187
02:39:25,593 --> 02:39:31,376
Committee be received and referred to Council for Adoption. Just

1188
02:39:31,397 --> 02:39:34,176
some inside baseball on that 80s thing, Doug. I've seen

1189
02:39:34,176 --> 02:39:35,856
it. And what they're going to do is wait till

1190
02:39:35,896 --> 02:39:40,016
you retire and put you on display. I have the

1191
02:39:40,016 --> 02:39:45,049
motion as red. Comments questions. Call the question all in

1192
02:39:45,049 --> 02:39:49,374
favor. That is Carried. Thank you very much. Mr. Warden,

1193
02:39:49,374 --> 02:39:52,299
that brings us to the library board. Very important, but

1194
02:39:52,340 --> 02:39:56,799
relatively short report here. Again, financials are all in order.

1195
02:39:56,799 --> 02:39:59,679
We did pass our procedural bylaw. It was after some

1196
02:39:59,719 --> 02:40:02,319
discussion. There was lots of interesting chat around what was

1197
02:40:02,319 --> 02:40:04,479
in it and how we should handle our activities going

1198
02:40:04,519 --> 02:40:06,719
forward. If you haven't looked at it, please do have

1199
02:40:06,759 --> 02:40:08,239
a look at it. It's in the, uh, it's in

1200
02:40:08,239 --> 02:40:10,799
the package. Want to mention a few activities. We gave

1201
02:40:10,900 --> 02:40:13,759
away 3, 600 trees at the libraries during the Green

1202
02:40:13,799 --> 02:40:18,493
Legacy tree giveaway. Discover Aaron Magazine has a great article

1203
02:40:18,674 --> 02:40:21,693
regarding the library in Aaron. If you haven't seen that,

1204
02:40:21,693 --> 02:40:22,973
go digging for it. It's easy to find on the

1205
02:40:22,973 --> 02:40:25,933
internet. Or I can send you a link. Wellington Terrace

1206
02:40:25,954 --> 02:40:27,613
and the library in the Museum have all been working

1207
02:40:27,653 --> 02:40:29,773
together. I mentioned this last month, but I think it's

1208
02:40:29,773 --> 02:40:33,533
worth mentioning again. There's a great symbiotic relationship between the

1209
02:40:33,554 --> 02:40:36,333
staff and the geography of everyone kind of being there

1210
02:40:36,354 --> 02:40:38,973
together on that campus, which quite frankly, when we started

1211
02:40:39,074 --> 02:40:41,293
that campus is what we were hoping for. We've got

1212
02:40:41,554 --> 02:40:44,413
volunteers from the senior centre working in both the library

1213
02:40:44,434 --> 02:40:46,813
and in the museum and then the museum and the

1214
02:40:46,853 --> 02:40:49,933
library are sending our staff over to do activities within

1215
02:40:50,274 --> 02:40:54,013
the senior centre. So it's a great symbiotic relationship. It's

1216
02:40:54,013 --> 02:40:56,893
working both ways all three ways and everybody's benefiting from

1217
02:40:57,074 --> 02:40:59,693
the geography and the staff and the willingness of people

1218
02:40:59,714 --> 02:41:01,853
to actually do extra things. So I wanted to point

1219
02:41:01,853 --> 02:41:03,853
that out because it's a big deal. One of those

1220
02:41:03,853 --> 02:41:06,253
things you don't think about with libraries is how important

1221
02:41:06,274 --> 02:41:08,573
it is to have computer access. People either don't have

1222
02:41:08,754 --> 02:41:11,613
computers or they don't have good internet. And it seems

1223
02:41:11,653 --> 02:41:14,173
like a small thing, but we all got those census

1224
02:41:14,213 --> 02:41:15,853
forms in the mail. We all have to go online

1225
02:41:15,893 --> 02:41:18,333
and do them. And there was people who literally went

1226
02:41:18,373 --> 02:41:20,333
to the libraries so they could fill out their census

1227
02:41:20,373 --> 02:41:23,452
form. So it's something you probably don't think about. The

1228
02:41:23,713 --> 02:41:25,692
pause for stories is still going well. It's a great

1229
02:41:25,793 --> 02:41:29,452
program where kids can interact with library books at animals

1230
02:41:29,492 --> 02:41:31,932
at the same time. And now that school is out

1231
02:41:32,033 --> 02:41:34,252
of course libraries are very much in. We've got reading

1232
02:41:34,292 --> 02:41:36,972
clubs. We've got programming. We've got performance. There's a million

1233
02:41:37,012 --> 02:41:39,212
things for people to do. I want to refer to

1234
02:41:40,513 --> 02:41:43,452
the Wellington County Library highlights here. Again, I'm not going

1235
02:41:43,452 --> 02:41:45,572
to read it all to you. But it's short. It

1236
02:41:45,572 --> 02:41:48,972
shows that everything is awesome and everything is getting busier.

1237
02:41:48,972 --> 02:41:51,132
And, uh, we're really happy with how things are going

1238
02:41:51,393 --> 02:41:53,532
in our library board. And we've got a lot of

1239
02:41:53,713 --> 02:41:55,452
summer events and a lot of activities. And they're all

1240
02:41:55,492 --> 02:41:58,732
listed in there as well. And that's it for me.

1241
02:41:58,732 --> 02:42:01,132
Uh, I have a motion by myself. Second, by Councillor

1242
02:42:01,172 --> 02:42:04,012
Mary Lloyd as well, that the June 10th, 2026 minutes

1243
02:42:04,052 --> 02:42:06,332
of the Wellington County Library Board be received and referred

1244
02:42:06,372 --> 02:42:11,534
to Council for information. I have the motion as read.

1245
02:42:12,489 --> 02:42:16,164
Comments questions. Call the question all in favor. That is

1246
02:42:16,185 --> 02:42:18,484
Carried. Thank you very much. Thank you, sir. Appreciate it.

1247
02:42:18,895 --> 02:42:22,475
Planning Councillor Seeley. Welcome, sir. The floor is yours.

1248
02:42:36,880 --> 02:42:39,259
Thank you, Warden. I'm proud to present the June 11th

1249
02:42:39,520 --> 02:42:46,880
minutes. Took a minute. Huh? Huh? All right. Sorry. Warden.

1250
02:42:46,901 --> 02:42:49,760
We start with our financial report for Mr. DeHart. We're

1251
02:42:49,760 --> 02:42:53,680
projecting a 150 to 200, 000 negative variants on the

1252
02:42:53,701 --> 02:42:57,280
year. It's still relatively early. I'll remind Council that we

1253
02:42:57,320 --> 02:42:58,960
typically see a lot of applications at the end of

1254
02:42:58,960 --> 02:43:01,360
the year to beat the increase. So we're expecting to

1255
02:43:01,360 --> 02:43:04,320
see that as well. But staff did indicate 40 to

1256
02:43:04,341 --> 02:43:09,040
50K savings on staffing budget line. And just prior to

1257
02:43:09,080 --> 02:43:12,960
the pending of the reports County did receive another gravel

1258
02:43:12,981 --> 02:43:18,320
application, uh, so that will help offset that, uh, minor

1259
02:43:18,360 --> 02:43:24,272
negative variance. Green Legacy is doing well. Um, else do

1260
02:43:24,272 --> 02:43:29,552
I have here? Regency management will show a minor negative

1261
02:43:29,592 --> 02:43:31,632
variance as well, but that all is inclusive of that

1262
02:43:31,653 --> 02:43:35,792
projected 150 to 200K. Next, we've moved on to the

1263
02:43:35,792 --> 02:43:39,072
GIS. The GIS is changing for the County. They're moving

1264
02:43:39,072 --> 02:43:42,832
to a new software that will go live in August

1265
02:43:43,413 --> 02:43:46,832
and we will run both in parallel for approximately a

1266
02:43:46,832 --> 02:43:49,072
month, 30 days to work out some wrinkles. And then

1267
02:43:49,072 --> 02:43:53,232
the old system will be terminated. So if you know

1268
02:43:53,413 --> 02:43:56,192
of any of your local tiers that rely on that

1269
02:43:56,453 --> 02:43:58,192
software, make sure you get in contact with the county

1270
02:43:59,013 --> 02:44:00,992
to bring everybody up to speed that we are transitioning.

1271
02:44:02,393 --> 02:44:06,932
Next we talked about our five year trails plan. Last

1272
02:44:06,932 --> 02:44:09,732
time it was updated was 2013. I don't know if

1273
02:44:09,732 --> 02:44:11,012
my notes are wrong, but that would make it more

1274
02:44:11,052 --> 02:44:14,172
than a five year plan. The focus is going to

1275
02:44:14,172 --> 02:44:17,852
be on the passive lands for the trail network. So

1276
02:44:17,913 --> 02:44:20,692
looking forward to that report coming back, uh, some of

1277
02:44:20,732 --> 02:44:24,932
the components will be improving parking spaces at the trails

1278
02:44:25,273 --> 02:44:29,092
as well as removing barriers to improve accessibility to the

1279
02:44:29,193 --> 02:44:33,982
trails. Next, we heard about our northern nursery. Apparently the

1280
02:44:34,003 --> 02:44:36,942
challenges with the Northern nursery. It's next to the Luther

1281
02:44:37,043 --> 02:44:41,142
Marsh area. The road access is not year round. So

1282
02:44:41,142 --> 02:44:45,182
staff are not obviously able to access during the winter.

1283
02:44:45,182 --> 02:44:47,422
So staff are going to report back on some options

1284
02:44:47,523 --> 02:44:51,262
to relocate possibly the northern nursery. And we look forward

1285
02:44:51,283 --> 02:44:55,262
to that report. And lastly is the, uh, climate heat

1286
02:44:55,302 --> 02:44:57,662
initiative. And Karen has a report on the agenda for

1287
02:44:57,662 --> 02:45:00,942
that. So with that, Warden is my report and I

1288
02:45:00,982 --> 02:45:05,422
have a motion moved by myself, seconded by Camel Cork.

1289
02:45:05,422 --> 02:45:07,902
But the June 11th, 2026 minutes of the planning committee

1290
02:45:08,003 --> 02:45:15,557
be received and referred to Council for adoption. I have

1291
02:45:15,597 --> 02:45:19,764
the motion as red comments questions. We'll call the question

1292
02:45:19,865 --> 02:45:24,254
all in favor. That is Carried. Thank you, sir. Economic

1293
02:45:24,294 --> 02:45:34,165
development Councillor Duncan, police. Flora is yours, sir. Good afternoon,

1294
02:45:34,205 --> 02:45:37,605
everyone. So here's our update for economic development meeting from

1295
02:45:37,706 --> 02:45:43,365
June 16th. Just in regards to the financials, basically the

1296
02:45:43,466 --> 02:45:46,325
two sections. So for that economic development operations, we're expecting

1297
02:45:46,826 --> 02:45:49,925
positive areas between 80, 100, 000. And for the rural

1298
02:45:49,925 --> 02:45:54,165
transportation portion, overall, uh, tracking towards a positive variance of

1299
02:45:54,205 --> 02:45:58,420
between 20 to 30, 000 dollars. Onto the main actual

1300
02:45:58,521 --> 02:46:04,260
report. Just wanted to talk about good news right off

1301
02:46:04,260 --> 02:46:07,780
the top. There's an investment attraction under that category that

1302
02:46:07,820 --> 02:46:09,940
we look at. So the County, um, we applied for

1303
02:46:10,841 --> 02:46:14,100
a CAN expert community investment program, Grant. And we are

1304
02:46:14,140 --> 02:46:17,680
successful in securing 54, 000 dollars in federal funding. And

1305
02:46:17,680 --> 02:46:20,100
I will support about 60 percent of the cost of

1306
02:46:20,121 --> 02:46:23,280
an investment readiness project So this is something that, uh,

1307
02:46:23,321 --> 02:46:25,780
to be frank, we've had on the back burner a

1308
02:46:25,780 --> 02:46:28,660
little bit for a little while at the economic development,

1309
02:46:28,660 --> 02:46:34,100
just with the needs of the transportation file and staffing,

1310
02:46:34,100 --> 02:46:35,780
uh, that this now, this is a project that we

1311
02:46:35,801 --> 02:46:38,020
identified to move forward with. And now it's good to

1312
02:46:38,020 --> 02:46:40,740
see that, uh, what 60 percent of it will be

1313
02:46:40,740 --> 02:46:46,215
funded. Just one of the things here was the Community

1314
02:46:46,255 --> 02:46:53,095
Improvement Funding. There was three applications for Wellington North Projects.

1315
02:46:53,095 --> 02:46:56,535
And there's three applications there. I'm not sure if it's

1316
02:46:56,575 --> 02:47:01,015
Councillor Breen or somebody had indicated that, uh, any fixing

1317
02:47:01,015 --> 02:47:03,855
up in Wellington North is probably money well spent. So

1318
02:47:03,855 --> 02:47:09,495
I'm not sure if that was. No? Oh, okay. Um,

1319
02:47:09,756 --> 02:47:13,735
just under the tourism portfolio, the Wanted County, we had

1320
02:47:13,775 --> 02:47:18,135
a tourism experience development program. Um, there's a grant call

1321
02:47:18,476 --> 02:47:21,895
that went out. We had about, uh, 30 applications about

1322
02:47:21,935 --> 02:47:25,095
nine were selected. And they're receiving microgrants of between 1500

1323
02:47:25,135 --> 02:47:28,135
to 3, 000 dollars for the most of the ones

1324
02:47:28,135 --> 02:47:30,215
that weren't selected. They were either they didn't, uh, they

1325
02:47:30,236 --> 02:47:32,735
didn't fit at all. Or the good news was, is

1326
02:47:32,735 --> 02:47:34,375
for many of them are software able to tee them

1327
02:47:34,415 --> 02:47:37,975
up to other, uh, programs or other initiatives to help

1328
02:47:38,015 --> 02:47:41,095
them out. The spring rural romp was held on May

1329
02:47:41,196 --> 02:47:44,935
30th. It's a record number 18 farm and food destinations

1330
02:47:44,956 --> 02:47:48,135
across Northern Wellington County. As we reported that each of

1331
02:47:48,796 --> 02:47:52,135
the stops had between 100 to 300 visitors, um, and

1332
02:47:52,396 --> 02:47:56,135
some of them indicated that, uh, between 50 percent of

1333
02:47:56,175 --> 02:48:00,375
the visitors were all first time people coming. So TATS

1334
02:48:00,415 --> 02:48:03,575
off to, uh, the spring roll romp crew for having

1335
02:48:03,615 --> 02:48:06,215
that, uh, this year. And as I mentioned before, that

1336
02:48:06,255 --> 02:48:08,615
many locations you had to actually kind of pick which

1337
02:48:08,655 --> 02:48:09,895
ones you wanted to go to because it was so

1338
02:48:09,895 --> 02:48:11,415
large you would not be able to really get to

1339
02:48:11,455 --> 02:48:14,295
them all at one time. Uh, the trade tracks showcase

1340
02:48:14,316 --> 02:48:17,815
happened on May 22nd in Centre Wellington at the sportsplex.

1341
02:48:17,815 --> 02:48:22,635
The Friday we saw about 2000 students from, it was

1342
02:48:22,635 --> 02:48:25,095
over a dozen school boards, I believe, that attended on

1343
02:48:25,116 --> 02:48:29,415
the Friday. Friday weather was awesome. Saturday weather was horrible.

1344
02:48:29,415 --> 02:48:31,815
It was, uh, so the public showcase part was cancelled

1345
02:48:31,836 --> 02:48:35,495
on a Saturday. Um, even, even with that though, what

1346
02:48:35,535 --> 02:48:39,015
was really good for, even though it's geared towards youth,

1347
02:48:39,836 --> 02:48:42,835
about almost half the exhibitors reported to us that, um,

1348
02:48:42,876 --> 02:48:46,615
they had made, uh, workforce relation connections there, including potential

1349
02:48:46,876 --> 02:48:50,055
summer students, co - op placements, apprenticeships, um, so it

1350
02:48:50,055 --> 02:48:52,615
was successful also for the vendors that were there and

1351
02:48:52,655 --> 02:48:54,935
for the institutions that were there. So that was, that

1352
02:48:54,975 --> 02:49:00,724
was good news. Um, the, uh, economic development, uh, economic

1353
02:49:00,764 --> 02:49:06,404
developers conference of Ontario, uh, it's actually going to be

1354
02:49:06,404 --> 02:49:10,644
in, uh, Wellington County. It is September 9th and 10th.

1355
02:49:10,644 --> 02:49:12,724
It's the, so it's the EDCO. They have a regional

1356
02:49:12,825 --> 02:49:16,324
conference in our area. Uh, once a year and this

1357
02:49:16,324 --> 02:49:18,324
year, they had, uh, it was reported out back in

1358
02:49:18,324 --> 02:49:21,584
the fall that they had chosen, uh, Wellton County. And

1359
02:49:21,584 --> 02:49:24,004
so the links in your agenda there for how did

1360
02:49:24,004 --> 02:49:27,444
register. There's a, um, a pre day on the 9th

1361
02:49:27,705 --> 02:49:30,544
and then that main conference is on the 10th. And

1362
02:49:30,745 --> 02:49:33,604
they have a need agenda that's set up for that.

1363
02:49:33,604 --> 02:49:34,724
So I urge you to take a look at that.

1364
02:49:34,825 --> 02:49:37,524
I believe, um, staff are going to be sending out

1365
02:49:37,865 --> 02:49:42,164
a typical conference invite to Council on that. Just for

1366
02:49:42,164 --> 02:49:47,184
the ride well update. We had, um, 954 rides. Don

1367
02:49:47,184 --> 02:49:51,124
in May, which represented, uh, just over a thousand passengers

1368
02:49:52,025 --> 02:49:55,204
for, for the program. Um, the main thing with the

1369
02:49:55,244 --> 02:49:59,924
transportation portfolio, though, really is just the, uh, regional transportation

1370
02:50:00,025 --> 02:50:03,924
study. So that still is going ahead. That's the Bruce

1371
02:50:04,025 --> 02:50:08,324
Duffer in grey Wellington regional transportation portion. And the final

1372
02:50:08,505 --> 02:50:11,204
report is expected to come to Council in the follow

1373
02:50:11,305 --> 02:50:14,944
26. Um, and one of the main things though, uh,

1374
02:50:14,944 --> 02:50:17,684
we have recommended and some of the direction that's taken,

1375
02:50:17,684 --> 02:50:21,124
um, that interim approach be taken with the ghost line.

1376
02:50:21,124 --> 02:50:24,164
So as reported last several months, that's what's going on.

1377
02:50:24,164 --> 02:50:27,764
Wellton County, we've already actually approved and have set aside

1378
02:50:28,505 --> 02:50:31,044
our 25 percent of the funding for the ghost line.

1379
02:50:31,044 --> 02:50:33,584
So the other 25 percent is from grey and the

1380
02:50:33,584 --> 02:50:35,684
other 50s from the province and the other two partners

1381
02:50:36,265 --> 02:50:40,084
to date have not, um, committed to that. So stay

1382
02:50:40,124 --> 02:50:43,284
tuned for what will happen with the, uh, with the

1383
02:50:43,324 --> 02:50:50,676
ghost line. And we had the smart city's office report.

1384
02:50:50,676 --> 02:50:52,636
It's the last items there on the agenda. I just

1385
02:50:52,636 --> 02:50:54,916
wanted to indicate that the amount forest library is having

1386
02:50:54,956 --> 02:50:59,716
a, uh, a food pantry installed similar operation to the

1387
02:50:59,756 --> 02:51:02,996
other ones that we have. Obviously, it's a local group.

1388
02:51:02,996 --> 02:51:06,916
It's the Mount Forest family help team housing essentials lived

1389
02:51:06,937 --> 02:51:11,296
experience pathways people that are doing that. Um, so, um,

1390
02:51:11,497 --> 02:51:13,836
that, that will be up in operation this summer. So

1391
02:51:13,977 --> 02:51:16,516
again, it's for people to pick things up. It's also

1392
02:51:17,177 --> 02:51:19,236
to provide a draw - off spot for members of

1393
02:51:19,236 --> 02:51:21,776
the public that wish to, uh, wish to donate. Um,

1394
02:51:22,777 --> 02:51:25,556
for the agricultural support piece that we do under the

1395
02:51:25,596 --> 02:51:29,636
Smart Cities, the experiment acres, um, mentioned, uh, about one

1396
02:51:29,676 --> 02:51:32,196
of the applicants with the 10 year old chicken farmer.

1397
02:51:33,612 --> 02:51:36,311
And that got picked up by the press. And that

1398
02:51:36,332 --> 02:51:39,911
in turn actually got picked up by the Wellington Federation

1399
02:51:40,012 --> 02:51:43,191
of Agriculture and the Ontario Federation Agriculture. And they shared

1400
02:51:43,452 --> 02:51:46,471
that, um, that story about, uh, about our program and

1401
02:51:46,511 --> 02:51:50,151
about the young farmer on their social media posts and

1402
02:51:50,151 --> 02:51:53,511
some of their platforms. So that was, uh, really good

1403
02:51:53,511 --> 02:51:57,913
news to see. The last piece here is just the

1404
02:51:57,934 --> 02:52:01,113
County and it's to do with the counties internet readiness.

1405
02:52:02,821 --> 02:52:07,600
Program. So I just want to, um, call out Justine

1406
02:52:07,621 --> 02:52:11,020
Danyard here. She's over here. The only words I can

1407
02:52:11,020 --> 02:52:14,280
use is that she's been dogged in trying to, um,

1408
02:52:14,641 --> 02:52:18,860
keep Roger's feet to the fire with the, uh, internet's

1409
02:52:19,121 --> 02:52:22,940
rollout. And not so much the physical rollout of it.

1410
02:52:22,940 --> 02:52:25,020
Just where are they at with it? What's the timing?

1411
02:52:25,020 --> 02:52:29,400
What's going on? And so, um, through Justine's work, um,

1412
02:52:29,681 --> 02:52:32,220
staff meant last month with infrastructure Ontario. They actually attended

1413
02:52:32,241 --> 02:52:34,860
the meeting along with the Rogers communication people to receive

1414
02:52:34,961 --> 02:52:38,700
an update on the high speed internet project. So by

1415
02:52:38,740 --> 02:52:42,780
background, 2021, the province launched this accelerated high speed internet

1416
02:52:42,820 --> 02:52:45,660
program and it changed the model for internet service providers

1417
02:52:45,921 --> 02:52:48,060
wishing to access government funding. So it's a shift from

1418
02:52:48,241 --> 02:52:52,440
that swift model. Um, municipalities were no longer involved. And

1419
02:52:52,440 --> 02:52:56,060
in 2022, Rogers communications was contracted to undertake high speed

1420
02:52:56,241 --> 02:52:59,260
internet expansion to uncertain areas of the entire County of

1421
02:52:59,300 --> 02:53:03,420
Wellington. Um, so the update is that Rogers is continued

1422
02:53:03,420 --> 02:53:06,700
to work locally through the subcontractors, the subcontractors are supposed

1423
02:53:06,700 --> 02:53:09,900
to be, uh, branded with Rogers thing. So that gives

1424
02:53:09,900 --> 02:53:13,080
you the public a bit more idea of what's, you

1425
02:53:13,080 --> 02:53:15,980
know, where they're working. And the installations progressing in a

1426
02:53:16,001 --> 02:53:19,500
south to north general direction and expected that postal inch

1427
02:53:19,500 --> 02:53:21,998
will be the first member municipality to be completed. Um,

1428
02:53:22,099 --> 02:53:25,998
they said, you know, the end of 26 for Post

1429
02:53:26,038 --> 02:53:29,198
Lynch. You know, we'll see. But, uh, the deadline for

1430
02:53:29,238 --> 02:53:32,058
all this work being completed though has been extended. Uh,

1431
02:53:32,179 --> 02:53:34,718
it was supposed to be the end of last year.

1432
02:53:34,718 --> 02:53:37,598
And now it is extended to the end of 28.

1433
02:53:37,598 --> 02:53:40,878
So, um, I understand it's sort of push lunch and

1434
02:53:40,918 --> 02:53:43,658
ear and qualifier masa and then working its way, uh,

1435
02:53:43,859 --> 02:53:48,193
way north. County staff of Astora follow - up meeting

1436
02:53:48,233 --> 02:53:50,833
in the fall to track this progress. Um, and one

1437
02:53:50,833 --> 02:53:54,113
of the main things that you can do, and if

1438
02:53:54,454 --> 02:53:57,153
you're putting things out to public, um, there's a link

1439
02:53:57,193 --> 02:54:00,833
there to on our website for the interior high speed

1440
02:54:00,873 --> 02:54:03,873
internet map. And people can either type in their address

1441
02:54:03,894 --> 02:54:05,953
or they can look it up. And it will show

1442
02:54:06,374 --> 02:54:09,873
they're in a colour coded map. What's the status of

1443
02:54:10,294 --> 02:54:14,033
the internet that's in your area, whether it's, uh, under

1444
02:54:14,134 --> 02:54:17,873
construction, whether it's still coming, um, so I would urge

1445
02:54:17,913 --> 02:54:20,033
you, if you have any way that's asking about that

1446
02:54:20,033 --> 02:54:23,713
project in general, um, Justine's good first plane to contact

1447
02:54:23,734 --> 02:54:28,033
for that. Um, but the website is, is good for,

1448
02:54:28,033 --> 02:54:32,193
um, trying to track where, where Rogers is at. Um,

1449
02:54:32,233 --> 02:54:33,873
it is sort of unfortunate though. It did take us

1450
02:54:33,913 --> 02:54:35,393
a long time to be able to set up this

1451
02:54:35,393 --> 02:54:37,873
meeting just to get basic information, you know, how are

1452
02:54:37,873 --> 02:54:41,073
you making out? What areas are done? Um, and even

1453
02:54:41,113 --> 02:54:44,673
some of that has still been a little bit difficult

1454
02:54:45,494 --> 02:54:50,993
to ascertain. With that, I have a resolution here by

1455
02:54:51,094 --> 02:54:55,393
myself and seconded by Councillor Steve O'Neill at the June

1456
02:54:55,433 --> 02:54:58,673
16th, 2026 minute. So the economic building committee be received

1457
02:54:58,854 --> 02:55:06,211
and referred to Council for adoption. I have the motion

1458
02:55:06,312 --> 02:55:12,108
as read comments questions. Councillor Lennox. See, I saw you

1459
02:55:12,148 --> 02:55:17,120
this time. Thank you, Warden. I just wanted to add

1460
02:55:17,160 --> 02:55:19,520
a little bit to the context with regard to Swift.

1461
02:55:20,283 --> 02:55:23,862
So, uh, Swift had the initial project. So we're spread

1462
02:55:23,902 --> 02:55:25,942
across the County. There was three or four or five

1463
02:55:25,982 --> 02:55:28,342
projects. I just forget the exact number. Those were all

1464
02:55:28,342 --> 02:55:32,182
completed. And then through the provincial and federal programs where

1465
02:55:32,222 --> 02:55:35,302
these ones are now, the Rogers was given a contract.

1466
02:55:36,169 --> 02:55:39,348
To cover most of Wellington County. Now there was some

1467
02:55:39,388 --> 02:55:42,674
places already served. And then there were some areas, particularly

1468
02:55:42,695 --> 02:55:45,554
an area in Minto in the centre of Minto. I

1469
02:55:45,554 --> 02:55:48,051
kind of called it like the donut hole. That was,

1470
02:55:48,051 --> 02:55:50,717
that Rogers did not have the contract to fill. And

1471
02:55:50,738 --> 02:55:53,757
that was given from the provincial government to swift to

1472
02:55:53,858 --> 02:55:57,437
fill out that gap plus some others across southwestern Ontario.

1473
02:55:57,437 --> 02:56:01,604
And those are completed or virtually completed. So if there's

1474
02:56:02,425 --> 02:56:05,764
areas that are not covered by or the Rogers contract,

1475
02:56:05,764 --> 02:56:09,844
please let me or through Justine Swift know that this

1476
02:56:09,844 --> 02:56:12,724
is. We're based on the information the province gives us

1477
02:56:12,985 --> 02:56:16,964
in terms of underserved premises. And we're out filling those

1478
02:56:17,065 --> 02:56:20,493
gaps. With the provincial money to do that. So if

1479
02:56:20,674 --> 02:56:23,853
there are gaps that you know about, please communicate with

1480
02:56:23,954 --> 02:56:27,511
Justine or myself. And we'll try to fill it. But

1481
02:56:27,511 --> 02:56:31,691
if it's within the Rogers delineated contract, there's really nothing

1482
02:56:31,712 --> 02:56:34,251
we can do about it at this point, but weight

1483
02:56:34,291 --> 02:56:38,907
impatiently. We are not alone. Uh, this is a thing

1484
02:56:38,947 --> 02:56:42,907
that's happening widespread across the province where the deadline of

1485
02:56:42,907 --> 02:56:45,944
last December is long passed. Even with the big providers

1486
02:56:45,965 --> 02:56:48,984
of Bell and Rogers, a lot of the work has

1487
02:56:49,005 --> 02:56:52,197
not been completed. Even though it wear well past the

1488
02:56:52,237 --> 02:56:55,237
deadline already. And now I didn't hear of a firm

1489
02:56:55,277 --> 02:56:57,077
date of 2028 yet. I heard it was still open

1490
02:56:57,178 --> 02:56:59,637
- ended. But if they've committed to a firm date

1491
02:56:59,677 --> 02:57:03,634
of 2028, I hope that's the final date. So, but

1492
02:57:03,634 --> 02:57:07,572
again, happy to continue that dialogue. And try to get

1493
02:57:07,572 --> 02:57:10,472
those gaps filled. I know that donut hole in mental

1494
02:57:10,493 --> 02:57:16,530
that filled. I'm sure they're very happy now. Thank you.

1495
02:57:16,570 --> 02:57:21,817
Anything further. Councillor Lloyd. Thank you, Warden. And on that

1496
02:57:21,838 --> 02:57:25,097
comment, um, we have a number of residents that live

1497
02:57:25,118 --> 02:57:28,217
just off beady line in Centre Wellington that are still

1498
02:57:28,318 --> 02:57:33,657
continuing to have underserviced inabilities to have their cell phones,

1499
02:57:33,657 --> 02:57:36,297
uh, connect to a service. It's difficult when you have

1500
02:57:36,398 --> 02:57:38,697
an alarm system in your home. If you don't have

1501
02:57:38,718 --> 02:57:43,257
those dedicated airwaves and wireless programs that are in place.

1502
02:57:43,257 --> 02:57:47,017
And so the residents of that area are still suffering.

1503
02:57:47,017 --> 02:57:50,457
Um, and we're looking at probably 2, 000 homes in

1504
02:57:50,457 --> 02:57:53,257
that area. So it's a big gap and it's a

1505
02:57:53,297 --> 02:57:56,617
real issue. And, uh, the residents there are not happy

1506
02:57:56,617 --> 02:58:00,297
that they're not able to have a solid, stable signal.

1507
02:58:03,461 --> 02:58:07,792
Councillor Lennox. Sorry, Warden. I just wanted to follow up

1508
02:58:07,832 --> 02:58:11,232
on that comment in that swift is also undertaking a

1509
02:58:11,232 --> 02:58:16,550
study of southwestern Ontario cell coverage. So we're committed significant

1510
02:58:16,590 --> 02:58:18,630
dollars to do a study over the next couple of

1511
02:58:18,630 --> 02:58:22,883
years. Starting already in May of this year to identify

1512
02:58:22,904 --> 02:58:26,383
those gaps to make the case to our partners, you

1513
02:58:26,383 --> 02:58:29,689
know, the Rogers, the bells. And the provincial and federal

1514
02:58:29,689 --> 02:58:34,329
government CRTC, that there are still significant gaps in cell

1515
02:58:34,369 --> 02:58:38,364
coverage, in rural Ontario. I mean, I know that when

1516
02:58:38,404 --> 02:58:40,744
I drive from here to home, when I crossed the

1517
02:58:40,785 --> 02:58:44,764
Irvin Rivers north of Fergus, there's no coverage there. There's

1518
02:58:44,804 --> 02:58:49,004
many other pockets like that. Uh, so, you know, again,

1519
02:58:49,105 --> 02:58:52,044
let's keep the dialogue open. This is a study that's

1520
02:58:52,065 --> 02:58:56,125
being undertaken. We will share that information. When it's completed.

1521
02:58:56,125 --> 02:58:59,085
But, uh, the purpose is to advance the cause of

1522
02:58:59,346 --> 02:59:06,659
cell coverage like we did with the internet service. And

1523
02:59:06,680 --> 02:59:08,179
just to follow up on that, some of there have

1524
02:59:08,179 --> 02:59:10,259
been some pretty good successes with Swift over the years.

1525
02:59:10,259 --> 02:59:13,299
We've been at this for a while. First iteration welfare

1526
02:59:13,320 --> 02:59:16,179
must. I got 12 million bucks. We did Everton, Eden

1527
02:59:16,179 --> 02:59:19,779
Mills, parts of Rockwood. So they're grinding along, but the

1528
02:59:19,880 --> 02:59:21,859
few gaps we need to get to, but there has

1529
02:59:21,859 --> 02:59:24,179
been some pretty good success. We just need to get

1530
02:59:24,200 --> 02:59:28,766
that finished. All right. Anything further. I will call the

1531
02:59:28,806 --> 02:59:33,372
question all in favor. That's carried. Thank you, sir. Councillor

1532
02:59:33,412 --> 02:59:39,148
Campbell. See if you can wrap this up by 1230.

1533
02:59:43,098 --> 02:59:48,104
Floor's yours, sir. Thank you. I'll do my best. Good

1534
02:59:48,104 --> 02:59:52,104
afternoon. Everybody reporting on the FNHR meeting of June 16,

1535
02:59:52,104 --> 02:59:56,045
2026. We started our meeting off with the renewal of

1536
02:59:56,085 --> 03:00:00,572
the Bad Ockle lease. So the bad arc community centre

1537
03:00:00,833 --> 03:00:04,572
in push Lynch is the only owned property by the

1538
03:00:04,673 --> 03:00:06,732
County that's run as a community centre and it's run

1539
03:00:06,732 --> 03:00:10,352
by a local community board. Pretty much a housekeeping issue,

1540
03:00:10,352 --> 03:00:14,156
but the lease was up for renewal. Very little discussion.

1541
03:00:14,156 --> 03:00:17,918
We approved it. We moved on. We then reviewed and

1542
03:00:17,958 --> 03:00:20,798
approved the establishment of a joint compliance audit committee for

1543
03:00:20,838 --> 03:00:27,054
the 2026 2030 term of Council. This is done in

1544
03:00:27,054 --> 03:00:28,814
conjunction with the lower tiers. And these are the people

1545
03:00:28,814 --> 03:00:31,774
that are going to be called into audit your financial

1546
03:00:31,814 --> 03:00:36,894
statements as a candidate should somebody challenge them. So it's

1547
03:00:36,934 --> 03:00:40,494
a legislative requirement that we create this committee and that,

1548
03:00:40,494 --> 03:00:43,852
uh, bylaw that's on there today does that. We then,

1549
03:00:43,852 --> 03:00:48,652
uh, reviewed the Wellington County Joint Accessibility Committee minutes. Chair

1550
03:00:48,652 --> 03:00:52,092
Matthew Bumer was what excuse me, Matthew Bumer was with

1551
03:00:52,092 --> 03:00:53,972
us. He gave us an update on the meeting. We

1552
03:00:54,193 --> 03:01:00,172
always appreciate when Matthew attends and shares that with us.

1553
03:01:00,172 --> 03:01:03,292
We then moved on to review the Countywide Financial Statements

1554
03:01:03,292 --> 03:01:08,101
to May 31, 2026. Um, as well as the year

1555
03:01:08,122 --> 03:01:13,941
today variants projections, uh, very detailed report on operational and

1556
03:01:13,941 --> 03:01:16,981
capital. So only two notables that I would bring forward

1557
03:01:17,322 --> 03:01:21,541
to projected surplus for this calendar year is between 500K

1558
03:01:21,581 --> 03:01:24,421
and 2. 3 million as to date. And of course,

1559
03:01:24,442 --> 03:01:27,361
we know Ken is notoriously conservative in that number. But

1560
03:01:27,361 --> 03:01:30,181
anyways, that's what he's presented. And the other area of

1561
03:01:30,362 --> 03:01:33,381
notice development charges year to date or down 25 percent.

1562
03:01:33,933 --> 03:01:37,155
To what they were last year. We then moved on

1563
03:01:37,176 --> 03:01:41,530
to the summary of contract towards June of 2026. Uh,

1564
03:01:41,570 --> 03:01:46,668
this is staff awarding. Contracts up to 500K provided that

1565
03:01:47,089 --> 03:01:49,868
they meet the lowest price criteria and that they were

1566
03:01:49,908 --> 03:01:53,757
within the original budget. Uh, there was 10 contracts that

1567
03:01:53,778 --> 03:01:57,197
were approved and they run from skid steers to heat

1568
03:01:57,237 --> 03:01:59,037
pumps. So I mean, it's kind of all over the

1569
03:01:59,077 --> 03:02:02,918
map, but it's there for you to read. We then

1570
03:02:02,958 --> 03:02:07,558
moved on and reviewed the provincial development charges reduction program.

1571
03:02:07,558 --> 03:02:12,680
We passed a resolution. Supporting member municipality applications and that

1572
03:02:12,680 --> 03:02:16,120
we continue to support our own community housing development fund.

1573
03:02:17,736 --> 03:02:20,995
We then moved on and reviewed and approved an update

1574
03:02:20,995 --> 03:02:25,757
to the County Cash Investment Policy. Fairly large document, two

1575
03:02:25,757 --> 03:02:29,561
changes to it. Basically, uh, and one requested by the

1576
03:02:29,582 --> 03:02:33,801
committee, um, so what we're looking at is pretty, I

1577
03:02:33,841 --> 03:02:38,667
can't even speak anymore. Principle protected notes. So it's within

1578
03:02:38,667 --> 03:02:44,187
the existing bylaw at 40 percent and staff are recommended

1579
03:02:44,208 --> 03:02:49,067
we move this up to 70 percent committee adjusted the

1580
03:02:49,107 --> 03:02:51,707
50 percent back to 40 percent. So basically what this

1581
03:02:51,747 --> 03:02:55,307
does is give staff latitude to put more money into

1582
03:02:55,328 --> 03:03:00,347
PPNs because we're seeing basically double the returns historically over

1583
03:03:00,387 --> 03:03:02,827
the past five years. So it's not to say that

1584
03:03:03,408 --> 03:03:05,547
they're definitely going to go to that limit, but it

1585
03:03:05,587 --> 03:03:08,427
moves that bar up. That should they choose to do

1586
03:03:08,448 --> 03:03:12,507
so. It's within the policy. And that documents in your

1587
03:03:12,528 --> 03:03:15,867
package and all the changes are highlighted in red, including

1588
03:03:15,968 --> 03:03:20,587
about three paragraphs of verbiage about what PPU pans are.

1589
03:03:20,587 --> 03:03:23,707
Um, anybody that's censors in the 40 versus the 50,

1590
03:03:23,707 --> 03:03:26,027
the six institutions that we can buy those people ends

1591
03:03:26,027 --> 03:03:34,940
from. So. So that was approved by committee. We then

1592
03:03:35,441 --> 03:03:39,980
reviewed and received for information that changes over our employee

1593
03:03:40,001 --> 03:03:43,260
assistance plan to tell us starting in July of this

1594
03:03:43,300 --> 03:03:45,500
year. So this was a staff decision it was made.

1595
03:03:45,950 --> 03:03:48,489
Based on staff's input on this, we're getting a better

1596
03:03:48,750 --> 03:03:52,583
program for less money. With less constraints. So that's being

1597
03:03:52,844 --> 03:03:56,023
rolled out basically even as we speak. So that was

1598
03:03:56,044 --> 03:03:59,799
received by the committee for information. We then received a

1599
03:03:59,900 --> 03:04:04,039
report for information on the OSHA changes coming into place.

1600
03:04:04,039 --> 03:04:08,439
These are changes head protection and elevated work safety requirements.

1601
03:04:08,439 --> 03:04:10,279
So it's early days on those one of them takes

1602
03:04:10,300 --> 03:04:13,559
effect December, but staff are working on how that would

1603
03:04:13,580 --> 03:04:16,759
apply to staff in terms of what headgear is currently

1604
03:04:16,799 --> 03:04:20,599
being, um, worn. And what we actually have for elevated

1605
03:04:20,700 --> 03:04:25,856
work platforms. Uh, that employees are working off. And finally,

1606
03:04:25,856 --> 03:04:29,216
we reviewed and received a report on the health and

1607
03:04:29,216 --> 03:04:32,256
safety team. So if you recall last month, uh, we

1608
03:04:32,256 --> 03:04:37,616
announced that Nicole Void had moved up to assistant director

1609
03:04:37,616 --> 03:04:41,364
of HR. Staff have made a change to that position

1610
03:04:41,945 --> 03:04:44,484
so they're not going to backfill another manager of health

1611
03:04:44,505 --> 03:04:47,512
and safety. Nicole's going to carry on in that role.

1612
03:04:48,877 --> 03:04:50,856
Focusing on the health and safety so we don't lose

1613
03:04:51,437 --> 03:04:54,756
any continu. We don't lose any momentum in that. And

1614
03:04:54,957 --> 03:04:58,056
her replacement, which is being recruited now will be a

1615
03:04:58,096 --> 03:05:01,416
supervisor of health and safety and wellness. So again, a

1616
03:05:01,416 --> 03:05:06,159
staff internal change. And that's my report. So I have

1617
03:05:06,340 --> 03:05:09,039
a motion by myself, seconded by Councillor Valentine that the

1618
03:05:09,060 --> 03:05:13,039
June 10th, 2026 minutes of the administration finance and HR

1619
03:05:13,060 --> 03:05:16,239
committee be received and referred to Council for adoption. Thank

1620
03:05:16,239 --> 03:05:25,113
you. I have the motion as read comments questions. I

1621
03:05:25,134 --> 03:05:28,402
will call the question all in favor. That is Carrie.

1622
03:05:28,402 --> 03:05:31,842
Thank you. Now this is a little unusual, but I'll

1623
03:05:31,863 --> 03:05:33,602
put it out there. We had an item earlier today

1624
03:05:33,623 --> 03:05:37,202
on the Aaron Garage that we deferred. Mr. Wilson has

1625
03:05:37,242 --> 03:05:39,602
asked to speak to Council on that item. Is there

1626
03:05:39,602 --> 03:05:44,939
an appetite to do so? Everybody all right? Okay. Mr.

1627
03:05:45,120 --> 03:05:51,667
Wilson, floor yours. Thank you, Warden. I've been in this

1628
03:05:51,768 --> 03:05:54,227
business a long time and I don't recall ever having

1629
03:05:54,248 --> 03:05:57,747
to ask Council to give further consideration to an issue.

1630
03:05:59,173 --> 03:06:02,072
But, um, just given the timing of our meetings, we

1631
03:06:02,133 --> 03:06:06,243
won't be meeting regularly again until September. The prices that

1632
03:06:06,824 --> 03:06:11,043
are in part of the earring grudge tender are a

1633
03:06:11,043 --> 03:06:14,643
little bit time sensitive. The longer we delay, the less

1634
03:06:14,683 --> 03:06:18,243
reliable those prices will be the more, will be likely

1635
03:06:18,264 --> 03:06:21,203
to get into winter construction, which will be adding to

1636
03:06:21,243 --> 03:06:26,260
the cost. So. Uh, I believe Mr. Turk would like

1637
03:06:26,260 --> 03:06:28,260
to be able to answer any questions. You may have

1638
03:06:28,300 --> 03:06:32,100
about the figures that we're discussed earlier. Mr. Mulhold and

1639
03:06:32,140 --> 03:06:35,300
Mr. Grinnemer also here. If there were questions, I should

1640
03:06:35,340 --> 03:06:38,900
have tried to intervene earlier in the discussion when it

1641
03:06:38,900 --> 03:06:41,040
was happening in the Roads Committee, but I was, uh,

1642
03:06:41,721 --> 03:06:46,890
asleep at the switch. So if Councilwood permitted, and it's

1643
03:06:46,890 --> 03:06:49,690
certainly up to Council because you've already voted to defer.

1644
03:06:49,690 --> 03:06:53,210
If you would permit Mr. Turk to give some explanation

1645
03:06:53,631 --> 03:06:58,568
of his numbers, I'd appreciate it. Is there an appetite

1646
03:06:58,608 --> 03:07:06,045
to hear from the Mr. Church. Yeah. Yep. People and

1647
03:07:06,045 --> 03:07:07,885
the people who moved in second into deferral are okay

1648
03:07:07,885 --> 03:07:13,002
with this. We're not reconsidering yet. We're just letting its

1649
03:07:13,042 --> 03:07:16,042
emotion to allow them to speak. Then we could reconsider.

1650
03:07:16,042 --> 03:07:21,344
We haven't asked to reconsider yet. So, um, just to

1651
03:07:21,384 --> 03:07:24,624
remotion to allow this to be. Yeah. Let's do that.

1652
03:07:24,624 --> 03:07:26,464
Let's make it. I'll put a motion on the floor.

1653
03:07:26,464 --> 03:07:30,144
Thank you, sir. Motion to allow the delegates to adjust

1654
03:07:30,165 --> 03:07:32,864
an item we've considered. Second, my Council Sealy all in

1655
03:07:32,864 --> 03:07:36,274
favor. That is carried. So just to go back to

1656
03:07:36,314 --> 03:07:38,474
the deferral, just to your point, I don't know if

1657
03:07:38,474 --> 03:07:40,834
you want to reiterate there were some concerns about the

1658
03:07:40,834 --> 03:07:42,922
numbers and when you got them. I don't want to

1659
03:07:42,922 --> 03:07:48,405
speak on your behalf. Maybe tell us again why you

1660
03:07:48,405 --> 03:07:51,685
ask for the deferral. So to clarify my stance is

1661
03:07:51,866 --> 03:07:54,499
the fact that. At the roads meeting, it was requested

1662
03:07:54,539 --> 03:07:57,935
that we get the backup. The backup was only shared

1663
03:07:57,975 --> 03:08:01,195
with five members of this Council. And when it was

1664
03:08:01,316 --> 03:08:04,575
shared on Monday of this week, it was acknowledged that

1665
03:08:04,676 --> 03:08:06,815
there was a reduction in the price of the contract,

1666
03:08:06,815 --> 03:08:10,431
which is positive news. Please don't misunderstand my comment. Um,

1667
03:08:10,772 --> 03:08:13,711
but it wasn't shared where the balancer council. So the

1668
03:08:13,732 --> 03:08:17,551
report that was presented as part of our agenda and

1669
03:08:17,572 --> 03:08:20,591
presented by the chair had an incorrect number in it.

1670
03:08:22,185 --> 03:08:25,504
Also on that backup. And again, I will restate, and

1671
03:08:25,504 --> 03:08:28,322
I'm sure I'm about to be confirmed. That the typo

1672
03:08:28,362 --> 03:08:31,362
on the report that shows a potential savings of another

1673
03:08:31,863 --> 03:08:34,562
637, 000 dollars, which I really don't believe is there.

1674
03:08:35,720 --> 03:08:38,374
But my issue is the timing. And the fact that

1675
03:08:39,195 --> 03:08:41,734
if a contract changes and is going to be presented

1676
03:08:41,755 --> 03:08:44,934
to this Council, why all of Council was not made

1677
03:08:45,115 --> 03:08:48,294
aware of that contract change, why it wasn't changed in

1678
03:08:48,334 --> 03:08:50,774
the agenda, why the chair of the committee wasn't even

1679
03:08:50,795 --> 03:08:54,374
aware that the contract price had changed. And that only

1680
03:08:54,395 --> 03:08:57,094
five of us that requested the additional backup after that

1681
03:08:57,195 --> 03:09:01,043
meeting were made aware of it. It's a committee of

1682
03:09:01,144 --> 03:09:07,464
16. We're making a 13 million dollar decision. On incomplete

1683
03:09:07,485 --> 03:09:13,028
and inaccurate information. That's why I asked for the deferral.

1684
03:09:13,028 --> 03:09:16,400
Thank you. So. I don't know how you want to

1685
03:09:16,400 --> 03:09:20,893
answer that. Please up to the mic because we're streaming.

1686
03:09:25,333 --> 03:09:30,900
Just introduce yourself for everybody. There we go. All right.

1687
03:09:32,518 --> 03:09:34,097
Thank you everyone for taking the time to hear me.

1688
03:09:34,754 --> 03:09:39,618
I'm Ryan Turkwithawn Construction. First off, I apologise for the

1689
03:09:39,799 --> 03:09:45,448
typo. I've printed a copy of Miller's electrics quotation. They

1690
03:09:45,488 --> 03:09:48,968
were the high bid. And I am mistyped. That's completely

1691
03:09:48,989 --> 03:09:54,118
on me. They were high bid and not relevant. In

1692
03:09:54,158 --> 03:09:58,391
the numbers that we've presented. We've been pushing really hard

1693
03:09:58,492 --> 03:10:01,751
to advance this project. We were supposed to break ground

1694
03:10:01,772 --> 03:10:04,235
in the fall of last year. We've had a number

1695
03:10:04,275 --> 03:10:09,435
of challenges with municipal approvals for our site plant approval

1696
03:10:09,536 --> 03:10:12,836
and our permit. We're to point now, we're ready to

1697
03:10:12,836 --> 03:10:17,766
go. And I'm concerned that if we lose this summer,

1698
03:10:17,766 --> 03:10:22,806
I have almost 1, 600 cubic metres of concrete to

1699
03:10:22,806 --> 03:10:25,872
poor in this foundation. You guys have seen an Arthur

1700
03:10:25,973 --> 03:10:29,072
and other structures. The foundation walls and the footings are

1701
03:10:29,112 --> 03:10:32,520
huge. If I have to pour and construct the foundation

1702
03:10:32,541 --> 03:10:36,200
in the cold weather, I pay a winter premium on

1703
03:10:36,221 --> 03:10:39,539
every metre of concrete that I buy. And we have

1704
03:10:39,539 --> 03:10:42,099
to tarp and heat the concrete so that it cures

1705
03:10:42,139 --> 03:10:45,539
properly. We're all here. So I want to take the

1706
03:10:45,579 --> 03:10:48,259
time if there's questions and the more information I can

1707
03:10:48,299 --> 03:10:53,439
provide to you. This is an open book process. I

1708
03:10:53,460 --> 03:10:55,919
would love to still hit the ground this summer and

1709
03:10:55,959 --> 03:10:58,879
take advantage of the warm months that we have. This

1710
03:10:58,879 --> 03:11:02,719
project is bigger than other sites. We have quite a

1711
03:11:02,719 --> 03:11:05,839
bit of site civil work to do for stormwater management,

1712
03:11:05,839 --> 03:11:09,523
grey water management. And the sanitary system. To lose the

1713
03:11:09,624 --> 03:11:14,403
summer months, I'm going to be increasing the GMP to

1714
03:11:14,424 --> 03:11:17,743
deal with the winter working costs. Frost removal and the

1715
03:11:17,743 --> 03:11:21,051
tarping and the heating. If the chance that I can

1716
03:11:21,091 --> 03:11:23,131
at least get a summary of what can make that

1717
03:11:23,392 --> 03:11:27,531
clearer to you or the financial reports, I'm certainly happy

1718
03:11:27,571 --> 03:11:31,716
to do so. I issued a revised GMP earlier this

1719
03:11:31,756 --> 03:11:35,476
week that brought the GMP down by approximately 63, 000.

1720
03:11:36,286 --> 03:11:38,585
Though that's based on two items being removed from our

1721
03:11:38,686 --> 03:11:43,020
scope. We had allowed for asphalt to be installed under

1722
03:11:43,281 --> 03:11:45,580
the second salt dome that is no longer going to

1723
03:11:45,620 --> 03:11:48,780
be demolished. So that's going to stay. So I backed

1724
03:11:48,820 --> 03:11:52,306
out the cost for that asphalt. I also had cost

1725
03:11:52,407 --> 03:11:55,586
in for the second entrance into the property, which has

1726
03:11:55,586 --> 03:11:58,810
been completed by the County staff. So those two items

1727
03:11:58,911 --> 03:12:02,010
were backed out of the GMP, reducing the GMP by

1728
03:12:02,191 --> 03:12:06,302
63, 000. Again, if the way that I can answer

1729
03:12:06,563 --> 03:12:09,902
questions or help keep this project moving, that is our

1730
03:12:09,923 --> 03:12:17,752
goal. Go ahead, Mr. Wilson Wilson. Mr. Turkey, do you

1731
03:12:17,752 --> 03:12:27,383
confirm. New GMP. Off memory, it's 13, 163, 000. I

1732
03:12:27,404 --> 03:12:33,268
didn't bring my glasses to the podium here. One million,

1733
03:12:33,268 --> 03:12:42,125
13, 163, 531 dollars. Okay, so the issues in the

1734
03:12:42,165 --> 03:12:44,445
room. Number one is the timing of the information as

1735
03:12:44,445 --> 03:12:48,232
it went out. Agreed. Okay. We've got that issue. So

1736
03:12:49,133 --> 03:12:52,591
now that we've recognised that, we've recognised the typo. The

1737
03:12:52,631 --> 03:12:55,471
issue now is, is there an appetite to find a

1738
03:12:55,511 --> 03:12:57,849
way around this deferral to get them to work. Or

1739
03:12:57,849 --> 03:13:01,529
do we want to maintain the deferral? As the mover

1740
03:13:01,529 --> 03:13:03,669
of the deferral, what, and I'm not trying to put

1741
03:13:03,669 --> 03:13:06,409
you on the spot. But what would you need to

1742
03:13:06,590 --> 03:13:10,489
allow this to go ahead? If Council is satisfied with

1743
03:13:10,590 --> 03:13:17,494
the numbers as they stand. I have no interest in

1744
03:13:17,534 --> 03:13:19,734
deferring this project if it's going to add to the

1745
03:13:19,755 --> 03:13:23,132
costs of the project. My point is simply we are

1746
03:13:23,173 --> 03:13:25,472
a Council of 16 people. We all deserve the information

1747
03:13:25,973 --> 03:13:30,457
up front before any decision is made. We now have

1748
03:13:30,558 --> 03:13:35,188
confirmation from the gentleman, the prepared it. That the numbers

1749
03:13:35,209 --> 03:13:38,148
are correct. So as long as we correct the motion

1750
03:13:39,769 --> 03:13:42,228
to the correct amount, I will back down on the

1751
03:13:42,409 --> 03:13:44,868
deferral. I'm not trying to delay the project. I'm not

1752
03:13:44,868 --> 03:13:47,690
trying to stop the project. But I think we need

1753
03:13:47,730 --> 03:13:50,410
to make a valid point that when new information comes

1754
03:13:50,431 --> 03:13:55,910
out, it's shared with everybody. Not just the people we're

1755
03:13:55,910 --> 03:14:00,561
bold enough to ask for. It. And that's, that's a

1756
03:14:00,561 --> 03:14:03,946
strictly reasonable point. And especially a project of this magnitude

1757
03:14:04,767 --> 03:14:07,679
Councillor Duncan. I was just going to say, I think

1758
03:14:08,060 --> 03:14:10,519
the message, what, I think the message has been received

1759
03:14:10,540 --> 03:14:13,506
on the, uh. On the sending out of the information

1760
03:14:14,327 --> 03:14:18,146
after, after that meeting. Um, you know, I would be

1761
03:14:18,167 --> 03:14:21,006
supportive of us doing a reconsideration, bringing us forward. Um,

1762
03:14:21,127 --> 03:14:24,146
you know, in the last 18 months, there's somewhere between

1763
03:14:24,327 --> 03:14:28,306
850, 1, 000 new homes have been built out that

1764
03:14:28,346 --> 03:14:30,786
section of the County. The sooner this garage can get

1765
03:14:30,786 --> 03:14:32,866
going, you know, I can continue the excellent work that

1766
03:14:33,047 --> 03:14:37,086
the roads committee does. Um, are the roads committee. The

1767
03:14:37,086 --> 03:14:39,346
road staff does, uh, and, you know, and looking after

1768
03:14:39,527 --> 03:14:42,626
the service needs of those people. Uh, you know, one

1769
03:14:42,666 --> 03:14:44,386
of the reasons of bringing this garage forward and not

1770
03:14:44,386 --> 03:14:48,146
doing an amalgamated, uh, job, right, was that this would,

1771
03:14:48,146 --> 03:14:51,986
um, allow us to maintain or enhance the service level

1772
03:14:52,247 --> 03:14:54,626
for our residence. So, um, I think, I think we

1773
03:14:54,666 --> 03:14:57,266
all know too. Everyone knows here. If you can construct

1774
03:14:57,287 --> 03:15:02,066
something in the nicer weather in the summer and fall

1775
03:15:02,087 --> 03:15:05,746
months, especially the critical parts of pouring, uh, concrete that

1776
03:15:05,767 --> 03:15:08,306
it's best for the project in the long run. So,

1777
03:15:08,306 --> 03:15:11,719
um, I think we should do a reconsideration. Council Breen.

1778
03:15:12,715 --> 03:15:14,854
In my mind, the only reason to defer a motion

1779
03:15:14,894 --> 03:15:17,014
is if there's new information that's going to come that

1780
03:15:17,054 --> 03:15:21,094
might change the outcome of the motion. And I'm reasonably

1781
03:15:21,115 --> 03:15:23,814
confident. I could be convinced otherwise that we've now got

1782
03:15:23,854 --> 03:15:26,756
the information that we've, that we needed. And if we

1783
03:15:27,257 --> 03:15:30,356
defer this till 2029, I think we're going to end

1784
03:15:30,356 --> 03:15:31,956
up making the same decision. We're just going to end

1785
03:15:31,956 --> 03:15:34,061
up costing us more money. So I think probably the

1786
03:15:34,101 --> 03:15:36,681
right course here, unless there's something that I'm missing. And

1787
03:15:36,681 --> 03:15:38,861
I accept that that's a possibility. That's for something I'm

1788
03:15:38,861 --> 03:15:42,141
missing. I don't think that waiting until September is going

1789
03:15:42,141 --> 03:15:45,742
to change anything except make it cost more money. So

1790
03:15:45,923 --> 03:15:49,182
I do think that there's been a message sent that

1791
03:15:49,182 --> 03:15:50,782
I assume has been received. And I think it's an

1792
03:15:50,803 --> 03:15:52,702
important one. But I think we need to separate that

1793
03:15:52,723 --> 03:15:55,342
from this. And that I think it's probably time to

1794
03:15:55,342 --> 03:16:00,862
have a motion for, uh, reconsideration. Um, I think Councillor

1795
03:16:00,902 --> 03:16:03,102
Duncan sort of insinuated that he'd be willing to pass

1796
03:16:03,142 --> 03:16:06,062
it or sorry to make it. I'd be willing to

1797
03:16:06,102 --> 03:16:07,582
second it. If it makes more sense to make the

1798
03:16:07,622 --> 03:16:09,102
original people do it. I don't care. But I think

1799
03:16:09,102 --> 03:16:11,982
we should move on. It procedurally doesn't matter who does

1800
03:16:12,022 --> 03:16:18,304
a reconsider. You all voted. Okay. Um, I'm going to

1801
03:16:18,304 --> 03:16:20,104
put the motion on the floor cause we're actually talking

1802
03:16:20,104 --> 03:16:22,224
about it before we're getting there. Did you want to

1803
03:16:22,224 --> 03:16:26,344
make that motion Councillor Duncan then? To reconsider the deferral

1804
03:16:27,245 --> 03:16:33,111
seconded by Councillor Breen Councillor Lennox. That's correct. Thank you,

1805
03:16:33,111 --> 03:16:35,991
Ward. And I agree that deferral doesn't necessarily have to

1806
03:16:36,012 --> 03:16:38,871
happen here. But I am quite disturbed by the fact

1807
03:16:38,911 --> 03:16:41,991
that we were asked to vote on a motion, which

1808
03:16:41,991 --> 03:16:45,429
had incorrect information. I find that very disturbing. If that

1809
03:16:45,429 --> 03:16:49,189
information was available, then why was that motion not corrected?

1810
03:16:49,189 --> 03:16:51,189
And I don't know where the accountability for that lies.

1811
03:16:51,189 --> 03:16:52,949
But I do believe there needs to be accountability for

1812
03:16:52,989 --> 03:17:00,224
it. Okay. Point made. Um, motion on the floor. So

1813
03:17:00,224 --> 03:17:02,024
one is to reconsider the deferral to get the project

1814
03:17:02,045 --> 03:17:04,584
moving ahead. Two other items in the room is the

1815
03:17:04,605 --> 03:17:07,891
timeliness. In terms of when the information went out and

1816
03:17:07,931 --> 03:17:10,872
who it all went to. And how that occurred. And

1817
03:17:10,872 --> 03:17:14,591
had a report with an incorrect number. Correct? Okay. So

1818
03:17:15,252 --> 03:17:20,487
back to the reconsideration motion. It's a funny look. Back

1819
03:17:20,487 --> 03:17:25,535
to the reconsideration motion. Which would undefer it and pass

1820
03:17:25,575 --> 03:17:29,412
it with the correct numbers. Yes, sir. We're going to

1821
03:17:29,633 --> 03:17:31,772
reread the motion before we pass it with the correct

1822
03:17:31,793 --> 03:17:37,202
number. So the ambiguity. Okay. So we've got to mover

1823
03:17:37,303 --> 03:17:39,122
and a second. Can I have the motion red please

1824
03:17:39,223 --> 03:17:41,122
with the correct number? Or can I read it or

1825
03:17:41,162 --> 03:17:45,755
you read it? Who's got it? Oh, voting on reconsideration.

1826
03:17:45,795 --> 03:17:50,602
Well, okay. All in favor. To reconsider the deferral. Thank

1827
03:17:50,602 --> 03:17:58,135
you. Sorry. Now motion for. Approval of the project. Stated.

1828
03:17:59,330 --> 03:18:01,069
I'm going to get it red so we know we're

1829
03:18:01,109 --> 03:18:04,130
talking about. So it's item four on the roads agenda.

1830
03:18:04,714 --> 03:18:09,763
Yeah. Okay. Thank you. Yeah. Read it, please. Get the

1831
03:18:09,803 --> 03:18:12,723
right number, eh? The motion will read that the construction

1832
03:18:13,064 --> 03:18:16,723
contract for the Aaron Garage bewarted to Dawn construction limited

1833
03:18:16,763 --> 03:18:23,523
of Waterloo at the total contract amount of 13, 163,

1834
03:18:24,184 --> 03:18:30,349
531 dollars. Excluding HST at 13 percent and that the

1835
03:18:30,349 --> 03:18:33,149
budget is outline in the financial summary be approved and

1836
03:18:33,149 --> 03:18:35,229
that the warden and clerk be authorized to sign the

1837
03:18:35,229 --> 03:18:39,834
necessary construction agreements. That is the motion on the floor.

1838
03:18:39,834 --> 03:18:45,454
Any further comments, questions. Mover and seconder. I thought I

1839
03:18:45,454 --> 03:18:47,934
had those already for this one. Move by Councillor Davidson,

1840
03:18:47,934 --> 03:18:53,163
second by Councillor Turton. All in favor. That is carried.

1841
03:18:53,163 --> 03:18:55,163
Thank you and the takeaway is in the room. We'll

1842
03:18:55,203 --> 03:18:58,363
probably bring it back to Rhodes. We'll look into, it's

1843
03:18:58,363 --> 03:19:00,843
an absolutely legitimate concern if the incorrect number, we will

1844
03:19:00,843 --> 03:19:03,753
look back into that. All right. And the timing. Thank

1845
03:19:03,753 --> 03:19:06,793
you for your presentation, sir. Appreciate it. Thank you, Evan,

1846
03:19:06,793 --> 03:19:10,403
for your time. All right. Thank you. Go ahead. Council

1847
03:19:11,544 --> 03:19:18,844
Wilson would like to speak. Thank you Council. I believe

1848
03:19:19,265 --> 03:19:22,473
the right course of action was ultimately taken. And I

1849
03:19:22,473 --> 03:19:26,156
hope there's no mistake about who's responsible. For this, uh,

1850
03:19:26,997 --> 03:19:30,496
issue, this lack of information getting to Council. It's my

1851
03:19:30,517 --> 03:19:40,443
responsibility. Okay. Um, free to move along then. Moving

1852
03:19:40,443 --> 03:19:46,043
into proposed proposed bylaw resolution, refer to Council, Mr. Turton,

1853
03:19:46,043 --> 03:19:51,243
please. Thank you, Mr. Warden. Resolution has moved by myself.

1854
03:19:51,243 --> 03:19:56,683
Second by Councillor Greg Davidson. That bylaws 5983 - 26.

1855
03:19:57,254 --> 03:20:03,473
And 5986 - 26 to 5990, 26. Be considered and

1856
03:20:03,473 --> 03:20:05,553
referred to Council by 3rd Reedy.

1857
03:20:13,283 --> 03:20:16,062
I have the motion as read. Call the question all

1858
03:20:16,062 --> 03:20:25,971
in favor. That's barely carried. Thank you. We're moving into

1859
03:20:26,152 --> 03:20:29,491
reports from staff. And, but just before we move on,

1860
03:20:29,491 --> 03:20:31,971
I just want to thank Council for their indulgence in

1861
03:20:32,011 --> 03:20:34,291
moving back on that. I think it is the right

1862
03:20:34,312 --> 03:20:36,977
decision. Any deferral might have cost. And as long as

1863
03:20:36,977 --> 03:20:40,137
you're comfortable with those numbers. All right. Would you like

1864
03:20:40,137 --> 03:20:42,617
to give us a little update on the home energy

1865
03:20:42,718 --> 03:20:48,866
efficiency retrofit program request for proposals. Welcome. The floor is

1866
03:20:48,866 --> 03:20:54,767
yours. Karen. Thank you. And good afternoon, everyone. So in

1867
03:20:54,767 --> 03:20:58,527
the planning report, um, Councillor City had mentioned that we

1868
03:20:58,628 --> 03:21:01,247
have an RFP that was posted for the home energy

1869
03:21:01,428 --> 03:21:05,487
efficiency transition program. This is our home energy retrofit financing

1870
03:21:05,588 --> 03:21:10,127
program where, um, uh, so we've put out an RFP

1871
03:21:10,167 --> 03:21:13,767
for the third party administrator and reviewed those submissions. We

1872
03:21:13,767 --> 03:21:19,087
are fortunate to have five very competitive submissions on that.

1873
03:21:19,087 --> 03:21:25,407
And we have selected enviro centre as the winning proposal

1874
03:21:25,908 --> 03:21:29,787
on that. So the recommendation is that in virocenter, um,

1875
03:21:30,788 --> 03:21:33,487
that the proposal from in viral for an upset limit

1876
03:21:33,527 --> 03:21:38,767
of 550, 130, 000 dollars be awarded the third party

1877
03:21:38,807 --> 03:21:45,435
heat administrator contract. So he's got a resolution. If you

1878
03:21:45,435 --> 03:21:47,275
have something for me, Mr. Seelen, then we'll talk about

1879
03:21:47,275 --> 03:21:53,535
it. Gotcha. Cared when I thought they'd come again. Uh,

1880
03:21:53,575 --> 03:21:57,055
so the resolution is moved by myself. Second of all,

1881
03:21:57,095 --> 03:21:59,855
Councillor Cork that proposal from Enviro Centre for an upset

1882
03:21:59,876 --> 03:22:04,440
limit of 550, 130 dollars be awarded. The heat third

1883
03:22:04,461 --> 03:22:09,545
party administrator contract. Thank you. There is the motion as

1884
03:22:09,966 --> 03:22:12,345
read comments, questions on that. I think we've seen this

1885
03:22:12,526 --> 03:22:20,921
a few times. Go ahead, Councillor O'Neill. Council.

1886
03:22:25,053 --> 03:22:30,822
Thank you, Warden. Um, again. I appreciate that Enviro Centre

1887
03:22:30,862 --> 03:22:36,614
had got 97 score. But we don't have any figures.

1888
03:22:36,614 --> 03:22:42,694
Again, what did our second place group at 89 get,

1889
03:22:42,694 --> 03:22:46,789
what was their price. So maybe their price was higher.

1890
03:22:46,789 --> 03:22:49,749
Maybe it was lower, but we don't know. We still

1891
03:22:49,749 --> 03:22:53,103
don't have the information. And I really don't appreciate that.

1892
03:22:54,496 --> 03:22:59,595
So I'd like more information. Maybe windfall was 600, 000.

1893
03:22:59,595 --> 03:23:01,275
So the right of the running, maybe it was 200,

1894
03:23:01,275 --> 03:23:09,467
000. I think we need more information on that. Any

1895
03:23:09,488 --> 03:23:15,184
thoughts. Um, sure. I can respond to that. Yep. Please.

1896
03:23:15,765 --> 03:23:19,744
Uh, the upset limit for the contract. It was 556,

1897
03:23:19,784 --> 03:23:24,144
000 dollars was posted in the RFP and the submissions,

1898
03:23:24,144 --> 03:23:27,344
all five submissions came in within a few thousand dollars

1899
03:23:27,925 --> 03:23:31,104
of each other and very close to that, that limit.

1900
03:23:31,104 --> 03:23:36,837
And I don't know if Eric wanted to add. Did

1901
03:23:36,877 --> 03:23:39,077
you want to come up here, please?

1902
03:24:00,850 --> 03:24:03,789
Thank you and through your chair. Uh, the five bids

1903
03:24:03,789 --> 03:24:06,509
received, I will list the pricing in order from lowest

1904
03:24:06,509 --> 03:24:10,009
to highest. The lowest price we received was for 547,

1905
03:24:10,049 --> 03:24:15,316
000. The second lowest was 550, 000. The third 553,

1906
03:24:15,977 --> 03:24:23,667
460. Then 555, 999 dollars below the listed price and

1907
03:24:23,667 --> 03:24:27,107
the fifth in highest was for exactly 556, 000 dollars.

1908
03:24:28,188 --> 03:24:36,605
Thank you. Thanks, Warden. I just don't know why those

1909
03:24:36,645 --> 03:24:42,332
numbers couldn't have been placed on this report. Reasonable question.

1910
03:24:43,567 --> 03:24:53,537
Should have been. Yeah. Who Ken. Cavalry. So I just

1911
03:24:53,537 --> 03:24:56,657
want to ensure that Council understands the difference between an

1912
03:24:56,657 --> 03:24:59,617
RFP and a tender. And an RFP, it's a request

1913
03:24:59,638 --> 03:25:02,822
for proposal. And so in the proposals come in with

1914
03:25:02,923 --> 03:25:07,462
packages that have a scoring attached to it. And pricing

1915
03:25:07,502 --> 03:25:10,851
is just one of them. And, uh, so it's not

1916
03:25:11,272 --> 03:25:15,891
our typical practice to show the pricing of, uh, each

1917
03:25:15,891 --> 03:25:20,371
bid in an RFP. That is tender process. So the

1918
03:25:20,371 --> 03:25:24,051
two different types of processes. So if Council wants to

1919
03:25:24,091 --> 03:25:29,491
see more, uh, information on RFP processes, then we would

1920
03:25:29,491 --> 03:25:32,371
have to change the way we do think, but price

1921
03:25:32,392 --> 03:25:37,368
is not to determining factor. Alone in an RFP process.

1922
03:25:40,191 --> 03:25:45,015
Go ahead. Thanks, Warden. Um, I guess I would say

1923
03:25:45,036 --> 03:25:49,897
that the solid waste service contract. Being an RFP. Had

1924
03:25:49,998 --> 03:25:53,930
a full summer price. Disclosure all the way through it.

1925
03:25:57,140 --> 03:26:00,719
Okay. So I'm going to ask that maybe that item

1926
03:26:01,460 --> 03:26:03,599
about putting all the numbers together. Be referred back to

1927
03:26:03,639 --> 03:26:06,765
AFNHR. And we can decide whether we want it. Change

1928
03:26:06,866 --> 03:26:10,982
the policy or not Councillor Campbell. Thank. You, Warden. So.

1929
03:26:11,638 --> 03:26:14,497
Just on the same vein, and I appreciate the update.

1930
03:26:14,497 --> 03:26:16,888
And I don't have a problem supporting this. But I

1931
03:26:16,888 --> 03:26:19,048
think what Councillor Neal is looking at, I'm putting words

1932
03:26:19,309 --> 03:26:22,008
in a smoth is some consistency on the information that

1933
03:26:22,008 --> 03:26:26,427
Council receives. So normally we do get pricing. We also

1934
03:26:26,608 --> 03:26:29,147
normally get a financial backup sheet that says this is

1935
03:26:29,187 --> 03:26:30,507
how we're going to pay for it. So I mean,

1936
03:26:30,507 --> 03:26:32,827
if this was under 500, 000 dollars, it could have

1937
03:26:32,827 --> 03:26:36,184
been improved by staff. We wouldn't even have seen it.

1938
03:26:36,184 --> 03:26:38,264
We'd have driven on with a contract. But because it

1939
03:26:38,264 --> 03:26:42,504
crossed that 500, 000 dollar threshold normally treasury gives us

1940
03:26:42,685 --> 03:26:44,824
a listing. Now I appreciate this is a multi -

1941
03:26:44,824 --> 03:26:48,063
year contract. And it's only a hundred thousand dollars a

1942
03:26:48,063 --> 03:26:51,369
year, which is not a lot in our pot. Um,

1943
03:26:51,369 --> 03:26:54,009
but normally the background to this that says, okay, here

1944
03:26:54,030 --> 03:26:57,129
was the pricing. Here's our recommendation to award. And here's

1945
03:26:57,129 --> 03:26:59,476
how we're going to pay for it. So that component

1946
03:26:59,497 --> 03:27:03,556
also missing out of this particular document. So no issue

1947
03:27:03,556 --> 03:27:07,236
passing it today, but I just think some consistency in

1948
03:27:07,236 --> 03:27:09,236
the way the reports are coming out with the level

1949
03:27:09,276 --> 03:27:12,196
of detail would make life a whole lot easier, especially

1950
03:27:12,217 --> 03:27:15,716
when you're getting a report the day before Council meeting.

1951
03:27:16,373 --> 03:27:19,768
There's no committee review. There's no chance to talk about

1952
03:27:19,869 --> 03:27:22,335
it. Here's the numbers and we're voting on it tomorrow.

1953
03:27:23,446 --> 03:27:25,385
Make sure you show up on time. And I'll, by

1954
03:27:25,385 --> 03:27:28,037
the way, we're not doing pictures. You know, I'm saying

1955
03:27:28,058 --> 03:27:31,157
like it just. Anyways, I've had my spiel. Thank you.

1956
03:27:31,578 --> 03:27:33,557
Okay. So we're going to put that on the next

1957
03:27:33,978 --> 03:27:39,848
AFNHR food review. Okay. Got it. Okay. Where are we?

1958
03:27:40,109 --> 03:27:45,868
Did we vote. Okay. Mover in seconder. So with that

1959
03:27:45,868 --> 03:27:49,708
information and understanding the distinction we've been making and those

1960
03:27:49,748 --> 03:27:51,468
two processes, we will bring it back to eighth and

1961
03:27:51,508 --> 03:27:54,415
HR to make sure the more fulsom information. On other

1962
03:27:54,415 --> 03:27:56,818
items like this and forward. That'll go to that committee

1963
03:27:56,919 --> 03:27:59,671
and then back through. Fair enough. Then I will call

1964
03:27:59,772 --> 03:28:03,443
the question all in favor. That is carried. Thank you

1965
03:28:03,443 --> 03:28:07,123
very much. Thank you, Karen. Appreciate it. Resolution to committee

1966
03:28:07,163 --> 03:28:12,973
of the whole rising report Councillor. Oh, see, I wasn't

1967
03:28:12,994 --> 03:28:16,706
going to embarrass you this time. Councillor Cork. Thank you,

1968
03:28:16,746 --> 03:28:20,688
Warden. Moved by myself and seconded by Councillor Seeley. The

1969
03:28:20,688 --> 03:28:23,248
committee of the whole rise. It's Council to report and

1970
03:28:23,248 --> 03:28:25,924
confirm the action taken in committee of the whole. Thing.

1971
03:28:29,735 --> 03:28:32,514
I have the motion as red. Called a question all

1972
03:28:32,554 --> 03:28:37,218
in favor. That is carried. Thank you very much. Resolution

1973
03:28:37,239 --> 03:28:42,501
to adopt action of Councillor Lloyd. Through you, Warden. I

1974
03:28:42,501 --> 03:28:45,181
have a motion move by myself. And seconded by Councillor

1975
03:28:45,202 --> 03:28:47,421
Shawn Watters that the action's taken in committee of the

1976
03:28:47,602 --> 03:28:50,701
whole today be confirmed by this committee, this Council and

1977
03:28:50,701 --> 03:28:55,996
the minutes from the committees be adopted. I have the

1978
03:28:56,036 --> 03:28:59,054
motion as red. Call a question all in favor. That

1979
03:28:59,094 --> 03:29:01,774
is Carried. Thank you very much. Resolution for third reading

1980
03:29:01,774 --> 03:29:06,079
of bylaws Councillor Cork. Thank you, Warden. Move by myself

1981
03:29:06,500 --> 03:29:10,741
and seconded by Councillor Anderson. The bylaw is 598 326

1982
03:29:11,242 --> 03:29:16,021
and 598 626 to 599. Oh 26 be taken as

1983
03:29:16,202 --> 03:29:21,847
read a third time. By the clerk and pass. I

1984
03:29:21,887 --> 03:29:25,872
have the motion as read comments questions. Call the question

1985
03:29:25,893 --> 03:29:31,493
all in all in favor. That's carried. Your mic's on,

1986
03:29:31,493 --> 03:29:34,743
you confuse me. No motions. All right. Well have a

1987
03:29:34,743 --> 03:29:38,103
good summer everybody. And this meeting is officially adjourned. Thank

1988
03:29:38,103 --> 03:29:42,162
you. Thank you. Thank you.