[1:25] All right, good morning everyone. Welcome to our final meeting
[1:27] of this. Quarter. Is that how that works? I just
[1:32] have a couple of remarks. Actually, we got a nice
[1:37] thank you letter from the Allora Festival with regards to
[1:40] the Gambl Barn, where we make it available for their
[1:44] festival every year. You know, they've got 4, 000 patrons
[1:47] who go in there and they'd like to extend a
[1:48] sincere gratitude for the County of Wellington General Support of
[1:51] the Allora Festival, and in particular, for the use of
[1:55] the Gambl Barnes. So congratulations to Council to continue to
[1:58] do that and support this important festival in our community.
[2:01] With that, the Roll Call, please, Mr. Wilson. Thank you.
[2:08] Ordinary. Here. Councillor Corey.
[2:34] Here. Hey, either. Here. All right. Any declaration peuniar interest.
[2:44] Hearing it seeing non - confirmation of Council Minister Council
[2:46] Waters. Thank you, Warden. Moved by myself and second by
[2:53] Councillor Doug Breen, that the minutes of a Council meeting
[2:56] held on May 28, 2026, be confirmed and recorded and
[3:01] distributed. Thank you. I have the motion as read all
[3:09] in favor. That is, Carried, thank you. Resolution to permit
[3:14] presentations and delegations Councillor Cork. Yeah, you're working now.
[3:27] Have you got it? All right, what was with Councillor
[3:30] Dane, and we thought since you're such a caring individual,
[3:32] you'd want to step up, but that's all right. Jeff
[3:35] can do it. Go ahead, Jeff.
[3:49] Councillor Dane is off with a severe foot issue. Okay,
[3:53] I have the motion as red, all in favor. That
[3:57] is Carig, thank you. Now it's my pleasure to have
[4:00] the indigenous history inheritage gathering presentation committee here today. The
[4:05] indigenous advisory committee. Welcome. Step up. I'll turn the floor
[4:10] over to you. And we have a presentation, so I'm
[4:14] getting shifted. Is that right?
[4:35] Turned. On. Yeah. Good.
[4:49] It's a bit of a spotlight on me right now.
[5:17] Anikiwa, Badasegay Gizandija's Architract Dodom. I'm Jenny Matthews. I'm a
[5:23] member of the Wim Kong First Nation located on Manitou
[5:26] and Ireland, which are the homelands of the people of
[5:28] the Three Fire Confederacy. I grew up in lines head
[5:32] on the sogging peninsula on the Georgian Bay side. I
[5:35] currently live in Ancastor, and I work in Guelph for
[5:37] the County of Wellington Social Services. I'm here today as
[5:40] a member of the Indigenous Advisory Committee, along with Colleen
[5:44] Brunel. Melanie ElmQuist. And Kristen Simone's was not able to
[5:50] be here today. The IAC attended the indigenous history and
[5:58] historical gathering in Winnipeg at the beginning of March this
[6:00] year. This gathering, this gathering was initially scheduled for June
[6:06] 2025, but was rescheduled to March of this year. June,
[6:11] 2025, marked a decade since the truth and reconciliation commission
[6:14] presented the 94 calls to action. This event was meant
[6:18] to provide space to reflect on the progress made and
[6:20] discuss the path forward. It brings together diver's groups who
[6:24] are working to amplify the distinct stories of indigenous people
[6:28] across Turtle Island. Just as a side note, I normally
[6:32] don't speak from notes, so I'm going to try to
[6:34] turtle island for anyone that isn't familiar with that term
[6:38] is we refer to that as all of North America.
[6:41] So if you look at a map, it kind of
[6:44] looks like a turtle. So when I'm, we're staying turtle
[6:46] island, that's what we're referring to. So that's not Canada.
[6:49] That's not the US. It's not Mexico. It's that whole
[6:51] piece. All right. So we went on a field trip.
[6:58] We went on a few field trips. So one of
[7:00] the things here is I think it's important to look
[7:02] at the 14 of the 94 calls to action have
[7:06] been completed in a decade. So some have been started.
[7:11] Some have been not started, but only 14 are what
[7:15] are considered completed. So that is a low number, in
[7:20] my opinion. Another reason it was important to have this
[7:23] group together, to talk about what to do to move
[7:26] that agenda forward. We went on a field trip to
[7:29] the National Centre for Truth and Reconciliation Museum. This is
[7:33] a small but impactable collection of testimonies, historical artifacts, and
[7:36] the Bentwood box. The Bentwood box travelled with the TRC
[7:41] to its eight national events throughout Canada where people were
[7:45] able to put personal items into the box to symbolize
[7:49] their journey towards healing and expressions of reconciliation. Thousands of
[7:53] items from across the country including photographs. Reports, books, drums
[8:01] knitted baby blankets, beaded moccasins, prayer shawls, suitcases, and a
[8:06] warrior's bow with Eagle feathers were donated to this collection.
[8:09] Each side of the box holds meeting and it was
[8:11] very special to be able to see this piece of
[8:13] history. The result is sacred fire outside, so we were
[8:16] able to offer tobacco. The gathering started with smudging, and
[8:22] then the national student Memorial Banner was brought into the
[8:25] room. A Quillick was also lit, which is a traditional
[8:29] oil lamp used by the Inuit as a source of
[8:32] heat, light, cooking, and drying of clothes. I had never
[8:35] seen one of these before, and I actually didn't know
[8:37] anything about it. So it was really informative to be
[8:39] able to see this. There are videos of the cloth
[8:43] that can be viewed, but I can tell you from
[8:45] my personal experience that a video will never capture the
[8:47] impact of seeing the cloth. The cloth is 196 feet
[8:51] long. It comes into the room. It passes by you
[8:56] where you can see the names of real children in
[8:59] which school they were at and did not return home
[9:01] from.
[9:21] After the cloth was brought into the room, we heard
[9:23] from elders and survivors.
[9:34] Who spoke about their experiences? We were surprised and disheartened
[9:38] to hear. Of the increase of denialism of the residential
[9:41] school experience. This is the rejection or misrepresentation of basic
[9:47] facts, but residential schooling. In reality, there's confirmation that 4,
[9:53] 000 children died in residen. Schools. Sorry.
[10:03] Thank you. I'm usually not the crying one. It was
[10:11] disgusting the gathering that efforts made to combat this narrative.
[10:16] Did I skip about denialism. Sorry. That's an important part.
[10:26] Um, we were surprised and disheartened to hear of the
[10:28] increase of denialism of the residential school experience. This is
[10:31] the rejection or misrepresentation of basic facts, thinking about the
[10:36] residential school experience. This is the rejection or misrepresentation of
[10:40] basic facts about residential schools to underline truth and reconciliation
[10:44] efforts, including more controversial opinions that the system was well
[10:49] - intentioned. Thank you ladies. It was discussed during the
[10:55] gathering and the efforts that were made to combat this
[10:58] narrative. It was a heavy night to start the gathering.
[11:01] And it was highlighted the reality of many people in
[11:04] the room. During the next day, they were amazing youth
[11:07] who were talking about what they were doing in their
[11:09] communities. We started with elders and we moved to the
[11:12] youth. Okay, now I'm going to be a bit happier.
[11:17] That was the morning program. I'm not going to lie.
[11:20] I scoped out the room to find a table close
[11:22] to the front. So I would be able to see
[11:24] the keynote speaker for the day Phyllis Webstad. The founder
[11:27] of the Orange Short Society. I wanted to see Phyllis
[11:31] speak not to see her on the large screens. As
[11:34] we were finishing lunch, I saw a petite woman walking
[11:37] right towards us. I couldn't believe it. It was Phyllis.
[11:41] I can only imagine how my face looked, but I
[11:44] was starstruck. She was so gracious and stopped to speak
[11:48] with us for a bit. To me, she's an inspiration.
[11:53] She spoke to the attendees sharing her journey and story.
[11:57] She is the student that had her orange shirt, her
[12:00] grandma had bought for her. Taken when she got to
[12:02] residential school. I think her sharing her personal experience opened
[12:06] the eyes of a nation. She was warm and engaging
[12:10] and shared her very personal experience of how residential schools
[12:13] impacted her family. She spoke about choosing September for orange
[12:17] shirt day because that is when children were taken from
[12:20] their homes and sent to the schools. She in the
[12:26] orange shirt society were continuously to bring awareness presenting in
[12:29] school's workplaces and communities all across the country. She in
[12:33] the orange church society have created storybooks, workbooks, lesson plans
[12:37] for all ages, survivor videos, and much more. They are
[12:41] a nonprofit organisation in all proceeds from the resources speaking
[12:45] engagements and the licensing of every child matters trademark goes
[12:48] back into the work that they do. We as the
[12:51] IEC get asked by County staff, friends and family, where
[12:56] to buy orange shirts that are reputable. Um, there are
[12:59] many retailers who do donate a portion of the sales
[13:02] to various indigenous organisations, but old Navy and Walmart are
[13:06] two large retailers who directly support the orange shirt society.
[13:12] Lighter. Star Wars. This was one of the lighter moments
[13:16] of the conference Megan Link letter discussed the process that
[13:20] he went through to create a Nyshinabe moan version of
[13:23] Star Wars. He said he chose Star Wars because it's
[13:26] a much love movie that generations could watch together. It
[13:29] was really interesting to hear all that went into this
[13:32] huge project. The version of Star Wars is available on
[13:36] Disney streaming services. Louis Real. This was one spot close
[13:41] to the heart of our chair Colleen Brunel. She had
[13:45] only asked, this was her only ask and it was
[13:49] to go visit this statue. I asked her if she
[13:51] could give me a little information. I did limit her
[13:54] to one or two sentences. She said for her, this
[14:00] statue is about acknowledging the person who fought from A.
[14:03] T. rights and reclaiming his rightful place after generations of
[14:08] stigma against the matee. I will say the winter conditions
[14:13] made it a bit challenging to have us all in
[14:15] the photo. We managed it in the end. So this
[14:18] is a time lapse of us trying to get that
[14:20] photo, keeping in mind it's not warm like today. It
[14:24] was about minus 36 in the beginning of March. The
[14:29] human rights museum. This is a unique building and it
[14:34] spiles from the base all the way up to the
[14:36] top. Walking you through history. The failures, the successes and
[14:41] those who champion human rights, both here in Canada and
[14:44] abroad. There were so many interesting displays we were not
[14:47] able to see everything. I wasn't sure what the museum
[14:51] would be like, but there were so many exhibitions we
[14:53] felt exhibits, sorry, not exhibitions. We all felt we could
[14:57] have spent more time there. Final thoughts. In my over
[15:05] 22 years with the County of Wellington, I have always
[15:08] commented that the County invest in professional development. This opportunity
[15:13] was not only professional development, but personal as well. I
[15:17] think it's important to share this wasn't just a conference
[15:19] that we were sent to. It was a touchstone in
[15:22] our professional and our personal development. It was informative. It
[15:27] was moving. And without a doubt will enrich our perspective.
[15:30] We will bring this to our ongoing work as the
[15:32] IEC. McGwich for the support of this Council, CAO Scott
[15:38] Wilson, Susan Farley and Louisa Artuzzo. They're continued to support
[15:43] the continue to provide to us as employees and specifically
[15:46] as members of the IAC. Viston resources there. My greatch.
[15:55] If anybody has any questions were going to answer them.
[15:58] Thank you very much Council. Comments questions. Well, thank you
[16:04] for that. Obviously extremely powerful extremely touching, very informative. Thank
[16:09] you for going. Thank you for the time to do
[16:12] this. And, um, very on behalf of County Council are
[16:16] very pleased to be able to help support this and
[16:18] continue the work. So again, thank you very much. And
[16:21] it's clearly very personal for you folks. Um, that's a
[16:24] really good thing. All right. Thanks very much.
[16:57] Okay. Uh, resolution first and second reading of the bylaws
[17:00] Councillor Lloyd. Thank you, Warden. Moved by myself and seconded
[17:09] by Councillor Doug Breen that the bylaws 5983 - 26
[17:15] and 5986 to 26. And 5990 to 26 be taken
[17:22] and read the first and second time by the clerk
[17:24] and that they be given consideration in the committee of
[17:26] the whole. I have the motion as read comments questions.
[17:34] Call the question all in favor. That is Carried. Thank
[17:37] you. Resolution moving Council to commit to the whole Councillor
[17:41] Davidson. Yes, Warren, we by myself, seconded by Councillor Turton
[17:45] that Council now go into committee of the whole.
[17:55] I have the motion as read all in favor. That
[17:59] is Carried. Thank you. Closed meeting. Um, who would that
[18:03] be? Councillor Ballantine. Welcome. It's a long one. Okay. Move
[18:09] by myself. Second to buy Councillor Jeff Duncan. That Wellington
[18:14] County Council move into a closed meeting for the purposes
[18:16] of considering the following subject matters. Acquisition and disposition of
[18:20] land by the municipality. Labour relations are employee negotiations, litigation,
[18:25] or potential litigation. Advice that is subject to solicitor client
[18:28] privilege. Information explicitly supplied incompetence by Canada, a province or
[18:32] territory or a crown agency of any of them. Trade
[18:37] secret or scientific technical commercial financial or labour relations information,
[18:42] supplied inconfidence, which if disclosed could reasonably be expected to
[18:45] prejudice the competitive position or interfere with the contractual or
[18:49] other negotiations of a person, group, or organisation, or a
[18:54] position, plan, procedure, criteria, or instruction to be applied to
[18:59] any negotiations, carried on or to be carried on by
[19:03] or on behalf of the municipality or local board. That's
[19:07] it. Alrighty, I have the motion as
[19:17] red all in favor. That is carried. We are going
[19:21] in closed.
[1:39:27] All right, please take your seats. Dave. Dave, no soliciting.
[1:39:37] Okay. Okay, we're all here. We're getting ready. Okay. Hello.
[1:39:44] Is that on. Not using that. Okay, we're getting ready
[1:39:48] to go here now. I want to thank you for
[1:39:51] your patience for that closed meeting. We have nothing to
[1:39:53] report out at this time, so I'm moving to the
[1:39:56] Rhodes Committee. Council Davidson. Welcome, sir. The floor is yours.
[1:40:01] Thank you. Still morning, so good morning, everyone. Rhodes Financials
[1:40:05] and various projections were presented to committee. Minister of Recoveries
[1:40:08] are a head of the budget expectations as a result
[1:40:11] that the sale of sand and salt to our lower
[1:40:15] tier municipalities. And that's all, of course, is offset. Because
[1:40:20] our operating expenses for the purchase of the sand assault.
[1:40:23] So they kind of a wash. Fuel costs are at
[1:40:26] 56 percent of the 1. 3 million dollar budget. We
[1:40:30] use more fuel because of the amount of ploughing we
[1:40:32] did because of our lovely winter snowstorms. And of course,
[1:40:37] the fuel costs are actually higher. And then anticipate it.
[1:40:41] So if you'll cost it up there. Continuing with winter
[1:40:44] control, we still have October, November, and December to deal
[1:40:48] with. And they've averaged between 2. 1 million and 3.
[1:40:53] 2 million over the previous five years. We have approximately
[1:40:57] 1. 7 million left in our budget. So we could
[1:41:01] expect to go over budget, which will be funded through
[1:41:04] with your control reserve. Open Capital Projects are there for
[1:41:08] your review as well. The total approved budget for 67
[1:41:11] projects is 150. 5 million dollars. The next report was
[1:41:16] a request for proposal for construction management services for the
[1:41:19] new Aaron Garage. The construction management model allows the county
[1:41:24] to enter into a single agreement with the construction manager
[1:41:26] to be an advisor during preconstruction and assume the role
[1:41:29] of general contractor for the construction period. Daycon construction limited
[1:41:34] of Guelph are recommended to continue their work into construction
[1:41:37] phase at a total contract amount of 13 million 225,
[1:41:42] 503 dollars and 52 cents exclusive of HST. We'd actually
[1:41:47] received update plan for the allura garage in February. We
[1:41:51] had a report in Council Sauce Mestimates for the rehabilitation
[1:41:55] works of that garage of nearly 2. 2 million dollars.
[1:41:59] Staff continued to refine the costs and for foundation and
[1:42:05] structural improvements and the new cost estimate came in at
[1:42:08] 1. 7 million dollars. After the past two winters, the
[1:42:13] need for more storage of sand and salt is important.
[1:42:17] And it would not be enough at this location with
[1:42:19] the plan works. So staff explored an alternative solution of
[1:42:25] constructing a coverall or a fabric building on site with
[1:42:30] site work costs added in the new Coverall building. It's
[1:42:33] estimated to cost 1. 44 million dollars to construct. And
[1:42:37] the new build would allow 15, 000 tons of material.
[1:42:41] To be stored for winter use at this location, 2,
[1:42:45] 500 in the barn, and a further 12, 500 in
[1:42:49] the new coverall. So that is going to increase the
[1:42:53] amount of sand and salt we have in that location,
[1:42:56] which is a great thing for our county. Committee, appreciate
[1:43:00] staff's efforts to look for alternative solutions while we're doing
[1:43:03] costs and increasing our capabilities. Our next report was on
[1:43:07] the Aaron Glenn commercial plaza and road improvements and Wellington
[1:43:11] Road 124 in Aran. Site plans are included in the
[1:43:15] agenda for your parousal. The primary entrance is going to
[1:43:19] be on County Road 124. The roundabout will be constructed
[1:43:24] between the Glalklin Road and Aaron Park Drive. On the
[1:43:28] 124. And all construction costs will be born by the
[1:43:31] proponents, not the County. Council is being asked to approve
[1:43:36] the roads upgrade amending agreement to allow this to take
[1:43:38] place. And we had another update on the Speed Data
[1:43:42] from the past ASE locations. The data shows that the
[1:43:46] average speeds have increased since the end of ASE, but
[1:43:49] still remain below the speeds observed prior to the ASE.
[1:43:53] And these results that we have given to us are
[1:43:56] consistent with the results we had in March. Additional traffic,
[1:44:00] calving measures have been put in place and some other
[1:44:02] works are still ongoing. And if you recall, this data
[1:44:06] is going to be collected until September. So we'll actually
[1:44:09] get to see how our traffic common measures are faring
[1:44:13] as well. And with that warden, I have moved by
[1:44:17] myself, seconded by Councillor Turton, that the June 9th, 2026
[1:44:20] minutes of the roads committee be received and referred to
[1:44:23] Council for adoption. Cute. I have the motion as read
[1:44:31] comments questions. Councillor Campbell. Thank. You. Through you, Warden, I
[1:44:37] would respectfully request that I am number four. Be withdrawn
[1:44:40] from that motion. For separate discussion. Okay. Number four. Should
[1:44:47] we just deal with that first. Okay. Everybody all right.
[1:44:51] We're going to pull four and deal with it first.
[1:44:55] Would you like to speak to it. Thank you, Orton.
[1:44:58] So item number four, for those of you that are
[1:45:00] hurrying through your agendas is the new Aaron Rose Garage.
[1:45:06] At the committee meeting, it was requested by myself that
[1:45:10] the backup documents for tender submissions be included in the
[1:45:14] package as they had been in the previous package. Question
[1:45:18] was asked whether that was just for me or whether
[1:45:20] it was for other members of Council. The clerk proceeded
[1:45:25] to send an email out saying this request has been
[1:45:27] made. If you'd like this data, please let me know.
[1:45:31] 13 days later, on Monday of this week, that data
[1:45:34] was released. With a correction to this whole bed amount
[1:45:39] reducing it. By 61, 972 dollars. So the dollar amount
[1:45:46] read this morning is incorrect. If you review the document
[1:45:50] that was provided by DaCon, there's another mathematical error and
[1:45:54] their potential. I suspect very highly that it's a typo.
[1:45:58] But under the electrical contract, there's a further savings of
[1:46:02] 637, 000 dollars. 217, which I don't believe is there.
[1:46:07] But I have a serious concern about the fact that
[1:46:09] this was not shared with committee. The five members of
[1:46:13] Council that were given an update on this on Monday
[1:46:15] of this week, only one of them was a member
[1:46:17] of the roads committee. And he's not here today to
[1:46:20] speak to it. But I seriously think this should be
[1:46:23] the fur, should be reviewed by staff. Sent back to
[1:46:26] committee with the proper numbers and then voted on. Thank
[1:46:31] you. All right. Anybody else thoughts or comments on that.
[1:46:38] Councillor O'Neill. Councillor O'Neill, like just my head goes this
[1:46:42] way. It just comes out. Thank you, Wharton. Um, further
[1:46:49] to Councillor Campbell's. Comment about, I think it's just a
[1:46:54] table. It's in the, there's five of us got this.
[1:46:58] It's in the electrical. Miller. S bid is 117, 383
[1:47:05] complete. Yake is 754 600 complete. As Councillor Campbell mentioned
[1:47:12] it's probably a typo. I'm guessing Miller's is 1. 17
[1:47:17] million, but I don't know that. So we've got wrong
[1:47:23] figures here. I completely agree with Councillor Campbell that needs
[1:47:27] to be looked at closer. All right. You want to
[1:47:31] make that motion to defer item four. Absolutely. You're worship.
[1:47:36] I would motion that item for be deferred back to
[1:47:39] committee. For review. Second of my Councillor Neal. Anything further
[1:47:44] on item four. Call the question to defer all in
[1:47:48] favor. For, sorry, did you want to say something, Matthew?
[1:47:53] Did I miss you? Well, you've got two arms. You
[1:48:00] can vote either way. Okay. Thank you. Okay. So that's
[1:48:04] going to go back to committee. Understood. All right. Thank
[1:48:08] you. So going back to the rest of the roads
[1:48:11] minutes and a further comments or questions on that. Councillor
[1:48:14] Ballantine. I just want to thank County staff and Council
[1:48:18] for their ongoing support of rich community experiences within the
[1:48:22] County, um, as noted, uh, they've taken into consideration the
[1:48:26] allura festival and the use of the gambl barn and
[1:48:29] also thought of a solution that's going to provide better
[1:48:31] winter control, um, for our residents. And so the, the
[1:48:36] allure festivals also shared a letter with Council to thank
[1:48:40] them and acknowledge that they appreciate the use of the
[1:48:44] acoustically significant, I guess is the way that you would
[1:48:47] put it for the Gambl Barn for that festival. And
[1:48:50] we know that that's a great draw for the County.
[1:48:53] Um, so I appreciate Council support for that as well
[1:48:56] as, um, the staff for thinking outside the box. Thank
[1:49:03] you. Councillor Lloyd. Thank you Warden through you. Um, the
[1:49:09] ongoing work that's being done on Getty Street in Ilora.
[1:49:15] I really appreciate that we have a staff that is
[1:49:18] willing to work with us, talk with us about the
[1:49:20] situation of getting it prepared for completion and recognising that
[1:49:27] what was there, which was historic is being now, uh,
[1:49:31] covered over with what could be termed as some sense
[1:49:35] looking like a NASCAR, uh, drive - thru. So, um,
[1:49:39] I really pleased and appreciate the fact that our staff
[1:49:43] is willing to work with our community and with the
[1:49:46] construction company to see if we can come to a
[1:49:49] little bit more of an appreciative look or a nicer
[1:49:52] look along that strip. Thanks. All right. Thank you. I
[1:49:56] will call the question then. Councillor Duncan, you got something
[1:50:00] to say. Go ahead. Um, just a question for clarification.
[1:50:05] So just on the, uh, the new roundabout that's proposed
[1:50:07] on, um, uh. Just outside of Iran on 24, the
[1:50:13] Solmer, uh, new one there between the 10th line and
[1:50:16] Aaron Perk drive. Um, so I just wanted to clarify
[1:50:20] if all of the lands that are required for the
[1:50:23] roundabout, are they all within like the County's municipal right
[1:50:26] away and all Solomer's lands? Like is there. Wasn't any
[1:50:30] discussion of the roads meeting that, you know, that we're
[1:50:32] needing additional lands to the north of the right way
[1:50:36] there. So that would be one question. Yes. Um, the
[1:50:43] other one is, uh, so this project to be frank
[1:50:47] has come up probably the staff have been aware of
[1:50:49] it for a long time, but, uh, as far as
[1:50:51] the public is aware, this has come up very quickly.
[1:50:55] Um, you know, basically hit the roads committee agenda, uh,
[1:50:58] two weeks ago. Um, I don't think many members of
[1:51:01] the public were aware that there was, um, contemplation of
[1:51:05] a major roundabout at this location. I've indicated I'm supportive
[1:51:10] of it. Um, but, um, you know, it's, uh, as
[1:51:14] indicated, it's Solomar's, you know, there are going to be
[1:51:16] the proponent. They're paying for it. And they're going to
[1:51:18] be managing the construction aspect of the, of the project.
[1:51:22] Um, but, um, it's not, it's a couple, after a
[1:51:24] couple of members of public indicate to me, you know,
[1:51:26] it was when we put out the large County projects
[1:51:29] that are coming up for the year, this was not
[1:51:30] identified in there at all. Technically it's not a County
[1:51:33] project, but you know, let's face it, it's on the
[1:51:35] County Rightway creating a roundabout on our, uh, you know,
[1:51:38] on our, on our roadway there. Um, so for the
[1:51:41] communications in the future for this going forward, uh, there
[1:51:44] will be some, uh, some road closures involved, not all
[1:51:47] the time, just basically when they come to do the
[1:51:49] concrete work and they paving, uh, but the road closures
[1:51:53] and all the communication detour route are the County, are
[1:51:57] we going to be looking after the communication of that
[1:51:58] going out? Um, and, uh, you know, putting out, uh,
[1:52:02] what we would typically put out for all the work
[1:52:05] that we had to do. For instance, in Mapleton for
[1:52:07] the closures there, um, so just wondering, A, if the
[1:52:10] additional lands that are required or, you know, everything's on
[1:52:13] our right away and on the sawmer land and be,
[1:52:16] who's going to be doing the communication part of the,
[1:52:18] uh, of the project. Thank you. Kudo, please. The warden
[1:52:27] to Councillor Duncan. All lands are, there's no further land
[1:52:31] requirement for the roundabout. Uh, as far as communications goes,
[1:52:35] that's a very good point that this was not listed
[1:52:38] as one of our major projects for the year. Uh,
[1:52:40] so that is noted. Um, we will have our communications
[1:52:44] folks involved because there will be especially with a road
[1:52:47] closure and so on to, you know, have posting on
[1:52:50] social and, um, other community notices. Councilloid. Thank you. This
[1:52:59] is another question too. Mr. Kudo, when we have another
[1:53:04] third party building something on our roads, um, I'm sure
[1:53:07] we have certain criteria that has to be met like
[1:53:10] a rolling curb for large farm vehicles to move through
[1:53:13] it. And that it's built at a size that allows
[1:53:16] the farm vehicles to go through that area. Is it
[1:53:20] that, uh, they're paying for it and we're supervising how
[1:53:22] it's done or like, how is that relationship work with
[1:53:27] us. Councillor Liu, Idea. There's a great deal of oversight
[1:53:34] on our review, like sure, in this case, the developers
[1:53:38] come up with their design. It's been reviewed by our
[1:53:41] staff, even through our consultants have and to meet our
[1:53:44] County roundabout standards. So it'll be built to the standard
[1:53:48] that the county's built other roundabouts. On our road network.
[1:53:54] Anything further. Councillor Duncan. Just on that issue, I do
[1:54:00] want to just commend the Rode staff. I'm the Rose
[1:54:03] Community meeting. I raise some questions about it. Uh, you
[1:54:05] know, just, um, you know, who'd peer reviewed this and
[1:54:08] the, uh, traffic counts involved on the, uh, and the
[1:54:11] stretch of roadway and that the, there's another, the fully
[1:54:15] new signalized intersection, just a little bit away from this.
[1:54:18] And if that distance works. Anyways, the staffer great getting
[1:54:21] back, uh, to me with the background data, um, basically
[1:54:25] at the end of the day, you know, the traffic
[1:54:27] experts of indicated that this will function properly. And I
[1:54:31] saw within the county's standards. So appreciate that. And also
[1:54:34] the County Road staff in the last week or two.
[1:54:39] I mentioned an email to Don when it rains up
[1:54:41] pores at a variety of, uh, call a minor issues
[1:54:44] from local residents that the County has dealt with, uh,
[1:54:47] very expeditiously. Just want to thank publicly, Don. And his
[1:54:52] staff that got out to deal with a feudal issues.
[1:54:55] Thanks, Tom. Anything further. I will call the question all
[1:54:59] in favor. That is carried. Thank you, Mr. Davidson. Solid
[1:55:04] waste services committee. Councillor O'Neill. Welcome, sir, the floor is
[1:55:09] yours. Thank you, Warden. Um, we're still in the morning.
[1:55:16] Good for us. This is for our meeting of Tuesday,
[1:55:19] June 9th, 2026. It currently looks like we'll have a
[1:55:22] positive variance of between 800 to 100, 000 dollars at
[1:55:25] year end. The allura transfer station has some minor works
[1:55:28] to be finished. And we expect that, uh, project to
[1:55:32] commend under budget. Going to go now to the tire
[1:55:36] collection report issue. As you can see in the report,
[1:55:40] the province has changed. The tire recycling target from 85
[1:55:43] to 65 percent for the producers. It seems that once
[1:55:47] the producers get to 65 percent, they stop collecting tires
[1:55:51] in a timely manner. The County does not have to
[1:55:55] accept tires as the businesses that sell and install them
[1:55:58] do that. We have done it as a convenience to
[1:56:01] our residents and we accept up to 10 tires per
[1:56:04] day from a resident. Not all municipalities are accepting tires.
[1:56:10] And some are pausing collection as well until the holige
[1:56:13] issue is corrected. Right now, registered tire haulers are not
[1:56:18] responding to our calls to come and pick up the
[1:56:20] accumulated tires that we have stockpiled. And we are not
[1:56:24] the only ones not getting responses from the haulers. The
[1:56:29] provincial regulation amendment to address this issue has not been
[1:56:34] approved as of this date. The consultation period has ended
[1:56:38] and we hope to see the amended approved before the
[1:56:40] snow tired change. So the snow tire changeover that always
[1:56:45] generates more tires being brought to our facilities. We are
[1:56:50] full and staffer recommending to temporarily stop accepting tires until
[1:56:55] the regulation amendment passes. And the backlog is reduced. If
[1:57:01] the pause is passed by Council, staff will ask anyone
[1:57:04] bringing tires if they can cape them in the near
[1:57:08] term. And we'll accept them from residents if they can't.
[1:57:12] While asking them not to bring any more until our
[1:57:15] backlog is removed. And the committee approved that recommendation. Our
[1:57:20] solid waste service division has received a promotion and education
[1:57:24] award for the County's business recycling campaign. When the producers
[1:57:28] took over responsibility for recycling province - wide, the IC
[1:57:32] and I sector was ignored in the new program. County
[1:57:35] staff went door to door, used messaging in various media
[1:57:38] to get the word out and help our businesses either
[1:57:42] get a fee exemption card or receive a recycling cart
[1:57:45] to allow them to continue recycling services. Congratulations to Saltway
[1:57:51] Service and the County's communication team for getting the word
[1:57:54] out. I will now get into the curbside Collection Contract
[1:58:00] RFP results and recommendation. You've all read the report. If
[1:58:04] there are any questions, none, okay thanks. Okay. Planned implementation
[1:58:12] date. It is July 1st, 2028. It is two years
[1:58:17] away. It is for garbage organics, leaf and yard waste.
[1:58:22] It does not include residential recycling. Residential recycling is no
[1:58:27] longer our mandate. Circular materials has it. Staff recommendation is
[1:58:34] to stay with a four day per week pickup schedule
[1:58:37] using an automated cart collection system. A five - day
[1:58:41] schedule was asked for in the RFP with the hope
[1:58:44] that substantial savings may be realised. That was not the
[1:58:48] case. And the savings of 20, 000 per year was
[1:58:51] not enough. As 20 percent of our residents would see
[1:58:55] a shift in their collection day. And that would probably
[1:58:59] not line up with the recycling pickup day. Staff and
[1:59:03] committee members agreed. Two service updates we will see with
[1:59:08] the new contract in 2028 hour. Same day pickup of
[1:59:13] leaf and yard waste as your regular collection day. Pet
[1:59:18] waste will now be accepted in the Green Organic Greenbin
[1:59:22] Organic Collection in 2028. Every week we'll have organic collection.
[1:59:29] And every second week will either be recycling collection or
[1:59:33] garbage cart collection. Only two streams will be on the
[1:59:36] Collection schedule each week and only two streams will be
[1:59:40] at the curbside. The 14 downtown Corps locations will have
[1:59:45] manual bag pickup. Not user bag pickup, not yellow user
[1:59:50] pay for garbage. And the current smaller organics cart. For
[1:59:56] residential and commercial in the 14 downtown course. Hybrid trucks
[2:00:03] will be used in those cores. High retrucks are not.
[2:00:07] Electric and whatever. Hybrid trucks are automated and manual collection
[2:00:15] capable trucks. And they will be used in the downtown
[2:00:18] cores. The IC and I sector. That the County pays
[2:00:23] for separately will go back to blue boxes in the
[2:00:26] downtown cores. Businesses outside the downtown areas that use a
[2:00:32] recycling cart will continue to do so. With this recommended
[2:00:36] proposal, the apartments above commercial buildings have recycling carts from
[2:00:41] circular materials. And if we put everybody in upstairs apartment
[2:00:46] with a garbage cart and with a larger composting cart,
[2:00:50] there will be a problem with upper level residents, manhandling
[2:00:53] those carts. Down the stairs. We can't do anything about
[2:00:57] the residential recycling, but we can believe we can work
[2:01:02] with the garbage and organic pickup issues that are under
[2:01:05] our control in those downtown cores. Yellow user bags will
[2:01:11] no longer be needed in the cart collection system. In
[2:01:16] your report, it talks about the net revenue of 1.
[2:01:19] 5 million. That is after the gross sales minus the
[2:01:24] price of the bags minus the price of the. What
[2:01:28] we pay the retailers to sell them. So it would
[2:01:31] be a 1. 5 million dollar revenue. We'll have to
[2:01:36] go on the tax levy. And the above changes will
[2:01:41] not happen until July 1st, 2028. A reminder of recycling
[2:01:47] change is coming in ago, recycling carts are going to
[2:01:50] be delivered in July. Collection begins the week of August
[2:01:54] 10th or 17th. Depending upon whether you are a week
[2:01:58] A or a week B collection schedule. Organics will always
[2:02:03] be collected weekly. Recycling and garbage will be on opposite
[2:02:09] weeks to each other. That is my report for our
[2:02:12] June committee meeting, moved by myself, seconded by Councillor Shawn
[2:02:16] Watters, that the June 9th minutes of the Saltway services
[2:02:19] committee be received and referred to Council for adoption.
[2:02:29] Thank you, sir. I have the motion as read. Comments,
[2:02:32] questions. You're looking forward to giving this for a while.
[2:02:38] Okay. Councillor Seeley. Thank you, Warden. Um, just seen frustrations
[2:02:46] online with the collection. Um, I'm starting to see rhetoric
[2:02:50] where people are, you know, the streets are missed two,
[2:02:52] three times. And they're, you know, whether they fall through
[2:02:54] this. They then claim they'll just, uh, buy the Costco
[2:02:58] bags. Abandoned their sorting and diversion tactics and just take
[2:03:03] it all to the transfer station, which is, you know,
[2:03:06] disappointing because, you know, we've worked very hard to increase
[2:03:09] the capacity at the landfill site. So, you know, we
[2:03:11] hear the challenges from waste management about staffing this, the
[2:03:15] other thing. How can we, as the County build something
[2:03:21] into the contract to ensure that the quality of the,
[2:03:24] of the collection is where we want it to be.
[2:03:27] Because really all it is you receive calls, DOS. I'm
[2:03:30] sure you apologise. And but the real mechanism for us
[2:03:35] to ensure that this habitual, whether it's the same road
[2:03:39] or other roads, quality service has, in my opinion, deteriorated
[2:03:43] lately. And I want to see it go back to
[2:03:44] where it was. Councillor Celia, you're talking about recycling in
[2:03:50] particular. No. Garage. Garbage? Garpness, sorry, garage inter. Okay. All
[2:03:58] right. Is there anything further. Or did you. Want to
[2:04:03] speak to that at all. Through you, Mr. Warden. Excuse
[2:04:12] me. Um, there are mechanisms to deal with ongoing service
[2:04:16] issues. And, uh, those are to be expected by any
[2:04:20] vendor, um, I'm pleased to say that the new curbside
[2:04:24] collection RFP has provisions to require the service provider to
[2:04:30] have up - to - date software, which gives real
[2:04:33] - time data GPS tracking. It's a much improved system
[2:04:36] over the current one, which can ensure that routes are
[2:04:40] completed on a daily basis. Um, that being said, if
[2:04:43] thunder the current contract, if there's any areas that are
[2:04:48] receiving inconsistent service, we can escalate that with our contractor.
[2:04:53] And that sets in motion a whole series of steps
[2:04:54] that the contractor takes to ensure that collection is given.
[2:04:58] And so there's additional checks, for example, the driver checking
[2:05:02] in saying, we've collected this location. So that's to address
[2:05:06] ongoing service issues at a given location or a given
[2:05:09] road. Um, further to that, both the current and the
[2:05:14] next contract has provisions for penalties to be used. It's
[2:05:18] not a step that we take lightly, but, uh, where
[2:05:21] we feel it's warranted. Penalties can be levied on a
[2:05:27] per day or per incident basis. Thank you. One of
[2:05:36] the myths I heard was that, uh, there is a
[2:05:39] GPS unit in the current vehicles, but, uh, because we
[2:05:43] do both sides of the road collection. That if they
[2:05:45] drive down that road, it would indicate collected. And that's
[2:05:47] how maybe there's some missing A is that true. Uh,
[2:05:52] and B, is that being corrected, and I guess I'll
[2:05:55] throw a C in there. I would really appreciate, um,
[2:05:58] what you just said in some, either in an email
[2:06:01] that I can, you know, inform the public, yes, we
[2:06:04] hear your concerns of the miscollection. Here's the improvements. Not
[2:06:07] necessarily the penalty component, but, you know, the GPS units,
[2:06:10] this is the improvement on, you know, our goal is
[2:06:12] to, uh, reduce the amount of miscollection. I would be
[2:06:15] all great information that we can push out to the,
[2:06:18] to the residence. Through you, Mr. Warden, I'll try to
[2:06:25] get to A, B, and C. Um, so yes, there
[2:06:28] are GPS on the vehicles. That indicate that the road
[2:06:34] has been travelled. Each direction. Now, the new software that
[2:06:37] will be required by the next curbside collection contract will
[2:06:40] improve the system, build upon it. And it'll be much,
[2:06:44] much more sophisticated in order to ensure that all rights
[2:06:47] are completed. Um, there will be alerts to advise that,
[2:06:52] you know, part of the route has been missed, which
[2:06:54] I believe is not a function of the current system.
[2:06:57] Um, and yes, absolutely. We can provide a description of
[2:07:03] the mechanisms in place to ensure service accountability. And I
[2:07:07] believe I'm forgetting what B was. All right.
[2:07:17] Don't go away. Councillor Lloyd. Thank you, Warden, for you.
[2:07:24] I appreciate that the bulky items was looked at and
[2:07:27] not recommended based on 12 inquiries. Um, it's good that
[2:07:31] we did look at it because we do have a
[2:07:33] neighbour immunicipality that does bulky item pickup, but I can
[2:07:37] appreciate that based on 12 requests, um, we're not having
[2:07:42] a large uptake of residents that want that service. Thank
[2:07:46] you. Council Bomert, I'm sorry, you were up before. Did
[2:07:51] you have something? Thank you. Councillor C. All right. What
[2:07:55] a team. Councillor Duncan. Uh, thanks, Warden. Um, I just
[2:08:01] wanted to mention there about the, uh, solid waste services
[2:08:04] for the award from the municipal waste association. Our communication
[2:08:07] staff and the solid was service. So they did such
[2:08:10] a tremendous job in getting out the word on the,
[2:08:12] uh, you know, transition period for the blue box and
[2:08:15] getting the ICI sector, you know, on board. But I
[2:08:19] do want to, I do want to thank County Council
[2:08:21] and the word in particular. Um, when this kind of
[2:08:23] came up 18 months ago, um, talking with the warden,
[2:08:27] like he indicated this is, you know, it's just not
[2:08:29] fair. You know, these folks pay two to three times
[2:08:31] a tax rate that the residential people pay and we're
[2:08:34] pulling, you know, we're pulling this service. And anyways, I
[2:08:37] just want to say, you know, this was such a
[2:08:41] good thing for the County did, you know, like rather
[2:08:43] than turning the clock back, you know, you have all
[2:08:45] these businesses and, uh, people in the recycling program for
[2:08:48] years and then just, uh, you know, this kind of
[2:08:50] basically abandoning them. Um, and which I thought this was,
[2:08:54] uh, it was, it was great for us to get
[2:08:55] this set up. And then the rollout of it, that
[2:08:58] was the award part. Like that was, that was fantastic
[2:09:00] in getting that. So. Steve could work at you in
[2:09:04] your committee and to staff. Councillor Valentine. Yeah, I just
[2:09:12] want to note appreciation because of the complicated messaging that's
[2:09:15] going on. Because we have two things kind of happening
[2:09:17] at once. You know, the province taking over the blue
[2:09:19] box program and trying to help people understand that we're
[2:09:23] not shepherding that any longer. And if it's not working
[2:09:25] quite right, we can try to help, but we actually
[2:09:28] are not the people that are in charge. And then
[2:09:30] that's being overlaid with the negotiation of a new contract
[2:09:34] for our Green bins and our garbage pickup, which is
[2:09:37] convoluting the complaints that we're seeing from residents. And I
[2:09:43] understand that that change is difficult for people, um, to
[2:09:46] absorb when you're only getting a little bits of information.
[2:09:48] But I really want to commend the County for their
[2:09:51] ability to be, uh, supportive for residents when they have
[2:09:55] questions and concerns, as well as trying to get the
[2:09:58] communication out as clearly as possible. And I also think
[2:10:01] that our residents are going to be extremely happy about
[2:10:04] the same day leaf and yard waste pickup because I
[2:10:06] know we definitely hear a lot about those bags sitting
[2:10:09] on the side of the road for a week or
[2:10:10] 10 days. And people wondering whether they're ever going to
[2:10:13] be picked up. So I think that's a real benefit.
[2:10:15] Thanks. Any further. And I want to echo that as
[2:10:21] well. Same day, yard and waist is a big deal.
[2:10:24] And the pet pickup is huge. So some nice improvements
[2:10:27] in this new contract. What did I say?
[2:10:38] Maybe I've got a business. Maybe I've got a business
[2:10:41] on the side. Het waist pickup. Thank you for that
[2:10:44] correction. Clerk. Thank you. Warden. Just regarding the, uh, the
[2:10:52] changes to the tire pickup and our role in looking
[2:10:58] after. Tires that are left at our landfill sites. I
[2:11:03] think it's really too bad. I mean, with all the
[2:11:05] changes that are happening with our garbage and waste pickup
[2:11:10] and recycling that's going on at this point, that we
[2:11:14] have added to it, you know, it's the last thing
[2:11:18] our residents need is one more confusing factor to do
[2:11:21] with ways management. And this with the tires is just
[2:11:24] a gratuitous one as far as I'm concerned. And I
[2:11:27] think the province is really fumbled the ball in terms
[2:11:30] of number one reducing what they find acceptable in terms
[2:11:36] of recycling tires, dropping it from 85 percent to 65
[2:11:41] percent that they would find 65 percent recycling at this
[2:11:46] point acceptable, I find unacceptable. So I just, I hope
[2:11:51] the province is listening. I hope they respond to our
[2:11:55] urging that they will, uh, get the thumb out and
[2:11:59] get going, get this regulation amendment done and get one.
[2:12:05] Point of confusion out of the mixture at our waste
[2:12:08] management. Thank you. Okay. Is there anything further. I will
[2:12:14] call the question all in favor. That is Carried. Thank
[2:12:17] you very much. Opp Councillor Lennox, please. That's a big.
[2:12:27] Word. Welcome, sir. The floor is yours. Thank you, Warden.
[2:12:36] Um, here to present the. Uh, on the minutes of
[2:12:41] the OPP detachment board. Really the first major item on
[2:12:47] the agenda, of course, is the financial statements and variance
[2:12:49] projections. And if you go through those, you will find
[2:12:52] some, some variances throughout the year. But, uh, relatively small
[2:12:57] and some of most of them are expected to be
[2:12:59] sort of seasonal. Or work themselves out through it. The
[2:13:03] course of the year. The big unknown, of course, is
[2:13:06] the reconciliation, which is to come later in the year
[2:13:08] from the OPP. Um, we do have seen in recent
[2:13:12] years and are continuing to see increasing calls for service,
[2:13:15] which increases the costs associated with MPP service contract. So
[2:13:20] this will come out more clearly when we do get
[2:13:22] the reconciliation. But, uh, I think, uh. I'm not concerned
[2:13:27] about whether we're going to be within budget this year
[2:13:30] or not, but I do think that we should be
[2:13:32] expecting as our population grows as our communities grow that
[2:13:35] our policing costs are going to continue to grow as
[2:13:37] well. So just wanted to put that out there so
[2:13:40] that people are thinking about it as we approaching budget
[2:13:43] season. Uh, with that said, we'll move on to the,
[2:13:48] uh, detachment board procedural bylaw. So we've had some robust
[2:13:52] discussion here about some of that and they proceed drill
[2:13:56] bylaw with the necessary revisions. Came to the board and
[2:14:00] the board approved them as presented. Uh, we've been moved
[2:14:05] on to the detachment commanders report, which is the usual
[2:14:07] monthly report. Uh, there really wasn't anything that I wanted
[2:14:11] to highlight in particular. Out of that, although it hasn't
[2:14:14] showed up in the report yet, but, uh, we have
[2:14:15] seen in recent days, unfortunately, some traffic fatalities, which we'll
[2:14:20] show up in future months reports. Um, please, everybody stop.
[2:14:27] At stop signs. Look. And make sure that it's safe
[2:14:31] to pass. Uh, we've seen too many tragedies at intersections
[2:14:35] in the recent days and weeks. Um, having said that,
[2:14:41] we also have the annual report. You may remember their
[2:14:46] annual report had a slightly different format. This is now
[2:14:49] a province wide format that we're getting this annual report
[2:14:53] in, which has still many of the same information that
[2:14:56] we had previously. But this is something that can be
[2:14:59] shared with the members of the public, members of your
[2:15:02] local municipality, uh, to get the information out as to
[2:15:06] remind people what a safe community we have to live
[2:15:08] in and that the police are there to serve and
[2:15:12] to remind people, you know, to, to call on the
[2:15:14] police when they need them. And there are really citizens
[2:15:21] partners in keeping our community safe. So everybody has a
[2:15:25] role to play. And I think it's absolutely important that
[2:15:27] we remind people of that, that it's not an adversarial
[2:15:30] relationship. It's a cooperative one. I don't really want to
[2:15:36] point anything out of the parking ticket or the false
[2:15:38] alarm revenue report. Those are just standard features of our
[2:15:42] thing. Though perhaps the warden would like me pointing out
[2:15:47] that most of the parking tickets are in welfare mossa.
[2:15:49] I'm not sure. With that said, I have a motion
[2:15:54] move by myself. Second to the Councillor Breen that the
[2:15:57] June 10th, 2026 minutes of the Wellington County OPP detachment
[2:16:00] board be received and referred to Council for Information. I
[2:16:06] think you're funny, eh? I have the motion as red.
[2:16:10] Comments questions. Councillor Anderson. Councillor Bumer. Thank you, Warden. Um,
[2:16:17] thank you, great report Councillor Linux. You know, when we
[2:16:20] talk about road safety, I was in Harrison yesterday and
[2:16:22] I walked across the street and I saw a bumper
[2:16:24] sticker in the back of a car. So I really
[2:16:25] wanted to share that with you. It said, sorry for
[2:16:28] driving so close in front of you. So road safety.
[2:16:34] Thank you. Councillor Bumer. Thank you, Warden. Um. Last month
[2:16:42] you were reporting on some changes in how the black
[2:16:46] cats would be used by the OPP detachment. And I
[2:16:51] just wanted as many updates on that. Because that's, that's
[2:16:54] a resource that I know the County invested in to
[2:16:56] make sure they were deployed. Used in a proactive manner
[2:17:00] to determine where the problems are when we get a
[2:17:03] report. And I didn't know if the updates on how
[2:17:06] that change is going to roll out across the County.
[2:17:10] Yeah. Thank you, Councillor Bulmer. Uh, so part of the
[2:17:14] discussion that the board was that the OPP were, I
[2:17:19] mean, we've seen the reports. They've been struggling to get
[2:17:21] the black cats deployed on a significant way. And they're
[2:17:25] finding it quite a significant staff, draw on time to
[2:17:30] do so. So they were making the recommendation that perhaps
[2:17:33] if we, if we put this, these tools in the
[2:17:35] hands of local municipalities, they could maybe gather the information
[2:17:39] and share that with the OPP and continue to use
[2:17:42] this as a resource for speed enforcement. But we didn't
[2:17:47] really think that we should, at the police service board
[2:17:50] should be making decisions on behalf of local municipalities. So
[2:17:53] we tasked the OPP detachment commander and Don Kudo to
[2:17:57] start the discussion. I know that's discussion has started, but
[2:18:01] I don't think it has gotten to the local municipality
[2:18:03] yet. But the, the intent that we were looking for
[2:18:06] was to get some widespread deployment of these across the
[2:18:09] county. Hopefully this is a win - win for our
[2:18:12] local municipalities in that they're doing other traffic monitoring that
[2:18:15] these could be useful tools for as well. And, uh,
[2:18:19] gather up that information and make sure that we're responding
[2:18:21] to those, uh, speeding complaints in the most appropriate way.
[2:18:29] Councillor Seeley. Thank you, Warden. Just following up on our
[2:18:32] phone conversation. Puslinsh, we had Highway 6 closed due to
[2:18:37] a transport truck crash. It was a lengthy closure, which
[2:18:41] required a lengthy cleanup. And beyond the initial response, which
[2:18:46] is an emergency, that's not what I'm talking about here.
[2:18:50] Um, the road gets closed. It causes a detour. So
[2:18:53] an initial response, wherever the traffic has to go, that's,
[2:18:56] that's acceptable. It's the prolonged post emergency component that, um,
[2:19:01] in that situation kilometer and a half down, there's a
[2:19:05] truck route to Council for the east, sorry, correction, westbound
[2:19:09] traffic. Another kilometer, two down the road. There's Westbound heavy
[2:19:13] truck. What we're seeing on these closures is they're choosing
[2:19:16] the first road and all this heavy truck traffic is,
[2:19:19] uh, impacting our municipal infrastructure common theme today. So my
[2:19:25] question would be further to our conversation. What's the process
[2:19:28] for us to start that conversation with the police service
[2:19:31] support? Or to the OPP, because to me, it would
[2:19:34] be a policy and internal policy that they could adopt
[2:19:38] that says, you know, they direct traffic to heavy truck
[2:19:41] routes. Yeah. And Councillor Seeley and I did have a
[2:19:45] conversation about this. And I think we agreed that the
[2:19:48] initial emergency response needs to not be impeding where traffic
[2:19:53] goes. Just trying to resolve the issue. I don't have
[2:19:56] a real solution to offer at this point, but I
[2:19:59] do think there may be opportunities to, if this is
[2:20:02] a routine thing, especially with 401 travelling through your municipality.
[2:20:06] Perhaps the designated routes that could be established to, I
[2:20:10] do see that in other places. And that might be
[2:20:12] a collaboration effort that would lead to making sure that
[2:20:16] as much as possible, the roads that are built withstand
[2:20:20] the heavier traffic are absorbing that. Okay. Anything further. I
[2:20:28] will call the question all in favor. That is carried.
[2:20:31] Thank you very much. Thank you, sir. Social services ambulance
[2:20:35] Councillor Anderson, Flora's yours, sir. Thank you, Warden. I present
[2:20:44] to you today the socialist joint services and enabled committee
[2:20:48] meeting as of June the 10th. And we had a,
[2:20:56] uh, we started off. We had. One. Gotta get my
[2:21:04] papers in order, which I've got too many papers. Great.
[2:21:06] Fantastic. We had a written delegation from the Guelph Wellington
[2:21:09] Poverty Elimination Collaborative. And they're basically the delegation was writing
[2:21:16] to support the corresponding near the end of the meeting
[2:21:22] for consideration, which was brought forward by our chair councillor,
[2:21:26] Boosityal, that the Joint Social Service Lynamics Committee of the
[2:21:30] County of Wellington requests the province of material to amend
[2:21:33] Ontario works. And the interior disability support program rules to
[2:21:36] allow individuals expering homelessness to receive and accumulate the shelter
[2:21:43] portion of their benefits and to establish a mechanism such
[2:21:46] as a reserve to score account that allows the portion
[2:21:49] of the benefits requested to be made available to be
[2:21:52] held and used for the first and last month's rent.
[2:21:56] And other housing related costs necessary to secure and stabilize
[2:22:00] housing, such as renders insurance key deposits, essential movements, expenses,
[2:22:04] and so on. So another, this is another format. I
[2:22:07] think it was initially brought out by the city of
[2:22:09] Toronto. Uh, I think it's another way that social services
[2:22:12] from the Ontario has to help assist these people, you
[2:22:16] know, relocate without the being on the expenses of the
[2:22:19] taxpayers. So, um, that, uh, corresponds was supported by the
[2:22:23] committee. And we're setting it on as a, to try
[2:22:27] to talk to the ministries who look at this as
[2:22:29] another opportunity to enhance their services and the responsibilities. So
[2:22:34] I thought I would bring that four. There was an
[2:22:36] interesting discussion on that. Moving forward. We had the next
[2:22:45] was the land eminence paramedic services. The first quarter, the
[2:22:49] 2026 budget variants report. And early indications indicate that there's
[2:22:55] going to be a negative variance at the end of
[2:22:57] the year. Um, and it can be expected. It's been
[2:22:59] 2026. But we're going to have a, you're in projection
[2:23:03] will be coming at our next second quarter, which will
[2:23:05] be in the end of September. So I'll be coming
[2:23:07] forward and our committee meeting in September. We also talked
[2:23:13] about the, um, the services response performance in 2025 and
[2:23:18] the performance plan to 2027. Golf Wellington paramedic services in
[2:23:23] 2025 were able to meet the target response times. Um,
[2:23:26] that were established in 2024, despite there was an eight
[2:23:29] percent increase in calls. So the, the committee, um, basically
[2:23:35] it's, it's called a response time performance plan. Um, what
[2:23:38] they're looking as they're looking at setting the same targets
[2:23:42] and compliances, um, to be the same in 2026. The
[2:23:48] next, we had some questions also in our, it was
[2:23:51] in our, um, May committee meeting about the, uh, the
[2:23:57] joint service services and land AMS committee and reporting regarding
[2:24:01] to the paramedic stations that we're looking at building in
[2:24:04] the future. And there was a report back, uh, from
[2:24:08] Chief DURP that basically stated that based on the consultant
[2:24:11] report that was done in 2024, the recommendations still stands
[2:24:16] that they're going to be standard standardized two - bay
[2:24:18] garages. And all the lower township municipalities except for the
[2:24:24] Fergus grudge, which be a three - bay garage because
[2:24:26] of, uh, just of true volume. So the, just had
[2:24:29] some clarity and questions that was brought forward from that.
[2:24:36] We also have, and we've talked about this as the
[2:24:39] Aboyne child care construction project. Everything's on schedule and the
[2:24:42] projected opening date. Will be November the 26th. So hopefully
[2:24:46] we'll see a lot of people there at that event.
[2:24:50] Two or number seven. We dealt with the tender award
[2:24:53] for 46 Vancouver driving Guelph. It was awarded to, uh,
[2:24:58] collared properties construction and Cambridge, Ontario, the total tender amount
[2:25:02] of 182, 995 dollars exclusive HST. And this is to
[2:25:08] increase the unit capacity in this billing to change over
[2:25:12] from three bedroom layout programs to a five bedroom layout
[2:25:16] program because the demand for housing. This is an opportunity
[2:25:19] we can do it in house without having to do
[2:25:21] a rebuilt. So it's very financially feasible to do that.
[2:25:25] We also talked about another tender. It was on 12
[2:25:28] Sunset Road and Guelph. And the, uh, the tender for
[2:25:33] that one is going to be to stone cast landscape
[2:25:37] in Ontario for their tender remote of 89, 263 dollars
[2:25:41] and 55 cents. And this is for repaving and curb
[2:25:45] repairs and install, um, three - ways containers. To that
[2:25:50] event. We had a financial statement upgrade. The variance projections,
[2:26:00] as of May 31st of 2026. And we're looking currently,
[2:26:04] we're looking at a County savings in the amount of
[2:26:07] 69, 000 dollars up to this point. So that's a
[2:26:09] good moving forward with that. We have in front of
[2:26:12] you also, Louisa was able to hand out the social
[2:26:16] services and department guide. For 2025, the annual report. It's
[2:26:21] a good read. It gives you a great description of
[2:26:24] what we've been doing and achieving in 2025. It basically
[2:26:28] aligns the responsibility and goals and objectives and also provincial
[2:26:33] performant measures as well as the service delivery data for
[2:26:36] the many programs that each division achieved within the 2025
[2:26:40] budget. So good read for that. And if the meaning
[2:26:44] would like a copy of that, I do have a
[2:26:46] copy here. I'll give that to you for you to
[2:26:48] have. It's also in the report. Number 11 is request
[2:26:54] for the hundred percent County municipal discretionary funds from the
[2:26:58] city of Guelph. This is for the daytime space, food
[2:27:01] and security at stepping stones. Um, the city has made
[2:27:04] a commitment of the 850, 000 dollars per year. And
[2:27:08] in the past, we as the County have always supported
[2:27:13] basically many programs for security programs along with the city
[2:27:18] of Guelph with a 10 percent total cost. And that
[2:27:22] 10 percent total cost is calculated because we find that
[2:27:27] the people that are using the shelters and using the,
[2:27:30] uh, daytime space, and a lot of those numbers have
[2:27:36] come up from our server Count Time Wheat list. Mr.
[2:27:44] Warden. That is my report on social services. And I've
[2:27:50] mover by myself and second by Councillor Mary Lloyd that
[2:27:53] the June 10th, 2026 minutes of the Joint Social Services
[2:27:56] land an ambermitte. We received and referred to Council for
[2:27:58] Adoption. Thank you. Thank you. I have the motion as
[2:28:05] read. Comments questions Councillor Davidson. Yes, Warren. I'd like to
[2:28:09] talk a little bit about the response times. You know,
[2:28:12] we have the, uh, response times in front of us.
[2:28:14] And we've talked for many years about Aaron and how
[2:28:17] Aaron's response times have been traditionally not good. If you
[2:28:21] look at Aaron's response time for 2025, which actually is
[2:28:24] the best of the last five years at 12 minutes
[2:28:26] and seven seconds. In comparison with Mapleton, Mapleton and Aaron
[2:28:31] had been pretty close to the response times throughout the
[2:28:34] entire time except for one year. But Mapleton's response times
[2:28:37] right now is 13. 15. Which is the longest time
[2:28:44] in the County right now. We're very hopeful that the
[2:28:47] new 12 hours that's been added to Minto is going
[2:28:49] to maybe shift that in 2026 that that comes online.
[2:28:53] But I just want to point out how this response
[2:28:56] time puts tremendous strain. On our volunteer firefighters to be
[2:29:00] there at the scene and waiting for the paramedics to
[2:29:04] show up. And I just had to praise our volunteer
[2:29:07] firefighters for all the work that they do. It's very
[2:29:10] difficult job. They're leaving wherever they are, work, home family
[2:29:15] to respond to whether it be a crash or some
[2:29:19] other emergency. And I just, how important they are to
[2:29:26] the community. But it also takes a toll on our
[2:29:30] volunteer firefighters to respond to these tremendously difficult situations. And
[2:29:38] they don't have the same expertise as a paramedic would
[2:29:41] have. And they can't transport like a paramedic can to
[2:29:46] get these people to the hospitals. So one side I'm
[2:29:51] praising our voluntary firefighters and I'm looking out for them.
[2:29:55] But on the other side I'm looking at our response
[2:29:57] time in the township of a Mapleton is getting worse,
[2:30:00] not better. Although I'm hopeful for that 12 hours that's
[2:30:04] coming. I'm very concerned that as we continue down the
[2:30:09] road, Mapleton is going to be left behind, especially when
[2:30:12] we're talking about paramedic stations. To help increase and make
[2:30:16] things better. And Mapleton is far beyond. It's still not
[2:30:20] one of the last ones to get built. Thank you,
[2:30:22] Warden. Anything further. Councillor Bomer. Thank you, Warden. If I
[2:30:32] could speak to that point, that concern that was raised
[2:30:34] by Councillor Davidson rest assured that was discussed. At the
[2:30:42] committee meeting, the concerns that not all numbers are going
[2:30:45] in the right direction in the county. Notwithstanding the may
[2:30:49] be meeting the targets overall. We don't see that they're
[2:30:52] based on the breakout numbers. We're not seeing it all
[2:30:55] panning out like that in every part of the county.
[2:30:58] So what their crest was made of the city of
[2:31:00] Guelph to bring back an updated report in September to
[2:31:06] try and get a sense of how these changes they've
[2:31:08] instituted this year are affecting the response time. So we'll
[2:31:11] have an opportunity through the budget process to say, Hey,
[2:31:14] look, this is working or it isn't working. And we'd
[2:31:17] like, we'd like to see increased investments for next year.
[2:31:21] Instead of having to wait all the way till June
[2:31:23] next year to possibly influence 2028 results, our goal, the
[2:31:29] committee was to get that information on the table in
[2:31:32] 2026 so we can get the changes made in 2027
[2:31:35] instead of having to wait another whole year. So I
[2:31:38] hope, I hope that bears some fruit. The chief did
[2:31:41] commit to bring back in term, um, response numbers. So
[2:31:47] that we could have that discussion prior to budget time
[2:31:49] this year. So thank you. Councillor Duncan. Just same topic.
[2:31:59] I do want to thank Councillor Bomer and Kassanor Lloyd
[2:32:02] that were on that committee. Um, so this was something
[2:32:04] that came up and it was a push to get
[2:32:06] these numbers back sooner. So if there's a trends or
[2:32:09] things that we need to address, right? We can, we
[2:32:11] can get it done sooner. Um, so normally the iron
[2:32:16] numbers have been on the, on the bottom end, uh,
[2:32:19] so, you know, when I saw the Mapleton number there.
[2:32:23] And to be frank, I think the reason one of
[2:32:25] the main reasons probably your number is better is over
[2:32:27] the last number of years, you know, the paramedic service,
[2:32:31] you know, they've invested into additional staffing at the Hillsburg
[2:32:35] facility. Um, you know, the new supervisor position they brought
[2:32:38] on, um, and, you know, they've increased the number of
[2:32:42] staff there. So, you know, that's, that's, that's part of
[2:32:44] it. So what worries me though is the, uh, financial
[2:32:47] pressure that the city is under with the, uh, with
[2:32:49] the, with that file. And, you know, how does that
[2:32:53] going to impact or not impact the county moving forward?
[2:32:55] Um, and, you know, one of the things as well
[2:32:58] is just the timing of the, of the stations, you
[2:33:02] know, by getting this data and getting it earlier, um,
[2:33:05] you know, I don't think the timing of the station
[2:33:07] rollout is necessarily cast in stone. Like if it shows
[2:33:11] like the different priority over from when the study was
[2:33:14] done in 2024 and that's, I basically updated the numbers
[2:33:17] from 2018, you know, I would hope that the committee
[2:33:20] and the city would be paramedic service being flexible with
[2:33:23] looking at, you know, that order of the station. Maybe
[2:33:25] that has to change. All right. Anything further. I will
[2:33:29] call the question all in favor. That is carried. Thank
[2:33:32] you. Heritage and seniors. Use every second word in your
[2:33:37] report, please Doug. Out all the nouns and see how
[2:33:46] that goes. Good afternoon everyone. Um, Mr. Warden, I have
[2:33:51] the presentation of the June 10th meeting of Heritage Sr.
[2:33:54] Committee. And of course, the Library Committee as well. So
[2:33:57] we'll start with Heritage and Sr. And of course, as
[2:34:00] always begin with the seniors. Uh, we had our financial
[2:34:02] statements. There was some good news there that as of
[2:34:05] May 31st grants and subsidies are actually trending ahead of
[2:34:07] budget primarily due to some funding of, uh, high intensity
[2:34:11] needs costing and some various other things. We also had
[2:34:13] some, uh, construction funding, um, for reconciliation from last year
[2:34:18] as well. Before you start looking for things to spend
[2:34:21] that money on, though, all of this is for things
[2:34:23] that have already been done and spent. And there's no
[2:34:26] real, uh, new boon here or anything like that. It
[2:34:29] just means that we have had support for projects that
[2:34:32] we have already done. So we thank the province for
[2:34:34] support and all of those. All in all, very positive
[2:34:37] financial situation and hats off to the staff for pulling
[2:34:40] all that together for us. We did have more Ministry
[2:34:44] of Long - Term Care Inspections. I think I say
[2:34:46] that pretty much every month when I get here. Again,
[2:34:48] it's good that the ministry is keeping an eye on
[2:34:50] the industry generally. And it's also good that our shortcomings
[2:34:54] are rare. And for the most part, uh, administrative in
[2:34:57] nature. So basically again, a fairly good news report there.
[2:35:01] We want to move on to the Museum in the
[2:35:03] Archives. Again, the financial, the key line and the last
[2:35:07] is on the last line of each point in the
[2:35:08] report does say that there is no variance anticipated. So
[2:35:11] the budget is under control there as well. Within the
[2:35:14] update, uh, it's included for your perusal. I'm not going
[2:35:17] to read the whole thing to you. I'll leave out
[2:35:19] each and every alternate points as I go here if
[2:35:21] you want. But the high point to include that we
[2:35:23] had 19, 000 visitors year to date, which is up
[2:35:26] from 14, 000 in 2025. It's a significant up in
[2:35:30] the last months are all included in to you. But
[2:35:34] please do look at them because they are very, very
[2:35:35] interesting. The museum will be open. These are announcements on
[2:35:39] Canada Day and also on the August Long weekend. Lots
[2:35:42] of activities, lots of good things to come and be
[2:35:44] involved in. And through the summer, we have a lot
[2:35:47] of activities. Um, we had our emerging insights. I want
[2:35:50] to mention that again. We've had the insights art show
[2:35:54] there for a number of years through the allura Fergus
[2:35:56] Arts Council. We had 25 work selected from 100 submissions
[2:36:00] of essentially high school students. The award winners are all
[2:36:03] listed in there for your approval as well. But the,
[2:36:05] uh, the evening was fantastic. The quality of the work
[2:36:08] was really, really good. And it's all still there for
[2:36:10] you to look at. July 11th, we're launching as if,
[2:36:14] remembering the 90s. It's falling the decade series of the
[2:36:18] 60s, 70s. And of course in 1950s. I would like
[2:36:21] to point out two things that I have trouble having
[2:36:23] the 90s as nostalgia. But here we are. And that
[2:36:26] I want to note that they left out Gen X
[2:36:28] in the 1980s entirely. And as usual, we're being ignored.
[2:36:38] I'm kidding, of course. It will be a great display.
[2:36:41] The 90s obviously had a lot of good and interesting
[2:36:43] things to look at. So please do come and see
[2:36:46] that beginning on July 11th. Barries and bears was last
[2:36:50] weekend, uh, over 750 people able to attend that. It
[2:36:54] was fun, food and football. Uh, the European style football,
[2:36:57] of course. It was a great event by all accounts.
[2:36:59] I was away on work. But, uh, many of you
[2:37:01] were there. And I heard it was fantastic. And hats
[2:37:04] off to the staff for pulling that together as well.
[2:37:07] Speaking of football, we had a viewing event for the
[2:37:09] Canada Qatar game. I was there for that. It was
[2:37:11] tremendous. It was, uh, it's, I'm always happy when I
[2:37:15] drive down that road and I see that the people
[2:37:17] on the property. I'm really happy when I see that
[2:37:20] it's kids running around, uh, that's exactly what was happening
[2:37:23] with that event. We had, uh, I don't know, probably
[2:37:27] close to 50 or 60 people actually sitting watching the
[2:37:30] game. And then a bunch of kids running around having
[2:37:31] an impromptu soccer game. So it was really, really good.
[2:37:34] Uh, we had a Model T collectors club, 30 vehicles,
[2:37:37] 30 Model T's, not surprisingly out there. And of course
[2:37:40] 320 students for the First World Education Day, which have
[2:37:42] been running for several years and continues to be a
[2:37:44] big hit. Uh, on the housekeeping side, we have inventory
[2:37:48] update going on. Um, there's been a bunch of research
[2:37:50] on the nursing sisters. And we have a lot of
[2:37:52] information about that. There's actually a play being written. And
[2:37:55] somebody was interested in research on that. And they approached
[2:37:57] us and we were able to help with that. And
[2:37:59] we've been cleaning out our attic, which is also our
[2:38:01] archival storage area. For the summer activities, as I said,
[2:38:04] there's lots to do and see. Uh, we have poor
[2:38:06] house tours. Museum at work tours. We've seen an increased
[2:38:09] interest in seeing how the museum actually works. And people
[2:38:12] want those sort of backstage tours. And we're happy to
[2:38:14] give them those. Um, we've got the July 11th Wellington
[2:38:18] Multicultural Festival. So you can see the 90s and the
[2:38:21] multiculturals all at the same time. Please do come out
[2:38:23] to the Multicultural Festival. Most of you have been to
[2:38:26] that before. Uh, we look forward to seeing you there.
[2:38:29] And then of course September 19th, it's a ways off
[2:38:31] in the future. But there is a bike ride, if
[2:38:33] you like to ride bikes to support rural hospice and
[2:38:35] the allura cataract trail we association, it's anywhere from 10
[2:38:39] kilometers to 100 kilometers depending on your ability. It's non
[2:38:42] - competitive. You can bring a tricycle. You can bring
[2:38:45] anything you want. You know, the big penny far things,
[2:38:47] things, if you got one. September 19th, that's coming up.
[2:38:49] The archives had a very busy month. I won't go
[2:38:52] into the details because they are attached. Uh, the strategic
[2:38:55] action plan. If you haven't had a chance to review
[2:38:56] that, please do. It's very lengthy, but the really good
[2:39:00] information in there, please take the time to read it.
[2:39:02] Um, and I'd like to point out a couple of
[2:39:04] things in the report. One is that there are many
[2:39:07] good comments from the public in there. Please do take
[2:39:09] the time to look at those. And there was excellent
[2:39:11] use of the word bifurcation, which may be very, very
[2:39:13] happy. Without further ado, Mr. Warden, I have a motion
[2:39:17] here. Moved by myself, seconded by Councillor Mary Lloyd that
[2:39:22] the June 10th, 2026 minutes of the Heritage and Seniors
[2:39:25] Committee be received and referred to Council for Adoption. Just
[2:39:31] some inside baseball on that 80s thing, Doug. I've seen
[2:39:34] it. And what they're going to do is wait till
[2:39:35] you retire and put you on display. I have the
[2:39:40] motion as red. Comments questions. Call the question all in
[2:39:45] favor. That is Carried. Thank you very much. Mr. Warden,
[2:39:49] that brings us to the library board. Very important, but
[2:39:52] relatively short report here. Again, financials are all in order.
[2:39:56] We did pass our procedural bylaw. It was after some
[2:39:59] discussion. There was lots of interesting chat around what was
[2:40:02] in it and how we should handle our activities going
[2:40:04] forward. If you haven't looked at it, please do have
[2:40:06] a look at it. It's in the, uh, it's in
[2:40:08] the package. Want to mention a few activities. We gave
[2:40:10] away 3, 600 trees at the libraries during the Green
[2:40:13] Legacy tree giveaway. Discover Aaron Magazine has a great article
[2:40:18] regarding the library in Aaron. If you haven't seen that,
[2:40:21] go digging for it. It's easy to find on the
[2:40:22] internet. Or I can send you a link. Wellington Terrace
[2:40:25] and the library in the Museum have all been working
[2:40:27] together. I mentioned this last month, but I think it's
[2:40:29] worth mentioning again. There's a great symbiotic relationship between the
[2:40:33] staff and the geography of everyone kind of being there
[2:40:36] together on that campus, which quite frankly, when we started
[2:40:39] that campus is what we were hoping for. We've got
[2:40:41] volunteers from the senior centre working in both the library
[2:40:44] and in the museum and then the museum and the
[2:40:46] library are sending our staff over to do activities within
[2:40:50] the senior centre. So it's a great symbiotic relationship. It's
[2:40:54] working both ways all three ways and everybody's benefiting from
[2:40:57] the geography and the staff and the willingness of people
[2:40:59] to actually do extra things. So I wanted to point
[2:41:01] that out because it's a big deal. One of those
[2:41:03] things you don't think about with libraries is how important
[2:41:06] it is to have computer access. People either don't have
[2:41:08] computers or they don't have good internet. And it seems
[2:41:11] like a small thing, but we all got those census
[2:41:14] forms in the mail. We all have to go online
[2:41:15] and do them. And there was people who literally went
[2:41:18] to the libraries so they could fill out their census
[2:41:20] form. So it's something you probably don't think about. The
[2:41:23] pause for stories is still going well. It's a great
[2:41:25] program where kids can interact with library books at animals
[2:41:29] at the same time. And now that school is out
[2:41:32] of course libraries are very much in. We've got reading
[2:41:34] clubs. We've got programming. We've got performance. There's a million
[2:41:37] things for people to do. I want to refer to
[2:41:40] the Wellington County Library highlights here. Again, I'm not going
[2:41:43] to read it all to you. But it's short. It
[2:41:45] shows that everything is awesome and everything is getting busier.
[2:41:48] And, uh, we're really happy with how things are going
[2:41:51] in our library board. And we've got a lot of
[2:41:53] summer events and a lot of activities. And they're all
[2:41:55] listed in there as well. And that's it for me.
[2:41:58] Uh, I have a motion by myself. Second, by Councillor
[2:42:01] Mary Lloyd as well, that the June 10th, 2026 minutes
[2:42:04] of the Wellington County Library Board be received and referred
[2:42:06] to Council for information. I have the motion as read.
[2:42:12] Comments questions. Call the question all in favor. That is
[2:42:16] Carried. Thank you very much. Thank you, sir. Appreciate it.
[2:42:18] Planning Councillor Seeley. Welcome, sir. The floor is yours.
[2:42:36] Thank you, Warden. I'm proud to present the June 11th
[2:42:39] minutes. Took a minute. Huh? Huh? All right. Sorry. Warden.
[2:42:46] We start with our financial report for Mr. DeHart. We're
[2:42:49] projecting a 150 to 200, 000 negative variants on the
[2:42:53] year. It's still relatively early. I'll remind Council that we
[2:42:57] typically see a lot of applications at the end of
[2:42:58] the year to beat the increase. So we're expecting to
[2:43:01] see that as well. But staff did indicate 40 to
[2:43:04] 50K savings on staffing budget line. And just prior to
[2:43:09] the pending of the reports County did receive another gravel
[2:43:12] application, uh, so that will help offset that, uh, minor
[2:43:18] negative variance. Green Legacy is doing well. Um, else do
[2:43:24] I have here? Regency management will show a minor negative
[2:43:29] variance as well, but that all is inclusive of that
[2:43:31] projected 150 to 200K. Next, we've moved on to the
[2:43:35] GIS. The GIS is changing for the County. They're moving
[2:43:39] to a new software that will go live in August
[2:43:43] and we will run both in parallel for approximately a
[2:43:46] month, 30 days to work out some wrinkles. And then
[2:43:49] the old system will be terminated. So if you know
[2:43:53] of any of your local tiers that rely on that
[2:43:56] software, make sure you get in contact with the county
[2:43:59] to bring everybody up to speed that we are transitioning.
[2:44:02] Next we talked about our five year trails plan. Last
[2:44:06] time it was updated was 2013. I don't know if
[2:44:09] my notes are wrong, but that would make it more
[2:44:11] than a five year plan. The focus is going to
[2:44:14] be on the passive lands for the trail network. So
[2:44:17] looking forward to that report coming back, uh, some of
[2:44:20] the components will be improving parking spaces at the trails
[2:44:25] as well as removing barriers to improve accessibility to the
[2:44:29] trails. Next, we heard about our northern nursery. Apparently the
[2:44:34] challenges with the Northern nursery. It's next to the Luther
[2:44:37] Marsh area. The road access is not year round. So
[2:44:41] staff are not obviously able to access during the winter.
[2:44:45] So staff are going to report back on some options
[2:44:47] to relocate possibly the northern nursery. And we look forward
[2:44:51] to that report. And lastly is the, uh, climate heat
[2:44:55] initiative. And Karen has a report on the agenda for
[2:44:57] that. So with that, Warden is my report and I
[2:45:00] have a motion moved by myself, seconded by Camel Cork.
[2:45:05] But the June 11th, 2026 minutes of the planning committee
[2:45:08] be received and referred to Council for adoption. I have
[2:45:15] the motion as red comments questions. We'll call the question
[2:45:19] all in favor. That is Carried. Thank you, sir. Economic
[2:45:24] development Councillor Duncan, police. Flora is yours, sir. Good afternoon,
[2:45:34] everyone. So here's our update for economic development meeting from
[2:45:37] June 16th. Just in regards to the financials, basically the
[2:45:43] two sections. So for that economic development operations, we're expecting
[2:45:46] positive areas between 80, 100, 000. And for the rural
[2:45:49] transportation portion, overall, uh, tracking towards a positive variance of
[2:45:54] between 20 to 30, 000 dollars. Onto the main actual
[2:45:58] report. Just wanted to talk about good news right off
[2:46:04] the top. There's an investment attraction under that category that
[2:46:07] we look at. So the County, um, we applied for
[2:46:10] a CAN expert community investment program, Grant. And we are
[2:46:14] successful in securing 54, 000 dollars in federal funding. And
[2:46:17] I will support about 60 percent of the cost of
[2:46:20] an investment readiness project So this is something that, uh,
[2:46:23] to be frank, we've had on the back burner a
[2:46:25] little bit for a little while at the economic development,
[2:46:28] just with the needs of the transportation file and staffing,
[2:46:34] uh, that this now, this is a project that we
[2:46:35] identified to move forward with. And now it's good to
[2:46:38] see that, uh, what 60 percent of it will be
[2:46:40] funded. Just one of the things here was the Community
[2:46:46] Improvement Funding. There was three applications for Wellington North Projects.
[2:46:53] And there's three applications there. I'm not sure if it's
[2:46:56] Councillor Breen or somebody had indicated that, uh, any fixing
[2:47:01] up in Wellington North is probably money well spent. So
[2:47:03] I'm not sure if that was. No? Oh, okay. Um,
[2:47:09] just under the tourism portfolio, the Wanted County, we had
[2:47:13] a tourism experience development program. Um, there's a grant call
[2:47:18] that went out. We had about, uh, 30 applications about
[2:47:21] nine were selected. And they're receiving microgrants of between 1500
[2:47:25] to 3, 000 dollars for the most of the ones
[2:47:28] that weren't selected. They were either they didn't, uh, they
[2:47:30] didn't fit at all. Or the good news was, is
[2:47:32] for many of them are software able to tee them
[2:47:34] up to other, uh, programs or other initiatives to help
[2:47:38] them out. The spring rural romp was held on May
[2:47:41] 30th. It's a record number 18 farm and food destinations
[2:47:44] across Northern Wellington County. As we reported that each of
[2:47:48] the stops had between 100 to 300 visitors, um, and
[2:47:52] some of them indicated that, uh, between 50 percent of
[2:47:56] the visitors were all first time people coming. So TATS
[2:48:00] off to, uh, the spring roll romp crew for having
[2:48:03] that, uh, this year. And as I mentioned before, that
[2:48:06] many locations you had to actually kind of pick which
[2:48:08] ones you wanted to go to because it was so
[2:48:09] large you would not be able to really get to
[2:48:11] them all at one time. Uh, the trade tracks showcase
[2:48:14] happened on May 22nd in Centre Wellington at the sportsplex.
[2:48:17] The Friday we saw about 2000 students from, it was
[2:48:22] over a dozen school boards, I believe, that attended on
[2:48:25] the Friday. Friday weather was awesome. Saturday weather was horrible.
[2:48:29] It was, uh, so the public showcase part was cancelled
[2:48:31] on a Saturday. Um, even, even with that though, what
[2:48:35] was really good for, even though it's geared towards youth,
[2:48:39] about almost half the exhibitors reported to us that, um,
[2:48:42] they had made, uh, workforce relation connections there, including potential
[2:48:46] summer students, co - op placements, apprenticeships, um, so it
[2:48:50] was successful also for the vendors that were there and
[2:48:52] for the institutions that were there. So that was, that
[2:48:54] was good news. Um, the, uh, economic development, uh, economic
[2:49:00] developers conference of Ontario, uh, it's actually going to be
[2:49:06] in, uh, Wellington County. It is September 9th and 10th.
[2:49:10] It's the, so it's the EDCO. They have a regional
[2:49:12] conference in our area. Uh, once a year and this
[2:49:16] year, they had, uh, it was reported out back in
[2:49:18] the fall that they had chosen, uh, Wellton County. And
[2:49:21] so the links in your agenda there for how did
[2:49:24] register. There's a, um, a pre day on the 9th
[2:49:27] and then that main conference is on the 10th. And
[2:49:30] they have a need agenda that's set up for that.
[2:49:33] So I urge you to take a look at that.
[2:49:34] I believe, um, staff are going to be sending out
[2:49:37] a typical conference invite to Council on that. Just for
[2:49:42] the ride well update. We had, um, 954 rides. Don
[2:49:47] in May, which represented, uh, just over a thousand passengers
[2:49:52] for, for the program. Um, the main thing with the
[2:49:55] transportation portfolio, though, really is just the, uh, regional transportation
[2:50:00] study. So that still is going ahead. That's the Bruce
[2:50:04] Duffer in grey Wellington regional transportation portion. And the final
[2:50:08] report is expected to come to Council in the follow
[2:50:11] 26. Um, and one of the main things though, uh,
[2:50:14] we have recommended and some of the direction that's taken,
[2:50:17] um, that interim approach be taken with the ghost line.
[2:50:21] So as reported last several months, that's what's going on.
[2:50:24] Wellton County, we've already actually approved and have set aside
[2:50:28] our 25 percent of the funding for the ghost line.
[2:50:31] So the other 25 percent is from grey and the
[2:50:33] other 50s from the province and the other two partners
[2:50:36] to date have not, um, committed to that. So stay
[2:50:40] tuned for what will happen with the, uh, with the
[2:50:43] ghost line. And we had the smart city's office report.
[2:50:50] It's the last items there on the agenda. I just
[2:50:52] wanted to indicate that the amount forest library is having
[2:50:54] a, uh, a food pantry installed similar operation to the
[2:50:59] other ones that we have. Obviously, it's a local group.
[2:51:02] It's the Mount Forest family help team housing essentials lived
[2:51:06] experience pathways people that are doing that. Um, so, um,
[2:51:11] that, that will be up in operation this summer. So
[2:51:13] again, it's for people to pick things up. It's also
[2:51:17] to provide a draw - off spot for members of
[2:51:19] the public that wish to, uh, wish to donate. Um,
[2:51:22] for the agricultural support piece that we do under the
[2:51:25] Smart Cities, the experiment acres, um, mentioned, uh, about one
[2:51:29] of the applicants with the 10 year old chicken farmer.
[2:51:33] And that got picked up by the press. And that
[2:51:36] in turn actually got picked up by the Wellington Federation
[2:51:40] of Agriculture and the Ontario Federation Agriculture. And they shared
[2:51:43] that, um, that story about, uh, about our program and
[2:51:46] about the young farmer on their social media posts and
[2:51:50] some of their platforms. So that was, uh, really good
[2:51:53] news to see. The last piece here is just the
[2:51:57] County and it's to do with the counties internet readiness.
[2:52:02] Program. So I just want to, um, call out Justine
[2:52:07] Danyard here. She's over here. The only words I can
[2:52:11] use is that she's been dogged in trying to, um,
[2:52:14] keep Roger's feet to the fire with the, uh, internet's
[2:52:19] rollout. And not so much the physical rollout of it.
[2:52:22] Just where are they at with it? What's the timing?
[2:52:25] What's going on? And so, um, through Justine's work, um,
[2:52:29] staff meant last month with infrastructure Ontario. They actually attended
[2:52:32] the meeting along with the Rogers communication people to receive
[2:52:34] an update on the high speed internet project. So by
[2:52:38] background, 2021, the province launched this accelerated high speed internet
[2:52:42] program and it changed the model for internet service providers
[2:52:45] wishing to access government funding. So it's a shift from
[2:52:48] that swift model. Um, municipalities were no longer involved. And
[2:52:52] in 2022, Rogers communications was contracted to undertake high speed
[2:52:56] internet expansion to uncertain areas of the entire County of
[2:52:59] Wellington. Um, so the update is that Rogers is continued
[2:53:03] to work locally through the subcontractors, the subcontractors are supposed
[2:53:06] to be, uh, branded with Rogers thing. So that gives
[2:53:09] you the public a bit more idea of what's, you
[2:53:13] know, where they're working. And the installations progressing in a
[2:53:16] south to north general direction and expected that postal inch
[2:53:19] will be the first member municipality to be completed. Um,
[2:53:22] they said, you know, the end of 26 for Post
[2:53:26] Lynch. You know, we'll see. But, uh, the deadline for
[2:53:29] all this work being completed though has been extended. Uh,
[2:53:32] it was supposed to be the end of last year.
[2:53:34] And now it is extended to the end of 28.
[2:53:37] So, um, I understand it's sort of push lunch and
[2:53:40] ear and qualifier masa and then working its way, uh,
[2:53:43] way north. County staff of Astora follow - up meeting
[2:53:48] in the fall to track this progress. Um, and one
[2:53:50] of the main things that you can do, and if
[2:53:54] you're putting things out to public, um, there's a link
[2:53:57] there to on our website for the interior high speed
[2:54:00] internet map. And people can either type in their address
[2:54:03] or they can look it up. And it will show
[2:54:06] they're in a colour coded map. What's the status of
[2:54:10] the internet that's in your area, whether it's, uh, under
[2:54:14] construction, whether it's still coming, um, so I would urge
[2:54:17] you, if you have any way that's asking about that
[2:54:20] project in general, um, Justine's good first plane to contact
[2:54:23] for that. Um, but the website is, is good for,
[2:54:28] um, trying to track where, where Rogers is at. Um,
[2:54:32] it is sort of unfortunate though. It did take us
[2:54:33] a long time to be able to set up this
[2:54:35] meeting just to get basic information, you know, how are
[2:54:37] you making out? What areas are done? Um, and even
[2:54:41] some of that has still been a little bit difficult
[2:54:45] to ascertain. With that, I have a resolution here by
[2:54:51] myself and seconded by Councillor Steve O'Neill at the June
[2:54:55] 16th, 2026 minute. So the economic building committee be received
[2:54:58] and referred to Council for adoption. I have the motion
[2:55:06] as read comments questions. Councillor Lennox. See, I saw you
[2:55:12] this time. Thank you, Warden. I just wanted to add
[2:55:17] a little bit to the context with regard to Swift.
[2:55:20] So, uh, Swift had the initial project. So we're spread
[2:55:23] across the County. There was three or four or five
[2:55:25] projects. I just forget the exact number. Those were all
[2:55:28] completed. And then through the provincial and federal programs where
[2:55:32] these ones are now, the Rogers was given a contract.
[2:55:36] To cover most of Wellington County. Now there was some
[2:55:39] places already served. And then there were some areas, particularly
[2:55:42] an area in Minto in the centre of Minto. I
[2:55:45] kind of called it like the donut hole. That was,
[2:55:48] that Rogers did not have the contract to fill. And
[2:55:50] that was given from the provincial government to swift to
[2:55:53] fill out that gap plus some others across southwestern Ontario.
[2:55:57] And those are completed or virtually completed. So if there's
[2:56:02] areas that are not covered by or the Rogers contract,
[2:56:05] please let me or through Justine Swift know that this
[2:56:09] is. We're based on the information the province gives us
[2:56:12] in terms of underserved premises. And we're out filling those
[2:56:17] gaps. With the provincial money to do that. So if
[2:56:20] there are gaps that you know about, please communicate with
[2:56:23] Justine or myself. And we'll try to fill it. But
[2:56:27] if it's within the Rogers delineated contract, there's really nothing
[2:56:31] we can do about it at this point, but weight
[2:56:34] impatiently. We are not alone. Uh, this is a thing
[2:56:38] that's happening widespread across the province where the deadline of
[2:56:42] last December is long passed. Even with the big providers
[2:56:45] of Bell and Rogers, a lot of the work has
[2:56:49] not been completed. Even though it wear well past the
[2:56:52] deadline already. And now I didn't hear of a firm
[2:56:55] date of 2028 yet. I heard it was still open
[2:56:57] - ended. But if they've committed to a firm date
[2:56:59] of 2028, I hope that's the final date. So, but
[2:57:03] again, happy to continue that dialogue. And try to get
[2:57:07] those gaps filled. I know that donut hole in mental
[2:57:10] that filled. I'm sure they're very happy now. Thank you.
[2:57:16] Anything further. Councillor Lloyd. Thank you, Warden. And on that
[2:57:21] comment, um, we have a number of residents that live
[2:57:25] just off beady line in Centre Wellington that are still
[2:57:28] continuing to have underserviced inabilities to have their cell phones,
[2:57:33] uh, connect to a service. It's difficult when you have
[2:57:36] an alarm system in your home. If you don't have
[2:57:38] those dedicated airwaves and wireless programs that are in place.
[2:57:43] And so the residents of that area are still suffering.
[2:57:47] Um, and we're looking at probably 2, 000 homes in
[2:57:50] that area. So it's a big gap and it's a
[2:57:53] real issue. And, uh, the residents there are not happy
[2:57:56] that they're not able to have a solid, stable signal.
[2:58:03] Councillor Lennox. Sorry, Warden. I just wanted to follow up
[2:58:07] on that comment in that swift is also undertaking a
[2:58:11] study of southwestern Ontario cell coverage. So we're committed significant
[2:58:16] dollars to do a study over the next couple of
[2:58:18] years. Starting already in May of this year to identify
[2:58:22] those gaps to make the case to our partners, you
[2:58:26] know, the Rogers, the bells. And the provincial and federal
[2:58:29] government CRTC, that there are still significant gaps in cell
[2:58:34] coverage, in rural Ontario. I mean, I know that when
[2:58:38] I drive from here to home, when I crossed the
[2:58:40] Irvin Rivers north of Fergus, there's no coverage there. There's
[2:58:44] many other pockets like that. Uh, so, you know, again,
[2:58:49] let's keep the dialogue open. This is a study that's
[2:58:52] being undertaken. We will share that information. When it's completed.
[2:58:56] But, uh, the purpose is to advance the cause of
[2:58:59] cell coverage like we did with the internet service. And
[2:59:06] just to follow up on that, some of there have
[2:59:08] been some pretty good successes with Swift over the years.
[2:59:10] We've been at this for a while. First iteration welfare
[2:59:13] must. I got 12 million bucks. We did Everton, Eden
[2:59:16] Mills, parts of Rockwood. So they're grinding along, but the
[2:59:19] few gaps we need to get to, but there has
[2:59:21] been some pretty good success. We just need to get
[2:59:24] that finished. All right. Anything further. I will call the
[2:59:28] question all in favor. That's carried. Thank you, sir. Councillor
[2:59:33] Campbell. See if you can wrap this up by 1230.
[2:59:43] Floor's yours, sir. Thank you. I'll do my best. Good
[2:59:48] afternoon. Everybody reporting on the FNHR meeting of June 16,
[2:59:52] 2026. We started our meeting off with the renewal of
[2:59:56] the Bad Ockle lease. So the bad arc community centre
[3:00:00] in push Lynch is the only owned property by the
[3:00:04] County that's run as a community centre and it's run
[3:00:06] by a local community board. Pretty much a housekeeping issue,
[3:00:10] but the lease was up for renewal. Very little discussion.
[3:00:14] We approved it. We moved on. We then reviewed and
[3:00:17] approved the establishment of a joint compliance audit committee for
[3:00:20] the 2026 2030 term of Council. This is done in
[3:00:27] conjunction with the lower tiers. And these are the people
[3:00:28] that are going to be called into audit your financial
[3:00:31] statements as a candidate should somebody challenge them. So it's
[3:00:36] a legislative requirement that we create this committee and that,
[3:00:40] uh, bylaw that's on there today does that. We then,
[3:00:43] uh, reviewed the Wellington County Joint Accessibility Committee minutes. Chair
[3:00:48] Matthew Bumer was what excuse me, Matthew Bumer was with
[3:00:52] us. He gave us an update on the meeting. We
[3:00:54] always appreciate when Matthew attends and shares that with us.
[3:01:00] We then moved on to review the Countywide Financial Statements
[3:01:03] to May 31, 2026. Um, as well as the year
[3:01:08] today variants projections, uh, very detailed report on operational and
[3:01:13] capital. So only two notables that I would bring forward
[3:01:17] to projected surplus for this calendar year is between 500K
[3:01:21] and 2. 3 million as to date. And of course,
[3:01:24] we know Ken is notoriously conservative in that number. But
[3:01:27] anyways, that's what he's presented. And the other area of
[3:01:30] notice development charges year to date or down 25 percent.
[3:01:33] To what they were last year. We then moved on
[3:01:37] to the summary of contract towards June of 2026. Uh,
[3:01:41] this is staff awarding. Contracts up to 500K provided that
[3:01:47] they meet the lowest price criteria and that they were
[3:01:49] within the original budget. Uh, there was 10 contracts that
[3:01:53] were approved and they run from skid steers to heat
[3:01:57] pumps. So I mean, it's kind of all over the
[3:01:59] map, but it's there for you to read. We then
[3:02:02] moved on and reviewed the provincial development charges reduction program.
[3:02:07] We passed a resolution. Supporting member municipality applications and that
[3:02:12] we continue to support our own community housing development fund.
[3:02:17] We then moved on and reviewed and approved an update
[3:02:20] to the County Cash Investment Policy. Fairly large document, two
[3:02:25] changes to it. Basically, uh, and one requested by the
[3:02:29] committee, um, so what we're looking at is pretty, I
[3:02:33] can't even speak anymore. Principle protected notes. So it's within
[3:02:38] the existing bylaw at 40 percent and staff are recommended
[3:02:44] we move this up to 70 percent committee adjusted the
[3:02:49] 50 percent back to 40 percent. So basically what this
[3:02:51] does is give staff latitude to put more money into
[3:02:55] PPNs because we're seeing basically double the returns historically over
[3:03:00] the past five years. So it's not to say that
[3:03:03] they're definitely going to go to that limit, but it
[3:03:05] moves that bar up. That should they choose to do
[3:03:08] so. It's within the policy. And that documents in your
[3:03:12] package and all the changes are highlighted in red, including
[3:03:15] about three paragraphs of verbiage about what PPU pans are.
[3:03:20] Um, anybody that's censors in the 40 versus the 50,
[3:03:23] the six institutions that we can buy those people ends
[3:03:26] from. So. So that was approved by committee. We then
[3:03:35] reviewed and received for information that changes over our employee
[3:03:40] assistance plan to tell us starting in July of this
[3:03:43] year. So this was a staff decision it was made.
[3:03:45] Based on staff's input on this, we're getting a better
[3:03:48] program for less money. With less constraints. So that's being
[3:03:52] rolled out basically even as we speak. So that was
[3:03:56] received by the committee for information. We then received a
[3:03:59] report for information on the OSHA changes coming into place.
[3:04:04] These are changes head protection and elevated work safety requirements.
[3:04:08] So it's early days on those one of them takes
[3:04:10] effect December, but staff are working on how that would
[3:04:13] apply to staff in terms of what headgear is currently
[3:04:16] being, um, worn. And what we actually have for elevated
[3:04:20] work platforms. Uh, that employees are working off. And finally,
[3:04:25] we reviewed and received a report on the health and
[3:04:29] safety team. So if you recall last month, uh, we
[3:04:32] announced that Nicole Void had moved up to assistant director
[3:04:37] of HR. Staff have made a change to that position
[3:04:41] so they're not going to backfill another manager of health
[3:04:44] and safety. Nicole's going to carry on in that role.
[3:04:48] Focusing on the health and safety so we don't lose
[3:04:51] any continu. We don't lose any momentum in that. And
[3:04:54] her replacement, which is being recruited now will be a
[3:04:58] supervisor of health and safety and wellness. So again, a
[3:05:01] staff internal change. And that's my report. So I have
[3:05:06] a motion by myself, seconded by Councillor Valentine that the
[3:05:09] June 10th, 2026 minutes of the administration finance and HR
[3:05:13] committee be received and referred to Council for adoption. Thank
[3:05:16] you. I have the motion as read comments questions. I
[3:05:25] will call the question all in favor. That is Carrie.
[3:05:28] Thank you. Now this is a little unusual, but I'll
[3:05:31] put it out there. We had an item earlier today
[3:05:33] on the Aaron Garage that we deferred. Mr. Wilson has
[3:05:37] asked to speak to Council on that item. Is there
[3:05:39] an appetite to do so? Everybody all right? Okay. Mr.
[3:05:45] Wilson, floor yours. Thank you, Warden. I've been in this
[3:05:51] business a long time and I don't recall ever having
[3:05:54] to ask Council to give further consideration to an issue.
[3:05:59] But, um, just given the timing of our meetings, we
[3:06:02] won't be meeting regularly again until September. The prices that
[3:06:06] are in part of the earring grudge tender are a
[3:06:11] little bit time sensitive. The longer we delay, the less
[3:06:14] reliable those prices will be the more, will be likely
[3:06:18] to get into winter construction, which will be adding to
[3:06:21] the cost. So. Uh, I believe Mr. Turk would like
[3:06:26] to be able to answer any questions. You may have
[3:06:28] about the figures that we're discussed earlier. Mr. Mulhold and
[3:06:32] Mr. Grinnemer also here. If there were questions, I should
[3:06:35] have tried to intervene earlier in the discussion when it
[3:06:38] was happening in the Roads Committee, but I was, uh,
[3:06:41] asleep at the switch. So if Councilwood permitted, and it's
[3:06:46] certainly up to Council because you've already voted to defer.
[3:06:49] If you would permit Mr. Turk to give some explanation
[3:06:53] of his numbers, I'd appreciate it. Is there an appetite
[3:06:58] to hear from the Mr. Church. Yeah. Yep. People and
[3:07:06] the people who moved in second into deferral are okay
[3:07:07] with this. We're not reconsidering yet. We're just letting its
[3:07:13] emotion to allow them to speak. Then we could reconsider.
[3:07:16] We haven't asked to reconsider yet. So, um, just to
[3:07:21] remotion to allow this to be. Yeah. Let's do that.
[3:07:24] Let's make it. I'll put a motion on the floor.
[3:07:26] Thank you, sir. Motion to allow the delegates to adjust
[3:07:30] an item we've considered. Second, my Council Sealy all in
[3:07:32] favor. That is carried. So just to go back to
[3:07:36] the deferral, just to your point, I don't know if
[3:07:38] you want to reiterate there were some concerns about the
[3:07:40] numbers and when you got them. I don't want to
[3:07:42] speak on your behalf. Maybe tell us again why you
[3:07:48] ask for the deferral. So to clarify my stance is
[3:07:51] the fact that. At the roads meeting, it was requested
[3:07:54] that we get the backup. The backup was only shared
[3:07:57] with five members of this Council. And when it was
[3:08:01] shared on Monday of this week, it was acknowledged that
[3:08:04] there was a reduction in the price of the contract,
[3:08:06] which is positive news. Please don't misunderstand my comment. Um,
[3:08:10] but it wasn't shared where the balancer council. So the
[3:08:13] report that was presented as part of our agenda and
[3:08:17] presented by the chair had an incorrect number in it.
[3:08:22] Also on that backup. And again, I will restate, and
[3:08:25] I'm sure I'm about to be confirmed. That the typo
[3:08:28] on the report that shows a potential savings of another
[3:08:31] 637, 000 dollars, which I really don't believe is there.
[3:08:35] But my issue is the timing. And the fact that
[3:08:39] if a contract changes and is going to be presented
[3:08:41] to this Council, why all of Council was not made
[3:08:45] aware of that contract change, why it wasn't changed in
[3:08:48] the agenda, why the chair of the committee wasn't even
[3:08:50] aware that the contract price had changed. And that only
[3:08:54] five of us that requested the additional backup after that
[3:08:57] meeting were made aware of it. It's a committee of
[3:09:01] 16. We're making a 13 million dollar decision. On incomplete
[3:09:07] and inaccurate information. That's why I asked for the deferral.
[3:09:13] Thank you. So. I don't know how you want to
[3:09:16] answer that. Please up to the mic because we're streaming.
[3:09:25] Just introduce yourself for everybody. There we go. All right.
[3:09:32] Thank you everyone for taking the time to hear me.
[3:09:34] I'm Ryan Turkwithawn Construction. First off, I apologise for the
[3:09:39] typo. I've printed a copy of Miller's electrics quotation. They
[3:09:45] were the high bid. And I am mistyped. That's completely
[3:09:48] on me. They were high bid and not relevant. In
[3:09:54] the numbers that we've presented. We've been pushing really hard
[3:09:58] to advance this project. We were supposed to break ground
[3:10:01] in the fall of last year. We've had a number
[3:10:04] of challenges with municipal approvals for our site plant approval
[3:10:09] and our permit. We're to point now, we're ready to
[3:10:12] go. And I'm concerned that if we lose this summer,
[3:10:17] I have almost 1, 600 cubic metres of concrete to
[3:10:22] poor in this foundation. You guys have seen an Arthur
[3:10:25] and other structures. The foundation walls and the footings are
[3:10:29] huge. If I have to pour and construct the foundation
[3:10:32] in the cold weather, I pay a winter premium on
[3:10:36] every metre of concrete that I buy. And we have
[3:10:39] to tarp and heat the concrete so that it cures
[3:10:42] properly. We're all here. So I want to take the
[3:10:45] time if there's questions and the more information I can
[3:10:48] provide to you. This is an open book process. I
[3:10:53] would love to still hit the ground this summer and
[3:10:55] take advantage of the warm months that we have. This
[3:10:58] project is bigger than other sites. We have quite a
[3:11:02] bit of site civil work to do for stormwater management,
[3:11:05] grey water management. And the sanitary system. To lose the
[3:11:09] summer months, I'm going to be increasing the GMP to
[3:11:14] deal with the winter working costs. Frost removal and the
[3:11:17] tarping and the heating. If the chance that I can
[3:11:21] at least get a summary of what can make that
[3:11:23] clearer to you or the financial reports, I'm certainly happy
[3:11:27] to do so. I issued a revised GMP earlier this
[3:11:31] week that brought the GMP down by approximately 63, 000.
[3:11:36] Though that's based on two items being removed from our
[3:11:38] scope. We had allowed for asphalt to be installed under
[3:11:43] the second salt dome that is no longer going to
[3:11:45] be demolished. So that's going to stay. So I backed
[3:11:48] out the cost for that asphalt. I also had cost
[3:11:52] in for the second entrance into the property, which has
[3:11:55] been completed by the County staff. So those two items
[3:11:58] were backed out of the GMP, reducing the GMP by
[3:12:02] 63, 000. Again, if the way that I can answer
[3:12:06] questions or help keep this project moving, that is our
[3:12:09] goal. Go ahead, Mr. Wilson Wilson. Mr. Turkey, do you
[3:12:17] confirm. New GMP. Off memory, it's 13, 163, 000. I
[3:12:27] didn't bring my glasses to the podium here. One million,
[3:12:33] 13, 163, 531 dollars. Okay, so the issues in the
[3:12:42] room. Number one is the timing of the information as
[3:12:44] it went out. Agreed. Okay. We've got that issue. So
[3:12:49] now that we've recognised that, we've recognised the typo. The
[3:12:52] issue now is, is there an appetite to find a
[3:12:55] way around this deferral to get them to work. Or
[3:12:57] do we want to maintain the deferral? As the mover
[3:13:01] of the deferral, what, and I'm not trying to put
[3:13:03] you on the spot. But what would you need to
[3:13:06] allow this to go ahead? If Council is satisfied with
[3:13:10] the numbers as they stand. I have no interest in
[3:13:17] deferring this project if it's going to add to the
[3:13:19] costs of the project. My point is simply we are
[3:13:23] a Council of 16 people. We all deserve the information
[3:13:25] up front before any decision is made. We now have
[3:13:30] confirmation from the gentleman, the prepared it. That the numbers
[3:13:35] are correct. So as long as we correct the motion
[3:13:39] to the correct amount, I will back down on the
[3:13:42] deferral. I'm not trying to delay the project. I'm not
[3:13:44] trying to stop the project. But I think we need
[3:13:47] to make a valid point that when new information comes
[3:13:50] out, it's shared with everybody. Not just the people we're
[3:13:55] bold enough to ask for. It. And that's, that's a
[3:14:00] strictly reasonable point. And especially a project of this magnitude
[3:14:04] Councillor Duncan. I was just going to say, I think
[3:14:08] the message, what, I think the message has been received
[3:14:10] on the, uh. On the sending out of the information
[3:14:14] after, after that meeting. Um, you know, I would be
[3:14:18] supportive of us doing a reconsideration, bringing us forward. Um,
[3:14:21] you know, in the last 18 months, there's somewhere between
[3:14:24] 850, 1, 000 new homes have been built out that
[3:14:28] section of the County. The sooner this garage can get
[3:14:30] going, you know, I can continue the excellent work that
[3:14:33] the roads committee does. Um, are the roads committee. The
[3:14:37] road staff does, uh, and, you know, and looking after
[3:14:39] the service needs of those people. Uh, you know, one
[3:14:42] of the reasons of bringing this garage forward and not
[3:14:44] doing an amalgamated, uh, job, right, was that this would,
[3:14:48] um, allow us to maintain or enhance the service level
[3:14:52] for our residence. So, um, I think, I think we
[3:14:54] all know too. Everyone knows here. If you can construct
[3:14:57] something in the nicer weather in the summer and fall
[3:15:02] months, especially the critical parts of pouring, uh, concrete that
[3:15:05] it's best for the project in the long run. So,
[3:15:08] um, I think we should do a reconsideration. Council Breen.
[3:15:12] In my mind, the only reason to defer a motion
[3:15:14] is if there's new information that's going to come that
[3:15:17] might change the outcome of the motion. And I'm reasonably
[3:15:21] confident. I could be convinced otherwise that we've now got
[3:15:23] the information that we've, that we needed. And if we
[3:15:27] defer this till 2029, I think we're going to end
[3:15:30] up making the same decision. We're just going to end
[3:15:31] up costing us more money. So I think probably the
[3:15:34] right course here, unless there's something that I'm missing. And
[3:15:36] I accept that that's a possibility. That's for something I'm
[3:15:38] missing. I don't think that waiting until September is going
[3:15:42] to change anything except make it cost more money. So
[3:15:45] I do think that there's been a message sent that
[3:15:49] I assume has been received. And I think it's an
[3:15:50] important one. But I think we need to separate that
[3:15:52] from this. And that I think it's probably time to
[3:15:55] have a motion for, uh, reconsideration. Um, I think Councillor
[3:16:00] Duncan sort of insinuated that he'd be willing to pass
[3:16:03] it or sorry to make it. I'd be willing to
[3:16:06] second it. If it makes more sense to make the
[3:16:07] original people do it. I don't care. But I think
[3:16:09] we should move on. It procedurally doesn't matter who does
[3:16:12] a reconsider. You all voted. Okay. Um, I'm going to
[3:16:18] put the motion on the floor cause we're actually talking
[3:16:20] about it before we're getting there. Did you want to
[3:16:22] make that motion Councillor Duncan then? To reconsider the deferral
[3:16:27] seconded by Councillor Breen Councillor Lennox. That's correct. Thank you,
[3:16:33] Ward. And I agree that deferral doesn't necessarily have to
[3:16:36] happen here. But I am quite disturbed by the fact
[3:16:38] that we were asked to vote on a motion, which
[3:16:41] had incorrect information. I find that very disturbing. If that
[3:16:45] information was available, then why was that motion not corrected?
[3:16:49] And I don't know where the accountability for that lies.
[3:16:51] But I do believe there needs to be accountability for
[3:16:52] it. Okay. Point made. Um, motion on the floor. So
[3:17:00] one is to reconsider the deferral to get the project
[3:17:02] moving ahead. Two other items in the room is the
[3:17:04] timeliness. In terms of when the information went out and
[3:17:07] who it all went to. And how that occurred. And
[3:17:10] had a report with an incorrect number. Correct? Okay. So
[3:17:15] back to the reconsideration motion. It's a funny look. Back
[3:17:20] to the reconsideration motion. Which would undefer it and pass
[3:17:25] it with the correct numbers. Yes, sir. We're going to
[3:17:29] reread the motion before we pass it with the correct
[3:17:31] number. So the ambiguity. Okay. So we've got to mover
[3:17:37] and a second. Can I have the motion red please
[3:17:39] with the correct number? Or can I read it or
[3:17:41] you read it? Who's got it? Oh, voting on reconsideration.
[3:17:45] Well, okay. All in favor. To reconsider the deferral. Thank
[3:17:50] you. Sorry. Now motion for. Approval of the project. Stated.
[3:17:59] I'm going to get it red so we know we're
[3:18:01] talking about. So it's item four on the roads agenda.
[3:18:04] Yeah. Okay. Thank you. Yeah. Read it, please. Get the
[3:18:09] right number, eh? The motion will read that the construction
[3:18:13] contract for the Aaron Garage bewarted to Dawn construction limited
[3:18:16] of Waterloo at the total contract amount of 13, 163,
[3:18:24] 531 dollars. Excluding HST at 13 percent and that the
[3:18:30] budget is outline in the financial summary be approved and
[3:18:33] that the warden and clerk be authorized to sign the
[3:18:35] necessary construction agreements. That is the motion on the floor.
[3:18:39] Any further comments, questions. Mover and seconder. I thought I
[3:18:45] had those already for this one. Move by Councillor Davidson,
[3:18:47] second by Councillor Turton. All in favor. That is carried.
[3:18:53] Thank you and the takeaway is in the room. We'll
[3:18:55] probably bring it back to Rhodes. We'll look into, it's
[3:18:58] an absolutely legitimate concern if the incorrect number, we will
[3:19:00] look back into that. All right. And the timing. Thank
[3:19:03] you for your presentation, sir. Appreciate it. Thank you, Evan,
[3:19:06] for your time. All right. Thank you. Go ahead. Council
[3:19:11] Wilson would like to speak. Thank you Council. I believe
[3:19:19] the right course of action was ultimately taken. And I
[3:19:22] hope there's no mistake about who's responsible. For this, uh,
[3:19:26] issue, this lack of information getting to Council. It's my
[3:19:30] responsibility. Okay. Um, free to move along then. Moving
[3:19:40] into proposed proposed bylaw resolution, refer to Council, Mr. Turton,
[3:19:46] please. Thank you, Mr. Warden. Resolution has moved by myself.
[3:19:51] Second by Councillor Greg Davidson. That bylaws 5983 - 26.
[3:19:57] And 5986 - 26 to 5990, 26. Be considered and
[3:20:03] referred to Council by 3rd Reedy.
[3:20:13] I have the motion as read. Call the question all
[3:20:16] in favor. That's barely carried. Thank you. We're moving into
[3:20:26] reports from staff. And, but just before we move on,
[3:20:29] I just want to thank Council for their indulgence in
[3:20:32] moving back on that. I think it is the right
[3:20:34] decision. Any deferral might have cost. And as long as
[3:20:36] you're comfortable with those numbers. All right. Would you like
[3:20:40] to give us a little update on the home energy
[3:20:42] efficiency retrofit program request for proposals. Welcome. The floor is
[3:20:48] yours. Karen. Thank you. And good afternoon, everyone. So in
[3:20:54] the planning report, um, Councillor City had mentioned that we
[3:20:58] have an RFP that was posted for the home energy
[3:21:01] efficiency transition program. This is our home energy retrofit financing
[3:21:05] program where, um, uh, so we've put out an RFP
[3:21:10] for the third party administrator and reviewed those submissions. We
[3:21:13] are fortunate to have five very competitive submissions on that.
[3:21:19] And we have selected enviro centre as the winning proposal
[3:21:25] on that. So the recommendation is that in virocenter, um,
[3:21:30] that the proposal from in viral for an upset limit
[3:21:33] of 550, 130, 000 dollars be awarded the third party
[3:21:38] heat administrator contract. So he's got a resolution. If you
[3:21:45] have something for me, Mr. Seelen, then we'll talk about
[3:21:47] it. Gotcha. Cared when I thought they'd come again. Uh,
[3:21:53] so the resolution is moved by myself. Second of all,
[3:21:57] Councillor Cork that proposal from Enviro Centre for an upset
[3:21:59] limit of 550, 130 dollars be awarded. The heat third
[3:22:04] party administrator contract. Thank you. There is the motion as
[3:22:09] read comments, questions on that. I think we've seen this
[3:22:12] a few times. Go ahead, Councillor O'Neill. Council.
[3:22:25] Thank you, Warden. Um, again. I appreciate that Enviro Centre
[3:22:30] had got 97 score. But we don't have any figures.
[3:22:36] Again, what did our second place group at 89 get,
[3:22:42] what was their price. So maybe their price was higher.
[3:22:46] Maybe it was lower, but we don't know. We still
[3:22:49] don't have the information. And I really don't appreciate that.
[3:22:54] So I'd like more information. Maybe windfall was 600, 000.
[3:22:59] So the right of the running, maybe it was 200,
[3:23:01] 000. I think we need more information on that. Any
[3:23:09] thoughts. Um, sure. I can respond to that. Yep. Please.
[3:23:15] Uh, the upset limit for the contract. It was 556,
[3:23:19] 000 dollars was posted in the RFP and the submissions,
[3:23:24] all five submissions came in within a few thousand dollars
[3:23:27] of each other and very close to that, that limit.
[3:23:31] And I don't know if Eric wanted to add. Did
[3:23:36] you want to come up here, please?
[3:24:00] Thank you and through your chair. Uh, the five bids
[3:24:03] received, I will list the pricing in order from lowest
[3:24:06] to highest. The lowest price we received was for 547,
[3:24:10] 000. The second lowest was 550, 000. The third 553,
[3:24:15] 460. Then 555, 999 dollars below the listed price and
[3:24:23] the fifth in highest was for exactly 556, 000 dollars.
[3:24:28] Thank you. Thanks, Warden. I just don't know why those
[3:24:36] numbers couldn't have been placed on this report. Reasonable question.
[3:24:43] Should have been. Yeah. Who Ken. Cavalry. So I just
[3:24:53] want to ensure that Council understands the difference between an
[3:24:56] RFP and a tender. And an RFP, it's a request
[3:24:59] for proposal. And so in the proposals come in with
[3:25:02] packages that have a scoring attached to it. And pricing
[3:25:07] is just one of them. And, uh, so it's not
[3:25:11] our typical practice to show the pricing of, uh, each
[3:25:15] bid in an RFP. That is tender process. So the
[3:25:20] two different types of processes. So if Council wants to
[3:25:24] see more, uh, information on RFP processes, then we would
[3:25:29] have to change the way we do think, but price
[3:25:32] is not to determining factor. Alone in an RFP process.
[3:25:40] Go ahead. Thanks, Warden. Um, I guess I would say
[3:25:45] that the solid waste service contract. Being an RFP. Had
[3:25:49] a full summer price. Disclosure all the way through it.
[3:25:57] Okay. So I'm going to ask that maybe that item
[3:26:01] about putting all the numbers together. Be referred back to
[3:26:03] AFNHR. And we can decide whether we want it. Change
[3:26:06] the policy or not Councillor Campbell. Thank. You, Warden. So.
[3:26:11] Just on the same vein, and I appreciate the update.
[3:26:14] And I don't have a problem supporting this. But I
[3:26:16] think what Councillor Neal is looking at, I'm putting words
[3:26:19] in a smoth is some consistency on the information that
[3:26:22] Council receives. So normally we do get pricing. We also
[3:26:26] normally get a financial backup sheet that says this is
[3:26:29] how we're going to pay for it. So I mean,
[3:26:30] if this was under 500, 000 dollars, it could have
[3:26:32] been improved by staff. We wouldn't even have seen it.
[3:26:36] We'd have driven on with a contract. But because it
[3:26:38] crossed that 500, 000 dollar threshold normally treasury gives us
[3:26:42] a listing. Now I appreciate this is a multi -
[3:26:44] year contract. And it's only a hundred thousand dollars a
[3:26:48] year, which is not a lot in our pot. Um,
[3:26:51] but normally the background to this that says, okay, here
[3:26:54] was the pricing. Here's our recommendation to award. And here's
[3:26:57] how we're going to pay for it. So that component
[3:26:59] also missing out of this particular document. So no issue
[3:27:03] passing it today, but I just think some consistency in
[3:27:07] the way the reports are coming out with the level
[3:27:09] of detail would make life a whole lot easier, especially
[3:27:12] when you're getting a report the day before Council meeting.
[3:27:16] There's no committee review. There's no chance to talk about
[3:27:19] it. Here's the numbers and we're voting on it tomorrow.
[3:27:23] Make sure you show up on time. And I'll, by
[3:27:25] the way, we're not doing pictures. You know, I'm saying
[3:27:28] like it just. Anyways, I've had my spiel. Thank you.
[3:27:31] Okay. So we're going to put that on the next
[3:27:33] AFNHR food review. Okay. Got it. Okay. Where are we?
[3:27:40] Did we vote. Okay. Mover in seconder. So with that
[3:27:45] information and understanding the distinction we've been making and those
[3:27:49] two processes, we will bring it back to eighth and
[3:27:51] HR to make sure the more fulsom information. On other
[3:27:54] items like this and forward. That'll go to that committee
[3:27:56] and then back through. Fair enough. Then I will call
[3:27:59] the question all in favor. That is carried. Thank you
[3:28:03] very much. Thank you, Karen. Appreciate it. Resolution to committee
[3:28:07] of the whole rising report Councillor. Oh, see, I wasn't
[3:28:12] going to embarrass you this time. Councillor Cork. Thank you,
[3:28:16] Warden. Moved by myself and seconded by Councillor Seeley. The
[3:28:20] committee of the whole rise. It's Council to report and
[3:28:23] confirm the action taken in committee of the whole. Thing.
[3:28:29] I have the motion as red. Called a question all
[3:28:32] in favor. That is carried. Thank you very much. Resolution
[3:28:37] to adopt action of Councillor Lloyd. Through you, Warden. I
[3:28:42] have a motion move by myself. And seconded by Councillor
[3:28:45] Shawn Watters that the action's taken in committee of the
[3:28:47] whole today be confirmed by this committee, this Council and
[3:28:50] the minutes from the committees be adopted. I have the
[3:28:56] motion as red. Call a question all in favor. That
[3:28:59] is Carried. Thank you very much. Resolution for third reading
[3:29:01] of bylaws Councillor Cork. Thank you, Warden. Move by myself
[3:29:06] and seconded by Councillor Anderson. The bylaw is 598 326
[3:29:11] and 598 626 to 599. Oh 26 be taken as
[3:29:16] read a third time. By the clerk and pass. I
[3:29:21] have the motion as read comments questions. Call the question
[3:29:25] all in all in favor. That's carried. Your mic's on,
[3:29:31] you confuse me. No motions. All right. Well have a
[3:29:34] good summer everybody. And this meeting is officially adjourned. Thank
[3:29:38] you. Thank you. Thank you.