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So welcome. I'd like to call this meeting to order.
For Wednesday, March 25th, 2026. And our new council chambers.
If I could ask for a moment of meditation, as
many of us are aware, can Hackenbrook, former councillor in
the town passed away a couple of weeks ago, a
number of members of Council were at his service. And
also Brian Slate, the husband of Annabelle Slate, who we
all know and love. He passed away last week, and
I don't know if there's a service plan, but I
believe there are donations. Available if people may wish to
do that. So if we can keep those families in
our thoughts and prayers during our moment of meditation, please.
Thank you. The town of Georgina recognised and acknowledges that
we are on land's originally used and occupied by the
first peoples of the Williams Treaty's First Nations and other
indigenous peoples. And on behalf of myself and all members
of council, we would like to thank them for sharing
this land. We would also like to acknowledge a ChippeWAWS
of Georgina Island First Nation as her close neighbour and
friend, one with which we strive to build a cooperative
and respectful relationship. We also recognise the unique relationship that
ChipWAS have, but the lands and waters of this territory,
they are the water protectors and environmental stewards of these
lands, and we join them in these responsibilities. Gonna have
the roll call, please, Madam Clerk. Thank you, Madam Mayor.
All members of Council are present. Community announcements, and I'm
gonna give a few brief remarks here. Certainly good morning,
everyone, and welcome. It's wonderful to have you all here
today, whether it's in person or if you're joining us
virtually as we gather for our first in - person
council meeting in this new space. As you know, to
make this transition possible, our Council meetings shifted to a
virtual format. While Equipment and Technology were moved from the
old building into this one. And I want to thank
everyone, Council staff and the public for adopting so smoothly
during that period. Now, just before this council meeting started,
we marked this milestone with some meaningful ceremonial moments. And
we like to acknowledge and thank the Sutton Legion who
joined us in the morning and presented the colours. We
are grateful for their ongoing service to the community and
for helping us open this new council chambers with a
dignity and respect it deserves. I would also like to
sincerely thank and acknowledge Chief Donna Big Canoe and Kelsey
Trivet. From the CHEWAWAS of Georgina Island First Nation for
joining us. And for their participation in today's ceremony. Their
presence and contributions reflect our ongoing commitment to partnership, respect,
and strong relationships with our neighbours on Georgina Island. Thank
you again, Chief Big KNU and Kelsey for joining us
today. It was, it was very moving and very special.
You may also notice a beautiful painting out in the
hall. And if you haven't, I encourage you to check
it out. It was created by Laurie Hoag, an artist
and a member of the CHIWAWAS, our Georgina Island First
Nation. And it depicts Anishnabi - Klan system. Please stop
and take a look at it. It's stunning. And you
can read about the seven clans and what roles and
responsibilities they have within the community. And watch for later
this summer when a larger version of that painting will
be placed out into the outdoor courtyard. This council chambers
represents a fresh start, not just in its design, but
in the tools it provides. You'll notice there are many
new technologies integrated in the room. We have different things
around. And so we have new equipment, new systems, new
ways of doing things. We're all still learning. So as
we get comfortable and build new routines, we appreciate your
patience and understanding. I want to extend my sincere gratitude
to all staff, partners and community members for your support
during this transition. Your efforts and flexibility help make this
move both smooth and successful, and we're incredibly thankful. I
do want to thank some town staff in particular, our
CAO Ryan Cronsbury. Our deputy CAO Treasurer Rob Reeder, you're
in different places. You're used to be there. Now you're
there. See, that's one of the changes. Sean Naskey, director
of corporate services, project manager Stephen Hordat, and staff within
the both the CAO's office and mayor and counts office,
Ellen Alex, Jamie Lee, if I'd be remiss if I
didn't mention the clerk's department. IT staff for their work,
especially the past several weeks as this new chambers was
prepared. Rachel, Mumta, Carolyn, Cheyenne, Samantha, Andrew, Ryan. Thank you.
Eric, where's Eric in his crew from rave audio visual
for their work? And actually, Eric lives local. He's a
local guy for their work at times. I thought they
were all sleeping over here. So, and I think somebody
came at, was it one or two a. m. one
morning and tripped the alarm. So the police were here.
Um, sorry if I've missed some people, but extend my
thanks to everybody. Um, you all have my thanks. I
want to acknowledge our architect IBA and CRBE for the
project management and the workspace design. This design started in
2018. And through many meetings, public meetings, council reports, revisions,
and a little thing called a pandemic. The design has
finally come to life. Thank you to our Builder Maystar
General Contractors for bringing the budget, bringing the building in
on time and within budget. And I'll repeat that. On
time. And within budget. I also want to thank current
and past council members that have supported moving forward with
a new building. Without your support, their support, this building
would not have moved forward. So thank you for your
vision and your commitment. I've recently toured a few PAST
Council members around this new building. A couple that are
here with us this morning. And they're all impressed with
what has been built. And congratulated counsel on our decision
to build new. Something they agreed was not an easy
decision to make, but the right decision. As part of
our strategic plan, we have a vision statement. To be
the most progressive, inclusive, and vibrant growing community on Lake
Simcoe with a balance of rural and urban character. This
building demonstrates that we are progressive. And that we value
inclusivity for those coming to work here. Doing business here,
or connecting with council members or staff. This building also
continues to honour two past members of Council, one that
I had the privilege to serve on this council for
18 years. And the other, while not serving with him
on council, I had the honour to serve with him
on the late Simcoe region conservation authority. And I'm speaking
of regional councillor Danny Wheeler and Mary Joe Dales. Those
two names will continue to be acknowledged on boardrooms here
in the new civic centre. Their legacy of community involvement
and leadership will continue to inspire future members of council,
staff, and the public. We're excited to begin this new
chapter in a space designed to support connection, collaboration and
community. If you're watching from home and have not yet
had a chance to stop by the new Civic Centre,
I encourage you to do so. It's a welcoming and
functional place that will serve our residents well for decades
to come. This building is for the future. It's not
for me. It's not for any one person. But for
the community, both today and tomorrow. I've said to many
people that if you want people, businesses to invest in
Georgina, we have to show that we too are prepared
to invest in our community in its future. This building
shows that investment and that commitment. I'm very proud of
what we've accomplished at moving forward this new building. We'll
not always popular, hard decisions were made to get this
done. Which is what true leadership requires. Again, thank you
all for being here today. And I now like to
offer an opportunity for other members of council to provide
any comments that they may wish to provide. Do I
have other members that wish to provide any comments. Yeah.
If you want to say something, this is your opportunity.
Jeez, they're all quiet. This is rare. It's a new
building. I thought they'd all have something to say. Council.
Councillor Fellini, I'll let him go first. And don't be
shy. If you want, just raise your hand and I'll
acknowledge you. Thank you, Madam Mayor. Good morning, everybody. And
thank you. And through you. Hold on. I'm like, over
to you, little. Story. Pull it down. There. Go ahead.
So this is a great space obviously. And, um, I
wanted you to say thank you to all those involved
with making this space happen and possible. It's a fantastic
job. So well done. And thank you. You should all
be very proud. Just my thoughts. Thank you. Other members
of Council, Councillor Bigger staff. Through you, Madam Mayor. Good
morning. It's a really special morning. I paused because I
thought, uh, perhaps others would want to speak. And I
did prepare something. So I couldn't go there. All right.
This is pretty cool. I'm not going to lie. Democracy
lives in spaces like this. Through conversation, through disagreement and
through shared responsibility to share, to serve our community well.
This moment feels special not only because it's new, because
it connects us both to the past and the future.
Just think 75 years from now, perhaps another council may
mark a similar transition and look back on this building
as a part of their history. That perspective is humbling.
And it reminds us that we're a part of something
much larger than ourselves. My hope is that this chamber
is always filled with thoughtful collaboration conversations grounded and respect
and shared commitment to the wellbeing of our community. That
staff, expertise, continue to guide. And that residence remain engaged
in shaping the future of our Georgina. I'm grateful to
have played a role in advancing the civic centre and
the chamber. The space reflects where we're going. And while
honouring, where we've been, I'm excited. I especially value this
table. It brings us into circle. A form, long rooted
in many cultures as we saw this morning, where people
come together to listen, see one another, clearly, and to
find a way forward. It's a really proud moment and
one that reminds us how meaningful it is to be
a part of history as it unfolds. Thank you. Thank
you. Other members of council wish to speak, regional councillor
Davidson. Thank you, Mark Work through you. Um, it's not
often that I don't have anything to say. But, um,
I'm a little overwhelmed today, to be honest. So I
think I wasn't going to speak, but wow, Councillor Br.
All the feels. All the feels for sure. Um, and
seeing some members of previous Council and previous staff here,
um, you bringing the past and the future together. Like,
big deal. So, um, just my thanks to the chip
was for being here today. And making it even more
meaningful. And my hopes for the future, um, of the
town and that this moves us forward together. Collaboratively as
Councillor Biggerstaff mentioned. And yeah, I'm really looking forward to
it. Thanks. Great. Thank you. Other members of council wish
to make comment. Councillor Dale. Thank you, Madam Mayor. And
good, good morning everyone. I actually wrote out some comments
today because, um, it took a while to sort of
think about this process. It's, it certainly started long before
I was at the table and it will continue long.
I'm after I'm at the table. So I thought, uh,
I thought I'd write it down today just so I
can sort of express my thoughts because as regional councillor.
Said it's, uh, it's pretty overwhelming. This is, this is
a long time coming, especially as a kid from the
community knowing that, uh, the next generation is going to
come somewhere that is safe and open. It's, it's wonderful.
So we stand today at a crossroads of our history.
For years, the conversation around the Civic Centre was dominated
by one thing. Cost. I know the weight of that
number. I know the skepticism that comes when we ask
a community to invest so deeply in a time of
uncertainty. Making the choice to move forward wasn't the easy
path. And at times it was the unpopular one. But
despite the false notion by some that local community politics
is a social media popularity contest, it isn't. It's about
honouring the legacy of those who built this town while
ensuring there is a viable and vibrant community left for
our children to inherit. As you walk through these new
public spaces, you will see more than just modern glass
and steel. You will see a tribute to our roots.
We didn't build this centre to replace our history. We
built it to house it. We have taken the spirit
of our founders to grit and the vision that turned
a few small hamlets into community and given a foundation
that will last another hundred years. In our new building
department space, we aren't just processing permits faster with more
efficiency. We are fueling the same spirit of growth that
built our first main streets. In our new court yard,
we've created a space with the same kind of face
- to - face connection that has always been the
heartbeat of our town. Ready for the next generation. To
those concerned about the price, which always included myself, I
ask you to look at this not as a bill,
but as a bridge. Or Anne says there's made similar
sacrifices. They built schools, the halls. The churches, we've all
used until they can no longer stand. They didn't do
it because it was cheap. They did it because they
believed in us. Today we return the favor. We over
multiple terms of council have made the difficult and necessary
choice to ensure our story doesn't end with what used
to be. When you look at the names on our
new meeting rooms, you won't see generic labels or donor
names. You will see the names of our hamlets. These
are a deliberate choice. They are a daily reminder that
while we sit here in a new modern facility, our
strength is spread across every field, every street. Every historic
corner of our home. We are large community with many
identities. This building was designed to honour every single one
of them. This isn't a trophy project. We are trading
a reoccurring drain on our budget for a permanent asset
for our community. It is the foundation upon which we
will grow our economy and keep our families here. So
today the debate ends and the use begins. We honour
our past by securing our future. We are a town
and a people who build, who dream, and we believe
that we must leave it better than we found it.
Thank you. Thank you, Councillor Dale. Other comments from members
of Council. Neeson. Well, good morning, everyone. Before I begin,
uh, first and foremost, I want to acknowledge and express
my everlasting gratitude to both Kelsey trivet and chief on
a big canoe of Georgian Island, First Nations. For honouring
this place with the ceremonial smudging here this morning. Your
friendship, your partnership and your dedication to teaching us about
reconciliation and learning our attestament to your STET fast sovereign
national leadership. And are an example. From coast to coast
to coast. Thank you very much, Amigwicz. To the members
of the Royal Canadian Legion for marching our national provincial
and local colours into this place and the dedicate and
for the dedication and sacrifices useful honourably represent, thank you.
And thank you so much for your service. Madam Mayor
members of council staff. And members of the public. Today
is not simply about a building. It's about a turning
point. For nearly seven decades. This municipality has been served
by a civic senator that carried us through generations of
growth and change. It began its life in 1958 for
an entirely different purpose. And over time it was adapted.
Expanded, and asked to do more than it was ever
designed to do. And for many years, it did exactly
that. But leadership requires honesty. We came to understand through
experience, through study, and through difficult conversations that the building
had reached the end of its life. It could no
longer meet modern accessibility standards. It presented health and safety
concerns. And it was not designed for the way in
which a modern municipality must serve its people. So we
faced the choice. We could continue to invest in the
past. Or we can invest in the future. And together
as a counsel and alongside those who helped guide this
work from the very beginning, we chose the future. This
new Civic Centre represents more than just brick and mortar.
It represents responsibility. Responsibility to prioritise safe. Accessible, and inclusive
space for every single resin. One that meets the standards
of today. And anticipates the needs of tomorrow. A building
that is fully accessible. Energy efficient, and design to serve
both our community and our valuable staff members with dignity
and with purpose. And it represents stewardship. A commitment to
lower operating and maintenance costs. Reduced environmental impact. And a
design that's rooted in long - term thinking, not short
- term fixes. And it represents discipline. This project was
not rushed. It was studied. It was debated. It was
paused. It was even reconsidered. Even reshaped during a global
pandemic, as mentioned, Madam Mayor. To reflect new ways of
working and ways in which we can best serve members
of the public. And I had the privilege of being
a part of those early conversations. Both as a member
of council and as a member of the original steering
committee. Having the honour of Resenting My Constituents and their
will as each key decision was made here at this
table. And I can say with absolute confidence, this was
not always the easy path. But it was the right
one. There were moments when this project could have stalled.
Moments where it could have been easy to delay. To
defer. Or more simply, just to walk away. But progress
requires resolve. From the initial decision to build new to
the refinement of the project scope. To the updated budget
approval. To the groundbreaking and the study work that followed
through each and every season. This has been a sustained
commitment to doing what is right. Not what is easy.
And today that commitment stands before us, members of council,
members of the staff, members of the public. But no
project to this scale is ever the work of one
single person or one single counsel. And so today I
say thank you to all of you. To our staff
who carried this project forward with professionalism, clarity, and will
certainly with perseverance. To the architects, engineers and project managers
who turned vision into reality. To may start general contractors
and the many skilled trades people who built this facility
with care and precision and to CRBE who stewarded this
project through its careful project management. And to arcadeous architects,
formerly IBI group. Who carefully designed this space for generations
to come. Thank you very much to each of you.
To Stephan Hurd out. Director Shaw Naski. An LLfonzo. Your
dedication, your leadership, your project and transitional planning has been
pivotal to the success that has brought us all here
today. And we thank you for all that you have
brought to this project that will in fact last for
generations to come. To the benefit of our residents. To
chief administrative officer Ryan Cronsbury. Deputy Chief Administrative Officer Rob
Weeder. Stewarting a project of this scale on behalf of
this community and bringing vision to reality through financial, practical,
and inclusive leadership. I want to thank both of you.
Lastly, to PAST and present members of Council who made
the difficult decisions that were required to move this project
forward. This building is a reflection of each and all
of you. And to the residents of Georgina, this is
your civic centre. It's a place where your voice will
be heard. A place where decisions that shape your community
will be made openly with transparency. And with accountability. A
place that's designed not just for government. This is a
place of public service. And so today marks more than
just an opening. It marks a transition. From a building
that served us well in its time to one that
is built for the times ahead. From reacting to challenges,
to preparing for them. From maintaining the past. To here
and now, shaping our future. And let us be clear.
This building does not define us. But it does reflect
who we are. A community that plans ahead. A community
that invests wisely, a community that understands that progress is
not about grandeur. But it is about purpose. So let
this chamber be a place of thoughtful debate. Let it
be a place of respect. Let it be a place
where decisions are made not for today alone. But for
generations yet to come. Because this is not the end
of the project. This is the beginning of a new
chapter here for the town of Georgina. Thank you, Madam
Mayor and members of council. Thank you, Councillor Neeson. Any
further comments from members of Council. Okay, so we do
have community announcements. Are there any community announcements that may
be about a mayor? I just have a couple words
if I can. Oh, sorry. I should have put in
my notes. You want it to speak. Mr. Cronsbury wanted
to add in. Mr. Pronsberry. Thank you very much. Good
morning. Um, members of Council, staff and residents. Welcome to
this inaugural council meeting in our new civic centre. Today
is an important moment for a community as we begin
a new chapter in a space designed to serve our
residents and support Open, accessible local government. I'd like to
congratulate the mayor, members of Council. As you've worked together.
In bringing us to this new council chamber, Public Service
is both an honour and responsibility. And decisions made here
will help guide the future of our community. I also
want to recognise an incredible staff who worked to make
this organisation. A great place every day. They're professionalism, dedication,
commitment to public service ensures that council's priorities are turned
into real results for a residence. I'm proud to work
alongside each one of them in such a talented team.
This new civic centre represents more than just a building.
It reflects our shared commitment to collaboration, transparency, and service
to our community. Administrations is looking forward to supporting council
as we work together to continue to build a strong
and vibrant Regina. Thank you very much, everyone. Thank you.
Thank you, Mr. Cronsbury. Sorry. I didn't have in my
notes that you wanted to speak. That's okay. I apologise.
Could have let it screw up by, but Matt Merry,
I wouldn't want to miss part of this. No, I'm
reaching to everybody. You're, your dedication and you, Mr. Weider
and the entire team, um, deserve a lot of credit,
a lot of thanks, a lot of gratitude, uh, Mr.
Nasky, you know, Stefan, everybody involved with this. Again, being
on time and within our budget. Is in a huge
accomplishment. And I want to thank you from the bottom
of my heart. All that you've done for, uh, for
this new design, this new build. Um, so thank you.
Okay. Community announcements. Members of Council, we had the puddle
jump recently at the rock. The rock and the pipper
now closed for the season. So, um, I didn't do
the puddle jump this year. I did a couple of
years ago and I figured I didn't want to tempt
fate because I skipped across that place. Like I didn't,
I don't think I got to drop a water. Others
may have got a little wet, I believe Councillor Neeson,
Councillor Dale might have been a little wet that year,
but, um, so yes, a puddle jump, always a great
time. Um, certainly a great season for the rock, I
want to thank, uh, thank the staff both at the
rock and the PIP for, for, we had a lot
of winter and it's still not wanting to leave at
times, but, um, thank you for that. Um, I think
we need to maybe skip ahead to the Legion presentation.
I think you need to leave. So we'll, we'll do
the pet of the month after, but are there any
other community announcements, regional councillor Davidson. Thank you, Miric work
through you. Um, spring is sprung as you're seeing and
hopefully seeing more of soon in the Georgina Public Libraries.
Please to announce launch of its seed library for the
second year in a row at all locations. Residents are
invited to visit any branch and choose up to two
packets of seeds per visit free of charge. And if
you want to help out the seed library, um, visit
any of your library branches to make a donation. Well,
I think they were at the CD Saturday with the
Cedi Exchange too. So other community announcements, Councillor Dale. Thank
you, Madam Mayor. There's a few things going on in
Path of Law, but just for today, I wanted to
remind folks that, uh, Bingo is on this evening as
usual, 2000 dollar grand prize and also mentioned that, uh,
as part of the 70 year anniversary celebrations of the
puffle alliance, they are raffling off 2026. BRP 700cc, ATV
from Quinns Marine. It's pretty incredible. And very expensive unit.
And it's part of the celebrations tickets become a God
anywhere that there's a lions member, any of the local
businesses or any of our events. Thank you. Are there
other community announcements. If not, I'm just going to ask
if we can wave the rules of procedure to bring
the Legion up for their speakers. Or do we just.
Uh, if we need approval of the agenda introduction of
addendom items, Madam Clerk, there was an addendum, I believe.
Thank you, Madam Mayor. We do have an addendum today.
Item 111F, town initiated official Plan Amendment OPA - 153.
We also have item 16 - 3, Bylaw number 2026
- 0026, adopting amendment number 153 to the official plan.
Item 16, 4 bylaw number 20260029 to appoint members to
the Georgina Economic Development Advisory Committee. There is also a
correction to the minutes on the Agenda from February 25th,
2026. Item - 11 - 1E does not include resolution
2, 3, and 4. And the addendum is posted on
our website. Great. Do I have a mover in a
second of the approval agenda as amended move by Council
Neeson by Councillor Dale. All those in favor. POSE, and
that's carried. We'll get to the Legion members. We've got
Mr. Bedswick. And Mr. Mackey to come forward. Thank you
very much and good morning. My name is Walter Mackey.
I live in Sutton on Wood River Ben. Good morning.
My name is Rod Beswick. I'm a resident of Sutton.
We're here to give a presentation. For the help we
had on the Cenotaph. We hear permission. I'll go up
to the circle here, madam Mayor. And I think we've
been a call forward. Who are we asking to have
come forward. I think. You want to compliment herself. Yes,
we do. Courtney and Bob. Be. Ready and bomb Ferguson.
Yes. Come on up into the centre.
Do you want me hanging on? I'll come in the
centre too.
Move right into the centre. So go right in the
centre. We want a nice picture. Don't mind us. There
we go.
Thank you very much. And certainly when you drive past
that Cenoteff in the evening and see it lit up
when you do the remember state service, um, it's a
very special place. And I think, uh, I want to
thank you for your perseverance and the project. It's wonderful
to have that rehabilitated in a new sataph. It's, it's,
uh, it's an honour, it was an honour to be
part of that process. So thank you very much. I
know similar to this building. It wasn't easy sometimes. But
it was necessary. It was the right thing to do
and well done. It's beautiful. Congratulations. On behalf of the
Sutton Legion, comrade myself, Elijah Sai, thank you to everyone
here and the whole civic centre that helped us. It
was an incredible getting here. But as you open this
today and I heard all your wonderful words, that actually
works also for the new Senate Tet for all citizens
of Georgina and visitors coming to our great town. So
once again, thank you. And as a worship just said,
it's been an unusual three years, but here we are.
Thanks again very much. Appreciate all your help. Thank you.
And again, thank you for this. Morning's participation. Thank you.
Okay. We'll continue on with our agenda here. I have
declaration on the peculiar interest and general nature thereof. I
don't see any hands going up. Adopts of minutes. We've
got the minutes held on January 28th, February 11th and
February 25th. We're there any questions or comments on those
minutes. If not, a motion to receive, sorry, who had
proven adopt those minutes moved by Councillor Bigostaff, seconded by
Councillor Fellini, all those in favor. Opposed. And that's carried.
Next we have a delegation. Sandy Orlando Endurance event productions
requesting approval for disruption to eastbound traffic on lake Drive.
I think I've got two of you coming up. No,
it's, is the mic been turned on. It's, it's because
we're all short. Well, yeah, they are getting, this is
one of the things that has, they need a longer
stem on the microphone. It's coming. So yes. Okay. Good.
Uh, good morning. Raise and lower the, uh, the table
that we need to, if it's too high for you,
you can lower it down. Like. That. Does that help.
We'll give that a try. There you go. So good
morning, Madam Mayor councillors and ten of Georgina community and
staff. First of all, congratulations. This is a wonderful day
to be here in person with you. Um, we want
to, I'm here with, uh, my co - race director,
Cindy Lewis. And we are here to give you a
little bit of background, um, our races, the Jargina Spring
Fling and the Georgina Marathon. Started in 2021 during the
pandemic. And we had the opportunity to work with your
team, uh, to make this race a reality. In spite
of the fact that it was towards the end of
the pandemic. So we really appreciate that that support has
been offered. Um, since, uh, our first race in the
spring from 430 runners, we are expecting between 1600 and
1800, this May 3rd. Um, in the fall, we expect
that the Georgina marathon will probably, which has grown from
about 630 runners to about, uh, 2, 500 this fall.
The races are a professionally measured Boston qualifying marathons and
include a half marathon, a 10K, which are certified by
athletics Canada. That's important because, uh, runners who are looking
to qualify for Boston have few options. And they're looking
for a fast flat course, which we offer. And that
has become, uh, through word of mouth and through, I
guess, our reputation for putting on a terrific race. It
has grown terrifically. And we're really proud about that. From
the beginning, we have made sure that we are respectful
of the community and that's been one of our highest
priorities. Um, we know that the runners appreciate the course.
And also the low stress environment. Um, they don't have
to really worry about cars and being shouted off the
course. And the kinds of things that happen in the
larger races, um, and we've also been very careful to
welcome a community feedback and community involvement so we can
make sure that we're responding to any complaints or issues
and concerns that might happen, um, with in association with
the race. We appreciate that not everyone is a runner
and doesn't necessarily understand what happens during a race. And
so I think that, um, it's very important for us
to be able to make sure that we are in
communication with the community. Um, in particular, we want to
make you think or acknowledge councillors niece and councillors Gens
because we are running through your awards and appreciate that
your support is there for us. Um, so this year
with a larger number, I think you can all appreciate
that hurting runners is very much like hurting cats. It
doesn't happen very well. And, uh, we can tell them
we can give them instructions. We can have them read
our athlete guide and making someone whose intent on getting
a personal best or making a Boston qualifying run isn't
necessarily going to be paying much attention to what the
rules are. Um, we have had closure on the westbound
lane along Lake Drive, which is always been the case.
We've worked with, um, your roots team, Mr. Voss, over
the course of this time to make sure that we're
doing this carefully and safely. And again, this year we're,
we're looking for some approval just to make sure that
our, our, our road plan is going to be once
again, safe and respectful of your residents who live a
long lake drive. Uh, so in our discussions with Mr.
Voss, um, we have agreed with, or array of Jetta
and I guess it's a cooperation of having the town
staff manage the restricted access closure and facilitating the escorts,
uh, as the approved traffic control persons with the OTM
book seven traffic control vehicles for a fee. Undisclosed at
this point. That I get that right Mr. Follisa. Okay,
perfect. Um, we're also committing to look reviewing our starting
waves because we have to manage as we're sending out,
um, 700 half marathoners. And then they're coming back on
that road so that they're not running into the 10
Ks and the five case. We have to manage that
for our runners so that they're not automatically coming into
the wrong side of the road. Um, through doing that,
we have also committed to improving communications with the residents,
um, we've been working with your communications team to make
sure that we're coming up at the plan that involves
two letters of notice and hosting a virtual town hall
meeting with the residents who have questions or concerns. We've,
uh, implemented an email address that they can reach out
to us and have us respond directly to their concerns.
And also providing a webpage so that all of the
details of how the RACE will operate from a resident
and spectator's perspective so that it can understand what's going
on. Um, so our request for approval, uh, at this
today is to get the council's continued support for the
events, both the spring event and the fall event, which
is in September 13th. Uh, endorsement of the road closure
as submitted, which includes restricted vehicle movements for residents that
front onto the race route. And this would be for
both the spring and the fall events. Um, as always,
we encourage everyone in the community to work with us,
uh, to race cheer or volunteer. And that's, thank you
so much for having us today. Thank you very much.
I don't know Mr. Goff that you want to add
any comments. I know, um, kind of two emails back
and forth. Yeah. The mics are super close. This is
great. Three of you. Madam there. As. The delegate has.
Outlined. We've been working on. The. Revised plan. For some
time. Uh, since the last race. There was some really
good feedback from the community members of council and staff.
That were taken into consideration. Uh, we've applied a couple
of conditions of approval on the ROP, which included some
of the, um. Some of the items outlined which are
restricted vehicle access for Eastbound travel. We have been discussing
about supporting them. Uh, the race organisers in facilitating that
given the difficulty in finding traffic control persons and traffic
control vehicles that are suitable and approved by the town.
Um, so, uh, as we discussed for a feat, you
know, of course, this isn't, uh, this isn't voluntary. As
well as a robust communications plan as outline. So, uh,
considering all these conditions are met the town, uh. Through
myself and my staff are happy to approve the road
occupancy permit. Uh, signage will be going up two weeks
in advance of the race. Notices we'll be going out
in the next, uh, week or. Week and a half.
As the first notice of the race and the closure.
Um. Other than that, uh. Happy to take any questions.
Thank you. Great. Thank you. Are there questions or comments
from members of council. Wow. Again, no questions or comments.
Um, anything further you wanted to ask is what we're
looking for today, Mr. Voss, is, is endorsement receiving the
deputation and endorsing the plan that you've laid out and
they've agreed to, and this is a somewhat enhanced and
revised for more fulsome, um, connection between, I think, communication
is key. And I like the idea if we're providing
sort of the boots on the ground management, um, for
fee, then that makes sure that we're connected to this.
And I think the virtual meeting with the resident, that's,
that's a great idea. Um, because they need to know
when this is happening, what this means to them. They
need to get out how they can get out all
those processes. So, um, Mr. Vos for comment. Sorry. Just
one other thing through you, Madam Mayor, is that the,
uh, this is occurring on May 3rd. Of this year.
Uh, is the, is the spring playing and the closure
will be approximately from 6 a. m. until approximately four
to 5 p. m. It really depends on when those
last runners come through. So, uh, that's, that's the approximate
timeframe just so that, you know, it's out in the
public realm of, of, of when this is occurring. Okay.
Thank you. Further questions or comments. Councillor Neeson. Thank you,
Madam Mayor. Uh, thank you certainly to Mr. Voss as
well. And Mr. Lando, thank you very much for all
of the work that you put in for the marathon
and certainly what you contribute here to the town of
Georgina very much appreciated. And thank you as well for
the, um, sending out the letters and for providing opportunity
with the virtual town hall. Certainly, um, you know, as
we've heard in the past is, you know, it's a
lot big comment actually. It's quit feather in our cap
to have a Boston qualifier here directly on Lake Simco.
And that's, uh, that's a big deal. It really is.
Um, and certainly if we can all work together and
continue to work together to ensure that, you know, vehicle
movements are accommodating for residents. You know, living in the
area, of course, being done in a safe way. And
certainly Mr Voss, I think I spoke into that with
respects. I think, um, and certainly the fact you're willing
to work within that those requirements there for safety purposes,
obviously are critical. And so I really thank you very
much for coming forward and for your partnership and all
that you bring to the town. And, um, certainly looking
forward to the marathon. I can tell you, I don't
think I'll be participating in this. But if I was,
I would be walking again. I would definitely not be
running. But, uh, what was your personal best time? Do
you want to share? I don't know if Mr. Orlando
got it or not to be honest with you. I
don't know if I'd want it. She was walking. It
was probably pretty bad too, but probably closed for well
over 12 hours. I had to walk it again. But
first I'm going to have to pick me up. So
it actually might go pretty quick. But, um, I know
the chief and his crew doing a good job. But
I don't know if I'll fit in the back of
a fire truck or not. But either way, uh, really
appreciate of all of your work. And certainly Mr. Voss,
thank you to you and your staff as well for
all that you do and looking forward to successful event
and the least amount of disruption is possible for residents
as well. So thank you very much. Great. Are there
further questions or comments? If not a motion to receive
the presentation and the endorsement of the plan as has
been outlined and worked with with town staff. So you're
moving that Councillor Neeson. Do I have a seconder? Second
invite Councillor Gensch. Questions or comments. All those in favor.
Oppose and that's carried. And again, thank you very much.
And I usually, I think I've only missed one start.
Sometimes I think one time I didn't roll out of
bed early enough, but, uh, cause usually I go back
home and go back to bed. I will be perfectly
honest with you. But well done. It's growing. And I
think you were featured in a magazine recently. One of
the, I think it was the top outside of an
urban area marathon. And I think that was, uh, quite
an accomplishment and well done. And it's certainly growing. And
we certainly very proud to showcase Georgie. And I often
ask when I help start the race, how many first
time did Georgina? And while the hands, the numbers are
going up the number of hands going up, it's showing
the number of returning marathoners and people coming for this
because it is such an excellent course and a great
community. So thank you for the work that you do.
Thank you. You're welcome. Thank you. Okay. Membership council, Madam
Mayor. Yes. If we could please receive the presentation from
the Legion and then we could go back to Pet
of the Month. I think the Legion presentation is done.
So now we'll go back to just we didn't do
a motion tour. Oh, yes. Sorry. Need a motion to
receive the presentation from the Legion, move by Council for
Leni, second by Councillor Gensch. All those in favor. Pose
and that's carried. Okay. Now we got to go back
up and do PET of the month. We don't want
to forget Pet of the Month. So I think we're
doing it virtually a video. So I'll let, uh, IT
do their magic and bring up in our screens show
it here. There we go. Oh, Benny. I don't. Yeah.
Okay. We'll let the staff sort of give a bit
of an overview on Benny. Benny was found and Benny
is looking for a new home. Good morning, Madam Mayor
and members of Council and Members of Public and stuff.
Can everyone hear me okay. We can hear you perfectly.
Wonderful. That's great. Um, thank you for having me virtually.
Um, my name is Brooklyn. I am a D animal
shelter community services representative here to virtually introduce you to
Benny. So then he came into CAO on March 14th.
He was found running at large in our neighbouring municipality
of school in Barry. Um, he is a Snauger poodle
mix, which is commonly known as a schnudle, which is
a very cute crossbreed. He's approximately eight years old. He
is male. He is intact at the moment. There will
be neutered prior to being adopted by his new family.
Um, though he is available for adoption and anyone interested
is welcome to compute our dog adoption questionnaire found online
for him. Uh, when he came into care, he was
definitely in need of, uh, some tender love and care.
Of ask you. Oh, okay. Sorry. Um, so when he
came in to care, he was definitely in need of,
uh, some 10 or 11 care, as you can see
in his before photo. Um, he had severe matting all
over his body wane. Almost two and a half kilogram.
So about, uh, 5. 29 pounds. So a lot of,
a lot of extra weight to the logging around, especially,
um, without all that for he's about six kilograms. So
about a fourth of his body weight, just an extra
fur. Which did affect his ability to lock C and
also relieve himself. Um, though thanks to the health of
one of our veterinary partners, he did receive a full
room and a good bag. Um, so he is looking
and smelling much better. I have no words. Really, when
you look at that before pitcher. Do we think that
this was part of a puppy mill perhaps? Because if
he was still intact any owner letting the dog get
to that point. Absolutely. It's definitely hard to, to speculate.
Um, as we don't have information as why he came
into care, but we are very of course thankful that
he did come into KRQ safe. He's, he's feeling much
better. And it just speaks to you. Thankfully came into
care too. So absolutely. Yeah. And it just speaks to
the importance of regular grooming of all dogs, including especially,
um, our hypoallergenic breeds is they don't, um, lose their
access there. No. Yeah. So members of Council, I know.
But, uh, certainly, Benny is up for, for adoption. And
then if people are interested, is he at the shelter
now? Cause I know sometimes you have him fostering, um,
is he at the shelter right now or is he
a foster? No, he is at the shelter right now.
Um, there is the question of if he is going
to go into foster, but as of right now, he
is at the shelter. So you can't, you know, we
don't have him in this circle to meet everyone today.
If anyone wanted to stop by, you're more than welcome
to meet him. I was just going to say, if
anybody wants to stop by and see, Benny, or if
you know somebody that, uh, could, could make Benny a
good home. I think he would truly appreciate it. So
thank you. And we do have a number of PETs
available dogs and cats at the shelter and residents can
reach out. They can see the information on the website
or they can make a call to the shelter to
see what, uh, PETS, are currently available. There's a number
of dogs, some larger dogs, some smaller dogs. Um, but
you're always, uh, available to, uh, to chat with people
and see what sort of dog they're looking for. Cause
you do want to make the right match to the
right home in the right situation. So. Yeah, absolutely. My
murders of the public stuff. They're welcome to visit at
any time during our office hours. Give us a call
send us an email. Reach out to us on Facebook
anyway. And we can definitely find you that perfect pet.
Great. Thank you very much. And I think I want
to go visit Benny because he looks pretty special. And,
but thank you for the carrier giving him, uh, we'll
get him a new home. Thank you. Absolutely. Thank you
so much. So members of Council just a motion to
receive the presentation, the PET of the month, moved by
Councillor Neeson, seconded by Councillor Fillini. All those in favor
opposed. And that's carried. Okay. We don't have any, we've
done the minutes. We don't have any petitions or any
public meetings. We'll go through and pull the reports we
want for discussion if you want. We can take a
little break once we pull the ones that we want
to, because I know members of Council have been in
here for a little bit longer than, than the actual
start of the formal part of the meeting. Um, I'll
go through the reports and you can tell me which
ones you want to pull for discussion reports, uh, 111
is the adoption of, um, sorry, the 1A is 2025
annual drinking water summary report. Do you want to pull
that for discussion or just congratulations for a perfect score
of 100 percent. Yeah. So congratulations. Did you want to
pull it for a discussion, Councillor Gens? Um, I don't
know that it needs full discussion. I just had a
quick comment, um, I was concerned about the sodium levels
in the water. They were at about 34 recommended for
people that need to watch the Sultan takes 20. So
I would like to at least us making a notification,
um, maybe with the water bills that there's a high
salt content or sodium content in the water. I'm not
sure if staff want to make comment now on that.
Just very briefly. Yeah. Through you, Madam Mayor, um, so
the, uh, sodium content is managed through or it can't
really be managed through treatment. So it's directly from the
raw water source, which is Lake Simcoe in this case.
Um, we do have a requirement when testing to, if
there are, uh, tests that come back that exceed that
20 milligrams as you outlined, um, to post on the
website, which has been done. It is on our town
website under our water quality reports. Uh, as well the
region has to do the exact same thing for their,
uh, water reports. Um, there's. I think it would be,
I think we'd have, we should review that communication, uh,
to, uh, through the water bills because it could unnecessarily,
um, heighten people's concerns with the amount of sodium in
the water. Um, and without the right context in terms
of understanding what those thresholds mean for every person individually,
uh, I think it could maybe be misinterpreted that way.
So, um, but, but let's take a look at it
and maybe think about something that, uh, that we could
work on, uh, maybe just not through the masses if
that's appropriate. Thank you. Okay. So we don't need to
pull that one for big discussion. Thank you for the
question, councillor Gens 11 1B is the audit plan for
the 2025 fiscal year. Any questions this is a standard
will get the, uh, the final audit, I think in
August. June. June. Okay. Sorry. June. So unless we have
questions now, we could consent that. Um, Council Renumeration and
expenses for members of Council appointees and Council appointees to
local boards for 2025. Were there any questions or comments
on that. Nope. Okay. The Georgina Heritage and Advisor Committee
Appointments, we have to come back after our closed session.
So we'll, we'll pull that one to discuss in closed
session. And then there's, um, the addendum, which is. Item
F, the town initiated official plan amendment OPA - 153
delegated authority for minor zoning bylaw amendments and alternate public
notice measures. Were there any questions or comments you want
to pull that one for discussion? Pull for discussion. Okay.
Okay. So the others, if I can get a motion
for reports number 11a, 111b, 111c. At this time, a
motion to consent those move by Councillor Bakerstaff, seconded by
Councillor Dale, all those in favor, post. And that's carried.
Okay. We can take a break. It is now approximately
10 20. So if we want to come back at
1035, is that good? Okay. So a motion for a
break moved my councillor niece in second by Councillor Dale.
All those in favor oppose that's carried and we'll be
back.
Okay. We can reconvene. And continue on with our meeting.
Uh, we're at the report. On the addendum 111 F
was is the town initiated official plan amendment OPA delegated
authority for minors zoning by BYLA. Amendments and alternative public
notice measures. And we had a meeting in November of
last year and we asked for some increases in terms
of public notices. And communications of the application itself. It
might be good if we ask, um, I know Councillor
Gens had pulled this and I wanted to make sure
that we had it clearly understood what the changes are.
So maybe Mr. Bylow, you can let us know, cause
I did get an email. I asked for what is
the difference between what we had the last report and
this report. So maybe you want to give us a
high level overview of where we are with this report
and any changes that have been worked into the REPREPT
based on the comments from the public and from staff
at the last meeting. Certainly through you, Madam Mayor. I
believe Mr. Connors is more in prepared to give counsel
a bit of an overview in terms of what we
heard. Just in terms of background for council and residents
who may be listening, uh, this is another initiative that's
part of our housing accelerator fund housing action plan. And
so there's already a commitment to look at further delegate
approval authority on minor zoning bylaw amendments. Uh, it also
serves to continue the process that and the road that
we've been on to streamliner operations as well within our
development services department. So, uh, at this point, I think
Mr. Connors can give counsel a bit of an overuse.
It's clear what, um, what changes are what we heard
back in November. Thank you. Mr. Congress. Uh, good morning
everyone. So, um, I'll just provide a brief overview of
the OKA and then just really more focus on, uh,
what the changes were. So, uh, so OPA - 153
is a town initiated official plan amendment, uh, to delegate,
uh, decision making authority to the director of development services
for a certain minor zoning bylaw amendments. As well as
implement, uh, alternate notice and public consultation measures for these
bylaws. So the, uh, certain types of minor zoning biolves
being contemplated under the OPA, our removal of holding symbols.
Uh, temporary use or temporary use extension requests. Housekeeping or
technical amendments. And any zonings are rezoning story associated with
surplus farm dwelling severances. So currently these applications require council
approval and our subject to specific notice and public consultation
requirements under the planning act. Uh, however, legislation now allows
counsel to delegate the decision making authority for certain minor
zoning while amendments. And implement alternate public notice measures. As
long as the town's official plan contains policies that speak
to, uh, which zoning bylaws are delegated to staff and
what the new public notice and, uh, process, uh, measures
are. Uh, so yeah, if you'll recall back on November
12th of last year, we held the public meeting for
OK 153. The comments we received from Council in the
public, uh, were related to, uh, the passing on the
bylaws without, uh, opportunity for council to provide any input.
Just the reduced opportunities for overall public input throughout the
process. And just some comments related to, uh, fees and
potential refunds with these applications becoming delegated. Uh, so we've
made some revisions to the OPA just to address the
comments received at the public meeting. And so I'll just
go over them briefly. So, uh, we extended the earliest
date that a decision could be made on an application
by the 10 official from 14 days, uh, to 20
days. Uh, we've also recommended that we provide notice through
mail to all property owners within 120 metres of the
subject property. And this is largely in line with the
current statutory requirements under the planning act for, uh, just
any rezoning application where the public meeting can't be held
no earlier than 20 days following the issuance of the
notice and just the, um, circulation requirement for neighbours within
120 metres of the property. Uh, we've also extended the
comment review period from 14 days, uh, to 20 days
as well. And in addition to, uh, Tempra use and
temporary use extension bylaws. We've also recommended that, uh, a
public notice placard for removal hold applications be posted to,
uh, the subject property. Um, again, that would also be
for a minimum of 20 days. Uh, so during the
20 day commenting period, Council may request consideration of the
application to be referred back to, uh, council, uh, discussion
and decision. And, uh, the town official or CAO may
also refer an application back to council as well. So
in either scenario, if the application is referred back, uh,
effectively the delegated authority and alternate notice measures, uh, wouldn't
apply to the application. And it'd be just subject to,
uh, scheduling a normal statutory public meeting, kind of the
regular council public process, uh, that we have in place
for other zoning applications. Um, so for these delegated miners
owning applications, staff would prepare a briefing note or a
memo that would get placed on the, uh, agenda just
to provide some general background info on the bylaws that
are listed to be passed at the meeting just for
council's benefit. And, uh, if applicable, we've also recommended that,
uh, staff would issue partial refunds for these applications. Uh,
any that are received from the date that OPA -
153 comes into effect and the date that the, uh,
towns of new fee bylas come into effect as well.
Uh, so in general, OPA - 153 is intended to
accelerate application processing timelines, improve customer service, and increase efficiency
by reducing a number of staff reports and the number
of public meetings. Um, and applications that council must hear.
And, uh, yeah, delegating the decision - making authority, uh,
would also support the achievement of an initiative four of
the town's housing accelerator fund action plan, which is to
expand staff authority on approvals. So you have no pretty
much concludes my summary. I'm happy to answer any questions.
Thank you very much. Thank you very much for that
overview and for, for clarifying as what the changes are
from the PEST report to this report. Questions or comments,
councillor Genshin, asked to have the 24th discussion. Yeah. Thank
you, Madam Mayor. Um, on page five near the bottom,
it talks about some of the technical hostings. And she
might say, um, one of my concerns is if there's,
uh, something's labelled to zone if a resident has relied
on that error in guy than making a purchase or
making a plan for the property, um, then it gets
changed sort of what, um, can they do about that?
And I'm just wondering, do you keep track of these
technical changes so you would understand when that change was
made and when that homeowner maybe, you know, learned about
the fact that, uh, there was a change to their
property. Through you, Madam Mayor. Um, yeah, with those changes,
I'm sure we would notify the resident if there's any
mapping labels changed. Usually if it would just be kind
of a minor correction in case like maybe, uh, site
specific number is already being used elsewhere. We would just
make that adjustment. But when really in terms like change
the actual permitted uses or any like the specific Sony
requirements, um, for that property, um, so yeah, there would
be, um, notification for that property owner just to make
them aware that, uh, there was a mapping change in
case they were looking to sell the property or anyone's
interest in purchasing it, things of that nature. Um, and
then staff, uh, internally keep track of, uh, the list
of changes, uh, that I've been made to the zoning
byla as well. Sorry. I'm sad. Yeah. So could they
be grandfathered in if there's a, just a housekeeping change
made with the grandfather to the old one. If that
was their understanding. Uh, through your Madam Air, like in
terms of being grandfathered, like to be like a specific
example. Yes. Somehow mislabeled their property as to the zoning
amongst permitted. Uh, through your, Madam Mayor, I'm sure that
might be like a case we'd have to, uh, we'd
look at internally on kind of like a specific basis,
but, um, yeah, if it was like a larger change
where we completely mislabeled, uh, you know, it was a
real zone to an open space zone. I think that
would be to further discussion. But really the intent is
just to make sure that, uh, if there was like
a site specific number already being used elsewhere, we just
make that correction just to make sure that they're sequentially
in order and only applying to specific properties. These are
minor changes. This isn't like changing somebody's zoning on the
game. I correct Mr. Promise. These are very minor technical.
Not taking away somebody zoning rights. That would be under
entirely different process. Uh, if I continue. I notice that
you've listed in here and we can't page seven for
example the sizes of some of the nodal scissors you're
posting. They're fairly small. The ones who's suggesting they're about
12 inches by 16 inches. I'm just wondering if given
that we're changing the process and the less public notice
if we should maybe make these signs a little bit
bigger, including maybe for the committee of adjustment because you're
using the committee of adjustment sign sizes here. And to
be honest, they're barely noticeable. Madam Mayor, yeah, the intent
was just to reduce the sign sizes just to match
what the committee of adjustment applications are subject to. And
that largely was just to help applicants, uh, reduce the
costs associated with getting those signs made and having to
get them posted. Um, the intent is with these applications
that would require placard signposting. It would be prepared by,
uh, the town staff and just largely the applicant would
come and pick it up and post it to their
property. Um, so again, that was just an attempt to
help reduce the cost with getting the larger signs produced
and posted to the property. I don't think they necessarily
need to be the four foot by four foot ones,
but I think a little bit bigger than 12 by
16 or 18 inches would be appropriate. Um, one other
thing, as I'm reading through the process here, um, Council
comments and involvement. You've given us that 20 days to
provide a comment, which is before you've made a decision.
So how would counsel comment after you've made that decision?
Because, you know, even, even if I present you with
some concerns and you make a decision and I still
have a concern, I'd like to bring it back to
council. And I don't feel that it should have to
go through a whole notice of motion for it to
come back to council. If, if anyone member has an
issue, they should be able to have it brought back
to council. So I do have issues with that process.
Thanks, Mr. Merlo wants to make comment on that. Through
you, Madam Mayor Councillor Gashi, the intention here is that
we're providing all members of council and opportunity. First and
foremost, you're getting circulated on all of these applications as,
as would the residents in the area. Um, secondly, it
provides counsel that minimum window of opportunity to raise any
comments or concerns that they may have, uh, with that
specific application. The intention here is that, um, if our
issues are concerns are brought forward, whether they be by
members of council or individual neighbours, um, those will be
taken into consideration and to the extent that, uh, it's
a minimum time frame for making a decision. You know,
we would certainly be working with whether they be residents
or members of council to address those specific concerns. So
it's not an automatic decision and approval on day 21.
Um, we'd be working with individual members of council to
deal with those specific issues. Um, the practical element to
this, of course, is that, uh, in a situation where
there are specific, uh, objections. And the desire from any
individual member of council to have this reconsider referred back
to council. We're certainly not going to be invoking our
delegated authority under those circumstances. Again, the intention here, uh,
is on, uh, fairly innocuous minor types of applications where
they're generally aren't any concerns. Um, and there are very
few of them, uh, on an annual basis. So we're
probably talking about less than a handful per year, uh,
in any event, but that's, that's the intention here Councillor
Gensch. We're not, uh, we appreciate that it's, it's, there
is a challenge and the procedure when we're looking to
bring something back to council, uh, a notice of motion,
for example, would be the worst case scenario. And in
a situation where a member of council has signalled their
intention to do that, for example, we're not going to
be invoking a delegated approval authority. Further questions, Councillor Gent.
Yes. Or just to clarify better my concern. My concern
is that, um, we can provide our comments, but then
the decision is made outside of council. And it's not
an easy process to have, bring that discussion that I
might have had with you before you made the decision
to have it brought back to council so the rest
of council can also consider. What the issue was. And
I recognise it may not happen that often, but I'm
concerned about the way this process is written that it
will become very awkward if an issue does come up
after you've made your decision. Uh, fair enough. Through you,
Madam Mayor Councillor Genes, that's, that's part of the process
that we're trying to implement is that window of opportunity
for members of council. And again, it's a minimum window
to make that decision. If in a scenario, for example,
we don't hear anything, whether it be from residents in
the area or members of council within that 20 day
period or within whatever that period is that we're in
a position to make a decision, certainly at that point,
the decision has been made. Um, and that's really the
idea of a delegated authority. But with a minimum 20
day window, uh, for any member of council to raise
any comments or concerns they may have, uh, and again,
in many cases, it will be longer than 20 days
because just, just a matter of practice, it's going to
take probably a little bit longer to exercise that decision
making authority. Uh, that, that is, it's key for us
at a staff level to get that feedback if there
is any. Okay. Councillor Gensch. Good. Any other questions or
comments Councillor Dale. Thank you, Madam Mayor. I appreciate it.
I, uh, I just, as we were here in the
conversation, I just wanted some clarity. Um, I would wonder,
uh, through you, Madam Mayor, Mr. Vo, you could give
a couple of examples. Um, he was pretty clear in,
in that these types of things that would go to
delegated authority. They're few and far between generally. So if
you could just give us a couple of examples of
what may arrive under this program to be considered. Through
you, Madam Mayor, do Councillor Dale. So for example, uh,
this, or I guess at this point, it was last
year in 2025. We had a couple of applications that
came to council for temporary use zoning bylaws, one of
which was to allow, uh, an existing dwelling on a
farm to remain while a new dwelling was being constructed.
Uh, that's, uh, that's not an infrequent, uh, example of
the temporary use bylaw provisions, uh, there was also another
temporary use bylaw application for DC Marine, baseline road, which
is a bit of a recurring one now, uh, over
the years to allow for the temporary storage of recreational
vehicles, for example. Um, there was another one on the
Queen's Way in Keswick to allow for the temporary bus
storage, uh, on a commercial property. So temporary, uh, school
bus storage on a commercial property in CASW. So those
are the types of applications that we're talking about from
a temporary use by law perspective. Thank you. And, and
again, for you, Madam Mayor, I think I wasn't going
to comment, but I think I just want to leave
the comment that, uh, you know, we've worked so hard
through the building and development department to, uh, bring in
the development tracking system, bring in new processes, streamline things.
We've all heard at this table. And for generations before
us, you know, dealing with conservation authority and everything that
that entails and building in the community and streamlining process,
making them affordable and efficient. Um, and, and from my
perspective, this, this helps do that in some circumstances and
puts it in the hands of our professional staff while
still giving us the opportunity to give comments and return
it back when necessary. Um, you know, I, I actually
feel a little bit differently about the signage. I appreciate
that there was consideration given to, to efficiency and cost
efficiency for residents. I think, you know, speaking, speaking to
folks consistently, especially in the, in rural areas about trying
to build and looking for efficiencies and some expediency and
getting it done. Um, I, I, I like processes like
this. I don't know that big brother always needs to,
um, stick their nose in professional planning matters. So, um,
I'm supportive OS and I just want to say thank
you to staff. Further questions or comments. Racial Councillor Davidson.
Thank you, Mark. Work through you. Um, generally favorable of
the report. I know a lot of times there are
people trying to get things done and it's a small
thing that makes them come and wait at council. I
was very happy to see the deeming bylaws become, uh,
delegated authority because it just, it put a wrench in
things, um, given the sign though, I think the bit
of a comment there. It is small, but I guess
what, what I would ask. And if it's already not
already done is that at least the notice part be
very large. So somebody knows that the sign is there.
So notice very big. And if you really want to
know what it says, then you just come up closer
and read it. So, um, we have a lot of
signs in town. We don't need additional sign pollution. But
just if we're creating the signs and they're picking them
up, that's ideal. We can just make sure that it
follows accessibility requirements and at least the one word is
big enough. To draw attention because it's not a huge
sign. Um, but yeah, generally supportive and, uh, not worried
that so long as council has noticed, um, I'm sure
we could all stomp our Bigfoot feet to get it
back to this table if we needed to. Should that
be necessary. I'd appreciate the questions and the answers. Thank
you. Are there further questions or comments. Don't see any.
It's a little smaller table to look around. It's, it's,
it's different. It's different. Everything's a little bit different. Um,
if not, then thank you Mr. Connors for the report
and clarification of the changes. And if, uh, we don't
have any further questions or comments. There are recommendations. I
won't read them all verbatim, but it's Council received the
report. Council pass implementing bylaw for the official plan amendment
153 at the March 2025, March 25th, 2026 Council meeting
Council Direct staff to issue partial application fee refunds. If
applicable for any minor zoning bylaw amendment applications subject to
the delegate authority and submitted between the date of the
OPA 153 comes into effect in town's passing of an
updated fee bylaw in the event that the new feed
bile prescribes a lesser application fee. And that council direct
staff to para bylaw to amend schedule A of the
bylaw 2025 0031 to delegate authority, approval authority to the
director development services. Are they minors zoning bylaw amendments. And.
Bring the bylaw to a future council meeting for consideration
and passing, following the date of the OPA - 153
comes into effect. Do I need to, I need a
mover into secretor, move by Councillor Dale and have a
seconder, second by council for Leni comment Councillor Dale. Thank
you Madam Mary. I think I just want to throw
that out there. And I know it's going to return,
but sort of in the spirit of Councillor Genja's comments
and looking for sort of a middle ground. Is there
a potential through you to Mr. Boo - You to
circulate any concerns that a Council member may have. So
if one member of council has a concern with something,
they bring it up and it may need to return
in that window, it gets circulated to other members of
the council for protection. Everybody knows what those concerns. So,
so it gets raged and if it needs to come
back, it can come back. Because we may not notice
something somebody else may notice something, you know, because of
the issue of the ward or whatever. So that's a
good, we can sort of maybe insert that into the
process. Questions or comments, racial councillor Davidson. Thank you, Mayor
Quirk, through you. Um, just to point of consideration, um,
I'm wondering if that might constitute a meeting. If we
were sharing that information back and forth. If we share
it back and forth, are we okay. I've got the
clerks here. Through you, Madam Mayor. Uh, if the email
is shared through two council, that's fine. Discussion shouldn't be
happening. And decisions being made over email. Over email. So
you can share the concern. But if you have any,
cause yeah, that's a good point to make. Thank you.
So if you have any questions or comments about that,
that shared email concern, you need to take it not
through email. It needs to come to a council chambers
or a one - on - one discussion with, uh,
with the staff member or the council member. So good
point to race. Further questions or comments. All those in
favor. Oppose and that's carried. Okay. So we did the
other, the other one's got to come back to us.
Item 12, 1A is Georgina Equity and Diversity Advisory Committee
requesting to utilise 3, 000 dollars of its budget to
sponsor the Pan - African flag festival taking place in
August 2026. Other questions or comments on that? I know
Councillor Vagerstaff and myself sit on that committee. Did you
want to move endorsement Councillor Bakerstaff through Madame Mayor? Yes,
absolutely. It's a great event and it's just continuing to
grow. And it's great to support it. So yes, I'd
like to move that forward. Okay, so moved by Councillor
Biggerstaff. Do I have a seconder. Secondary regional councillor Davison,
all those in favor. Oh, sorry, question. Yeah, thank you,
Madam Mayor, through you. The equity and diversity advisory committee
has a set budget, correct? As other committees do, yes.
Yes. Why is it necessary for them to come to
counsel? Can they not just decide how to spend their
budget. I'll let the treasure or the CAO make comment.
For you, Madam Mayor. A decision was made, I want
to say could have been three or four years ago
that all committee budgets, if they want to utilise them,
they do have to come to counsel with that request.
So I can't remember the exact here that council made
that decision, but it was made. Yeah, so that's, it's
part of the procedure and process. The advisory committees are
just that advisory. They can't step out in front and
do something without council approval. So whether it's spending part
of their budget, whether it's wanting to host an event,
whether it's wanting to sponsor something they have to, even
when we did the heed has no place here, we
brought that tocision, not just even to spend the money,
but that was a recommendation from that committee to do
that, those stickers. So the rest of council needs to
understand what the other committees are doing and not, because
they are advisory. It needs to come back to this
table for that final decision. Okay, did we have, I
need, have it moved in a second. We're endorsing the
equity and diversity requests to spend a 3, 000 on
the pan - African flag. I haven't moved in seconded.
Further questions or comments, all those in favor. Posed and
that's carried. Next is the Minister of Rural Affairs, extending
congratulations to the towns of Georgina and East Quillenberry on
their joint submission being named a finalist at this year's
economic developers, council of Ontario Awards of Excellence. So I
thought it was important that we put this on the
agents, always good to know. We were nominated. This is
a great achievement. And I just wanted members of council
to be aware. So just a motion to receive by
Councillor Bakerstaff, second by Councillor Neeson, all those in favor.
Pose, and that's carried. And next is the Georgine Accessibility
Advisory Committee endorsement of implementing accessibility audit prior to further
upgrades at the Georgina Ice Palace. And I've got two
members of the committee there. Did you either want to
make Councillor Dale? Did you want to make comment on
this. Thank you, Madam Mayor, and through you. We've had
Tim McClacci at our accessibility meeting a few times over
the last year. We've been reviewing, as you'll remember, council
was considering a 50, 000 dollar potential upgrade, and it
was shifted over to our committee for consideration at the
Ice Palace in terms of potential for a ramp, for
viewing, for wheelchairs and accessibility needs. Uh, it's become clear
over the last year. And obviously, thank you to this
council for the support and funding the lift repair at
the, uh, ice palace in the shears budget. But it's
become clear that looking at the BCA for the building
and the standards that we have now is, it's not
working well in terms of understanding what excessively needs are
there. Um, and to the future. So the committee had
suggested that we sort of take a pause on any
further funding in terms of that 50, 000 or others
until we understand. And the best way forward was to
have that accessibility audit to better plan for the future
and the accessibility of it. So, um, it was unanimous
decision by our committee and fully supported. So thank you.
Further questions or comments. Motion, do you want. Oh, sorry,
councillor Kench. Yeah. Thank you, Madam Mayor, through you. Um,
the comment where you're saying that you want to do
the accessibility audit before any further upgrades. Are you suggesting
that we postpone the seat replacement as well until we
can do a full accessibility audit. Councillor Dale. Thank you,
Madam Mayor. No, we're not referring to any of the
works currently on underway and we're not referring to any
general maintenance items or upgrades, um, we were informed, um,
that facilities are regularly scanned and upgraded for, from, for
minor issues, whether that's Braille accessibility signage or other repairs
are needed items. Um, they, whether it was the seats
or the lift, they were all duly considered by this
council and endorsed by the accessibility committee. Um, we're talking
in terms of, you know, we were certainly looking at
ways to make sure every user could, could view the
game and in a more substantial way. Um, but, um,
through some, some really hardy conversation that Councillor Bigger staff
can attest to, we looked at it from all sides
and understanding, you know, what we needed without a full
audit was we're just sort of incapable. And either is
the manager of facilities without having a proper. We're relying
on an aged building condition assessment to try and make
calls that really should have an accessibility lens audit, um,
taken to it. So no, we're not speaking to anything
in the past that, that this council certainly, um, put
forward in that the committee endorsed. Thanks. Okay. Further questions
or comments. Regional councillor Davison. Thank you, Mayor Cork, through
you. Um, it's to the committee and the members of
council that serve on it. Um, thank you for that
because, uh, ice balls has been an area that's been
of concern of mind for a long time. Um, and
having been on the accessibility committee in the past, one
of the things that I learned from there and continue
to learn through that is that persons with disabilities should
be able to access the building the same way that
persons without disabilities do. Um, and we've in that building
specifically had to do a lot of workarounds where maybe
you'll come in the back door, you'll come in the
side or you'll do this or this or whatever. Um,
and that's not the intent. And I think municipalities need
to lead in this area. And I appreciate that this
is going to be done. So that we can enhance
experience for all users. Councillor Bigger staff. Through Madam Mayor.
All great things at the table. Yeah. It's really about,
you know, taking a step back to take a step
forward. And many of the buildings, you know, in, in
the future, many of the buildings are going to need
that step back to step forward. So, um, I'm glad
that there was such a great conversation with the community
members at the committee. And I do think it's the
right way forward on this one. Okay. I've got it
moved in seconded. Any further questions or comments. All those
in favor. Post and that's carried. Okay. Gentle information. That
actually was not moved in seconded. Didn't I get a
mover in a second? I don't have it. I'm sorry.
I thought I did. Councillor Dale seconded by Councillor Biggerstaff,
all those in favor. Pose that scary. Now it's moved
in second. Thank you. General information items. One item was
asked to be removed. Thank you regional councillor Davidson. Did
you want to speak to this? This is the motion
that was put forward at regional council recently by Mayor
Lovett regarding our favourite topic. Blue bins. Isn't it though?
Um, yes. And I mean, now we've had a chance
to experience it. And I'm, and I'm all for, um,
for letting things play out and seeing how it works.
Um, see, to get a feel for, for how something
is going to run, I know that the province took
on, um, this virus circular materials and that there would
be some bumps in the road. However, I think what
we're finding in the community is that there are parts
of it that are unacceptable. And so it needs to
be addressed. Now. One of the mayors of the region
put together this spectacular motion that really lays it out.
Um, the inequity, um, for the lord chair municipalities specifically,
um, where we're getting biweekly collection and the Southern municipalities
are receiving weekly collection. And that is wildly unacceptable. Um,
and they don't know if it would be appropriate to
read the motion here. It is quite long. Um, but
I would be asking for council's endorsement of this motion
to the province and to circular materials. Maybe read the,
therefore be it resolved. After all the whereasses, that's the
meat of the, of the sandwiches, be it resolve what
you want to do that. Absolutely. And I won't, um,
I won't read the whole thing, but let me do
a few, uh, cause some of these warehouses are just
really spectacular. Um, and whereas municipalities throughout Ontario are experiencing
inconsistent recycling collection service levels under the new model, including
differences in collection frequency, missed collections, accepted materials, cart provision
contamination management, customer service response times and contractor accountability. And
whereas residents and some municipalities are receiving reduced or inferior
recycling collection services compared to others despite participating in the
same provincial blue box program. And whereas these service level
inequities have resulted in increased resident complaints, confusion reduced participation
in recycling programs and declining public confidence in Ontario's recycling
system. Now, if you want to read the whole thing,
all of the whereas is are very good, but those
three for me say it all. So therefore it be
resolved that the council of the regional municipality of York
calls upon the province of Ontario to intervene to ensure
that circular materials, Ontario and its contractors provide fair consistent
and equitable recycling collection services, service levels across all municipalities
in Ontario. And that the province be required to establish
and force and publicly report on consistent province - wide
service standards for Blue Box Recycling, including collection frequency, missed
collection recovery accepted materials. Cart provision, customer service response times
and contractor performance. And that the province recurso limit shows
on territor promptly address collection service level and equities and
performance gaps between municipalities, including those impacting York region and
that this resolution be circulated. So. I think we've all
heard the comments. And I think we've given it enough
time to get a feel. Um, for how they were
going to operate. But some of the things like biweekly
collection has just really changed how our residents are accessing
recycling, how they're feeling about recycling. And it's been a
step back. And if. Biweekly isn't working for you, if
you happen to miss a day, now you're going to
monthly. Um, and I can tell you that my garage
is full of recycling because there are days that I'm
running out to a meeting or people are running to
work. And then we just forget to put it out.
And so, um, we did a run to the dump
and we're working our way through, um, on our own.
But. There are those who don't have a big van
to pack the recycling into. And there are those people
that just don't have the extra time to be fighting
this. And some of the comments that I've heard through
the public that they may stop recycling, um, and those
comments as well. And I would encourage those people that
are feeling frustrated to hold on. And at the same
time, um, because I expect things to get better. Um,
and then at the same time, I would ask this
council to endorse. This motion from the region, uh, to
put our voice behind it as well, uh, encourage the
province of Ontario to step up and make those changes.
So you're asking for endorsement, do you want it to
be adjusted and have our name in there in terms
of, be resolved? How do we, how should we work
that? Do you want us to endorse this and then
send that along all to the other municipalities that are
listed to the premier inserting our name into that, um,
request. Absolutely. As appropriate, um, I just, uh, it's an
excellent motion. Yeah. And I think it, it spills it
out very, very well. And it did a good names
in here, there, whatever. If we want to send an
extra copy to, to our members of, of parliament and,
uh, provincial parliament, but I think they've all received it
from the region. And I'd love to see. Our name
stamped on it as well. Okay. So emotion to, uh,
endorse this motion. Sorry. Okay. So do you want that
you want to move endorsing putting our name into the,
therefore, is all the town of Georgina request. All those
other issues that you write up. I mean, we could
change it that way or we could at the beginning
just say, where's. Let me ask, Claire, what's the best
way to hand? Do we just move this as it
is that we endorse it or do we change it
to have our name is where the region of York
is. What's the, what's the best method, either it can
work, but what do we normally do if we're endorsing
a motion that comes forward from another municipality. I'm not
sure that there is a standard way that we do
it. Sometimes we do put, um, our information in and
recirculate. Other times we're just endorsing what was passed. I
think, I think in this case, the strength partly being
part of the region of York, I'd like to keep
that in there. And I would, I would ask that
it read something to the effect of that the council
of the town of Regina calls on the province. Uh,
also the sort of also endorses the, um, I should
have written this down. Endures is the motion put forth
by the region of York and also calls upon the
province to pay do attention to the motion and an
act accordingly. Okay. We can do that. And you want
it that circulated to the other municipalities and the premier.
That needs to go to them. It needs to go
somewhere. So the same circulation that, uh, that this original
emotion. Okay. Is that good? Absolutely. The same circulation. And
I just said, love to see the region stay in
there because I think the strength I just wanted to
clarify where you were wanted to go with it. So
you're moving that we endorse and that, uh, this be
circulated to the same, um, areas that the premier, the
province, municipalities, um, circular materials, ammo, all of that. Okay.
So that's moved by racial councillor Davison, second by Councillor
Neeson. Questions or comments. Councillor Dale. And thank you, Madam
Mayor. I'll happily support this. I just want to make
the comment that I would also happily support a motion
that demanded the province move us to weekly collection, like
our good fellows to the cells. Oh, if we had
that authority to do it, I wish. There's been so
much confusion with this entire program. I think, yeah, it's,
it hasn't rolled out well at all. Um, we weren't
consulted in the way we should have been. This was
put upon us by circular materials. I've had many conversations
with, uh, the CEO, our staff have had those same
conversations. Um, yeah, they, they put forward, they picked their
contractor. They changed the bin size. They changed the to
biweekly. They made all those changes. At the last and
last fall, we did get some concessions, but yeah, it
was, uh, it's out of our hands. It's in the
province. So this is the motion to send down to
them to try to get them to, uh, realise that
it's not a good process. What's happening, the rollout, the
exchange of bins, the second bins. When I see and
hear people saying they're just going to throw it into
the garbage, it just drives me crazy because these are
people that have over the last number of years. Supported
recycling and want to do it. And now they're telling
all of us online or an emails that they're just
going to throw it in the garbage because it's, it's,
they're not going to save it for the two weeks.
They don't want the big bin. It goes on and
on and on. Questions, other questions or comments on, on
this. So we got it moved and seconded further questions
or comments. Regional councillor Davidson. Thank you, Mayor Quirk. I
wouldn't be adverse to adding that bit of language that
was suggested by Councillor Dale. I don't know if we
want to add that they immediately put us back in.
What was your motion. Yes. Back to weekly collection. And
I think that there's a president, an example already done
by circular materials. So are we not just going to
material, it's a different contract with the subject. It certainly
is, but I mean, they are effectively providing weekly pickup
for other people in the region. So I think that
the motion speaks to wanting that to happen. If you
want to put it in there, go, it's up to
you racial councillor, Davison. If you wanted to add another,
uh. Clause to it. So it's up to you guys.
I'm waiting. I think if Councillor put it to the
tip, I mean, I don't want to speak for all
of council, right? But I would be in support of
it. If council Dale wants to bring it as a
amendment, you can put a friend of the state. If
you want to do it, I would support it. I
am not doing the wording of bringing that as an
amendment. Yes, madam. So what can you give us the
wording of the amendment. Uh, that's circular, I guess, circular
materials and the province. Um, move Georgina back to weekly
collection. As per other services in York region. Okay. So
that's amendment. So that's moved by Councillor Dale, seconded by.
Oh, sorry. You accept it as a friendly amendment. Okay.
So we don't need to move in section. So as
a friendly amendment. So that's included. Do we have any
further questions or comments? Councillor Gensch. Yeah. Thank you, Madam
Mayor, through you. If I could just make one suggestion
that you've said as the other municipalities in York region,
I think you should clarify that to the southern municipalities.
Yeah. Okay. So the southern, uh, the southern municipalities. Okay.
We're good friendly amendment. Okay. Moved in seconded. All those
in favor. Pose and that's carried. Let's move the remainder
of the general information items moved by. Councillor Dale, second
by Councillor Neeson. All those in favor. Opposed. And that's
carried. We have two briefing notes. We have the briefing
note on the 2026 nonprofit organisation grant recipients. Page 161.
Were there any questions or comments. On that? It shows
some the Regina Farmers market. The Georgina Farrell Cat Committee
roots connecting communities. The clear water futures foundation like rescue
light SIMCO coalition. And then learning Centre for Georgina are
all receiving 10, 000 dollars through that program. The 40,
000 dollars of undistributed funding will be allocated back to
reserves in accordance with the town surplus deficit policy. So
there was, um, somebody that wasn't, uh, utilised. So it's
goes back into, uh, into reserves as directed in our
policy. If there are any questions or comments on this
one, if not a motion to receive, move by councillor
again, seconded by Councillor Bakerstaff, all those in favor, opposed
that's carried. Next is the 2026 beach vendor location update.
After last council's meeting, um, and when there was shared
on social media about the vendor program happening in Weble
Beach, I had somebody reach out to me that want
to know, can you include home's point into that? So
I took that suggestion to Councillor Dale. We had some
discussions with staff. And this is what's coming out of,
I don't know if you want to speak to it,
Councillor Dale. Yeah. I think just briefly. And I do
want to point out, um, first time in the few
years, I missed the latter half of the meeting. I
was at, uh, I was in surgery that day actually
that afternoon. So, um, I missed it and I didn't
get the participate. I did listen online, um, and we're
past that point. But, um, since you had, uh, been
reached out to, I had a few comments in the
community as well. Um, so we're looking at considering it
staff have reviewed it. So I'm supportive of that and,
uh, we'll see what applications come in and what feedback,
just like we've done at Willow and other places that
we get, uh, at the moment, I see no problem
with that. I think the good access spot for it.
Um, I do know that regardless of what's there, the
QR codes have been and do get used. Um, so,
um, I'm looking forward to seeing it out lay this
year and we'll see how it goes if council supportive.
Thanks. Great. Other questions or comments on this? This one,
do we need to endorse it to be able to
put it in? Like it's not just receiving. So we
need to endorse the, um, addition of Holmes Point in
the Beach vendor program and that, um, that staff will
amend the request for expression of interest to allow for
one to two vendor spots at home's point. So a
motion to endorse, move by councillor. Dale seconded by Councillor
Neeson. Questions or comments. All those in favor opposed. And
that's carried. We don't have any motions or notice of
motions. Regional business. Regional councillor Davison. Any regional business you
want to bring to our attention. Thank you, Mayor Quirk.
Just a couple of things we have meeting tomorrow. There
is an interesting memo on the buy Ontario Act that
was, uh, out by the province of Ontario. Um, comments
from a regional staff on how that might impact municipal
government and procurement. So that's something interesting to look at.
Also exciting tax water and wastewater rates, uh, coming forward,
uh, so we spent about 38 million dollars to the
region york and I can attest that we get much
more than 38 million dollars back So it's an excellent
investment on our part to be partnered with the region
of York in that way. And the other thing that
I wanted to draw attention to is that, uh, the
agriculture and ego food committee. Has one in a word
at the region. We do have representation on that committee
for members of the public here in Georgina, the farming
community. And it's the edco award of excellent that we
have presentation tomorrow to those committee members. On the agriculture
and agri food strategy. And if you haven't had a
chance to look at that yet, it is online. Um,
they've really looked at all of the different ways that
agriculture impacts our community and the different ways that it
may continue to do so new ways, um, that it
may do in the future. So excellent document. Okay. Other
business. I don't think we have anything left to do
except our closed session here. So we have, uh, two
bylaws. Can I have a move in a second or
for the bylaw, um, that are listed here. The one
was, um, the addendum, the, uh, OPA 153. So a
motion for those two bylaws, move by councillor niece and
second by councillor fellini. All those in favor. Pose and
that's carried. Madam, mayor, the three. Oh, the, Oh yeah.
There was one on the other, sorry. There were three
bylaws. I've heard I put the other trying to get
used to where everything is on my desk. And I
put the addendum beside me here. So, so that's a
three bylaws moved in seconded. All those in favor. Pose
that carries. Closed sessions. So this is a little bit
different. We're going to move into closed session, but we're
not going to stay here. We are going to go
across the hall into the Danny Wheeler boardroom. That is
now our closed session room. So I'm going to ask
for a motion to move into closed session. Personal matter
about identifiable individual, including municipal or local board employees, section
239 to be of the municipal act. This is, um,
the confidential attachment to report number CS 2026 008 item
number 11 1D appointment to the Georgina heritage and fires
committee for the remainder of the 2022 to 2026 term
of office. Need a motion going to close session, move
by Councillor Dale, seconded by Councillor Bakerstaff, all those in
favor pose that's carried. And we'll be reporting out. We'll
come back in here to report out, but we are
now going to go into the closed session, Danny Wheeler
boardroom.
Hey, members of council, we are going to reconvene into
open session. I need a motion to reconvene into open
session of council and report on matters discuss in closed
session. Move by. Councillor Gensch, seconded by regional councillor Davidson.
All those in favor. Pose that's carried. Madam Clerk, do
you want to do the reporting note, please on our
closed session. Thank you, Madam Mayor. In regard to closed
session item 171A on the agenda under section 239 to
be of the municipal act being personal matters about an
identifiable individual, including municipal or local board employees regarding confidential
attachment to report number CS 2026 0008. Item 11 1D
appointment to the Georgina Heritage Advisory Committee for the remainder
of the 2022 to 2026 term of office. That staff
be directed to proceed accordingly. Do I have a mover
in a second or for that move by Councillor Bagerstaff,
seconded by Councillor Fellini. All those in favor. Oppose and
that's carried. I need to confirming bylaw. Moved by regional
councillor Davis and seconded by Councillor Neeson. All those in
favor pose that's carried. Motion to adjourn move by Councillor
Bakerstaff, seconded by Councillor Fellini. Motion to adjourn from our
first council meeting and our new chambers. All those in
favor. Oppose that's carried. Well done everyone. Enjoy the rest
of the day. Take care.