Agenda
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Call to Order
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Roll Call
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Closed Session
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Open Session
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Land Acknowledgement
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Roll Call
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Declarations of Pecuniary Interest and the General Nature Thereof
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Matters Arising from the Closed Session
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By-laws
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By-laws 2026-169 and 2026-170
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Members' Motions
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Addendum
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Civic Petitions
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Question Period
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Adjournment
Transcript
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Call this meeting to order. Mr. Clerk was conductor roll
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call. Thank you Mr. Mayor Councillor. Sing you ready? Present.
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Councillor Benoit here. Councillor B. What is that? Councillor Faltang.
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Présente. Councillor Paran. I see. Councillor Lapillard. C1.
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Councillor McIntosh. Here. Councillor Cormier. Councillor Leduque. Present.
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Councillor Laundry Altman. And Mayor defi. Here. I will move
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secondary Councillor McIntosh to move to close session. Thank you,
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Mr. Mayor, that the City of Greater Sub removes the
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closed session to deal with one information supplied and confidence
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by government. Position plan or instruction to be applied to
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negotiations item regarding the Development Charge Reduction Program in accordance
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with the Municipal Act 2001 paragraphs 239 to H and
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K. All in favor. Everyone. That is carried. Do we
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have to clear the room? Please.
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Hello everyone, I'll call this meeting to order. The spirit
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of truth and reconciliation. Let us begin today's meeting by
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reflecting on the Privilege of Working in Greater Subbury. This
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is a city with a rich history that began with
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the Yanishnabi people. We are grateful to live, work, and
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play on the lands. They have cared for since time
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im Memorial. I'm thankful. To them. For sharing these lands
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and resources that have supported the prosperity of the City
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and its residents. Our municipalities, he's on a traditional lands
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of the typishing Adashnabek, and Wanopathie First Nation, signatories of
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the Robinson Huron Treaty of 1850. We are honoured to
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work with them in partnership and friendship toward a future
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that is successful for the next seven generations. We thank
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them for the contributions for the vibrancy of our communities,
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and to the Guardianship of the Lands in which we
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share. We also recognise the contributions of the Meti and
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Inuit people in shaping and strengthening our community. Desire collective
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responsibility to learn the history on which our city was
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built to ensure that the mistakes made by our predecessors
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or overcome by a willingness to learn and grow. For
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greater sub - rate in the Anash Nabi to flourish
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together, we must recognise and respect each other's sovereign rights
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entitled. With mutual understanding and collaboration, we will continue to
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grow together in the spirit of reconciliation. We wish. Roll
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call, please, Mr. Clerk. Thank you, Mr. Mayor. Councillor Senioretti.
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Queen Councillor Benoit. Here. Council - Babban. What is that?
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Councillor Falting. Présent. Councillor Perrin. Cancer Lapierre. Ici. Cancer -
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labby. Here. Councillor Cyzer. Councillor Macintosh? Here. Councillor Cormier. Here.
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Councillor Laduque. President. Councillor Laundrie Altman and Meredith Pfeiffer. Easy.
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Any declarations of community interests and the general nature of
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thereof. Seeing none. I lost the chair of our closed
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session. Councillor McIntosh, the rising report, please. Thank you, Mr.
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Mayor. The Council of the City of Greater Subreametti closed
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session to consider matters authorized under the municipal act and
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described on today's public council agenda. In the continuing interest
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of transparency and open government, I'm reporting in public session
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on the outcomes from today's closed session meeting as follows.
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Council received one verbal presentation with respect to an information
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supplied in confidence by government, position, plan, or instruction to
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be applied to negotiations item regarding the development charge, reduction
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program in accordance with the Municipal Act 2001 paragraph 239
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- 2HNK. Direction was given to staff with respect to
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the matter in question. Thank you. So we'll get that
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move by Council Laby. Sorry. So the, thank you, madam.
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With respect to the bylaws, I'll get Council Abbey to
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move, and I will second by long. Thank you, Mr.
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Mayor, that the Citigroup Cyber Reed and Pass Byla 2026
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- 169 to Bylaw 2026 - 170. All in favor.
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You're everyone. That is carried. Are there any members'motions. Seeing
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none. There is no addendum on the agenda. Any Civic
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Petitions. Seeing none. Question period. I have two questions, please.
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Please go ahead. Thank you, interior chair. Um, as everybody
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has seen in the, uh, social media, I'm sure, uh,
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that Menelake has been seeing a infestation of rats. Uh,
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it has just now come to my attention that these
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rats are actually travelling through our sewer systems. And through
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our infrastructure on the ground. Uh, and then they're coming
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up, uh, in obviously, uh, into People's Yards and neighbourhoods,
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whatever. Tigrounds, that sort of stuff. Uh, playground's a municipal
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property. Um, so my question is, is what can staff
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do help, uh, alleviate this problem moving forward to you,
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chair. Thank you. Mr. Longston, I want us back on
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behalf of Bylaw. Through you, Mr. Chair, thank you. Um,
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there's really no municipal bylaw that controls, uh, rats at
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large. Um, if there are issues with respect to property
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standards, like waste or garbage that's out or things of
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that nature, if they've, uh, entered the home, then it
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becomes part of a property standards. But like a general
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rat issue is not something that we deal with under
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our current bylaws. I got to follow up from our
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CAO. Thank you through the mayor just to add to
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that. I mean, I've experienced this in another jurisdiction. And
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unfortunately it is an issue that sort of, you know,
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doesn't really fall under any particular area. Public health has
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a role with respect to, um, certain structures and rats
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infestations and the diseases that can come from rats, um,
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but doesn't have any kind of enforcement or measures. And
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as Mr. Longsen said, Bylaw doesn't have a specific issue.
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And so, um, we could certainly take a look and
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see what some other jurisdictions have done. Um, I can,
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I can share in a previous jurisdiction ultimately, an attempt
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at sort of an education program and some level of,
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um, grant program to assist some individuals, um, but that
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was funded by that, by the local municipality. So, I
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mean, those are things that we can look into. Certainly
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we're hearing the concerns, but right now, uh, I do
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have to say that it does sort of fall beneath
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the cracks of, uh, or between the cracks of the
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different, um, jurisdictions here. So, uh, would have to look
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to council to any direction beyond what staff have already
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done on this matter. Thank you. You have a second
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question, councillor. Yes. Um, my second question is, um, what
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the recent announcement now of WSI be closing all their
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offices, uh, throughout Northern Ontario, um, which is going to
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have an impact obviously here in Sudbury as we know
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136 jobs. I believe we're going to be lost. But
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we had recently had, um, gifted, uh, I believe it
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was 250 acres, uh, two WSIB for a new belt.
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I'm just trying to see how this is going to
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impact this moving forward to you chair. Thank you. Mr.
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Logson. Do you want to respond to this? Three, Mr.
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Chair. The landing question, as Council recall a mine rescue
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facility that will be operated by Ontario Mind Rescue, WSIB
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is the flow - through agency for that. I don't
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see a direct connection between the recent events in that
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particular project. Thank you. Any further, anybody else has questions
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for Christian Period. Seeing none. Morticion to adjourn. Moved by
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Councillor Benoit. All in favor.