[6:16] Welcome everyone. I call this August 11th, 2026 meeting of

[6:21] council to order at 5:30 p.m. This meeting will be held in a hybrid manner

[6:27] where members of council, staff, and the public can participate electronically.

[6:32] This meeting is being livereamed and recorded and will be available on the

[6:36] township website. Notice is hereby provided that under the authority of the

[6:41] municipal act 2001 and in accordance with the municipal freedom of

[6:46] information and protection of privacy act that all information attained is

[6:51] considered part of the public record. All rules apply to the meeting is if

[6:55] everyone was attending in person and if there is a problem with the technology

[7:00] impacting the proceeding of the meeting the meeting may be recessed. So I would

[7:04] ask everyone that can to rise for the playing of the national anthem.

[9:06] We acknowledge that we are being hosted on ancestrial lands of the Hodon noani,

[9:12] Missagi and Omawini people. We acknowledge and welcome the presence of

[9:17] all indigenous people including the Matei Inui and other First Nations from

[9:22] across this vast land who also makes this place home. The lands we're on

[9:28] today are recognized in the two row wampom dish with one spoon treaty treaty

[9:33] 27 and the Crawford purchase. Okay. So the first item up is a

[9:39] confirmation of the agenda moved by councelor Proick seconded by councelor

[9:45] Willis. Call the question. All in favor? Motion has passed. Are there any

[9:50] declarations of peer interest or the general nature thereof for this

[9:54] evening's meeting? Seeing none,

[9:59] I would entertain a motion to go into close session if someone would like to

[10:04] present that. Councelor Willis. I would move that council now move into

[10:10] close session to consider personal matters about an identifiable individual

[10:14] pursuant to section 239 2B of the municipal act.

[10:19] » So moved, seconded by councelor Budriick. All in favor? Motion is

[10:25] passed.

[36:38] Welcome everyone. We uh actually started our council

[36:44] meeting at 5:30. We did our opening and uh then we went into close session for

[36:48] half an hour. So we're coming back out into open. So we won't be doing the the

[36:53] actual opening over again. We'll just be reconvening um where we left off. So

[36:59] after being in close session, I will bring the rising report forward that uh

[37:04] council did meet in close session to consider personal matters about an

[37:09] identifiable individual pursuant to section 239 2B of the municipal act.

[37:17] So with that we're our first uh other item is presentation. So, uh, we would

[37:23] ask the OP detachment board annual report presentation, please come on

[37:27] forward when you're ready and, uh, you can just sit at one of the mics, turn

[37:33] press the button so the green light comes on and, uh, you can go ahead and

[37:38] start whenever you're ready. Thank you. >> Um, good evening, Mayor Hegedornne and

[37:44] members of council. Thank you for having me here this evening. Uh for those who

[37:49] of you who don't know me, my name is Jessica Jones and I serve as the

[37:52] community representative for Loyalist Township and the town of Greater Napony

[37:56] on the East Lennox Nington OP Detachment Board. Um it's a pleasure to be here on

[38:02] behalf of the board. This is my second time I think presenting to this council.

[38:06] Um, and uh, we're just here to present the actual 2025 board report and police

[38:13] activities and to provide council with uh, an overview of the work the board's

[38:17] been doing over the last year. I'd like to begin by thanking uh,

[38:22] Loyalist Township for its continued support of the board. uh Loyalist

[38:26] currently provides administrative support to us through the municipal

[38:29] clerk's office and that support they receive uh from Jacob uh is extremely

[38:34] valuable and we've worked um really hard to establish and develop the new

[38:38] attachment board. Uh so thank you Jacob. Um and also although she's not here,

[38:43] special thank you to Ann who was very integral in helping us get our board

[38:46] going which as we've been told by other boards were quite ahead. So we uh have

[38:53] to thank her as well. Um just a little bit about the

[38:56] detachment board. So in terms of background, the East Lennox Nadington OP

[39:02] Detachment Board represents the four municipalities served by our OP

[39:05] detachment. Addington Highlands Township, the town of Greater Napony,

[39:09] Loyalist Township, and Stone Mills Township. Uh our role is one of civilian

[39:14] governance and community representation. We work collaboratively with the OP

[39:20] detachment commander to provide guidance and advice regarding policing services

[39:24] and to help ensure that policing priorities and initiatives reflect the

[39:27] needs of the communities we represent. An important part of that role is

[39:31] supporting community safety while also promoting transparency and

[39:34] accountability and helping to maintain a positive relationship between the OP and

[39:38] the communities that it serves. Under the Community Safety and Policing

[39:44] Act, the OP detachment boards are also required to provide an annual report to

[39:49] the municipalities that they serve. And the report that we have before council

[39:53] fulfills that requirement and gives us an opportunity to report back both on

[39:57] the work the board does as well as um what the OP does in policing our

[40:01] communities. Um, everyone should have a or council

[40:05] should have a copy of the report. Great. So, I'd have you turn to page three.

[40:13] Um, so our actual board, so our board is made up of six members, um, providing

[40:19] both municipal and community representation across those four

[40:23] municipalities. So, here in Loyalist, um, Mayor Hegedorn

[40:28] serves as our council's representative, and I have the privilege of serving as

[40:32] the joint community representative for Loyalist Township and Greater Napony.

[40:36] Our other members include councelor Bob Nory representing

[40:40] Greater Napony, uh councelor Sher Milligan representing Stone Mills, Tina

[40:45] Marie Chamberlain as the community representative for Addington Highlands

[40:48] and Stone Mills, and Tony Fr who's now representing the Addington Highlands

[40:53] Council. Um before I continue, I would just like to take a moment to recognize

[40:58] the late uh Reeve Henry Hog. He represented Addington Highlands on our

[41:03] board from its formation in June of 2024 until his passing in October of 2025. Uh

[41:09] Henry demonstrated a tremendous commitment to public service and a

[41:12] genuine dedication to his community. His thoughtful contributions, hard work, and

[41:17] commitment to both Addington Highlands and the work of our board were very much

[41:21] valued, and we are extremely grateful for the time, knowledge, and dedication

[41:24] he shared with us. His contributions will be remembered, and he is certainly

[41:28] missed. Tony Fr has since been appointed to the Addington Highlands Council

[41:33] representative and we are very pleased to have him on the board as well.

[41:39] Okay. And turning to page four.

[41:47] Um because this is still a relatively new board under the Community Safety and

[41:52] Policing Act, a significant portion of our work has involved establishing the

[41:57] governance structure necessary for the board to operate effectively. Um which

[42:03] includes a lot of bylaws and policies that are just the foundational work for

[42:07] the board moving forward. Um that's included developing and adopting our

[42:11] bylaws and policies in areas such as renumeration, misconduct, and conflict

[42:16] of interest as well as communications and information sharing. And you can see

[42:20] on that page four, we have listed all of the bylaws and policies that have been

[42:25] established since um June of 2024. Um, all six board members have also

[42:32] completed prescribed training developed by the Ministry of the Solicitor General

[42:37] and it covered areas including police governance, policing in Ontario, the

[42:41] roles and responsibilities of the detachment boards and requirements

[42:45] relating to board appointments, training, codes of conflict, uh, code

[42:48] codes of conduct, apologies, and conflicts of interest.

[42:52] Um, while some of that work is not necessarily the most visible part of

[42:56] what we do, it has been an important part of establishing a strong foundation

[43:00] for the board and ensuring that we can carry out our responsibilities

[43:03] appropriately and effectively. Um, you'll see further down on page

[43:08] four, we highlight our meetings. Um, our inaugural meeting was held on November

[43:14] 14th, 2024, and our our meeting records are publicly available. We've also made

[43:20] the decision to rotate our meetings amongst the four municipalities

[43:24] represented by the board. Um, which we think is very important. Uh, although we

[43:29] operate as one detachment board, uh, we represent four distinct municipalities

[43:33] and each with its own community, geography, priorities, and policing

[43:36] needs. Um, moving on to page five is our board

[43:43] budget.

[43:47] Oh, I apologize. because I missed our board support. I think I already

[43:50] acknowledged that we uh do receive support from the Louis Township

[43:53] municipal clerk Jacob this time and we're always very extremely grateful for

[43:58] his guidance and assistance and camaraderie. Uh board budget

[44:04] uh under the community safety and policing act, those estimates are

[44:08] provided to each of the municipalities receiving policing through the

[44:11] detachment board along with their respective share of the costs. In July

[44:15] of 2025, the board approved its 2026 budget, which is included as appendix A

[44:21] to this report. Um, I won't spend too much time on the

[44:26] budget just given that it's that it's there um and available for the council

[44:30] to read. Uh, but it is one of our our statutory

[44:34] responsibilities is to provide that. Um, moving forward,

[44:40] uh, we have resources on the page as well if anyone wants to read more on the

[44:47] community safety and policing act, the Ontario provincial police, um, or the

[44:52] inspector of policing who mandates a lot of what we're responsible for.

[44:57] Uh, overall 2025 was an important year for East Lanx and Addington OP

[45:02] detachment board. Uh much of our work has been about establishing the board,

[45:07] putting the necessary governance pieces in place, completing our training and

[45:11] developing the processes and relationships that will allow us to

[45:14] effectively represent our municipalities and communities going forward. And while

[45:19] governance is an important part of our mandate, ultimately our work comes back

[45:22] to community safety and policing. uh our role is to ensure that there's a strong

[45:27] connection between the communities we represent and the OP providing policing

[45:32] services to them and that community needs and priorities continue to be a

[45:36] part of those conversations. Uh the second part of the report

[45:41] actually focuses on the policing activities during 2025 including their

[45:46] calls for service statistics, complaints, and the detachment board

[45:50] action plan moving forward. Those are identified as the primary areas of the

[45:54] policing portion of the annual report and I believe that should be attached as

[45:58] appendix B.

[46:02] And of course uh that's a little bit lengthier so I won't go through that.

[46:07] Um just to wrap it up I just want to again thank Mayor Hegedorn and the

[46:11] members of council for the opportunity to be here uh this evening and provide

[46:16] the update on behalf of the East Lennox Nington OP Detachment Board. I'd also

[46:21] like to thank Loyalist Township uh for the ongoing support of the board as well

[46:26] as our fellow uh board members who are not here today. Um as well as our

[46:31] municipal partners and uh detachment commander uh Tvel for all of uh his help

[46:38] and guidance and working with us to accomplish as much as we have. uh we

[46:42] really do have like a wonderful wonderful relationship with the OP and

[46:47] the synchrony we've had in creating the board and establishing it and

[46:50] accomplishing things has been almost too lucky. So I want to thank

[46:56] them as well. And as we continue to develop, our focus will remain on

[47:00] ensuring that the communities we represent have a meaningful voice in

[47:04] policing priorities and that we continue to foster a strong collaborative

[47:08] relationship between our municipalities, our residents, and the OP. Um, so thank

[47:14] you very much and uh happy to answer any questions you might have that I'm

[47:19] capable of answering. >> Thank you, Jessica.

[47:23] Look to council. Are there any questions or comments?

[47:28] say none. Well, that was easy. >> Thank you so much for bringing it

[47:32] forward and uh we are very fortunate with the uh the uh the resident uh

[47:40] representatives that we've got on the board. Um both Tina and yourself are

[47:45] very engaged, very knowledgeable, and uh they uh certainly do represent the

[47:50] residents very well, I believe. So with that, um, thank you for being here and I

[47:57] would look for a motion for council to receive. Moved by councelor Padrick,

[48:02] seconded by councelor Willis. All in favor? Motion is passed. Thanks.

[48:12] Okay, so that brings us to open forum. So, open forum. There are 15 minutes of

[48:19] the meeting that's been set aside for open forum.

[48:23] Any individual may address council regarding an item on the agenda,

[48:26] excluding matters under the statutory public meeting section, which we didn't

[48:30] have any this evening. Uh, each person has three minutes to speak and uh we do

[48:36] have four that are registered at this time. Um, so we will go through them. Um

[48:43] and then I will open it up in chambers if someone has uh something they wish to

[48:49] speak on um with that's on the agenda and then I will open it up to the

[48:56] virtual audience as well and just for the ver virtual audience um I will be

[49:02] asking when it comes time for you to use the raised hand feature uh so that you

[49:08] can uh we will know that you want to speak and we will be able to bring you

[49:11] into the meeting. So, I will just go through the list of uh the ones that are

[49:19] signed up to speak. And first, Bill Lowry, did you want to speak this this

[49:24] evening?

[49:28] » If you if you could just uh push the push the button so the uh green light

[49:33] comes on. There we are. You're live. So, uh go ahead whenever you're ready.

[49:38] Um, it was kind of I don't know if I want to say ironic. Uh, but when I got

[49:44] the call to uh see if I wanted to volunteer to serve in the chair of

[49:50] deputy, um, it was the same way that I got into politics. Um, my next door

[49:56] neighbor back in what was it 1999 came to me and said, "Did you ever think

[50:02] about getting into politics?" And I just looked at him and thought he was in

[50:07] space somewhere. But uh I went home and thought about it and I was thinking

[50:12] about retiring and that road was going to come and I wanted something to do. So

[50:18] because I was appointed, it was only a two-year term in a three-year election.

[50:23] uh the deputy mayor at that time, Arnold Adams, uh left for health reasons and uh

[50:30] his position was filled as chair uh or um was filled from the counselors of the

[50:36] of the day which was Clayton Mchuan. So that left a halling council. So it just

[50:41] was all an immediate flashback when I got to call friendly municipality to see

[50:45] if I wanted to put my name forward and uh for I I just immediately felt that I

[50:52] did. There was no hesitation, you know, it was just yes, they're asking me to do

[50:56] something and I'd like to do it. So, if there's anything on the page that

[51:04] I wrote down in my history, uh, I'd be more than happy to answer any questions.

[51:10] » Council, any questions for the presenter?

[51:15] Seeing none, thank you very much. I'll go on to the next one. John IB, if

[51:24] you would like to come up to one of the mics, John, and just uh push the button

[51:29] so that it's on. Feel free to start whenever you're

[51:34] ready.

[51:40] Thank you, Mr. Mayor, and members of council. Uh, as you saw in my

[51:45] application, I was quite brief. uh I would I have time

[51:52] and I believe I have enough uh background to fill the position

[52:01] and uh I was surprised to be remembered from

[52:06] that far back and would like to thank the person who put my name forward.

[52:13] Uh when I read the minutes yesterday or the agenda yesterday,

[52:18] uh I looked at the the other candidates and they're very high level people and

[52:25] we were part of a team and uh if I'm on or one of the who advances

[52:35] it would be as part of a team. You have any questions?

[52:41] That's it. Thank you, John. Council, any questions for John?

[52:47] Seeing none. Thank you, John.

[52:53] » The next is Diane Pierce.

[53:05] » Thank you. Go ahead. Whenever you're ready, D. Thank you,

[53:09] » Mayor Hegedorn and members of council. Good evening. I wish to speak briefly

[53:14] regarding agenda item 1110, the appointment to fill the vacant position

[53:19] of deputy mayor for Loyalist Township. Thank you for this opportunity to

[53:23] express my appreciation to council for nominating me as a candidate for the

[53:28] position of deputy mayor. It is truly an honor. As you know, my 39-year career in

[53:34] municipal government was on the administration side, not the council

[53:38] side. I never expected to give a can campaign speech. So, this is the closest

[53:43] I ever have or ever will uh do so or ever will come close to doing so. That

[53:52] fact differentiates me from the other nominees whom I respect for their

[53:56] lengthy political service to the township and who I whom I respect as

[54:00] individuals and former colleagues. They are worthy candidates.

[54:05] Election speeches focus on why one candidate should be selected over

[54:09] another. We, my former co nominees and I, my fellow nominees and I, have all

[54:15] served the township in our time and made a me meaningful contribution in our own

[54:20] sphere of operation and influence. Now, however, I would ask council to consider

[54:26] the ongoing involvement I have had in township matters since my retirement as

[54:31] a fundraiser, as a witness for the township before the Ontario Land

[54:35] Tribunal, and more extensively as an active member of an advisory member

[54:41] advisory committee to council for several years. As deputy mayor, even for

[54:46] this temporary appointment, I would take my role seriously as the position

[54:50] deserves, and I would dedicate my time and talents fully. Once again, thank

[54:54] you, council, for honoring me with this nomination, and thank you for your

[54:59] consideration tonight. >> Thank you, Diane. I'll just look to

[55:03] council. Any questions or comments? Seeing none, thank you.

[55:09] Before we go any further, I just want to thank all three of you for being here

[55:12] this evening. I'll say more later, but uh I've worked

[55:17] so much with all three of you that uh it's it's awesome to see you here this

[55:21] evening. And sorry, I'll carry on. [laughter]

[55:25] Mike Costa, if you would come forward and just remember to turn the mic on and

[55:30] then please go ahead with what your your information.

[55:42] Good evening, mayor, members of council. I'm here today uh this evening regarding

[55:46] item 111, mitigation for Sherwood Avenue bus stop

[55:50] alteration and the staff report SR 3252 as this directly affects my property. Uh

[55:58] I appreciate uh the township's efforts to find a practical solution and I

[56:02] support option one which is the proposed 18 m of fencing the change to the bylaw

[56:09] to increase the height to 8 ft. I believe that this will address privacy

[56:14] and change sighteline issues. However, I have two significant concerns with the

[56:20] conditions that you have attached to option one. First is the financial

[56:24] arrangement. Option one requires my family to obtain quotations, arrange and

[56:30] pay for the work in advance, up to $10,000.

[56:35] This is the year in which I retire. I had no plans to have a family

[56:39] expenditure of up to $10,000 this year. I do not believe that I should be held

[56:46] personally to finance what is the township's responsibility to mitigate.

[56:51] Township created this issue. If option one is approved, I would ask that

[56:56] township pay the contractor, whomever that would be, directly or establish

[57:00] another arrangement for payment and not require me to fund this project

[57:06] upfront. My second concern is the proposed release of claims.

[57:12] In the staff report on page eight, the report report refers to release by the

[57:17] resident of any future claims. On page nine, it states, "Any compensation

[57:24] provided to this property owner would require a full release of all claims. My

[57:31] concern is that the staff report does not provide me a copy of the release,

[57:36] what the language is in that release, and what it will state. It also does not

[57:42] identify what rights I would be required to give up as part of the claim. I

[57:48] cannot agree to release claims when I have not been provided with the

[57:52] documentation or the language defining that release. The fence addresses

[57:58] privacy issues, but the report also identifies concerns with drainage,

[58:02] weeds, and grading which remain unsolved. I'm willing to accept defense

[58:07] as mitigation for the loss of privacy, but I am not willing to accept the

[58:10] blanket release of all claims arising from this project, particularly when the

[58:15] scope of this project has not been fully understood. It's not yet complete. I

[58:22] also want to preserve my family's position regarding injurious affection

[58:26] under Ontario's expropriation act. I am asking council to make not I'm not

[58:32] asking council to make any legal determinations. I am simply asking that

[58:36] you ac that having me accept one mitigation measure to surrender rights

[58:41] to any other issues that may arise from this project is not acceptable. So my

[58:47] request to council is straightforward. One, I ask that that option one be

[58:52] amended to address these concerns, that I not be required to personally finance

[58:56] the project upfront, and that and that the release of claims will be restricted

[59:01] to issues related to privacy only. I present that to you for your respectful

[59:07] consideration as you make a decision on that item tonight. Thank you.

[59:12] » Thank you, council. Any questions for the presenter?

[59:18] Seeing none. Thank you for sharing that with us, Mike. We appreciate it.

[59:24] » So that that's the four that signed up for open forum. So I'll put it out into

[59:30] in chambers. If there's anyone in chambers here that wishes to speak under

[59:34] the open forum, please come forward and we can uh receive your information at

[59:39] this time. Being none, I'd go to the virtual

[59:44] audience. If there's anyone in the virtual audience who wishes to uh speak

[59:48] to council this evening, please use raised hand feature and we will bring

[59:52] you into the meeting.

[1:00:00] » There seems to be none. >> Okay. So that completes open forum.

[1:00:10] Next up is delegations. David Lzelle, request for variance from

[1:00:15] bylaw 2002-43.

[1:00:19] I'll say it one more time. If you could just push turn the mic on when you sit

[1:00:22] down, then you're you can go ahead and start. Um,

[1:00:27] just bringing up some information on the screen for you.

[1:00:32] » Great. Thank you very much, Mayor Higgornne, and members of council for

[1:00:35] the opportunity to come and talk to you. My name is David Lazel. My wife is

[1:00:39] Katherine Win Edwards and we're the owners of the 9600 Southshore Road that

[1:00:44] is on Ammerst Island and uh and we're part of the fishing village in Ammerst

[1:00:48] Island. It was created about 100 years ago as you probably know uh to be the

[1:00:52] Eastern Lake Ontario commercial fishery. Uh today there's about eight there's

[1:00:57] eight homes on Ammerst Island and in the fishing village. Um we're one of the two

[1:01:01] that are cottages. Six of the eight are actually uh year- round residences and

[1:01:06] as shown in here. What I want to show, what I want to highlight here is that uh

[1:01:11] the township has two public rightways through this area. One public rightway

[1:01:15] goes right through the middle of the properties and it's actually being used

[1:01:18] today. There's another public rightway, this was created a couple years later

[1:01:22] that goes around the properties uh as you can show on the line. It's actually

[1:01:25] not being used right now. And a lot of the issues that we're talking about are

[1:01:29] about the public rightway that goes through the properties that was uh

[1:01:32] started in about 1964, 1965. Um this uh what we are looking at is we

[1:01:40] bought 9600 social road about 20 years ago and it's been used as a family

[1:01:44] cottage and and this is in 20 2006. In 2008 we moved to Calgary. We then

[1:01:51] moved back again, retired, moved back to Kingston area and uh uh and in 2023 we

[1:01:58] really wanted to invest in the cottage and and fix it up. And we've been doing

[1:02:01] a lot of work as you can see in the list. I won't take you through all the

[1:02:04] uh horrifying details, but nonetheless, um the one of the projects we really

[1:02:09] wanted to do was to put in a septic system and get us into the 20th century

[1:02:13] with, you know, things like flush toilets and running water. And um and so

[1:02:17] we had to move the boat house in order to do that. And I think some of you I've

[1:02:20] talked to uh as as we went through a bylaw amendment and permit uh to move

[1:02:25] the boat house. We obviously wanted to put electricity in the new boat house

[1:02:28] and we wanted to bring water for for use around the workshop boat house. uh uh

[1:02:33] but we were told not to add that into the amendment request because it was a

[1:02:37] straightforward simple process to move power and electricity electricity and

[1:02:42] water under the road uh when we needed it. It turns out that that's not the

[1:02:46] case. Um so what we're here today to talk about, we've been working for five

[1:02:50] or six months now with the township to try to get uh requests to reconnect the

[1:02:54] water and electricity uh to our the boat house which has now been moved uh at

[1:03:00] that considerable expense, I might add. So our request is um in this property we

[1:03:05] own the land under the road and there's a rightway municipal rightway of of the

[1:03:09] road. So um in our understanding and talking to our lawyers etc. We own the

[1:03:14] bedrock and the township owns the road that sits on the bedrock. What we are

[1:03:18] asking permission to do is to uh temporarily for a few hours in one day

[1:03:23] remove the road, close the road, remove the uh gravel on the top of the road,

[1:03:29] jackhammer into the bedrock, lay down power and water and conduits under the

[1:03:34] road, then recovered up and then put the township road back in place and all is

[1:03:38] done and good. And of course, this is done all the time in the township as you

[1:03:42] people move uh uh water from say shore wells across roads etc. Um, so that's

[1:03:48] what we're asking to be done. Township staff has told us that we must apply for

[1:03:53] uh in under the bylaw that's being talked about, a 10-year encroachment

[1:03:57] permit. And part of the rules in this 10-year encroachment permit and in the

[1:04:02] bylaw is we have to must have a plan of survey that's uh uh prepared by an

[1:04:07] Ontario land surveyor. Uh the the encroachment permit is only 25 bucks or

[1:04:11] 35 absolutely fine. Uh the problem is is that the land survey to get them out is

[1:04:16] to do this is about $3500 to $4,000 which seems uh crazy and we were we were

[1:04:22] told that this is unusual but everybody's talked to about who put

[1:04:25] services on the roads. We also need an excavation permit which is ability to

[1:04:29] excavate the road. We have serious concerns about uh the encroachment per

[1:04:33] excavation permit no problem. Um first of all the cost of the survey. Second,

[1:04:38] the really lack of justification for why we need a 10-year encroachment permit

[1:04:42] when we actually own the land. We're not encroaching on we're only encroaching on

[1:04:46] the municipal land for a few hours, right? As to be open up the road and

[1:04:50] then we close it up, put it back again, all is done. The potential that this

[1:04:54] encroachment permit will be registered on a title because encroachment permits,

[1:04:58] long-term encroachment permits like this are typically registered on titles and

[1:05:02] they're going to decrease the value of our property. And then third, the

[1:05:05] potential that the township was only given a 10-year engrossment permit could

[1:05:08] actually turn around in 10 years and say, "Oh, wait. No, we we now you got to

[1:05:11] take the services back out again." Again, that's going to uh damage uh the

[1:05:15] value of the property and our ability to enjoy it. We therefore ask council to

[1:05:20] consider, we're really asking, we've got a three-stage consideration because we

[1:05:23] don't we've never really understood why we're being asked to do this. Our

[1:05:27] priority one request is that the is just basically remove the requirement for the

[1:05:32] encroachment permit and and we'll still do the excavation permit and our

[1:05:36] justification is that the private utilities will be placed and maintained

[1:05:40] by us within our property lines within our property under the the road and it's

[1:05:45] in the it's in the breadro. Uh and certainly there's lots of evidence we

[1:05:49] have that other recent permits the township has given to move water and

[1:05:53] electricity across roads on Ammerst uh for example shore wheels have not

[1:05:56] required encroachment permits like this with tenure. Uh third is despite

[1:06:01] numerous requests to the township and to be honest I don't think the township

[1:06:05] staff really understand why there is just a bylaw that they're following and

[1:06:09] they can't really they never saying why is this exist it doesn't make sense. Um,

[1:06:14] if you can't do our permit request, priority request one, we ask you then to

[1:06:21] reduce the encroachment permit request from a 10-year request to a one-day

[1:06:25] request. If you go into Ontario property law, there's encroachment permits can

[1:06:29] have be a temporary permit. They is under a year. We're only going to

[1:06:33] disturb public land for under a year or under a day, under a few hours actually.

[1:06:37] Or for permanent or long-term, and that's more than a year. I would argue

[1:06:42] that clearly if there is an encroachment on talent's property at all and I would

[1:06:47] argue it's not really an encroachment it's just a disturbance of the property

[1:06:50] it would only be for a few hours why a 10-year permit and why all this need for

[1:06:55] for u adjustments etc and also signing a 10-year permit would imply that the

[1:07:01] township has rights to our land that we own under the road and I would say the

[1:07:05] township total rights to the road not the land under the road if you can't do

[1:07:10] one by one or number two, this is kind of the third one is please provide us a

[1:07:14] rationale for why you require a 10-year permit and then eliminate the need for

[1:07:20] the survey. It's an incredibly expensive survey for the little bit we're asking

[1:07:23] for. we've already spent lots of money moving things and doing doing other

[1:07:27] things with the township and it's been good working with the township and other

[1:07:30] projects and and second to um do not require the registration of this

[1:07:36] encroachment theoretical encroachment on property because it's going to affect

[1:07:40] the value of our property. Uh and uh we just high cost for sure. Most long-term

[1:07:47] permits are for ex are for existing structures. you know, somebody's got a

[1:07:51] building on public land and you have to have a long-term encroachment. This is a

[1:07:55] temporary disturbance, very different from most uh encroachments uh that the

[1:07:59] township must have with other land owners. And the township has already

[1:08:03] said that they, you know, that the actual location, you know, they're not

[1:08:07] actually not going to use the permit. If we went and did a survey, I'm sorry,

[1:08:11] they're not actually going to use that survey because they're going to come out

[1:08:14] and do their own where where the actual lines are going to be put. and the

[1:08:19] survey which is only a theoretical survey where we talking about putting

[1:08:22] them not where they're actually going to be putting it to be honest it doesn't

[1:08:26] make sense the whole the whole thing um and registration of this beautiful encro

[1:08:30] this puditive encroachment on our property uh would actually reduce the

[1:08:35] value of our property and we think that's that's not reasonable in what

[1:08:38] we're asking for. So we have actually proposed three motions. We'd say you

[1:08:42] know if you accept one great we're done and gone. Uh if you really want to go to

[1:08:46] two, okay, you really want to go to three, please. Uh um that these are the

[1:08:52] the essentially staged uh motions that we would propose, but I'm happy to

[1:08:57] answer any questions and I'm sure Katherine would be as well.

[1:09:00] » Thank you, council. Any questions on this

[1:09:05] presentation?

[1:09:08] » Seeing none, thank you for being here and presenting. Um typically what we do

[1:09:14] is we'll receive the information and if there's any action um a lot of times the

[1:09:20] action that uh on when something is presented like this is we ask for staff

[1:09:24] report to come back as well. Um that way we're looking at everything in in a full

[1:09:30] picture. Um but that's a decision of council how they want to make the motion

[1:09:34] this evening. I just wanted to make explain it so that uh if it did come

[1:09:37] back that way you understood what the process was and why we do it that way.

[1:09:41] So with that, I would look at councel. Councelor Willis.

[1:09:46] » Thank you. Through your your worship, I would move that the uh delegation from

[1:09:50] the property owners of 9600 Southshore Road, Loyalist Township, dated August

[1:09:54] 11th, 2026, be received and that staff be directed to bring back a report to

[1:10:00] council explaining the details of the situation so that we can make a a

[1:10:05] well-informed decision on it. Okay. >> Thank you. So moved, seconded by

[1:10:09] councelor Budriick. Any comments from the mover?

[1:10:13] » I'm very aware of the fishing village and the history of it and uh and it's

[1:10:17] not straightforward. Uh so I just want to make sure that we fully understand it

[1:10:21] and and uh being that we're in the process of reviewing our zoning bylaws

[1:10:26] that there may be some some room to move there.

[1:10:29] » Thank you. >> Thank you.

[1:10:30] » Secer other members call the question. All in favor? Motion is passed.

[1:10:36] Thank you for bringing it forward.

[1:10:40] And with anyone who did present this evening, you're more than welcome to

[1:10:45] stay for the whole meeting. We also realize that uh it's not for everyone.

[1:10:51] So, you're free. You can leave if you wish. We just uh ask uh we're just going

[1:10:55] to carry on with the meeting and feel free to do whatever you wish.

[1:11:02] Next item up, mitigation of Sherwood Avenue bus stop alteration.

[1:11:27] Welcome. >> Did you have anything additional to

[1:11:31] share this evening or just here to answer questions?

[1:11:35] » Nothing further, just for questions.

[1:11:42] So, normally I like to put a motion on the floor first, but are there any

[1:11:46] questions for clarification at this point before we entertain a motion from

[1:11:50] council? Councelor Patrick? Um I'm just uh the question I have uh

[1:11:58] and again um I don't know if this is ahead of the head of the horse to put it

[1:12:03] easy but um um the applicant uh has made some very good points and uh the concern

[1:12:10] I think the concern um I would look at is

[1:12:15] is it policy of the township to ask people to pay things upfront? Um, is

[1:12:20] there some kind of uh um what's the word? I won't some kind of

[1:12:27] uh benefit from the township uh doing the work in terms of they have suppliers

[1:12:32] etc etc. Um I'm concerned about the wording of the um the um recommendation

[1:12:39] in the sense that uh um it's asking for a blanket release I believe were Mr.

[1:12:44] cost his words and with drainage and other things I can understand a uh you

[1:12:50] know a release from future work on the fence that's totally legit um a and you

[1:12:56] know I guess progress has unintended consequences and this may be one of them

[1:13:01] it's nobody's fault but it it happens and um I think uh we need to make it

[1:13:07] right as a township because I've been there I've talked to Mr. cost a couple

[1:13:11] times and um there's nothing unreasonable from my point of view that

[1:13:15] has been made here. Just leave it at that.

[1:13:21] » Do are there any answers to that? There was procurement and then couple other

[1:13:26] » I can speak to that. That was not necessarily a public works portion of

[1:13:29] the staff report was put in from a risk management perspective. Uh this is

[1:13:33] actually a claim that would usually go through insurance and in terms of a

[1:13:37] claim for damages to their property. Um and that process in writing the response

[1:13:43] to how we mitigate this. Um essentially we're bypassing that project that

[1:13:48] process for you know getting it claimed in terms of what gets paid here. Um, I

[1:13:53] think council wanted to know how this gets mitigated and you asked about the

[1:13:57] township doing the work is we don't want to do work on private property ever and

[1:14:02] there's there will be mitigating circumstances and other things that come

[1:14:05] with erecting this fence. So, we want to agree to what the work's done and we'll

[1:14:09] pay for a certain amount. We can pay the contractor directly certainly, but if

[1:14:13] the bill is $10,500, we're still only, you know, our

[1:14:17] recommendation is to pay$10,000. So um it wouldn't be the the township going on

[1:14:23] private property and doing you know the private property work usually in this

[1:14:27] case and the the ask for the release is as I said this is normally would be

[1:14:31] going through a claim process if we can't sort of work out the issues are in

[1:14:35] terms of whether the property owner continues to think that there's a claim

[1:14:39] for damages because of drainage or anything else with respect to this

[1:14:43] project. it should really be going through insurance and thus that's why

[1:14:47] the release was for once the project's done and any mitigation that staff can

[1:14:52] do to mitigate any sort of drainage concerns or once the final grading is

[1:14:56] done and whatnot. Uh I know there's issue with weeds and things like that,

[1:15:00] but those those claims um the request is that that would all be done and then

[1:15:05] we'd know what the total claim would be for this project and it should all be

[1:15:09] done in one f that's the recommendation from staff is that it would be dealt

[1:15:13] with altogether and the release would be for any other damages resulting from

[1:15:18] this construction project.

[1:15:22] product. >> Um, just for clarification, so this is

[1:15:26] an insurance issue. Is that what you're saying in a in a short version?

[1:15:31] » Uh, the property owner is requesting a claim essentially for damages

[1:15:37] to their property from the township, lack of privacy for damages. So um when

[1:15:44] claims are made usually they go through the insurance project the process in

[1:15:49] terms of what is what is paid or not paid in this sense council um and staff

[1:15:53] have agreed there is an impact um but usually it doesn't just go through

[1:16:00] it it we've often asked for it to go through insurance for these kinds of

[1:16:04] claims from constructions if there's damages to a property because of

[1:16:07] drainage or loss of privacy that would usually go through the claims

[1:16:12] process.

[1:16:14] Okay. Other members, councelor Willis,

[1:16:21] » is there a reason why we can't just deal with the fence and release any further

[1:16:27] issues with the privacy without lumping in the the weeds or the

[1:16:33] drainage or the graining and think? I just, you know, cuz sometimes drainage

[1:16:37] issues take some time and I can understand the concern.

[1:16:41] If if there if we did the fence right now. Um,

[1:16:47] if there was a future drainage issue, would we send that to our insurance

[1:16:50] company?

[1:16:53] Certainly depends on what the claim is and it would be evaluated in in terms of

[1:16:58] our, you know, negligence or our liability in that case. Uh I think in

[1:17:07] this case, you know, I I'm not sure that we would be held negligent with respect

[1:17:11] to the the damages for a privacy issue, but certainly we can do the release

[1:17:16] however council directs. And if you wish it just to be for the fence, that can be

[1:17:19] done.

[1:17:24] » Any other questions for clarification? Seeing none,

[1:17:32] we can move on to a motion. We do have the report before us. There is a

[1:17:36] recommendation with a blank for council to fill in

[1:17:44] the council for uh a motion to be put on the floor.

[1:17:49] Councelor Proick. Yep.

[1:18:01] Thank you. Um, I would recommend that the report from public works division

[1:18:05] dated August 11th, 2026, rememitation for Sherwood Avenue bus stop alteration

[1:18:10] be received and that council authorize an exemption to section 3C of the fence

[1:18:15] and enclosure bylaw 20 2627 to allow for the installation of approximately 18 m,

[1:18:22] 59 ft of a 2.4 4 meter 8t high fence at property uh 11:04104260

[1:18:32] 0 from the back corner to the garage of the corner of the shed. And the council

[1:18:37] authorized staff to um offer option one to the owner of the property to mitigate

[1:18:43] the ser the effects of the lost privacy and release the township from any claims

[1:18:49] against the fencing.

[1:18:55] So moved, seconded by councor Bodrick. Uh did you have a question before we

[1:19:01] carry on? >> Yes.

[1:19:02] » Okay. Just asking the mover, did you intend to

[1:19:09] have the homeowner pay upfront or for the township to pay the contractor

[1:19:14] directly?

[1:19:17] I could add words to the effect of have the township pay the contractor directly

[1:19:22] to that. >> That is an amendment.

[1:19:26] » Yeah. >> Is that amendment acceptable to the

[1:19:29] second? >> Yes.

[1:19:31] » Hey, quick question. Is that uh to the amount of 10,000 or is that to the full

[1:19:36] amount of the project? >> Up to 10,000. Okay. Yeah,

[1:19:40] » it's acceptable by the second. That'll be added to the motion. [clears throat]

[1:19:45] Did is that clear with the clerk's department? Thank you. Okay. So, mover

[1:19:51] any comments? >> Again, I would just say that Mr. CS has

[1:19:55] come to council and I think this might be the second maybe the third time and

[1:19:59] uh presented his case. Um and I would say like I said before, there are

[1:20:04] unintended consequences of things and uh you know, this is a prime example and I

[1:20:10] think uh it's only best that we uh mitigate his situation.

[1:20:15] seconder. >> Um I uh live very close to this uh

[1:20:20] project and uh I've seen the the changes to uh uh the property owner uh in this

[1:20:26] case and and how it's affected not only them but other people in the area and

[1:20:30] and and I feel for them and I I'm glad we're trying to do something for them.

[1:20:34] » Other members of council call the question. All in favor? Motion

[1:20:39] is passed. Thank you. uh naming rights of the WJ Henderson

[1:20:45] Community Center. Change chairs. You're not not getting

[1:20:51] away so quick. [laughter] Is that chair? No good. Um are there any is there any

[1:20:58] additional information this with this rate item?

[1:21:01] » No, it's just a minor amendment just to get council approval.

[1:21:05] You >> council, we do have a recommendation.

[1:21:08] Would someone like to make a motion? Councelor Willis.

[1:21:13] I move that the report from the chief administrative officer dated August

[1:21:16] 11th, 2026 renaming rights at the WJ Henderson Community Center be received

[1:21:22] and that council approve an amendment to the existing gift agreement with naming

[1:21:26] rights between Loyalist Township and Handyfaries to change the approved

[1:21:30] naming rights location from the aquatic office to the customer service desk as

[1:21:35] outlined in the report. >> So moved, seconded by councelor Burger.

[1:21:40] Comments from the mover >> seconder. Other members call the

[1:21:44] question. All in favor? Motion has passed.

[1:21:47] Next up is a provincial request to make permanent the current doubling of

[1:21:53] provincial Ontario community infrastructure fund. Welcome director.

[1:21:59] Did you have anything additional to share this evening?

[1:22:03] » Um nothing really uh Mr. Mayor. Just that I think uh we can definitely use

[1:22:08] the doubling of the funding. So, I think uh supporting it would be a good idea.

[1:22:13] » Perfect. And the clerk's department has put the uh um motion on the screen.

[1:22:24] » So, if someone does wish to move this um we can just refer to as presented on the

[1:22:30] screen. >> Councelor Bri. Uh

[1:22:32] » I'd love to move that as presented. Sir. >> So moved, seconded by councelor Willis.

[1:22:37] Comments for the mover. Seconder. Other members call a question. No in favor.

[1:22:42] Motion is passed.

[1:22:46] Next is the 2026 borrowing delegation of authority bylaw.

[1:22:51] Anything to add? >> Uh Mr. Mayor, just just for

[1:22:54] clarification. So basically the bylaw that's before council tonight is

[1:22:59] basically in case we end up in a lame duck council situation before the

[1:23:05] September 8th council meeting. Um, our initial hope was with working with

[1:23:10] Infrastructure Ontario, we would have the actual borrowing bylaw to council

[1:23:14] tonight, but unfortunately that didn't happen. Um, so, uh, the September 8th

[1:23:21] meeting is after the could is after the date where we could potentially be in

[1:23:26] lame duck and Infrastructure Ontario has asked us to approve this delegation

[1:23:31] bylaw. basically council is authorizing yourselves to approve this next meeting

[1:23:36] if you end up in lame duck. So that's basically what you're approving tonight

[1:23:40] and then the next meeting we will have the actual borrowing bylaw with the

[1:23:43] finalized rates to the meeting. >> Thank you for drawing that road map for

[1:23:49] me. [laughter] Okay.

[1:23:54] And councelor Project,

[1:24:00] » I would u move that the report from the finance division dated August 11th, 2026

[1:24:06] RE 2026 boring delegation bylaw be received. that council approves bylaw

[1:24:13] 2026-45 a bylaw to designate authority to the

[1:24:17] outgoing council to pass bylaws to authorize the issue of debentures for

[1:24:22] capital works of loyalist township and that council authorizes the mayor CEO

[1:24:28] clerk and treasurer to execute all ne necessary documentation to secure the

[1:24:32] financing >> so moved seconded by councelor Willis

[1:24:36] any comments from the mover seconder other members call a question all in

[1:24:41] favor Motion has passed. Thank you.

[1:24:47] Uh Brooklyn Fine Homes

[1:24:51] plan of condominium exemption application Lakeshore Gardens phase

[1:24:56] three and four. Welcome.

[1:25:01] » Did you have anything to add this evening?

[1:25:02] » Uh through the mayor. No, just here for questions. Thank you.

[1:25:07] » Council, we have the report before us. If there's no questions for

[1:25:10] clarification, I would take a motion.

[1:25:15] And do we have this to put up on the screen? There we go.

[1:25:28] Okay. So, we can just refer to as presented on

[1:25:31] the screen instead of reading it all. So, councelor Willis,

[1:25:35] » I will move it as presented on the screen. So moved, seconded by

[1:25:41] councor Budre. Anything from the mover?

[1:25:46] Secer, other members? Call the question on favor. Motion is passed.

[1:25:54] Budget approval for the Odessa Main Street reconstruction in 2027.

[1:26:06] Welcome. Did you have anything additional to share this evening?

[1:26:11] » Nothing further your worship. Just here to answer questions.

[1:26:14] » Very good. Council, we have a recommendation if

[1:26:19] there's no questions for clarification. Councelor Willis, did you have your hand

[1:26:23] up? >> I'll move it.

[1:26:24] » So moved. Uh do you want to just read it out for the record? Move that the report

[1:26:29] from the engineering environment division dated August 11th, 2026,

[1:26:33] rebudget approval for Odessa Main Street reconstruction in 2027 be received and

[1:26:39] that council approved the $2.5 million budget with funding sources as

[1:26:44] identified in the report for the next phase of the Odessa Main Street

[1:26:47] reconstruction to occur in 2027. >> So moved, seconded by councelor Project.

[1:26:55] Comments from the mover second. Other members call a question. All in favor?

[1:27:00] Motion is passed. Bath Street and Windermir intersection

[1:27:05] MTO connecting link funding agreement. Anything additional on this one.

[1:27:10] » Nothing further. >> Again, we have a recommendation.

[1:27:14] Councelor Boo >> recommended that the report from

[1:27:17] engineering environment division dated August 11th 2026 re Bath Main Street and

[1:27:22] Windmare intersection MTO connecting link funding agreement be received and

[1:27:26] that council authorized mayor and CEO to enter an agreement with the final terms

[1:27:29] and conditions satisi satisfactory to staff and legal counsel. So move

[1:27:34] seconded by council of project comments from the mover seconder none other

[1:27:39] members call the question all in favor motion is passed thank you

[1:27:46] updated agreement for the construction and maintenance of county roads and

[1:27:50] bridges. This

[1:28:05] welcome back. Welcome. Anything additional to share this evening?

[1:28:10] » Nothing additional. Just here for questions.

[1:28:12] » Here for questions. Um

[1:28:18] because this is an agreement with the county and that if there are questions

[1:28:23] for clarification I would entertain them before we put a motion on the floor if

[1:28:26] you wish. And seeing none I'd entertain a motion.

[1:28:30] Councelor Willis. I move that the report from the public

[1:28:35] works division dated August 11th, 2026 re-updated agreement for the

[1:28:40] construction and maintenance of county roads and bridges be received and that

[1:28:44] council endorse the new agreement and authorize the mayor and CAO to execute

[1:28:48] an agreement with the county of Lennox and Addington for the routine

[1:28:51] maintenance of the county road system. [clears throat]

[1:28:53] » So moved. Do I have a seconder? Councelor Project mover. Any comments?

[1:29:00] only that I have a feeling there was a lot of work that went into putting this

[1:29:03] together. So, thank you very much for that

[1:29:06] » seconder. None other move. >> And I would like to just speak to that

[1:29:11] too being on county council and getting the minutes of all the TAC meetings and

[1:29:15] the different discussions that have gone on. There was a pile of work that went

[1:29:20] into this and uh it's uh quite a feat to be able to bring the county for

[1:29:27] municipalities and get people on the same page. So everyone there's quite a

[1:29:32] difference in the road systems across them and yet come up with an agreement

[1:29:36] for the for the uh for the system is great. So thank you so much for all the

[1:29:40] staff that were involved with that. I'll call the question all in

[1:29:44] favor. Motion is passed. Parking law parking bylaw amendments.

[1:29:54] There anything additional to share on this one?

[1:29:57] » No, we're just here for questions. >> I think it's fairly straightforward. So,

[1:30:02] I'll just look for a motion if unless there is a question. Councelor Pride,

[1:30:10] » I would move that the report from the public works division dated August 11th,

[1:30:14] 2026 reparking bylaw amendment be received

[1:30:17] and that council approve the proposed amendments and enact parking bylaw

[1:30:22] 2026-28. >> So moved, seconded by councelor

[1:30:25] Budriick. Comments from the mover none. Second others councelor Willis.

[1:30:33] » Sure. the permits that are going to be given to the residents on Park Street,

[1:30:39] will their make a model of vehicle or license plate be written on that permit?

[1:30:44] I'm just thinking an entrepreneurial person might sell that permit to

[1:30:49] somebody who needs it to park during the day while they're working. So, will we

[1:30:53] have a control for that? And what's the plan for enforcement of the uh parking?

[1:30:59] Uh the intention would be to link those permits to a license plate and uh don't

[1:31:07] necessarily think they'll be written right on the tag, but but they will they

[1:31:10] will have some sort of ident identifying number and that will be linked back to

[1:31:16] the to the license plate.

[1:31:20] » Yes. >> And the plan for enforcement

[1:31:23] » bylaws and line they they know what's coming.

[1:31:35] There a second. Everyone spoke to it. Okay. Get caught back up myself. With

[1:31:40] that, I'll call the question. All in favor? Motion has passed. Thank you.

[1:31:46] Now, the appointment to fill deputy mayor vacancy and the clerk's department

[1:31:51] is coming forward.

[1:31:58] » [clears throat]

[1:32:02] » Please proceed whenever you're ready. >> I'd like to give a brief overview of the

[1:32:07] process that will take place as council moves ahead to fill the appointment for

[1:32:10] the deputy mayor position for the remainder of the 2022 to 2026 council

[1:32:14] term. The report attached to the agenda

[1:32:18] provides a comprehensive overview of the background of the vacancy, the

[1:32:21] legislative requirements set out by the municipal act that relate to the

[1:32:24] vacancy, and the direction given by council during the June 23rd council

[1:32:29] meeting as to how the vacancy will be filled. In short, council directed staff

[1:32:34] to reach out to select individuals who formerly served served as members of

[1:32:38] council or as the township township's CEO. Of the names provided, three

[1:32:43] confirmed they that they would be willing to fill the role and are

[1:32:46] eligible to do so. Tonight, council will have the opportunity to nominate one of

[1:32:51] those three candidates to fill the deputy mayor role through resolution,

[1:32:54] which will be voted on as a regular motion. Should the motion fail, council

[1:32:58] will have the opportunity to continue nominating candidates until an

[1:33:02] nomination passes. Following the successful motion to

[1:33:06] appoint a candidate, the candidate will swear and sign the declaration of office

[1:33:10] prior to taking their seat as the deputy mayor for the remainder of the meeting.

[1:33:14] With that, I'm happy to answer any further questions you might have on the

[1:33:17] process. >> Thank you, council. Are there any

[1:33:21] questions before we proceed? Seeing none,

[1:33:28] we do have a recommendation. And just before we go to the rec to making a

[1:33:32] motion, I'd like to just go a little bit of out of order and thank all three

[1:33:39] candidates for allowing your name to stand. Um, as I started to mention

[1:33:44] before, I've worked with all three of you. um Bill, my first mayor

[1:33:50] and uh mentored me more than I thought you did at the time and uh and uh

[1:33:58] left left an impression and so I'm grateful that you were let your name

[1:34:03] stand. And John, as I'd mentioned before, I sat beside you down here for

[1:34:08] two terms, and I think it was the second meeting where you started mentoring me

[1:34:13] and uh helped me along, got me uh um basically gave me my confidence to be

[1:34:20] able to do the job and it was amazing and I really appreciate it. And the one

[1:34:26] thing your wife said to my wife when I started was

[1:34:31] learn to do things without them. get a hobby and get go on your own vacations

[1:34:35] because you won't see them anymore. Well, this month I think I've seen her

[1:34:39] one weekend. So, she listened to Pat very well. [laughter]

[1:34:44] And and Diane, um CEO, I started working with you in 2000, I think it was when I

[1:34:51] became on went on the police services board and then throughout being on

[1:34:54] council while you're here. um great leadership, great knowledge and a great

[1:35:00] understanding of of all processes as well. So, I just wanted to thank all

[1:35:04] three of you. The quality and qualifications of the people sitting

[1:35:09] here is amazing. Um it's outstanding that a municipality has uh the brain

[1:35:16] trust, the experience, and uh the willingness to step up and help when the

[1:35:21] time is needed. and the township is very blessed to have all three of you here

[1:35:26] this evening. So uh unfortunately only one is going to be successful but uh I

[1:35:33] think all of you in your comments uh made it very clear that uh you're

[1:35:38] looking at this in a very mature way and knowing that one one is successful and

[1:35:44] uh but I wanted to thank all of you in advance for taking the time to actually

[1:35:49] let your name stand. So with that, it's time for a resolution, right? Okay, it's

[1:35:56] on the screen here. So I would open it up for a motion. And the there's three

[1:36:04] blanks in the in the recommendation. That would all be for the person that is

[1:36:11] uh uh becomes deputy mayor because those are the the positions that the past

[1:36:18] deputy mayor held. and you're just filling in for the rest of the term for

[1:36:22] all of his what Nathan used to do. So with that, I would look for a motion.

[1:36:28] Councelor Project, you want me to read all four? Is the

[1:36:33] first two good enough? All four. Okay. Um I would move that a

[1:36:39] report from the clerk's division dated August 11th, 2028,

[1:36:43] 2026, sorry. Reappoint to deputy mayor vacancy be received that council appoint

[1:36:49] Diane Pierce to the office of deputy mayor for the remainder of the term 22

[1:36:54] to 2026 council of incorporation of loyalist

[1:36:58] township. The council three that the council

[1:37:02] appoint Diane Pierce to the emergency planning committee for the remainder of

[1:37:05] the term 2022 to 2026 council of the corporation of loyalist township and

[1:37:10] that council appoint Diane Pierce to the Quinty Conservation Authority for the

[1:37:14] remainder of the term 22 26 Council of Corporation of Loyalist

[1:37:19] Township. >> So moved. Do I have a seconder?

[1:37:24] » Councelor Willis, any comments from the mover?

[1:37:27] » I I think you you nailed it. Um, we have three very good candidates and there is

[1:37:32] still going to be some council seats available, but I know that you people

[1:37:36] have moved on to better things in life, but I do sincerely want to thank

[1:37:40] everybody. This is one of the toughest decisions for me in the three years and

[1:37:45] a bit, but you've all added to the township in your own special ways and uh

[1:37:50] um, as the mayor said, your willingness to step forward is greatly appreciated.

[1:37:56] » Seconder I think it's appropriate since we lost a

[1:38:01] politician to a staff role that we now invite a former staff person to the dark

[1:38:07] side. So, it's it's poetic. [laughter]

[1:38:12] » Thank you. other members. This is a tough one, but with all three

[1:38:20] uh very qualified, um I basically had to come to the

[1:38:25] conclusion that whatever motion went on the floor because you're all also

[1:38:30] qualified. I have no reason to say no to whatever motion it is. So, thank you for

[1:38:35] being here. So, with that, I will call the Oh, sorry, back to the mover. I

[1:38:40] would just like to remind uh the lucky person, I guess, uh that the council

[1:38:46] meetings are not usually this quick and easy. So, we'll leave it at that.

[1:38:50] [laughter]

[1:38:53] Thank you. Call the question. All in favor?

[1:38:58] Opposed? Motion is passed.

[1:39:02] And so, we will move to we're going to have a document for you

[1:39:08] to read and sign. end.

[1:39:49] I think I'm in a state of shock here, but [laughter]

[1:39:52] okay, here we go. I, Diane Pierce, having been

[1:39:58] elected to the office of deputy mayor in the in the municipality of Loyalist

[1:40:02] Township, do solemnly promise and declare that I will truly, faithfully,

[1:40:08] and impartially exercise this office to the best of my knowledge and ability. I

[1:40:13] have not received and will not receive any payment or reward or promise thereof

[1:40:18] for the exercise of this office on a biased, corrupt, or in any other

[1:40:22] improper manner. I will disclose any pecuniary interest direct or indirect in

[1:40:28] in accordance with the admissible conflict of interest act. I will be

[1:40:32] faithful and bear true allegiance to his m majesty king Charles III. And I make

[1:40:37] this solemn promise and declaration conscientiously believing it to be true

[1:40:42] and knowing that is it is of the same force and effect as if made under oath.

[1:42:05] my mic on. I always tell everybody else to turn their mic on. Um,

[1:42:10] congratulations and uh, as was mentioned before, welcome to the dark side. You're

[1:42:14] on this side of the bench instead of the other. Um, and uh, we welcome you to

[1:42:20] council. >> I never expected this to happen and I

[1:42:26] feel truly honored and just thank you so much. I will do the best job I possibly

[1:42:30] can. >> Thank you.

[1:42:34] » Okay, so there is no committee of a whole this evening. So the next item is

[1:42:39] notice of motion. Are there any notices of motion this evening? Seeing none, are

[1:42:44] there any direct motions this evening? Seeing none, consent agenda. It has

[1:42:50] three items that uh can all be uh moved together for

[1:42:57] the necessary action or any item can be extracted. Are there any items you wish

[1:43:02] to extract this evening? Seeing none, I would entertain a motion for all of

[1:43:06] them. Councelor Project,

[1:43:10] » I would move that all the items in the consent agenda dated August 11th, 2026

[1:43:15] be approved as presented and that the necessary action be taken. So moved,

[1:43:21] seconded by Deputy Mayor,

[1:43:27] Deputy Mayor Pierce. Boy, you're getting right to work, man. Yeah, you caught me

[1:43:32] off guard. Um, any comments from the mover?

[1:43:37] Seconder. Other members call the question. All in favor? Motion is

[1:43:41] passed. Announcements. Are there any announcements this evening?

[1:43:50] Willis.

[1:43:53] uh just that on the weekend we uh had the privilege of attending the

[1:43:57] dedication of the uh new Bar Homes uh aquatic center and recognizing uh Bar

[1:44:04] Homes Laam Pools, the Savage family

[1:44:10] and Cunningham Swan for uh their contributions to what is a beautiful

[1:44:15] facility and I'm hearing such good feedback in the community already. So

[1:44:19] very grateful to have that project completed. Thank you. Any other

[1:44:24] announcements? Councelor Pride. >> I would ditto all that, but uh um on

[1:44:30] behalf of a family in Ammerst, I want to thank the community grant fund. Um they

[1:44:35] received uh a donation from the mayor's discret discretionary fund and the uh

[1:44:42] purpose was to go to the world wrestling championships. One of the people, a

[1:44:47] resident of Loy, of Ammerst and Loyalist was competing in Kazakhstan, I think it

[1:44:52] was called, and they appreciate that. And I had a chance to go to the island

[1:44:55] for the rock and roll show or whatever it was last.

[1:44:59] » Rock the pavilion. Well attended. Like really well attended and it was a great

[1:45:03] time. >> Thank you.

[1:45:06] Any other announcements? I'm just going to

[1:45:12] congratulate the agricultural society, Odessa Agricultural Society on a very

[1:45:16] success successful fair. Um it uh it's great to have all the community events

[1:45:23] for uh all of the residents and and outside the township to come in to enjoy

[1:45:30] what we have here. And the fair was another one. And I just am very pleased

[1:45:37] that the township still has two agriculture societies now as well as a a

[1:45:44] fair within the township. So well done. So with that, I would entertain a motion

[1:45:50] for the confirmatory bylaw.

[1:45:57] No, >> we have a mover. Councelor Willis

[1:46:02] » move that bylaw 2026-46 to confirm the proceedings of council of

[1:46:07] Loyalist Township be enacted and passed and that the mayor and clerk be

[1:46:10] authorized to sign and seal. >> So moved seconded by

[1:46:16] councelor Brick. All in favor? Motion has passed and I would entertain

[1:46:22] a motion to adjure. Do I have a mover? >> So moved.

[1:46:25] » Councelor Broadick or sorry councelor Budriick. Seconded by councelor Willis.

[1:46:30] All in favor? Motion is passed. We are adjourned at

[1:46:35] 7:10.

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