1
00:00:05,399 --> 00:00:07,560
good uh I'm going to call the meeting to

2
00:00:07,560 --> 00:00:09,120
order we're going to go to approval of

3
00:00:09,120 --> 00:00:10,440
the agenda that the agenda of the

4
00:00:10,440 --> 00:00:13,320
regular council meeting held February 24

5
00:00:13,320 --> 00:00:15,879
2025 be approved as presented may I have

6
00:00:15,879 --> 00:00:18,600
a moover please I'll move thank you and

7
00:00:18,600 --> 00:00:21,039
a second or please thank you any

8
00:00:21,039 --> 00:00:23,640
questions or comments call to the vote

9
00:00:23,640 --> 00:00:26,800
all in favor it's carried thank you

10
00:00:26,800 --> 00:00:28,480
number three disclosure prity interest

11
00:00:28,480 --> 00:00:30,039
and general nature thereof does any

12
00:00:30,039 --> 00:00:32,840
member of council have a peity interest

13
00:00:32,840 --> 00:00:34,879
or any of the items on the agenda if so

14
00:00:34,879 --> 00:00:37,160
what is the general nature of that

15
00:00:37,160 --> 00:00:39,399
interest he and see none so we'll move

16
00:00:39,399 --> 00:00:42,360
on to four public question period to

17
00:00:42,360 --> 00:00:44,640
councel does any member have a question

18
00:00:44,640 --> 00:00:46,360
to ask Council pertaining to the items

19
00:00:46,360 --> 00:00:48,750
on the

20
00:00:48,760 --> 00:00:50,280
agenda

21
00:00:50,280 --> 00:00:52,440
uh please stand up and state your name

22
00:00:52,440 --> 00:00:55,480
in it yeah appraiser yes no I was just

23
00:00:55,480 --> 00:00:57,719
wondering um I noticed the traffic

24
00:00:57,719 --> 00:01:00,800
report is in and that's exciting

25
00:01:00,800 --> 00:01:04,119
um I was just wondering um uh counselor

26
00:01:04,119 --> 00:01:06,360
girl last time stated that this is a

27
00:01:06,360 --> 00:01:10,880
good start and we should add to this

28
00:01:10,880 --> 00:01:13,680
some traffic cing measures because if we

29
00:01:13,680 --> 00:01:15,400
do support the idea of bringing

30
00:01:15,400 --> 00:01:19,640
everything down to 40 in um in

31
00:01:19,640 --> 00:01:22,759
Merrickville and in eastern corners and

32
00:01:22,759 --> 00:01:25,600
in Jasper we still need some traffic

33
00:01:25,600 --> 00:01:28,159
calming measures to support that and I

34
00:01:28,159 --> 00:01:30,479
was hoping that the council will think

35
00:01:30,479 --> 00:01:34,200
about that in the future um if they do

36
00:01:34,200 --> 00:01:36,799
adopt this report and also too when it

37
00:01:36,799 --> 00:01:42,000
comes to konar um they said that we

38
00:01:42,000 --> 00:01:44,880
should have signs indicating that uh at

39
00:01:44,880 --> 00:01:46,759
certain times it's going to be

40
00:01:46,759 --> 00:01:49,759
busy should the council also maybe think

41
00:01:49,759 --> 00:01:52,479
about traffic calming measures on that

42
00:01:52,479 --> 00:01:55,320
road in order to support the idea that

43
00:01:55,320 --> 00:01:57,479
it's going to be busy at

44
00:01:57,479 --> 00:02:00,479
times so I'm just handing that out there

45
00:02:00,479 --> 00:02:03,000
handing that out there for future uh

46
00:02:03,000 --> 00:02:07,399
consideration yeah thank you any other

47
00:02:07,399 --> 00:02:11,319
questions no Julie do I have any uh any

48
00:02:11,319 --> 00:02:13,680
uh questions submitted no no okay we're

49
00:02:13,680 --> 00:02:15,720
going to move on to number five motions

50
00:02:15,720 --> 00:02:17,040
for consideration at the Council of

51
00:02:17,040 --> 00:02:18,360
Corporation of the vill of merille

52
00:02:18,360 --> 00:02:20,599
Wolford received for information the

53
00:02:20,599 --> 00:02:22,599
motion for consideration document as

54
00:02:22,599 --> 00:02:24,440
presented may I have a moover please

55
00:02:24,440 --> 00:02:26,560
I'll move thank you second moved and

56
00:02:26,560 --> 00:02:29,959
seconded comments or questions please

57
00:02:29,959 --> 00:02:32,040
call the vote all those in favor and

58
00:02:32,040 --> 00:02:34,120
that's carried thank you consent agenda

59
00:02:34,120 --> 00:02:35,280
that the Council of the corporation of

60
00:02:35,280 --> 00:02:37,879
Village amville wolver approve all items

61
00:02:37,879 --> 00:02:39,560
listed under the consent agenda as

62
00:02:39,560 --> 00:02:41,599
presented and recommended may I have a

63
00:02:41,599 --> 00:02:43,120
mover

64
00:02:43,120 --> 00:02:45,720
please thank you and a second or please

65
00:02:45,720 --> 00:02:48,000
yeah thank you any comments or questions

66
00:02:48,000 --> 00:02:49,360
from

67
00:02:49,360 --> 00:02:51,519
Council here in see none I'll call the

68
00:02:51,519 --> 00:02:55,239
vote all in favor and

69
00:02:55,239 --> 00:02:57,400
you uh we have no

70
00:02:57,400 --> 00:02:59,400
delegations uh planning matter

71
00:02:59,400 --> 00:03:01,560
uncommitted Reserve capacity update that

72
00:03:01,560 --> 00:03:02,680
the Council of the corporation of the

73
00:03:02,680 --> 00:03:04,360
village of merille wol receive for

74
00:03:04,360 --> 00:03:06,920
information the update from Neil calwell

75
00:03:06,920 --> 00:03:09,120
engineer regarding the uncommitted

76
00:03:09,120 --> 00:03:11,360
reserve capacity may I have a mover

77
00:03:11,360 --> 00:03:13,599
please I'll move thank you and a second

78
00:03:13,599 --> 00:03:14,799
or

79
00:03:14,799 --> 00:03:17,840
please mooved and second it any comments

80
00:03:17,840 --> 00:03:19,680
or questions

81
00:03:19,680 --> 00:03:23,720
please go ahead de um I I seem to have a

82
00:03:23,720 --> 00:03:27,040
memory of a policy document that talked

83
00:03:27,040 --> 00:03:30,560
about a time frame um between

84
00:03:30,560 --> 00:03:33,760
allocation um I just I haven't been able

85
00:03:33,760 --> 00:03:36,519
to find it recently could we when we

86
00:03:36,519 --> 00:03:39,000
have a discussion about this do we have

87
00:03:39,000 --> 00:03:42,400
that policy at

88
00:03:42,400 --> 00:03:45,439
hand thank you welome any other comments

89
00:03:45,439 --> 00:03:47,840
or questions go ahead to

90
00:03:47,840 --> 00:03:50,120
counselor uh just referring to the first

91
00:03:50,120 --> 00:03:53,159
bullet on the first page the uh current

92
00:03:53,159 --> 00:03:54,879
calculation of uncommitted Reserve

93
00:03:54,879 --> 00:03:58,040
capacity at 41.8 one cubic

94
00:03:58,040 --> 00:04:01,200
meters um I I disagree with that number

95
00:04:01,200 --> 00:04:05,280
and I don't think I got an answer

96
00:04:05,280 --> 00:04:08,720
um about that after the last Mee with

97
00:04:08,720 --> 00:04:11,560
respect to breaking out the north side

98
00:04:11,560 --> 00:04:14,280
uh the north side that was used in that

99
00:04:14,280 --> 00:04:16,280
calculation uh as well as the vacant

100
00:04:16,280 --> 00:04:18,759
lots that are potentially years if not

101
00:04:18,759 --> 00:04:21,400
decades away from being developed so I

102
00:04:21,400 --> 00:04:22,960
think we need to have some more

103
00:04:22,960 --> 00:04:25,479
discussion about that would staff be

104
00:04:25,479 --> 00:04:28,520
able to get an answer for the

105
00:04:28,520 --> 00:04:31,360
counselor I

106
00:04:31,360 --> 00:04:33,400
yes we're looking into that looking into

107
00:04:33,400 --> 00:04:36,160
that yeah

108
00:04:36,160 --> 00:04:39,039
okay go ahead ccor yeah I I just want to

109
00:04:39,039 --> 00:04:41,160
make a statement with that after

110
00:04:41,160 --> 00:04:42,840
speaking with residents who actually

111
00:04:42,840 --> 00:04:45,800
will be affected um by any Wastewater

112
00:04:45,800 --> 00:04:48,880
capacity allocation I just um I say just

113
00:04:48,880 --> 00:04:49,880
want to remind everyone that this is

114
00:04:49,880 --> 00:04:51,160
merily receiving a report for

115
00:04:51,160 --> 00:04:53,919
information from jp2 G we're not here to

116
00:04:53,919 --> 00:04:56,360
approve any hypothetical planning

117
00:04:56,360 --> 00:04:58,400
applications um so at our December

118
00:04:58,400 --> 00:05:00,840
priority setting exercise uh was growth

119
00:05:00,840 --> 00:05:02,400
controlled growth was something that was

120
00:05:02,400 --> 00:05:04,160
very important I think to almost every

121
00:05:04,160 --> 00:05:06,639
council member and so if we want the

122
00:05:06,639 --> 00:05:08,120
Village proper to grow in a controlled

123
00:05:08,120 --> 00:05:09,960
manner our planner has advised us many

124
00:05:09,960 --> 00:05:11,960
times the most efficient way to do this

125
00:05:11,960 --> 00:05:14,759
is to prioritize support for infill and

126
00:05:14,759 --> 00:05:16,639
intensification on vacant land within

127
00:05:16,639 --> 00:05:18,759
the village uh that is already served by

128
00:05:18,759 --> 00:05:20,280
our infra uh water Wastewater

129
00:05:20,280 --> 00:05:21,440
infrastructure if you look back to

130
00:05:21,440 --> 00:05:23,919
October 7th and 15th we have letters

131
00:05:23,919 --> 00:05:26,280
that actually go um that go over that

132
00:05:26,280 --> 00:05:27,440
pretty thoroughly and something that we

133
00:05:27,440 --> 00:05:30,039
can do consider on a Case by case BAS

134
00:05:30,039 --> 00:05:32,080
and the with the um scenario described

135
00:05:32,080 --> 00:05:33,400
here for January

136
00:05:33,400 --> 00:05:36,479
21st uh 41.8 cubic meters of unom

137
00:05:36,479 --> 00:05:39,240
uncommitted capacity that's 7% of the

138
00:05:39,240 --> 00:05:42,400
800 cubic uh meters so that means 93% is

139
00:05:42,400 --> 00:05:45,199
either committed allocated or hooked up

140
00:05:45,199 --> 00:05:47,360
so that's well over the threshold of the

141
00:05:47,360 --> 00:05:50,639
80% um that uh to start an environmental

142
00:05:50,639 --> 00:05:53,080
uh assessment which our um Engineers

143
00:05:53,080 --> 00:05:55,319
have recommended repeatedly so I just

144
00:05:55,319 --> 00:05:57,360
want to read the portion I'm just going

145
00:05:57,360 --> 00:05:59,319
to quote from the letter as the EA

146
00:05:59,319 --> 00:06:01,199
process C allows municipalities to

147
00:06:01,199 --> 00:06:03,360
approach servicing through a master plan

148
00:06:03,360 --> 00:06:05,240
for the entire s collection and

149
00:06:05,240 --> 00:06:06,639
treatment system versus a project

150
00:06:06,639 --> 00:06:08,759
dealing with a portion of the system we

151
00:06:08,759 --> 00:06:10,199
recommend the village complete a

152
00:06:10,199 --> 00:06:12,120
servicing master plan given the size of

153
00:06:12,120 --> 00:06:14,319
the system and the need to assess

154
00:06:14,319 --> 00:06:16,039
additional growth on the north side of

155
00:06:16,039 --> 00:06:18,400
the RTO River opportunities for public

156
00:06:18,400 --> 00:06:19,960
and other stakeholder input are an

157
00:06:19,960 --> 00:06:22,240
important part of the EA and master plan

158
00:06:22,240 --> 00:06:24,680
process and that particular that that

159
00:06:24,680 --> 00:06:26,560
last sentence is something I do want to

160
00:06:26,560 --> 00:06:29,120
particularly emphas emphasize is that

161
00:06:29,120 --> 00:06:30,960
public and other stakeholders which

162
00:06:30,960 --> 00:06:32,440
includes businesses which includes

163
00:06:32,440 --> 00:06:34,000
developers which includes anyone has a

164
00:06:34,000 --> 00:06:37,080
stake are included as part of this input

165
00:06:37,080 --> 00:06:40,319
process so uh and in in and remember in

166
00:06:40,319 --> 00:06:42,160
October which is part of the plan our

167
00:06:42,160 --> 00:06:43,599
Consultants had advised deferring

168
00:06:43,599 --> 00:06:45,000
endorsement of the two Greenfield

169
00:06:45,000 --> 00:06:46,800
proposals until such time as their

170
00:06:46,800 --> 00:06:48,720
sufficient Reserve capacity to

171
00:06:48,720 --> 00:06:50,840
accommodate them they also cautioned

172
00:06:50,840 --> 00:06:53,360
that an approved lot cons constitutes a

173
00:06:53,360 --> 00:06:55,520
commitment to provide M Municipal

174
00:06:55,520 --> 00:06:57,599
services that is another reason we need

175
00:06:57,599 --> 00:06:59,800
to proceed with caution and I'll

176
00:06:59,800 --> 00:07:01,639
Consultants one more time future

177
00:07:01,639 --> 00:07:03,280
developments should not result in the

178
00:07:03,280 --> 00:07:04,960
depletion of existing uncommitted

179
00:07:04,960 --> 00:07:07,039
Reserve capacity the approval Authority

180
00:07:07,039 --> 00:07:09,280
should ensure that appropriate services

181
00:07:09,280 --> 00:07:12,160
are available before approving New Lots

182
00:07:12,160 --> 00:07:14,319
so I strongly urge Council to listen to

183
00:07:14,319 --> 00:07:15,319
these

184
00:07:15,319 --> 00:07:17,720
recommendations and instead of sending

185
00:07:17,720 --> 00:07:19,919
them the reports back and forth to ask

186
00:07:19,919 --> 00:07:22,039
uh for better numbers I think we should

187
00:07:22,039 --> 00:07:24,039
focus focus staff and council's

188
00:07:24,039 --> 00:07:26,360
attention on getting the EA process

189
00:07:26,360 --> 00:07:31,400
started um that that I in turn will help

190
00:07:31,400 --> 00:07:35,199
staff um formulate uh get get um

191
00:07:35,199 --> 00:07:37,599
information that they can proceed ahead

192
00:07:37,599 --> 00:07:39,960
with uh writing out grants get a grant

193
00:07:39,960 --> 00:07:43,039
process going it includes the process of

194
00:07:43,039 --> 00:07:44,759
looking at the North side when we're

195
00:07:44,759 --> 00:07:47,960
talking about the uh pipes and that uh

196
00:07:47,960 --> 00:07:49,879
and it it includes like you were saying

197
00:07:49,879 --> 00:07:51,199
it

198
00:07:51,199 --> 00:07:53,159
involves the residents who are actually

199
00:07:53,159 --> 00:07:54,520
going to be involved it involves

200
00:07:54,520 --> 00:07:55,879
business members who are hooked up

201
00:07:55,879 --> 00:07:57,919
people that are actually have a stake uh

202
00:07:57,919 --> 00:08:00,000
in the game so I my

203
00:08:00,000 --> 00:08:02,560
my um suggestion is that we go ahead

204
00:08:02,560 --> 00:08:05,199
with what they initially um recommended

205
00:08:05,199 --> 00:08:08,199
which is going ahead with the EA process

206
00:08:08,199 --> 00:08:09,440
and instead of going back and forth

207
00:08:09,440 --> 00:08:10,680
let's let them get started on that

208
00:08:10,680 --> 00:08:15,950
sooner than later any other comments or

209
00:08:15,960 --> 00:08:18,120
questions I hear none so I'll call the

210
00:08:18,120 --> 00:08:20,599
vote all in favor and that's carried

211
00:08:20,599 --> 00:08:24,199
thank you uh staff reports Public Works

212
00:08:24,199 --> 00:08:26,080
uh departmental activity update to the

213
00:08:26,080 --> 00:08:27,360
Council of Corporation of the village of

214
00:08:27,360 --> 00:08:29,039
merille wol receive for information

215
00:08:29,039 --> 00:08:30,360
Department

216
00:08:30,360 --> 00:08:33,440
activity update report from public works

217
00:08:33,440 --> 00:08:35,560
department may I have a over

218
00:08:35,560 --> 00:08:38,919
please thank you and a second please

219
00:08:38,919 --> 00:08:40,000
thank

220
00:08:40,000 --> 00:08:43,560
you any comments or

221
00:08:43,560 --> 00:08:46,519
questions go ahead um just an

222
00:08:46,519 --> 00:08:49,040
observation then in the list is the

223
00:08:49,040 --> 00:08:52,000
support that staff provided to the

224
00:08:52,000 --> 00:08:54,399
snowflake festival and I just have a

225
00:08:54,399 --> 00:08:56,800
message from the Chamber of Commerce uh

226
00:08:56,800 --> 00:08:58,880
thank you very much for all of the work

227
00:08:58,880 --> 00:09:01,399
that was done probably twice to get

228
00:09:01,399 --> 00:09:04,720
ready for uh for the event and they very

229
00:09:04,720 --> 00:09:06,720
much appreciated it thank you I'll pass

230
00:09:06,720 --> 00:09:08,000
that

231
00:09:08,000 --> 00:09:10,880
on go ahead yeah and just for public

232
00:09:10,880 --> 00:09:12,079
works and I probably should have

233
00:09:12,079 --> 00:09:13,760
mentioned this back when we talked about

234
00:09:13,760 --> 00:09:15,440
the spee today I had did have a question

235
00:09:15,440 --> 00:09:17,640
and if if we were able to get uh Public

236
00:09:17,640 --> 00:09:19,560
Works to follow up or staff to follow up

237
00:09:19,560 --> 00:09:22,720
I had a question about the uh situation

238
00:09:22,720 --> 00:09:26,320
with the four-way stop at uh cter Ro 15

239
00:09:26,320 --> 00:09:28,959
and 16 um there were there had been a

240
00:09:28,959 --> 00:09:30,440
petition of for that one as well as the

241
00:09:30,440 --> 00:09:32,079
one up on Broadway they did get the stop

242
00:09:32,079 --> 00:09:34,160
sign up there they were just wondering

243
00:09:34,160 --> 00:09:35,399
um I had a question about what was the

244
00:09:35,399 --> 00:09:37,120
status of that if any and then I also

245
00:09:37,120 --> 00:09:39,040
had a question of the speed signs the

246
00:09:39,040 --> 00:09:41,800
county speed signs they seem to be um

247
00:09:41,800 --> 00:09:44,000
down more than they are up if there if

248
00:09:44,000 --> 00:09:45,959
that's something that's normal or if

249
00:09:45,959 --> 00:09:48,880
that's uh a glitch those were just

250
00:09:48,880 --> 00:09:51,399
questions that uh follow so the uh the

251
00:09:51,399 --> 00:09:53,480
speed signs there was an issue with a

252
00:09:53,480 --> 00:09:55,600
couple of them with the snow like it was

253
00:09:55,600 --> 00:09:56,800
just the weight of the snow that was

254
00:09:56,800 --> 00:09:58,120
hitting them that they bent over the

255
00:09:58,120 --> 00:10:00,519
bases were damaged or what not so that's

256
00:10:00,519 --> 00:10:02,920
on the list to go back okay I think once

257
00:10:02,920 --> 00:10:04,640
snow resides which hopefully that

258
00:10:04,640 --> 00:10:07,200
happens in the near future the four-way

259
00:10:07,200 --> 00:10:09,760
stop um where was that again I don't

260
00:10:09,760 --> 00:10:11,279
know right at right by Hilltop Manor so

261
00:10:11,279 --> 00:10:13,360
at St Lawrence when it turns into County

262
00:10:13,360 --> 00:10:15,200
World 15 and then County World 16

263
00:10:15,200 --> 00:10:17,480
intersection right right right at the

264
00:10:17,480 --> 00:10:18,560
pretty much right at the edge of the

265
00:10:18,560 --> 00:10:21,360
village HF mlan okay St Lawrence I I

266
00:10:21,360 --> 00:10:23,399
don't have any information on that I I

267
00:10:23,399 --> 00:10:25,079
don't know where that is first I heard

268
00:10:25,079 --> 00:10:27,279
of it so if I can get some information

269
00:10:27,279 --> 00:10:29,000
and get back to council perfect thank

270
00:10:29,000 --> 00:10:31,350
you

271
00:10:31,360 --> 00:10:33,000
so there was a motion of support for

272
00:10:33,000 --> 00:10:35,120
that and it went to County and County

273
00:10:35,120 --> 00:10:36,920
supported it we just haven't got it

274
00:10:36,920 --> 00:10:38,880
installed yet so okay you could probably

275
00:10:38,880 --> 00:10:40,880
reach out to uh Mr guy and he could

276
00:10:40,880 --> 00:10:45,629
probably give you an update on

277
00:10:45,639 --> 00:10:48,079
that questions or

278
00:10:48,079 --> 00:10:52,120
comments All call the vote all those in

279
00:10:52,120 --> 00:10:54,680
favor that's

280
00:10:54,680 --> 00:10:58,240
car departmental activity update from

281
00:10:58,240 --> 00:11:00,399
fire Emergency Management that the

282
00:11:00,399 --> 00:11:01,680
Council of Corporation of the vter of

283
00:11:01,680 --> 00:11:03,959
Amica W receive for information

284
00:11:03,959 --> 00:11:06,160
departmental activity update report from

285
00:11:06,160 --> 00:11:07,959
the fire department by law enforcement

286
00:11:07,959 --> 00:11:10,399
may I have a mover please yeah and a

287
00:11:10,399 --> 00:11:13,480
second at Lee awesome thank you any

288
00:11:13,480 --> 00:11:15,480
comments or questions from Council go

289
00:11:15,480 --> 00:11:19,320
ahead councelor and I see that the um

290
00:11:19,320 --> 00:11:22,399
activity of 17 fire calls to date is

291
00:11:22,399 --> 00:11:25,480
highlighted in green is that does

292
00:11:25,480 --> 00:11:29,760
it does that mean anything

293
00:11:29,760 --> 00:11:31,040
we couldn't get it to come off the

294
00:11:31,040 --> 00:11:33,000
document for some reason we're not sure

295
00:11:33,000 --> 00:11:35,959
we tried over them um but is does it

296
00:11:35,959 --> 00:11:39,880
seem out of LA to have 17 so far this

297
00:11:39,880 --> 00:11:44,320
year um it's a no it's it's trending on

298
00:11:44,320 --> 00:11:47,639
PIR here okay thank you welcome any

299
00:11:47,639 --> 00:11:48,959
other comments or

300
00:11:48,959 --> 00:11:53,040
questions just want to uh get the Shad

301
00:11:53,040 --> 00:11:54,760
of fire department for that incident

302
00:11:54,760 --> 00:11:57,639
happened at uh M Lake festival with the

303
00:11:57,639 --> 00:12:00,160
horse uh thank you very much for for

304
00:12:00,160 --> 00:12:02,079
responding as quickly as you did and

305
00:12:02,079 --> 00:12:04,000
getting the situation under control and

306
00:12:04,000 --> 00:12:06,839
uh uh we didn't have any uh public

307
00:12:06,839 --> 00:12:09,639
members hurt however the driver of the

308
00:12:09,639 --> 00:12:12,360
wagon was injured but uh I understand

309
00:12:12,360 --> 00:12:15,000
that he's uh recovering is that correct

310
00:12:15,000 --> 00:12:17,399
you're are correct yet thank you I'll

311
00:12:17,399 --> 00:12:21,079
pass that along yes well your uh your

312
00:12:21,079 --> 00:12:23,959
volunteer firef department that uh we

313
00:12:23,959 --> 00:12:27,440
appreciate the their due diligence I

314
00:12:27,440 --> 00:12:30,199
will thank you any other comments or

315
00:12:30,199 --> 00:12:32,680
questions call to vote all in favor

316
00:12:32,680 --> 00:12:33,680
that's

317
00:12:33,680 --> 00:12:36,680
carried finance department uh 2025

318
00:12:36,680 --> 00:12:37,800
Community grants of the Council of

319
00:12:37,800 --> 00:12:40,600
Corporation of amville Walford allocate

320
00:12:40,600 --> 00:12:43,040
funds in the amount of

321
00:12:43,040 --> 00:12:47,360
12,000 in kind request and an and and an

322
00:12:47,360 --> 00:12:49,040
estimated amount of

323
00:12:49,040 --> 00:12:52,360
$875 for Community grant program and

324
00:12:52,360 --> 00:12:53,959
further that the public works department

325
00:12:53,959 --> 00:12:55,839
and emergency service department provide

326
00:12:55,839 --> 00:12:59,240
an accounting of the approximate staff

327
00:12:59,240 --> 00:13:01,959
time allocated to be to these functions

328
00:13:01,959 --> 00:13:04,480
supported by the grant to be determined

329
00:13:04,480 --> 00:13:07,160
the true cost of support provided by the

330
00:13:07,160 --> 00:13:08,880
municipality and further that staff

331
00:13:08,880 --> 00:13:11,199
provides a revised structure and

332
00:13:11,199 --> 00:13:13,399
allocation policy prior to the

333
00:13:13,399 --> 00:13:15,760
undertaking the 2026 budget may I have a

334
00:13:15,760 --> 00:13:18,320
mover please I'll thank you and a

335
00:13:18,320 --> 00:13:21,800
seconder please thank you any comments

336
00:13:21,800 --> 00:13:24,760
or questions go ahead mayor do do we

337
00:13:24,760 --> 00:13:27,720
need to pass the seate motion to support

338
00:13:27,720 --> 00:13:32,079
the soccer club for their inclined

339
00:13:32,079 --> 00:13:36,519
request um it's um it's included in the

340
00:13:36,519 --> 00:13:39,199
um in the incar numbers yeah okay um so

341
00:13:39,199 --> 00:13:41,360
I believe it's approved then um it's

342
00:13:41,360 --> 00:13:43,639
founded in already so yeah because we've

343
00:13:43,639 --> 00:13:47,160
added it to that with with the

344
00:13:47,160 --> 00:13:50,800
7,275 and um the motion is for income

345
00:13:50,800 --> 00:13:52,600
requests to be approved

346
00:13:52,600 --> 00:13:56,399
8,75 so yeah so they're covered cost is

347
00:13:56,399 --> 00:13:59,320
covered any other comments questions go

348
00:13:59,320 --> 00:14:02,560
ahead coun yeah just comment I guess as

349
00:14:02,560 --> 00:14:03,720
going

350
00:14:03,720 --> 00:14:05,880
forward um with that eight with it being

351
00:14:05,880 --> 00:14:09,160
8,000 the total uh amount of uh both in

352
00:14:09,160 --> 00:14:12,000
kind and cash comes to 20,000 which is

353
00:14:12,000 --> 00:14:15,240
8,000 over what um we had allotted in

354
00:14:15,240 --> 00:14:16,680
the budget and the only thing is when

355
00:14:16,680 --> 00:14:20,240
we're going forward uh I I would I I

356
00:14:20,240 --> 00:14:21,839
know it's hard I don't I don't don't

357
00:14:21,839 --> 00:14:23,519
like saying no sometimes and maybe we

358
00:14:23,519 --> 00:14:27,480
can um request stricter guidelines uh

359
00:14:27,480 --> 00:14:29,759
like we're giving $5,000 to Festival of

360
00:14:29,759 --> 00:14:30,600
the

361
00:14:30,600 --> 00:14:33,279
Arts uh and that's one of the ones that

362
00:14:33,279 --> 00:14:36,199
it's really hard to quantify how much

363
00:14:36,199 --> 00:14:38,639
what they don't have tickets at the door

364
00:14:38,639 --> 00:14:42,720
they don't have uh um you know counts of

365
00:14:42,720 --> 00:14:44,120
people watching so that's hard to

366
00:14:44,120 --> 00:14:47,199
quantify whether or not their Festival

367
00:14:47,199 --> 00:14:48,680
is actually what's what's attracting

368
00:14:48,680 --> 00:14:51,240
people I don't doubt all for you know

369
00:14:51,240 --> 00:14:54,040
having um that option of artists having

370
00:14:54,040 --> 00:14:56,240
a and and um Artisans having an

371
00:14:56,240 --> 00:14:58,480
opportunity to sell and people do go to

372
00:14:58,480 --> 00:14:59,759
that but

373
00:14:59,759 --> 00:15:02,680
that um is and anything that comes that

374
00:15:02,680 --> 00:15:04,680
maybe have stricter guidelines on hey

375
00:15:04,680 --> 00:15:06,360
you've ordered this many Flyers how do

376
00:15:06,360 --> 00:15:07,800
you know they're actually being used and

377
00:15:07,800 --> 00:15:10,160
not thrown in recycling um we're talking

378
00:15:10,160 --> 00:15:12,040
like glosses how do we know that the

379
00:15:12,040 --> 00:15:13,680
advertising you're doing is actually

380
00:15:13,680 --> 00:15:15,600
being effective and and other things

381
00:15:15,600 --> 00:15:17,079
even like run merville that type of

382
00:15:17,079 --> 00:15:18,360
thing when the cost have gone up they

383
00:15:18,360 --> 00:15:20,639
I'm not asking for there that much there

384
00:15:20,639 --> 00:15:22,880
um what are they doing to are they

385
00:15:22,880 --> 00:15:25,399
increasing entry fees for instance or

386
00:15:25,399 --> 00:15:27,880
any any kind of like what efforts have

387
00:15:27,880 --> 00:15:29,360
they made to raise money from the

388
00:15:29,360 --> 00:15:30,920
members that type of thing and maybe we

389
00:15:30,920 --> 00:15:33,160
see more of that when this type of thing

390
00:15:33,160 --> 00:15:35,399
comes or maybe that we have a much

391
00:15:35,399 --> 00:15:39,040
stricter set of guidelines on how we we

392
00:15:39,040 --> 00:15:40,959
as as as a counselor are going to

393
00:15:40,959 --> 00:15:43,800
allocate tax money to support various um

394
00:15:43,800 --> 00:15:45,440
I think this is something that you could

395
00:15:45,440 --> 00:15:46,920
our policy though does include the

396
00:15:46,920 --> 00:15:48,639
Clause that this isn't supposed to be

397
00:15:48,639 --> 00:15:52,079
ongoing funding so um there is that part

398
00:15:52,079 --> 00:15:54,440
of the policy um it's not intended to be

399
00:15:54,440 --> 00:15:57,440
long-term financially sustainable and um

400
00:15:57,440 --> 00:15:59,880
if if it is though perhaps Council might

401
00:15:59,880 --> 00:16:01,480
consider just having that align item in

402
00:16:01,480 --> 00:16:03,839
the budget so we do have that guidelin

403
00:16:03,839 --> 00:16:06,720
in policies so that can help a bit but

404
00:16:06,720 --> 00:16:08,680
we can firm up some of the reporting

405
00:16:08,680 --> 00:16:11,639
requirements yeah like the request

406
00:16:11,639 --> 00:16:12,880
shouldn't be going up every year it

407
00:16:12,880 --> 00:16:14,440
should actually be going down to because

408
00:16:14,440 --> 00:16:15,680
they're this is supposed to help them

409
00:16:15,680 --> 00:16:17,440
become self-supporting it's we're not a

410
00:16:17,440 --> 00:16:19,880
standing Grant uh not not the way we're

411
00:16:19,880 --> 00:16:23,680
set up right now yeah yeah any other

412
00:16:23,680 --> 00:16:25,759
comments or questions

413
00:16:25,759 --> 00:16:28,040
members okay I'll call the vote all in

414
00:16:28,040 --> 00:16:31,360
favor and that's carried thank you uh

415
00:16:31,360 --> 00:16:33,199
building department CEO

416
00:16:33,199 --> 00:16:35,440
Administration uh departmental activity

417
00:16:35,440 --> 00:16:36,880
update to the council Corporation of

418
00:16:36,880 --> 00:16:38,800
vill meric for WF receed for information

419
00:16:38,800 --> 00:16:40,800
Department activity update report from

420
00:16:40,800 --> 00:16:43,240
Administration finance department may I

421
00:16:43,240 --> 00:16:44,440
have a mover

422
00:16:44,440 --> 00:16:47,800
please and the seconder please thank you

423
00:16:47,800 --> 00:16:50,639
any comments or questions from

424
00:16:50,639 --> 00:16:53,160
members here in Cena a call the vote all

425
00:16:53,160 --> 00:16:56,440
in favor thank you I'm going to move on

426
00:16:56,440 --> 00:16:59,600
to number 11 action items

427
00:16:59,600 --> 00:17:02,680
111 Council support request for the ATF

428
00:17:02,680 --> 00:17:05,079
and OTF uh grant funding

429
00:17:05,079 --> 00:17:07,679
applications active transportation

430
00:17:07,679 --> 00:17:09,760
funding that the corpor that the Council

431
00:17:09,760 --> 00:17:11,600
of the corporation of vill amle Wolford

432
00:17:11,600 --> 00:17:14,720
authorized staff to submit a funding

433
00:17:14,720 --> 00:17:17,039
application to the active Transportation

434
00:17:17,039 --> 00:17:19,720
fund 2025 intake for the amount of

435
00:17:19,720 --> 00:17:23,240
340,000 may I have a mover

436
00:17:23,240 --> 00:17:26,120
please thank you and a seconder please

437
00:17:26,120 --> 00:17:27,559
thank

438
00:17:27,559 --> 00:17:32,750
you any comments or questions from

439
00:17:32,760 --> 00:17:34,880
Members you're and see none so I'll call

440
00:17:34,880 --> 00:17:36,360
the vote all in

441
00:17:36,360 --> 00:17:39,160
favor thought did you have a question um

442
00:17:39,160 --> 00:17:41,320
sorry I didn't see your

443
00:17:41,320 --> 00:17:43,640
hand just like a little explanation of

444
00:17:43,640 --> 00:17:45,080
what it's all about it was nothing

445
00:17:45,080 --> 00:17:49,640
attached in the agenda it's all about uh

446
00:17:49,640 --> 00:17:53,160
rebuilding and uh adding sidewalks is

447
00:17:53,160 --> 00:17:55,200
that this so there's two here so the

448
00:17:55,200 --> 00:17:57,000
first one yeah the active Transportation

449
00:17:57,000 --> 00:17:59,600
fund that's for sidewalks

450
00:17:59,600 --> 00:18:02,280
and part of the application we put in um

451
00:18:02,280 --> 00:18:05,200
the similar the post to the flag post as

452
00:18:05,200 --> 00:18:07,600
part of the project this is all just the

453
00:18:07,600 --> 00:18:09,120
application stage so once that

454
00:18:09,120 --> 00:18:10,559
application goes through then it'll come

455
00:18:10,559 --> 00:18:11,840
back to

456
00:18:11,840 --> 00:18:14,880
council um and then if I may I'll just

457
00:18:14,880 --> 00:18:17,120
jump into the Ontario Trillium Grant so

458
00:18:17,120 --> 00:18:20,000
that one is like this is the criteria

459
00:18:20,000 --> 00:18:21,440
that's laid out in it so it's more

460
00:18:21,440 --> 00:18:24,360
accessibility so this for the ramp at

461
00:18:24,360 --> 00:18:26,640
the landfill site and the rink house and

462
00:18:26,640 --> 00:18:29,000
then to do upgrades to the rink itself

463
00:18:29,000 --> 00:18:31,120
because that falls within the

464
00:18:31,120 --> 00:18:33,400
criteria thank

465
00:18:33,400 --> 00:18:38,200
youe D I understood that the ramp at the

466
00:18:38,200 --> 00:18:42,559
landfill site um that's the next

467
00:18:42,559 --> 00:18:47,080
one but it it was allocated funding a

468
00:18:47,080 --> 00:18:49,679
few years ago from the gas tax money was

469
00:18:49,679 --> 00:18:52,590
it

470
00:18:52,600 --> 00:18:56,280
not yes pleas so we can discuss that

471
00:18:56,280 --> 00:18:57,440
when we get to the trillion Grant

472
00:18:57,440 --> 00:18:58,559
because I think it's the trillion Grant

473
00:18:58,559 --> 00:19:01,240
that's going to cover that one so any

474
00:19:01,240 --> 00:19:03,679
comments or questions on the active

475
00:19:03,679 --> 00:19:06,080
Transportation uh

476
00:19:06,080 --> 00:19:08,840
fund none okay I'll call the vote all in

477
00:19:08,840 --> 00:19:11,360
favor and that's carried and move on to

478
00:19:11,360 --> 00:19:13,480
the Ontario Trum Grant of the Council of

479
00:19:13,480 --> 00:19:15,640
the corporation of vill Amic Wolford

480
00:19:15,640 --> 00:19:17,600
authorized staff to submit a funding

481
00:19:17,600 --> 00:19:20,840
application to the Ontario TR Ontario

482
00:19:20,840 --> 00:19:25,039
trulum fund 2025 intake for a maximum of

483
00:19:25,039 --> 00:19:28,200
$200,000 may I have a mover please I Mo

484
00:19:28,200 --> 00:19:30,520
thank you and seconder please second

485
00:19:30,520 --> 00:19:32,880
thank you comments or questions go ahead

486
00:19:32,880 --> 00:19:36,679
Deputy Mayor thank you um so if it was

487
00:19:36,679 --> 00:19:39,120
if the ramp at the landfill site was

488
00:19:39,120 --> 00:19:41,960
funded in a previous year should we not

489
00:19:41,960 --> 00:19:44,960
pull that money from reserves and apply

490
00:19:44,960 --> 00:19:47,720
it um freeing up

491
00:19:47,720 --> 00:19:50,720
other the the same amount will be

492
00:19:50,720 --> 00:19:52,880
granted hopefully be granted through

493
00:19:52,880 --> 00:19:56,320
trillian fund and doing more things with

494
00:19:56,320 --> 00:19:59,840
that yeah anyone car speak to that I

495
00:19:59,840 --> 00:20:02,520
think that's a consideration yeah the

496
00:20:02,520 --> 00:20:04,400
Ontario trillian Grant has a later

497
00:20:04,400 --> 00:20:06,400
deadline I think it's March 5th so

498
00:20:06,400 --> 00:20:09,159
there's some time for us yeah and I

499
00:20:09,159 --> 00:20:10,559
don't think it was funded through gas

500
00:20:10,559 --> 00:20:12,400
tax because that's her infrastructure so

501
00:20:12,400 --> 00:20:14,080
I don't think it would been applicable

502
00:20:14,080 --> 00:20:17,600
to a um a rant I I have to double check

503
00:20:17,600 --> 00:20:19,400
it though and go back the couple years

504
00:20:19,400 --> 00:20:21,720
but I don't I don't think it was funded

505
00:20:21,720 --> 00:20:23,440
through gas tax because it would be more

506
00:20:23,440 --> 00:20:25,679
of a building accessibility issue which

507
00:20:25,679 --> 00:20:29,360
gas tax yeah there was was in the budget

508
00:20:29,360 --> 00:20:31,360
that I remember but yeah it was in the

509
00:20:31,360 --> 00:20:33,280
budget when when they installed the new

510
00:20:33,280 --> 00:20:34,520
building because they were supposed to

511
00:20:34,520 --> 00:20:38,240
put an a ramp up yeah it just never got

512
00:20:38,240 --> 00:20:41,480
completed for some reason

513
00:20:41,480 --> 00:20:44,200
so I guess I would just ask staff to

514
00:20:44,200 --> 00:20:47,039
consider that option of freeing up more

515
00:20:47,039 --> 00:20:49,400
of the grant money if we can pull from

516
00:20:49,400 --> 00:20:52,200
reserves for the rant and and then we'll

517
00:20:52,200 --> 00:20:55,909
have more grent money to do other

518
00:20:55,919 --> 00:21:00,870
things any other comments or questions

519
00:21:00,880 --> 00:21:02,280
okay I'll call the vote all those in

520
00:21:02,280 --> 00:21:05,400
favor and that's carried thank you the

521
00:21:05,400 --> 00:21:08,240
EC resolution to support the US trade

522
00:21:08,240 --> 00:21:10,440
tariffs negotiations at the Council of

523
00:21:10,440 --> 00:21:12,039
Corporation of the village of mar wolber

524
00:21:12,039 --> 00:21:14,559
received for information the resolution

525
00:21:14,559 --> 00:21:18,000
from the ewc regarding support of Canada

526
00:21:18,000 --> 00:21:20,799
and can Canadian and Ontario governments

527
00:21:20,799 --> 00:21:22,360
negotiating with the US government on

528
00:21:22,360 --> 00:21:23,760
trade tariffs and further that the

529
00:21:23,760 --> 00:21:25,880
council direct staff to circulate a

530
00:21:25,880 --> 00:21:29,559
resolution of support to the EO WC may I

531
00:21:29,559 --> 00:21:32,279
have a mover please thank you and a

532
00:21:32,279 --> 00:21:34,919
seconder please thank you comments or

533
00:21:34,919 --> 00:21:36,320
questions

534
00:21:36,320 --> 00:21:38,679
please here and seea we call the vote

535
00:21:38,679 --> 00:21:41,159
all those in favor and that's carried

536
00:21:41,159 --> 00:21:44,640
thank you committee reports uh we're

537
00:21:44,640 --> 00:21:46,320
going to go to notice of motions does

538
00:21:46,320 --> 00:21:49,559
any member of council have a notice of

539
00:21:49,559 --> 00:21:51,919
motion none we're going to go to

540
00:21:51,919 --> 00:21:53,600
announcements and statements from

541
00:21:53,600 --> 00:21:55,520
members does any member have a of

542
00:21:55,520 --> 00:21:56,960
council have an announcement or a

543
00:21:56,960 --> 00:21:59,679
statement to make

544
00:21:59,679 --> 00:22:01,240
go ahead councelor just one people are

545
00:22:01,240 --> 00:22:03,240
watch just a reminder the elections the

546
00:22:03,240 --> 00:22:05,200
27th and if you cannot make it on the

547
00:22:05,200 --> 00:22:07,919
27th you can still vote at the elections

548
00:22:07,919 --> 00:22:09,720
office itself in Brockville you can

549
00:22:09,720 --> 00:22:12,520
write in the name on tomorrow and on

550
00:22:12,520 --> 00:22:15,960
Wednesday okay you and uh we have no

551
00:22:15,960 --> 00:22:18,440
flow sessions so we don't have to resume

552
00:22:18,440 --> 00:22:21,760
to open so we're going to move on to the

553
00:22:21,760 --> 00:22:25,240
confirmatory bylaw 16 2025 that the

554
00:22:25,240 --> 00:22:26,240
Council of the corporation of the

555
00:22:26,240 --> 00:22:28,760
village of Mer for wol give first second

556
00:22:28,760 --> 00:22:31,400
third and final reading to bylaw 16 2025

557
00:22:31,400 --> 00:22:33,720
being a bylaw to confirm proceedings of

558
00:22:33,720 --> 00:22:35,320
council for the regular meeting of

559
00:22:35,320 --> 00:22:38,640
February 24 2025 and further that

560
00:22:38,640 --> 00:22:40,080
authorization be given to the mayor

561
00:22:40,080 --> 00:22:42,520
clerk to sign seal plac in the bylaw

562
00:22:42,520 --> 00:22:45,200
book for the municipality bylaw number

563
00:22:45,200 --> 00:22:46,720
16

564
00:22:46,720 --> 00:22:49,159
2025 may I have a moover

565
00:22:49,159 --> 00:22:51,799
please thank you and a seconder please

566
00:22:51,799 --> 00:22:54,480
thank you call the vote all those in

567
00:22:54,480 --> 00:22:56,559
favor and that's carried thank you and

568
00:22:56,559 --> 00:22:58,080
move on to adjournment at the council

569
00:22:58,080 --> 00:23:01,640
Corporation to Village wford adjourn

570
00:23:01,640 --> 00:23:05,149
at

571
00:23:05,159 --> 00:23:08,559
624 p.m. May I have a mover

572
00:23:08,559 --> 00:23:11,640
please thank you and a second or please

573
00:23:11,640 --> 00:23:13,880
thank you and I'll call the vote all in

574
00:23:13,880 --> 00:23:16,159
favor and that's carried thank

575
00:23:16,159 --> 00:23:20,159
you there