[2:42] Good evening and welcome to this regular
meeting of the council of the
[2:45] municipality of North Perth. Our meeting
date is Monday, December 15, 2025. I'm
[2:51] Mayor Todd Kaseenberg and I'll call this
meeting to order. I ask the clerk to
[2:55] note our starting time for the minutes
is 7 pm. A warm welcome is extend and
[3:00] greetings as well are extended to
councelor staff delegations and any
[3:05] observers who will participate in this
meeting regardless of whether being
[3:09] physically in attendance in the council
chamber in list or being connected
[3:13] through web technologies. We begin
tonight's meeting with the playing of
[3:17] Canada those in chambers as able are
invited to stand.
[3:42] Oh Canada,
[3:46] our home and waiting land.
through patient love
[3:56] in all the command.
In holy hearts we see the rise the true
[4:07] north and free
from
[4:12] wide all Canada
we stand on our
[4:21] glorious
[4:28] and
[4:31] Oh heaven
we stand on guard for thee.
[4:41] Oh heaven
we stand on
[4:48] for
thee.
[5:03] We acknowledge that we are on the
traditional land of the Anesnab peoples.
[5:09] We wish to recognize the long history of
indigenous peoples in Canada and show
[5:13] our respect to them today. We recognize
their stewardship of the land. May we
[5:19] all live with respect on this land and
live in peace and friendship.
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[6:31] course of the coming meeting, we have
regrets today from councelor Duncan
[6:34] who's not feeling well. Let us move on
to item five of our agenda pertaining to
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[7:27] to make a declaration at this time?
I'm not seeing any expression of that.
[7:33] So, let's move forward. As chair of this
meeting, I will manage the flow of
[7:37] proceedings tonight in largely in accord
with our agenda and our rules of
[7:41] procedure. Some may be participating
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[7:46] wish to speak. They will draw the
attention of the clerk to this using the
[7:49] tech conference technologies text chat
function. It's a tongue twister that if
[7:54] technical difficulties arise for remote
participants, I will advise. Let us now
[7:59] focus on the people's business. Part of
that focus is achieved when those in the
[8:03] chamber put away and silence their
phones. Regarding item six of our
[8:08] agenda, I have a resolution for our
consideration to approve the agenda. It
[8:13] is as follows. simply the agendas for
tonight's meeting be approved. Can I
[8:17] call for councelor Anstead? Thank you.
And councelor Richardson. Thank you. Any
[8:22] discussion or debate on this?
Seeing none, let's have that vote.
[8:46] » Council Johnston records a manual in
favor vote. And with that, we have all
[8:50] nine. That motion carries.
Uh, thank you. Let's turn our attention
[8:55] next to the uh rather massive item seven
on our agenda. The so-called consent
[9:02] agenda. Consent items are placed on our
agenda because they are believed to be
[9:05] non-contentious, yet they may warrant
council's recognition and or action, and
[9:10] grouping them tends to expedite our
business. However, any councelor wishing
[9:14] to extract an item from the consent
agenda for discussion, debate, and
[9:18] individual action may do so. This is the
largest consent agenda I've seen in my
[9:23] mayorship. 46 items on it tonight,
including the minutes of our last
[9:28] regular council meeting. Councilors,
anything to extract here or any
[9:32] corrections to the minutes you'd like
seen made
[9:37] council.
[9:40] » Good evening, Mayor Kenberg, council,
and staff. Um through you, Mayor
[9:44] Caseinberg, I'd like to um have a
discussion around consent agenda 7.2,
[9:50] Perth County Federation of Agriculture
regarding the tree bylaw letter to
[9:55] council. Thanks.
[9:59] » Did you say 7.2?
>> Yeah,
[10:02] » I don't think it's 7.2.
>> Is it?
[10:04] » Let's turn to the clerk here.
>> 7.20.
[10:08] Thank you.
>> Um 7.20. Thank you. Uh, next anyone?
[10:14] Councelor Classic.
>> Thank you. I'd like to have a discussion
[10:19] around um 7.33 which is a letter from
the office of the mayor of Wellland.
[10:24] » Okay. Thank you. 7.33.
Anyone? Council Raphael.
[10:31] » Good evening, Mayor Todd, members of
council, staff, and public. There's a
[10:35] number of issues I'd like to uh have
discussion with council if permitted. Uh
[10:39] starting with item 7.5.
Roma delegation requests uh 7.17 the uh
[10:46] P county planning department's uh fall
legislative changes uh review uh report
[10:53] u and then uh all related then our 7.22
22 through 730
[11:00] dealing with uh the proposed uh
prevention plan uh to uh
[11:07] called bill 68 to protect Ontario acts
uh the proposed consolidation of
[11:12] conservation authorities.
>> Okay, thank you. I think I got those.
[11:16] Councelor Nordom.
>> Thank you, Mayor Case and good evening
[11:22] council and staff and members of the
public. Uh I would like to extract 76
[11:26] please. 7.6.
Anyone else? We may you may find more
[11:33] before we're done, I suspect. All right.
Uh let's uh proceed in order for these
[11:39] extractions that we've heard them. So,
let's start with 7.20. That's councelor
[11:43] Andre.
>> Uh thank you, Mayor Kaseenberg. Um
[11:47] through you, I just wanted to um point
out the letter that was sent to us from
[11:53] the Perth County Federation of
Agriculture. We did receive a
[11:57] presentation um about the tree the
upcoming tree bylaw that um county
[12:02] council will be looking at in the future
and I know there was a public meeting in
[12:07] the past week or so. Um in reading the
letter and in listening to the uh
[12:12] presentation um at our last meeting, I
really um feel that the arguments
[12:18] provided by the Perth County Federation
Agriculture are very important. pro
[12:23] provided five key changes to the and
improvements to the bylaw which I think
[12:29] are very very advantageous. Um I also
believe that since we are from an
[12:34] agricultural community and this bylaw
has a direct impact on our agricultural
[12:39] land I think um that taking a look at
some of these improvements to the bylaw
[12:44] would be really important. Um, and I,
you know, I really appreciate the fact
[12:49] that, um, the Perth County Federation of
Agriculture is pointing out that farmers
[12:55] are also stewards of the land and their
contributions to um, you know, the with
[13:03] our environment are just as important as
um, forestry and um, that needs to be
[13:09] noted in terms of our needs here in this
community. And I think the action from
[13:15] this for me would be just to encourage
our county council delegates to keep
[13:20] this in mind with their own voting um
moving forward as this um comes to the
[13:28] table at the county council level and um
you know they're giving my input to our
[13:34] uh county council de delegates to look
closely at this letter I think would be
[13:39] really important. I think the uh Perth
County Federation of Agriculture
[13:42] provides some great points. Thank you.
>> Thank you. Did you have an action like a
[13:48] resolution that you wish to put on the
floor or is this uh you know because
[13:53] certainly if if I might the opportunity
for the contribution of comments remains
[13:59] available I believe uh there's a web
portal environment uh for written
[14:04] comments. I am going to assume of course
that the Perth County Federation has not
[14:08] only represented itself formally with
this letter and perhaps additional
[14:12] documentation but also uh likely at the
meeting recently a number of members uh
[14:18] of the association spoke. So is there
another action that you wish beyond
[14:24] those opportunities still for input?
>> Oh thank you for that opportunity. Yes,
[14:28] I would love to have a resolution from
our council and perhaps some comments
[14:33] provided by North Perth. Um, formal
comments from our council of course if
[14:39] that is something that would be the will
of council I would make that motion as a
[14:45] resolution if possible.
>> Okay. So, if I might before we go there
[14:50] uh let me just ask the the question. Are
we putting the cart before the horse at
[14:54] this point um so to speak with uh
regards to this matter given that the
[15:00] open commenting period to the public
remains available?
[15:06] » Um okay.
>> Yes. through you more case I agree with
[15:10] you really can't support this right now
until we get all the comments in and we
[15:14] will gather them and it was very clear
at the meeting last week there were 22
[15:19] people uh came to the podium to to ask
questions and another 24 I believe for
[15:23] comments so I I'd rather take them all
in now and then react after if that's
[15:27] okay with you
>> right um just as a question mayor I'm
[15:30] wondering
is this something that our council could
[15:34] provide comments on or um Okay. So, let
me let me follow up with a thought on
[15:40] that. Sure.
>> Um, as you'll recall, recently this
[15:43] council struck a short-term working
group, uh, Councelor Rothwell, Councelor
[15:47] Duncan and I, um, involved with staff in
the issue of the conservation authority
[15:52] restructuring that's, uh, headlined by
Bill 68. And, um, and certainly that
[15:58] opportunity um, continues to advance
forward. We expect that some comments
[16:04] will be available um from essentially
this um organization to the private
[16:09] consultation um in due course. Um uh so
if if you're proposing that I mean you
[16:17] could strike a similar working group of
interested members of council to to have
[16:22] a look at what comments they'd like to
put forward on this uh to the county's
[16:27] um uh process. Um but the county's
process is available to everybody and
[16:34] you know it just depends on whether you
feel that the weight of this council
[16:39] needs to be in comments right
>> um I would be happy to work with
[16:44] colleagues to do that if there's you
know a will of that from from our uh
[16:50] table here thank you
>> okay so I'm not quite sure I'm just sort
[16:54] of thinking procedurally how we proceed
um you have entries colleagues any any
[16:59] of the others of you willing to sit on a
short-term um study group that will look
[17:04] at the issues of the county's forestry
bylaw for the purposes of providing
[17:08] comment from this council.
[17:13] » I'm I'm not seeing a strong expression
of interest.
[17:20] » Thanks, Mary Case. Yeah, I do think at
this point Brief County Federation is
[17:24] doing a fairly good job on making
comments at this point. So
[17:29] yeah, I I I support councelor Andre but
just uh from my point of view right
[17:34] there. Thank you.
>> Okay.
[17:38] » So how do you wish to proceed?
[17:43] » Um well without um without any other
interested parties in in a working
[17:49] group. So,
I guess I would just, you know, perhaps
[17:56] put comments in on my own and perhaps um
you know, I guess down the road if um we
[18:03] get closer to the vote and we get to
know where it's going, we could provide
[18:08] some further
um action as a council if needed.
[18:14] » And and if I might, to me, that makes a
lot of sense, right? Um I'm pretty sure
[18:18] that given the degree of commentary that
has been received at the public um
[18:23] meeting and as well the opportunities
for inputs uh through the web portal and
[18:28] and even I believe conversation is
possible with the clerk and and written
[18:33] suggestions possible. um that you know
all of that will be taken into account
[18:38] by the the the um staff of the county
and the agriculture group that is behind
[18:45] and working on this and the behind the
scenes. So, I think, you know, we'll see
[18:50] um an expression and and county council
certainly expects it of um an improved
[18:58] effort towards a new bylaw resulting
from the inputs in the commentary.
[19:05] Um that might be the better time for
this council if we have concerns that
[19:10] remain persistent to to act. Does that
seem fair or reasonable?
[19:14] » Yeah, that's great. Thank you.
>> Okay. Thank you. Um, item 7.33. This is
[19:20] you, Council Mozzek.
>> Thank you for you, Mayor Kazenberg. Um,
[19:24] as mentioned, this comes from the office
of the mayor of Wellland. Um, and I
[19:32] would like um
our council to support send a letter of
[19:38] support um to the city of Oland and
calling on the province and federal
[19:43] governments to take immediate and
decisive action by advancing the
[19:48] measures contained um within this
letter. Um in this letter to municipal
[19:54] uh to municipalities
um Mayor Campion states that the
[19:59] protection of children transcends
politics and geography. It is a shared
[20:03] duty that defines who we are as a
nation. And I would very much like
[20:08] Northworth to be a voice in the wave of
leadership that as Campion says demands
[20:14] justice and refuses complacency.
Thanks.
[20:19] » Thank you councelor Pzek. I think I'm
hearing a resolution draft there that um
[20:24] we send a letter of support uh to the
mayor of the city of Wellland on
[20:31] congratulating him on his uh letter and
uh indicating our support as a council
[20:37] for the principles and and practice
points in the letter and that this
[20:42] probably should be sent to a local MP
MPP
[20:47] to both the premier and the prime
minister.
[20:51] And um let's see some some ministries
that would be involved here. CEO Snow
[20:56] who we'd be targeting for ministries
that would be involved
[21:00] attorney
>> attorney general of Canada and the
[21:03] attorney general of province of Ontario.
Um circulate uh copies to all other
[21:09] municipalities I would assume as a as a
courtesy and again show that um we have
[21:14] a strong position on this. Does that
seem to cover it colleagues?
[21:21] clerk's table. You kind of got the gist
of where we're going with that one. All
[21:24] right. Um, so moved by councelor Blaz.
Thank you. Can I call for a second?
[21:29] Uh, councelor Andre. Thank you. Any
discussion or debate on this?
[21:36] It it does interest me certainly that uh
there seems to be some political
[21:41] wrangling around this one, especially at
the federal level at this point. And uh
[21:45] it's unfortunate that um some of this
legislation is being slowed down um from
[21:51] what I understand. So um indeed uh I
find myself um compelled and and
[21:57] supportive of um of Mayor Campion's
letter. Anyone else?
[22:04] Seeing none, let's have that vote if we
can. We're ready.
[22:11] Councor
[22:18] Richardson records Emanuel in favor
vote.
[22:22] » Councelor Nordan records Emanuel in
favor vote.
[22:27] And with that, we have all votes
accounted for. That's unanimous. Thank
[22:30] you, Councelor Boszek, for bringing that
to our attention. Council Roth, you have
[22:34] a couple of items here. Um item 7.5 is
first, I believe.
[22:39] » Thank you, Todd. and members of council.
Uh this item is found on page 20 of our
[22:45] agenda. So again, I appreciate the
report from our inter manager of
[22:48] strategic initiatives, Ly Klein. Uh we
do uh u with a number of other groups
[22:54] brought forward requests for delegations
on four matters. A particular note, I
[22:59] just want to underscore this. This was
just in the news this week. the province
[23:03] or MPP announced uh funding for this
year uh for this upcoming year for the
[23:07] mobile mobile uh crisis response team.
Although that's very important and and
[23:12] uh appreciated. I think the point is not
to be under uh uh misunderstood is that
[23:18] our request is ongoing funding uh for
this particular issue and I think it's
[23:23] critical for uh our province to
understand the uh the need uh for
[23:28] multi-year funding for an initiative
like this or permanent funding frankly.
[23:32] uh although that doesn't necessarily get
the MPP the opportunity to make uh
[23:35] releases. Frankly, I don't uh think
anyone's going to be uh upset the uh uh
[23:40] re-release news of already approved
funding. If it is permanent, I think
[23:44] that's fantastic. And I certainly
appreciate the uh uh the report and I
[23:50] just want to underscore that uh although
announced this week, that's only uh one
[23:54] step of the long-term step that we're
looking for. Um I I can offer a little
[23:59] bit of comments serving as the chair of
the OP detachment board. Um certainly
[24:05] familiar with this issue and with the
request that was made to councils uh for
[24:09] delegation which has been approved. So
the ministry has approved us for that
[24:14] delegation already. Um I think there's
been a confusion. We're not quite sure
[24:18] what this announcement means yet to be
honest. Councelor Roth, we we appreciate
[24:22] that it it means that the coming year
appears to be stable. Um but certainly
[24:28] the the scope of MSERT um has been in
question for some time both in terms of
[24:34] its sustainability and its its actual
number of hours of service uh that are
[24:40] available in Perth County. And so um
there there's still some staff work to
[24:45] be done is my message to you that the
announcement is still very fresh and not
[24:50] fully informed yet. We we don't fully
understand the the implications of that
[24:55] announcement. Um given that they
approved our delegation, it sounds like
[24:59] they still need to hear from us. So
thank you for that. Um uh let's turn to
[25:06] item 7.17.
That's also you council.
[25:10] » Yes. Thanks very much, Mayor Cod. So
again, this is report that went to
[25:13] county council by Moira Davis, the
senior policy planner of the county. Uh
[25:17] this is a very uh uh definitive report
regarding the fact that the province
[25:21] will continue to talk about the uh uh
desire to speed up approvals and so on.
[25:26] They continue to uh uh uh lay changes
down which come at uh seemingly break
[25:32] neck speed. Uh so I would like uh for
council to uh um consider uh giving uh
[25:40] uh direction through to our staff to
have conversation with the uh county
[25:43] planning staff to uh perhaps uh uh
reiterate comments that went to the
[25:49] Ontario Bill of Rights registry. Those
comments I believe uh county council
[25:54] requested be submitted uh through the
environmental bill of rights uh at their
[25:59] uh uh November 20th meeting. So again, I
just uh was uh considering if council
[26:06] would author his staff to have those
discussions so the municipality of North
[26:10] Perth can uh uh reiterate comments that
the county expressed concerns regarding
[26:16] uh the pace of uh change regarding
planning legislation in Ontario.
[26:22] » Okay. Um
I I I don't think inherently there's
[26:27] there's a a problem with the notion of
of giving staff direction to um to add
[26:33] our voice to this. I I think that's what
you're suggesting is that you want it
[26:36] clear that North Perth um supports the
county initiative which uh which is
[26:42] emerging still and will emerge over time
with regards to expression um of uh of
[26:50] concerns various concerns about this. Um
I'm not sure councelor Roth if you've
[26:56] watched the county council record u of
meeting where um I I took my tear on
[27:02] this issue. um it might be entertaining
to you. I suggest popcorn uh if you wish
[27:07] to watch that um that um comment about
the subject but uh certainly the
[27:13] turnstyle nature of uh planning policy
in Ontario is uh is very concerning. So,
[27:19] um I'm gathering what you're moving is,
um a resolution to direct staff to um
[27:26] add our support to council to the the
comments and concerns that are going to
[27:32] be raised and uh issued in the
environmental registry uh pertaining to
[27:38] planning changes in recent prevention
legislation. I'd be pleased to make that
[27:43] motion. Yes. Okay. Um clerks, you kind
of got where we're going with that and
[27:48] we'll probably need need to see see some
suspects here. Uh uh certainly the MPP
[27:55] um minister of municipal affairs and
housing. Um
[28:02] and the premier would be a good idea to
let Mr. Ford know. Um any other
[28:07] ministries we can think of that are
relevant to a resolution like this? And
[28:13] um you probably don't need to CC all
municipalities, but I think our peer
[28:17] municipalities in Perth County probably
should know that um we've uh asked staff
[28:23] to uh um have a positive and uh
encouraging conversation with the county
[28:29] about their efforts. Does that seem
reasonable?
[28:32] All right. Um moved by Council Roth,
seconded by Councelor Johnston. Thank
[28:39] you. Any discussion or debate on this
one?
[28:45] All right. If you're ready with the
resolution, then we'll have it.
[29:11] We're missing one vote. Okay,
[29:18] there we go. And with that, we have
unanimity on that one. Thank you,
[29:24] colleagues. Thank you, Councelor
Rothwell, for that suggestion. Now, you
[29:28] want to tackle bill 68. Um, of course,
it remains a work in progress. our staff
[29:34] team um at the direction of our working
group. So
[29:38] » thanks very much uh Todd and again we've
provided some information uh that uh
[29:43] yourself and councelor Duncan as well as
uh a number of our staff met a week and
[29:49] a half ago uh to have deliberation and
discussion uh regarding concerns which
[29:55] uh we uh have at this point and staff
are drafting a report which will be
[30:01] reviewed and will come before this
council or for comments which I believe
[30:04] are slated for December the 22nd.
So that's the way the the province seems
[30:10] to want to roll with these things is I'd
ask for comment and give a short
[30:13] deadline just before Christmas. Uh so uh
clearly uh these eight uh res or uh
[30:20] pieces of correspondence have come
forward many of them from uh uh
[30:25] conservation authorities, the Grand
River conservation authority, the assay
[30:28] fields uh as well as the uh uh Long
Points Conservation Authority and uh as
[30:34] well there was u mentioned specifically
the valley conservation authority there
[30:38] as well. Uh so clearly uh the uh concern
is the regionalization uh process which
[30:44] is uh in in our case we're splitting uh
in two ways. One to the far north as far
[30:50] north as uh Thunder Bay and the other uh
issue on the far south and the far east
[30:56] of uh North Perth and to the Lake Erie
uh region which goes uh uh down as far
[31:02] as Toronto. Uh so it's uh clearly uh
issue of concern in terms of what uh
[31:09] true benefit there will be in terms of
uh uh making the services provided by
[31:15] conservation authorities better uh than
is currently uh being done by the 36
[31:21] members penalties. throughout the
comments uh especially from the
[31:25] conservation authorities uh from their
boards uh they do realize there is
[31:29] opportunities that could be undertaken
to uh streamline processes and and make
[31:34] them in fact similar. Uh but frankly uh
uh when you look at the province of
[31:39] Ontario and the decreased funding uh
that they have uh uh unleashed uh
[31:44] through conservation authorities over
the last 10 years in particular, it
[31:48] makes it very tough to sus uh to suggest
that conservation authorities somehow
[31:53] can come up with uh new uh uh programs
and processes to have digital
[31:59] submissions and that sort of thing which
cost time and money. uh where at the
[32:03] same time there's uh uh in some cases
very much a two-string budget and as
[32:09] councelor Duncan pointed out his role on
the mainland valley board conservation
[32:14] authority board is that when we look at
planning approvals I think their average
[32:18] time for development approvals is less
than six days uh there is very very few
[32:23] uh situations that we can expect the
decision within a six day time frame
[32:27] from application being received that's
on average uh it doesn't mean it's the
[32:31] least uh and it uh certainly not the
most. So uh my suggestion through to
[32:37] this council for consideration is that
there's uh associated with a number of
[32:40] these uh uh 720.22
through 730 there are uh resolutions uh
[32:47] and I would uh request council to uh
respond in kind through to those uh
[32:54] items wherein that we've received their
correspondence and support uh the
[32:58] recommendations that council chooses.
Thank you.
[33:02] Okay. It it's a complex area of course
because uh the several different um
[33:09] items in the consent agenda have some
variations
[33:14] and some of them have some common
ground. Um the the I I'm not quite sure
[33:19] how to proceed. You know, a sort of
omnibus, hey, we agree with all of it.
[33:23] Um seems a little gratuitous in my
opinion. So then how do we proceed with
[33:30] choosing what are what we actually
support, right? Um that's kind of the
[33:36] message to me. You know, fundamentally,
I think there's a a reasonable objection
[33:41] to be made and and you know, staff have
talked about this with us a little bit
[33:46] um to the fact that the province
accounts for anywhere from 2 to 5% of
[33:51] the cost of conservation authorities and
yet it's restructuring them against our
[33:55] will and without our representation. And
uh and so as a consequence um here we
[34:01] are left essentially with taxation
without representation which you know
[34:06] causes wars at least historically. So um
it's not a surprise that there's an
[34:12] uprising from a range of of different
players. Um you know it will be pretty
[34:18] easy if I if I may be blunt to for the
province to dismiss the comments of the
[34:23] conservation authorities themselves. So
there is something to be said for
[34:27] councils um being the ones to speak out
and say we don't like this. It's our
[34:31] money. It's our taxpayers money that's
funding the the system and you're you
[34:37] know cutting off various elements of
this and removing local representation
[34:42] in a significant way. Um but I am a
little concerned about sort of a an
[34:48] omnibus we support every criticism
that's been made. I don't I don't like
[34:52] the feel of that to be blunt.
>> Yeah. And and having thought of that uh
[34:57] I think I think there was general
agreements uh that I mean to to re to
[35:02] say that we received uh thank them for
their correspondence and we received it
[35:06] and have reviewed it. But I think that
we uh uh can certainly agree uh that we
[35:11] are concerned uh regarding the proposed
regalization of the cost to the extent
[35:16] proposed by the province. I think we
could put a period at the end of that. I
[35:19] think there will be general agreement
across the board and and I'm quite
[35:23] satisfied with that knowing full well
that this council will be making its own
[35:27] comments uh very specific to our area at
a later point. But if council would
[35:32] agree um with with that point and that
point only, I I'd be quite satisfied.
[35:36] Thank you.
>> Good. Um so then let's have a resolution
[35:40] that um directs staff um to send a
letter to uh those agents who have sent
[35:50] us correspondence concerning um the the
restructuring reorganization of
[35:56] conservation authorities in Ontario. Um
expressing appreciation for their work
[36:01] and their their thought leadership in
this. And um and then I think the second
[36:07] part is in this council uh calls on the
province to reconsider
[36:13] uh its efforts in the restructuring of
conservation authorities and seek
[36:18] appropriate um consultation from
municipalities and stakeholders. Does
[36:24] that seem fair?
Okay, that seems reasonable. Okay. Um so
[36:30] I'm going to assume moved by councelor
Rothwell, seconded by councelor Blazik.
[36:34] Thank you. Um, and then we're going to
need to send this to everybody, right?
[36:39] Like,
you know, you can send it to President
[36:44] Trump if you like. Um, send it to
everybody. That's relevant. That's
[36:49] relevant.
[36:53] Any further discussion on this matter or
insight, input that you want to have
[36:57] before we proceed?
[37:01] I don't see it. We are ready with the
resolution that we could consider. All
[37:06] right, let's have that vote.
[37:41] and that is carried unanimously. Thank
you. Uh Council Nurm, your turn. You
[37:47] finally get to you.
>> Thank you, Mayor Caseinberg. Uh yeah, I
[37:52] pulled item 7.6. Uh just some comments.
Uh I would like to thank staff for uh
[37:58] looking into uh our standby rates. It's
uh important for uh uh recruitment and
[38:03] retention. Uh one comment I would make
is uh last week we had a uh
[38:09] Christmas lunch for employees and we
recognized uh longevity with the
[38:14] township whether it was 5 years, 10
years. I'm wondering if maybe we can add
[38:18] seasonal operators to that list as well.
Uh I know they might not be yearly staff
[38:23] but uh they do work for us six months of
the year and some of our seasonal
[38:27] operators they're getting into the five
10 year range. So uh just a comment on
[38:31] my end. Thank you.
>> Okay. Thank you. Staff will take note of
[38:34] that please. I think uh we'll leave that
with staff at this point if that's all
[38:39] right. Councelor Norm. All right. Okay.
Um anything else come up in the consent
[38:44] agenda that anyone wants to tackle
before we consider the omnibus
[38:47] resolution?
[38:51] All right. As follows that council
items, sorry, consent items 7.1 to 7.46
[38:58] be received for information and the
minutes of the December 1st, 2025
[39:02] regular council meeting be adopted. Can
I call for mover? Councelor Anstead.
[39:06] Thank you. Seconded by councelor Nordom.
Any discussion or debate?
[39:11] Seeing none, let's have a vote.
[39:34] And that is carried. Thank you.
All right, let's uh move on to item uh
[39:40] agenda item number eight. We now have
one delegation
[39:45] uh tonight related to council's general
business or authority. Bind the
[39:50] delegation in accordance with the
council's procedural bylaw. Total time
[39:54] of 10 minutes per delegation is is
permitted. Although I might give them a
[39:57] little slack and that includes both
presentation time and providing an
[40:01] opportunity for counselors to ask
questions. Delegation is expected to
[40:05] present on the topic declared on the
submitted request for delegation form
[40:09] and deviations from the topic are not
acceptable to the chair or this council
[40:13] to quorum is as always required further
to my request that we maintain an
[40:17] atmosphere of respect or courtesy. I
will remind those delegating that they
[40:22] should not use the names of those who've
not consented to such use. Our
[40:26] delegation tonight is by Chris Keyser,
the county's community emergency
[40:30] management coordinator. He also serves
as deputy chief of program development
[40:35] for Perth County EMS. So he's got double
duty. It astonishes me that the man
[40:40] sleeps and he wishes to deliver an
update on service activities and
[40:44] programs and projects undertaken the
last nine or so months since his
[40:47] appointment as the CMC for the county of
Perth. Mr. Keyzer, I get to see you a
[40:52] lot, at least enough at the county
table. It's a pleasure to have you at
[40:56] this one. Welcome
through you, Mayor Kaseinberg, members
[41:01] of council, North staff, members of the
public, other delegates. Thank you for
[41:05] having me. Um, I've submitted a report
to you just as an update on the current
[41:10] activities that we've gone through in
the emergency management program since
[41:12] my appointment earlier this year um, and
working with all of your staff. For
[41:17] those of you who don't know me, my name
is Chris Keyzer. I do work as the deputy
[41:21] chief of paramedic services and I am
your community emergency manager this
[41:25] year. Um, this year I would say is a
foundational year for myself and getting
[41:30] up to speed with the program. Um, I will
not read my report to you. You're more
[41:33] than welcome to read and ask questions
from it. Um, but, uh, getting a good
[41:37] landscape of where we are in the county
with our program, our strengths, some
[41:40] things that we needed to work on and to
prepare ourselves for the future. Um, as
[41:44] you may know today, um, some legislation
reached Royal Ascent to modernize the
[41:49] act. Emergency Management Ontario has
become its own ministry and now we are
[41:54] in a very good place to move along and
move our program with the modernization
[41:57] of that act. Um, as far as far as the
details go of exactly what that change
[42:02] looks like, it came out today, so not
too many of us are aware quite yet.
[42:06] There will be some role changes, some
responsibility changes, as well as some
[42:09] functional changes. Um, but it's very
exciting. Um, one of the things I'm
[42:14] quite proud of this year is we did
tackle our hazard identification risk
[42:18] assessment, which is our HYRA. After
consulting with your staff as well as
[42:22] the other municipalities, we did move
cyber security up uh into a higher realm
[42:28] and we actually exercised that this year
and prepared ourselves for those sort of
[42:31] events. It was actually something um
that was very different from what we had
[42:35] normally covered and something that I
very proud of. Um, we've also
[42:38] established some baseline training for
our groups. We reviewed all of our
[42:42] bylaws and started moving the program
forward so that we have some consistency
[42:47] uh as well as some longevity and uh some
thought to um capacity and capacity
[42:53] building. Um for that I'll open it up to
any questions that anybody might have
[42:57] and I think I'll be right in within that
10 minutes now.
[43:01] » You got some time to spare buddy. All
right. Uh colleagues questions for Mr.
[43:06] Kezer. It's a rare opportunity. Uh we
see CMC from time to time. Um anyone
[43:13] have questions for him.
[43:19] » Council Roth.
>> Thanks very much, Mayor Todd. Chris,
[43:22] nice to see you. Uh and after working
with you for many years, it's great to
[43:27] uh see you here. I think it's fantastic,
frankly, that you've been appointed to
[43:30] this role. you give some uh
sustainability in terms of uh your
[43:35] awareness of uh the county and its
workings with the local municipalities
[43:38] and your uh uh work with the paramedic
services. So, uh, as a former alternate
[43:44] CMC for many, many years, I think it's
great to see that there's a, uh,
[43:49] renewed, uh, confidence in terms of
longevity of the program and that it's
[43:53] keeping up to date and thankfully, uh,
uh, well, or unthankful. No, thankfully
[43:59] uh we had the uh types of uh training
that was uh helpful in terms of our own
[44:04] processes here that uh the cyber
security threat that uh North Perth has
[44:09] uh been publicly uh acknowledged that
we've had here. No one wants to have
[44:13] those things. Frankly, nobody wants to
have an emergency of any sort, but I
[44:17] think preparedness is one of the key
things. And uh thank you very much for
[44:20] your report.
[44:24] » Anyone else questions or comments?
[44:29] Thank you for coming tonight. Appreciate
the update. Thank you, Mayor Kase,
[44:34] members of council. Thank you very much
for having me. I appreciate the
[44:36] opportunity to come and let you know how
things are going.
[44:40] » Great. Thank you. And we appreciate the
work you're doing to uh get us uh
[44:45] aligned and moving forward. And uh now
you got to deal with this modernization
[44:49] thing, which yeah, more work is what it
sounds like, but you're up to it. Thank
[44:53] you, Mr. Kezer. Good to see you.
All right. Uh, we did not have any
[44:59] public meetings that were called for
tonight. That brings us to item nine on
[45:03] our agenda.
>> Uh, three, Mayor Kisenberg, I think
[45:07] there is a resolution to receive that.
>> There is a resolution. Right. There is.
[45:12] All right. Let's consider a resolution
then. Um, hello. Thank you. Uh, that the
[45:17] council of municipality of North Perth
receives the emergency management
[45:20] program update report.
Can I call for a move by Deputy Mayor
[45:25] Kellum? Thank you. Seconded by Councelor
Richardson. Any discussion or debate?
[45:32] Seeing none, let's have that vote.
[45:48] And that is carried. Thank you. All
right. Now on to item nine on our
[45:53] agenda. Uh first let us consider an item
from the development and protective
[45:57] services department is item 9.1.
Item 9.1.1
[46:02] council is presented with a report
pertaining to some prop proposed changes
[46:06] to a draft plan of subdivision for
property in the Elma ward owned by
[46:10] proponent Maple Creek properties. We
call on Nathan Garland of the Perth
[46:15] County Planning Department who commonly
works on North Perth files to address
[46:20] this item. Welcome as always, Mr.
Garland. Uh, thank you very much, Mayor
[46:24] Hazenberg and members of North Perth
Council. I have a very short
[46:27] presentation on respect to Maple Creek
Properties Limited and the Red Line
[46:30] amendment that they're requesting
tonight. Uh the applicant agent or the
[46:34] agent is Caroline Baker from Brarier
Planning Group and the location is
[46:37] concession lot 27 and 28 war municipally
known as 617586.
[46:46] Uh just I thought we'd start off with
just what it's redline amendment because
[46:49] this is the first time I am bringing
this to North Perth council uh
[46:52] previously. So a red line amendment is a
application that's been submitted. So
[46:56] after a subdivision has been approved.
So the subdivision has received draft
[46:59] and approval. It's gone through the
process of receiving that. This is a red
[47:03] line amendment just to change and modify
that the application slightly. Um so it
[47:07] occurs after it's been approved. It's
typically technical in nature. So it's
[47:11] just requesting some lines usually based
on site conditions. Sometimes they find
[47:14] different soils. Sometimes there's
something comes up that might change it
[47:17] to that effect. Uh move some things
around. In this case it's mostly trail
[47:21] realignment that's being driving the
process. Um so that's why it's coming
[47:25] forward. There is no public media as
there is no zone change associated with
[47:28] this. So they're not changing the
zoning. The densities of the zoning that
[47:32] type of criteria all remain the same. So
they're not upzoning it for instance.
[47:35] They're not taking it moving from like a
commercial to industrial residential
[47:39] etc. So those are all staying the same
and the plans are marked up in red. So
[47:43] the entire plans are marked up in red
showing and outlining the proposed
[47:46] changes through that.
So those are the areas that have been
[47:51] identified. So you'll see those areas
highlighted. I have also highlighted in
[47:54] the blocks outline. So there is just a
block one 41 has just been revised to
[47:59] a.3 meter trail or through a.3 meter
reserve uh that was formerly a trail.
[48:05] There have been some walkways added just
around a few of the blocks and there has
[48:08] been turning bulbs. So that's primarily
the different uh alignments that have
[48:12] been redone. So there's only I I'll say
seven or eight there are changes through
[48:17] there but they are just mainly
realigning the trail and then shifting
[48:20] just some blocks to the south as part of
canyon comments also affected the road.
[48:25] These are also a summary of the comments
provided. I have tried to group them
[48:28] both in yellow I'll say bluish and green
apologies for the AODA uh side of things
[48:33] but uh those are primarily related to
the yellow which are associated with the
[48:36] trail. the blue which is associated with
the uh building blocks and and boundary
[48:41] setbacks and as well as the road work
and the green realigning that's part of
[48:45] the natural environment work. So those
are the the three distinct sections. Um
[48:49] once again there are no changes in
density there are no changes in zoning
[48:52] anything to that effect. It is the trail
and then the road work as well as the
[48:56] natural environment. So those are the
outline of the three major changes.
[49:00] Once again it meets the policies of the
official plan and zoning. No changes in
[49:04] density. It, as mentioned, is primarily
trail driven as well as some of the
[49:07] setbacks from PR 986. No expansion.
There's no expanded areas. It's not
[49:12] infringing the natural environment area.
Not nothing's going beyond what was
[49:15] previously approved. And it is based on
the detailed design discussion designs
[49:18] that are currently occurring.
Therefore, it is staff's recommendation
[49:22] that North Perth Council supports the
application and recommend that the
[49:25] county of Perth approve red line
amendment to the plan of subdivision
[49:28] NP2401
subject to the conditions listed in the
[49:32] report. And I should note as well too,
none of the conditions have changed. All
[49:35] the conditions remain the same that was
previously approved also. I'm happy to
[49:38] address or answer any questions.
>> Thank you, Mr. Garland. Colleagues,
[49:42] questions or first comments about this
matter.
[49:47] » Okay, I'm not seeing any. So, I have a
resolution for consideration as follows.
[49:51] The council of the municipality of North
Perth receives the report dated December
[49:56] 15, 2025 entitled application for
redline amendment to draft plan of
[50:01] subdivision NP24-01
and that the county sorry and that the
[50:06] council of the municipality of North
Perth recommends to county council that
[50:11] the application for redline amendment to
draft plan of subdivision NP2401
[50:16] submitted by Maple Creek Properties
Limited affecting the lands described as
[50:19] park lots 27 and 28 concession one Elma
award ward be amended subject to the
[50:26] conditions listed in the staff report
dated December 15, 2025. Can I call for
[50:31] a mover? Councelor Rothdale seconded by
by
[50:35] councelor Nordom. Thank you. Um any
discussion or debate?
[50:42] Seeing none, let's have that vote.
[51:01] And that is carried. Thank you. Thank
you, Mr. Garland, as always. Um, next,
[51:06] let us consider an item brought by the
Environmental Services Department under
[51:09] item 9.2 two of our agenda. In item
9.2.1, council is presented with a
[51:15] report on this council's first plant a
tree grow a future program. By all
[51:20] accounts, things went well. We call on
GIS technician Betty Roth to update
[51:25] council on the pilot project and where
things might go with our consent. Miss
[51:29] Roth, welcome.
[51:34] » Good evening, Mayor Genberg, council,
and staff. On March 24th, 2025, staff
[51:41] brought forward a pilot proposal for the
plant to tree grow future sale to make
[51:46] large trees more accessible to North
residents.
[51:50] Residents had the opportunity to apply
to purchase a tree package, including a
[51:54] stake, cocoa fiber feed mat, tree wrap,
mulch, and a detailed planting guide to
[52:00] set residents up for long-term success.
We opened the applications on the week
[52:05] of August 11th, 2025, online and in
person at the municipal office. Interest
[52:11] was immediate and strong, and by Friday,
August 15th, the end of the application
[52:16] period, we had nearly filled the full
allocation of 200 trees. This confirmed
[52:20] that the scale of our project was
appropriate.
[52:24] Distribution of the packages took place
at the Listwell public works on Friday,
[52:28] October 3rd and Saturday, October 4th.
It was warm with favorable weather
[52:34] weather conditions. Residents and
families expressed their enthusiasm as
[52:38] they selected their trees and prepared
for planting. Staff received numerous
[52:42] supportive comments with many
participants showing interest in seeing
[52:46] the sale continue as an annual event.
The program was overall a positive
[52:50] experience and it was inspiring to see
community the community come together to
[52:55] participate in such a constructive
initiative demonstrating support for
[52:59] environmental stewardship and local tree
planting efforts.
[53:03] Financially, the event cost $9,950
to deliver. We secured a $5,000 grant
[53:10] from the Perth County Stewardship
Program and also generated $4,000 in
[53:15] revenue from the tree purchases,
resulting in a net cost of $950, which
[53:20] was covered through the climate change
budget.
[53:23] Going forward, we anticipate that the
majority of program costs will be
[53:26] covered through a per tree charge or
with annual grant opportunities.
[53:32] With program success, the Environmental
Services Department is requesting to
[53:36] make this event an annual follow.
It is re recommended that the council of
[53:41] the municipality of North Perth direct
staff to coordinate the plant a tree
[53:45] grow a future sale on an annual basis to
be held at the beginning of October and
[53:50] that the council of municipality of
North Perth direct staff to actively
[53:54] pursue grant funding each year to help
help offset the costs associated with
[53:59] delivering this program. Thank you very
much for your time and I'm happy to
[54:03] answer any questions.
>> Thank you, Miss Roth. colleagues
[54:08] questions first comments
[54:13] I'm not seeing anything so she read the
resolution I'll read it again that the
[54:19] council of the municipality of north
direct staff to coordinate the plant a
[54:23] tree grow a future sale on an annual
basis to be held at the beginning of
[54:28] October and that the council of the
municipality group directs staff to
[54:33] actively pursue grant funding each year
to help offset the costs associated with
[54:37] delivering this event. Moved by
councelor Johnston. Thank you. Seconded
[54:41] by councelor Rothwell. I think I saw
fingers twitched there. Um any
[54:46] discussion or debate?
Seeing none, let's have that vote.
[55:11] And that is carried. Thank you.
All right. Let's um consider two items
[55:17] but by the corporate services department
is item 9.3 of our agenda. Item 9.3.1.
[55:23] Council is presented with a draft of a
new policy related to the sale of land
[55:28] for its consideration. I'll call on
Sarah Carter, our acting clerk to
[55:32] address this item. Miss Carter, the
floor is yours.
[55:38] » Thank you, Mayor Kaseinberg. Three to
members of council. Before you tonight
[55:42] is a proposed sale of land policy. The
municipal act requires that all Ontario
[55:46] municipalities adopt and maintain a
policy regarding the sale and
[55:51] disposition of land. Our current policy
was adopted in 2007 as part of North
[55:57] Park's commitment to good governance. A
comprehensive review of our sale of land
[56:01] bylaw uh 152-207
was conducted by the governance review
[56:06] committee with feedback from the
municipal solicitor also having been
[56:10] incorporated
um into the policy to ensure legal risks
[56:14] are minimized and that all legislative
requirements are satisfied. Municipal
[56:19] best practices were given consideration
while drafting and reviewing this
[56:23] policy.
The 2007 policy and the draft 2025
[56:28] policy were both included in tonight's
agenda package for your review. Some
[56:33] notable policy updates include the
addition of definitions of specific
[56:38] policy language, specific appraisal
requirements, including spec specific
[56:43] instances when an appraisal is not
required, and clearly defined processes
[56:48] for staff and council to follow out
through the entire landscape process.
[56:53] I'm happy to answer any questions that
may have.
[56:58] » Thank you, Miss Carter. Uh colleagues
questions comments
[57:04] looks like it's another piece of good
work from the governance committee
[57:07] working with staff and with uh the
solicitor. Um I have a resolution then
[57:12] for consideration as follows. The
council of municipality of North Perth
[57:15] approves 04-2025
sale of land policy moved by councelor
[57:21] Andre seconded by councelor Richardson.
Thank you. Any discussion or debate?
[57:27] Seeing none, let's have that vote.
[57:36] » Okay. Um,
councelor Rothwell records a manual in
[57:40] favor vote. Councelor Blazic records a
manual in favor vote and that is
[57:45] carried. Thank you.
Let's turn next to item 9.3.2.
[57:52] Council is presented with a draft of a
new target policy related to receipt and
[57:56] handling of petitions from the general
public. This is work again reviewed by
[58:00] council's governance committee and Miss
Carter again is at the podium, our
[58:04] acting clerk. Welcome.
>> Thank you, Mayor Kaseenberg. Um through
[58:10] you again to members of council. The
municipality's current approach to
[58:13] petitions is outlined at a very high
level in our procedure bylaw. And while
[58:18] this process has functioned adequately,
it does lack some detailed direction for
[58:22] both residents, community groups, staff,
and council. To modernize and formalize
[58:27] the process, staff, again, in
collaboration with the governance review
[58:31] committee, have drafted the attached
petition policy. The proposed policy is
[58:36] intended to increase transparency and
consistency while reducing
[58:40] inefficiencies that arise from
incomplete or unclear submissions.
[58:45] Included in the policy are clear
expectations of what needs to be
[58:48] included in every petition, specific
instructions on submitting petitions,
[58:53] and clearly defined staff
responsibilities while receiving and
[58:57] processing petitions. If adopted by
council, this petition policy will
[59:01] improve communication between residents
and councils and council while also
[59:06] improving the operational workflow
within the legislative services
[59:09] division. And I am happy to answer any
questions.
[59:13] Thank you, Clerk Carter. This is
something that's been on my mind for a
[59:16] while. Colleagues, questions or first
comments,
[59:20] council chance
[59:25] committee and staff great job of leading
us through this, but um governance
[59:29] committee went through both of these
policies line by line several times. So,
[59:35] it was great discussion. So, thank you
to all members of the governance
[59:38] committee and a big thank all of our
staff sitting here that led us through.
[59:43] » That's great. Thank you. Any other
comments before we consider the
[59:48] resolution?
All right. As follows, the Council of
[59:52] Municipality and North Perth adopts
07-2025
[59:56] petition policy dated December 15, 2025.
Moved by Deputy Mayor Kellum, seconded
[1:00:02] by councelor Anststead. Thank you.
discussion or debate.
[1:00:09] To me, it makes a whole lot of sense to
have a a nice clear approach to this,
[1:00:13] how we register these things, what
happens when they're registered, um so
[1:00:18] that we're not left uh leaving us
wondering and leaving the public
[1:00:22] wondering. So, this is great work. Thank
you. All right, I don't see any other
[1:00:27] comments. So, let's have that vote.
Councelor Plazik records a manual in
[1:00:33] favor vote. Councelor Rothwell records a
manual in favor vote.
[1:00:39] And with that, we have nine votes in
favor. That is carried. Thank you. Thank
[1:00:44] you, Cler Carter, for the work that
you're doing as always. Let's turn to
[1:00:49] item 10. Is any member of council wish
to ask for a report from staff or of one
[1:00:54] of our committees?
[1:00:58] Not seeing that, let's turn to item 11.
We have no items of correspondence to
[1:01:03] address this evening beyond that which
was on that very lengthy um consent
[1:01:08] agenda. At this point, let's turn to a
consideration of bylaws then that have
[1:01:12] been recommended to us for action
tonight. We have six bylaws and we have
[1:01:18] an enabling resolution outlining for
each their number and purpose. Before we
[1:01:23] get into uh reading this resolution,
um does any counselor wish to extract
[1:01:30] one or more of these bylaws for a more
wholesome consideration or an individual
[1:01:34] or recorded vote?
Okay, I'm not seeing that. So, let's
[1:01:39] read the enabling resolution as follows
at bylaw 95-2025
[1:01:45] be read a third time and be finally
passed and that the following bylaws are
[1:01:49] hereby passed. 128-125 being a bylaw to
authorize the maintenance repair of the
[1:01:55] Walter Municipal Drain. 129-2025 being a
bylaw to assume services.
[1:02:01] 130-125 being a bylaw to assume services
131-2025
[1:02:07] being a bylaw to authorize a signing of
a lease agreement with the current
[1:02:10] center for children and youth and
132-2025 being a bylaw to establish
[1:02:16] procedures for the sale and disposal of
real property. Can I call for removed
[1:02:25] by councelor Anststead?
Any discussion or debate?
[1:02:31] Seeing none, let's have that vote.
[1:02:38] Councelor PZ records Emanuel in favor
vote as does councelor Roth.
[1:02:49] And with that, that is carried. Thank
you. All right, let's turn to item 13 on
[1:02:54] our agenda. Does any council wish leave
to give notice of motion for our next
[1:02:59] meeting?
[1:03:03] Not seeing that, let's turn to item 14
on our agenda. For item 14, are there
[1:03:07] any announcements that would be of
benefit to our community or that reflect
[1:03:10] well on North Perth at this time? And
that allows the listen chamber uh to
[1:03:15] raise their hands to be placed on the
speakers list should they so wish.
[1:03:20] Councelor Johnston approached me before
the meeting. So, let's have them first.
[1:03:24] » Thank you, Mr. Mayor. Just a quick thank
you to staff and members of council for
[1:03:28] uh their calls, emails, texts, Facebook
messages of uh words of encouragement
[1:03:35] and support on my uh daughter's recent
illness that started while we were in
[1:03:40] council two weeks ago. So, we are uh
she's home and recouping after 12 days
[1:03:45] in hospital. So, thank you.
>> We are much relieved to hear that she's
[1:03:50] home and appreciate the good care that
she's received. Anyone else with a
[1:03:56] message? Um, councelor Andre.
[1:04:01] » Thank you for you, Mayor Casem. Just
wondered if there'll be opportunities
[1:04:04] for us to wish our residents a happy
Christmas. That'll be later on. That'd
[1:04:09] be great. Thank you.
>> It's in my notes a little later.
[1:04:16] Anyone else?
>> All right, that brings us to agenda item
[1:04:21] number 15. We have two items to be
considered in a closed session of
[1:04:25] council. I will now read the resolution
that both explains and enables our
[1:04:30] action to enter close session as
follows. The council proceeds in camera
[1:04:35] at 8:02
p.m. to address a matter pertaining to
[1:04:40] the following. First, a proposed or
pending acquisition or disposition of
[1:04:45] land by the municipality or local board
regarding concession 2 park lots 25 and
[1:04:51] 26. Con 4, park lot 24. Con 9, park lot
4. Con 10, park lot 4, RP 44 R 3254.
[1:05:00] Parts one and four, part Oh gosh. Part
two, RP 44 R 3255 PT. Part one, Wallace
[1:05:11] Ward and the security of the property of
the municipality or local board
[1:05:16] regarding cyber security incident. I
should have practiced that one that one
[1:05:21] item before this meeting out loud just
to to hear it. Can I call for a mover?
[1:05:26] Moved by councelor Richardson, seconded
by councelor Nortem. Thank you. Any
[1:05:31] discussion or debate?
Seeing none, let's have that vote.
[1:05:45] Council Roth records a manual in favor
vote.
[1:05:49] Council Prozac records a manual in favor
vote. And with that, we have the nine
[1:05:54] votes accounted for. And that motion
carries. All right. We're going to do
[1:05:58] some reconfiguration of audiovisisual,
all that kind of stuff. So, just give us
[1:06:03] a few moments to do that before we begin
our close session. And uh the doors are
[1:06:07] closed. That's good.
[1:06:13] That generally felt like Peter Piper.
[1:42:57] Is this a good time?
[1:43:07] » No problem.
They can sit at the back.
[1:43:12] Sit at the back there.
No, no, no, no. Stop, stop, stop.
[1:43:28] Uh, thank you.
Thank you very much. We'll share. We'll
[1:43:33] share. Thank you very much. Thank you.
All right. Thank you.
[1:43:40] Thank you. Got the card. Here's a card.
It says, "Merry Christmas, Holly Jolly.
[1:43:49] There we go."
[1:43:53] It's a little atypical.
It's the season. Thank you.
[1:44:01] Okay, we should get back to the meeting
now. We We need you to go back there.
[1:44:10] All right.
[1:44:15] Okay, we're going to set this up. Thank
you. Let's get back to the public
[1:44:19] session of our meeting.
[1:44:25] We're good.
[1:44:41] Oh, that's right. You do.
All right. Regarding item 16 on our
[1:44:47] agenda, council did discuss the matters
identified in our enabling resolution
[1:44:52] for a close session meeting of council
and did give staff direction pertaining
[1:44:56] to the matter that was considered, the
essence of which will remain
[1:44:59] confidential at this time for the
reasons stipulated in our enablement of
[1:45:03] close session.
Um,
[1:45:07] council uh as a mandated good practice
does act to the end of its meeting uh
[1:45:12] agenda to confirm all of its actions and
business of its meeting through what's
[1:45:16] called the confirmatory bylaw. And I
have a copy of an enabling resolution
[1:45:20] for that as follows. Bylaw 133 of 2025
being a bylaw to confirm generally
[1:45:26] previous actions of the council on the
municipality of North Perth is hereby
[1:45:30] passed. Moved by councelor Richardson,
seconded by councelor Nordo. Any
[1:45:34] discussion or debate?
Seeing none, let's have that vote.
[1:45:50] » Manual vote for councelor Andre in favor
and that is carried. Thank you.
[1:45:57] um for our bylaws that touch on
provincial priorities considered and
[1:46:01] passed at tonight's meeting. I am in
support and will not execute a veto.
[1:46:05] This information is and will be provided
to the clerk as part of my required
[1:46:10] duties as mayor. So this comes to the
point of the meeting which we have done
[1:46:15] on my watch for a few years now where we
greet the public at Christmas season.
[1:46:20] The opportunity to uh share a greeting
for each of you um with the public uh
[1:46:26] begins now. We'll start with Roth will
come this way. Thanks, Mayor Todd. And I
[1:46:32] just want to take the opportunity to
wish everyone a very merry Christmas uh
[1:46:36] and happy new year uh this holiday
season with family and friends. And may
[1:46:40] you all be safe and well and enjoy
peace, love, and hope.
[1:46:47] » Council Richardson.
>> Thank you, Mayor Henber. And I would
[1:46:50] like to wish all of the residents of
this great municipality, North Perth, a
[1:46:53] very merry Christmas and a happy new
year. and I hope everyone will prosper
[1:46:58] and be healthy, wealthy, and wise for
2026 coming up. So, a merry Christmas,
[1:47:03] council.
>> Thank you, Corn.
[1:47:07] » Merry Christmas from my family to
hopefully this uh uh year we'll
[1:47:12] celebrate it with our new six-month-old.
So, we look forward to that.
[1:47:15] » Yay.
>> So, merry Christmas and have a happy new
[1:47:18] year.
>> Thank you, C.
[1:47:20] » Thank you, Mayor Caseenber. And this
Christmas will be uh very special around
[1:47:24] our houses. We'll all be there. So we
will uh hopefully other families in the
[1:47:29] municipality will have the same joy of
gathering with family and celebrating
[1:47:33] the season.
>> Thank you to Mayor Kell.
[1:47:36] » Thank you through you, Mayor Casey. B.
Yes. This past year, 2025, as you know,
[1:47:40] was uh the busiest of my 19 years in
politics. Couple of cool highlights were
[1:47:44] obviously the uh the new county campus
and then uh receiving the official plan.
[1:47:49] So looking forward to a well-deserved uh
Christmas to spend with my family. So on
[1:47:53] behalf of from Jan and myself, wish you
all very merry Christmas, enjoy the
[1:47:58] holidays and uh good luck in 2026.
>> Thank you.
[1:48:02] » Thank you, Councilman Blazik, you're
next.
[1:48:05] » Uh I want to start off by saying that it
seems really crazy to me that this is my
[1:48:09] fourth time um making this greeting and
I guess time flies when you're having
[1:48:14] fun. Um I I would like to say um that
this is a job that none of us can do
[1:48:19] without the support of our families. So
on behalf of um my husband Merrick, our
[1:48:24] two daughters and myself
um thank you for the blessing that that
[1:48:29] the blessings that this past year has
given us. Merry Christmas. May you have
[1:48:33] a very joyful and safe holiday season
and we will see you in 2026. 2026.
[1:48:39] » Yeah, that's the one.
Yeah, thank you Mayor Caseinberg through
[1:48:43] you and just want to wish uh my council
colleagues, staff, the public and uh
[1:48:47] everyone in North Perth for that matters
a very merry Christmas and happy holiday
[1:48:51] season and however you celebrate this
this season. I hope that it's with
[1:48:55] family and it's with friends and that
2026 is a joyful and prosperous new
[1:48:59] year. Thank you.
>> Thank you, Councer Andre.
[1:49:03] I just want to um tribute my greetings
today um to all the volunteers who
[1:49:09] support service clubs and organizations,
businesses, and our municipality.
[1:49:14] Volunteerism brings fulfillment in so
many ways. And we build relationships by
[1:49:19] doing that and improve lives and improve
our community at the same time. Um it is
[1:49:24] that kindness that defines our
municipality and brings character to it.
[1:49:29] So, thank you to all the volunteers out
there. So, not only to all those who
[1:49:35] support the community through
volunteerism, I just want to pay tribute
[1:49:39] to everyone urban and rural in North
Perth and wish you all a safe and happy,
[1:49:45] healthy Christmas and New Year. Thanks.
>> Thank you. Um Christmas is one of my
[1:49:53] favorite times of the year and uh it's a
favorite time for a whole bunch of
[1:49:57] reasons. Uh, there's something charming
about the wintry weather. Although the
[1:50:01] winter that we've had this year, I'm not
so impressed with. There's something
[1:50:05] charming about being with family.
There's something charming about eating
[1:50:09] turkey and and all of the fixings.
There's something charming about the
[1:50:14] board games that you play with family
and the opportunities you have to
[1:50:17] reconnect. And so I guess my greatest
wish to all of us is that we have
[1:50:22] wonderful relaxing reconnection time
with the people who are really important
[1:50:27] to us. And there may even be some that
we haven't talked to for a while and
[1:50:32] where it's the time of reckoning. It's
time to call them and extend your love
[1:50:36] and appreciation to them at this holiday
season. I I look forward to the break. I
[1:50:42] look forward to the opportunity in
January to get back at it one last year
[1:50:46] for me. And um I trust that all of you
will be safe and careful in your travels
[1:50:52] in the crazy winter weather that we've
had. Um and for those of you who are
[1:50:57] enjoying your sleds, it looks like a
good year for you. So my my best wishes
[1:51:03] to the entire community uh for a
wonderful holiday season. Um Chris, I'm
[1:51:09] going to surprise you and invite you to
offer comment uh on Christmas greetings
[1:51:14] on this occasion. RCA overnight
[1:51:21] I have you to catch you by surprise. So
I guess certainly on behalf of staff um
[1:51:27] at the miscal we certainly um pass on
our holiday um best holiday for everyone
[1:51:32] in our community. Um it's it's an honor
for us to serve the community and we
[1:51:38] look forward to um providing the best
services we can in 2026 and just wish
[1:51:43] everybody a half a happy safe holiday
please.
[1:51:48] Thank you so much. All right colleagues
I think we've come to the end of the the
[1:51:52] book of business for tonight. Uh that
means that we can consider a motion to
[1:51:57] adjourn and it is as follows. that the
council meeting adjourns at 8:49 p.m. to
[1:52:03] meet again for general council business
on Monday, January 12th, 2026 at 7 p.m.
[1:52:09] Can I call for an over? Councelor
Richardson, seconded by Councelor Andre.
[1:52:13] It's not debatable. Let's have that
vote.
[1:52:20] Councelor Andre records Emanuel in favor
vote. Councelor Ed records a manual in
[1:52:25] favor vote.
I actually need to cast my own vote
[1:52:28] here. Here we go.
>> Are we missing anybody else?
[1:52:36] » Deputy Mayor Kellum, we lost eight.
Deputy Mayor Kellum records in favor
[1:52:41] vote and that is carried. Colleagues,
best of the season to you. Our next
[1:52:46] meeting is Monday, January 12th, 2026 at
7 p.m.