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Start with other perks.

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» Okay,

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» getting water.

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Uh good evening everyone and welcome to
Perthy's Council on this first day of

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September. I'd like to call our meeting
to order. Uh before we get into our

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agenda, we do have a presentation
tonight and I'd like uh Bill Hunter to

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come to the front.

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» Whoops. Sorry.
>> Okay.

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» Sorry. You need to
>> No, I might. [laughter]

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» I lost my
>> Oh, you lost your

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» Oh my goodness.
>> Anyway, tonight we're here to honor

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Bill. He has a long service of 25 years
in the fire department and we're so

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lucky 12 of those years have been here.
So, in sincere appreciation of your 25

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years of courageous and dedicated
service to the residents of Ontario,

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protecting their lives and property from
the fire. And so behalf of uh council

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and staff, we congratulate you and thank
you for all that you do.

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» Thank you very much.
>> Welcome.

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» And we have a little pin for you.
>> Thank you.

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» And a medal.
>> Thank you.

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» And a certificate.
>> Yeah. The clerk's been doing some work

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behind our back.
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» No, I don't.
It's been a pleasure.

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Okay. Uh before we do our moment of
reflection, I also would I'd like to

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take a minute to acknowledge the passing
of Fred Nectto, a longtime Ellis

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resident. Fred passed away on August the
27th. Fred served as both deputy reeve

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from 1977 to 1980 and Reeve of Ellis
Township from 1981 to 1985.

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Fred took great pride in his community
and was committed to municipal service.

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His contributions to local government
and his dedication to the community will

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be remembered. In honor of his life and
service to Perth East, flags will remain

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lowered at municipal facilities until
the day of his memorial service. Please

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remember the Neto family in your moment
of reflection.

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Thank you.
Now we'll move on to confirmation of the

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agenda and Ashley has a couple additions
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» Okay. Thanks Mary. So there is two
additions that were miss being uploaded

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in the agenda. So the first one is item
number 6.2.2

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from Dietrich Engineering Limited
regarding the lit municipal drain report

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2026 and the second item is 6.2.3
um also by Dietrich Engineering Limited

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for the Moch Municipal Drain 2026
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» Okay, thank you.
So, we have a motion that says that the

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um that the agenda as prepared for
September 1, 2026 meeting of council of

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the township of Perth East be approved
as amended. Moved by Jerry, second by

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Amanda. All in favor? Carried. If you
have interest council, you can disclose

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that now or as our meeting goes along.
Under consent agenda, we have 11 items.

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Is there anything anyone has questions
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Nope. Okay. We do have a motion that
says items 5.1.1

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to 5.1.11 as set out in consent agenda
for the September 1, 2026 regular

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meeting of council be received for
information and that the minutes of

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August 11, 2026 regular council meeting
be adopted. Moved by Bob, second by

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Andrew. All in favor? Carried.
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we now move to presentations. We have no
public presentations. Under other

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presentations, we do have three. The
first one is uh Ben Lefort from the

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Ontario Federation of Agriculture and
he's going to talk about the fiscal

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impact of farmland on Ontario
municipalities and Ben is joining us on

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Zoom.

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» Good evening.
>> Good evening and welcome. and the floor.

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» Thank you very much.
Okay. Um just see if I can share my

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screen or if the presentation comes up
on the uh screen here. I'm not quite

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sure if the procedure.

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Let me see. Just try and
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» Oh, there we go. I do have it now. Yes.
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Okay.
So, thank you again uh so much for

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having me here today. Um, as
[clears throat] mentioned, my name is

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Ben Leaffort. I'm a senior economist
with the Ontario Federation of

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Agriculture and [snorts] uh happy to
share with you today uh some results of

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research we've done in the past and um
some policy implications um of which I

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think uh uh will be quite relevant to to
the work of Perth East Municipality. So,

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uh, we've done several of these types of
reports in the past which aim to look at

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answering the question, you know, what
impact does farmland have on municipal

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budgets? Um, we've done a number of case
studies through these cost of community

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services studies. And really, these were
studies where [clears throat] we

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partnered with municipalities that were
interested in answering that same

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question.
And we worked, pardon me, with uh

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municipal staff [clears throat]
to gather all, you know, the uh uh

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financial documents, year-end reports of
each department within the municipality

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and try best we could to allocate the
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municipality to four different land use
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commercial, industrial um uh properties
and see uh which uh what the results for

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in terms of the expenses and revenues
associated with each. Uh I'll move

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through some of these slides more
quickly. Some of this work has been done

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quite in the past about seven or eight
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Um the main finding here was uh similar
to what results were in in studies we

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saw in the US which is often that uh
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commercial industrial and farm uh
brought in more revenue than they

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consumed worth of expenses from the
municipality. So this right here is the

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average results we saw from the US
studies with that red line there being

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kind of the break even point if you will
where expenses equal revenue. Um we

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wanted to then um update those to see
does this uh hold for um Ontario

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municipal um financial arrangements in
uh different states in the US is quite

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different from what we have here in in
Ontario. Um and these are some of the

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results of the the previous um US
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before uh just to show you how much how
varying the results can be. These are

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some of the results of uh state of
Georgia done quite a number of these

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studies in the early 2000s.
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I don't know if you
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» All right. Can you see them here? like
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» We can see the
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» There we go. Yep.
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the this I won't go into full
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uh simplicity here.
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what I was talking about that whole time
there. Okay. [snorts] I'll I'll pick it

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back up and I'll I'll jump more into the
the newer study that we uh we were

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looking at because these case studies we
were doing and we did a number of them.

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We did studies in BAM, Mr. Mapleton,
Lannarch County, Zora Township and

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Prince Edward County. Uh, and the
results, as I mentioned, they were

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similar to what we saw in the US. But
those types of case studies have uh, uh,

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pretty big limitations. One being it
gives average results. It can't tell you

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what is the impact of, you know, putting
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municipality. It says here's the average
of all the houses. Uh, it's subjective

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by nature. we were working directly with
municipal staff to come up with these

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allocations. Um, so by the very nature
of that, it's there's some subjectivity

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to it and it's static. What we were
looking at was one municipality in one

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year. So when we did BAM, it was uh the
results for BAM in the year 2016, I

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believe, right? Doesn't necessarily mean
that's what the results for BAM were in

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the year 2017 or for like Malhide is
similar, you know, another municipality

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in Alen County of the same year.
So we uh wanted to uh improve this. We

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found a study that was done by
economists in uh the University of

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Florida uh that had looked at a way of
of compiling the kind of statewide

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municipal data and looking at how the
impact of removing uh farmland. So when

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you you lose farmland to development,
what impact did that have on on

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municipal budgets? So their study
finding in uh Florida again was similar

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to what they found in in the other
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farmland it actually had a negative
impact on municipal budgets implying

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that having farmland is a positive on
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again adapt this for Ontario. What is
the what does the data say here for

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Ontario? So I gathered um for any
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score which meaning like uh of 10% or
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municipality 10% at least of that is in
farmland. We included all those uh in

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the study. We obviously didn't want to
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study that would throw everything off.
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what we saw in the Florida study which
which measured that. So when you look at

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the percentage of the county's total
land mass that's in farming when that

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changes how does the municipality's
revenues and the municipalities uh

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expenses how does that change? Um, so
what we found was, uh, looking at this

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over a, uh, 15-year period, a 1%
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meaning a 1% reduction in the amount of
farmland in the municipality was

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associated with a 0.55%
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in uh, decrease in expenses. So what
that's saying is when you're losing

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farmland, you're losing uh more revenue
than you are saving and and servicing of

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of the land. um revenues on average when
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um uh farm uh the farmland in their
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million uh and sorry and again this is
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of Ontario and uh expenses decreased by
1.1 so there's actually uh the the

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operating surplus of the municipality
decreased by over $200,000 for every 1%

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loss of farmland. So losing farmland um
was associated with a reduction and

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smaller uh budget surplus and in in the
scenario where a municipality uh did not

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lose in in a given year but that kind of
um backs up and I I know we're quick on

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time and actually the main point I want
to make here is at the end in the policy

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piece here. So um on the the main
takeaway there is that we found

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consistent evidence that uh farmland um
is a net positive on on uh municipal

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budgets um which leaves some of the
policy pieces. A good implication of

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that is that you know there's a lot of
good reasons to want to protect

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farmland. We hope this is provides an
additional reason which is there's a

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fiscal benefit of protecting farmland
that developing it into say housing uh

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may bring in more revenue but will
certainly also bring in more expenses to

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service the new housing. Uh and that's
the main point on the farmland

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protection piece is something we've tied
to our our positions on development

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charges which is we believe uh farm
buildings, new barns and whatnot should

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be exempt from development charges
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infrastructure.
uh we are happy to see that threearters

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of municipalities in Ontario including
Perthies so thank you choose to exempt

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uh farms from their development charge
bylaws and I think for the same reason

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that we we point out here now the big
point here that I think from municipal

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perspective that's most interesting is
when you look at the results we have for

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these studies
why do we get a result where farmland is

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a net positive two reasons and it's not
ne One of them is uh municipalities over

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the last 15 to 20 years have had to rely
on an increasing share of their revenue

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from property tax while at the same time
firearm assessments uh the impact

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assessments and therefore their share of
the property taxes have gone up

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significantly. Uh so if we look here
even in just looking at numbers in in

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Perth East and in 2010 18% of uh tax
revenue came from farm properties in

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2024 that was up to nearly 30%.
So that's one portion is is your um

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increasing share of municipal revenues
coming from property tax and and a

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bigger share of that's coming from
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But the other point of that is what are
the services that we by we I mean the

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province um are asking municipalities to
deliver and in many ways those are

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becoming more disconnected from property
tax as a revenue source a lot more into

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um social uh housing and healthcare and
a whole bunch of social services and

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people's services that have increased is
a significant portion of uh of municipal

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budgets.
And the third thing for a small rural

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municipality similar like Perth East is
at the same time uh so the implication

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of a larger share of your revenue coming
from property taxes a smaller share of

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that is coming from grant revenue things
through like the Ontario municipal

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partnership fund. Uh so uh let me see I
have some actual numbers here on on

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earth's example of a municipal
partnership fund. So, um, in 2010, um,

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over three the amount of, uh, revenue
from that, uh, grant funding from the

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OMF in Perth East was $3.3 million. And
by 2024, we're less than half that at 1

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point uh, almost a third of that, just
over $1.1 million.

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more to the point in 2011
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East came from the OMF in 2024 that was
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So this is a big piece of what's driving
that result for farmland being a net

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positive. You uh in many ways there's a
lot less uh funding of this key funding

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program coming from the province to
rural municipalities and farmland values

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has been going through the roof. So it
is ob going to be a net positive to to

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have farmland in your in your
municipality. That doesn't mean that

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this is uh a good thing per se uh that
um a decreasing share of the revenue is

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is coming from uh provincial grants and
while at the same time there's all these

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other services municipalities are are
being asked to give. But one of his

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positions over the last year or so has
been to increase for the asking the

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province to increase the municipal
partnership funds annual funding

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envelope to $1 billion. It had been
sitting at 500 million for quite a

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number of years. Uh in the last two
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600 million and that's that's welcome.
Uh but that's still significantly short

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on an inflationadjusted basis of where
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Um [clears throat] so
we have crunched these numbers for every

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municipality of what would your funding
be uh if the OMF was of 1 billion. So in

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2024 as mentioned before Perth East had
1.1 million in funding from the OMF

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um under the current formulas of the
program if that were to increase to a

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billion that would increase to over 2.3
million. Uh so an extra $1.2 $2 million

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of funding um directly to uh the
municipality of Paris if we were

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successful in a a uh OMF funding of of
$1 billion annually. Um and this fully

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aligns with uh you know OFA's long um
you know our primary um concern is

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advocating on behalf of farmers but
farmers need strong communities to have

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a strong business and a wellunded uh
municipalities that that can focus on

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the the infrastructure costs at hand and
have the funding to do so. So this fully

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is in line with um our our positions
over the years. Um we have done a lot

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more in the last year or so of of adding
some more data and some more research

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behind some of our um policies on rural
infrastructure funding and funding for

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rural municipalities and and this piece
of the OPF is going to be a big piece of

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our advocacy uh as we head into the uh
pre-budget submissions for for the

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province. Uh so I do hope um that we
have opportunity to work with not only

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municipalities like northeast but with
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caucuses and romas etc to find these
kind of policy areas where there is uh

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an overlap of of interest and potential
to work together. Uh so to sum up

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everything that I've been looking at
here, we've been looking at research in

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in Ontario at the municipal level for
the last um 10 to 15 years that have

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been showing kind of increasingly that
yes, farmland is a net positive on

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municipal budgets. And when we dive into
the details, a lot of that is driven by

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um how reliant municipalities have
become on property tax and the services

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and funding that's available to
municipalities. All of these dictate um

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what you know the the fiscal impacts of
of different land use uh types in a in a

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municipality. The more we're asking
municipalities to deliver so people

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services uh the more the nonp people
property of farming commercial

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industrial will have a net uh financial
positive and we do hope to be able to

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work together on issues like OPF and
rural infrastructure funding which again

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are going to be key pieces of our
advocacy moving forward. So, thank you

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so much. I know I've probably gone over
my time, but if you have any questions

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or comments or discussion, I'd be I'd be
very happy to uh review with you. Thank

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you.
>> Okay. Thanks, Ben. Any questions of the

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presenter?

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» Uh I have one. Um we keep talking about
uh saving farmland. We need to keep the

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farmland. Yet when someone goes to build
a house and because of the farms around

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it now they're have to build their house
in the middle of the farm which takes

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out farmland to get to it. So sometimes
the MDS

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um distances [clears throat]
cause more problems than they're worth.

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You know I know they draw a circle that
manure smell does not magically stop at

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the edge of the circle. [laughter]
>> Certainly not. I I uh thank you for that

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comment and uh I'll pass that back to uh
my colleague Duncan in our policy

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department who handles our land use
issues. Thank you.

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» Okay. Thank you, Bob.
>> I don't have any questions here for you,

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Ben, but I guess my comments are this uh
presentation is best suited to the

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members of provincial parliament. Um,
there's not a whole lot that I can do

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about OMF or land land use planning or
the fact that the province has frozen

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impacts property assessments. All these
things need to be done. We all know it.

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But I've been an OFA member for 30 years
and I've been hearing the same things

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over and over again and yet I never see
anything done. So rather than coming to

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small rural municipalities who are
immersed in all the problems that the

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province has downloaded, maybe you could
advocate to try and have some of these

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services uploaded to the uh province
like uh policing or social services or

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long-term care or health units. All
these things that we pay into uh that

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always are going up because of unionized
wages, etc. Um this needs to be taken on

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with a larger role, the members of
parliament. So coming here um is great,

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but I've heard it many many times over
the years and uh there's not a whole lot

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I can do as a sitting member of for the
East Council. So I wish you well

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wherever you take this forward. But uh
coming here to us, you're already

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preaching to the choir. So
>> yeah. Uh so I I appreciate that. I I

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would like to to address that that idea
though because well, first of all, we we

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do walk and chew gum. So this uh coming
here does not mean we're not also taking

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this to municipal to the provincial uh
MPPPS and to ministers. Um we absolutely

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uh are we we try to do both but um I do
think on something like the OMF

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uh you're right we've been hearing about
it for many years. I started off in in

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uh 20 uh when did I start off? 2013 and
it was an old issue then. Um, and I do

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though think that the only way that we
are realistically going to see any

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movement on these type of things is if
there is a a coalition of of rural

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voices of the municipalities,
particularly the municipalities and

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organizations like Offa and if there are
other rural voices that that have a

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similar strength. Um, and maybe not
particularly at the individual municipal

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level, but you never know. Sometimes
that can be um uh have an impact but uh

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really through your collective voice of
those groups like the Western Wardens

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Caucus, Eastern Wardens Caucus um we
have worked together uh early in my

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career when one of the the first files I
worked on was working with the Western

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eastern wardens to restore funding to
the connecting links program which is a

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provincial funding program that uh
essentially provides funding for roads

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and bridges that are kind of in that
gray area between municipal and

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provincial assets. sets um and working
all together. We did see some success in

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that and in over the years on certain
files the municipal voices and and offa

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have worked together in certain things.
Um I think there could be a more um

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orchestrated effort and more consistent
effort on all of our our parts to share

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our voices together on on those rural
issues at the provincial level. So,

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that's kind of uh another piece here is
is um these type of meetings, they may

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may not seem like it's moving the
needle, but the more of these type of

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meetings and getting everyone on the
same page on on positions, I think is

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the necessary groundwork that has to
happen before we could be realistically

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see any movement on these type of
issues. So, I do take your point and

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this would be one of many many many many
meetings at uh and presentations where

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we want to get the word out on this kind
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Okay. Anyone else?
If not, thank we thank you very much,

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Ben, for your presentation tonight. Very
informative and we hope you have a good

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rest of your evening.
>> Thank you so much. Have a great night.

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» Yep. Thank you. So council, we do have a
motion that the council of the township

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of Perth East receive the presentation
provided by Ben the Fort Ontario

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Federation of Agriculture OFA regarding
the fiscal impact of farmland on Ontario

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municipalities for information. Moved by
Amanda, second by Hugh. All in favor.

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Okay. Our next presentation is on the
lit municipal drain and we have Bill

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Dietrich with us tonight. So welcome
Bill. Good to see you.

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And the floor is yours.

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I think I'm wired up here. Am I Can you
Can everybody hear me?

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» Okay. We have two drainage reports going
to present this evening. We'll we'll The

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first one um is the lit municipal drain.
And um well there is a drawing attached

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to the uh at the back of the drainage
report and I'll be referring to it in my

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presentation.
Um

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oh it's up on the screen there. Now this
um this project uh was initiated under

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section 78 of the drainage act. Uh
council had asked us to prepare um a

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drainage report for improvements to the
main drain portion of the lit municipal

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drain.
And this was initiated under a request

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signed by Peter Van Ninatan and Bob
Greneste. Uh the existing drain um uh as

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you'll see on the plan here, which is
the green green line on the on the

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drawing there. This is an existing tile
drain that was installed back in 1930 by

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an engineer. Uh the engineers report was
prepared by John Roger. And uh back then

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there was 2500 ft of 10in and 14in
diameter tile installed to serve uh the

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upper portion of the lit municipal
drain. Uh the outlet for this um uh tile

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system is in uh the open portion of the
lit drain which is located in lot 17 of

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concession 2. Uh the open portion of of
the lit drain was recently cleaned out

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under the maintenance program in uh
2025. Our proposal here is to install a

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new drainage system to replace uh the
existing drain. Uh it will outlet at the

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upper end of the open ditch again on in
lot 17 of concession 2 with the upstream

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end of the d tile drainage system at the
east side of road 130. The the new drain

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will consist of the installation of 760
m of 450 mm tile at the upper end to 525

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mm tile at the outlet. It also includes
the construction of two new road

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crossings, one under Perth uh line 36
and the other under road 130. This um

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drainage system uh serves a drainage
area of approximately 133 acres and we

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used a 1 and a half inch drainage
coefficient for the design. The

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estimated cost of this project which
includes the construction costs uh

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allowances for right of way and damages
to lands and crops and the

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municipalities administration costs.
We've estimated the total um cost for

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this project at $192,600.

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So that's my presentation. Uh the
purpose of this meeting is to consider

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the scope of work for this project. So I
kind of outlined what we're proposing to

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do here and if there's any any questions
regarding the work that's being planned

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here, I'll pleased to answer those.
>> Okay. Thanks, Bill. Any questions from

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council?
Is there anyone here in the audience

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who's here in regards to the strain?
would like to question have questions?

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Nope. Okay. We do have a motion and the
motion reads that the council of the

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township of northeast receive the report
from Dietrich Engineering Limited

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regarding the lit municipal drain 2026
serving parts of lots 15 to 17

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concession 2 and part of lots 14 and 17
concession 3 township of Perth east of

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Lard County of Perth and further that
the quarterly revision for the lit

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municipal drain 2026 be held on
September 15 2026 at 6:30

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Moved by Amanda, second by Hugh. All in
favor? Carried. Okay. And the next drain

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we're going to do is a smoke municipal
drain. So, Bill, the floor is yours.

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» Okay.

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Uh, thanks um, Mayor Edg, uh, members of
council. This uh um drainage report that

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we've prepared here uh for the for the
municipality will be known as the Moch

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Municipal Drain 2026. The name rates uh
kind of reflects back to the original

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drainage system that is in place there
now. And it um it was constructed um as

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an award drain. um we were weren't able
to actually find the actual copy of the

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award, but it was um uh constructed
under uh a previous uh previous

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legislation under the ditches and water
courses act. This act no longer exists

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and this uh existing drainage system
basically is doesn't come under the

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control of the municipality any longer.
So the um the land owners um have

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petitioned under section four of the
drainage act to have a municipal drain

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constructed. the um the uh an on-site
meeting was held back in May of of this

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year to um discuss the area requiring
drainage. A survey was done to establish

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uh where the drain should be located and
also the the catchment or watershed area

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for this project. Um our proposal here,
you'll see uh uh it's on the up in the

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up on the plan up on the screen there.
It uh it will include uh a clean out of

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the open portion of the um the Wilhelm
drain which is known as C drain for

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approximately a little over 700 m to
provide a sufficient outlet for this new

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new tile system. We're um um going to be
removing two of the existing farm

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crossings that are in the open ditch and
one will be replaced with a 12 m length

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of 1500 mm pipe. Also, uh the drain the
drain itself is

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consists of a a pipe system. Um we'll be
installing 1,62 m of 450 mm to 600 mm

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tile and HTP pipe. Um from the outlet in
the Wilhelm drain in lot 29 of

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concession 4. This is on the Ghead
Ngrassi farm uh upstream to the um uh

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east half of lot 31 of concession 5. And
this also includes two road crossings,

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one under line 29 and one under road
109. We're also incorporating um the

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lower portion of the drain was installed
um by Mark Cook drainage in 2012 and

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we're going to be incorporating the
drain that was installed there as part

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of this project as well. And back then
there was a 416 m of 450 mm pipe

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installed. Uh the drainage coefficient
again we used to design this drain is

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the same as the last one and a half inch
drainage coefficient and we've estimated

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the cost of this project at $354,000.
So again that's kind of a brief outline

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of what what's being planned here. But
again if there's any questions regarding

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the the scope of work I'll I'll be
pleased to answer those.

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» Okay. Thanks Bill. Any questions from
members of council?

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Any questions from anyone in the
audience?

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Seeing none, may we have a motion that
council of the township of Peris receive

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a report from Dietrich Engineering
Limited, Moch Municipal Drain 2026

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serving parts of lot 29 to 30 concession
4 and parts of lots 30 and 31 concession

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5, Township of Perth East, Southeast to
Ford, County of Perth, and further that

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the quarter revision for the Moch
Municipal Drain 2026 be held in

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September 15, 2026 at 6:30
Moved by Jerry, second by Amanda. All in

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favor? Jerry.
>> Thanks, Bill.

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» Okay, good.
>> And hope you enjoy the rest of your

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night.
>> Have a good evening.

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» Okay, now we're going to move on. We
have no delegations. We do have a public

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meeting.
I declare this public meeting to be

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open. This public meeting is being held
to consider a proposed zoning bylaw

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amendment affecting property currently
owned by Brando Farms Limited, part of

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lot 8 and 9, concession 1, 4330-4348,
line 34. This meeting is an opportunity

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for the township to advise the public of
the purpose and intent of the amendment

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and receive their input prior to the to
considering adoption of an implementing

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bylaw. If a bylaw is adopted to
implement the zoning amendment, a notice

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of passing will be forwarded by prepaid
first class mail to various agencies of

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interest and others who have requested
notice. An appeal to the Ontario Land

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Tribunal objecting to the adoption of
the bylaw may be efiled via the OOLT

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file service no later than the date
stated on the notice. Any persons

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attending this meeting who wishes to
receive written notice of a bylaw passed

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to implement the amendment is asked to
give their name and mailing address to

410
00:43:22,480 --> 00:43:28,480
the clerk following this meeting. No
written notice except as previously

411
00:43:26,400 --> 00:43:32,160
noted will be given unless requested in
writing following the meeting. All

412
00:43:30,640 --> 00:43:36,480
persons attending this meeting will be
given an opportunity to be heard or make

413
00:43:34,000 --> 00:43:40,800
a presentation. I will now call on our
planner Aubrey Ericson to present the

414
00:43:38,800 --> 00:43:44,400
planning report and recommendations. So
Aubrey, good to see you and welcome and

415
00:43:42,720 --> 00:43:48,240
the floor is yours. Thank you, Mayor
Eggets. Good evening, Madame Mayor and

416
00:43:45,839 --> 00:43:53,359
Council. Zoning bylaw amendment
application ZN12-2026

417
00:43:51,280 --> 00:44:00,319
has been submitted by Trevor McNeel of
MTE on behalf of Brandell Farms for the

418
00:43:56,240 --> 00:44:04,079
lands municipally known as 4330 to 4348
line 34.

419
00:44:02,400 --> 00:44:07,280
The applicant is proposing to reszone
both the severed and retained lands to

420
00:44:05,839 --> 00:44:12,160
satisfy the conditions of consent
application B18-26

421
00:44:10,160 --> 00:44:16,319
which was given conditional approval on
July 14th, 2026.

422
00:44:14,800 --> 00:44:22,560
The severed lands are proposed to be
zoned A-201 to permit the unders sized

423
00:44:20,400 --> 00:44:29,119
agricultural lot and reduced frontage
from 200 m to 110 m and the retained

424
00:44:26,000 --> 00:44:34,640
lands are proposed to be zoned A-202 to
permit the undersized agricultural lot.

425
00:44:32,880 --> 00:44:38,079
The Perth County official plan and the
provincial planning statement 2024

426
00:44:36,400 --> 00:44:42,160
require agricultural lots to be
appropriately sized for operations in

427
00:44:39,839 --> 00:44:46,079
the area and for flexibility to change
the type and size of the agricultural

428
00:44:44,000 --> 00:44:50,800
operation to meet emerging economic
conditions and trends in agriculture.

429
00:44:49,200 --> 00:44:54,720
The assessment of the size of the new
agricultural lot. Uh the official plan

430
00:44:53,200 --> 00:44:57,680
considers things including the
assessment of the amount of productive

431
00:44:56,160 --> 00:45:02,319
land, the amount of wood lot, the
presence or necessity for farm buildings

432
00:44:59,599 --> 00:45:06,480
and structures. So the area of workable
land on these severed and retained

433
00:45:03,839 --> 00:45:11,920
parcels is approximately 29.5 hectares
and 27.3 hectares respectively. The ACM

434
00:45:09,760 --> 00:45:16,240
lands, natural features and farm
residents and accessory structures are

435
00:45:13,760 --> 00:45:20,319
located outside of that calculation.
Further, the proposed lots do not remove

436
00:45:18,319 --> 00:45:24,319
any area currently in agricultural
production. It is the opinion of staff

437
00:45:22,800 --> 00:45:28,880
that the law area proposed for these
lands is appropriately sized to

438
00:45:25,920 --> 00:45:32,560
agricultural operations in the area and
that it is suitably large enough to

439
00:45:30,400 --> 00:45:36,560
maintain flexibility for future changes
in type and size of agricultural

440
00:45:34,560 --> 00:45:39,280
operations. Planning staff are
supportive of the zone change

441
00:45:37,680 --> 00:45:43,599
application and approval of the
application is recommended. Happy to

442
00:45:41,599 --> 00:45:47,599
answer any questions.
>> Okay, thank you. Is there anyone present

443
00:45:45,680 --> 00:45:53,359
who wishes to make a presentation or
speak in opposition of the application?

444
00:45:51,440 --> 00:45:57,280
Seeing no one, is there anyone present
who wishes to make a presentation or

445
00:45:55,040 --> 00:46:01,359
speak in support of the application
other than the applicant or the

446
00:45:58,800 --> 00:46:04,880
applicant's agent?
Seeing no one, does the applicant or the

447
00:46:03,359 --> 00:46:09,200
applicant's agent wish to make a
presentation or speak with respect to

448
00:46:07,119 --> 00:46:13,280
the application?
Trevor,

449
00:46:11,040 --> 00:46:19,280
» evening, council,
it's been a while since I've been up in

450
00:46:15,599 --> 00:46:22,319
the hot seat. Uh so the uh as Aubrey has
said the application was before council

451
00:46:20,960 --> 00:46:27,280
about a month ago for the seventh
approval and we're just here now for the

452
00:46:24,800 --> 00:46:33,200
zoning application which is a condition
of that so we have no other issues plan

453
00:46:30,079 --> 00:46:37,520
report is is well documented any
questions of council or anything.

454
00:46:35,599 --> 00:46:43,680
» Okay thanks Trevor. Are there any
questions for members of council?

455
00:46:41,280 --> 00:46:46,960
Nope. Council will consider a resolution
regarding the planning report

456
00:46:45,119 --> 00:46:53,359
recommendation following the conclusion
of the public meeting and bylaw 212-2026

457
00:46:51,359 --> 00:46:57,440
to implement the approval of the zoning
application will be considered later

458
00:46:55,040 --> 00:47:00,800
within the council agenda. The public
meeting is now concluded and we will

459
00:46:59,280 --> 00:47:06,319
continue with the regular meeting of
council.

460
00:47:03,520 --> 00:47:10,079
So, we do have a motion and the motion
reads that the township of Perth East

461
00:47:07,920 --> 00:47:16,000
Council receive a report dated September
1, 2026 for zoning bylaw amendment

462
00:47:13,119 --> 00:47:20,400
ZN12-2026
submitted by Trevor McNeel on behalf of

463
00:47:18,560 --> 00:47:26,640
Brandle Farms Limited affecting the
lands described as lot 9 less highway

464
00:47:23,359 --> 00:47:32,079
and North Park lot 8 concession 1 Ellis
Ward Township of Perth East municipally

465
00:47:29,040 --> 00:47:37,920
known as 4330-434
48 line 34 for information and that

466
00:47:35,520 --> 00:47:41,839
council held a statutory public meeting
pursuant to section 34 of the planning

467
00:47:40,000 --> 00:47:47,359
act with respect to zoning bylaw
amendment ZN12-2026

468
00:47:45,359 --> 00:47:52,640
and that council approve zoning bylaw
amendment 212-2026.

469
00:47:50,880 --> 00:47:58,359
I need a move and a second move by
Amanda, second by Jeremy. All those in

470
00:47:55,359 --> 00:47:58,359
favor

471
00:48:00,720 --> 00:48:07,359
» thank you. Okay, now we're going to move
to our public hearing

472
00:48:05,440 --> 00:48:10,960
and council will now temporary adjourn
to this as committee of adjustment

473
00:48:08,880 --> 00:48:15,680
pursuant to section 45 of the planning
act. I now declare this public hearing

474
00:48:13,440 --> 00:48:19,920
open. This public hearing is being held
to consider an application affecting

475
00:48:17,599 --> 00:48:29,760
property currently owned by Pauline
Hurst and described as plan 261 lot 107

476
00:48:24,079 --> 00:48:39,359
lot 108 lot 152 lot 153 part lot 154
part Victoria Street as RPS 44R704

477
00:48:34,720 --> 00:48:45,280
44R 2887 part 1 Morningington Ward which
is 4069 Northro Street in Milbank. The

478
00:48:43,680 --> 00:48:49,359
purpose of this hearing is to give the
committee and the public an opportunity

479
00:48:46,880 --> 00:48:53,200
to hear all interested persons with
respect to the proposed application and

480
00:48:51,359 --> 00:48:57,359
receive their input and for the
committee to make a decision on the

481
00:48:54,800 --> 00:49:01,359
application. All persons attending this
hearing will be given an opportunity to

482
00:48:59,200 --> 00:49:04,880
be heard or make a presentation.
Committee members may ask questions for

483
00:49:03,200 --> 00:49:08,800
the purposes of clarifying the
application but are asked to withhold

484
00:49:06,800 --> 00:49:13,040
comments on this application until all
present have been given an opportunity

485
00:49:10,400 --> 00:49:16,720
to be heard. Any person who wishes to
receive written notice of the decision

486
00:49:14,720 --> 00:49:20,480
made by the committee of adjustment is
asked to email their name and mailing

487
00:49:18,400 --> 00:49:25,040
address to the secretary treasurer at
this time. An appeal to the Ontario land

488
00:49:22,800 --> 00:49:30,240
tribunal objecting to the decision made
at this hearing may be eiled via the

489
00:49:27,119 --> 00:49:34,480
OOLT eile service by the applicant, the
municipality, the minister or prescribed

490
00:49:32,640 --> 00:49:39,760
utility providers with the secretary
treasur no later than the date stated on

491
00:49:36,960 --> 00:49:44,000
the notice. No written notice except if
previously noted will be given unless

492
00:49:41,599 --> 00:49:47,520
requested at this time. I will now call
on our planner Aubrey to present the

493
00:49:45,599 --> 00:49:49,520
planning report and recommendation. So
Aubrey, the floor is yours.

494
00:49:49,040 --> 00:49:54,960
» Perfect.
>> Thank you, Mayor Eggets. The minor

495
00:49:51,839 --> 00:49:59,520
variance application MV7-2026
was submitted by Pauline Horst for the

496
00:49:56,800 --> 00:50:02,960
property at 4069 Norfolk Street in
Milbank.

497
00:50:01,359 --> 00:50:10,559
The applicant requires relief from
section 9.2.5 2.5 to reduce the exterior

498
00:50:06,880 --> 00:50:14,960
sideyard minimum from 7.5 m to 5.2
meters.

499
00:50:12,640 --> 00:50:20,480
The property is designated village and
zoned HVR. The intent of the village

500
00:50:18,079 --> 00:50:25,200
designation is to ensure that growth is
the focus of serviced settlement areas.

501
00:50:23,440 --> 00:50:28,960
The design of any proposed development
in village designations should

502
00:50:26,880 --> 00:50:32,800
complement the general form and density
of existing neighborhood development

503
00:50:30,800 --> 00:50:36,079
with access to a public road.
Development should occur outside of

504
00:50:34,480 --> 00:50:39,599
natural hazards and not generate
conditions which are hazardous to

505
00:50:37,440 --> 00:50:43,440
traffic movement and servicing capacity
and storm water management are

506
00:50:41,119 --> 00:50:46,880
appropriate to the proposed development.
The intent of the Hamlet Village

507
00:50:45,119 --> 00:50:50,800
residential zoning provisions are to
ensure that there is appropriate space

508
00:50:48,480 --> 00:50:54,960
available for private servicing and that
development is orderly and compatible

509
00:50:52,400 --> 00:50:58,000
with the area. The exterior sideyard
provisions are to ensure appropriate

510
00:50:56,559 --> 00:51:01,760
sight lines at intersections for
pedestrian safety.

511
00:51:00,160 --> 00:51:05,359
The proposed minor variance is an
expansion of a prevented use in both the

512
00:51:03,680 --> 00:51:09,040
Perth County official plan and the Perth
East zoning bylaw with no change to the

513
00:51:07,440 --> 00:51:13,839
settlement area boundary and the
development proposed is appropriate and

514
00:51:11,040 --> 00:51:17,599
similar to existing neighborhood uses.
There is no change proposed to the

515
00:51:15,520 --> 00:51:21,440
existing public road access and the
development proposed is outside of

516
00:51:19,040 --> 00:51:25,280
natural hazards. The proposal remains
well below the HVR lot coverage in the

517
00:51:23,280 --> 00:51:29,920
zoning bylaw with an appropriate area
remaining for storm water management.

518
00:51:27,599 --> 00:51:33,520
The lot is on private services and based
on the size of the addition proposed

519
00:51:31,599 --> 00:51:36,640
both septic and grading will require
review as a part of the building permit

520
00:51:35,200 --> 00:51:41,359
which satisfies the intent of the
official plan and zoning bylaw servicing

521
00:51:38,640 --> 00:51:44,800
requirements. The setback reduction is
not anticipated to interfere with the

522
00:51:42,960 --> 00:51:48,720
sight lines at the intersection as the
expansion is proposed to be located

523
00:51:46,480 --> 00:51:53,359
outside of the site triangle. All other
zone provisions are met. The application

524
00:51:51,280 --> 00:51:57,440
for MV7-2026
conforms with the official plan policies

525
00:51:55,359 --> 00:52:01,200
and maintains the general intent and
purpose of the zoning bylaw. The

526
00:51:59,359 --> 00:52:05,599
variance requested is minor in nature
and is desirable use of the land and as

527
00:52:03,599 --> 00:52:09,200
a result approval of the variance is
recommended. Happy to answer any

528
00:52:07,599 --> 00:52:13,440
questions.
Okay, thank you. Is there anyone present

529
00:52:11,680 --> 00:52:18,160
who wishes to make a presentation or
speak in opposition of the application?

530
00:52:16,319 --> 00:52:21,680
Seeing no one, is there anyone present
who wishes to make a presentation or

531
00:52:20,079 --> 00:52:26,400
speak in support of the application
other than the applicant or the

532
00:52:23,440 --> 00:52:29,839
applicant's agent? Seeing no one, does
the applicant or the applicant agent

533
00:52:28,000 --> 00:52:34,559
wish to make a presentation or speak
with respect to the application? No.

534
00:52:32,480 --> 00:52:37,960
Okay. Are there any questions from
committee members?

535
00:52:38,160 --> 00:52:43,040
No questions. The committee will now
consider a motion regarding the

536
00:52:41,200 --> 00:52:47,280
application.
And we have a motion that the township

537
00:52:45,200 --> 00:52:53,359
of Peris committee of adjustment approve
application file MV7-2026

538
00:52:51,040 --> 00:53:03,839
submitted by Pauline Horst for lands
described as plan 261 lot 107 lot 108

539
00:52:57,599 --> 00:53:10,559
lot 152 lot 153 part lot 106 part 154 as
Victoria Street 44R704

540
00:53:07,520 --> 00:53:16,880
part 1 44R2887
township of Perth East municipally known

541
00:53:12,800 --> 00:53:24,079
as 4069 Norfolk Street as it relates to
number one, relief from section 9.2.5

542
00:53:21,119 --> 00:53:31,760
to reduce the minimum exterior sideyard
with from 7.5 m to 5.2 m to facilitate

543
00:53:28,559 --> 00:53:35,520
an 89 m squared addition to the existing
resident subject to the following

544
00:53:33,440 --> 00:53:39,680
condition. That condition is that the
owner obtains a necessary building

545
00:53:37,200 --> 00:53:44,480
permit within two years of the approval
of the minor variance. I need a in a

546
00:53:42,640 --> 00:53:51,839
second. Moved by Jerry, second by
Amanda. All in favor?

547
00:53:48,160 --> 00:53:57,119
I declare this public hearing closed.
Okay. You're welcome. Okay. Now, we're

548
00:53:55,040 --> 00:54:01,359
going to move to reports. And the first
report is we have planning uh and

549
00:53:59,440 --> 00:54:07,119
development. It's an application for our
zoning amendment uh by Steve Jefferson

550
00:54:04,079 --> 00:54:11,359
on behalf of Allan and Harriet Banker uh
for in Northeast Hope. And we have Jeff

551
00:54:09,200 --> 00:54:14,160
with us tonight for this. So, Jeff, good
to see you. and welcome to Perth East.

552
00:54:12,960 --> 00:54:18,640
The floor is yours.
>> Thank you. So, the property is located

553
00:54:16,240 --> 00:54:26,400
on the north side of Perth Line 43
between road 104 and 103 and it's

554
00:54:21,839 --> 00:54:30,079
municipally known as 1682 per line 43.
The proposed amendment to the zoning

555
00:54:28,160 --> 00:54:35,200
bylaw is intended to resone a portion of
the lands from an agricultural zone and

556
00:54:32,400 --> 00:54:40,640
a adjacent land overlay zone to an
adjacent land overlay zone with a

557
00:54:37,359 --> 00:54:45,839
special agricultural zone A-194
to facilitate the non-farm residential

558
00:54:42,720 --> 00:54:50,559
use uh without a farm use sorry
residential use without a farm use on an

559
00:54:47,520 --> 00:54:54,480
undersized lot with a lot of 6 meters
due to the proximity of the non-farm

560
00:54:52,800 --> 00:54:58,480
residence to the existing wood lot
across adjacent to the subject lands

561
00:54:56,720 --> 00:55:02,400
that submitted an environmental
screening report in support of the

562
00:55:00,559 --> 00:55:08,880
development.
Perth East Council approved ZN5205

563
00:55:06,400 --> 00:55:12,000
on April 8th, but withheld the final
reading in the zoning bylaw until the

564
00:55:10,559 --> 00:55:15,760
required field studies could be
completed, peer reviewed, and the

565
00:55:13,920 --> 00:55:19,920
recommendations of the final version of
the screening report are implemented.

566
00:55:18,480 --> 00:55:24,800
The field studies have now been
completed and the recommendations of the

567
00:55:23,119 --> 00:55:30,160
environmental study have determined that
a 30 meter building setback and a 10

568
00:55:28,160 --> 00:55:34,800
meter naturally vegetated buffer between
the house septic and amenity area and

569
00:55:32,559 --> 00:55:39,280
the significant woodland limit is
required. Existing driveway does not

570
00:55:37,359 --> 00:55:44,800
need to be relocated and a landscape
plan is necessary to detail the

571
00:55:41,040 --> 00:55:48,319
plantings within the vegetated buffer.
Recommendations of the environmental

572
00:55:46,559 --> 00:55:53,040
screening have resulted in changes to
the proposed zoning bylaw. As changes

573
00:55:50,880 --> 00:55:58,960
have been made to the mending bylaw that
was approved in principle, this staff

574
00:55:56,319 --> 00:56:02,799
report has been prepared to inform Perth
East Council of the changes being

575
00:56:00,559 --> 00:56:06,960
proposed to the approved in principal
zoning bylaw.

576
00:56:05,200 --> 00:56:10,640
applicant has submitted a signed letter
of undertaking

577
00:56:08,799 --> 00:56:14,480
to the township of Perth East which
provides asurances that the landscape

578
00:56:12,799 --> 00:56:19,119
plan will be prepared and implemented
prior to building occupancy. The letter

579
00:56:16,960 --> 00:56:23,839
of undertaking has been accept accepted
by staff. The proposed zoning bylaw has

580
00:56:22,400 --> 00:56:28,319
been updated to include building
setbacks in a vegetated buffer to the

581
00:56:26,000 --> 00:56:32,079
significant woodland limit and planning
staff are the opinion that policies of

582
00:56:30,160 --> 00:56:36,079
the provincial planning statement and
the official plan have been satisfied

583
00:56:34,079 --> 00:56:40,640
with the implementation of the
recommendations of the screening report.

584
00:56:38,960 --> 00:56:44,720
Planning staff have no further concerns
with the revised bylaw. Implementation

585
00:56:43,200 --> 00:56:49,119
of the zoning bylaw allows for a
non-farm residential use without a farm

586
00:56:46,720 --> 00:56:52,480
use on an undersized lot that is
compatible with the surrounding area.

587
00:56:50,960 --> 00:56:56,559
The applicant is consistent with the
PBS, conforms with the official plan,

588
00:56:54,640 --> 00:57:01,520
and represents good planning and
available to answer any questions.

589
00:56:59,599 --> 00:57:05,839
» Okay, thanks Jeff. Questions of the
report?

590
00:57:03,839 --> 00:57:10,640
Hugh?
>> Not necessarily a question, but uh I

591
00:57:09,119 --> 00:57:17,119
think people should be very careful
about making any kind of water on their

592
00:57:13,760 --> 00:57:22,400
farm in the state.
>> Also, Mr. Jefferson is joining us on the

593
00:57:19,680 --> 00:57:27,440
on Zoom. So, if anyone had any questions
for him as well, he is with us tonight.

594
00:57:24,559 --> 00:57:30,960
So if there's no questions and we do
have a motion that the township of

595
00:57:29,280 --> 00:57:37,200
Perthy's council receive the report
dated September 1, 2026 for zoning bylaw

596
00:57:34,000 --> 00:57:42,160
amendment ZN5-2025
submitted by Steve Jefferson on behalf

597
00:57:39,599 --> 00:57:47,599
of Allen and Harriet Banker affecting
the lands described as part 8 concession

598
00:57:44,720 --> 00:57:53,520
7 northeast board township of Perth East
municipally known as 1682 Perth line 43

599
00:57:51,440 --> 00:57:59,200
for information and that council give a
third and final A reading to zoning

600
00:57:54,960 --> 00:58:06,400
bylaw amendment 2052-2026
as revised. I need a mover and a

601
00:58:01,920 --> 00:58:11,119
seconder. Moved by Hugh, second by
Jeremy. All those in favor carried.

602
00:58:10,319 --> 00:58:14,400
Thanks Jeff.
>> Thank you.

603
00:58:12,559 --> 00:58:19,599
» Excuse me.
>> Okay, moving on our agenda. We have no

604
00:58:16,559 --> 00:58:23,040
reports from the CEO uh from the clerk.
The first one is our meeting schedule

605
00:58:21,119 --> 00:58:29,119
for regular meetings of council for
2027. I'll turn it over to Ashley.

606
00:58:26,640 --> 00:58:33,280
» Okay. Thanks, Mayor Eggets. So, just in
the report, since the time of writing

607
00:58:31,440 --> 00:58:39,680
the report, we were able to figure out
the uh Ontario Small Urban Municipality

608
00:58:36,319 --> 00:58:44,559
Conference. That one's April 26th to the
28th and it's going to be hosted in

609
00:58:42,079 --> 00:58:48,960
Stratford this year. And then just a
couple of comments um moving forward

610
00:58:46,880 --> 00:58:54,640
with the daytime meetings. I've
suggested to not host any Wednesday

611
00:58:51,359 --> 00:58:57,839
meetings. Past practice was to move um
the Tuesday meeting if it followed along

612
00:58:56,400 --> 00:59:02,880
weekend to the Wednesday. So, this
proposal is to keep everything on

613
00:58:59,280 --> 00:59:06,240
Tuesdays. Um March 3rd on the agenda
should actually be March 2nd. It says

614
00:59:04,480 --> 00:59:12,640
Tuesday, March 3rd, but it's actually
Tuesday, March 2nd. And the only other

615
00:59:09,680 --> 00:59:17,760
day change is the April 8th Thursday
proposal. And that's just how the

616
00:59:14,559 --> 00:59:23,440
calendar fell with the um OGRA
conference. And I can try to answer any

617
00:59:21,119 --> 00:59:29,920
questions if there's any or suggested
changes. Um that's it.

618
00:59:27,680 --> 00:59:34,960
» Okay. Excuse me. Questions of the report
or comments?

619
00:59:33,599 --> 00:59:38,799
Andrew.
>> Thank you, Mayor. It's um I know we kind

620
00:59:37,359 --> 00:59:43,280
of hashed this out before, but was there
any consideration the the July and

621
00:59:40,880 --> 00:59:46,799
August meetings are very very busy? Is
there any consideration or do we want to

622
00:59:45,119 --> 00:59:51,280
make consideration for maybe having a
meeting? It might be better to cancel it

623
00:59:48,960 --> 00:59:55,200
rather than have two large agendas in
the summer. Just throwing that out there

624
00:59:52,640 --> 00:59:58,520
if there's any support for that. If not,
carry on.

625
01:00:00,480 --> 01:00:06,240
» Yeah, it is. Uh it's up to council if
they want to add one or not. We can

626
01:00:04,160 --> 01:00:10,720
certainly do that. One thing that has
historically happened and again it'll

627
01:00:08,240 --> 01:00:15,280
depend on the new mayor but there is
usually a budget visioning meeting

628
01:00:12,960 --> 01:00:22,599
that's in July. So just one thing to
consider too that there is not currently

629
01:00:17,359 --> 01:00:22,599
any budget meetings um in this schedule.

630
01:00:24,799 --> 01:00:28,520
Okay. Anyone else?

631
01:00:30,160 --> 01:00:36,240
No. Okay. Well, we'll read this motion,
see where it goes, and if you want to

632
01:00:33,920 --> 01:00:40,000
change it. Uh that council of the
township of Perth East receive a report

633
01:00:38,160 --> 01:00:44,880
prepared by the manager of legislative
services/municipal

634
01:00:41,520 --> 01:00:51,599
clerk dated September 1, 2026 entitled
2027 meeting schedule for regular

635
01:00:47,520 --> 01:00:56,400
meetings of council CL-2026-32
for information and further that the

636
01:00:53,839 --> 01:01:02,319
2027 schedule for the regular meeting of
council be approved as outlined in

637
01:00:58,799 --> 01:01:08,480
schedule A as amended.
We have a mover moved by Jeremy, second

638
01:01:04,720 --> 01:01:12,240
by Amanda. Any more questions? All in
favor?

639
01:01:10,480 --> 01:01:17,920
Carried.
Okay. And our next one is a petition for

640
01:01:14,240 --> 01:01:24,400
drainage work. Ashley. Okay. Thanks,
Margot. So, this is a request to add a

641
01:01:21,440 --> 01:01:27,839
new municipal drain. Um, it was received
by Gary Pletch and then there is other

642
01:01:26,160 --> 01:01:33,520
property owners in the area that have
signed the support um as well. It's in

643
01:01:30,640 --> 01:01:40,400
the southeast hope board just uh south
of the rail trail connecting into the

644
01:01:36,640 --> 01:01:44,960
central train branch A. And I will try
to answer any questions if there's any.

645
01:01:42,960 --> 01:01:49,040
Okay. Thank you. Any questions of the
report?

646
01:01:47,200 --> 01:01:53,040
Seeing none, we do have a motion that
council of the township of Perth East

647
01:01:51,040 --> 01:01:56,880
receive the petition for drainage works
section 4 of the drainage act by

648
01:01:54,720 --> 01:02:01,520
property owner Gary Pletch for
concession one north part Law 31

649
01:01:59,280 --> 01:02:05,760
southeast hope board township of Perth
East for information and that council of

650
01:02:04,000 --> 01:02:10,480
the township of Perth East appoint
Dietrich Engineering to prepare a report

651
01:02:08,000 --> 01:02:14,640
under section 4 of the drainage act and
that staff proceed to provide notice of

652
01:02:12,559 --> 01:02:18,720
the proposed drainage works to the
secretary treasure of the conservation

653
01:02:16,400 --> 01:02:23,680
authority. that is jurisdiction over the
lands in the affected area. I need a

654
01:02:21,680 --> 01:02:30,720
mover and a second move by Andrew,
second by Bob. Questions? All in favor?

655
01:02:29,200 --> 01:02:35,760
Carried.
Okay. Thanks, Ashley. We have uh nothing

656
01:02:33,680 --> 01:02:41,359
from finance,
nothing from public works, nothing from

657
01:02:38,400 --> 01:02:46,000
building bylaw enforcement. Under parks
and recreation, we have community sports

658
01:02:43,119 --> 01:02:49,280
and recreation infrastructure uh fund
stream one round two. And Mike's going

659
01:02:47,920 --> 01:02:53,200
to take that tonight.
>> Thanks, Mayor Ro. I'm pinch hitting

660
01:02:51,280 --> 01:02:57,200
tonight where Becky, she sends her
request regrets. She's under the

661
01:02:54,720 --> 01:03:00,720
weather, unfortunately. So, um, this
report recommends that council support

662
01:02:58,799 --> 01:03:05,440
an application to Ontario's community
sport and recreation infrastructure fund

663
01:03:03,440 --> 01:03:09,760
stream one round two for the
rehabilitation of the perk pool

664
01:03:07,599 --> 01:03:15,200
filtration system and related facility
upgrades. Uh, the deadline for

665
01:03:11,599 --> 01:03:21,280
application is December 22nd, 2026. The
project has an estimated total cost of

666
01:03:17,200 --> 01:03:26,079
468,000 consisting of 36,000 for final
engineering and design work and 432,000

667
01:03:24,480 --> 01:03:30,880
for rehabilitation of the pool
filtration system and pump house post

668
01:03:28,240 --> 01:03:34,400
facilities. The existing filtration
system is nearly 30 years old and has

669
01:03:32,799 --> 01:03:39,119
been identified through multiple
technical reviews as approaching end of

670
01:03:36,160 --> 01:03:43,119
its useful life. Uh staff are proposing
a funding strategy that combines

671
01:03:40,960 --> 01:03:48,240
municipal reserves and external grant
funding. The township would contribute

672
01:03:45,359 --> 01:03:52,559
36,000 from the pool reserve toward
engineering design work while

673
01:03:49,760 --> 01:03:56,960
applications would seek 216,000 from the
CSR

674
01:03:54,160 --> 01:04:02,000
and 216,000 from the build community
strong fund to fully finance the

675
01:03:59,200 --> 01:04:06,000
project. Uh council previously uh
authorized the submission to the build

676
01:04:04,160 --> 01:04:11,440
community strong fund application on
July 15, 2026.

677
01:04:09,440 --> 01:04:14,880
Um I'm happy to try to address any
questions.

678
01:04:12,960 --> 01:04:18,359
Okay, thanks Mike. Any questions of the
report? You

679
01:04:18,640 --> 01:04:31,359
» will like I know there was
bigger figure that we seen before about

680
01:04:26,079 --> 01:04:36,880
fixing up stuff like that. This go to
get up to speed.

681
01:04:34,799 --> 01:04:41,280
» Yeah, certainly this critical stuff that
needs to be done. Yeah, this is the most

682
01:04:38,640 --> 01:04:45,920
im imminent of the works at the pool and
the most critical as it relates to kind

683
01:04:43,119 --> 01:04:50,799
of um the filtration system is kind of
reaching its end. Some of the other pool

684
01:04:48,240 --> 01:04:54,960
items, decking, those type of things are
future needs, but I think from Becky's

685
01:04:53,039 --> 01:05:00,079
standpoint, she sees this as the most
timesensitive.

686
01:04:56,559 --> 01:05:05,599
» Okay. is a particular reason uh you
decide to do two funds and not just one

687
01:05:03,520 --> 01:05:10,880
» the the funds the way they're structured
are basically 50% max for each of the

688
01:05:08,400 --> 01:05:15,760
funds. Uh one of my first questions to
Becky was whether or not there would be

689
01:05:13,680 --> 01:05:19,119
eligible for stacking. One of the funds
is federal and one of them is

690
01:05:17,599 --> 01:05:23,520
provincial. So there would be potential
for stacking if we were successful with

691
01:05:20,960 --> 01:05:27,359
both. I would indicate the council that
because of the nature of the project and

692
01:05:25,599 --> 01:05:32,319
the imminent need, if we're not
successful with one or either of the

693
01:05:29,760 --> 01:05:37,839
applications, it's likely that Becky
will come to council and look for

694
01:05:34,799 --> 01:05:42,160
reserve um allocation in order to move
forward with the project. Perhaps not in

695
01:05:39,680 --> 01:05:45,400
2027, but probably within the next
couple years.

696
01:05:45,920 --> 01:05:52,559
» Okay, any other questions?
If not, we do have a motion and that the

697
01:05:51,039 --> 01:05:56,160
council of the township of Perthies
receive a report prepared by the manager

698
01:05:54,640 --> 01:06:01,359
of parks, recreation, and community
services dated September 1, 2026

699
01:05:59,039 --> 01:06:06,880
entitled community sports and recreation
infrastructure fund stream one round two

700
01:06:04,319 --> 01:06:12,559
for information and further that staff
include 36,000 in the 2027 budget to

701
01:06:10,400 --> 01:06:17,119
obtain an engineer to complete the final
design drawings for the Perk Pool

702
01:06:14,640 --> 01:06:20,720
rehabilitation project and further that
council direct staff to submit an

703
01:06:18,960 --> 01:06:25,520
application for the community sports and
recreation infrastructure fund stream

704
01:06:23,680 --> 01:06:33,440
one round two for the pool
rehabilitation project. Moved by Amanda,

705
01:06:28,960 --> 01:06:40,160
second by Hugh. All in favor? Carried.
Okay, thanks Mike. Uh we have no reports

706
01:06:36,559 --> 01:06:44,079
from flyer. We do have one uh item under
correspondence and that's from the

707
01:06:41,520 --> 01:06:49,760
Legion here in Milton uh requesting
about uh the uh where the Senate is and

708
01:06:47,520 --> 01:06:53,599
the township owning the property and
they will still maintain it. There's

709
01:06:51,839 --> 01:06:57,520
still a lot of unanswered questions. So,
we're wondering if we should send that

710
01:06:54,799 --> 01:07:02,640
back to staff and they can uh figure out
some of the things that we need more

711
01:07:00,960 --> 01:07:07,039
stuff we need to know and bring it back
again.

712
01:07:04,559 --> 01:07:08,960
That work? Do you removing that?
>> Sure. travel comments first.

713
01:07:08,319 --> 01:07:13,599
» Okay. Yeah.
>> Yeah. This originally came to myself

714
01:07:10,880 --> 01:07:18,880
through President Dale. Um and Sunday
they did do the the announcement um at

715
01:07:16,000 --> 01:07:24,880
their 100th anniversary celebration um
for the Legion um Can Canadian Legion.

716
01:07:22,079 --> 01:07:28,480
And yeah, again, as as Mayor Rhonda
suggested, I think we should send it

717
01:07:26,799 --> 01:07:33,119
back to staff for report for a report
because this obviously is a very

718
01:07:30,079 --> 01:07:38,400
important part of our of our community.
Um and hopefully we can we can make make

719
01:07:35,760 --> 01:07:43,280
this work. to through to three three
parties with the AC society, the Legion

720
01:07:40,799 --> 01:07:47,599
and us. Yeah. I I would move that we
send it to staff for report.

721
01:07:45,200 --> 01:07:50,880
» Okay. So that the council of the
township of Perth East received the

722
01:07:49,119 --> 01:07:54,720
correspondence of Marilyn Dale,
president of the Royal Canadian Legion,

723
01:07:52,640 --> 01:07:59,520
Milbertton regarding a request for
Senate placement at 24 Tempered Street

724
01:07:57,200 --> 01:08:05,039
for information and at council direct
staff to prepare a follow-up report.

725
01:08:02,240 --> 01:08:11,760
Moved by Jerry, second by Amanda. Anyone
else with comments or questions? All in

726
01:08:07,920 --> 01:08:15,200
favor? Carried.
Okay. Now, we're going to move down to

727
01:08:13,520 --> 01:08:20,560
council and committee reports. My
mayor's meeting log will come next

728
01:08:17,040 --> 01:08:23,600
month. Uh, do we have any verbal reports
on any of the committees people sit on?

729
01:08:22,640 --> 01:08:27,440
Jerry,
>> thanks for you, Mayor. I guess not not

730
01:08:25,440 --> 01:08:33,679
from a committee. I did attend the AMO
conference August the 16th to the 19th.

731
01:08:30,560 --> 01:08:39,440
a number of good uh sessions. Uh was
able to also uh have a attend a couple

732
01:08:36,560 --> 01:08:46,560
of delegations. One was with the uh the
minister of um transportation, the PA um

733
01:08:43,359 --> 01:08:51,040
to that uh portfolio in regards to our
our the OP per county attachment.

734
01:08:49,520 --> 01:08:55,520
Looking for some clarification on some
of those um road closure signage and

735
01:08:53,440 --> 01:09:00,239
some of the the parameters around that.
That was well received. Looking to have

736
01:08:57,920 --> 01:09:06,799
some feedback after that. also sat in on
the county's um session with the

737
01:09:04,799 --> 01:09:14,880
Minister of Finance PA Dave Smith in
regards to the OMF funding um through

738
01:09:10,239 --> 01:09:20,960
the the farms and um treasurer um Corey
um kind of headed that but they weren't

739
01:09:18,000 --> 01:09:25,600
quite as receptive to that um indicating
that hey if we give money here we have

740
01:09:22,960 --> 01:09:30,640
to take it elsewhere. So, um that that
was that was always a good always a good

741
01:09:27,520 --> 01:09:35,359
um um thing to to sit in on. Also, the
uh the premier board was there as was

742
01:09:32,880 --> 01:09:40,000
all the other leaders. Um they elected a
new president. Again, the the sport fund

743
01:09:37,279 --> 01:09:45,440
that Becky's applying to was announced
at that conference. So, overall, another

744
01:09:42,080 --> 01:09:49,440
great conference. I there was over I
don't know how they organized it all

745
01:09:46,719 --> 01:09:54,239
amongst the provincial people, 3,000
delegations that they got to get in over

746
01:09:51,600 --> 01:10:01,960
that time. Um so yeah, all in all
another great informative um conference

747
01:09:57,199 --> 01:10:01,960
and appreciate the I was able to attend.

748
01:10:02,480 --> 01:10:09,120
» Okay, thank you. I know you were there
too.

749
01:10:07,360 --> 01:10:15,120
» I was at a better place. I was at the
Wilson fair. So thank you for being

750
01:10:11,520 --> 01:10:22,400
away. I enjoyed that. And like you know
Mr. West got me by to buy a very very

751
01:10:17,840 --> 01:10:28,800
expensive pie which I'm enjoying. And at
the conference and it was uh fairly

752
01:10:25,760 --> 01:10:33,120
interesting. The uh uh one thing is the
professional planners uh unfortunately

753
01:10:30,800 --> 01:10:37,760
not for next year for the new term of
council but uh they're going to have a

754
01:10:35,360 --> 01:10:43,679
lot of uh information
uh sessions that they'll be able to put

755
01:10:39,679 --> 01:10:51,040
on for counselors and other people. uh
impact. They uh they had

756
01:10:48,239 --> 01:10:55,360
a session and in the future uh
unfortunately they're no longer going to

757
01:10:53,280 --> 01:10:59,440
be sending somebody out to assess your
property. You're going to have to take

758
01:10:56,960 --> 01:11:03,679
your phone and go around and do it. So I
know a picture is worth a thousand

759
01:11:00,800 --> 01:11:10,560
words, but somebody on the ground is a
whole lot uh a whole lot better. And uh

760
01:11:07,679 --> 01:11:16,159
and there was an awful lot of uh funding
announcements. I hope can keep up with

761
01:11:13,520 --> 01:11:21,679
all the different streams and it's
always interesting at these conferences.

762
01:11:18,960 --> 01:11:26,239
It's seems interesting more interesting
to be talking to people from other

763
01:11:23,440 --> 01:11:29,600
municipalities and their problems and
how they're trying to solve their

764
01:11:27,679 --> 01:11:37,360
problems. But it seems that doesn't
matter whether you come from almost

765
01:11:32,480 --> 01:11:41,600
James Bay or Windsor urban or rural it
seems that the vast amount of properties

766
01:11:39,280 --> 01:11:45,520
are the same. I know homelessness is not
qu

767
01:11:42,960 --> 01:11:49,600
problem for us, but we buy that service
through Perth County buys it through

768
01:11:47,360 --> 01:11:54,000
Straford. So, in a way, it affects us
like it affects everybody else. And

769
01:11:51,760 --> 01:12:02,600
everybody is short on money for
infrastructure and and again, it was it

770
01:11:57,840 --> 01:12:02,600
was quite a work.

771
01:12:02,800 --> 01:12:07,760
» Okay. Thank you, Jerry.
>> Yes. said I almost forgot they attended

772
01:12:06,239 --> 01:12:11,920
the Moonlight Madness on behalf of the
business association

773
01:12:09,840 --> 01:12:16,560
presented the pillar of the community to
uh in memory of Carly Schneider. So that

774
01:12:14,320 --> 01:12:23,040
was accepted that night at the Moonlight
Madness was happy to um present that.

775
01:12:21,760 --> 01:12:28,239
» Okay.
>> Sorry, just forgot one thing too.

776
01:12:26,159 --> 01:12:34,000
They were talking about the reassessment
cycle and things like that and uh I

777
01:12:31,840 --> 01:12:39,280
wouldn't hold my breath on that. They
awful lot about fairness and uh uh it

778
01:12:37,600 --> 01:12:47,520
seems like they were looking more
towards uh industrial and commercial

779
01:12:42,239 --> 01:12:50,640
taxes, not other taxes. So, I just it
didn't seem like they were they said

780
01:12:49,199 --> 01:12:56,640
they were working on it, which I'm sure
they are, but we all know that when the

781
01:12:54,480 --> 01:13:02,480
assessment happens, there's going to be
quite a spike. And so, I'm sure they're

782
01:12:59,920 --> 01:13:05,199
busy trying to figure out how to massage
that.

783
01:13:05,679 --> 01:13:14,800
Okay. Anyone else?
If not, uh, what do we need? We just We

784
01:13:12,880 --> 01:13:21,760
receive the verbal reports for
information. Moved by

785
01:13:18,159 --> 01:13:26,320
Q, second by Andrew. All in favor?
Carried.

786
01:13:23,440 --> 01:13:32,640
Okay, we're down to bylaws. We have uh
one bylaw for first and second reading,

787
01:13:28,800 --> 01:13:39,679
and that's by bylaw 212-2026.
And that's a bylaw to amend uh 30-1999.

788
01:13:36,719 --> 01:13:43,280
And that was item 7.1.1
tonight. So I need a motion to receive

789
01:13:41,600 --> 01:13:50,679
it for first and second reading. Moved
by Amanda, second by Hugh. All in favor?

790
01:13:46,480 --> 01:13:50,679
Carried. And then we

791
01:13:50,800 --> 01:13:55,000
» addition.
>> Oh, sorry.

792
01:13:56,800 --> 01:14:00,800
» They need to be added.
>> Yeah.

793
01:13:58,719 --> 01:14:08,199
» Okay. So, we need to add the true uh
drains that we did tonight and then do

794
01:14:04,239 --> 01:14:08,199
we have the numbers for them?

795
01:14:08,880 --> 01:14:16,000
» 119
>> 119 and one and 120

796
01:14:14,000 --> 01:14:20,480
» 2026 for both of them. So, we're going
to add them to that. So,

797
01:14:19,040 --> 01:14:24,560
» only first and second reading. And that
was by Amanda and Hugh. All in favor of

798
01:14:23,040 --> 01:14:30,400
that?
Harry. Okay. And the drains in third.

799
01:14:27,679 --> 01:14:37,199
No. Okay. So third and final reading we
have bylaw 205-2025

800
01:14:32,800 --> 01:14:45,440
a bylaw to amend uh bylaw 30-1999
and that was 8.1.1 tonight bylaw 212

801
01:14:40,880 --> 01:14:51,280
20226 bylaw to amend bylaw number 30-199
and that was 7.1.1 tonight and then the

802
01:14:48,560 --> 01:14:55,520
third one is bylaw 103-2026
being a provisional bylaw for the

803
01:14:53,199 --> 01:15:00,400
Hawthorne municipal drain and that these
bylaws be read a third and final

804
01:14:58,400 --> 01:15:09,040
I need a move in a second. Moved by Bob,
second by Jerry. All in favor? Carried.

805
01:15:05,040 --> 01:15:15,800
Okay. Do we have any notice of motions?
Any other business?

806
01:15:12,400 --> 01:15:15,800
Any announcements?

807
01:15:16,080 --> 01:15:23,120
» Oh, sorry, Amanda.
>> Hi. Yes. Just wanted to put in a plug

808
01:15:20,480 --> 01:15:29,040
for the Octopus Club of Ellis is hosting
their sixth annual dinner in the country

809
01:15:26,000 --> 01:15:36,000
smoked chop barbecue. It is Friday,
September 18th from 5 to 6:30 at the

810
01:15:32,880 --> 01:15:39,840
Rosstock Hall. Um they've been promoting
it on Facebook, so you can get your

811
01:15:38,159 --> 01:15:44,640
tickets and they're always looking for
volunteers to help um with the

812
01:15:42,640 --> 01:15:49,440
drive-thru. So hope to see many of you
there.

813
01:15:46,239 --> 01:15:52,640
Okay. Anyone else? Just on when we're
talking about dinners, the twinning

814
01:15:50,960 --> 01:15:58,159
committee is putting on a schnitle
dinner on October the 1st here in

815
01:15:55,280 --> 01:16:01,280
Milbertton at the Perk, I believe. I'm
not sure what time the supper is. I

816
01:15:59,600 --> 01:16:05,199
don't want to I'll find that out for the
next meeting, but tickets, you can get

817
01:16:03,440 --> 01:16:10,800
tickets from Patrick Miner and I'm not
sure who else has the tickets, but uh

818
01:16:08,880 --> 01:16:14,400
it's
going to be held and it's something

819
01:16:12,159 --> 01:16:18,080
different that we've never had. So, uh
hopefully

820
01:16:15,760 --> 01:16:22,159
I'm sure it will go well. So, just keep
that in mind. I'll have more information

821
01:16:19,679 --> 01:16:26,320
at the next meeting.
Okay. We do not have a need for a closed

822
01:16:24,320 --> 01:16:31,120
session. We have no business in when we
don't have a closed session. We have our

823
01:16:28,880 --> 01:16:35,600
confirmatory bylaw. And we have a motion
that bylaw 41-2026,

824
01:16:33,840 --> 01:16:39,679
a bylaw to confirm the proceedings of
council of the township of Perth East at

825
01:16:37,679 --> 01:16:46,800
its regular meeting held in September 1,
2026 be read at first, second, and third

826
01:16:42,560 --> 01:16:51,360
time. Moved by Jeremy, second by Hugh.
All in favor carried. And the last

827
01:16:49,120 --> 01:16:56,960
motion of the night is that we adjourn
at 8:07.

828
01:16:53,679 --> 01:17:04,040
Moved by Amanda, second by Harry. All in
favor carried. Thanks everyone. Enjoy

829
01:17:00,000 --> 01:17:04,040
the rest of your night. Bye.