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then
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good evening we're going to call the me
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in the order the time is 6:
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PM uh next item on the agenda is the
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approval of the agenda so the motion
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reads that the agenda for council
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meeting of October 7th 2024 be approved
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as presented mve in second here
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please Council mccon no I would like
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something added to the agenda to our in
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camera
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session it's a question that I have in
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regards to something we've discussed in
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Council
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previously and I think it would be a
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clarification based on what I've
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seen in tonight's agenda as to whether
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it is still a matter for in camera or
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not and if I ask it in general it it's a
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yes or a no it's a quick thing but it
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would be to everybody's fa to know
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so coun McConnell do you know what
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section that close section for what
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matters I haven't got a clue so it might
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be something that we are going to
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discuss tonight in which case I
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don't okay I know it's it's a it's an
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unusual thing but
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I would have never asked it if I hadn't
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seen something in tonight's that makes
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me wonder whether it's still in camera
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or not we should
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know okay fine you can add like
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a I just I just
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find meetings that it could fall so I
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can get
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clarification uh purchase and sale or
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identifiable
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individual purchase and
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sale I I should mention that yeah that
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helps so okay as amended then we'll um
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can I have a move in second or for
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Council McConnell Council Kirkby all in
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favor Carri thank
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you duration of Interest
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tonight being none we'll move
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on no presentations tonight but we do
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have a delegation tonight from the
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Sunday Night concert series and the St
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Lawrence shakes profess Valerie
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Schultz floor is
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yours what do you
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think I'm here representing the Sunday
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Night concerts we are not asking for
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money but for your help for those of you
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that might have attended our concerts
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you will notice that our numbers are
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increasing for instance when Eddie and
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the sting race performed we had over 500
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people
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that is encountering the people that
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would KN it in and were sitting
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outside the Avery flight is between 250
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and
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350s our big concern is if we have to go
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in the arena because of rain this summer
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we had to go in twice and the second
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time we lost money we did not bring in
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enough to pay the performer the arena is
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a great venue it's only something could
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be done about the acoustic with it
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Su we have already had one of our
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entertainers come up and say if I have
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to go in the arena I am
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canceling what we would like the town to
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do is number one give us a portable
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stage that we can put up at a moment's
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notice because we usually only have a
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couple of hours between the time we make
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the decision and letting the town
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know when we ask whoever is on duty and
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ask to have the stage put up they say
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they cannot do it because they need more
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man pound if it is a portable stage it's
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e a lot
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easier however the main thing is making
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the Acoustics better we have spoken to
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Randy oia La who as you know played in
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The Arena New Year's Eve and for the
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fire
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student he suggested two things that
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could improve the
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acoustic first sound bounces off the
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glass panels either remove them there
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was no hockey plan anymore in the arena
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or put a curtain up also he suggested
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the stage be at the North End facing
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south and curtains we've been put out
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between East and West I've made a
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diagram which I'll show you
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later next summer we have engaged
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another band which is as popular as the
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sing race called Ambush and if they have
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to go in the arena I don't think they
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will want to come back as the fact we
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won't make enough money to cover their
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cost nothing is cheap these
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days bill and I watch the radio from the
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radio from the minute we get up in the
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morning and we're watching the storms go
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through and believe you
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me sometimes where it's really
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nerve-wracking we have to let the
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entertainers know or the people know
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around 4:30 and we also have to let the
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town know if we want to use the
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arena that's the bands are not going to
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risk their equipment being out in the
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ring and we also have to think of the
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safety of the audiences if it's a
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thunderstorm last year we had two bands
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it did rain in the middle but it only a
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springle which was fine they continue to
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play Shakespeare I know would also like
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to use arena in the case of rain outs
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but again it all comes down to the
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acis unfortunately ingry could not be
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here this evening as they are having a
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very important board meeting but she
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asked me to also stress to you the
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importance of the Acoustics being
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addressed they would like to use the
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arena for their out plus their Wednesday
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afternoon
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lday another another CL of having them
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concerts at the arena and shapes to is
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that there is Apple parking we have a
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lot of people with on wheelchairs
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motorized wheelchairs it's easy for them
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to get into the arena but it wouldn't be
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easy to get anywhere
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else so we would appreciate it very much
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if you consider our request we want
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Sunday Night concerts to continue this
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has to be addressed and fixed thank you
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very
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much it's
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very is
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suggestion questions if anybody has any
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questions Justin through you mayor
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Shankar you say there's no charge for
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the to the people attending the concert
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is that correct
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not it's a free
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will so with donations
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only the average is
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$5 some people put 20 in but the average
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is five some people only put two in but
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we make enough to cover our costs you
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make enough to cover your cost as kind
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of M right now right we have to keep
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going in the arena they
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von't the I guess the second part of
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that question for for me is when you
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cancel a band do they charge you a fee
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anyways we've never had to cancel touch
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okay there you go that answers we have
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to pay a lot of the Bands require a
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deposit right and then we pay them the
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balance after they finish performing yep
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so if they have to go into the arena and
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we've already paid them a
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deposit we Lo
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money counc lock
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um is a church out of the question for a
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rain dat
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yeah does not what accommodate people
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plus the sets going up I know they have
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an elevator but 500 people going in
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wouldn't have okay and not only that the
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performance they love the Ampitheater
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know they really love it down
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there like wean sting R this year it was
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touch and
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go and Lily the sky is cleared and they
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were able
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to Campbell after you Shankar um Valerie
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um besides Eddie and the string rays
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what kind of attendance are you getting
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we had 530 people oh besides them like
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on a on a reg not a
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regular sorry my voice um what's your
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average attendance with these really
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around 300 300
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okay yeah the most attendance we had
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this year was when we went in the arena
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with Marlin forcet that was terrible and
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the Acoustics were terrible yeah I'm
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just trying to think if there's
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another venue just for Eddie and the
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Stingrays you know you're going to get
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so many people and whether it's raining
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or not just planet for there and there
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isn't anywhere El I wish there was
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yeah I'm thinking we have another Arena
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but I don't know what scheduling well
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but the new arena is is great but you
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start putting the ice in there in August
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we don't finish until the end of
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August right just thinking out
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loud and the other hard part is it's
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it's so weather dependent right like we
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could go the next three years and you
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never go into the arena I know like last
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year we only had to go in once
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but uh you never know and the weather's
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changing so well thank you for coming
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and we'll uh we'll talk with staff and
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see thank you very much for
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listening
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app don't forget
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[Laughter]
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next I have
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your you're wel
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all right moving on we've got uh minutes
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of the previous council meeting so under
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item 6.1 we have approval of the council
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meeting uh minutes of September 16
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2024 can I get a moover and secondary to
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accept these
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minutes by Council Burton second
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by Deputy Mayor Young any discussion on
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the
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minutes seeing none call the question
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all in
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favor car thank
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you um no items under Communications and
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petitions or there are items there are
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no
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items thank you uh consent reports item
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8.1 is cons reports and we have the
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information package is there anything
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anyone would like to see pulled
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out councilor Kirkby yes through you
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mayor Shankar I'd like to uh remove
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municipality St Charles regulation of
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the nicotine pouches PES sry all
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right it's 12 number 12 oh there it
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is all right anyone else
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we'll take that one out um
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oops so the motion reads that all items
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except we just took out under the
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consent report section of the agenda be
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accepted as presented can I have a move
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and seconder councelor Kirkby councelor
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Campbell any
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discussion
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favor Gary thank you
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um no committee reports this evening uh
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mayor's comments uh busy few weeks the
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last few weeks lots of lots of work
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behind the scenes and um the town is
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looking great lots of positive comments
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from a lot of different people visitors
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and family that come down to meet people
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and haven't been here while they're
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they're really
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enjoying the looks of the town and and
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lots of things going on I know we got uh
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Halloween just around the corner and big
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bash down at the pumpkin Inferno again
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this year so lots of good things
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happening Thanksgiving around the corner
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hockey has started so we're in Full full
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gear now but we're still cutting grass
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and the leaves haven't fallen yet so we
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got a bit of work ahead of us so I'm
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going to go around the room and just let
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people discuss any of the meetings and
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committees that they went to we'll start
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on this side councelor Lockett um
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I I just want to Echo what You' said I
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recently been visiting someone down at
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the um the condos and I mentioned this
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to Matthew when you look down on that
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open Park area it's like a picture they
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it's wellmaintained it's absolutely
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beautiful it look like you're looking in
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a a huge City and so they've done a
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really good job everything is neat tidy
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um the playground is busy um and lots of
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families lots of out of town people and
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so just hudos to the staff for having it
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look so well thank you councelor
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councelor McConnell thank you mayor
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Shanker um I attended a cemetery board
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meeting a week ago and we just discussed
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a couple of things there's some trees
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that large trees that needed to be
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removed and um we were given permission
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by the ass board to have that done it
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was a matter of about
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$2,600 I think and they were back there
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doing that today I was back and had a
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look they were doing a nice job very
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careful Around The Monuments and that's
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the why they're been removed because
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they were danger to The Monuments if
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they had
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fallen um as well I was at the cemetery
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this morning we had a permission from
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the
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board to start spending money the
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anticipation is we're going going to do
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this every year for uh repair of
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monuments we have many many dozens of
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monuments in the Sandy Hill Cemetery
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that have been damaged over the years
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that are in danger of falling over um
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that are laying flat it's disrespectful
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to the people that came before us in
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this community and the cemetery board is
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of the the feeling that is time we
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started bringing these monuments back to
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a suitable condition so um we are doing
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a program starting hopefully Thursday
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where we will be fixing some of these
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monuments uh we're going to take a look
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at that see how the repairs go and based
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on that do a larger uh repair next year
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so I'm looking forward to see how that
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comes out V and putting the cemetery
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into a condition that we can all be
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proud of thank you thank
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you SE Mary thank you mayor Shankar um
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September 17th uh we had a Bia meeting
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and we spent a lot of money that night
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we spent uh ,000 towards the small
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business week so small business week is
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um going to be on October 22nd in the
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new um room on the second floor in the
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town hall
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and uh the event is going to be
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complimentary and uh we're going to have
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guest speaker topics based on feedback
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received from the businesses we did a
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survey earlier this fall so that's good
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we're also collaborating on October 26th
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for Halloween Town we um have put $1,000
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aside towards uh activations for
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downtown so we're hoping to have a good
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day that
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day and uh from The Economic Development
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Department the my my Main Street funding
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was successful um the project falls
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under the initiatives which were
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supported by the grant um the Bia
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contributed $5,000 and the town's
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project budget include the following
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it's the mural um Landscaping feature
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for the clock tower the Waterfront patio
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at the deep water dock wayfinding pools
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and signage uh popups some prominade
[17:51]
improvements new traffic light pools
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restaurant patios and Coast Guard
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Gardens and I just wanted to to mention
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too that uh the dive bench downtown by
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the divers is it ever look good looks
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really good so everybody check it out
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and that's all for me thank you excuse
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me can I just cut in here on the dive
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bench I'm sorry but I forgot about this
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last meeting and somebody mentioned it
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to me down
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street we have a new dive sign up as
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well and whoever put the dive sign up
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and the bench up did not get together
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because you can't see part of the sign
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for the top of the
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bench uh you can from the side when
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you're in the water but if you want to
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look at the sign the sign is here and
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the bench comes over it so I don't know
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what we can do because it's a big
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bench and we are having some
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construction in that area
[18:55]
shortly so I I I don't know I'll leave
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it with staff but something needs to be
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done because people are losing and I
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won't tell you the
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uncomplimentary comment that I got but
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um anyway I just pass that thank
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you um Shankar just add to that I think
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they they are looking at relocating that
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sign for sure okay
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yeah thank you counc Bron thank you
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mayor Shankar um so there is a
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Shakespeare meeting tonight fortunately
[19:29]
I will not be attending as I'm here um
[19:32]
Shakespeare is having a masquerade party
[19:36]
on November 2nd and it's we're hosting
[19:38]
it right here at Town Hall in our new
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facility in the second floor there it's
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going to be dinner and live music and
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$75 per person and I have an upcoming
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Library meeting as well thank
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you Council Campbell I attended fired
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meeting on October 1st uh upcoming this
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weekend October 12th which is Saturday
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uh there's an open house from 9 in the
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morning till 1: in the afternoon lots of
[20:10]
kids activities uh hot dogs and treats
[20:13]
and the fire safety house will be there
[20:16]
so come one come all to that October 3rd
[20:20]
the fire department did a a Mayfield
[20:23]
evacuation drill so getting everyone out
[20:27]
Mayfield and that's safe and efficient
[20:29]
manner they're working on setting up
[20:31]
fire drills at the different
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schools October 6 to 12 oh that's now is
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Fire Prevention
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Week um and then we had some great
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anniversaries of volunteer firefighters
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Paul arand 36 years Mike kocher 16 years
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Ryan s 16 years Devin Burns one year
[20:53]
Steven Gilmore one year they have a new
[20:55]
recruit uh Nicholas butt he just started
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off October 1st and George locky uh was
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previously here and he came back from a
[21:04]
oneye absence so we've got him back
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right thank you Council Campell Council
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through you mayor Shankar uh I attended
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a working group with h mayor Shankar and
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lock it for uh naming policy and
[21:18]
complaint policies uh just some stuff on
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operations uh the marina is now closed
[21:25]
splash pads shut down the camera's been
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installed
[21:28]
down at the fire hall and I believe the
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marina uh then the Queen's exhibit I
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attended with councelor lock at Mar
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Shankar which was well done at the new
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facility up here and just a on a more
[21:42]
somber note a longtime uh Town employee
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Mike Longton passed away last week so
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I'm sure anybody that spent any time
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around the Leo boan Community Center
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would remember
[21:53]
Mike yes I'm glad you brought that up
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they are doing a um
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a celebration of life at the Leo boyman
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Arena so do you know the date of that uh
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in November in November so we'll be all
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make sure we're there for that he was a
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great great
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guy okay thank you Council Kirkby well
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done we're going to move on into our
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staff reports we have a few of them
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tonight the first one is item 73
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-224 Community risk assessment from our
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fire
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Rainer recommendation reads that Council
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approve the community risk assessment
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for the town of Prescott in accordance
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with regulation
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37818 can mover and secondary for
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discussion councelor Briton councelor uh
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blet Chief floor is yours thank you
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worship so in front of you is the staff
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report and then the attachment is the
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actual document which is 40 PS long so I
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won't spend that much time going over
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that but um basically what we've done is
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a community risk assessment uh
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identifies analyze and evaluates
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prioritize risk to the the public and
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and the community so we use uh data from
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the Census we use uh information from
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The Mont Fire Marshals uh document that
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we send uh to them uh based on those
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risks and type of calls so when we have
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uh nine profiles here so these were the
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work sheets that we used to get this
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document so that was everything from
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geographical uh building stock critical
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infrastructure uh demographic
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profile Hazard profile public fire
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safety uh economic profile and then loss
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and events of History so some of these
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documents are already in our uh
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emergency plan for example Hazard
[24:04]
profile and the critical infrastructure
[24:06]
so there's some meat and potatoes in the
[24:08]
document where they are now so what
[24:10]
we've done is used these other
[24:12]
worksheets to to f fill all of those
[24:15]
areas we take all of that and then we
[24:18]
use uh risk based on likelihood or risk
[24:23]
of potential risks so the consequences
[24:26]
so there's an actual uh
[24:29]
map there a chart sorry so you can see
[24:32]
in some of them there's green areas
[24:34]
yellow areas red areas so the red areas
[24:37]
obviously are higher risk so what do we
[24:39]
do to mitigate that that could be
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uh pre-planning inspections uh training
[24:48]
uh working with uh neighbors to assist
[24:50]
us at a call with required uh going out
[24:53]
to the industries the buildings uh just
[24:57]
in in town
[24:58]
is what we do so we look at all those
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areas and what you have in front of you
[25:03]
is that document at the end uh you will
[25:05]
find that there's a lot of stats out of
[25:08]
that uh the census doc document for us
[25:12]
uh it Tak quite a long time to get
[25:15]
all together uh but at the end of the
[25:18]
day there really wasn't a lot there with
[25:21]
this community risk assessment a lot of
[25:23]
it is is what we see out in the public
[25:27]
uh and then the the stats we Ed from the
[25:29]
fire Marshall's office and as you can
[25:31]
see at the bottom of that document I
[25:33]
guess the last few pages there's dreams
[25:36]
of uh documentation from the fire
[25:38]
Marshall's office that just adds up to
[25:41]
at the end of the day it tells you uh
[25:43]
the dollar LW for whether it's structure
[25:47]
whether it's uh vehicles uh and then
[25:49]
other type of calls we have I think the
[25:51]
most uh important document there of of
[25:55]
the Fire Marshals uh documentation is
[25:58]
the first pie chart so for example it
[26:01]
says I think it's 29.4% of all calls we
[26:04]
get are medical calls you know I think
[26:07]
it's 22 23% are false alarm calls but
[26:12]
false alarm calls go in another category
[26:14]
as well right there's sometimes uh
[26:16]
people are doing testing they'll call
[26:19]
the alarm company uh versus could be a
[26:22]
Mr Mrs Smith call where they think
[26:24]
there's an issue but it's proceed
[26:27]
emergency um but we still when we roll
[26:30]
out the door we don't know that right we
[26:33]
go get a page and we go off to a call an
[26:36]
emergency call we don't know that till
[26:38]
after so that's where you see all of
[26:40]
those documentation numbers after and
[26:43]
the percentages there are so the reason
[26:46]
why I have all of that in front of you
[26:48]
is to say it's it's a very uh unique
[26:51]
document uh we will uh P it you will see
[26:55]
that there are annual years uh each year
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moving forward where if we find
[27:01]
something that we want to change because
[27:03]
it's a living document we will do that
[27:05]
and then every five years we do the
[27:08]
whole thing over again so new census
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information and and whatnot um but as
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you can see as I said a lot of stats uh
[27:17]
in front of you um be more than happy to
[27:20]
answer any questions you may
[27:23]
have I just thought maybe if you can't
[27:25]
have a easy way of sleeping tonight that
[27:28]
again you'll be
[27:30]
[Laughter]
[27:32]
good any questions for the
[27:34]
Chief look Mar thank you may Shankar
[27:39]
just um this was great it's eye opening
[27:42]
and for me I really looked at the
[27:43]
business and personal service mertile
[27:47]
and the lack of fire extinguishers and
[27:49]
not only that but the lack of training
[27:51]
so I see a great opportunity for the Bia
[27:54]
to give you guys a call and say hey
[27:56]
let's set something up for the
[27:57]
businesses
[27:58]
because I know even in our business
[28:00]
we're an insurance business but we still
[28:01]
have a kitchen right and we still have
[28:03]
other things so I think that would be
[28:05]
great in the future if we could maybe
[28:07]
collaborate with the Bia I think it's a
[28:11]
perfect opportunity so for example on
[28:13]
the open house we have coming up next
[28:15]
Saturday we'll have a tutor there and a
[28:17]
tutor is just a way of using uh fire
[28:21]
extinguisher to put out a pretend fire
[28:23]
uh and a lot of time the parents bring
[28:25]
their kids and stuff but if it's the
[28:28]
it's we have it right so it's something
[28:30]
we could work with you right even if we
[28:33]
had at the fire hall right and find a
[28:36]
day where you could bring uh the Bia and
[28:39]
we can figure that out because it's uh
[28:42]
it's amazing I mean I have fire exites
[28:45]
in my house hope I never use them but
[28:46]
the average person buy them it's great
[28:49]
that they have them but would not know
[28:51]
how to use right so yeah we definitely
[28:54]
thank
[28:55]
you very good anyone else have a
[28:59]
question Council m i can speaking from
[29:01]
experience as you well know that a fire
[29:03]
extinguisher in your house comes in very
[29:06]
handy and you should know how to use it
[29:08]
and the difference between one for the
[29:11]
kitchen and one for your couch in the
[29:15]
recck room or something like that yeah
[29:18]
my my microwave caught fires as I think
[29:21]
I mentioned about a year
[29:25]
ago yeah you were lucky you're looking
[29:29]
and quickly just I wanted to also
[29:31]
mention that there is a typle on table
[29:34]
of contents uh it's a formatting issue I
[29:37]
it looks great when you look at it but
[29:39]
when I print it off it comes up uh and
[29:42]
there was two areas as well uh because
[29:45]
this document started in
[29:48]
221 to to finish so there's a couple of
[29:51]
uh types in there uh I added the ACCC
[29:55]
for Community Center uh and then we had
[29:59]
uh a building uh listed as a possible uh
[30:03]
occupant for departments as wiser I
[30:06]
removed that at this point in time so
[30:08]
you will see that but I finally saw that
[30:11]
was needed to be taken out so rookie was
[30:15]
safe it's a lot of work here Chief you
[30:18]
did a great job and it's a good document
[30:20]
it's a almost like a living document
[30:21]
that we can have that we can always
[30:23]
refer to and update and change each year
[30:26]
yes yeah there's a lot of stats in there
[30:28]
the one stat I noticed was there's more
[30:31]
more people over the age of 85 than
[30:33]
there are kids under the age of four so
[30:37]
that's kind of interesting but I
[30:38]
remember that from the Census before as
[30:41]
well thank you sir uh no other questions
[30:44]
I'm going to call the question all in
[30:47]
favor Carri thank
[30:50]
you
[30:52]
okay item 122 is Staff report 744-2242
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the draft Municipal complaint policy
[30:59]
from our director of admin clerk sorry
[31:03]
director of administration and clerk
[31:04]
Lindsay velcamp as well as Sam but Sam's
[31:07]
not here today right so just and Deputy
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clerk Caitlyn mallerie recommendation
[31:13]
reads that Council receive the draft
[31:15]
Municipal complaint policy and the staff
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be directed to bring the municipal
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complaint policy as outlined in staff
[31:21]
report 74-20 24 to the council meeting
[31:25]
of October 21st 202 4 for final review
[31:29]
and
[31:30]
consideration uh can I have a mve and
[31:32]
seconder just for discussion please
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counc
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Campbell thank
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you sh um it is recommended that
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municipalities have formal complaint
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policies and as councelor kiry re
[31:51]
earlier the policy working group did
[31:53]
meet on October 2nd um that working
[31:56]
group is made up of hander for pocket
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and they reviewed the first draft of the
[32:03]
content policy uh with the manager of
[32:05]
community services the deputy myself the
[32:08]
purpose of the policy is to enable the
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municipality to promptly and effect
[32:12]
effectively address service and Service
[32:14]
delivery complaints raised by members of
[32:16]
the public and the appr where all
[32:17]
complaints are dealt with in a fair
[32:19]
respectful transparent manner quickly as
[32:22]
possible The graft policy outlines
[32:25]
different roles for different
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individuals
[32:28]
um including members of council the
[32:31]
mayor CAO department heads and members
[32:34]
of
[32:36]
Thea uh the complaint policy will
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provide a process for handling
[32:40]
complaints which included the assessment
[32:43]
and acknowledgement once complaints are
[32:44]
received uh how to handle a complaint
[32:47]
when it is received how it's transferred
[32:49]
the investigation process and decisions
[32:52]
and possible resolutions timelines are
[32:54]
also outlined and tring requirements as
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well we are still currently working on a
[32:59]
system for tracking um but for for just
[33:04]
the first draft we do we we're putting
[33:06]
forward Council to review and provide a
[33:09]
feedback and then whenever feedback is
[33:11]
collected will'll be brought forward to
[33:12]
the council meeting at the first for
[33:13]
further discussion and attached to the
[33:17]
uh report is the draft policy as well as
[33:20]
um a draft mockup of the Complaint Form
[33:22]
that would be available in hard copy and
[33:25]
also online on the website
[33:28]
and there's any
[33:31]
questions thank you missam any questions
[33:33]
from miss
[33:35]
mcam counc you mayor
[33:37]
Shanker I thought about this question
[33:39]
later and I think you just touched on it
[33:42]
so right now we're just this is the
[33:45]
draft and going to collect information
[33:47]
from fellow counselors or questions and
[33:49]
bring it forward to them first meeting
[33:52]
is that correct yeah through you shank
[33:54]
if there's discussion on the table we
[33:55]
can incorporate it based on discussion
[33:57]
this evening
[33:58]
afterward you can send an email we can
[34:00]
incorporate that as
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well
[34:10]
questions um I'm reading through this
[34:12]
I'm just a
[34:13]
little just bit unclear to
[34:17]
me are the individual department
[34:21]
heads the final say as far as
[34:26]
um result a complaint irregardless of
[34:31]
whether it comes from staff
[34:39]
or that I I couldn't I've got gone
[34:44]
through this about three times and it's
[34:46]
it's you can it different ways it
[34:49]
waffles a little bit I think that needs
[34:51]
to
[34:52]
be firmed up B
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[Music]
[35:00]
I believe our discussions we felt that
[35:01]
it would it would
[35:11]
be public or anybody can to uh if you
[35:15]
feel it's not clear though let let me
[35:18]
know how we can tighten that up to make
[35:20]
to provide that
[35:22]
Clarity but as of right now
[35:34]
because they do more than then it's the
[35:37]
obvious stuff that they do around town
[35:40]
if uh somebody's complaining about a
[35:42]
flower bed will say um then the actual
[35:47]
head of the public works
[35:50]
department right now we don't have one I
[35:52]
don't think um and Nathan left this this
[35:57]
week
[35:58]
uh that department head would look after
[36:00]
the
[36:01]
complaint and if the complaintant was
[36:04]
not satisfied with the solution that was
[36:08]
offered you're saying that it it goes to
[36:11]
the utsman from there for you so that
[36:14]
that's an option if they feel like the
[36:16]
result isn't what they want for
[36:18]
something like a flower bit though I
[36:20]
think the policy outlines an informal
[36:23]
and a formal complaint so it's the first
[36:24]
time you complain as a FL but it's not
[36:26]
readed that makes sense to rise the
[36:28]
director of operations so then make sure
[36:30]
that staff go up and clean up the flower
[36:31]
but if it's repeatedly requested over
[36:34]
and over again then it becomes a formal
[36:36]
complaint and there's more of an
[36:37]
investigation so then we look into it
[36:40]
and then the the result is to deal with
[36:44]
it internally so there's there's not
[36:48]
really an appeal
[36:51]
process but it would be the expectation
[36:53]
per head would be able to resolve that
[36:56]
issue okay okay well um
[36:59]
I've there was something else came
[37:02]
before Council a while ago and I made
[37:03]
the same comment and I'm going to make
[37:05]
the same comment about this one I can't
[37:08]
support something that does not give our
[37:12]
Town's people the
[37:14]
option of as a final Resort before going
[37:19]
to the
[37:20]
utsman to appealing directly for or to
[37:24]
council we're elected by the people in
[37:26]
the community they expect us to provide
[37:28]
good government we do the best that we
[37:30]
can but when there is a complaint if
[37:34]
they're not satisfied with how the
[37:36]
complaint is
[37:37]
handled I believe they should have the
[37:42]
ability to launch a final appeal to
[37:46]
this
[37:48]
group before they have to go through a
[37:50]
whole bunch of work which could take God
[37:53]
only knows how long and take it out of
[37:55]
this community to the
[37:58]
udman so uh
[38:01]
personally I can't
[38:05]
support anything of this ilk if it did
[38:09]
not contain that
[38:11]
option thank
[38:15]
you one
[38:18]
second in in preparation for this I
[38:22]
don't mind if we talked about it is that
[38:26]
Avenue used by any
[38:29]
municipalities so through you for this
[38:32]
policy I believe we quite a bit at
[38:37]
Northville stor North stor Stormont um
[38:42]
none of the ones that we looked at had
[38:44]
cancel as the final
[38:47]
appeal it's always up to
[38:52]
cancel I just don't want to turn Council
[38:55]
into hearing complaints all day long or
[38:59]
are appealed
[39:00]
complaints I don't want that to happen
[39:03]
and by you know in all respect if you
[39:06]
want to put that
[39:08]
in you know we have
[39:10]
to we have to trust our staff to do to
[39:13]
make the right
[39:16]
call you understand what I'm
[39:19]
saying yeah uh I do understand what
[39:22]
you're saying I don't agree with it
[39:25]
though I believe as I said that we are
[39:29]
elected not staff we represent the
[39:33]
people in the
[39:34]
community staff represents us but if the
[39:39]
people who are in the community have a
[39:42]
complaint and I use a flower bed as a
[39:44]
very poor example and I will admit it
[39:48]
but um if somebody in the community does
[39:51]
have a complaint I believe that they
[39:54]
should have the ability to complain to
[39:56]
council as the final result because you
[39:58]
know darn well they're going to complain
[40:00]
to all of us individually or out when
[40:03]
you're walking your dog
[40:06]
anyway and then we really can't respond
[40:09]
to it in an individual way it's it's
[40:12]
it's not within our power to do so and
[40:14]
we shouldn't so bringing it before
[40:19]
Council for a decision I believe it's
[40:21]
the proper way to do it the fact that
[40:24]
nobody else does it doesn't really
[40:25]
matter it's not going to change my
[40:28]
opinion on it so that is um that's the
[40:32]
way I feel about it thank you anyone
[40:35]
else oh sorry yes um a couple things I
[40:39]
know we went over most of this but I'm
[40:41]
just trying to clarify again so under
[40:43]
the complaints it's saying that um it
[40:46]
needs to be submitted in writing we're
[40:48]
considering email writing correct okay
[40:51]
and then under the formal um complaint
[40:54]
process it says um
[40:58]
it's going to be uh acknowledged in five
[41:01]
days is
[41:02]
um acknowledged and uh receipt of does
[41:06]
that mean we're just documenting it but
[41:08]
we're not letting them know like are we
[41:10]
letting the complaint person know within
[41:12]
five days that we received it and we're
[41:14]
looking into it or whatever so sh when
[41:18]
the form comes to whether it's handed in
[41:19]
in person or online it comes directly to
[41:21]
K myself we review it assess it figure
[41:25]
what to send it through to
[41:31]
then then they know where it's going and
[41:33]
then they also have that
[41:38]
first K through you mayor Shanker I kind
[41:44]
of agree with councelor McConnell but
[41:46]
not on every complaint I mean there
[41:48]
seems there almost needs to be like a
[41:51]
threshold of where Council would be
[41:54]
aware one for me is the unreasonable
[41:57]
Behavior right that there I feel like
[42:01]
should come to council or some kind of
[42:03]
information on that decision that maybe
[42:06]
you know we're going to trespass
[42:08]
somebody or something like that that for
[42:11]
me is kind of one or something where
[42:16]
staff really isn't sure on what the next
[42:20]
direction is you know they may feel that
[42:23]
you know there is a bit of uh legitimacy
[42:27]
to the complaint but there's also you
[42:29]
know a side of it that's not you know I
[42:32]
don't think Council we want to be like
[42:34]
you said bogged down with every
[42:35]
complaint that comes through staff
[42:37]
because staff is here to deal with that
[42:39]
but I do feel you know when we get to
[42:41]
that upper level of complaints that
[42:45]
Council should have some vision and
[42:47]
maybe even possibly some say on the
[42:50]
final decision of that matter and I
[42:53]
guess the the last question I'm sure
[42:55]
that was actually called in the the
[42:58]
handling you know for some of the staff
[43:00]
because we do have staff that has family
[43:03]
right connections I'm sure that would be
[43:05]
dealt with separately I.E if one of your
[43:10]
sons worked here and you were the
[43:12]
department head you're not going to
[43:14]
resolve that issue right that's going to
[43:15]
be moved to a conflict of interest and
[43:18]
moved to another department head is that
[43:20]
correct and should that be called out in
[43:21]
this document as far as the conflict of
[43:25]
interest
[43:29]
I mean it's something we can take into
[43:31]
consideration right like if it is a
[43:33]
conflict of interest well I don't think
[43:35]
honestly for myself comforable with any
[43:37]
family member making a decision on
[43:40]
another family
[43:42]
member as a councel okay Deputy clerk
[43:47]
sorry cler
[43:48]
sorry we're kind of getting into like an
[43:51]
matter at that point which would be
[43:52]
addressed when the person's on board and
[43:54]
hired they're not going to be reporting
[43:56]
to a family member we have certain
[43:57]
policies in place that kind of govern
[44:00]
that I don't see that kind of falling
[44:02]
under the compl policy as an HR matter
[44:07]
uh the COO and other department have
[44:10]
would be definitely be involved in doing
[44:12]
that so Ral
[44:14]
conflict through you mayor Shanker but
[44:17]
we do have current staff that reports to
[44:20]
family doing not
[44:28]
right I just yeah I mean that's that's
[44:31]
something we can do I mean you know
[44:33]
there something we can put in here in
[44:34]
event of a conflict a different
[44:36]
department head absolutely that's all
[44:38]
I'm looking for there that's an
[44:41]
easy councilor Camp uh Shankar um so in
[44:47]
the definitions it says complaint what
[44:50]
it is informal complaint shall made a
[44:53]
complaint communicated informally to
[44:55]
Municipal staff or
[44:57]
specific
[44:59]
department and then a formal complaint
[45:02]
it's submitted on this tracking form so
[45:05]
would the the process start with someone
[45:08]
being able to say their informal
[45:11]
complaint and if that's not dealt with
[45:13]
properly they would go to the form
[45:18]
thenal would
[45:20]
be call said calling in and saying that
[45:22]
Garden is not weed take that as being an
[45:25]
inform formal complaint or um there's a
[45:27]
pole outside my house that needs to be
[45:30]
filled inal point if it's
[45:32]
so you know it's been recorded three or
[45:35]
four times and the individual doesn't
[45:37]
feel like it's being resolved then we
[45:39]
would recommend a formal complaint and
[45:41]
it is put on the form and then there's
[45:43]
more of a process
[45:44]
involved just to put out there we we've
[45:47]
never really had anything really rise to
[45:49]
that we staff are quite good to deal
[45:52]
with our complaint informally um but it
[45:55]
is good practice pass
[45:58]
just in Cas oh I'm not not quite
[46:01]
done um so it says in this document that
[46:05]
all complainants will be treated with
[46:08]
respect and will not receive adverse
[46:10]
treatment or any form of reprisal so if
[46:14]
we're going to be saying that then we
[46:17]
need to be meaning that it's just I
[46:24]
ready Ela
[46:29]
I first of all
[46:32]
um we have enough complaints that we
[46:35]
hear on a regular basis as
[46:37]
Council um we we weren't
[46:42]
elected to be a complaint
[46:46]
board around this table we were elected
[46:49]
to make policies and
[46:51]
procedures um and help our town grow
[46:57]
and we have enough on our plate
[47:02]
that you know I don't want 15 people
[47:05]
showing up here one night and we're here
[47:07]
until
[47:09]
midnight um our staff is quite qualified
[47:13]
to
[47:13]
handle all of our
[47:16]
complaints will they inform us
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absolutely when we need to be informed
[47:22]
we don't need to know that there's a
[47:23]
pole that hasn't been filled in two
[47:25]
weeks right
[47:27]
our staff is quite qualified to handle
[47:32]
all of our
[47:33]
complaints thank you thank you Council
[47:38]
bton thank you mayor Shanker I just
[47:40]
wanted to uh comment on a couple things
[47:43]
that you said and Justin said over there
[47:46]
and
[47:48]
actually coun Burton touched on it as
[47:51]
well
[47:53]
um in the time that I've been here which
[47:57]
I know a couple of you hate me to say
[48:00]
but staff has been well able to look
[48:04]
after the complaints that have come our
[48:06]
way well aable we are not and we would
[48:10]
never be a wash in complaints here these
[48:15]
are the very odd exceptions that might
[48:19]
rise to a
[48:21]
council a couple of times during a term
[48:24]
in my expectations
[48:27]
and as to counselor Burton's comments
[48:30]
about being here all night we used to
[48:34]
meet four times a month we meet two now
[48:38]
we're not short of time to be meeting so
[48:43]
um being a washing complaints it's just
[48:46]
not going to happen our staff is quite
[48:47]
capable of handing the vast majority
[48:51]
this would be an
[48:54]
extremely unusual situation where it
[48:57]
would come to Council in
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my experience thank you thank
[49:05]
you all right seeing no further comments
[49:09]
we're
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gonna I'll just reread the
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recommendation we receive the draft
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Municipal complaint policy and that
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staff be directed to bring the municipal
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complaint policy as outlined in the
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report to the council meeting of October
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21st for final review and consideration
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all in
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favor
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V It's the final thing that as a slow
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still discuss it though
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yeah favor no favor okay you got it Gary
[49:43]
thank
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you
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okay item 123 is Staff report 75- 2024
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the draft Municipal asset naming
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from our director of men and clerk
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Lindsay
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Vamp Community Services semantha Jan
[50:05]
Miller and Deputy clerk Caitlyn mallerie
[50:07]
the recommendation reads that Council
[50:10]
receive the draft Municipal asset naming
[50:12]
policy and that
[50:14]
St be directed to bring the municipal
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asset naming policy as outline FL the
[50:21]
council meeting of October 21st for
[50:22]
final review and
[50:25]
cons in second for discussion councel
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Burton counc
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Kirkby got this one thank
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you following discussions of upcoming
[50:37]
meeting commities I felt it was a good
[50:40]
time to bring forward any Poli C Council
[50:42]
to help guide coun staff with a fair and
[50:45]
consistent process for ning any assets
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SCH assets that may come up as I st
[50:50]
previously the policy working the group
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consisting of mar sh care counselors
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kiry and M met on October 2nd and they
[50:56]
also reviewed this draft report um so
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the policy would provide the
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establishment of naming Reserve list
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this would be a place to uh keep all
[51:07]
names that are that are brought forward
[51:09]
during naming opportunities living
[51:11]
document that as BL commes arve we TR to
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councel to take
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from um it would set the procedure for
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gaining Municipal facilities and as well
[51:21]
it provides clear guidance to council
[51:23]
staff and the public for naming of
[51:24]
facilities of the town of Prescott
[51:27]
and the form which is attached to the
[51:28]
report uh would only be made available
[51:30]
when Council decides there are naming
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opportunities
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foral
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assets the policy outlines naming
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criteria for the assets it explains
[51:42]
what's considered an asset and touches
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upon the renaming of
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asset as I said previously the naming
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reserved list would track all submitted
[51:50]
suggestions um that meet the listed
[51:52]
criteria that are in the policy and
[51:55]
meing opport are to be identified by
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Council and on naming anding of
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Municipal assets are to be approved by
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Council um it is suggested that this
[52:04]
policy be reviewed once per term of
[52:06]
cancel so it'll come back the next time
[52:09]
and attached to the report is the policy
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including the draft form
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which available will be available online
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to submit electronically and can be
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printed out and hanged out in hard copy
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and as a recommendation read the policy
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will come back to counc final
[52:25]
consideration next
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thank you m
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famp questions for her counc kir he you
[52:36]
Mar Shanker uh the only one that I kind
[52:39]
of disagreed with was waiting till the
[52:43]
person's deceased and I kind of get the
[52:45]
idea of why that was recommended but at
[52:48]
the same time you know if councelor
[52:51]
McConnell is 99 years old and we decide
[52:55]
to name a Street or building after him I
[52:58]
don't think we have to wait till he's
[53:01]
deceased do you know what I mean I just
[53:03]
feel like that might it
[53:06]
might you know I think uh the deceased
[53:10]
part I know why it's there but I feel
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like if we ever had to go back and
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change something then we would change it
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uh but I just feel like you know when we
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named the Leo boan Community Center he
[53:23]
was still alive the elae chartran
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that was a little bit different uh but I
[53:29]
just feel like waiting till somebody's
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deceased is kind doesn't give them that
[53:36]
moment of Celebration to acknowledge the
[53:38]
work or the impact they've had on the
[53:40]
community so that's that's the only one
[53:43]
kind of for me
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that's is that under prominent citizens
[53:48]
being relased or both and Council right
[53:52]
it could be I think it's I know it's
[53:55]
only called out for them to here but it
[53:58]
could be really applied if you thought
[54:00]
about it could be applied to anybody in
[54:03]
theory right I mean you could take
[54:06]
a a monetary donation and name something
[54:10]
after somebody and then 10 years from
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now that person could be in the negative
[54:16]
Spotlight and you would want to rename
[54:17]
it because of that also right so just
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kind of you know if that's what we're
[54:22]
worried
[54:24]
about then maybe you know we don't name
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anything after people if we really want
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to be
[54:32]
safe Council Burton thank you I just
[54:35]
want to know what the the train of
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thought about the former elected members
[54:40]
of council like the deceased same as the
[54:43]
kind of on the same uh line as councilor
[54:46]
Kirkby was saying what's the train of
[54:48]
thought like like why do they have to be
[54:52]
deceased
[54:54]
and to me I just take right out of there
[54:58]
and not
[54:59]
name anything after like former elected
[55:03]
members of council scratch that whole
[55:05]
line yeah I would just scratch that
[55:08]
whole line really we do have some past
[55:11]
prominent uh Council officials right
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like Don Don irvan was one that was
[55:17]
mentioned a few times a lot for this
[55:20]
town right and and Sandra La too yes I
[55:23]
mean going back further than that I I
[55:26]
don't recollect anyone past
[55:29]
Onan even the pictures they're
[55:33]
G oh yeah Pat Kingston yes but so I mean
[55:37]
we we have done it right yeah I think
[55:39]
we're just trying to avoid
[55:42]
that Declaration of interest and stuff
[55:45]
like that right like we don't want to
[55:46]
name it the the Kirk B soccer field or
[55:49]
whatever like that right you I think the
[55:54]
other the other wor if you name
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something and then that person commits a
[55:59]
crime or something that's kind of the
[56:02]
okay you know what I mean yeah that one
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okay but I I think too in in my in my
[56:09]
opinion we're in a modern society now
[56:14]
right we want to keep things mod
[56:16]
modernized know how am I saying that be
[56:20]
modern and to name
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something like you said Mar Shankar like
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some of the people up here yes we don't
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we know a few of them but we don't know
[56:32]
90% of those people up there and we need
[56:34]
to move forward and be Forward Thinking
[56:38]
people so as a
[56:41]
council we'll give give everyone else
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you're good councelor M first of all I'd
[56:47]
like to thank councelor Kirkby for his
[56:49]
kind thoughts on my 99 years over there
[56:52]
but I'm not as close as some other
[56:54]
members of the council
[56:58]
understand you're I I agree completely
[57:02]
with everything that he said um I don't
[57:05]
believe you should have to be dead to be
[57:08]
acknowledged and again I don't think
[57:11]
we're we've got a lot of people that
[57:13]
because I can only think I think of
[57:15]
three things that we've named since s
[57:18]
years so it's not doesn't happen often
[57:21]
and I know when we name those things
[57:24]
they picked around there was a lot of
[57:27]
thought went into it
[57:29]
and but I don't think you have to be you
[57:32]
shouldn't have to be
[57:36]
G it's nice if you're here and you can
[57:38]
be acknowledged I think what we're
[57:40]
trying to do here is just you know make
[57:42]
up some rules and stuff like that so
[57:45]
it's a little easier to pick a name I
[57:47]
think going forward if we have to name
[57:51]
something I can see us being here till
[57:53]
midnight on that night you know
[57:57]
one of those things you never know but
[57:59]
we can have a policy that we put
[58:01]
together whether they're deceased or not
[58:03]
we can we can vote on that or we can
[58:06]
talk about that some more but we you
[58:09]
know we still have two weeks between our
[58:10]
next meeting we have any ideas or
[58:13]
suggestions I would emphasize that we
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send it in Miss famp so she
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knows anyone else oh sorry you're back
[58:22]
to you so three shank last one and I
[58:26]
know I mentioned this in the working
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group and I think the reason why I
[58:30]
requested the deceased going is because
[58:32]
I'd like that to be removed but I'd also
[58:34]
like to add I know staff won't be
[58:36]
comfortable with this but the inclusion
[58:39]
of staff that could possibly have
[58:44]
something named after them and it could
[58:46]
be you know I just think if we don't
[58:49]
call it out in here it could never
[58:50]
happen right and I know staff doesn't
[58:54]
want that but I think if Council decided
[58:57]
to recognize a staff
[58:59]
member in a naming policy then so be it
[59:04]
as long as they're alive they can say
[59:05]
yes or
[59:07]
no maybe they shouldn't be working at
[59:09]
down at that time
[59:11]
but anyway thank
[59:14]
you just a quick one it does say and I
[59:18]
think I miss this to be be honest with
[59:20]
you uh it does say including but not
[59:24]
limited to
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which certainly would include Town staff
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or
[59:32]
anybody
[59:35]
really not to catch all phrase right so
[59:39]
yeah the only problem with lists is
[59:42]
they're they're they're they're not
[59:45]
infinite right they could could just
[59:47]
have they could be changed in the next
[59:49]
term okay anyone
[59:52]
else so I'm going to call the question
[59:54]
then all in favor
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cared thank
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you
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okay item 124 is Staff report
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76202 Community emergency preparedness
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Grant 2024 25 intake uh this report is
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from our Treasurer and CAO Matthew
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Armstrong the recommendation read that
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Council direct staff to submit an
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application for the community emergency
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preparedness Grant
[1:00:26]
2024 25 intake in the amount of $50,000
[1:00:29]
as outlined in staff report
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76-
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2024 mover and secondary for discussion
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is councelor lock councelor McConnell
[1:00:39]
Matthew the floor is
[1:00:42]
yours so this is probably reminiscent of
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a previous report that we brought last
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year and in
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2324 the first intake of of this
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particular Grant there were 113
[1:00:55]
applications
[1:00:56]
approved as part of that initial intake
[1:00:58]
and now they're opening up again for
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another intake and I believe there's one
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more intake for 2526 that will come out
[1:01:05]
next year so going through uh really
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it's to help communities be prepared for
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emergencies and what we identified in
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last year is outfitting the Leo
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Community uh Community Center as a
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emergency shelter so that includes uh
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preparing it so that it can accept
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mobile generator uh to be able to uh run
[1:01:28]
if the there is no electricity and then
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also outfitting it with uh cops blankets
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ory supplies on hand so that uh in the
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event that we have to evacuate a certain
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number of people or a certain portion of
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town that we be able to uh take them
[1:01:45]
right the community center so U really
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that's what it's based on again uh the
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one thing that we did remove is just the
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basic training uh we have budget for
[1:01:54]
that in the oper AAL budget and so
[1:01:57]
really it's just focusing on creating
[1:02:00]
that uh preparedness for the venue to be
[1:02:02]
used as an emergency evacuation Center
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um nothing more than that really no
[1:02:09]
other changes um and it's just seeking
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to uh submit that Grant under the
[1:02:16]
same kind of context once again yes
[1:02:19]
remember that questions from Mr
[1:02:21]
Armstrong councelor Campbell you mayor
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Shanker I'm just curious to know if they
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told you why at all that we didn't get
[1:02:30]
it they did not um other than that there
[1:02:33]
was a lot of applications and uh they
[1:02:37]
did not offer any response in terms of
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uh information we did go through um a
[1:02:43]
number of the other to see what was
[1:02:45]
supported and what wasn't um this seemed
[1:02:48]
to fit well within it but at the same
[1:02:50]
time um we understand that there's only
[1:02:53]
a limited I believe it's $5 million a
[1:02:55]
year uh that is going through the Grant
[1:02:57]
and there's over 400 municipalities so
[1:03:01]
yeah I just wonder if it would be a good
[1:03:04]
idea to add something a little different
[1:03:06]
in case they just thought well we're not
[1:03:08]
going to fund that that's that's not a
[1:03:10]
good idea I don't know if we could add
[1:03:13]
anything a little bit different or just
[1:03:15]
try again so my suggestion is try again
[1:03:19]
if it doesn't work then uh certainly
[1:03:22]
taking a look at what they funded this
[1:03:24]
time and then going through that to
[1:03:26]
determine um if there's something more
[1:03:28]
or different that we should apply for in
[1:03:30]
the the third round okay thank thank
[1:03:34]
you through you m Shanker Matthew could
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uh I'm thinking of an ice storm so you
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got the generator there is the Leo Bo
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Community Center in a position to be
[1:03:46]
used in the winter to create heat enough
[1:03:49]
heat to House people if there was an ice
[1:03:51]
storm yeah so there's the stand heaters
[1:03:55]
that that are there and and pickle balls
[1:03:58]
play through to Wi currently um really
[1:04:01]
one of the things that we would do and I
[1:04:03]
can't remember who did or not last year
[1:04:05]
but actually just turn the heat shields
[1:04:07]
away from he stands into the center so
[1:04:10]
that's one way that able to do that also
[1:04:13]
bringing in large industrial heaters uh
[1:04:15]
would be able to to do that as well and
[1:04:18]
then one more question if you don't mind
[1:04:20]
through you Mar Shankar Matthew let's
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say there's a forest fire up north and
[1:04:24]
we take
[1:04:26]
residents from the north into the Leo
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boan Community Center is there
[1:04:31]
compensation provided to the town for
[1:04:35]
each resident that's brought into the
[1:04:37]
Leo boen Community Center generally yes
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and so once in a while depending on the
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the rate of forest fires in the the
[1:04:45]
northern part of the province um they
[1:04:47]
will put out a Clea for asking
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municipalities to uh to volunteer for
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that and there is a reimbursement
[1:04:55]
process uh that that's attached to that
[1:04:58]
uh we haven't had it in the last two
[1:05:00]
years um what they have done is equipped
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some of the larger more Northern
[1:05:06]
municipalities with uh with equipment to
[1:05:08]
be able to support those and so now they
[1:05:11]
have a certain base to be able to work
[1:05:13]
with but if they go beyond that then
[1:05:15]
they ask for a general uh support from
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from all
[1:05:20]
municipalities because I could imagine
[1:05:22]
there would be some cost to housing IE
[1:05:24]
food water
[1:05:26]
right that the town would have to if
[1:05:28]
it's outside of town then then
[1:05:30]
absolutely when we're supporting those
[1:05:32]
Norman communities then it's certainly
[1:05:34]
they reimburse if it's for doing an
[1:05:37]
emergency within the the town borders
[1:05:39]
then then certainly a
[1:05:41]
first amount that's equivalent to 3% of
[1:05:45]
your property tax intake is adored by
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the town and then amounts after that uh
[1:05:51]
is supported by the
[1:05:54]
profits last one okay uh and then as far
[1:05:58]
as the accessible uh washroom I know
[1:06:01]
that we had talked about transferring
[1:06:03]
the old first aid room down there to be
[1:06:07]
accessible are is that in process or
[1:06:11]
would this money could maybe be used I
[1:06:14]
don't think we could use it necessarily
[1:06:15]
for that we do
[1:06:17]
have an idea that we' like to bring
[1:06:19]
forward to council at the next meeting
[1:06:21]
there is uh Recreation funding for
[1:06:23]
rehabilitation of sites and we have a
[1:06:25]
few ideas of what we could uh do at the
[1:06:28]
real board Community Center and one of
[1:06:30]
those is our biggest issue is that the
[1:06:34]
uh waste pipe is much deeper under the
[1:06:36]
concrete than we thought it was going to
[1:06:37]
be so uh that our original estimate is
[1:06:42]
shy of of what it's going to actually so
[1:06:45]
we're looking at other options in terms
[1:06:47]
of being able to support uh an
[1:06:49]
accessible washroom I don't think this
[1:06:51]
would necessarily be the the Avenue but
[1:06:53]
I think there are a couple of other
[1:06:54]
avenues that we explore perfect thank
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you thank you
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Council thank you mayor shanar um
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storage I think you mentioned the last
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time we discussed this last year that
[1:07:08]
these and blankets and what all um
[1:07:13]
storage could be a bit of a problem down
[1:07:15]
there you talked about possibly a
[1:07:18]
container or
[1:07:19]
something uh is that part of this I
[1:07:22]
didn't see it anywhere so part of that
[1:07:25]
um the five I think there was about
[1:07:27]
5,000 or 2500 that we uh moved and
[1:07:30]
removed from the basic training and we
[1:07:33]
could be able to use part of that a a
[1:07:36]
container the most recent container we
[1:07:37]
bought I think was 5500 or 6,000 and
[1:07:40]
absolutely I think that's could
[1:07:42]
absolutely be something that we'd be
[1:07:43]
able to support we would also make it so
[1:07:46]
that uh if Augusta or cardal need it
[1:07:49]
that it is then transportable by just
[1:07:51]
putting it on a forklift on the back of
[1:07:53]
a truck and then moving it along so so
[1:07:55]
yeah uh in that we would include the
[1:07:57]
storage to be able to to move it around
[1:08:00]
to what we need
[1:08:02]
to yeah um do you really think though
[1:08:05]
that a steel storage container
[1:08:10]
is going to prevent dampness or some of
[1:08:14]
these blankets things like that uh I
[1:08:18]
don't want to sweep with the D blanket
[1:08:20]
Bey honest with you so some of the
[1:08:22]
things like the blankets and whatnot we
[1:08:24]
would find places like underneath the
[1:08:25]
stands that sort of thing and then uh
[1:08:28]
put them in something that's going to be
[1:08:31]
uh keeping it from uh load and damage
[1:08:34]
anything like that so anything that does
[1:08:36]
have the ability to have um you know
[1:08:38]
that sort of issue uh where it could be
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eaten away or that sort of thing then
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definitely would make other arrangements
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the the Cs tend to be a little bit more
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collapsible those types of things and
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then you're able to slip on the cover so
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again it's I'm not saying that we would
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necessarily buy the container but it is
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an option if we wanted to to be able to
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say this is kind of how we would be able
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to move around if we had to okay thank
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you all right
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s yeah so sharing between the
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municipalities this is only us that is
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applying for this money correct so um so
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we would it would only be in case of
[1:09:24]
emergency so so let's say um you know
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something happened in Spencerville and
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they they needed CS that sort of thing
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then certainly I think you know they
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would put out a general plea to say does
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anyone have anything we can help and
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support and in which case we take to
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there but our first and foremost
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priority would be president pra and
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helping out where we are able to so
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obviously if these units were used by
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any neighboring Township the neighboring
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Township would be on the hook to I
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either replace
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or uh
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clean the items before The Returned
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absolutely we expect it to be returned
[1:10:03]
in the same condition that it's went out
[1:10:06]
and if it's not then replaced at that
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time reson for you that's
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good all
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right okay so
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um I won't read the question again
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because it's just the same as one last
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year
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we have a move in second or all in favor
[1:10:28]
carried thank
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you okay the I the next one which is our
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last one is Staff report 77-20 24 the
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housing enabling core servicing stream
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join
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application support is from our CAO and
[1:10:47]
Treasurer Matthew Armstrong the
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recommendation reads that Council direct
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staff to submit a joint application with
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adjusted Township for the house housing
[1:10:55]
enabling core servicing stream for road
[1:10:58]
infrastructure as outlined in staff
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report
[1:11:01]
77- 2024 mover and secondary for
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discussion councelor Burton councelor
[1:11:07]
Lockett Matthew the floor is yours thank
[1:11:09]
you very much Mr so this was uh
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announced recently it differs from the
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how enabling water system infrastructure
[1:11:20]
and that particular application will be
[1:11:22]
presenting a report at our next meting
[1:11:25]
uh to discuss that application but this
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is really focused on Bridges and Roads
[1:11:31]
and how it could possibly uh enable
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housing so if you remember kind of in
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our strategic plan or in our well
[1:11:40]
strategic plan is very focused on
[1:11:41]
housing our official plan already
[1:11:44]
envisioned a road uh running from
[1:11:47]
industrial over to safaya and eventually
[1:11:50]
over into aesta Township as well as the
[1:11:53]
joint need study talked about running
[1:11:55]
along that area as well so really this
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came along uh Augusta is interested in
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submitting an application they invited
[1:12:04]
us if we would like to uh to to tag
[1:12:08]
along uh on their application they would
[1:12:10]
be the primary we would be a supporter
[1:12:12]
of it and and really it's trying to
[1:12:16]
expand their network uh between safia
[1:12:18]
and Merin Lane and this seemed to fit
[1:12:21]
quite well in um you know what we talked
[1:12:24]
about St strategic standpoint as well as
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our connections into to austa so um with
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that we we had the engineers kind of
[1:12:34]
take a look to say if we're not talking
[1:12:36]
about water and sewer or anything else
[1:12:38]
we're just talking about uh kind of the
[1:12:40]
road then uh to bring it from industrial
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across the the northern uh side of next
[1:12:47]
polymers and then down by the Operation
[1:12:50]
Center um we're talking somewhere in the
[1:12:52]
million dollar range and that's
[1:12:54]
basically to to clear it from where it
[1:12:56]
is today there's not a lot of tree
[1:12:59]
removal things like that if you remember
[1:13:00]
it's a dirt path as it is today so and
[1:13:04]
really runs pretty much exactly where
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the road right way is and so You' be
[1:13:08]
kind of clearing that air putting your
[1:13:10]
granular A and B down as well as two
[1:13:13]
this of B sh uh really the the overall
[1:13:17]
width will be 6 and half meters plus a
[1:13:19]
meter on either side for a shoulder and
[1:13:22]
then from a stormline management
[1:13:24]
perspective there would be dites along
[1:13:26]
both sides so um you know a lot more of
[1:13:31]
a a road as opposed to a street is what
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we would be looking at and then it also
[1:13:36]
provides another way to get to the
[1:13:38]
semour Recreation Complex as opposed to
[1:13:41]
using Church shells so um we thought it
[1:13:43]
was a good fit um as I mentioned Augusta
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is the lead uh on the location and
[1:13:50]
thought that this might be an
[1:13:51]
opportunity for us to to take along with
[1:13:53]
them and be able to uh really look at
[1:13:56]
one of those roads that we've envisioned
[1:14:00]
uh being expanded in the future and this
[1:14:02]
actually provides us an opportunity to
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do
[1:14:06]
that very good thank you Mr Armstrong
[1:14:10]
any questions for Mr
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armr all right oh almost got through I'm
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always here for you sir you Matthew what
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is the cost difference uh because I
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imagine that shoulder is not paved that
[1:14:25]
shoulder would be paav yes that shoulder
[1:14:27]
would be paav that meter okay and then I
[1:14:29]
guess my question is I know we don't
[1:14:31]
want to add sewer and water due to the
[1:14:34]
cost but lighting Street lighting would
[1:14:37]
that not that couldn't fall under this
[1:14:40]
request or
[1:14:44]
the it didn't specifically say Street
[1:14:47]
Lighting in the uh information now what
[1:14:50]
we do know is there's already RSL poles
[1:14:53]
that run from Industrial
[1:14:55]
uh across the back of of pretty much
[1:14:58]
right in the right way that that we're
[1:15:00]
talking about and so adding Street
[1:15:02]
linting would be relatively simple um
[1:15:05]
because if we're not adding polls we
[1:15:06]
would just use the polls that are
[1:15:07]
already there that sort of thing then um
[1:15:10]
and certainly I think it's we could
[1:15:12]
perhaps include as part of the
[1:15:14]
contingency um that that we have there
[1:15:16]
um but as soon as we started adding
[1:15:18]
polls things like that then that number
[1:15:19]
grows exponentially so we're trying to
[1:15:22]
to keep it at a reasonable level and it
[1:15:25]
doesn't preclude Water and Sewer uh
[1:15:27]
being under those roads it's just that
[1:15:29]
this grant would not fall so it was
[1:15:33]
strictly road infrastructure and and
[1:15:36]
that's where we we kind of looked at
[1:15:38]
from that perspective and there's
[1:15:39]
there's nothing to say that couldn't
[1:15:42]
kind of put a half meter on one side two
[1:15:44]
meters on the other uh from a shoulder
[1:15:46]
perspective to be able to then provide
[1:15:48]
the multi-use path those types of things
[1:15:50]
but overall 8 and 1/2 meter WID and then
[1:15:53]
we can work with it that so the 8 and a
[1:15:56]
half meter is paved okay yeah perfect
[1:15:59]
thank
[1:16:00]
you Campbell Shar um not knowing about
[1:16:04]
roads do we have to do any kind of
[1:16:06]
environmental assessment that there
[1:16:08]
absolutely anytime you build a road uh
[1:16:10]
it's you have to do environmental
[1:16:11]
assessment um and then uh when depending
[1:16:15]
on the materials that you're taking out
[1:16:17]
uh that will dictate what you can reuse
[1:16:20]
or what would you put that into the
[1:16:23]
grant um it's not something that's
[1:16:25]
permitted in there again it' be covered
[1:16:28]
by the 125,000 but in terms of the uh
[1:16:32]
actual
[1:16:33]
um studies and things like that then
[1:16:36]
then it wouldn't be included in there
[1:16:38]
and this is the town of Prescott's
[1:16:41]
road so we'd be maintaining it correct
[1:16:44]
and if we had this huge bill from an
[1:16:47]
environmental assessment we'd be paying
[1:16:49]
for that or would Augusta share with
[1:16:50]
them uh so roads that are in prto um we
[1:16:54]
would pay
[1:16:56]
for so regardless of of what uh road
[1:17:00]
that you build even when we when we
[1:17:02]
replace roads there's a process that we
[1:17:04]
go through from an environmental
[1:17:07]
standpoint okay thank
[1:17:09]
you coun con thank you mayor Shanker uh
[1:17:13]
given the fact that this a buts cuts
[1:17:16]
through whatever way you want to look at
[1:17:17]
it are Southern Industrial Park this
[1:17:20]
would be engineered to heavy Road
[1:17:24]
standards
[1:17:25]
for cic and presenting it would correct
[1:17:29]
it would be engineered to uh kind of the
[1:17:33]
exactly as you're saying it kind of a
[1:17:34]
road perspective that would allow for
[1:17:36]
heavy trucks thank
[1:17:41]
you okay so everyone's good with that I
[1:17:45]
call the question all in favor okay
[1:17:50]
good thank you sir okay we're going to
[1:17:53]
move on to uh we have a res resolution
[1:17:57]
tonight um the rec recommendation reads
[1:18:01]
that Council appoint Rob somalo to the
[1:18:03]
Augusta Township Township of Edwards
[1:18:06]
Cardinal and town of Prescott op
[1:18:08]
Detachment board for the remainder of
[1:18:10]
the term of council mover and Secor
[1:18:12]
councel B and councel McConnell any
[1:18:16]
discussion on this all in
[1:18:19]
favor carried thank
[1:18:22]
you we also have two bylaws this evening
[1:18:26]
uh first one is bylaw
[1:18:28]
41224 being a bylaw to authorize the
[1:18:31]
submission of an
[1:18:32]
application Ontario infrastructure and
[1:18:35]
lands Corporation for financing of
[1:18:37]
certain ongoing Capital works and in
[1:18:39]
corporation of the town of Prescott to
[1:18:42]
authorize temporary borrowing from oilc
[1:18:45]
to need expenditures in connection with
[1:18:48]
such Capital works and to authorize
[1:18:52]
long-term for such Capital works through
[1:18:55]
the issues of Adventures to oilc be read
[1:18:58]
and pass signed by the mayor and Clerk
[1:19:00]
and sealed by the Seal of
[1:19:02]
Corporation mover and second for this
[1:19:06]
Deputy mayy young any discussion on this
[1:19:10]
all in favor car thank
[1:19:20]
you better sign
[1:19:30]
okay the second one is bylaw
[1:19:34]
42-22 being a bylaw to approve the
[1:19:36]
submission of an application to the
[1:19:38]
interior infrastructure and lands
[1:19:40]
Corporation for the long-term financing
[1:19:42]
of the certain Capital works of the
[1:19:45]
corporation of the town of Prescott and
[1:19:47]
to authorize the entering into a rate
[1:19:49]
offer letter agreement pursuant to which
[1:19:51]
the municipality will issue debentures
[1:19:53]
to O be read and pass sign by the mayor
[1:19:56]
and Clerk and sealed by the Seal of
[1:19:57]
Corporation this is for the fire rescue
[1:20:00]
truck the last one was for the water
[1:20:02]
tower mover and
[1:20:04]
seconder mooved by councelor Kirkby
[1:20:07]
second by councelor Campbell all in
[1:20:09]
favor car thank
[1:20:12]
you does that mean the truck is here or
[1:20:16]
close going to be the parade
[1:20:20]
Willet think so you sp this way
[1:20:24]
worship uh we are working on it but I
[1:20:28]
think we will probably be the end of
[1:20:31]
November but
[1:20:33]
obvious for the
[1:20:37]
we I gonna say I didn't know here was
[1:20:39]
coming in okay uh no new business this
[1:20:42]
evening no notice of the motion there
[1:20:44]
are two proclamations this
[1:20:47]
evening first one is the annual child
[1:20:50]
care worker and early childhood educator
[1:20:52]
Appreciation Day whereas your years of
[1:20:54]
research confirms the benefits of high
[1:20:56]
quality Early Learning and child care
[1:20:58]
for young children's intellectual
[1:21:00]
emotional social and physical
[1:21:02]
development and later life outcomes and
[1:21:05]
whereas Child Care promotes the
[1:21:07]
well-being of children and responds to
[1:21:09]
the needs of families and the broader
[1:21:11]
Community by supporting quality of life
[1:21:13]
so that citizens can fully participate
[1:21:15]
in and contribute to the econ economic
[1:21:18]
and social life of their community and
[1:21:21]
whereas train and knowledgeable
[1:21:22]
registered Early Childhood educators
[1:21:25]
and Child Care staff are the key to
[1:21:27]
Quality in early learning and child care
[1:21:30]
programs and whereas registered Early
[1:21:32]
Childhood Educators and child care
[1:21:34]
workers will be vital to the success of
[1:21:36]
the Canada wide Early Learning and child
[1:21:38]
care system therefore be it resolved
[1:21:41]
that the town of Prescott does hereby
[1:21:42]
Proclaim October 24th 2024 as the 24th
[1:21:47]
annual child care worker and early
[1:21:50]
childhood educator appreciation Daye in
[1:21:52]
recognition of the education dedication
[1:21:55]
and commitment of childcare workers to
[1:21:57]
Children their families and quality of
[1:22:00]
life in the
[1:22:06]
community next Proclamation is uh this
[1:22:09]
week's October 5th to 11th is the
[1:22:12]
Ontario Cadets week whereas Canada has a
[1:22:15]
dynamic Cadet program with numerous
[1:22:17]
Cadet cores and squadrons across Ontario
[1:22:20]
and whereas these Cadet cores provide
[1:22:22]
programs for air Army and SE Cadets 12
[1:22:25]
to 18 years of age and whereas all Cadet
[1:22:28]
programs assist young people to develop
[1:22:30]
skills that serve them well in their
[1:22:32]
transition to adulthood and whereas
[1:22:35]
Cadet programs focus on physical fitness
[1:22:37]
leadership citizenship and teamwork
[1:22:40]
skills providing experiences not found
[1:22:42]
anywhere else and whereas Cadets are
[1:22:44]
active members of their communities and
[1:22:46]
make valuable contributions to Society
[1:22:49]
on a daily basis and whereas Ontario
[1:22:52]
Cadet weeks honors the outstanding young
[1:22:55]
Canadians whose unique personal and
[1:22:57]
Collective development through Cadet
[1:22:59]
programs will help them be successful in
[1:23:01]
Canadian society as well as recognize
[1:23:04]
those who support the programs directly
[1:23:06]
and
[1:23:07]
indirectly therefore be it resolved that
[1:23:09]
the corporation of the town of Prescott
[1:23:11]
does hereby proclaim the week of October
[1:23:13]
5th to 11th 2024 as Ontario Cadets week
[1:23:16]
in the town of
[1:23:19]
Prescott thank you if I may yeah sure if
[1:23:23]
I may
[1:23:25]
you questionable it's not a question
[1:23:27]
it's just to add to the cadets uh
[1:23:29]
tomorrow kicks off their uh parade in
[1:23:32]
jimc at the high school so they'll be
[1:23:35]
performing their uh it's here kicks off
[1:23:39]
their third annual Cadet week please
[1:23:41]
join us Tuesday for the CO's Parade
[1:23:43]
starting at 6:30 p.m. at Jim C at South
[1:23:46]
Grenville District High School if any
[1:23:48]
guests that would like to attend please
[1:23:50]
arrive by
[1:23:52]
6:15 you're going I might be there
[1:23:56]
good you want to pick me
[1:24:00]
up we have a
[1:24:04]
b uh any media no media okay so item 19
[1:24:10]
is closed session the recommended motion
[1:24:12]
reads that Council move into closed
[1:24:13]
session at 7:24 p.m. to discuss matters
[1:24:17]
pertaining to approval of closed session
[1:24:19]
minutes and purchase and sale sale of
[1:24:22]
property under Section 2 3 92c of the
[1:24:25]
municipal act a proposed or pending
[1:24:27]
acquisition or disposition of land by
[1:24:29]
the municipality or local board and at
[1:24:31]
the CAO Treasurer director of admin
[1:24:34]
clerk Economic Development officer
[1:24:37]
Deputy clerk remain in the room for
[1:24:38]
items 19.1 and
[1:24:40]
19.2 and representatives from Leonard
[1:24:44]
commercial realy remain in the room for
[1:24:46]
item
[1:24:47]
19.2 that's you guys mve in secondary
[1:24:51]
please councelor kby councelor
[1:24:55]
Mar any discussion all in favor
[1:24:59]
car just take a few minutes and then
[1:25:02]
we'll uh be ready to go thanks
[1:25:06]
great back uh rise and Report during the
[1:25:09]
closed session Council approved close
[1:25:11]
session minutes dated from September
[1:25:13]
16th under item 19.1 and received
[1:25:16]
information and provided staff Direction
[1:25:18]
on item 19.2 purchase and sale we also
[1:25:22]
have a recommendation that reads that
[1:25:24]
counc ccil direct staff to prepare the
[1:25:25]
bylaw to sell approximately 33 Acres of
[1:25:28]
surplus land to the northeast of the
[1:25:31]
Town operations building and that the
[1:25:33]
bylaw be brought forward to the council
[1:25:35]
meeting of October 21st 2024 for
[1:25:38]
discussion and consideration can I have
[1:25:41]
a move and seconder councelor Burton
[1:25:44]
Deputy Mayor Young all in
[1:25:46]
favor Carri thank
[1:25:49]
you item 21 is the confirming bylaw the
[1:25:52]
recommendation reads that byw
[1:25:55]
43224 being a bylaw to confirm the
[1:25:57]
proceedings of the council meeting held
[1:25:59]
on September
[1:26:04]
16th thank you October 7th be read and
[1:26:07]
pass signed by the mayor and Clerk and
[1:26:09]
sealed by the seal the corporation M and
[1:26:12]
secondary councelor Campbell councelor
[1:26:14]
Lockett all in favor thank you item 22
[1:26:18]
is adjournment the recommendation reads
[1:26:20]
that the meeting be adjourned to Monday
[1:26:22]
October 21st at 6 pm the time is now
[1:26:25]
9:07 PM moved by councelor Kirkby
[1:26:28]
seconded by councelor burton all in
[1:26:30]
favor carried thank you everyone