1 00:02:42,080 --> 00:02:48,239 Good evening everyone and welcome to our regular council meeting. Moved by Deputy 2 00:02:46,000 --> 00:02:52,000 Mayor Lang, seconded by Councelor Jarski be resolved that the August 24th, 2026 3 00:02:50,959 --> 00:02:58,560 council meeting of the township of Suckling Gary now be opened at 6:31 p.m. 4 00:02:55,120 --> 00:03:03,480 All those in favor carried. If you could please rise as able for the singing of 5 00:03:00,080 --> 00:03:03,480 our national anthem. 6 00:03:07,987 --> 00:03:10,007 [music] 7 00:03:15,192 --> 00:03:18,522 [music] [singing] 8 00:03:19,777 --> 00:03:24,599 » [music] >> True. 9 00:03:28,292 --> 00:03:30,312 [music] 10 00:03:32,720 --> 00:03:34,897 daily. [music and singing] 11 00:03:38,772 --> 00:03:42,757 [music] [singing] 12 00:03:45,977 --> 00:03:49,720 [music] We [singing] are 13 00:03:56,457 --> 00:04:00,519 » [music] >> Heat. Heat. 14 00:04:05,627 --> 00:04:10,519 [music] Heat. Heat. 15 00:04:12,832 --> 00:04:14,852 [music] 16 00:04:17,417 --> 00:04:20,840 [music] and 17 00:04:32,320 --> 00:04:38,479 are there any disclosures of pecuniary interest? 18 00:04:37,120 --> 00:04:43,040 Seeing none, moving to the approval agenda. Are there any amendments? 19 00:04:41,280 --> 00:04:49,600 » Yes, through you, Mr. Mayor. We do have an addition to close session this 20 00:04:44,960 --> 00:04:54,040 evening um under the uh section 2392F exemption that being uh litigation. 21 00:04:54,080 --> 00:04:59,280 Thank you. Moved by councelor Mcdel, seconded by councelor Bougie. And just 22 00:04:57,919 --> 00:05:03,600 before I do that, anything from consent this evening to be pulled? 23 00:05:01,919 --> 00:05:07,919 Anything from consent agenda to be pulled? Okay. Moved by councelor McNel, 24 00:05:06,720 --> 00:05:10,639 seconded by councelor Bougie. Be it resolved that council of the township of 25 00:05:09,120 --> 00:05:17,280 Southland Gary approve the agenda as amended. All those in favor carried. 26 00:05:15,759 --> 00:05:22,000 Approval of minutes. Are there any errors or omissions noted? 27 00:05:19,919 --> 00:05:24,479 Seeing none, moved by councelor Bougie. Second by councelor Jarski. Be it 28 00:05:23,520 --> 00:05:28,240 resolved that the minutes of the following meetings be adopted as 29 00:05:26,639 --> 00:05:35,080 circulated. Previous meeting minutes July 27th, 2026. All those in favor? 30 00:05:32,080 --> 00:05:35,080 Carried. 31 00:05:35,360 --> 00:05:44,240 We'll now move to the public meeting component of our meeting. Zoning bylaw 32 00:05:39,520 --> 00:05:49,479 09 2026 20447 concession road 3 go I believe Mrs. Haley will be speaking on 33 00:05:46,479 --> 00:05:49,479 this 34 00:06:12,319 --> 00:06:18,880 Thank you, Mr. Mayor. Good evening, everyone. We have uh one item at our 35 00:06:16,960 --> 00:06:22,960 public meeting this evening. This is a public meeting under section 34 of the 36 00:06:20,639 --> 00:06:26,800 Ontario Planning Act. Any person may attend this public meeting and or make 37 00:06:25,039 --> 00:06:31,039 written or verbal representation either in support of or in opposition to the 38 00:06:28,800 --> 00:06:34,400 proposed zoning bylaw amendment. If a person or public body would otherwise 39 00:06:32,560 --> 00:06:38,720 have an ability to appeal the decision of the council of the township of South 40 00:06:35,919 --> 00:06:42,960 Glengary to the Ontario Land Tribunal, also known as the OOLT, but the person 41 00:06:41,280 --> 00:06:46,160 or public body does not make oral submissions at this meeting or make 42 00:06:44,639 --> 00:06:50,400 written submissions to the council of the township of Southgary before the 43 00:06:47,840 --> 00:06:54,560 bylaws decided upon, the person or public body is not entitled to appeal 44 00:06:52,080 --> 00:06:57,520 the decision. If a person or public body does not make oral submissions at a 45 00:06:56,240 --> 00:07:02,319 public meeting or make written submissions to the township of Southland 46 00:06:59,759 --> 00:07:06,479 Gary before the bylaws decided upon, the person or public body may not be added 47 00:07:04,319 --> 00:07:11,280 as a party to the hearing of an appeal before the OOLT unless there are 48 00:07:08,560 --> 00:07:14,479 reasonable grounds to do so. This amendment is known as the GRO 49 00:07:12,960 --> 00:07:19,680 zoning amendment. We're going to complete a presentation followed by a 50 00:07:16,400 --> 00:07:25,039 question and answer period if required. The subject loca the subject property is 51 00:07:21,759 --> 00:07:29,759 located at part of lot 36 concession 3 in the geographic township of Lancaster 52 00:07:27,520 --> 00:07:36,319 now in the township of South Bengary surrounding the lands located at 20447 53 00:07:33,440 --> 00:07:40,560 concession road 3. So you see this is the land that we're talking about and 54 00:07:38,720 --> 00:07:44,080 this corner on the right hand side of the subject property contains an 55 00:07:42,639 --> 00:07:48,240 existing dwelling which I'll speak about in a second. The purpose of this 56 00:07:46,639 --> 00:07:53,440 amendment is to reszone the subject property from agriculture to 57 00:07:50,720 --> 00:08:01,039 agricultural exception 41 to reduce the minimum lot area from 20 hectares or 58 00:07:56,080 --> 00:08:05,199 49.42 acres to 4.73 hectares or 11.69 acres and to prohibit residential 59 00:08:03,199 --> 00:08:10,000 construction. All other applicable provisions of zoning bylaw 3809 as 60 00:08:07,199 --> 00:08:16,639 amended will continue to apply. The applicant had applied for a consent 61 00:08:13,280 --> 00:08:21,680 or we what we know as a severance to uh remove the dwelling from the subject 62 00:08:18,560 --> 00:08:26,319 lands known as a surplus uh farm house dwelling application. The applicant was 63 00:08:24,400 --> 00:08:30,240 given provisional severance approval by the United Counties of SDNG on May 19th, 64 00:08:28,720 --> 00:08:35,120 2026. The file is known as B1826 65 00:08:33,120 --> 00:08:38,959 and there's a condition that was um required as part of the approval to 66 00:08:37,279 --> 00:08:43,519 reszone the subject property to reduce the minimum lot area and to uh prohibit 67 00:08:41,599 --> 00:08:47,600 residential construction and that is a requirement of the uh provincial 68 00:08:45,200 --> 00:08:54,480 planning statement from the province. So we have a photo couple photos of um the 69 00:08:50,880 --> 00:08:59,360 area. So, this is the subject um house that was severed off. And then you can 70 00:08:57,279 --> 00:09:04,080 see some land on this side. And then over here is the farmland that we're 71 00:09:01,200 --> 00:09:08,279 looking about looking at uh reszoning and uh preserving. 72 00:09:10,160 --> 00:09:15,200 A notice of public meeting was circulated to the neighboring property 73 00:09:12,800 --> 00:09:20,959 owners within 120 meters. A sign was erected on the severed land and um uh 74 00:09:19,200 --> 00:09:24,720 along Concession Road 3 and an ad was placed in the standard freeholder. Staff 75 00:09:23,120 --> 00:09:30,160 have not received any written or oral comments regarding the proposed uh 76 00:09:26,399 --> 00:09:34,080 amendment to date. This is a a slide that represents uh our zoning on the 77 00:09:32,399 --> 00:09:38,000 left hand side in the green or my left hand side. The green represents the 78 00:09:36,000 --> 00:09:43,440 agricultural zone and on the right hand side is the uh county official plan 79 00:09:41,120 --> 00:09:48,560 designation and it's kind of a beige color and that represents uh 80 00:09:44,959 --> 00:09:51,760 agricultural resource designated area. So as I mentioned the property is 81 00:09:50,000 --> 00:09:58,320 currently designated agricultural resource and zoned agricultural 82 00:09:54,720 --> 00:10:01,440 as per delegated authority bylaw 052023. The zoning amendment application will 83 00:09:59,920 --> 00:10:05,839 not be brought back to council for a decision, uh, delegated authority has 84 00:10:03,519 --> 00:10:09,279 been granted to myself for approval. So, seeing as how we've received no uh, 85 00:10:07,920 --> 00:10:14,720 comments from the public prior to tonight's meeting, um, assuming we may 86 00:10:11,760 --> 00:10:19,200 not receive any further any uh, comments this evening, if everything goes well, 87 00:10:16,720 --> 00:10:22,959 we'll pass that bylaw a little later uh, this week and that helps speed up the 88 00:10:21,279 --> 00:10:26,079 process and we're not having to bring a report back to the next uh, council 89 00:10:24,480 --> 00:10:29,920 meeting and we're able to do appeal an appeal period much sooner. 90 00:10:28,160 --> 00:10:32,720 So, I'll turn it over to you, Mr. Mayor. We do have the applicant in the 91 00:10:31,200 --> 00:10:37,680 audience. Mr. Garrow is sitting over there and uh I'm sure he'd be happy to 92 00:10:35,440 --> 00:10:41,839 answer any questions if uh you need him to. 93 00:10:39,120 --> 00:10:47,519 » Thank you. Um does anybody from around council table have any questions at 94 00:10:43,839 --> 00:10:53,680 present? Any members of the public? Do you wish to add add anything to the 95 00:10:51,279 --> 00:10:56,800 Okay, Deputy Mayor Lang. >> Thank you, Mr. Mayor. Yeah, I I know 96 00:10:55,519 --> 00:11:00,480 we're not voting on it or anything, but I will just speak in favor of it. It 97 00:10:58,720 --> 00:11:04,320 makes a lot of sense and I have no issue with it at all. 98 00:11:03,040 --> 00:11:09,760 » I think that's probably echoed from round council. Yeah. Okay, then I don't 99 00:11:08,160 --> 00:11:13,600 think there's any caveats on this one. So, all right. Well, thank you for your 100 00:11:11,839 --> 00:11:16,600 attendance and and then we're good to go. 101 00:11:18,720 --> 00:11:24,480 All right. Next up is presentations and delegations. The Glengary Memorial 102 00:11:22,320 --> 00:11:30,279 Hospital Foundation Please proceed if you'd wish. The 103 00:11:26,640 --> 00:11:30,279 lectern is up here. 104 00:11:53,040 --> 00:11:59,360 I'll be I'll be quick. [clears throat] 105 00:11:57,440 --> 00:12:05,839 Excuse me. Mayor McDonald, members of council, staff, and members of the 106 00:12:02,480 --> 00:12:10,959 public who were um thank you for welcoming us this evening. Uh first, uh 107 00:12:08,399 --> 00:12:14,320 a quick little aside. Congratulations on uh your acclamations, which I had 108 00:12:12,639 --> 00:12:17,920 mentioned earlier, and best of luck to everybody in the upcoming race. My name 109 00:12:16,900 --> 00:12:22,160 [clears throat] is Michael Madden. For those who are not aware, I'm here 110 00:12:19,440 --> 00:12:27,279 tonight as vice chair of the board of directors for the Opal Glengary Memorial 111 00:12:24,720 --> 00:12:31,760 Hospital Foundation. And joining me tonight is our past 112 00:12:29,279 --> 00:12:35,200 chair, Pierre Vancenor, and uh our excuse me, fundraising 113 00:12:34,580 --> 00:12:40,639 [clears throat] manager, Kim Horrenio. Uh Robert Aldred 114 00:12:39,040 --> 00:12:44,880 Hughes was scheduled to be here, but has not been able to attend. We sincerely 115 00:12:43,200 --> 00:12:49,839 appreciate the opportunity to speak with you about something that matters for 116 00:12:47,200 --> 00:12:54,560 every resident of South Glengary, the future of healthcare in our community. 117 00:12:52,800 --> 00:12:59,200 I'm sure most if not all of you have benefited from the services of the 118 00:12:56,720 --> 00:13:03,440 hospital at some point in time. Personally, I and every member of my 119 00:13:01,040 --> 00:13:09,760 family have been served well by the hospital 120 00:13:04,959 --> 00:13:17,360 uh at many points in time. Every family hopes they will never need 121 00:13:13,519 --> 00:13:22,240 to uh will never need the services of Hopeel Glare Memorial Hospital. Yet when 122 00:13:19,760 --> 00:13:27,760 the day comes, whether it is for a child, whether uh with an injury, a 123 00:13:25,200 --> 00:13:32,320 parent suffering a stroke or a loved one facing a life-changing diagnosis, 124 00:13:29,920 --> 00:13:37,839 nothing matters more than knowing that quality care is available close to home. 125 00:13:35,279 --> 00:13:42,399 That is why we are here tonight. Our foundation is in the final seven months 126 00:13:39,680 --> 00:13:47,760 of a communitywide campaign to bring a CT scanner to Hopital Glengary Memorial 127 00:13:45,279 --> 00:13:51,839 Hospital. Thank you. Thanks to the extraordinary generosity of residents, 128 00:13:50,079 --> 00:13:58,079 businesses, service clubs, municipalities, and community partners. 129 00:13:55,120 --> 00:14:04,399 We have built tremendous momentum. We are now approaching the final stretch 130 00:14:00,000 --> 00:14:09,040 of a $3.5 million campaign and we are asking South Glengary Council to help us 131 00:14:06,800 --> 00:14:12,880 cross the finish line. A CT scanner is much more than a piece 132 00:14:10,959 --> 00:14:17,920 of medical equipment. It means fact faster diagnosis. It means quicker 133 00:14:15,600 --> 00:14:21,199 treatment decisions. It means fewer residents traveling outside our 134 00:14:20,000 --> 00:14:26,639 community during some of the most stressful times moments of their lives. 135 00:14:24,800 --> 00:14:31,680 Most importantly, it means better care close to home. Be a healer is the 136 00:14:29,440 --> 00:14:37,519 tagline for the campaign. It can be said, "We are all healers." In a rural 137 00:14:34,639 --> 00:14:42,560 community, healing doesn't begin when someone arrives at the hospital. It 138 00:14:39,680 --> 00:14:47,600 begins when neighbors support neighbors. It happens when volunteers give their 139 00:14:44,880 --> 00:14:52,480 time, when local businesses contribute, and when community leaders invest in the 140 00:14:50,320 --> 00:14:56,320 services that keep families healthy and safe. Tonight, council has an 141 00:14:54,880 --> 00:15:02,639 opportunity to join that community effort. We respectfully ask that council 142 00:14:59,440 --> 00:15:08,160 direct staff to include a $10,000 contribution towards the HDM Foundation 143 00:15:05,440 --> 00:15:16,079 CT scanner campaign within the township's 2027 budget, allowing the 144 00:15:11,440 --> 00:15:20,000 incoming council to consider and approve the contribution following the municipal 145 00:15:18,240 --> 00:15:23,600 election and their first budget deliberations. 146 00:15:22,000 --> 00:15:28,639 The timing would align perfectly with the final phase of our campaign as we 147 00:15:26,320 --> 00:15:33,440 work towards achieving our three $3.5 million goal. The presentation that 148 00:15:31,279 --> 00:15:38,639 follows will demonstrate why this investment is so important not only for 149 00:15:36,000 --> 00:15:43,600 our hospital but for every resident of North Glengary. 150 00:15:40,560 --> 00:15:48,399 My apologies South Glengary and Glengary who depend on timely access to quality 151 00:15:45,600 --> 00:15:52,079 health care. At this time, it is my pleasure to introduce our fundraising 152 00:15:49,759 --> 00:15:56,399 manager, Kim Horrenio, who will walk you through the campaign, the data behind 153 00:15:54,000 --> 00:16:00,279 the need, and the impact a CT scanner will have on our community. 154 00:16:05,680 --> 00:16:12,560 » Sorry, it's quite high. Hi, thank you so much for this 155 00:16:10,800 --> 00:16:18,880 opportunity to present our fundraising campaign. Um this is u um an a really 156 00:16:16,480 --> 00:16:23,199 great opportunity to also let you know um I'm sure that you are all familiar 157 00:16:20,720 --> 00:16:27,040 with what the hospital look looks like and I'm here tonight to let you know 158 00:16:25,199 --> 00:16:33,759 about what happens beyond our hospital doors as Mike has mentioned. 159 00:16:30,079 --> 00:16:38,399 Sorry too. As Mike said at HGMH and in our 160 00:16:36,399 --> 00:16:42,399 foundation we believe that healing does not start once a patient comes in 161 00:16:40,399 --> 00:16:46,880 through our doors. It happens when community members, neighbors or help one 162 00:16:44,639 --> 00:16:50,959 another. This is our firm belief and I'm going to walk you through as to 163 00:16:48,399 --> 00:16:56,079 especially in our rural community that matters. 164 00:16:53,600 --> 00:17:00,720 Okay. We are really proud of our hospital. 165 00:16:58,399 --> 00:17:08,640 It's it has started its operations in 1965 making it 61 years in operation. At 166 00:17:04,559 --> 00:17:14,400 to date it has 37 beds. Once upon a time there was an OB wing where people were 167 00:17:11,439 --> 00:17:18,959 um born but now we there's um there's no more service like that but it doesn't 168 00:17:16,640 --> 00:17:23,280 mean that we um we don't have a lot of really strong services in our hospital. 169 00:17:21,039 --> 00:17:27,520 Um we are really proud to have a 24-hour emergency department. Um, whenever I 170 00:17:25,839 --> 00:17:32,080 speak with people in our community, they always say, "We're really lucky to have 171 00:17:29,600 --> 00:17:36,480 a hospital right beside us." And I think from especially in your perspective, 172 00:17:34,320 --> 00:17:43,600 really that proximity to a hospital matters, right? Um, what I want to zone 173 00:17:39,840 --> 00:17:49,919 in on this number, 72,000 patients for a small rural hospital, we served 72,000 174 00:17:46,160 --> 00:17:56,640 patients in fiscal year 2026. And in 20 fiscal year 2025, we served 54,000 175 00:17:53,520 --> 00:18:03,600 patients. That really shows the the demand for care in our community. 176 00:18:01,919 --> 00:18:12,240 And in this slide, I'm going to be sharing what those numbers represent. So 177 00:18:07,600 --> 00:18:17,679 in 2026, HGM delivered 18,700 emergency visits. We also delivered 178 00:18:15,039 --> 00:18:25,600 17,500 plus diagnostic imaging procedures, 22,500 plus laboratory tests 179 00:18:22,080 --> 00:18:29,840 and 2,000 plus outpatient visits. Some of you may not know that we have 180 00:18:27,360 --> 00:18:34,880 specialists in our hospital such as urology, gynecology and respirology. So 181 00:18:32,720 --> 00:18:40,320 even as as a small and mighty hospital, we really have a slew of services and 182 00:18:38,400 --> 00:18:46,400 this really truly matters especially for our community um that we are there's a 183 00:18:43,760 --> 00:18:51,200 pro uh there's a proximity to those kinds of services. I want to zoom in 184 00:18:49,039 --> 00:18:58,080 also in the increase in the number of diagnostic imaging procedures. So in 185 00:18:53,520 --> 00:19:02,960 fiscal year 2025 there were about 11,000 diagnostic imaging procedures. Last year 186 00:19:00,720 --> 00:19:06,799 it was 17,500. So you can see that it's uh one of the 187 00:19:05,200 --> 00:19:13,320 most important procedures that clinicians use to make decisions for 188 00:19:09,280 --> 00:19:13,320 care especially for patients. 189 00:19:14,320 --> 00:19:21,440 You might be wondering where does north where the south lingary figure in all of 190 00:19:18,480 --> 00:19:25,600 these for south lingary um I want to share the data from our emergency 191 00:19:23,520 --> 00:19:30,960 department. Unfortunately, the numbers from diagnostic imaging laboratories and 192 00:19:29,039 --> 00:19:36,559 outpatient specialists are not readily available but um we do have um data to 193 00:19:34,559 --> 00:19:40,880 represent um the demand from South Glengary which is the emergency 194 00:19:38,240 --> 00:19:50,160 department visits. So last fiscal year we received 3,66 patients um from South 195 00:19:44,320 --> 00:19:54,240 Glengary representing um 16% of our um emergency department total. And one 196 00:19:52,480 --> 00:20:00,080 thing that I'd like to highlight is that it increased from 2,849 197 00:19:57,120 --> 00:20:07,280 the previous year. So it just shows that there there are more residents from 198 00:20:01,919 --> 00:20:13,840 Southlandry who rely on HMH for care. And this this brings me to why I'm here. 199 00:20:10,559 --> 00:20:18,400 Um so our role at HMH Foundation is different from the hospital. Um, our 200 00:20:16,240 --> 00:20:23,039 mission is to raise funds and foster community partnerships that empower 201 00:20:20,640 --> 00:20:26,960 Opalagen Gary Memorial Hospital to deliver outstanding care, drive 202 00:20:24,960 --> 00:20:30,480 innovation, and ensure access to sustainable health care for future 203 00:20:28,559 --> 00:20:35,520 generations. Those are a lot of words. I'd like to I'd like for you to focus on 204 00:20:32,640 --> 00:20:40,480 just one, partnerships. We recognize that we can't do this work alone. With 205 00:20:38,320 --> 00:20:45,200 the leadership of our board of directors and also with the executive director, we 206 00:20:42,799 --> 00:20:50,159 work with community members to really showcase why strengthening rural 207 00:20:47,600 --> 00:20:54,640 healthcare is important and why we work together to help make sure that we 208 00:20:52,720 --> 00:20:59,280 deliver outstanding healthcare even for future generations. 209 00:20:56,720 --> 00:21:03,039 Oops. One story that I'd like to mention and and the actually the reason why I'm 210 00:21:01,360 --> 00:21:09,280 standing in front of you today is I got inspired by the actual very reason why 211 00:21:05,760 --> 00:21:14,559 HMH Foundation exists. So in 2002 there was a threat of hospital closure and 212 00:21:11,600 --> 00:21:18,720 community members rallied together um to make sure that it doesn't happen. So 213 00:21:16,559 --> 00:21:24,400 they raised funds their first major campaign raised over $1.7 million to 214 00:21:21,919 --> 00:21:28,320 modernize that emergency department. And if you look take a look at the number of 215 00:21:26,559 --> 00:21:32,880 people who've used the emergency department last fiscal year, I think 216 00:21:30,400 --> 00:21:39,760 that's a direct impact of what community gener generosity means, especially for a 217 00:21:35,520 --> 00:21:43,360 small um community such as ours. Um if you can take a look at the 218 00:21:41,679 --> 00:21:48,159 pictures at the right, these actually represent the community members who 219 00:21:45,520 --> 00:21:55,039 stepped forward. These are individuals. These are businesses. These are clubs um 220 00:21:50,880 --> 00:21:59,440 that support our cause and really um appreciate and support strengthening 221 00:21:56,880 --> 00:22:03,440 rural healthcare. Today, I'm standing in front of you today because we are 222 00:22:00,720 --> 00:22:09,679 rallying community support once again. We are hoping to raise $3.5 million by 223 00:22:06,720 --> 00:22:14,159 the end of March 2027 for a new CT scanner. Right now, it's it's become a 224 00:22:12,320 --> 00:22:18,240 standard of care. If you've seen the number of increase of the diagnostic 225 00:22:16,159 --> 00:22:25,559 imaging procedures, that really shows that there's a lot of patients in need 226 00:22:20,400 --> 00:22:25,559 of answers sooner rather than later. 227 00:22:25,679 --> 00:22:34,159 This number is from the um approval for a CT scan that um the hospital submitted 228 00:22:31,120 --> 00:22:39,200 to the Ontario Ministry of Health. If you look at um where we are. So imagine 229 00:22:36,159 --> 00:22:44,480 being a patient and needing and and experiencing the worst headache of your 230 00:22:41,120 --> 00:22:48,720 life. And if you're at HMH, you will be told, "We're so sorry. We don't have a 231 00:22:46,559 --> 00:22:53,039 CT scanner here. We would need to coordinate with any one of these 232 00:22:50,320 --> 00:22:57,679 hospitals on the left to make to ask if they they have any availability for a 233 00:22:55,039 --> 00:23:01,760 scan and from there wait if they can actually accommodate. So imagine the 234 00:22:59,840 --> 00:23:06,640 time experiencing the headache, the worst headache of your life and having 235 00:23:03,760 --> 00:23:12,480 been told to to drive 40 plus kilome kilometers back and forth to get a 236 00:23:09,039 --> 00:23:17,120 15minut scan done. So that number of 60,000 patients those 237 00:23:15,039 --> 00:23:21,600 represent the number of people that need answers sooner rather than later. Based 238 00:23:20,000 --> 00:23:27,760 on our catchment population, they estimated that the region SDNG should 239 00:23:24,880 --> 00:23:34,000 have had access to 20,453 CT hours annually. There's currently a 240 00:23:30,480 --> 00:23:39,039 gap of more than 8,000 CT hours each year. And I think with a growing 241 00:23:36,080 --> 00:23:43,039 population, it could grow larger. And so that's why it's really important for us 242 00:23:40,960 --> 00:23:46,039 to have an on-site CT scanner in our hospital. 243 00:23:46,159 --> 00:23:55,120 The numbers show you that need rural patients cannot wait any longer. As Mike 244 00:23:52,880 --> 00:24:00,080 has said, we are asking for the township of South Gary to consider supporting our 245 00:23:58,240 --> 00:24:05,039 fundraising campaign. And more importantly, 246 00:24:01,600 --> 00:24:09,039 beyond financial support, if you are if you know people, businesses, 247 00:24:06,480 --> 00:24:13,200 organizations who can also help us get there, who may be very supportive of our 248 00:24:11,520 --> 00:24:17,760 cause, we'd really appreciate introductions to them so that we can 249 00:24:15,279 --> 00:24:22,760 also share why it's important for us to have an on-site CT scanner in our 250 00:24:19,760 --> 00:24:22,760 hospital. 251 00:24:23,520 --> 00:24:29,039 I'm really proud to say that because of community generosity and many people 252 00:24:27,200 --> 00:24:33,520 who've stepped up, we've reached a fundraising milestone. We've reached 253 00:24:31,120 --> 00:24:38,880 more than $2 million in our campaign to date. And this is because of people, 254 00:24:36,480 --> 00:24:44,720 businesses, community members, leaders who are very supportive of our cause. 255 00:24:42,799 --> 00:24:48,880 So, help us bring life-saving care that's closer to home. We ask you to 256 00:24:47,120 --> 00:24:54,000 invest in the health of our community with a $10,000 contribution to fund 257 00:24:51,919 --> 00:24:59,919 vital hospital equipment and strengthen rural patient care. 258 00:24:56,960 --> 00:25:04,640 We started earlier with a with a call be a healer. We believe that healing does 259 00:25:02,720 --> 00:25:09,520 not just happen within our hospital walls. It happens within our community. 260 00:25:07,520 --> 00:25:14,400 Yes, they are physicians. Yes, they are healthcare workers. But we believe that 261 00:25:11,840 --> 00:25:18,480 every one of us when we step forward for rural health care, every one of us are 262 00:25:16,480 --> 00:25:23,120 healers. Thank you so much for your time this evening. I really appreciate you 263 00:25:20,320 --> 00:25:25,120 all for listening. >> Thank you very much for your 264 00:25:24,159 --> 00:25:30,559 presentation. Are there any comments from around the table? Councelor Bougie. 265 00:25:28,240 --> 00:25:36,159 » Thank you, Mr. Mayor. Uh thank you, Mike and Kim, for your presentation. Um 266 00:25:33,360 --> 00:25:43,440 there's no doubt that uh the CT scanner is is an important piece of equipment 267 00:25:38,400 --> 00:25:46,799 that uh is needed. Is Glengary the only one in the area 268 00:25:45,120 --> 00:25:50,320 without this? So you're saying Hawkbury Corn Winchester all have CT scanners. So 269 00:25:48,880 --> 00:25:52,799 yes, Alexander is the only one or Glengary Hospitals the only one without 270 00:25:52,240 --> 00:25:57,760 it. >> Yes. because of our size like um we 271 00:25:54,880 --> 00:26:02,000 don't have that service available and so we had to apply and prove to the 272 00:26:00,159 --> 00:26:06,720 ministry that there's actually a need for us to have this on site. 273 00:26:04,080 --> 00:26:11,279 » Okay. Well, I mean thanks for that and based on in your statistics 72,000 a 274 00:26:09,279 --> 00:26:17,600 year. So that's right roughly 200 patients served 51 per day in the 275 00:26:14,080 --> 00:26:22,400 emergency. I mean, I feel like CT scanner is something you definitely 276 00:26:20,240 --> 00:26:28,720 should have and uh it's good to see the generosity of the community and I would 277 00:26:24,240 --> 00:26:35,200 be very comfortable uh uh saying that uh well on my or on South 278 00:26:33,440 --> 00:26:40,880 Gary I would be comfortable with the 10,000 amount for the budget in 2027. 279 00:26:37,840 --> 00:26:44,640 » Thank you. >> Councelor McEnel. 280 00:26:42,400 --> 00:26:48,960 » Yeah, through you Mr. Mayor. Um, thank you for the presentation, both of you, 281 00:26:46,159 --> 00:26:53,679 Mike, Kim. Uh, I, uh, got to benefit from your services this spring on a 282 00:26:50,960 --> 00:26:57,360 weekend. And, uh, I have to admit, uh, the 283 00:26:55,360 --> 00:27:00,880 having Glengary Memorial Hospital there, uh, saved me an agonizing ride to 284 00:26:58,880 --> 00:27:04,400 Hawkbury in the truck. So, I did appreciate having that service there. 285 00:27:02,320 --> 00:27:09,440 And then how quickly I did get my my imagery done. Uh, as far as an X-ray the 286 00:27:07,200 --> 00:27:12,880 following morning, uh, I think I was in and out within an hour and 10 minutes 287 00:27:11,200 --> 00:27:16,000 and there was enough people there. So, I was I was quite impressed with the how 288 00:27:14,559 --> 00:27:22,559 quick they were able to do that and see me and uh the level of uh of care was 289 00:27:20,400 --> 00:27:25,840 bar none the best and I'd gone to three hospitals for that injury and it was 290 00:27:24,080 --> 00:27:29,679 definitely the the most pleasant part of my experience was the initial uh the 291 00:27:27,679 --> 00:27:33,600 initial visits. So, I just wanted to give uh the team there that that kudos 292 00:27:31,760 --> 00:27:37,919 and and just to say that I would be supportive of council or staff bringing 293 00:27:35,200 --> 00:27:41,919 this to uh to 2027 budget. So, >> thank you so much for the feedback and 294 00:27:39,360 --> 00:27:44,960 for the support. We'll go councelor Jorski then deputy 295 00:27:43,679 --> 00:27:49,520 mayor Lang. >> Thank you through you, Mayor McDonald. 296 00:27:46,960 --> 00:27:52,960 Again, thank you uh echoing uh the rest of my council colleagues. thank you for 297 00:27:50,799 --> 00:27:55,919 coming to present this and um it's just so important for this kind of 298 00:27:54,159 --> 00:27:59,600 information to get disseminated within the community so that folks understand 299 00:27:58,240 --> 00:28:03,279 you know just the volume that goes through our local hospitals like the the 300 00:28:01,520 --> 00:28:07,120 pieces of information the facts that you shared I think are just so important to 301 00:28:04,720 --> 00:28:11,440 have those uh disseminated out so that people can understand just the value of 302 00:28:09,520 --> 00:28:16,159 um infrastructure like this >> and I mean definitely there's a need but 303 00:28:13,840 --> 00:28:21,360 beyond that ensuring that our local hospital has that kind of equipment 304 00:28:19,279 --> 00:28:24,159 really helps just insulate it from like when you were talking about like two 305 00:28:22,720 --> 00:28:28,399 decades ago or two and a half decades ago when it was being eyed for closure 306 00:28:26,240 --> 00:28:33,919 when you have you know the modern equipment that uh patients and 307 00:28:31,279 --> 00:28:38,159 physicians expect to be able to you know patients expect and physicians expect to 308 00:28:35,840 --> 00:28:44,799 be able to provide good surface it helps insulate your facility from that kind of 309 00:28:41,679 --> 00:28:48,799 um negative scrutiny I would say so yeah I'm looking forward to discussing this 310 00:28:46,880 --> 00:28:53,120 further at budget and hopefully there'll be support from around the table at that 311 00:28:50,640 --> 00:28:56,640 time to uh contribute to the campaign. >> Thank you. 312 00:28:55,440 --> 00:29:00,480 » Thank you, Mr. Mayor, and through you and thanks for your presentation and 313 00:28:58,000 --> 00:29:03,679 congratulations on raising 2 million. I'm trying to remember when uh I was 314 00:29:02,240 --> 00:29:06,320 there the night you guys kicked off your campaign, and I can't remember how long 315 00:29:05,039 --> 00:29:09,279 ago it was, but it doesn't seem very long ago. 316 00:29:07,600 --> 00:29:14,159 » Congratulations on that and uh looking forward to uh supporting you. 317 00:29:11,679 --> 00:29:18,480 » Thank you. Well, I guess we'll see this on our 2027 318 00:29:16,880 --> 00:29:22,399 uh grants and donations budget. And thank you very much both of you for your 319 00:29:20,000 --> 00:29:26,480 presentation. And uh we'll let uh the next council determine that. But I mean 320 00:29:24,559 --> 00:29:31,600 there's opportunity that that it will uh I mean can't see anybody saying no, but 321 00:29:29,840 --> 00:29:33,840 I don't know who will be here next. And thank you very much for your time and 322 00:29:32,720 --> 00:29:38,000 also that what you give to the community. I joke sometimes with Casey 323 00:29:36,240 --> 00:29:42,559 who's my wife. Uh my birth certificate says Cornwall and I always say I'm from 324 00:29:39,600 --> 00:29:46,799 Glengary. So I wish I wish there was the ability like 40 years ago to be born in 325 00:29:45,279 --> 00:29:49,600 Glengary because it's the the the one regret of my life is having Cornwall on 326 00:29:48,399 --> 00:29:55,120 my birth [laughter] certificate not Glengary. So uh aside from that you're 327 00:29:53,120 --> 00:29:59,919 doing a wonderful job. [laughter] >> Thank you so much mayor and counselors 328 00:29:56,640 --> 00:30:03,080 for the time tonight. Appreciate it. >> Thank you. 329 00:30:03,520 --> 00:30:09,600 » Right. We'll move to action requests. Moved by councelor Mcdanel. Second by 330 00:30:08,159 --> 00:30:13,120 deputy mayor Lang. Be it resolved that staff report 202680 be received and that 331 00:30:11,919 --> 00:30:17,279 the council of the township of South Glengary approve the request from the 332 00:30:14,880 --> 00:30:20,559 Glengary Festival Trust for support of its application to the government of 333 00:30:18,640 --> 00:30:24,320 Canada's legacy fund program. that council commit $4,000 annually through 334 00:30:22,799 --> 00:30:28,559 the township grant and donations program for 2027 and 2028 for the total 335 00:30:26,559 --> 00:30:33,200 commitment of $8,000 to support the Glengary Fensible Trusts Restoration 336 00:30:31,039 --> 00:30:37,360 Project and that council approve an inkind donation for four landfill 337 00:30:34,799 --> 00:30:44,399 tipping fees valued at $250 each for a total value of $1,000 in 2026. 338 00:30:41,039 --> 00:30:48,159 Any discussion? Councelor Mcdanel. >> Yeah, three you Mr. Mayor. Uh, I had the 339 00:30:46,799 --> 00:30:52,240 opportunity to speak with one of the board members over the weekend and then 340 00:30:49,679 --> 00:30:56,399 I actually uh I put it in my calendar. I don't know when I saw it, but uh got to 341 00:30:54,080 --> 00:31:02,080 watch Patty Kelly and uh one of the Morris family members sing on Sunday 342 00:30:58,880 --> 00:31:05,440 kill an hour and a half up there. Um it's I think it's a worthy cause. I did 343 00:31:03,840 --> 00:31:09,840 get a little more background I think on the on the request for the full funding 344 00:31:07,520 --> 00:31:13,919 of the 4,000. I I think we we've maybe reduced them over the last couple of 345 00:31:11,200 --> 00:31:18,399 years in our re-evaluation. Uh, I'd speak in support of it just 346 00:31:15,919 --> 00:31:23,120 because it's going to a specific project. Uh, and I think it's when 347 00:31:21,039 --> 00:31:27,440 evaluated in their application to the government, it shows that the govern the 348 00:31:25,919 --> 00:31:31,440 federal government is not just the one kicking in the money that there is a 349 00:31:28,799 --> 00:31:34,399 local commitment and and they also have a a written in commitment of what 350 00:31:32,880 --> 00:31:37,600 they're chipping in as well to this project. So, it's not a I don't believe 351 00:31:35,760 --> 00:31:43,279 it's a a wholly funded project by the federal government. Uh but um I think it 352 00:31:41,200 --> 00:31:46,720 it's seen as potentially an opportunity for them to uh with that local 353 00:31:45,279 --> 00:31:51,360 commitment to to get them a little higher up the application list. Um so 354 00:31:49,519 --> 00:31:54,799 I'll speak in support of it. I I do think it should be for the two years and 355 00:31:52,799 --> 00:31:59,919 then we reeval or the future council can reevaluate, but I do I'll I'll give 356 00:31:57,039 --> 00:32:03,279 another plug for my uh moving moving forward with our grants and donations. 357 00:32:01,600 --> 00:32:08,720 Maybe it'd be nicer to be able to give them 16,000 and and cut down some of our 358 00:32:06,399 --> 00:32:12,720 other uh kind of annual donations that are just reoccurring and and focus on 359 00:32:10,559 --> 00:32:16,960 some of these major projects where uh we've got community uh groups like this 360 00:32:14,720 --> 00:32:20,799 that are kind of running their own organization. I know I I think it was 361 00:32:19,200 --> 00:32:24,399 there was some substantial costs they have. Insurance was a major one. 362 00:32:22,880 --> 00:32:27,679 Something that I think future council could talk with the continue to advocate 363 00:32:26,399 --> 00:32:32,799 the provincial government on getting changed. But that being aside, this uh 364 00:32:31,279 --> 00:32:38,960 I've been in support of this. The only question I did have was the inind 365 00:32:35,279 --> 00:32:44,720 tipping fees. Um I'm assuming this is for renovation materials. Is that we're 366 00:32:42,880 --> 00:32:48,080 we're willing to to take those into our landfill site uh against our policy? No 367 00:32:46,720 --> 00:32:53,519 problem. I have no problem with that. I just wanted to be clear. I didn't think 368 00:32:49,600 --> 00:32:57,600 they'd be generating that much garbage. >> Councelor Bougie. 369 00:32:56,000 --> 00:33:02,080 Uh through you, Mr. Mayor. Yeah. I'd like to echo council McNell's sentiment. 370 00:33:00,320 --> 00:33:07,840 The work they have done over the years is is truly remarkable. This Glengary 371 00:33:04,159 --> 00:33:12,559 Festival's group um it would have been torn down years ago if it wasn't for 372 00:33:09,440 --> 00:33:18,000 this group to step forward to uh promote and fund raise thousands of 373 00:33:15,600 --> 00:33:21,840 dollars uh to get to where they are now. So, it's incredible the work they've 374 00:33:19,519 --> 00:33:26,640 done already. Uh there is major costs coming for them. Um, so I'm in full 375 00:33:24,159 --> 00:33:30,640 support uh with the letter and hopefully they can get more funding. Uh, at a time 376 00:33:28,399 --> 00:33:34,720 there was cost matching. Uh, I remember a time we donated 25,000 because they 377 00:33:32,880 --> 00:33:40,320 knew the federal government was going to match it. So um, definitely in support 378 00:33:37,840 --> 00:33:44,320 of of uh, this group and uh, hopefully they get some some major funding uh, 379 00:33:42,960 --> 00:33:48,240 from the federal government at some point. 380 00:33:46,480 --> 00:33:52,720 » Thank you, Councelor Jorski. >> Thank you, Mayor McDonald. Um just the 381 00:33:50,799 --> 00:33:56,720 one item I wanted to sort of add to what's already been said is there's been 382 00:33:54,320 --> 00:34:03,440 a lot of discussion right on um historical uh heritage um infrastructure 383 00:34:01,760 --> 00:34:08,960 buildings you know what have you in our area and the value that uh the community 384 00:34:06,000 --> 00:34:15,280 puts on those and so this is you know very much central to I think um those 385 00:34:12,240 --> 00:34:20,000 efforts this you know this uh facility for lack of a better word and definitely 386 00:34:17,359 --> 00:34:26,639 recognizing the the huge amount of work that this group of uh volunteers and 387 00:34:23,760 --> 00:34:33,280 over a very prolonged period of time. So I think uh I think it's very much in 388 00:34:29,520 --> 00:34:37,119 keeping with you know the an the discussions that we've had with 389 00:34:34,800 --> 00:34:41,919 respect to heritage uh through the last few months. So definitely I would be uh 390 00:34:38,879 --> 00:34:44,919 in support of uh of this of this initiative. 391 00:34:45,119 --> 00:34:50,960 » Deputy Marang and thank you. >> Thanks Mr. Mayor. I think most of it's 392 00:34:48,240 --> 00:34:53,839 been said, but uh yeah, I think that's what we wanted our grants and donations 393 00:34:52,480 --> 00:34:57,119 to go to were special projects, something that would added a benefit to 394 00:34:55,359 --> 00:35:01,760 the community, not just somebody's, you know, regular money. So, this fits the 395 00:34:59,599 --> 00:35:07,320 bill. Thank you. So, I'll call the vote. All 396 00:35:03,200 --> 00:35:07,320 those in favor? Carried. 397 00:35:08,800 --> 00:35:16,079 We'll go to zoning bylaws. Uh and zoning bylaw amendment moved by councelor 398 00:35:13,839 --> 00:35:21,839 Jorski, seconded by councelor Bougie. We resolve staff report 202681 be received 399 00:35:18,960 --> 00:35:27,200 and that bylaw 202649 being a bylaw to amend bylaw 3809 to amend the limited 400 00:35:24,880 --> 00:35:31,359 service residential exception 4 zoning to permit an an additional dwelling unit 401 00:35:29,200 --> 00:35:35,040 on the subject property which is which will result in a total of three dwelling 402 00:35:33,119 --> 00:35:39,200 units for the property legally described as part of lot 24 concession one front 403 00:35:37,920 --> 00:35:43,119 in the geographic township of Schlottburg now in the township of south 404 00:35:41,040 --> 00:35:50,560 langary county of Glengary located at 18645 Prevo point Road pin 671300566 405 00:35:49,040 --> 00:35:55,280 be read a first, second, and third time pass signed and sealed and open council 406 00:35:52,800 --> 00:35:58,240 this 24th day of August 2026. The council of the township of Stuckling 407 00:35:56,560 --> 00:36:01,760 Gary confirms that no comments from the public were received on this 408 00:36:00,160 --> 00:36:06,359 application. Therefore, there was no effect on the decision. Mrs. Haley, 409 00:36:06,480 --> 00:36:13,520 » thank you, Mr. Mayor. As you mentioned, uh, this property is located at 18645 410 00:36:11,040 --> 00:36:16,880 Prevo Point Road. is currently developed containing a single detached dwelling 411 00:36:15,119 --> 00:36:21,440 and that dwelling has an apartment unit in it and has had that zoning for quite 412 00:36:18,880 --> 00:36:26,640 some time. The property is almost 3 acres in size and the uh property owner 413 00:36:24,240 --> 00:36:30,320 had approached the municipality a few months back as well as the 414 00:36:28,560 --> 00:36:36,160 conservation authority to determine if there was developability potential for 415 00:36:33,359 --> 00:36:40,240 the vacant portion of the property. And the property um appeared to be a little 416 00:36:38,320 --> 00:36:43,359 tricky at first, but with some analysis completed by the Raisin Region 417 00:36:41,440 --> 00:36:47,839 Conservation Authority, it was determined that there was the ability to 418 00:36:45,920 --> 00:36:52,560 have a building envelope that would be above the flood plane that would be able 419 00:36:49,680 --> 00:36:58,000 to uh be large enough to accommodate an additional dwelling unit. 420 00:36:54,880 --> 00:37:01,760 This parcel of property um has an existing zoning of limited services 421 00:37:00,160 --> 00:37:06,320 residential with an exception to accommodate the apartment unit. limited 422 00:37:04,240 --> 00:37:10,400 services residential zone does not allow additional dwelling units. We typically 423 00:37:08,160 --> 00:37:13,760 don't want additional development on private roads where we don't maintain 424 00:37:11,839 --> 00:37:18,560 those roads. We don't uh we're not able to provide all the services, but some of 425 00:37:16,240 --> 00:37:23,040 our private roads are a little more unique than others. Uh they have better 426 00:37:20,960 --> 00:37:27,680 access. They're wider. They're not as dense. And so we do uh rely on the 427 00:37:25,920 --> 00:37:32,480 opinion of our fire chief to assist us in cases like this to ensure that there 428 00:37:29,599 --> 00:37:36,079 can be uh emergency services provided both fire and ambulance. The last thing 429 00:37:34,640 --> 00:37:39,359 we want to do is add additional dwellings. We're in an area where we 430 00:37:37,680 --> 00:37:43,200 can't provide those services. But that's not the case in this particular 431 00:37:40,720 --> 00:37:46,400 situation. So with the positive review of the fire chief as well as the 432 00:37:44,560 --> 00:37:49,520 conservation authority, the property owner, Mr. Knight, filed a zoning 433 00:37:47,920 --> 00:37:53,839 amendment application to go through the process. You may recall that we did a 434 00:37:51,680 --> 00:37:58,079 public meeting on uh July 27th. There was no members of public in attendance. 435 00:37:55,920 --> 00:38:02,720 We did not receive any comments uh written comments or oral comments either 436 00:38:00,480 --> 00:38:08,640 in support of or in opposition to this amendment. You'll see in the staff 437 00:38:04,880 --> 00:38:13,200 report that we provided a detailed um review of the planning policy framework 438 00:38:10,880 --> 00:38:17,599 that we're required to look at. We are recommending that this application be 439 00:38:15,440 --> 00:38:22,880 approved as it's consistent with the PPS and it conforms to the official plan and 440 00:38:20,800 --> 00:38:26,880 um if council chooses to make a decision this evening and approve it, a decision 441 00:38:24,400 --> 00:38:31,040 will be made on day 63. So if there's any questions, please let me know. 442 00:38:29,599 --> 00:38:35,040 » Thank you very much. Are there any questions further to the staff report 443 00:38:33,040 --> 00:38:39,640 and the presentation before? Seeing none, all those in favor? Carried. 444 00:38:49,040 --> 00:38:53,280 All right, there's nothing pulled from the consent agenda. So moved by 445 00:38:51,680 --> 00:38:56,480 councelor Jorski, seconded by councelor Mcdanell be resolved that council 446 00:38:54,800 --> 00:39:01,880 accepts the items listed on the consent agenda. All those in favor carried. 447 00:39:07,839 --> 00:39:14,880 Right. Commi. Before we get to notices of motion, we do have our committee uh 448 00:39:12,960 --> 00:39:18,240 board and committee updates. If you don't mind, I should have said that I'm 449 00:39:16,400 --> 00:39:21,839 going to as August there's only one meeting. I I didn't uh share what was 450 00:39:20,640 --> 00:39:24,880 going on kind of in the community. So, if you if you see something I missed or 451 00:39:23,280 --> 00:39:29,599 that you attended on my behalf, let me know. Um, so last time we did the 452 00:39:27,839 --> 00:39:33,839 mayor's update was July 13th. The Glen Neas social, we had talked about, we had 453 00:39:31,599 --> 00:39:39,440 got so that happened. U Manor House social, the Lancaster District nonprofit 454 00:39:36,320 --> 00:39:44,960 housing had a few meetings. Um, I don't think it's a a secret, but uh they're 455 00:39:42,480 --> 00:39:48,880 trying to try trying to make themselves more independent. Uh, I I believe we put 456 00:39:47,440 --> 00:39:53,200 in a pretty competitive team in the St. Raffles Ruins golf tournament. Um, 457 00:39:51,839 --> 00:39:55,599 Highland Games, Williamstown Fair happened that I failed to mention at the 458 00:39:54,640 --> 00:39:58,560 last meetings. Thank you councelor Bougie for reminding me of our big 459 00:39:56,800 --> 00:40:02,400 events. The Martintown Mill had a very successful AGM and after that we're 460 00:40:00,960 --> 00:40:07,200 quite successful with fundraising efforts. We got to conference where we 461 00:40:05,280 --> 00:40:11,359 had two delegations. I thought they went well uh well received and then we came 462 00:40:09,520 --> 00:40:16,320 back to the uh Glengary Sports Hall of Fame and then I guess for those of you 463 00:40:14,400 --> 00:40:18,720 who didn't attend on Thursday because it wasn't live, we bought an airport. So 464 00:40:17,680 --> 00:40:22,720 that was a pretty big deal for our township. 465 00:40:20,320 --> 00:40:27,680 Um and then other than that I think we had a county meeting today. So, moving 466 00:40:24,480 --> 00:40:30,640 to SDG County Council updates. Um, Deputy Mayor, if I miss something, 467 00:40:29,040 --> 00:40:35,040 please let me know. Or or do you prepare to? So, I going from my notes, so 468 00:40:32,640 --> 00:40:39,359 they're touch messy. Uh, but we had a special meeting of council beforehand. 469 00:40:37,200 --> 00:40:42,960 Uh, changing in planning. I'm not always the best on planning. So, if there there 470 00:40:40,880 --> 00:40:48,000 are changes coming, uh, you can consult with Mrs. Haley. Uh, but there's tier 471 00:40:45,119 --> 00:40:53,520 one and tier two employment zones. Um and that um is density and on the 472 00:40:51,040 --> 00:40:58,079 fringes of where your um like suburbs would be. So you can have less dense 473 00:40:56,079 --> 00:41:01,440 employment zones I believe onfarmm diversified. I believe that's more for 474 00:40:59,440 --> 00:41:06,400 the biodesttors coming through so you can produce energy which is wonderful. 475 00:41:03,200 --> 00:41:09,200 Natural heritage um I didn't know perfectly if that was stronger or 476 00:41:07,680 --> 00:41:13,119 weaker. Deputy Mayor Lang asked that question and it seems that it's pretty 477 00:41:10,880 --> 00:41:16,400 much status quo and the whole intent of all these things is to make it more per 478 00:41:14,480 --> 00:41:20,960 permissive, make it more simpler to follow provincial guidelines to to make 479 00:41:18,240 --> 00:41:28,240 it simple or easier to develop lands that should be developed. Uh we also had 480 00:41:23,119 --> 00:41:33,760 a um official plan amendment um on your way. Well, does everybody know where 481 00:41:30,720 --> 00:41:38,400 Malcolm Malcolm Fraser lives or the who else would be a person around there? 482 00:41:36,160 --> 00:41:42,319 Mary Rean in between Williamtown Cornwall on 483 00:41:40,160 --> 00:41:46,720 County Road 19. Uh there's a property that's being severed and it required uh 484 00:41:44,480 --> 00:41:50,400 quite a bit of effort to get it that way um because of the way it's designed. 485 00:41:48,960 --> 00:41:54,000 There will be a request of administration probably I imagine in the 486 00:41:52,240 --> 00:41:58,560 future to look into see if there's a way how to make it quicker. Um and that lot 487 00:41:56,480 --> 00:42:05,119 lot will be severed. A committee terms have been made. PAB um 488 00:42:02,480 --> 00:42:10,560 doesn't really matter because it's not things we consider ourselves with a cash 489 00:42:06,560 --> 00:42:14,640 budget uh cash budget sorry Icing um costs it was budgeted for 200,000 490 00:42:13,040 --> 00:42:20,160 they're going 226 but it's kind of like you know end of 2026 27 so that's on 491 00:42:17,440 --> 00:42:24,160 track uh plow costs went up 6% so anticipate um costs of our like 492 00:42:22,160 --> 00:42:29,040 inflation on our reserves probably at the county and our own um equipment 493 00:42:26,720 --> 00:42:33,040 reserves to be 6% higher than last year just to accommodate for this these 494 00:42:30,800 --> 00:42:38,240 costs. Personnel policy came through. The big thing on it was uh the counties 495 00:42:36,240 --> 00:42:43,359 did not recognize remembrance day but they did truth and reconciliation day. 496 00:42:40,400 --> 00:42:49,440 Uh not as stat holidays now they will be no taken as um days of 497 00:42:46,880 --> 00:42:52,960 uh I don't know there's a prop days of reflection. Thank you deputy mayor Lang. 498 00:42:51,040 --> 00:42:57,200 And so if they fall during the weekday uh they will be u reflected and if it's 499 00:42:55,440 --> 00:43:02,720 on the weekend there's no in lie of. So the counties took that action. And then 500 00:43:00,000 --> 00:43:07,839 South Nation four-wheeling club got access to the roads. Transfer of County 501 00:43:04,960 --> 00:43:11,520 Road 36. So in Long Sue, I think it's where LVB is. That road is now becoming 502 00:43:09,680 --> 00:43:14,560 a lower tier road and there'll be a county road at the north end whenever 503 00:43:12,880 --> 00:43:19,440 they bring in their industrial park. Sale of surplus lot, very small flood 504 00:43:16,880 --> 00:43:25,280 plane mapping. Uh SNC is doing a pretty massive job and the township or county 505 00:43:21,599 --> 00:43:29,440 will put in about 250,000. It's been saved over time. AC index is off the 506 00:43:27,359 --> 00:43:33,680 charts. So, um, enjoy that with our paving. I think it's 53% higher than 507 00:43:32,000 --> 00:43:37,920 when we started, even with that little dip, uh, recently in gas prices. And 508 00:43:36,560 --> 00:43:41,280 then there were several reports after that. And, uh, we'll discuss the warden 509 00:43:39,359 --> 00:43:45,680 in term of office potentially, uh, changing it from one to two to even four 510 00:43:43,280 --> 00:43:49,520 or any other options. These are we we've said basically, hey, uh, maybe we can 511 00:43:48,079 --> 00:43:52,480 get better representation, but there will be debate for the next term of 512 00:43:50,800 --> 00:43:58,000 council. If the next term of council decides to do it, it will be for the 513 00:43:54,560 --> 00:44:00,960 2030 term of council. So, uh, one thing that stuck in my mind was we had an 514 00:43:59,359 --> 00:44:06,480 Eastern Ontario Warden's caucus chair once and it was whenever, uh, then 515 00:44:03,839 --> 00:44:09,839 Warden Duncan ran twice in a row. So, it shows the kind of that was a a powerful 516 00:44:08,560 --> 00:44:13,040 statement to me to show that like we can, you know, Eastern Eastern Ontario 517 00:44:11,839 --> 00:44:18,800 can have more representation if we had longer term, but that is to be decided 518 00:44:14,880 --> 00:44:23,680 by not me. Um, any further things to that? The only thing I'd add is that 519 00:44:21,119 --> 00:44:29,839 under that uh plow that's up 6%, one of the we bought two plows, one of them's 520 00:44:25,839 --> 00:44:37,119 for South Glengary and uh 482,000 and change. So that'll be for uh 521 00:44:34,079 --> 00:44:38,960 next year's budget. I 522 00:44:37,280 --> 00:44:42,000 » think we had pre pre-approved that one at something. Also, there was a staff 523 00:44:40,560 --> 00:44:44,960 appreciation. I don't want to forget that. That was uh if you want to watch 524 00:44:43,440 --> 00:44:46,880 the end of there's some long-erving members and retirements. Councelor 525 00:44:46,240 --> 00:44:50,400 Mcdel. >> Uh three, Mr. Mayor. Is that with the 526 00:44:49,040 --> 00:44:55,200 with equipment? >> Okay. So, it's it's not just that's 527 00:44:52,079 --> 00:45:02,079 that's not a bare chassis. It's it's >> 225,000 for the cabin chassis and 256 528 00:44:58,960 --> 00:45:04,319 257 almost for uh the plow and equip or the 529 00:45:02,480 --> 00:45:06,160 » for the harness and the plow and the and the box. 530 00:45:04,800 --> 00:45:11,040 » I would assume box and everything. >> Wow. Okay. 531 00:45:09,680 --> 00:45:15,520 » I remember whenever I was a young treasurer and that cost a lot less. I 532 00:45:13,040 --> 00:45:19,119 think it was 250 allin. That's not that long ago. Were there any other committee 533 00:45:17,440 --> 00:45:25,119 or board meetings that people wish to um speak of, Cornwall Regional Airport, uh 534 00:45:22,079 --> 00:45:27,359 Ra Conservation Authority? >> The archives are next week or next 535 00:45:26,720 --> 00:45:33,040 month. >> Next week, the museum, 536 00:45:29,920 --> 00:45:38,160 agricultural committee, CIP, I guess. Yeah, that might might uh 537 00:45:36,480 --> 00:45:41,440 connectivity committee, environment committee, and heritage advisory 538 00:45:39,520 --> 00:45:45,200 committee probably all have not met. Okay. 539 00:45:43,200 --> 00:45:48,880 So then we will go to notice of motions. I have a mover in councelor McNel. This 540 00:45:46,960 --> 00:45:52,000 is for farm and field entrance widths. Can I get a seconder? Go to deputy mayor 541 00:45:50,800 --> 00:45:55,160 Lang. Just take a moment while I write that down. 542 00:45:57,280 --> 00:46:03,440 Moved by councelor Mcdanel, seconded by deputy mayor Lang be resolved that 543 00:46:00,800 --> 00:46:06,720 council the townships of South Lair. Direct administration to review the 544 00:46:05,040 --> 00:46:11,200 township's current practices and standards respecting entrance width for 545 00:46:09,200 --> 00:46:14,640 agricultural properties, including farms and field entrances, and to investigate 546 00:46:13,359 --> 00:46:19,040 potential options, operational considerations, and any associated 547 00:46:16,240 --> 00:46:22,400 financial or regulatory implications of permitting wider entrances where 548 00:46:20,480 --> 00:46:26,000 appropriate, and that administration reports its findings and any 549 00:46:23,920 --> 00:46:30,400 recommendations back to council no later than the first of first regular council 550 00:46:28,000 --> 00:46:33,920 meeting in October 2026. Council Mcdell, is there anything you'd 551 00:46:31,680 --> 00:46:37,440 like to add? Yeah. Three, Mr. Mayor. Uh, I had I had requested this just uh I 552 00:46:35,839 --> 00:46:41,280 guess of staff and uh to take a look into it and uh the mayor thought and 553 00:46:40,000 --> 00:46:46,240 rightfully so thought this should come to council just for for coun all of 554 00:46:43,280 --> 00:46:48,720 council's approval. No time no point in wasting staff's time if there 555 00:46:47,520 --> 00:46:53,119 is an appetite around the table to investigate it. Uh over the weekend I 556 00:46:50,640 --> 00:46:58,640 took a little bit of time and uh ran around and found uh a very relatively 557 00:46:56,960 --> 00:47:02,560 new entrance. It was put in probably a month and a half ago on one of my farm 558 00:47:00,079 --> 00:47:07,440 fields. Uh I've had this concern from another of uh a number of farm uh 559 00:47:05,119 --> 00:47:11,040 operators in the area and I know there's been a lot of work done through the offa 560 00:47:09,760 --> 00:47:14,400 for different standards and and recommendations for municipalities and 561 00:47:12,800 --> 00:47:18,800 how how to go about it and have that conversation. Um I just am in the unique 562 00:47:17,359 --> 00:47:24,640 position where I sit at this table with the rest of you and I can I can bother 563 00:47:20,640 --> 00:47:27,839 you with my own issues. Um the uh the entrance that I I kind of sent around 564 00:47:26,160 --> 00:47:32,160 was you know the standard 20 feet at the top or 18 feet at the top and uh it's 565 00:47:30,880 --> 00:47:36,000 getting harder and harder with the size of the equipment that we're running to 566 00:47:33,680 --> 00:47:39,680 get into these fields. That 20 18t clearance across the top of a culvert 567 00:47:37,520 --> 00:47:42,640 was great when actually great in this sense where you can see the trail marks 568 00:47:41,280 --> 00:47:46,880 through my field where my uncle still goes and cuts a little bit of hay at the 569 00:47:44,079 --> 00:47:53,119 back with his 165 and hay bine. So, he's got lots of clearance, but for my uh 570 00:47:49,200 --> 00:47:56,800 sprayer at 13 ft wide and 18 ft long or the combine uh with their collective 571 00:47:55,200 --> 00:48:00,800 sizes, I can't I won't be able to get wagons into the field this fall. And 572 00:47:59,040 --> 00:48:04,000 that poses a bit of a safety issue when I'm coming out onto the road and having 573 00:48:02,160 --> 00:48:09,280 to load on the road uh all through the fall. Luckily, it's a fairly quiet road, 574 00:48:06,480 --> 00:48:13,440 but there's uh there's places on say on the first line or the second line road 575 00:48:10,720 --> 00:48:17,920 just uh at that kitty corner that we wouldn't be we wouldn't feel comfortable 576 00:48:15,200 --> 00:48:20,880 doing that. and and it it would pose some serious issues if we didn't have 577 00:48:19,280 --> 00:48:25,760 the seventh concession to load on where we've got a little extra time. Um I it's 578 00:48:23,680 --> 00:48:30,880 a public safety issue and and I don't think uh producers would be even opposed 579 00:48:28,559 --> 00:48:33,920 in places where if they're looking to widen them, maybe they've got to kick a 580 00:48:32,480 --> 00:48:39,680 little bit in if they want to go to the extra 40T, but uh a 30 foot wide would 581 00:48:36,800 --> 00:48:43,200 be probably ample in a lot of cases. Maybe not on some of these tighter 582 00:48:41,040 --> 00:48:47,760 roads, but I I know I included a picture of one in a neighboring municipality at 583 00:48:45,040 --> 00:48:51,280 the bottom where uh it's a gentleman I do some work for, and it's it's very 584 00:48:49,599 --> 00:48:56,079 it's a bit of a treat to be able to pull in, not have to cross right to the other 585 00:48:54,079 --> 00:49:00,160 side of the ditch and swing across the road posing a bit of an accident if 586 00:48:57,680 --> 00:49:03,760 you've got a car behind you or uh uh somebody on coming up a hill or 587 00:49:01,920 --> 00:49:08,160 something like that. Uh it gives lots of space that I can pull in from my lane 588 00:49:05,920 --> 00:49:12,640 into the field and and not uh put anybody else at risk or myself. So uh 589 00:49:10,640 --> 00:49:15,760 just a request if staff if council sees fit that staff come back with a 590 00:49:14,079 --> 00:49:19,440 recommendation to maybe on egg properties 591 00:49:17,280 --> 00:49:23,680 increase that that minimum standard and uh and if people want to go even above 592 00:49:21,359 --> 00:49:26,880 and beyond that or if if staff feels 30 is enough and somebody wants to go 593 00:49:24,960 --> 00:49:31,119 beyond that they reserve the right to maybe extend it at their cost or 594 00:49:28,640 --> 00:49:36,240 something along those lines. So just uh looking for appetite around the table. 595 00:49:34,000 --> 00:49:40,559 » All right. Deputy Mayor Lang. >> Thank you, Mr. Mayor. Through you. Yes, 596 00:49:37,680 --> 00:49:43,599 I'd be happy to support that. Uh I mentioned it uh this morning. We had 597 00:49:42,160 --> 00:49:47,280 county council meeting, mentioned it to the manager infrastructure at the 598 00:49:44,880 --> 00:49:52,960 counties and uh their bylaw is very similar. Uh and I think it's time maybe 599 00:49:51,200 --> 00:49:57,359 look at both of them and and get them updated. And uh happy to see what staff 600 00:49:55,200 --> 00:50:00,559 comes up with. and uh maybe we can find a little bit of uh best management 601 00:49:59,040 --> 00:50:03,880 practice and send it to the staff for that we're eating. 602 00:50:04,240 --> 00:50:10,079 » Councelor Jorski, >> thank you through your Mayor McDonald. 603 00:50:07,680 --> 00:50:15,359 Uh certainly we have to recognize that agriculture is our largest industry in 604 00:50:12,800 --> 00:50:23,040 South Glengary and so definitely it makes sense to uh ensure that our 605 00:50:18,960 --> 00:50:26,400 infrastructure is not a impediment to uh to that industry. So I think it makes a 606 00:50:24,720 --> 00:50:31,599 lot of sense to take a look at this. One thing um I'm not suggesting any change 607 00:50:28,720 --> 00:50:37,440 to the language but certainly uh and I think um this refers a bit to some of 608 00:50:33,520 --> 00:50:40,880 the further context around it is that it kind of fits also into like the road 609 00:50:39,359 --> 00:50:45,440 rationalization um work that had been started in terms 610 00:50:43,200 --> 00:50:48,160 of you know being clear on what infrastructure is needed and ensuring 611 00:50:46,960 --> 00:50:53,119 that we don't have unnecessary duplication. So certainly I mean 612 00:50:50,559 --> 00:50:57,440 obviously larger entrances come with a higher cost. So I think it's important 613 00:50:54,800 --> 00:51:03,119 to be very clear on on what that is and also um have a view of you know where 614 00:51:01,200 --> 00:51:08,400 can we eliminate them where they're no longer required as well. So just to add 615 00:51:06,480 --> 00:51:11,680 that additional bit of context to it. I'm not suggesting any changes to the 616 00:51:09,920 --> 00:51:15,359 language but uh because I don't think I'm against what's been like I don't 617 00:51:13,440 --> 00:51:20,880 think it's a diverting from it. Um but yeah, thanks 618 00:51:18,559 --> 00:51:24,240 » just councelor Mcanel. >> Yeah, through you Mr. Mayor. I think I 619 00:51:22,240 --> 00:51:28,160 did include that in my uh in my one sheet uh that I can send to staff as 620 00:51:25,920 --> 00:51:30,880 well. There's there's often a number a number of these entrances were put in 621 00:51:29,520 --> 00:51:34,880 when there were a number of fence rows going through the fields and what's now 622 00:51:32,559 --> 00:51:39,520 maybe one or two fields because of a drainage ditch used to be six or seven 623 00:51:37,280 --> 00:51:42,960 with fence rows. and it kind of lines up where some of these entrances probably 624 00:51:41,119 --> 00:51:46,480 aren't where we need them and they they'd be better off in a different spot 625 00:51:44,800 --> 00:51:49,680 based on a hill and the road or whatever the case may be and and some of them 626 00:51:48,240 --> 00:51:53,440 probably there's two or three that could be eliminated on a single farm or you 627 00:51:51,920 --> 00:51:57,839 know a guy could do with one less and get a wider one and and would just use 628 00:51:55,119 --> 00:52:02,160 that. So, uh, I'd agree as well. There's a little bit of consultation that have 629 00:51:59,599 --> 00:52:04,960 to be done at that time, but if with a little bit of lead time, guys can give 630 00:52:03,520 --> 00:52:09,839 their comments. I'm I'm sure we'd be happy to, uh, give input on where they'd 631 00:52:06,559 --> 00:52:13,119 like their entrances. >> All right. Thank you. And I I'm 632 00:52:11,200 --> 00:52:16,079 interested in seeing like because there's al there could be a financial 633 00:52:14,559 --> 00:52:18,800 component to this. So, I look forward to having like that wholesome information 634 00:52:17,440 --> 00:52:21,920 because I think it it makes a ton of sense. And if it's a ton of sense on a 635 00:52:20,480 --> 00:52:26,000 million dollars a year extra, maybe not. But if it's if it's reasonable then 636 00:52:23,839 --> 00:52:30,920 obviously we we'll certainly take it. So um all those in favor of the motion is 637 00:52:27,200 --> 00:52:30,920 read carried. 638 00:52:35,839 --> 00:52:40,960 All right. The second one was about uh Alto Rail project. Again moved by 639 00:52:39,440 --> 00:52:45,880 councelor Mdanell. Looking for a seconder. We go. Councelor Bougie. 640 00:52:49,040 --> 00:52:53,280 Moved by councelor Mcdanel. Second by councelor Bougie. Be it resolved that 641 00:52:51,920 --> 00:52:57,520 the council of the township of Suckling Gary supports the resolution passed by 642 00:52:55,200 --> 00:53:02,720 the municipality of South Dundas on July 8th, 2026 attached here 2 and that the 643 00:53:00,640 --> 00:53:05,920 township of the south and the the township of Southland area supports the 644 00:53:04,240 --> 00:53:09,680 Eastern Ontario Wardens Caucus in opposing the Alto project and its 645 00:53:07,920 --> 00:53:13,040 current form and urges Alto and the federal government to coordinate with 646 00:53:11,359 --> 00:53:17,359 Via Rail to maintain and enhance passenger rail service, provide a clear 647 00:53:15,520 --> 00:53:21,280 integration plan, and work with the municipalities to ensure rural residents 648 00:53:19,520 --> 00:53:24,000 remain connected and and that this resolution be sent to the prime 649 00:53:22,640 --> 00:53:30,960 minister, the minister of transportation, alto CEO, the EW or 650 00:53:27,520 --> 00:53:36,240 EOWC, MP Eric Duncan, the Premier of Ontario, MVP Nolan Quinn, AMO, Offa, and 651 00:53:34,319 --> 00:53:40,800 the municipalities of the United Counties of SG, Councelor McInnel. 652 00:53:39,520 --> 00:53:44,160 » Yeah, through you, Mr. Mayor. I think we've all probably had this conversation 653 00:53:42,400 --> 00:53:47,839 privately and publicly with people we know and uh I think we all had the 654 00:53:46,559 --> 00:53:52,400 opportunity maybe to speak with some of the Prescott Russell uh uh elected 655 00:53:50,000 --> 00:53:58,079 officials and staff uh last week at the conference and um Warden Santh was uh 656 00:53:56,400 --> 00:54:01,520 was very clear on kind of his thoughts and I think he's even got an article 657 00:53:59,680 --> 00:54:07,200 written or was picked up maybe by the Globe and Mail. Anyways um it's it's 658 00:54:04,880 --> 00:54:12,240 very concerning project. There's uh I personally had a meeting with Alto in 659 00:54:08,800 --> 00:54:18,559 Ottawa after the conference was over and uh unfortunately it's still uh very 660 00:54:16,000 --> 00:54:23,440 vague, very generic, no real answers from a municipal standpoint. Um even 661 00:54:21,280 --> 00:54:27,520 point of questions like who's responsible for this infrastructure over 662 00:54:25,200 --> 00:54:33,440 our roadways as a municipality whenever it it's it's aged to its life expectancy 663 00:54:30,800 --> 00:54:36,319 and needs replacement. They are unable to tell us who is going to be 664 00:54:34,559 --> 00:54:40,079 financially responsible for replacing those crossings whether it's Alto or 665 00:54:38,640 --> 00:54:45,200 whether Alto was going to take care of the work at the municipality's cost as 666 00:54:42,559 --> 00:54:49,599 we know with the CN it's often the case and and uniquely CN has the argument at 667 00:54:48,160 --> 00:54:53,359 times that they were there before the road but in this case there is 668 00:54:51,760 --> 00:54:57,599 absolutely no argument for them being there before the roadway um in spots 669 00:54:56,160 --> 00:55:02,079 it's going to stagnate any potential growth in some of the municipalities and 670 00:54:59,599 --> 00:55:08,480 urban boundaries and we've seen this come across uh the north with a with a 671 00:55:06,319 --> 00:55:12,240 with a strong hand and there's a lot of active groups that are fighting against 672 00:55:09,839 --> 00:55:16,720 it and actively looking for answers and I think uh lending our support to it. 673 00:55:14,640 --> 00:55:21,200 This came across our desk I think back in March and I think it was overlooked 674 00:55:18,640 --> 00:55:26,559 by by ourselves at the table and uh better late than never I guess is is 675 00:55:22,800 --> 00:55:31,680 kind of what I'm going for here. >> Thank you. I think I've said a few times 676 00:55:29,440 --> 00:55:35,680 that this is a a city solution that costs the rural municipalities. So, as 677 00:55:33,839 --> 00:55:39,359 much as I agree with kind of like roads, bridges, and buildings, this one is uh 678 00:55:37,599 --> 00:55:43,839 not one that I think help helps us at all. And it actually just connects three 679 00:55:40,960 --> 00:55:48,720 or five cities and I guess could say our mega cities u but it forgets the rule. 680 00:55:46,240 --> 00:55:53,920 And I like that this one particularly focuses on via rail because maybe 681 00:55:50,640 --> 00:55:59,200 there's an appetite to now like if Alto is the worst enemy perhaps a dedicated 682 00:55:56,319 --> 00:56:02,720 passenger line on existing tracks might not be popular but it's better than this 683 00:56:00,640 --> 00:56:06,880 and it serves everybody. So that would be a hopeful outcome in in my thoughts. 684 00:56:04,880 --> 00:56:12,760 But uh without going on are there any other comments? I guess we all feel the 685 00:56:08,240 --> 00:56:12,760 same way. All those in favor carried. 686 00:56:15,599 --> 00:56:21,680 Lastly, this is support for MFOA request for permanently increasing OSF. Uh, it 687 00:56:20,319 --> 00:56:26,440 was moved by Deputy Mayor Lang. Can I get a seconder? Councelor Jorski. 688 00:56:30,799 --> 00:56:35,599 So, moved by Deputy Mayor Lang, seconded by Councelor Jorski. Whereas, municipal 689 00:56:34,079 --> 00:56:40,480 asset management plans have identified significant infrastructure renewal and 690 00:56:37,520 --> 00:56:44,400 state of good repair needs. And whereas the Ontario Community Infrastructure 691 00:56:42,160 --> 00:56:47,920 Fund, OSF, has become a critical source of funding to support municipal 692 00:56:45,920 --> 00:56:51,440 infrastructure renewal. And whereas the province of Ontario has not publicly 693 00:56:50,079 --> 00:56:55,680 committed to maintaining the current annual OSF funding level beyond 2026. 694 00:56:54,400 --> 00:56:59,599 Therefore, be it resolved that the township of Southland Gary supports the 695 00:56:57,280 --> 00:57:04,319 Municipal Finance Officers Association of Ontario, MFOA, requests the province 696 00:57:02,400 --> 00:57:09,040 of Ontario to permanently maintain OSF at 400 million annually beyond 2026 and 697 00:57:07,119 --> 00:57:13,040 directs that a copy of this resolution be forwarded to the Minister of 698 00:57:10,559 --> 00:57:17,760 Infrastructure, Minister of Municipal Affairs and Housing, Minister of 699 00:57:14,880 --> 00:57:21,200 Finance, MPP Nolan Quinn, MFOA, AMO, and the municipalities of the United 700 00:57:19,119 --> 00:57:24,880 Counties of SG. Any further conversation, Deputy Mayor? 701 00:57:23,599 --> 00:57:28,640 No, I don't think we need to talk too much. We talked about it last meeting a 702 00:57:26,319 --> 00:57:32,079 little bit, but it just it it's very tough on municipalities not to have 703 00:57:30,720 --> 00:57:35,839 something that's stable that they can count on and uh it would be nice if the 704 00:57:34,559 --> 00:57:39,119 province would, you know, step up and say this is permanent and we know that 705 00:57:37,280 --> 00:57:44,160 is permanent. So anyway, happy to support this on behalf of the municipal 706 00:57:40,640 --> 00:57:49,559 finance officers association. >> Thank you. No further comments. All 707 00:57:45,520 --> 00:57:49,559 those in favor carried. 708 00:57:52,160 --> 00:57:57,760 So, we will be moving into close session. 709 00:57:55,520 --> 00:58:01,920 Moved by councelor Jorski, seconded by councelor Mcdanell. Be it resolved that 710 00:57:59,359 --> 00:58:07,040 council convene to close session at 7:26 p.m. to discuss the following item under 711 00:58:04,640 --> 00:58:10,079 section 2392F of the municipal act. A meeting or part of a meeting may be 712 00:58:08,319 --> 00:58:14,400 closed to the public if the subject matter being considered is e litigation 713 00:58:12,160 --> 00:58:20,280 or potential litigation, specifically direction for litigation. All those in 714 00:58:16,400 --> 00:58:20,280 favor carried. 715 01:30:56,080 --> 01:31:00,880 Coming out of closed session, moved by councelor Bougie, seconded by councelor 716 01:30:59,280 --> 01:31:08,920 Jorski. Be it resolved that the council rise and reconvene into open session at 717 01:31:02,639 --> 01:31:08,920 7:59 p.m. All those in favor? Carried 718 01:31:09,679 --> 01:31:14,639 and that was coming out without reporting. 719 01:31:13,440 --> 01:31:17,920 Close session. Moved by councelor Mcdanell, seconded by councelor Bougie, 720 01:31:16,480 --> 01:31:22,320 be resolved that administration be directed to carry out all actions as 721 01:31:19,600 --> 01:31:26,679 specified in the closed session minutes. All those in favor carried. 722 01:31:26,880 --> 01:31:33,280 Confirming bylaw moved by deputy mayor Lang, seconded by councelor Bougie, be 723 01:31:30,159 --> 01:31:36,639 resolved that bylaw 202650 being a bylaw to adopt, confirm, and ratify matters 724 01:31:35,120 --> 01:31:40,080 dealt with by resolution be read a first, second, and third time pass, 725 01:31:38,000 --> 01:31:45,199 signed, and sealed in open council this 24th day of August 2026. All those in 726 01:31:42,639 --> 01:31:48,960 favor? Gary adjournment. Uh, anything anybody wants 727 01:31:47,520 --> 01:31:52,239 to add? I'm not not missing the Williamstown Fair of the Highland Games 728 01:31:50,159 --> 01:31:55,120 again. Okay. Moved by councelor Mcdanell, second by councelor Joriski. 729 01:31:53,920 --> 01:32:00,159 Be it resolved that the council of the township of Southland area adjourned to 730 01:31:56,560 --> 01:32:05,719 the call of the chair at 8:00 p.m. All those in favor carried. Have a good 731 01:32:02,480 --> 01:32:05,719 night everyone.