[2:42] Good evening everyone and welcome to our
regular council meeting. Moved by Deputy
[2:46] Mayor Lang, seconded by Councelor Jarski
be resolved that the August 24th, 2026
[2:50] council meeting of the township of
Suckling Gary now be opened at 6:31 p.m.
[2:55] All those in favor carried. If you could
please rise as able for the singing of
[3:00] our national anthem.
[3:07] [music]
[3:15] [music]
[singing]
[3:19] » [music]
>> True.
[3:28] [music]
[3:32] daily. [music and singing]
[3:38] [music]
[singing]
[3:45] [music] We [singing] are
[3:56] » [music]
>> Heat. Heat.
[4:05] [music]
Heat. Heat.
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[4:17] [music] and
[4:32] are there any disclosures of pecuniary
interest?
[4:37] Seeing none, moving to the approval
agenda. Are there any amendments?
[4:41] » Yes, through you, Mr. Mayor. We do have
an addition to close session this
[4:44] evening um under the uh section 2392F
exemption that being uh litigation.
[4:54] Thank you. Moved by councelor Mcdel,
seconded by councelor Bougie. And just
[4:57] before I do that, anything from consent
this evening to be pulled?
[5:01] Anything from consent agenda to be
pulled? Okay. Moved by councelor McNel,
[5:06] seconded by councelor Bougie. Be it
resolved that council of the township of
[5:09] Southland Gary approve the agenda as
amended. All those in favor carried.
[5:15] Approval of minutes. Are there any
errors or omissions noted?
[5:19] Seeing none, moved by councelor Bougie.
Second by councelor Jarski. Be it
[5:23] resolved that the minutes of the
following meetings be adopted as
[5:26] circulated. Previous meeting minutes
July 27th, 2026. All those in favor?
[5:32] Carried.
[5:35] We'll now move to the public meeting
component of our meeting. Zoning bylaw
[5:39] 09 2026 20447 concession road 3 go I
believe Mrs. Haley will be speaking on
[5:46] this
[6:12] Thank you, Mr. Mayor. Good evening,
everyone. We have uh one item at our
[6:16] public meeting this evening. This is a
public meeting under section 34 of the
[6:20] Ontario Planning Act. Any person may
attend this public meeting and or make
[6:25] written or verbal representation either
in support of or in opposition to the
[6:28] proposed zoning bylaw amendment. If a
person or public body would otherwise
[6:32] have an ability to appeal the decision
of the council of the township of South
[6:35] Glengary to the Ontario Land Tribunal,
also known as the OOLT, but the person
[6:41] or public body does not make oral
submissions at this meeting or make
[6:44] written submissions to the council of
the township of Southgary before the
[6:47] bylaws decided upon, the person or
public body is not entitled to appeal
[6:52] the decision. If a person or public body
does not make oral submissions at a
[6:56] public meeting or make written
submissions to the township of Southland
[6:59] Gary before the bylaws decided upon, the
person or public body may not be added
[7:04] as a party to the hearing of an appeal
before the OOLT unless there are
[7:08] reasonable grounds to do so.
This amendment is known as the GRO
[7:12] zoning amendment. We're going to
complete a presentation followed by a
[7:16] question and answer period if required.
The subject loca the subject property is
[7:21] located at part of lot 36 concession 3
in the geographic township of Lancaster
[7:27] now in the township of South Bengary
surrounding the lands located at 20447
[7:33] concession road 3. So you see this is
the land that we're talking about and
[7:38] this corner on the right hand side of
the subject property contains an
[7:42] existing dwelling which I'll speak about
in a second. The purpose of this
[7:46] amendment is to reszone the subject
property from agriculture to
[7:50] agricultural exception 41 to reduce the
minimum lot area from 20 hectares or
[7:56] 49.42 acres to 4.73 hectares or 11.69
acres and to prohibit residential
[8:03] construction. All other applicable
provisions of zoning bylaw 3809 as
[8:07] amended will continue to apply.
The applicant had applied for a consent
[8:13] or we what we know as a severance to uh
remove the dwelling from the subject
[8:18] lands known as a surplus uh farm house
dwelling application. The applicant was
[8:24] given provisional severance approval by
the United Counties of SDNG on May 19th,
[8:28] 2026.
The file is known as B1826
[8:33] and there's a condition that was um
required as part of the approval to
[8:37] reszone the subject property to reduce
the minimum lot area and to uh prohibit
[8:41] residential construction and that is a
requirement of the uh provincial
[8:45] planning statement from the province. So
we have a photo couple photos of um the
[8:50] area. So, this is the subject um house
that was severed off. And then you can
[8:57] see some land on this side. And then
over here is the farmland that we're
[9:01] looking about looking at uh reszoning
and uh preserving.
[9:10] A notice of public meeting was
circulated to the neighboring property
[9:12] owners within 120 meters. A sign was
erected on the severed land and um uh
[9:19] along Concession Road 3 and an ad was
placed in the standard freeholder. Staff
[9:23] have not received any written or oral
comments regarding the proposed uh
[9:26] amendment to date. This is a a slide
that represents uh our zoning on the
[9:32] left hand side in the green or my left
hand side. The green represents the
[9:36] agricultural zone and on the right hand
side is the uh county official plan
[9:41] designation and it's kind of a beige
color and that represents uh
[9:44] agricultural resource designated area.
So as I mentioned the property is
[9:50] currently designated agricultural
resource and zoned agricultural
[9:54] as per delegated authority bylaw 052023.
The zoning amendment application will
[9:59] not be brought back to council for a
decision, uh, delegated authority has
[10:03] been granted to myself for approval. So,
seeing as how we've received no uh,
[10:07] comments from the public prior to
tonight's meeting, um, assuming we may
[10:11] not receive any further any uh, comments
this evening, if everything goes well,
[10:16] we'll pass that bylaw a little later uh,
this week and that helps speed up the
[10:21] process and we're not having to bring a
report back to the next uh, council
[10:24] meeting and we're able to do appeal an
appeal period much sooner.
[10:28] So, I'll turn it over to you, Mr. Mayor.
We do have the applicant in the
[10:31] audience. Mr. Garrow is sitting over
there and uh I'm sure he'd be happy to
[10:35] answer any questions if uh you need him
to.
[10:39] » Thank you. Um does anybody from around
council table have any questions at
[10:43] present? Any members of the public?
Do you wish to add add anything to the
[10:51] Okay, Deputy Mayor Lang.
>> Thank you, Mr. Mayor. Yeah, I I know
[10:55] we're not voting on it or anything, but
I will just speak in favor of it. It
[10:58] makes a lot of sense and I have no issue
with it at all.
[11:03] » I think that's probably echoed from
round council. Yeah. Okay, then I don't
[11:08] think there's any caveats on this one.
So, all right. Well, thank you for your
[11:11] attendance and and then we're good to
go.
[11:18] All right. Next up is presentations and
delegations. The Glengary Memorial
[11:22] Hospital Foundation
Please proceed if you'd wish. The
[11:26] lectern is up here.
[11:53] I'll be I'll be quick.
[clears throat]
[11:57] Excuse me. Mayor McDonald, members of
council, staff, and members of the
[12:02] public who were um thank you for
welcoming us this evening. Uh first, uh
[12:08] a quick little aside. Congratulations on
uh your acclamations, which I had
[12:12] mentioned earlier, and best of luck to
everybody in the upcoming race. My name
[12:16] [clears throat] is Michael Madden. For
those who are not aware, I'm here
[12:19] tonight as vice chair of the board of
directors for the Opal Glengary Memorial
[12:24] Hospital Foundation.
And joining me tonight is our past
[12:29] chair, Pierre Vancenor,
and uh our excuse me, fundraising
[12:34] [clears throat]
manager, Kim Horrenio. Uh Robert Aldred
[12:39] Hughes was scheduled to be here, but has
not been able to attend. We sincerely
[12:43] appreciate the opportunity to speak with
you about something that matters for
[12:47] every resident of South Glengary, the
future of healthcare in our community.
[12:52] I'm sure most if not all of you have
benefited from the services of the
[12:56] hospital at some point in time.
Personally, I and every member of my
[13:01] family have been served well by the
hospital
[13:04] uh at many points in time.
Every family hopes they will never need
[13:13] to uh will never need the services of
Hopeel Glare Memorial Hospital. Yet when
[13:19] the day comes, whether it is for a
child, whether uh with an injury, a
[13:25] parent suffering a stroke or a loved one
facing a life-changing diagnosis,
[13:29] nothing matters more than knowing that
quality care is available close to home.
[13:35] That is why we are here tonight. Our
foundation is in the final seven months
[13:39] of a communitywide campaign to bring a
CT scanner to Hopital Glengary Memorial
[13:45] Hospital. Thank you. Thanks to the
extraordinary generosity of residents,
[13:50] businesses, service clubs,
municipalities, and community partners.
[13:55] We have built tremendous momentum.
We are now approaching the final stretch
[14:00] of a $3.5 million campaign and we are
asking South Glengary Council to help us
[14:06] cross the finish line.
A CT scanner is much more than a piece
[14:10] of medical equipment. It means fact
faster diagnosis. It means quicker
[14:15] treatment decisions. It means fewer
residents traveling outside our
[14:20] community during some of the most
stressful times moments of their lives.
[14:24] Most importantly, it means better care
close to home. Be a healer is the
[14:29] tagline for the campaign. It can be
said, "We are all healers." In a rural
[14:34] community, healing doesn't begin when
someone arrives at the hospital. It
[14:39] begins when neighbors support neighbors.
It happens when volunteers give their
[14:44] time, when local businesses contribute,
and when community leaders invest in the
[14:50] services that keep families healthy and
safe. Tonight, council has an
[14:54] opportunity to join that community
effort. We respectfully ask that council
[14:59] direct staff to include a $10,000
contribution towards the HDM Foundation
[15:05] CT scanner campaign within the
township's 2027 budget, allowing the
[15:11] incoming council to consider and approve
the contribution following the municipal
[15:18] election and their first budget
deliberations.
[15:22] The timing would align perfectly with
the final phase of our campaign as we
[15:26] work towards achieving our three $3.5
million goal. The presentation that
[15:31] follows will demonstrate why this
investment is so important not only for
[15:36] our hospital but for every resident of
North Glengary.
[15:40] My apologies South Glengary and Glengary
who depend on timely access to quality
[15:45] health care. At this time, it is my
pleasure to introduce our fundraising
[15:49] manager, Kim Horrenio, who will walk you
through the campaign, the data behind
[15:54] the need, and the impact a CT scanner
will have on our community.
[16:05] » Sorry, it's quite high.
Hi, thank you so much for this
[16:10] opportunity to present our fundraising
campaign. Um this is u um an a really
[16:16] great opportunity to also let you know
um I'm sure that you are all familiar
[16:20] with what the hospital look looks like
and I'm here tonight to let you know
[16:25] about what happens beyond our hospital
doors as Mike has mentioned.
[16:30] Sorry too.
As Mike said at HGMH and in our
[16:36] foundation we believe that healing does
not start once a patient comes in
[16:40] through our doors. It happens when
community members, neighbors or help one
[16:44] another. This is our firm belief and I'm
going to walk you through as to
[16:48] especially in our rural community that
matters.
[16:53] Okay.
We are really proud of our hospital.
[16:58] It's it has started its operations in
1965 making it 61 years in operation. At
[17:04] to date it has 37 beds. Once upon a time
there was an OB wing where people were
[17:11] um born but now we there's um there's no
more service like that but it doesn't
[17:16] mean that we um we don't have a lot of
really strong services in our hospital.
[17:21] Um we are really proud to have a 24-hour
emergency department. Um, whenever I
[17:25] speak with people in our community, they
always say, "We're really lucky to have
[17:29] a hospital right beside us." And I think
from especially in your perspective,
[17:34] really that proximity to a hospital
matters, right? Um, what I want to zone
[17:39] in on this number, 72,000 patients for a
small rural hospital, we served 72,000
[17:46] patients in fiscal year 2026. And in 20
fiscal year 2025, we served 54,000
[17:53] patients. That really shows the the
demand for care in our community.
[18:01] And in this slide, I'm going to be
sharing what those numbers represent. So
[18:07] in 2026, HGM delivered 18,700
emergency visits. We also delivered
[18:15] 17,500 plus diagnostic imaging
procedures, 22,500 plus laboratory tests
[18:22] and 2,000 plus outpatient visits. Some
of you may not know that we have
[18:27] specialists in our hospital such as
urology, gynecology and respirology. So
[18:32] even as as a small and mighty hospital,
we really have a slew of services and
[18:38] this really truly matters especially for
our community um that we are there's a
[18:43] pro uh there's a proximity to those
kinds of services. I want to zoom in
[18:49] also in the increase in the number of
diagnostic imaging procedures. So in
[18:53] fiscal year 2025 there were about 11,000
diagnostic imaging procedures. Last year
[19:00] it was 17,500.
So you can see that it's uh one of the
[19:05] most important procedures that
clinicians use to make decisions for
[19:09] care especially for patients.
[19:14] You might be wondering where does north
where the south lingary figure in all of
[19:18] these for south lingary um I want to
share the data from our emergency
[19:23] department. Unfortunately, the numbers
from diagnostic imaging laboratories and
[19:29] outpatient specialists are not readily
available but um we do have um data to
[19:34] represent um the demand from South
Glengary which is the emergency
[19:38] department visits. So last fiscal year
we received 3,66 patients um from South
[19:44] Glengary representing um 16% of our um
emergency department total. And one
[19:52] thing that I'd like to highlight is that
it increased from 2,849
[19:57] the previous year. So it just shows that
there there are more residents from
[20:01] Southlandry who rely on HMH for care.
And this this brings me to why I'm here.
[20:10] Um so our role at HMH Foundation is
different from the hospital. Um, our
[20:16] mission is to raise funds and foster
community partnerships that empower
[20:20] Opalagen Gary Memorial Hospital to
deliver outstanding care, drive
[20:24] innovation, and ensure access to
sustainable health care for future
[20:28] generations. Those are a lot of words.
I'd like to I'd like for you to focus on
[20:32] just one, partnerships. We recognize
that we can't do this work alone. With
[20:38] the leadership of our board of directors
and also with the executive director, we
[20:42] work with community members to really
showcase why strengthening rural
[20:47] healthcare is important and why we work
together to help make sure that we
[20:52] deliver outstanding healthcare even for
future generations.
[20:56] Oops. One story that I'd like to mention
and and the actually the reason why I'm
[21:01] standing in front of you today is I got
inspired by the actual very reason why
[21:05] HMH Foundation exists. So in 2002 there
was a threat of hospital closure and
[21:11] community members rallied together um to
make sure that it doesn't happen. So
[21:16] they raised funds their first major
campaign raised over $1.7 million to
[21:21] modernize that emergency department. And
if you look take a look at the number of
[21:26] people who've used the emergency
department last fiscal year, I think
[21:30] that's a direct impact of what community
gener generosity means, especially for a
[21:35] small um community such as ours.
Um if you can take a look at the
[21:41] pictures at the right, these actually
represent the community members who
[21:45] stepped forward. These are individuals.
These are businesses. These are clubs um
[21:50] that support our cause and really um
appreciate and support strengthening
[21:56] rural healthcare. Today, I'm standing in
front of you today because we are
[22:00] rallying community support once again.
We are hoping to raise $3.5 million by
[22:06] the end of March 2027 for a new CT
scanner. Right now, it's it's become a
[22:12] standard of care. If you've seen the
number of increase of the diagnostic
[22:16] imaging procedures, that really shows
that there's a lot of patients in need
[22:20] of answers sooner rather than later.
[22:25] This number is from the um approval for
a CT scan that um the hospital submitted
[22:31] to the Ontario Ministry of Health. If
you look at um where we are. So imagine
[22:36] being a patient and needing and and
experiencing the worst headache of your
[22:41] life. And if you're at HMH, you will be
told, "We're so sorry. We don't have a
[22:46] CT scanner here. We would need to
coordinate with any one of these
[22:50] hospitals on the left to make to ask if
they they have any availability for a
[22:55] scan and from there wait if they can
actually accommodate. So imagine the
[22:59] time experiencing the headache, the
worst headache of your life and having
[23:03] been told to to drive 40 plus kilome
kilometers back and forth to get a
[23:09] 15minut scan done.
So that number of 60,000 patients those
[23:15] represent the number of people that need
answers sooner rather than later. Based
[23:20] on our catchment population, they
estimated that the region SDNG should
[23:24] have had access to 20,453
CT hours annually. There's currently a
[23:30] gap of more than 8,000 CT hours each
year. And I think with a growing
[23:36] population, it could grow larger. And so
that's why it's really important for us
[23:40] to have an on-site CT scanner in our
hospital.
[23:46] The numbers show you that need rural
patients cannot wait any longer. As Mike
[23:52] has said, we are asking for the township
of South Gary to consider supporting our
[23:58] fundraising campaign. And more
importantly,
[24:01] beyond financial support, if you are if
you know people, businesses,
[24:06] organizations who can also help us get
there, who may be very supportive of our
[24:11] cause, we'd really appreciate
introductions to them so that we can
[24:15] also share why it's important for us to
have an on-site CT scanner in our
[24:19] hospital.
[24:23] I'm really proud to say that because of
community generosity and many people
[24:27] who've stepped up, we've reached a
fundraising milestone. We've reached
[24:31] more than $2 million in our campaign to
date. And this is because of people,
[24:36] businesses, community members, leaders
who are very supportive of our cause.
[24:42] So, help us bring life-saving care
that's closer to home. We ask you to
[24:47] invest in the health of our community
with a $10,000 contribution to fund
[24:51] vital hospital equipment and strengthen
rural patient care.
[24:56] We started earlier with a with a call be
a healer. We believe that healing does
[25:02] not just happen within our hospital
walls. It happens within our community.
[25:07] Yes, they are physicians. Yes, they are
healthcare workers. But we believe that
[25:11] every one of us when we step forward for
rural health care, every one of us are
[25:16] healers. Thank you so much for your time
this evening. I really appreciate you
[25:20] all for listening.
>> Thank you very much for your
[25:24] presentation. Are there any comments
from around the table? Councelor Bougie.
[25:28] » Thank you, Mr. Mayor. Uh thank you, Mike
and Kim, for your presentation. Um
[25:33] there's no doubt that uh the CT scanner
is is an important piece of equipment
[25:38] that uh is needed. Is
Glengary the only one in the area
[25:45] without this? So you're saying Hawkbury
Corn Winchester all have CT scanners. So
[25:48] yes, Alexander is the only one or
Glengary Hospitals the only one without
[25:52] it.
>> Yes. because of our size like um we
[25:54] don't have that service available and so
we had to apply and prove to the
[26:00] ministry that there's actually a need
for us to have this on site.
[26:04] » Okay. Well, I mean thanks for that and
based on in your statistics 72,000 a
[26:09] year. So that's right roughly 200
patients served 51 per day in the
[26:14] emergency. I mean, I feel like CT
scanner is something you definitely
[26:20] should have and uh it's good to see the
generosity of the community and I would
[26:24] be very comfortable uh
uh saying that uh well on my or on South
[26:33] Gary I would be comfortable with the
10,000 amount for the budget in 2027.
[26:37] » Thank you.
>> Councelor McEnel.
[26:42] » Yeah, through you Mr. Mayor. Um, thank
you for the presentation, both of you,
[26:46] Mike, Kim. Uh, I, uh, got to benefit
from your services this spring on a
[26:50] weekend. And, uh, I have to admit, uh,
the
[26:55] having Glengary Memorial Hospital there,
uh, saved me an agonizing ride to
[26:58] Hawkbury in the truck. So, I did
appreciate having that service there.
[27:02] And then how quickly I did get my my
imagery done. Uh, as far as an X-ray the
[27:07] following morning, uh, I think I was in
and out within an hour and 10 minutes
[27:11] and there was enough people there. So, I
was I was quite impressed with the how
[27:14] quick they were able to do that and see
me and uh the level of uh of care was
[27:20] bar none the best and I'd gone to three
hospitals for that injury and it was
[27:24] definitely the the most pleasant part of
my experience was the initial uh the
[27:27] initial visits. So, I just wanted to
give uh the team there that that kudos
[27:31] and and just to say that I would be
supportive of council or staff bringing
[27:35] this to uh to 2027 budget. So,
>> thank you so much for the feedback and
[27:39] for the support.
We'll go councelor Jorski then deputy
[27:43] mayor Lang.
>> Thank you through you, Mayor McDonald.
[27:46] Again, thank you uh echoing uh the rest
of my council colleagues. thank you for
[27:50] coming to present this and um it's just
so important for this kind of
[27:54] information to get disseminated within
the community so that folks understand
[27:58] you know just the volume that goes
through our local hospitals like the the
[28:01] pieces of information the facts that you
shared I think are just so important to
[28:04] have those uh disseminated out so that
people can understand just the value of
[28:09] um infrastructure like this
>> and I mean definitely there's a need but
[28:13] beyond that ensuring that our local
hospital has that kind of equipment
[28:19] really helps just insulate it from like
when you were talking about like two
[28:22] decades ago or two and a half decades
ago when it was being eyed for closure
[28:26] when you have you know the modern
equipment that uh patients and
[28:31] physicians expect to be able to you know
patients expect and physicians expect to
[28:35] be able to provide good surface it helps
insulate your facility from that kind of
[28:41] um negative scrutiny I would say so yeah
I'm looking forward to discussing this
[28:46] further at budget and hopefully there'll
be support from around the table at that
[28:50] time to uh contribute to the campaign.
>> Thank you.
[28:55] » Thank you, Mr. Mayor, and through you
and thanks for your presentation and
[28:58] congratulations on raising 2 million.
I'm trying to remember when uh I was
[29:02] there the night you guys kicked off your
campaign, and I can't remember how long
[29:05] ago it was, but it doesn't seem very
long ago.
[29:07] » Congratulations on that and uh looking
forward to uh supporting you.
[29:11] » Thank you.
Well, I guess we'll see this on our 2027
[29:16] uh grants and donations budget. And
thank you very much both of you for your
[29:20] presentation. And uh we'll let uh the
next council determine that. But I mean
[29:24] there's opportunity that that it will uh
I mean can't see anybody saying no, but
[29:29] I don't know who will be here next. And
thank you very much for your time and
[29:32] also that what you give to the
community. I joke sometimes with Casey
[29:36] who's my wife. Uh my birth certificate
says Cornwall and I always say I'm from
[29:39] Glengary. So I wish I wish there was the
ability like 40 years ago to be born in
[29:45] Glengary because it's the the the one
regret of my life is having Cornwall on
[29:48] my birth [laughter] certificate not
Glengary. So uh aside from that you're
[29:53] doing a wonderful job. [laughter]
>> Thank you so much mayor and counselors
[29:56] for the time tonight. Appreciate it.
>> Thank you.
[30:03] » Right. We'll move to action requests.
Moved by councelor Mcdanel. Second by
[30:08] deputy mayor Lang. Be it resolved that
staff report 202680 be received and that
[30:11] the council of the township of South
Glengary approve the request from the
[30:14] Glengary Festival Trust for support of
its application to the government of
[30:18] Canada's legacy fund program. that
council commit $4,000 annually through
[30:22] the township grant and donations program
for 2027 and 2028 for the total
[30:26] commitment of $8,000 to support the
Glengary Fensible Trusts Restoration
[30:31] Project and that council approve an
inkind donation for four landfill
[30:34] tipping fees valued at $250 each for a
total value of $1,000 in 2026.
[30:41] Any discussion? Councelor Mcdanel.
>> Yeah, three you Mr. Mayor. Uh, I had the
[30:46] opportunity to speak with one of the
board members over the weekend and then
[30:49] I actually uh I put it in my calendar. I
don't know when I saw it, but uh got to
[30:54] watch Patty Kelly and uh one of the
Morris family members sing on Sunday
[30:58] kill an hour and a half up there. Um
it's I think it's a worthy cause. I did
[31:03] get a little more background I think on
the on the request for the full funding
[31:07] of the 4,000. I I think we we've maybe
reduced them over the last couple of
[31:11] years in our re-evaluation.
Uh, I'd speak in support of it just
[31:15] because it's going to a specific
project. Uh, and I think it's when
[31:21] evaluated in their application to the
government, it shows that the govern the
[31:25] federal government is not just the one
kicking in the money that there is a
[31:28] local commitment and and they also have
a a written in commitment of what
[31:32] they're chipping in as well to this
project. So, it's not a I don't believe
[31:35] it's a a wholly funded project by the
federal government. Uh but um I think it
[31:41] it's seen as potentially an opportunity
for them to uh with that local
[31:45] commitment to to get them a little
higher up the application list. Um so
[31:49] I'll speak in support of it. I I do
think it should be for the two years and
[31:52] then we reeval or the future council can
reevaluate, but I do I'll I'll give
[31:57] another plug for my uh moving moving
forward with our grants and donations.
[32:01] Maybe it'd be nicer to be able to give
them 16,000 and and cut down some of our
[32:06] other uh kind of annual donations that
are just reoccurring and and focus on
[32:10] some of these major projects where uh
we've got community uh groups like this
[32:14] that are kind of running their own
organization. I know I I think it was
[32:19] there was some substantial costs they
have. Insurance was a major one.
[32:22] Something that I think future council
could talk with the continue to advocate
[32:26] the provincial government on getting
changed. But that being aside, this uh
[32:31] I've been in support of this. The only
question I did have was the inind
[32:35] tipping fees. Um I'm assuming this is
for renovation materials. Is that we're
[32:42] we're willing to to take those into our
landfill site uh against our policy? No
[32:46] problem. I have no problem with that. I
just wanted to be clear. I didn't think
[32:49] they'd be generating that much garbage.
>> Councelor Bougie.
[32:56] Uh through you, Mr. Mayor. Yeah. I'd
like to echo council McNell's sentiment.
[33:00] The work they have done over the years
is is truly remarkable. This Glengary
[33:04] Festival's group um it would have been
torn down years ago if it wasn't for
[33:09] this group to step forward to uh
promote and fund raise thousands of
[33:15] dollars uh to get to where they are now.
So, it's incredible the work they've
[33:19] done already. Uh there is major costs
coming for them. Um, so I'm in full
[33:24] support uh with the letter and hopefully
they can get more funding. Uh, at a time
[33:28] there was cost matching. Uh, I remember
a time we donated 25,000 because they
[33:32] knew the federal government was going to
match it. So um, definitely in support
[33:37] of of uh, this group and uh, hopefully
they get some some major funding uh,
[33:42] from the federal government at some
point.
[33:46] » Thank you, Councelor Jorski.
>> Thank you, Mayor McDonald. Um just the
[33:50] one item I wanted to sort of add to
what's already been said is there's been
[33:54] a lot of discussion right on um
historical uh heritage um infrastructure
[34:01] buildings you know what have you in our
area and the value that uh the community
[34:06] puts on those and so this is you know
very much central to I think um those
[34:12] efforts this you know this uh facility
for lack of a better word and definitely
[34:17] recognizing the the huge amount of work
that this group of uh volunteers and
[34:23] over a very prolonged period of time. So
I think uh I think it's very much in
[34:29] keeping with you know the an
the discussions that we've had with
[34:34] respect to heritage uh through the last
few months. So definitely I would be uh
[34:38] in support of uh of this of this
initiative.
[34:45] » Deputy Marang and thank you.
>> Thanks Mr. Mayor. I think most of it's
[34:48] been said, but uh yeah, I think that's
what we wanted our grants and donations
[34:52] to go to were special projects,
something that would added a benefit to
[34:55] the community, not just somebody's, you
know, regular money. So, this fits the
[34:59] bill.
Thank you. So, I'll call the vote. All
[35:03] those in favor? Carried.
[35:08] We'll go to zoning bylaws. Uh and zoning
bylaw amendment moved by councelor
[35:13] Jorski, seconded by councelor Bougie. We
resolve staff report 202681 be received
[35:18] and that bylaw 202649 being a bylaw to
amend bylaw 3809 to amend the limited
[35:24] service residential exception 4 zoning
to permit an an additional dwelling unit
[35:29] on the subject property which is which
will result in a total of three dwelling
[35:33] units for the property legally described
as part of lot 24 concession one front
[35:37] in the geographic township of
Schlottburg now in the township of south
[35:41] langary county of Glengary located at
18645 Prevo point Road pin 671300566
[35:49] be read a first, second, and third time
pass signed and sealed and open council
[35:52] this 24th day of August 2026. The
council of the township of Stuckling
[35:56] Gary confirms that no comments from the
public were received on this
[36:00] application. Therefore, there was no
effect on the decision. Mrs. Haley,
[36:06] » thank you, Mr. Mayor. As you mentioned,
uh, this property is located at 18645
[36:11] Prevo Point Road. is currently developed
containing a single detached dwelling
[36:15] and that dwelling has an apartment unit
in it and has had that zoning for quite
[36:18] some time. The property is almost 3
acres in size and the uh property owner
[36:24] had approached the municipality
a few months back as well as the
[36:28] conservation authority to determine if
there was developability potential for
[36:33] the vacant portion of the property. And
the property um appeared to be a little
[36:38] tricky at first, but with some analysis
completed by the Raisin Region
[36:41] Conservation Authority, it was
determined that there was the ability to
[36:45] have a building envelope that would be
above the flood plane that would be able
[36:49] to uh be large enough to accommodate an
additional dwelling unit.
[36:54] This parcel of property um has an
existing zoning of limited services
[37:00] residential with an exception to
accommodate the apartment unit. limited
[37:04] services residential zone does not allow
additional dwelling units. We typically
[37:08] don't want additional development on
private roads where we don't maintain
[37:11] those roads. We don't uh we're not able
to provide all the services, but some of
[37:16] our private roads are a little more
unique than others. Uh they have better
[37:20] access. They're wider. They're not as
dense. And so we do uh rely on the
[37:25] opinion of our fire chief to assist us
in cases like this to ensure that there
[37:29] can be uh emergency services provided
both fire and ambulance. The last thing
[37:34] we want to do is add additional
dwellings. We're in an area where we
[37:37] can't provide those services. But that's
not the case in this particular
[37:40] situation. So with the positive review
of the fire chief as well as the
[37:44] conservation authority, the property
owner, Mr. Knight, filed a zoning
[37:47] amendment application to go through the
process. You may recall that we did a
[37:51] public meeting on uh July 27th. There
was no members of public in attendance.
[37:55] We did not receive any comments uh
written comments or oral comments either
[38:00] in support of or in opposition to this
amendment. You'll see in the staff
[38:04] report that we provided a detailed um
review of the planning policy framework
[38:10] that we're required to look at. We are
recommending that this application be
[38:15] approved as it's consistent with the PPS
and it conforms to the official plan and
[38:20] um if council chooses to make a decision
this evening and approve it, a decision
[38:24] will be made on day 63. So if there's
any questions, please let me know.
[38:29] » Thank you very much. Are there any
questions further to the staff report
[38:33] and the presentation before? Seeing
none, all those in favor? Carried.
[38:49] All right, there's nothing pulled from
the consent agenda. So moved by
[38:51] councelor Jorski, seconded by councelor
Mcdanell be resolved that council
[38:54] accepts the items listed on the consent
agenda. All those in favor carried.
[39:07] Right. Commi. Before we get to notices
of motion, we do have our committee uh
[39:12] board and committee updates. If you
don't mind, I should have said that I'm
[39:16] going to as August there's only one
meeting. I I didn't uh share what was
[39:20] going on kind of in the community. So,
if you if you see something I missed or
[39:23] that you attended on my behalf, let me
know. Um, so last time we did the
[39:27] mayor's update was July 13th. The Glen
Neas social, we had talked about, we had
[39:31] got so that happened. U Manor House
social, the Lancaster District nonprofit
[39:36] housing had a few meetings. Um, I don't
think it's a a secret, but uh they're
[39:42] trying to try trying to make themselves
more independent. Uh, I I believe we put
[39:47] in a pretty competitive team in the St.
Raffles Ruins golf tournament. Um,
[39:51] Highland Games, Williamstown Fair
happened that I failed to mention at the
[39:54] last meetings. Thank you councelor
Bougie for reminding me of our big
[39:56] events. The Martintown Mill had a very
successful AGM and after that we're
[40:00] quite successful with fundraising
efforts. We got to conference where we
[40:05] had two delegations. I thought they went
well uh well received and then we came
[40:09] back to the uh Glengary Sports Hall of
Fame and then I guess for those of you
[40:14] who didn't attend on Thursday because it
wasn't live, we bought an airport. So
[40:17] that was a pretty big deal for our
township.
[40:20] Um and then other than that I think we
had a county meeting today. So, moving
[40:24] to SDG County Council updates. Um,
Deputy Mayor, if I miss something,
[40:29] please let me know. Or or do you prepare
to? So, I going from my notes, so
[40:32] they're touch messy. Uh, but we had a
special meeting of council beforehand.
[40:37] Uh, changing in planning. I'm not always
the best on planning. So, if there there
[40:40] are changes coming, uh, you can consult
with Mrs. Haley. Uh, but there's tier
[40:45] one and tier two employment zones. Um
and that um is density and on the
[40:51] fringes of where your um like suburbs
would be. So you can have less dense
[40:56] employment zones I believe onfarmm
diversified. I believe that's more for
[40:59] the biodesttors coming through so you
can produce energy which is wonderful.
[41:03] Natural heritage um I didn't know
perfectly if that was stronger or
[41:07] weaker. Deputy Mayor Lang asked that
question and it seems that it's pretty
[41:10] much status quo and the whole intent of
all these things is to make it more per
[41:14] permissive, make it more simpler to
follow provincial guidelines to to make
[41:18] it simple or easier to develop lands
that should be developed. Uh we also had
[41:23] a um official plan amendment um on your
way. Well, does everybody know where
[41:30] Malcolm Malcolm Fraser lives or the who
else would be a person around there?
[41:36] Mary Rean
in between Williamtown Cornwall on
[41:40] County Road 19. Uh there's a property
that's being severed and it required uh
[41:44] quite a bit of effort to get it that way
um because of the way it's designed.
[41:48] There will be a request of
administration probably I imagine in the
[41:52] future to look into see if there's a way
how to make it quicker. Um and that lot
[41:56] lot will be severed.
A committee terms have been made. PAB um
[42:02] doesn't really matter because it's not
things we consider ourselves with a cash
[42:06] budget uh cash budget sorry Icing um
costs it was budgeted for 200,000
[42:13] they're going 226 but it's kind of like
you know end of 2026 27 so that's on
[42:17] track uh plow costs went up 6% so
anticipate um costs of our like
[42:22] inflation on our reserves probably at
the county and our own um equipment
[42:26] reserves to be 6% higher than last year
just to accommodate for this these
[42:30] costs. Personnel policy came through.
The big thing on it was uh the counties
[42:36] did not recognize remembrance day but
they did truth and reconciliation day.
[42:40] Uh not as stat holidays now they will be
no taken as um days of
[42:46] uh I don't know there's a prop days of
reflection. Thank you deputy mayor Lang.
[42:51] And so if they fall during the weekday
uh they will be u reflected and if it's
[42:55] on the weekend there's no in lie of. So
the counties took that action. And then
[43:00] South Nation four-wheeling club got
access to the roads. Transfer of County
[43:04] Road 36. So in Long Sue, I think it's
where LVB is. That road is now becoming
[43:09] a lower tier road and there'll be a
county road at the north end whenever
[43:12] they bring in their industrial park.
Sale of surplus lot, very small flood
[43:16] plane mapping. Uh SNC is doing a pretty
massive job and the township or county
[43:21] will put in about 250,000. It's been
saved over time. AC index is off the
[43:27] charts. So, um, enjoy that with our
paving. I think it's 53% higher than
[43:32] when we started, even with that little
dip, uh, recently in gas prices. And
[43:36] then there were several reports after
that. And, uh, we'll discuss the warden
[43:39] in term of office potentially, uh,
changing it from one to two to even four
[43:43] or any other options. These are we we've
said basically, hey, uh, maybe we can
[43:48] get better representation, but there
will be debate for the next term of
[43:50] council. If the next term of council
decides to do it, it will be for the
[43:54] 2030 term of council. So, uh, one thing
that stuck in my mind was we had an
[43:59] Eastern Ontario Warden's caucus chair
once and it was whenever, uh, then
[44:03] Warden Duncan ran twice in a row. So, it
shows the kind of that was a a powerful
[44:08] statement to me to show that like we
can, you know, Eastern Eastern Ontario
[44:11] can have more representation if we had
longer term, but that is to be decided
[44:14] by not me. Um, any further things to
that? The only thing I'd add is that
[44:21] under that uh plow that's up 6%, one of
the we bought two plows, one of them's
[44:25] for South Glengary and uh
482,000 and change. So that'll be for uh
[44:34] next year's budget.
I
[44:37] » think we had pre pre-approved that one
at something. Also, there was a staff
[44:40] appreciation. I don't want to forget
that. That was uh if you want to watch
[44:43] the end of there's some long-erving
members and retirements. Councelor
[44:46] Mcdel.
>> Uh three, Mr. Mayor. Is that with the
[44:49] with equipment?
>> Okay. So, it's it's not just that's
[44:52] that's not a bare chassis. It's it's
>> 225,000 for the cabin chassis and 256
[44:58] 257 almost for uh the plow and equip or
the
[45:02] » for the harness and the plow and the and
the box.
[45:04] » I would assume box and everything.
>> Wow. Okay.
[45:09] » I remember whenever I was a young
treasurer and that cost a lot less. I
[45:13] think it was 250 allin. That's not that
long ago. Were there any other committee
[45:17] or board meetings that people wish to um
speak of, Cornwall Regional Airport, uh
[45:22] Ra Conservation Authority?
>> The archives are next week or next
[45:26] month.
>> Next week, the museum,
[45:29] agricultural committee, CIP, I guess.
Yeah, that might might uh
[45:36] connectivity committee, environment
committee, and heritage advisory
[45:39] committee probably all have not met.
Okay.
[45:43] So then we will go to notice of motions.
I have a mover in councelor McNel. This
[45:46] is for farm and field entrance widths.
Can I get a seconder? Go to deputy mayor
[45:50] Lang. Just take a moment while I write
that down.
[45:57] Moved by councelor Mcdanel, seconded by
deputy mayor Lang be resolved that
[46:00] council the townships of South Lair.
Direct administration to review the
[46:05] township's current practices and
standards respecting entrance width for
[46:09] agricultural properties, including farms
and field entrances, and to investigate
[46:13] potential options, operational
considerations, and any associated
[46:16] financial or regulatory implications of
permitting wider entrances where
[46:20] appropriate, and that administration
reports its findings and any
[46:23] recommendations back to council no later
than the first of first regular council
[46:28] meeting in October 2026.
Council Mcdell, is there anything you'd
[46:31] like to add? Yeah. Three, Mr. Mayor. Uh,
I had I had requested this just uh I
[46:35] guess of staff and uh to take a look
into it and uh the mayor thought and
[46:40] rightfully so thought this should come
to council just for for coun all of
[46:43] council's approval. No time no
point in wasting staff's time if there
[46:47] is an appetite around the table to
investigate it. Uh over the weekend I
[46:50] took a little bit of time and uh ran
around and found uh a very relatively
[46:56] new entrance. It was put in probably a
month and a half ago on one of my farm
[47:00] fields. Uh I've had this concern from
another of uh a number of farm uh
[47:05] operators in the area and I know there's
been a lot of work done through the offa
[47:09] for different standards and and
recommendations for municipalities and
[47:12] how how to go about it and have that
conversation. Um I just am in the unique
[47:17] position where I sit at this table with
the rest of you and I can I can bother
[47:20] you with my own issues. Um the uh the
entrance that I I kind of sent around
[47:26] was you know the standard 20 feet at the
top or 18 feet at the top and uh it's
[47:30] getting harder and harder with the size
of the equipment that we're running to
[47:33] get into these fields. That 20 18t
clearance across the top of a culvert
[47:37] was great when actually great in this
sense where you can see the trail marks
[47:41] through my field where my uncle still
goes and cuts a little bit of hay at the
[47:44] back with his 165 and hay bine. So, he's
got lots of clearance, but for my uh
[47:49] sprayer at 13 ft wide and 18 ft long or
the combine uh with their collective
[47:55] sizes, I can't I won't be able to get
wagons into the field this fall. And
[47:59] that poses a bit of a safety issue when
I'm coming out onto the road and having
[48:02] to load on the road uh all through the
fall. Luckily, it's a fairly quiet road,
[48:06] but there's uh there's places on say on
the first line or the second line road
[48:10] just uh at that kitty corner that we
wouldn't be we wouldn't feel comfortable
[48:15] doing that. and and it it would pose
some serious issues if we didn't have
[48:19] the seventh concession to load on where
we've got a little extra time. Um I it's
[48:23] a public safety issue and and I don't
think uh producers would be even opposed
[48:28] in places where if they're looking to
widen them, maybe they've got to kick a
[48:32] little bit in if they want to go to the
extra 40T, but uh a 30 foot wide would
[48:36] be probably ample in a lot of cases.
Maybe not on some of these tighter
[48:41] roads, but I I know I included a picture
of one in a neighboring municipality at
[48:45] the bottom where uh it's a gentleman I
do some work for, and it's it's very
[48:49] it's a bit of a treat to be able to pull
in, not have to cross right to the other
[48:54] side of the ditch and swing across the
road posing a bit of an accident if
[48:57] you've got a car behind you or uh uh
somebody on coming up a hill or
[49:01] something like that. Uh it gives lots of
space that I can pull in from my lane
[49:05] into the field and and not uh put
anybody else at risk or myself. So uh
[49:10] just a request if staff if council sees
fit that staff come back with a
[49:14] recommendation to maybe on egg
properties
[49:17] increase that that minimum standard and
uh and if people want to go even above
[49:21] and beyond that or if if staff feels 30
is enough and somebody wants to go
[49:24] beyond that they reserve the right to
maybe extend it at their cost or
[49:28] something along those lines. So just uh
looking for appetite around the table.
[49:34] » All right. Deputy Mayor Lang.
>> Thank you, Mr. Mayor. Through you. Yes,
[49:37] I'd be happy to support that. Uh I
mentioned it uh this morning. We had
[49:42] county council meeting, mentioned it to
the manager infrastructure at the
[49:44] counties and uh their bylaw is very
similar. Uh and I think it's time maybe
[49:51] look at both of them and and get them
updated. And uh happy to see what staff
[49:55] comes up with. and uh maybe we can find
a little bit of uh best management
[49:59] practice and send it to the staff for
that we're eating.
[50:04] » Councelor Jorski,
>> thank you through your Mayor McDonald.
[50:07] Uh certainly we have to recognize that
agriculture is our largest industry in
[50:12] South Glengary and so definitely it
makes sense to uh ensure that our
[50:18] infrastructure is not a impediment to uh
to that industry. So I think it makes a
[50:24] lot of sense to take a look at this. One
thing um I'm not suggesting any change
[50:28] to the language but certainly uh and I
think um this refers a bit to some of
[50:33] the further context around it is that it
kind of fits also into like the road
[50:39] rationalization
um work that had been started in terms
[50:43] of you know being clear on what
infrastructure is needed and ensuring
[50:46] that we don't have unnecessary
duplication. So certainly I mean
[50:50] obviously larger entrances come with a
higher cost. So I think it's important
[50:54] to be very clear on on what that is and
also um have a view of you know where
[51:01] can we eliminate them where they're no
longer required as well. So just to add
[51:06] that additional bit of context to it.
I'm not suggesting any changes to the
[51:09] language but uh because I don't think
I'm against what's been like I don't
[51:13] think it's a
diverting from it. Um but yeah, thanks
[51:18] » just councelor Mcanel.
>> Yeah, through you Mr. Mayor. I think I
[51:22] did include that in my uh in my one
sheet uh that I can send to staff as
[51:25] well. There's there's often a number a
number of these entrances were put in
[51:29] when there were a number of fence rows
going through the fields and what's now
[51:32] maybe one or two fields because of a
drainage ditch used to be six or seven
[51:37] with fence rows. and it kind of lines up
where some of these entrances probably
[51:41] aren't where we need them and they
they'd be better off in a different spot
[51:44] based on a hill and the road or whatever
the case may be and and some of them
[51:48] probably there's two or three that could
be eliminated on a single farm or you
[51:51] know a guy could do with one less and
get a wider one and and would just use
[51:55] that. So, uh, I'd agree as well. There's
a little bit of consultation that have
[51:59] to be done at that time, but if with a
little bit of lead time, guys can give
[52:03] their comments. I'm I'm sure we'd be
happy to, uh, give input on where they'd
[52:06] like their entrances.
>> All right. Thank you. And I I'm
[52:11] interested in seeing like because
there's al there could be a financial
[52:14] component to this. So, I look forward to
having like that wholesome information
[52:17] because I think it it makes a ton of
sense. And if it's a ton of sense on a
[52:20] million dollars a year extra, maybe not.
But if it's if it's reasonable then
[52:23] obviously we we'll certainly take it. So
um all those in favor of the motion is
[52:27] read carried.
[52:35] All right. The second one was about uh
Alto Rail project. Again moved by
[52:39] councelor Mdanell. Looking for a
seconder. We go. Councelor Bougie.
[52:49] Moved by councelor Mcdanel. Second by
councelor Bougie. Be it resolved that
[52:51] the council of the township of Suckling
Gary supports the resolution passed by
[52:55] the municipality of South Dundas on July
8th, 2026 attached here 2 and that the
[53:00] township of the south and the the
township of Southland area supports the
[53:04] Eastern Ontario Wardens Caucus in
opposing the Alto project and its
[53:07] current form and urges Alto and the
federal government to coordinate with
[53:11] Via Rail to maintain and enhance
passenger rail service, provide a clear
[53:15] integration plan, and work with the
municipalities to ensure rural residents
[53:19] remain connected and and that this
resolution be sent to the prime
[53:22] minister, the minister of
transportation, alto CEO, the EW or
[53:27] EOWC, MP Eric Duncan, the Premier of
Ontario, MVP Nolan Quinn, AMO, Offa, and
[53:34] the municipalities of the United
Counties of SG, Councelor McInnel.
[53:39] » Yeah, through you, Mr. Mayor. I think
we've all probably had this conversation
[53:42] privately and publicly with people we
know and uh I think we all had the
[53:46] opportunity maybe to speak with some of
the Prescott Russell uh uh elected
[53:50] officials and staff uh last week at the
conference and um Warden Santh was uh
[53:56] was very clear on kind of his thoughts
and I think he's even got an article
[53:59] written or was picked up maybe by the
Globe and Mail. Anyways um it's it's
[54:04] very concerning project. There's uh I
personally had a meeting with Alto in
[54:08] Ottawa after the conference was over and
uh unfortunately it's still uh very
[54:16] vague, very generic, no real answers
from a municipal standpoint. Um even
[54:21] point of questions like who's
responsible for this infrastructure over
[54:25] our roadways as a municipality whenever
it it's it's aged to its life expectancy
[54:30] and needs replacement. They are unable
to tell us who is going to be
[54:34] financially responsible for replacing
those crossings whether it's Alto or
[54:38] whether Alto was going to take care of
the work at the municipality's cost as
[54:42] we know with the CN it's often the case
and and uniquely CN has the argument at
[54:48] times that they were there before the
road but in this case there is
[54:51] absolutely no argument for them being
there before the roadway um in spots
[54:56] it's going to stagnate any potential
growth in some of the municipalities and
[54:59] urban boundaries and we've seen this
come across uh the north with a with a
[55:06] with a strong hand and there's a lot of
active groups that are fighting against
[55:09] it and actively looking for answers and
I think uh lending our support to it.
[55:14] This came across our desk I think back
in March and I think it was overlooked
[55:18] by by ourselves at the table and uh
better late than never I guess is is
[55:22] kind of what I'm going for here.
>> Thank you. I think I've said a few times
[55:29] that this is a a city solution that
costs the rural municipalities. So, as
[55:33] much as I agree with kind of like roads,
bridges, and buildings, this one is uh
[55:37] not one that I think help helps us at
all. And it actually just connects three
[55:40] or five cities and I guess could say our
mega cities u but it forgets the rule.
[55:46] And I like that this one particularly
focuses on via rail because maybe
[55:50] there's an appetite to now like if Alto
is the worst enemy perhaps a dedicated
[55:56] passenger line on existing tracks might
not be popular but it's better than this
[56:00] and it serves everybody. So that would
be a hopeful outcome in in my thoughts.
[56:04] But uh without going on are there any
other comments? I guess we all feel the
[56:08] same way. All those in favor carried.
[56:15] Lastly, this is support for MFOA request
for permanently increasing OSF. Uh, it
[56:20] was moved by Deputy Mayor Lang. Can I
get a seconder? Councelor Jorski.
[56:30] So, moved by Deputy Mayor Lang, seconded
by Councelor Jorski. Whereas, municipal
[56:34] asset management plans have identified
significant infrastructure renewal and
[56:37] state of good repair needs. And whereas
the Ontario Community Infrastructure
[56:42] Fund, OSF, has become a critical source
of funding to support municipal
[56:45] infrastructure renewal. And whereas the
province of Ontario has not publicly
[56:50] committed to maintaining the current
annual OSF funding level beyond 2026.
[56:54] Therefore, be it resolved that the
township of Southland Gary supports the
[56:57] Municipal Finance Officers Association
of Ontario, MFOA, requests the province
[57:02] of Ontario to permanently maintain OSF
at 400 million annually beyond 2026 and
[57:07] directs that a copy of this resolution
be forwarded to the Minister of
[57:10] Infrastructure, Minister of Municipal
Affairs and Housing, Minister of
[57:14] Finance, MPP Nolan Quinn, MFOA, AMO, and
the municipalities of the United
[57:19] Counties of SG.
Any further conversation, Deputy Mayor?
[57:23] No, I don't think we need to talk too
much. We talked about it last meeting a
[57:26] little bit, but it just it it's very
tough on municipalities not to have
[57:30] something that's stable that they can
count on and uh it would be nice if the
[57:34] province would, you know, step up and
say this is permanent and we know that
[57:37] is permanent. So anyway, happy to
support this on behalf of the municipal
[57:40] finance officers association.
>> Thank you. No further comments. All
[57:45] those in favor carried.
[57:52] So, we will be moving into close
session.
[57:55] Moved by councelor Jorski, seconded by
councelor Mcdanell. Be it resolved that
[57:59] council convene to close session at 7:26
p.m. to discuss the following item under
[58:04] section 2392F of the municipal act. A
meeting or part of a meeting may be
[58:08] closed to the public if the subject
matter being considered is e litigation
[58:12] or potential litigation, specifically
direction for litigation. All those in
[58:16] favor carried.
[1:30:56] Coming out of closed session, moved by
councelor Bougie, seconded by councelor
[1:30:59] Jorski. Be it resolved that the council
rise and reconvene into open session at
[1:31:02] 7:59 p.m. All those in favor? Carried
[1:31:09] and that was coming out without
reporting.
[1:31:13] Close session. Moved by councelor
Mcdanell, seconded by councelor Bougie,
[1:31:16] be resolved that administration be
directed to carry out all actions as
[1:31:19] specified in the closed session minutes.
All those in favor carried.
[1:31:26] Confirming bylaw moved by deputy mayor
Lang, seconded by councelor Bougie, be
[1:31:30] resolved that bylaw 202650 being a bylaw
to adopt, confirm, and ratify matters
[1:31:35] dealt with by resolution be read a
first, second, and third time pass,
[1:31:38] signed, and sealed in open council this
24th day of August 2026. All those in
[1:31:42] favor? Gary
adjournment. Uh, anything anybody wants
[1:31:47] to add? I'm not not missing the
Williamstown Fair of the Highland Games
[1:31:50] again. Okay. Moved by councelor
Mcdanell, second by councelor Joriski.
[1:31:53] Be it resolved that the council of the
township of Southland area adjourned to
[1:31:56] the call of the chair at 8:00 p.m.
All those in favor carried. Have a good
[1:32:02] night everyone.