[0:55] Okay, we'll call the meeting to order.
[1:00] Moved by Richard Macomb, seconded by
Margaret Fancy, that council approved
[1:02] the agenda.
All in favor?
[1:05] Carries.
[1:12] Or do you want these separated,
Jennifer?
[1:14] » No, that's fine.
>> All right.
[1:19] Um declaration of interests, pecuniary
or otherwise. Seeing none.
[1:24] Approval of the minutes. Moved by
Margaret Fancy, seconded by Richard
[1:27] Macomb, that the council approved the
special meeting minutes.
[1:30] Committee of the whole meet public works
meeting minutes and the regular meeting
[1:33] minutes dated July the 20th.
Any questions or comments on those? All
[1:38] in favor?
Carries.
[1:48] Accounts payable. Moved by Richard
Macomb, seconded by Margaret Fancy, that
[1:51] council approved the accounts payable
report dated August 14th, 2016 in the
[1:55] amount of $148,776.56.
[2:01] Questions on that?
All in favor?
[2:05] Carries.
[2:12] And
the best part of the night, the
[2:14] delegation.
>> [sighs]
[2:17] » Welcome Shannon and company.
Yeah, please.
[2:30] » Uh just wanted to come tonight. I know
it's a few months after the golf
[2:34] tournament, but I was just wanted to
officially come to council and let you
[2:39] know that we've been able to donate
$23,000
[2:43] um for the rec park. And we also did
donate $2,000 to Special Olympics, as
[2:49] well. So, just wanted to let you know
how the event went, and we're very
[2:53] excited to be able to donate to um the
recreation park in the hopes of uh
[2:58] further renovations in the future. So, I
just wanted to to do that tonight.
[3:03] » And we will
>> [applause]
[3:06] » And we want to say thank you, thank you,
thank you, thank you, thank you very
[3:10] much. And especially golf tournaments,
there's so so much work to put them on.
[3:15] Oh my goodness, it's I cannot you know,
we've all gone to lots of them,
[3:18] the the work that's behind the scenes
takes weeks and weeks and weeks to do,
[3:22] and then we really really appreciate
what you've done. So, we want to take a
[3:26] photo of you holding the
the check, and we want to make sure that
[3:30] the world knows about it.
If you don't mind, we're going to
[3:33] publish this. Thank you so much for
everything.
[3:35] » All right, you're welcome.
>> Uh
[3:37] you rec committee, whatever.
>> Yeah.
[3:41] » Yeah.
And Jennifer, you'll take a
[3:43] » Okay.
>> Where do you want
[3:45] » Okay, that's what I'm trying to figure
out.
[3:46] » Yeah, let's stand in front of the
screen. All members of council stand in.
[3:51] » There are the screens on.
>> Okay, can you do that, please? Is that
[3:54] the same thing? the one on the TV behind
you.
[3:58] » [snorts]
[4:10] [laughter]
>> Awesome. All right, 1 2 3 1 2 3.
[4:16] » Awesome.
>> Wait, did you get them all? Kelly, did
[4:18] you get it? Okay.
[4:22] Get it?
[4:32] Send that to Ron T. Jackson.
[4:39] It's the TCO editor. He'll get it.
[4:43] Yeah, it's good.
I will.
[4:47] Thanks. Thanks again. Good Good Good
luck with the soccer and the hockey.
[4:54] Hot dog race.
[5:02] Okay, Chief, you're up.
[5:19] » Good evening, everyone.
Um July was a pretty uh
[5:24] non-eventful
month as far as fire goes. Nothing
[5:28] really really big. Um
August has been very slow. We've only
[5:32] had two calls
um in the month so far.
[5:36] So, that was good.
Um we did get the backup camera
[5:39] installed in three. That was part of the
capital budget improvement and does make
[5:42] it a big difference when you're trying
to back into that trailer. Now, you can
[5:45] see what's what's back there.
Uh, yeah, the towers got some upgrades
[5:49] back in July.
So for about 2 hours we couldn't uh
[5:53] talk to each other. Only by uh
>> It's frightening.
[5:55] » It was frightening, yes. Uh, we couldn't
communicate with Brockville. Uh, and we
[5:59] knew that well in advance, so that's why
we set up what we did. So, uh, we were
[6:03] lucky nothing happened when we did that.
>> Is there Yeah.
[6:05] » Nothing happened. Is there some way that
can be
[6:09] made better?
>> Well, just doing the upgrades for the
[6:11] new communication. It wasn't anything uh
wasn't a uh mechanical breakdown or
[6:16] electrical breakdown, just the upgrades,
computer upgrades to this tower system
[6:19] they did. That's what it was for.
>> Okay, yeah.
[6:21] » Um, it's just a one-time deal. It was
did ours and then Real Lakes had one,
[6:25] the same thing. They had the same
problem, not problem, but the same issue
[6:28] going on. So did Leeds, so.
>> Okay.
[6:31] » Um,
we donated uh
[6:34] quite a bit of old equipment.
Kind of cleaned their trailer out. Um,
[6:39] old SCBA bottles that we can't use
because of the reality here, but they
[6:42] can up
First Nation, so.
[6:45] There's all kinds of uh old SCBA
bottles, uh, bunker gear. We had a an
[6:50] extra set of uh
extrication tools that we never used. It
[6:53] sat in the It's been sitting in the
trailer for a year and a half.
[6:56] Um,
>> You know, you should
[6:58] » generators, hoses.
>> You should take picture of that and go
[7:01] to the newspaper cuz the other
departments do the same, but and I know
[7:04] you you guys have been doing that for
for many years, but you you should be
[7:07] recognized for that.
>> Well, they put it on Facebook. Uh, Ian
[7:09] Robinson, who's the local
representative, had it on Facebook. Um,
[7:13] I think it is
>> It's a nice thing to do and it's It just
[7:15] You should recognize for doing it.
>> I'm on Facebook and I didn't see any of
[7:18] that.
>> Oh, I saw it several times. Now, I did
[7:20] get an invite today from Mike Prior from
LCI. They also they donated the truck
[7:25] that all this stuff is going in. And
they're doing a uh
[7:29] uh
photo op on Wednesday
[7:31] » That's what I mean.
>> at
[7:33] Lansdowne with the truck and and the
stuff. So, I'm going to try to get in on
[7:36] that.
>> Okay, well
[7:37] Just just so you're recognized for doing
it cuz it's a good thing to do it.
[7:41] » But it was it was all over Facebook, but
I saw it several times. Okay.
[7:46] Um
the Young's Mills Crossing got opened
[7:49] and closed and opened with any issues,
but we did have a a good contingency
[7:53] plan in place if we had had a call, so
that was good. Um the the Paxson beings
[7:59] are just haven't been running for a
number of years. They stopped in COVID.
[8:02] They just never started again, so they
started up, so it's all the Eastern
[8:06] Shore fire departments, not just Leeds
and Granville, so it's a good networking
[8:09] to talk to. This one was a
a Zoom meeting, but hopefully the next
[8:13] one will be
face-to-face meeting.
[8:17] We did two
rounds of extrication training in July.
[8:20] Both those days were like the plus 35
days, so the guys really got their
[8:26] workout that day. Equipment checks and
association meeting. So, we have five
[8:29] new firefighters here. Just building
ready to start the firefighter one and
[8:32] two.
And firefighter Summers is enrolled in
[8:36] the fire investigator course.
And there's another upcoming county-wide
[8:40] EV electric vehicle fire training course
as well.
[8:43] So, we're going to send a couple folks
to that.
[8:46] Um Jan is also enrolled in part four of
the fire code. That's just that's
[8:50] dealing with courtroom, which is stuff
that we have we have to go to court.
[8:54] What procedures that we have to do as a
fire department to put that in motion in
[8:59] court.
Um
[9:02] number four needs the extra work after
safety that was completed.
[9:06] Um we're looking for things for the fire
services grant. And that's just says 226
[9:10] not seven not 1617, but that's due next
week, so Jan will sit down and do that
[9:17] transfer.
So, the type on type on again for that.
[9:22] We've got a couple things that we put
together to buy yet.
[9:25] And
nothing for the fire prevention group,
[9:28] although they are working on now getting
stuff around for the Phillies fair this
[9:31] weekend.
[9:34] » Could you I'll remind
Gordon about the poker paddle poker run.
[9:39] » I will. Yeah.
>> Please and thank you because I haven't
[9:41] heard anything from him and it's
>> Okay.
[9:42] » 3 weeks away.
We need a
[9:46] couple bodies at Marystown Landing and a
couple bodies at Brown's Bay if you can,
[9:50] please and thank you.
>> Make sure I
[9:52] pass it on to you tomorrow night.
>> Okay.
[9:54] » All right.
>> Any other [snorts] questions? Uh
[9:56] » No.
Yeah. Thank you.
[9:58] » Have a good night.
>> Thanks very much, Mr. Mayor.
[10:00] » Thank you.
Moved by
[10:03] uh Margaret Fancy, seconded by Richard
Markey, counsel receive the fire chief's
[10:06] report.
All in favor.
[10:08] Carries.
[10:23] Uh moved by Richard Markey, seconded by
Margaret Fancy, that counsel receive the
[10:26] public works report.
All in favor.
[10:31] Carries.
[10:38] Excuse [clears throat] me.
You're up.
[10:43] » Good evening, Mayor Haley and members of
council. Are there any questions on my
[10:47] report under council directives?
Or under other items?
[10:53] I just wanted to reiterate to council
that
[10:57] this is the first year we've had a
summer student in the township office
[11:00] and it's been working out extremely
well. We're very, very happy. Um
[11:05] work is getting done on target or even
ahead of time. And um
[11:09] yeah, we're very, very happy to have a
summer student. We really appreciate it.
[11:14] So, thank you for approving that in the
budget.
[11:15] » is she here for, Jen?
>> She's here until the end of the first
[11:19] week of September.
>> Okay.
[11:22] » And then just a reminder
for anyone listening and members of
[11:26] council of the community trail walk
that's taking place this Wednesday at
[11:31] 10:00 a.m.
And then there's there's really no
[11:34] update to the action plan. Architecture
49 has provided some drawings that I
[11:42] believe are being shared and reviewed
with the fire department. And uh we'll
[11:48] update council once some feedback's been
received on that.
[11:53] Um
>> Have you seen it yet?
[11:55] » No.
>> Okay.
[11:57] Okay, good. Are we meeting tomorrow
again then?
[12:00] » No, bi-weekly. Bi-weekly, yeah. So, the
following week.
[12:05] » Okay. Any questions for Jennifer or the
department?
[12:09] » [clears throat]
>> Moved by Margaret Fancy, second by
[12:11] Richard Marcoux, that council receive
the clerk's report. All in favor.
[12:15] Carries.
[12:24] And moved by Richard Marcoux, second by
Margaret Fancy, that the clerk's report
[12:28] 25-26 recreation reserve fund be
received. And that council direct staff
[12:35] to transfer the donated funds from
Skyward Active Health Centre in the
[12:38] amount of $10,000 into the recreation
reserve fund.
[12:42] Any further comments on that?
Other than we have to thank Shannon
[12:46] again a million times.
All in favor.
[12:50] Carries.
[13:02] Website update. Moved by
Margaret Fancy, second by Richard
[13:06] Marcoux, that clerk's report 26-26
website update be received and the
[13:11] council accept Northnet's Media's
proposal in the amount of $5,575
[13:17] plus HST to update the Township of
Frontenac Young website.
[13:21] Jennifer, do you want to add anything
more you want to add to that or are we
[13:26] » Um no, not particularly.
Are there any questions on that report?
[13:34] » It's just that the money we
where it came from the budget is
[13:38] interesting.
>> Yes, actually it is. So, to go back to
[13:41] my previous reports, um, because of some
savings that the summer student has
[13:46] found on how to scan documents, those
big large,
[13:50] um,
building permit plans
[13:54] that we didn't think we had the capacity
in-house to do, we realized that we do
[13:59] now have that. So, the budgeted amount
that we had put in for those, we're
[14:05] hoping can be spent on updating the
website instead.
[14:09] » Still in the budget?
>> Yeah. Updating the website always a good
[14:12] plan.
>> Yeah, you bet.
[14:13] » Yeah, I
>> All right.
[14:14] » I
Um, yeah, I think it's it's a great plan
[14:18] because we're trying to, you know,
direct people to the website. We're
[14:22] using QR codes to get people to the
website. So, the more it can be
[14:26] user-friendly, the better. And I think,
um, our CDC sent some suggestions about,
[14:33] you know, their work on
trying to access various,
[14:37] uh, parts of the website and and where
some of the roadblocks were. So,
[14:41] hopefully that'll be helpful to us. I
sent it to Jen.
[14:44] » Yeah, so I'll talk to you about that
after we We couldn't It's like a locked
[14:48] document.
>> Oh, is it?
[14:49] » Yeah.
>> Oh, I think it has to go Anyway, it goes
[14:52] into It's one of those technical things
that one of the ones that I might
[14:56] actually know the answer to.
>> [laughter]
[14:58] » Okay. So, we'll do that. But, yeah, I
think it's a it's a great idea and to
[15:02] get rid of some of those
old files that are confusing if people
[15:07] enter in any event and it's any event
that was 2 years ago or whatever. So,
[15:11] it's good.
Good use of money.
[15:16] » Okay, all in favor of that motion.
Carries.
[15:27] » Moved by Richard Marcoux, seconded by
Margaret Fancy, that report clerk's
[15:31] report 27-26
surplus to the needs of the municipality
[15:36] concession broken front plan 120
Island
[15:41] ID number 115 be received
and that the council declares the land
[15:46] legally described as concession broken
front plan 120 Island 115D
[15:51] surplus needs of the
municipality.
[15:54] And further the clerk be directed to
proceed with the process outlined in
[15:57] bylaw 15-11 a bylaw to regulate the sale
of the municipally owned real property
[16:03] with respect to the sale of Island 115D.
[16:09] Any questions on that?
Apparently they're a rock off the end of
[16:13] the
off
[16:15] Grenadier Island that's something
that's tax sale.
[16:19] » It's a rock.
>> It's not It's a rock. It's not much more
[16:22] than a rock.
>> You can stand and fish off of it.
[16:26] » No.
[16:30] Well, that's why it hasn't sold yet.
Okay, all in favor.
[16:36] Yes.
It's a shoal.
[16:40] Well,
in in in high water it is no longer an
[16:43] island.
[16:50] Okay, the building inspector's report
moved by Richard Marcoux, seconded by
[16:53] Margaret Fancy, that council receive the
building inspector's report 08-26.
[16:59] Any questions or comments on that? No?
All in favor.
[17:03] Carried.
[17:11] I got up here.
>> I have a question.
[17:13] » Yeah, sorry.
>> Mr. Clerk.
[17:16] How many uh new homes been done this
year?
[17:18] » Two.
>> Just two?
[17:20] Compared to last year, we did seven.
>> Seven.
[17:27] » Okay.
[17:32] Okay.
Move by Margaret Fancy, second by
[17:35] Richard Marcoux, that the Young and
Bloom Committee meeting minutes dated
[17:38] June the 18th be received.
Gail, anything to add there?
[17:44] » Uh no, just that they had a very, very
successful um Hidden Garden Tour. It
[17:48] went extremely well. The gardens were
beautiful.
[17:50] » [clears throat]
>> So, they already have people lined up
[17:53] for the garden tour for next year.
Which is unusual cuz normally have to go
[17:58] out and hunt for them, but we've had
people volunteer to put their gardens
[18:01] in. So,
and um
[18:03] during the Village Fair, the
announcements will be made of the winner
[18:07] of the People's Choice Awards contest.
So,
[18:11] I'm looking forward to that. We had more
entries this year than last year, so
[18:14] good all around. They do a wonderful
job, that group.
[18:17] » If you would uh run the tour very early
in the spring, I could enter because my
[18:21] yard is beautiful dandelions.
[18:26] » I'll recommend that to them at the
meeting Thursday.
[18:29] » Okay.
All righty.
[18:32] All in favor of receiving those minutes?
Carried.
[18:36] That's all I can grow, by the way, is
dandelions.
[18:41] I know they're there. They're still
there.
[18:45] Okay. Uh Environmental Advisory. Move by
Margaret Fancy, second by Richard
[18:48] Marcoux, that the Environmental Advisory
Committee meeting minutes dated May 20th
[18:52] be received.
[18:56] Carson, Margaret, anything to add there?
No?
[19:00] » Just watch for our committee at the
Village Fair. We're going to have um
[19:05] a spot for people to have a look at what
we've done over the last 4 years and
[19:10] then make some suggestions about what
they'd like to see us working or the
[19:14] future committee working on. And also
going to be a little contest on
[19:18] recycling. Um so people have an
opportunity to uh uh
[19:24] decide what gets the correct bin. So
we're looking forward to that. So
[19:29] » Oh dear.
>> Um again another
[19:33] » [laughter]
>> Anyway, and
[19:35] but so we're we're inviting the public
to come to our table and just uh
[19:40] present your ideas and play a game and
have some fun.
[19:45] » Okay. That's on Saturday, everybody.
All in favor of the receiving those
[19:50] minutes?
Yes.
[19:59] Moved by Richard MacLeod and seconded by
Margaret Fancy that
[20:03] Community Development Committee meeting
minutes dated June the 25th
[20:07] be received.
[20:11] Margaret, did that anything died there?
>> No, just equally come to the Village
[20:16] Fair and
see the Community Development Committee.
[20:20] We have We've been working
as we did earlier on to try and recruit
[20:26] and thank volunteers. So there'll be a
place where we have information about
[20:30] our committees and uh
um
[20:34] some banners that we worked with the
Village Fair Committee on to promote the
[20:39] Village Fair and volunteerism for future
years.
[20:42] Um looking forward to that and
coming up in the fall there'll be a
[20:47] series of seniors luncheons as per usual
at the the Legion.
[20:53] Just firming up some of the
presentations for that as well.
[20:58] » I did the
Family Young Day at Browns Bay happen?
[21:02] » It has not and uh
Yes, there's a whole staffing story
[21:06] there that I won't bore you with, but
>> it. I
[21:09] » We're on it, but yeah, but it
>> Cuz it said it was supposed to be August
[21:12] the 9th and I didn't see it.
>> know. No, it just because of staffing.
[21:16] » Okay.
>> Margaret, what about the cooking
[21:18] workshop? Did they think ever happened
with that?
[21:20] » Well, what happened was and we
we had planned Ruth Carter was going to
[21:27] do that at at the Legion on Fridays and
then now the Legion is booked for
[21:31] lunches
Developmental Services has booked the
[21:35] site every Friday to do
cooking classes with some of their
[21:40] clients. And um
>> Oh, right.
[21:44] » Yeah, so
Ruth is working where
[21:47] we approached
the supervisor of the group and we are
[21:52] looking at doing some cooking workshops
in the fall. And we've also got so
[21:58] a couple of other ones that are going to
be kind of fun.
[22:02] Mike
Pielowson from Spicy Ric's for example
[22:05] is going to do a
hot sauce cooking event at the Legion.
[22:09] So yes, they are coming up. We just
didn't want to look like we were you
[22:13] know
We wanted to make the other group
[22:16] comfortable and now that started. I
think they have four or five people, but
[22:20] we felt
in speaking with their supervisor we can
[22:24] then open it up to others as well.
>> The reason I asked you that is because
[22:27] we've had
cooking classes at the odd time with the
[22:31] library board as a
>> Yes, yeah. And with the
[22:36] » Oh, there was another group. Trying to
remember which one it was. Young at
[22:39] Heart Bloom, I think. And it worked out
really well at the community center. So
[22:42] I mean
>> Maybe we could do it there.
[22:43] » Yeah, cuz if you have a conflict with
them, there might be other people that
[22:46] like to do the cooking that you do
rather than that one. So then it would
[22:50] give them options.
>> That's true and there is there are
[22:52] facilities here. That's a good
suggestion. Yeah, Ruth's been kind of
[22:56] because she used in her former job when
she worked with the Y, she did a lot of
[23:01] cooking classes and you know, cooking on
a budget, cooking for one, those sorts
[23:06] of things. So, yeah. And so, those it
just got delayed because we were we were
[23:11] waiting to see what happened with the
Legion. Yeah, we can do that.
[23:17] » Okay.
So, receiving those community
[23:20] development committee meetings, all in
favor.
[23:23] Carries.
[23:36] So, bylaws.
Moved by Carson Massey, seconded by Gail
[23:40] Williams, that a bylaw to establish fees
and charges for the services provided
[23:43] for the by the corporation of the
Township of Front of Young be read a
[23:46] first and second time. All in favor.
Carries.
[23:51] » A bylaw to establish fees and charges
for services provided by the corporation
[23:55] of the Township of Front of Young short
way.
[23:59] » Moved by Gail Williams, and seconded by
Carson Massey, that a bylaw to establish
[24:02] fees and charges for the services
provided by the corporation of the
[24:04] Township of Front of Young be read a
third and final time. Numbered as bylaw
[24:08] 30-26.
Signed by the mayor and clerk, sealed
[24:11] with the corporate seal, and engrossed
in the bylaw book.
[24:13] The only changes were the rec- rent-
rental, right?
[24:17] Okay.
Any other further comments? No. All in
[24:21] favor.
Carries.
[24:24] » A bylaw to establish fees and charges
for services provided by the corporation
[24:28] of the Township of Front of Young short
way.
[24:38] » Okay. Advanced vote bylaw. Moved by
Carson Massey, seconded by Gail
[24:42] Williams, that a bylaw to provide for
advanced votes to be held prior to the
[24:46] voting day be read a first and second
time.
[24:49] All in favor.
Carries.
[24:52] » A bylaw to provide for advanced votes to
be held prior to voting day short way.
[24:57] » Moved by Gail Williams and seconded by
Carson Massey that the by-law to provide
[25:01] advanced votes to be held prior to
voting day.
[25:04] Read a third and final time numbered as
by-law 31-26.
[25:08] Signed by the mayor and clerk sealed
with the corporate seal and engrossed in
[25:10] the by-law book.
Questions on that?
[25:14] All in favor.
Carries.
[25:17] » A by-law to provide for advanced votes
to be held prior to voting day,
[25:20] shortway.
[25:27] » Joint compliance committee audits. Moved
by Carson Massey seconded by Gail
[25:32] Williams that the by-law to delegate
authority for the appointment of the
[25:35] joint audit compliance committee
for the corporation of the Front of
[25:39] Young be
Township of Front of Yonge be read a
[25:42] first and second time.
All in favor.
[25:45] Carries.
>> A by-law to delegate authority for the
[25:48] appointment of the joint audit and
compliance committee for the corporation
[25:51] of the Township of Front of Yonge,
shortway.
[25:54] » It moved by Gail Williams and seconded
by Carson Massey that the by-law to
[25:57] delegate authority for the appointment
of the joint audit compliance committee
[26:01] for the corporation of the Township of
Front of Yonge be read a third and final
[26:03] time numbered as by-law 32-26.
Signed by the mayor and clerk sealed
[26:09] with the corporate seal and engrossed in
the by-law book.
[26:11] Any questions or comments on that? None?
All in favor.
[26:16] Carries.
>> A by-law to delegate authority for the
[26:20] appointment of the joint audit and
compliance committee for the corporation
[26:23] of the Township of Front of Yonge,
shortway.
[26:28] » Correspondence. Cataraqui Conservation
Authority draft budget.
[26:34] They only only point point seven two
percent increase.
[26:40] Which is decent. Margaret, do you have a
comment on that?
[26:43] » Yeah, we had a a very extensive
presentation by the executive director
[26:49] on this on the budget and
the decision was, you know, to the
[26:55] recommendation was to hold it to the
status quo as much as we can,
[27:00] given all the changes that are going to
to take place. So, you'll see that the
[27:05] fees are pretty much staying the same.
Um and any extra money that may be
[27:12] required will be taken out of
the reserve for now, so that they're not
[27:17] putting any
extra burden on the townships. So, the
[27:23] budget the recommendation for the budget
to go forward was passed unanimously,
[27:29] and I think everyone felt that there had
been a real effort. I felt this year
[27:33] there was a very good explanation of the
whys and what's.
[27:38] And uh
again, given a it's a transition year,
[27:42] it just makes good sense. The other
piece that I think will be uh
[27:48] important for the new council to be
aware of is it's not looking like this
[27:52] trans- this change is going to happen
early in 2027 as predicted. It'll
[27:58] probably be close to the year. So, we
may
[28:04] municipalities may want to have or will
want to have a representative sitting
[28:08] there for the that period of time. Um
and I know we're talking about the
[28:13] budget, but just to underline to the uh
the recommendations around
[28:19] representation on the board, um the the
ministry the government is sticking to
[28:24] their
plan, so that there would be
[28:27] one rural representative from our area,
and that will be someone appointed
[28:34] through the United Counties. So, the
upper tier will appoint that person. So,
[28:38] I just keep underlining that because
it's I think it it's got real
[28:42] repercussions for the rural the rural
voice on that committee.
[28:47] Yeah, so anyway, so just that long way
of saying that I think it's a good
[28:52] budget well thought out. Yeah.
[28:56] » The longest in years and you can
actually read it.
[28:59] » You can read it, yes.
>> Quite the change.
[29:02] So moved by Carson Massey and seconded
by Gail Williams that council accept the
[29:05] Cataraqui Conservation 2027 draft
budget. All in favor.
[29:10] » Carries.
[29:21] » Moved by Gail Williams and seconded by
Carson Massey that the report regarding
[29:24] the proposal for the Ontario Trillium
Foundation Seed Grant application be
[29:29] received.
Um
[29:33] who else? Margaret, did you want to
comment on that or Jennifer or
[29:37] » It's the Seed Grant, yes.
Um
[29:42] I'm not seeing that in my package. It's
the quarterly newsletter
[29:46] on the second page.
>> Oh, okay.
[29:49] Oh, before that.
>> Yeah.
[29:50] » Yeah, before the
>> Ordinances by Gus.
[29:53] » I should know what it says.
Pass this, okay.
[29:57] » It's right before the Eastern Ontario
right after the budget thing.
[30:00] » Yeah, okay. Sorry.
My apologies.
[30:06] Oh, before that newsletter, got you.
Okay.
[30:11] Before this,
>> [laughter]
[30:12] » okay.
>> Right there.
[30:13] » There it is, okay.
Thank you.
[30:17] Yeah, I know. [laughter] I'm I'm going
too quickly one way or the other. So, um
[30:22] » [clears throat]
>> so the the Ontario Trillium Foundation
[30:25] Seed Grant application is due actually
this week. We've had um very little
[30:32] notice about it, but anyway, um
this is
[30:37] we've received this grant now 2 years in
a row, so this will be the third year
[30:41] for applying for the this the seed
grant. Once again, it has to do
[30:47] has to be focused on
recreation [clears throat] if you're
[30:51] municipality under 20,000.
And um
[30:56] » [clears throat]
>> a seed grant is just kind of what it
[30:58] what it says. It's planting a seed to
grow something bigger.
[31:03] And so one
So if you take a look, the purpose is
[31:06] for organizational planning, piloting a
new program, or building capacity to
[31:11] plan for future programs and services.
And so in speaking to Ron and and and to
[31:18] Jennifer and and and Colin as well. Um
and just thinking about we've been
[31:24] trying to um
you know, we we had the seed grant for
[31:29] our master plan. And then from that, the
seed grant for the trail that we're now
[31:34] implementing so that we have various
projects and we can kind of evaluate at
[31:39] the end where we want to go with them.
So with this one, um
[31:44] actually this
it it seemed like a natural growth. One
[31:48] of the things that we've been really
trying to do is promote partnerships and
[31:53] build collaboration to help us deliver
our recreation programs because we're
[31:58] such a small municipality and don't have
the staff necessarily.
[32:03] With that, you want volunteers, too. But
that's a whole other um thrust. So
[32:10] the grant focus, looking at the theme
better together, and it would be a focus
[32:14] on strengthening and building
partnerships to promote active living in
[32:18] front of young.
So the rationale, we've developed the
[32:22] recreation master plan. Now, how do we
act on it? How do we grow it? How do we
[32:27] maintain our recreation programs? And we
all know the struggle we've had with
[32:31] volunteering, you know, people
volunteering, etc.
[32:35] Um and I look at also the capacity for
staff. I mean, there's a great will to
[32:40] develop partnerships, but that takes a
lot of work and meetings and more
[32:44] meetings and following up with the
meetings. And also looking, um, you
[32:49] know, groups like the and just throwing
some out there. I mean, the National
[32:54] Park, the Parks Commission, different
sports leagues, even different
[32:58] businesses. Like, you know, we have the
yoga group over just over the, um,
[33:03] township line and our there
opportunities there.
[33:07] Um, the Y, you know, different groups.
But also, um,
[33:11] looking at things like some of the
barriers we've had, for example, with
[33:15] the school board and the community use
of schools and and trying to navigate
[33:20] that sort of thing. So, the deliverables
what we're looking at is,
[33:25] um,
exploring various partnerships, um,
[33:29] hopefully developing, um, some
partnership agreements or templates for
[33:34] agreements. I think that's one of the
things we've realized as we've been
[33:37] revisiting some of our, um,
not just recreation, but you know, some
[33:42] of our recreation, um,
uh,
[33:46] agreements over the years. If there's a
history of a verbal history, but we
[33:50] haven't always had things in writing.
So, this would help get some things down
[33:53] in writing for future groups. And, uh,
so developing, uh, templates and, um,
[34:00] looking at, you know, memorandums of
understanding, but having someone
[34:03] dedicated to doing that over a 6-month
period and working with with staff and
[34:09] and the hopefully there'll be a rec
committee to to do that. So, that's our
[34:14] recommendation for the grant. Um,
we're collecting some we've reached out
[34:20] for some, um,
uh, quotes.
[34:23] Um, you can see that the funds available
are 10,000 to 100,000. So, we'll
[34:27] probably be in the lower range of that
by we have to know by Wednesday, but I'm
[34:31] I'm thinking it'll probably be about 25
to 30 and then that would thousand
[34:37] that we would be asking for. But the
purpose then is in in the fall the grow
[34:42] grant will be coming out and that's a
big that's will help you grow your
[34:47] programming or take a you know it and
it's a bigger ask. So anyway, so this is
[34:54] just again to kind of support us as a
local municipality. So does that all
[34:59] make sense?
Is that Yeah.
[35:04] » I know that there's a lot of work goes
into those grant writing. It takes
[35:07] forever to write grants.
>> Well, it's got
[35:10] yes and no depending. This one wasn't
too bad and Ron of course is always a
[35:14] huge help with all of that and good
ideas and
[35:18] Jennifer and
good partners to talk to.
[35:21] » That's what I mean it takes takes a a
lot of people a lot of work.
[35:24] » takes a lot of talking to other people.
Yes, it does but anyway, I'm sorry
[35:30] I I just feel it's important for council
to know what why the what and the why
[35:34] that of what we're thinking of and and
if we can
[35:38] do it in advance I would have liked to
have done this one more in advance but
[35:41] it's just been sort of the timing of our
meetings as well. So
[35:45] Anyway, so that's what we're looking at.
>> Fingers crossed.
[35:48] » Yeah.
>> All right.
[35:50] » Up could I
>> Oh yeah. Go ahead.
[35:52] » No, well I just while we're talking
about that
[35:56] when we're talking about growing it we
just got and Roger you just sent me
[35:59] notice today the the grant that we've
been kind of waiting for the
[36:04] infrastructure grant that that's the
huge
[36:09] » Yeah.
>> a hundred thousand to a million dollar
[36:13] grant that we didn't get the last time
that three and I'm not bitter three
[36:17] Brockville Senate locations got
>> [laughter]
[36:20] » got but
it's something you you might want to
[36:24] give a little I think council needs to
think about and certainly pass on that
[36:29] information to the next Council. I just
had a quick chance to go through some of
[36:35] it today and had a quick chat with Ron.
Um if you recall the last time we looked
[36:40] at the roof for the rink as as um
one one of our asks for that grant. Um
[36:47] now, something to keep in mind is the
it's a 50/50 split for this grant. We
[36:53] last time there was a chance for our
small municipalities for a 70/30 split
[36:58] and anyway, we didn't get to that point.
That's not available to us. So, that's
[37:02] something else to consider. It's not due
until December 22nd, but I think we you
[37:08] know, when we talk about the recreation
reserve fund and you know, what thinking
[37:12] down the road, what are what are is the
priority in terms of recreation for
[37:15] Front of Young? Is it still the the
rooftop for the rink? Are there other
[37:19] things? So, those are conversations I
think that need to be had um before the
[37:25] application goes, but this is
a huge chance for us to do something.
[37:31] Uh
you know, this is the one that
[37:32] everybody's been waiting for. So, we
want to do this one well.
[37:39] » Okay.
Number 11, resolutions. Number 12 is Oh,
[37:45] first of all, sorry. Getting ahead of
myself. Moved by Gail Williams and
[37:48] seconded by Carson Massey that the
report regarding the proposal for the
[37:51] Trillium Fund grant application be
received. All in favor.
[37:57] Carried.
[38:03] And moved by Carson Massey and seconded
by Gail Williams that the Eastern
[38:05] Ontario Wardens Caucus newsletter be
received and filed.
[38:09] All in favor.
Carried.
[38:11] Finally got this going after when I was
Warden I said did anybody know what
[38:16] Wardens do?
We do, but
[38:20] the
most people don't. So, maybe we should
[38:22] put a newsletter together. So, they they
started doing that and that
[38:27] it looks like it's doing okay.
>> There
[38:30] » They're putting a lot more information
on Facebook as well.
[38:33] » Yeah, good.
>> From
[38:34] the county.
[38:38] » Correspondence moved by Carson Maci,
seconded by Miguel Williams, that
[38:40] correspondence from the Ministry of
Citizenship and Multiculturalism
[38:44] regarding heritage property be received
and filed.
[38:47] Any comments on that?
No. All in favor.
[38:52] Carries.
[38:59] And moved by Carson Maci, seconded by
Miguel Williams, that the correspondence
[39:01] from the Township of Elizabethtown
Kitley regarding a request for the
[39:04] feasib- feasibility study to examine the
realignment of Highway 401 between
[39:08] Mallory Town and Brockville be received
and filed.
[39:12] Uh I'd like to talk a bit about that if
you don't mind.
[39:16] So, we received the letter, but I don't
think we should approve it. I think we
[39:20] should oppose it.
Because if you look at that at that map,
[39:25] uh
they're proposing to
[39:28] that the 401 be turned at Sherwood
Springs overpass
[39:32] and go
north
[39:35] toward Halli- Halli's Road.
So, that would knock out a lot of uh
[39:41] the like Andy Clapp's property and some
of the other properties on Sherwood
[39:43] Springs.
It would require a
[39:48] expropriation of other properties all
along Halli's Road
[39:52] and maybe some of the properties that uh
people who owned
[39:55] north of Highway 2.
And be far more costly
[40:00] and more disruptive than the current
plans. Do you remember when we went to
[40:05] the open house at the Legion?
And the the plans there were
[40:09] fairly simple, you know, fairly simple
and straightforward. They own the
[40:11] property
the they the province owns the property
[40:14] where they're proposing to
to expand the the the lanes.
[40:19] Except for maybe they don't want to have
to knock out the the the salt shed down
[40:22] at the end, but they don't want that
too.
[40:25] That's less disruptive and less costly
than what Mr.
[40:29] DeCruz has proposed. So,
I'm going to suggest that we I can write
[40:33] a letter if if it's okay back to the
minister saying we discussed it and we
[40:39] disagree with the with that proposal and
that they should carry forward with the
[40:43] their current plan. If that's okay
with everybody.
[40:47] » Sounds good.
>> Okay.
[40:48] All right, so I'll get a letter to
Jennifer and I'll copy it, make sure
[40:51] everybody gets a copy.
Go ahead, Mark. Oh.
[40:54] » laughing. He's a family
>> Okay.
[40:57] Oh.
>> But that's fine. I I just disagree with
[41:00] it.
>> Yeah, no it's it's I I I I sort of under
[41:04] I see where they're coming from, but
there's a history there of of that uh
[41:08] of that bad
neighborhood. So, anyway, okay, thank
[41:13] you for that. I'll I'll do the letter
and I'll make sure everybody gets a
[41:15] copy. So, we
the motion here says we just receive and
[41:18] file the letter.
>> Yeah, do you want to add that direction
[41:20] is given to the mayor to write to
[clears throat] the minister?
[41:23] » Sure. Um
[42:02] And I I must add that I
um did speak with the mayor of Little
[42:06] Town Ketley and they they received the
the uh
[42:10] presentation, but they didn't approve of
the route themselves yet. They just They
[42:14] said, "Okay, we'll take this under
advisement
[42:17] and advisement ask for us to study, but
they they too didn't come right down and
[42:21] say, "Oh, yeah, we we agree with you."
So, but
[42:24] most of the disruption will be in
Elizabethtown-Kitley if that proposal
[42:28] goes through.
It's It's a little bit Sherwood Springs.
[42:31] It'll take a
few houses there, but most of it's going
[42:34] to be taken through the Halleck Road and
then along the Long Beach area.
[42:38] Okay, so read it to you Moved by Carson
MacIsaac and McGill Williams the
[42:41] correspondence of Elizabethtown-Kitley
regarding the request for the study to
[42:44] examine the realignment of Highway 401
between Mallorytown and Brockville be
[42:48] received and direction was given to the
mayor to write the Minister of Ministry
[42:52] of Transportation opposing the EK
proposal.
[42:56] Okay, all in favor.
Carried.
[43:00] » It won't take the 40 years anyway, too.
>> Yeah, well
[43:09] Okay, uh the next is the Village of
Merrickville-Wolford moved by McGill
[43:12] Williams and seconded by Carson MacIsaac
that a resolution from the Village of
[43:14] Merrickville-Wolford and the
Municipality of North Grenville
[43:17] regarding OPP detachment board
resolution of support
[43:21] traffic calming and speeding mitigation
techniques be received and this
[43:25] resolution be considered at the next
regular meeting.
[43:29] Yep, sure.
Okay, all in favor.
[43:33] Carried.
I agree.
[43:39] And the same with the um
Town of Smiths Falls moved by McGill
[43:44] Williams seconded by Carson MacIsaac
that a resolution from the Town of
[43:47] Smiths Falls regarding the support for
sustainable provincial grant funding for
[43:51] fire services in Ontario be received and
this resolution be considered at the
[43:55] next regular meeting.
This would be a big All in favor, two
[43:59] hands up.
[44:03] You get money for hospitals, schools,
other things, but nothing for fire.
[44:08] Nothing for fire.
[44:12] » Yeah.
[44:18] And moved by Carson Massey, second by
Gail William, excuse [clears throat] me,
[44:21] Gail Williams on a bylaw number 33-26
being a bylaw to confirm the
[44:25] proceedings.
Oh, there's missing one. Where is it?
[44:30] No, um North Grenville, North Grenville,
I guess Smith Falls.
[44:34] There's
There's
[44:37] There's the one with this grant North
Fire Service, yeah. It's all there,
[44:41] yeah.
Announcements.
[44:44] Any? Richard.
>> Just uh to mention that that the Village
[44:49] Fair um
fire prevention will be supported by the
[44:53] entire fire department uh in doing
public uh education
[44:58] on fire safety.
So, we'll we'll be there
[45:01] with our friends from the OPP. They'll
be right next to us.
[45:07] And we'll have our new tent.
>> And I asked you for a similar thing for
[45:10] the agriculture event, right? That last
time the Village Fair you had kids with
[45:15] a
pretend they're putting fires out or
[45:17] something. They had some kind of
>> Oh, no, that was way long ago.
[45:20] » Do you still have something like that
that you could do it in October?
[45:23] » Uh when we when we lost Sam, we lost a
lot of that stuff.
[45:26] » Oh.
>> Um
[45:27] » Okay, we'll think about it. Put it on
your on your fire cap and think if
[45:30] there's something for kids to do on on
that day that Sunday.
[45:33] » have a
We'll have a pretty good turnout from
[45:35] the fire department uh supporting uh
fire prevention.
[45:38] » Okay.
>> Uh
[45:39] got lots of stuff to give away. That
always entices the kids.
[45:43] » All right. Okay, good. So,
Saturday, Village Fair.
[45:47] » Yeah, Saturday from 10:00 till 4:00.
>> Yeah.
[45:50] Good.
Anything else? Anything else?
[45:54] Okay.
Uh notices of motion, none.
[46:00] Public
have any questions?
[46:03] Open the mic.
>> with uh
[46:06] » we say no, we don't want the 401 move,
but Elizabethtown says they want the 401
[46:11] move,
and the province says too bad.
[46:15] » Well, the province has a plan now with
the with the with the
[46:18] Elizabethtown-Kitley proposal the
gentleman proposed was
[46:23] diverting from the province's plan
and running it north
[46:27] from Sherwood Springs, which would you
know, that big curve at Long Beach right
[46:31] now,
to avoid that curve he said
[46:33] rather than go along Brockmere Cliff
where it where it is now,
[46:37] this proposal wants it to go further
north where that would
[46:41] uh from Sherwood Springs so it go
through Helen's Road and and hook back
[46:46] up the 401 at the current Helen's Road
overpass.
[46:50] Which would only take and in this
proposal it would only take 1 km off the
[46:54] travel.
>> You know, I couldn't believe that.
[46:57] » And and uh
I it's more I I think for a neighborhood
[47:02] uh calming situation for that Brockmere
Cliffs area rather than rather than uh
[47:07] being practical.
>> Yeah.
[47:09] » So, the province made they made some uh
public uh
[47:14] public open houses last year last
summer.
[47:17] A number of us went to that. They showed
us a plan. There's three or four
[47:20] options,
and they explained why option A, B, and
[47:24] C didn't work, but option D is is most
preferred.
[47:29] And it does make more sense when when
when they're talking about maybe only
[47:32] have to take one piece of property or
knock down the salt shed or something.
[47:36] Basically holding the the the expansion
of the 401 within the existing
[47:42] property that the province owns.
They might have to come a wee bit north
[47:46] and but there's still room room there
for three lanes on each side to turn
[47:51] into a six-lane.
Um I don't know how far along the I I
[47:55] they're moving in the uh
overpasses right now are being widened.
[47:59] They've been working on this one for a
long time.
[48:01] Um they replaced Halleck Road.
And they have to do some work in Cherry
[48:06] Valley Springs. Then I think once that's
done, you'll see them starting to widen
[48:10] their highway highway.
So hopefully within the next within the
[48:14] next 5 years maybe.
[48:19] » Do we actually get to say in that or can
we say
[48:22] » Yeah, no.
[48:25] No, there's I think there's more
consultation to be had.
[48:28] But I I think
in my view it's worthwhile having the
[48:31] six lanes.
In that area because this city is very
[48:35] very busy. The traffic personally want
to
[48:38] » When we looked at the proposals over at
the we kind of agreed with the MTO's
[48:43] recommendation what they're proposing at
the time like Roger said wasn't going to
[48:47] take a whole bunch of people's houses
and that stuff. Where they were going
[48:50] was staying on MTO's property and
widening making the curve and being able
[48:55] to put the six lane in.
This proposal tonight is from a private
[48:59] gentleman who presented it to the other
township and now has asked it to be sent
[49:03] to us
to make to make a drastic change against
[49:06] the ministry.
>> Yes, yeah, yeah.
[49:09] Yeah, no problem. Yeah, this is
different different from what the
[49:12] ministry is already and what we've
already
[49:15] said is a good idea. We haven't formally
agreed to it but we said it's
[49:19] the proposal the MTO has now is the
better plan.
[49:22] So there'll be more consultation down
the road but this is like Carson said
[49:26] this is a separate he wants the whole
thing just
[49:30] Yeah, yeah.
All righty.
[49:33] And if anybody else who's watching has
any questions, please ask
[49:37] Jennifer tomorrow.
There's no in camera meeting.
[49:42] Um moved by Carson Massey second by Gail
Williamson that bylaw number 33-26
[49:47] being a bylaw to confirm the proceeding
of the council of the township of Front
[49:50] of Young at a regular meeting
held on August the 17th, 2026
[49:54] be adopted and passed sealed with the
seal of corporation and be recorded.
[49:58] All in favor.
Carries.
[50:07] And moved by Gail Williams and seconded
by Carson Mast the council adjourn to
[50:10] meet again September the 8th.
Already.
[50:14] Summer is gone.
Summer is gone.
[50:18] For committee the whole public report
meeting at 6:00 followed by the regular
[50:21] meeting of council at 6:30. Heard the
call of the mayor. All in favor.
[50:25] Carries.
September 8th already.
[50:33] Well, at least the water hasn't
disappeared like it