Good evening everyone and welcome to the
Mapleton Township Council meeting for
Tuesday, August 11th, 2026.
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» Any declaration of pecuniary interest?
Confirmation of minutes, resolution 4.1,
moved by Councillor Reed, seconded by
Councillor Martin, that the minutes of
the Township of Mapleton Council meeting
held on July 14th, 2026 be confirmed as
circulated in the agenda. Any comments
questions?
All in favor?
It's carried.
We have no matters arising from the
minutes. Nothing under the Planning Act.
We have no delegations. We're right down
to reports from staff then.
And we have the building department
report first up. Mr. Mike Welsh.
>> Uh thank you Mayor and Council.
» Uh thank you Mayor and Council.
Uh starting to slow down a little bit in
the building department in July. We only
issued 35 permits. We're
right on average for usual totals, but
it's a little slower than we would like.
Uh we're still far out pacing our
expected yearly revenue. So we're having
a good year in the building department
still.
And I'm happy to answer any questions if
anyone has anything about building.
>> Thanks Mike. Any questions?
Resolution
moved by Council Martin, seconded by
Council Reed. Council Mapleton Council
report BD 2026
-10 dated August 11th, 2026 regarding
permit activity for the month of July.
All in favor?
It's carried.
Next item on the agenda is the CEO
Clerk's report.
9.21 food vendor licensing. Mr. Clerk.
>> Thank you, sir. This is an attempt to
» Thank you, sir. This is an attempt to
tidy up a 2005 bylaw. I'm hoping to find
a balance between
uh regulating any bad behavior here and
protecting our fixed address
restaurants.
» Thank you, Mr. Clerk. The resolution
moved by Council Reed, seconded by
Council Martin. The Council receive for
information
report 2026-09 regarding the licensing
of food vendors and further Council
consider the adoption draft bylaw
2026-037
and repeal bylaw 20 2005-026
schedule B.
Open it up for questions.
Councilor Martin.
» See if this works.
Better?
Uh
through you, Mr. Mayor, to the clerk. Um
just a
I guess maybe a clarity question around
um
the daily fees. Um understanding that
the the purpose of the application fees
intended to cover the cost for staff
review, inspections,
administration. Um what's the actual
purpose or the intended purpose of that
$30 daily licensing fee?
» Well, thank you uh
Councilor Martin.
One of the benefits would be uh that our
bylaw department and our roads
department would know the daily
whereabouts of any transient traders.
Uh it would give uh the clerk, myself,
uh an opportunity to to decline their
their preferred location if if uh
Mabelton wasn't happy with it.
And uh that's really just a that's why
it's such a nominal fee.
» Mr. Barron.
Through your worship, if I can just add
to that. So, the licensing fees is I
guess the yearly licensing fee is a is
uh the license is to do the business to
show up to the fairs, to show up to any
events that churches might hold and
things like that. The $30 fee is more to
address the pop-up, and we have to keep
it fair. So, for instance, Christian uh
the hot dog fellow was in here, and if
he wants to use the municipal parking
lot for the day, pop-up for the day,
then that's a $30 charge on top of
licensing fee, so that we're we're just
that we we want to remain fair to the to
the like Larry mentioned, to the uh
bricks-and-mortar type of businesses
that can't pop up where they wanted. Um
and it keeps it keeps it in a level
playing field where um
it's not just one vendor or a couple
vendors. Anybody can take advantage of
that um
pop-up opportunity, if you will. Uh but
we need to monitor it somehow and and
try to gain some some uh revenue to
uh to to keep it fair.
» For just a follow-up on that then, so
there's the yearly fee and the daily
fee.
All right.
So, in our past
in our past uh licensing here, we had
the transient trader food vendor vehicle
was $275 annually
or $90 a day, so we had the one day off.
We don't in this new bylaw, there's not
I don't see the
one vendor that comes out for any for a
church event that's just coming up for
the day.
Are we asking those vendors to pay the
full fee for the entire year?
Mr. Kelly?
>> Uh sure, through you, Mayor. Uh David
» Uh sure, through you, Mayor. Uh David
sent to you. Um the bylaw does include
part five exemptions for the specific
example you gave, so church and
charitable fundraising events that are
operating for not more than 24 hours are
exempt from this this bylaw, as well as,
you know, uh agricultural producers
selling farm products, school
fundraising events, and then township
sanctioned events like the farmers
market, et cetera. This is literally to
deal with
the transient trader that's showing up
um
on municipal property somewhere, wants
to pop up and set up. This this governs
that and puts some parameters around it,
so it wouldn't impact the one you're
speaking of there.
>> Well, the other question that the the
» Well, the other question that the the
reason we put that
in or one of the reasons we put that in
was uh Mr. Giffin who came here to
council to talk about this initially.
He he used to have something called
Foodapalooza, where he invited all these
other vendors to come up and that's
to have for one day and it's was it done
in our municipal parking lot. So, the
question is, are we still going to have
a daily fee for something like that?
Mr. Kelly.
>> Through you, Mayor, I would say that
» Through you, Mayor, I would say that
would qualify against the interpretation
of the clerk. That's who's running this
this bylaw application process, but I
would consider that to be a township
sanctioned event approved by council.
Um and as such this this wouldn't apply
to to that type of event.
>> Thank you.
» Thank you.
Other questions?
Councilor Whillans.
>> Thank you. Through you, Mayor Davidson.
» Thank you. Through you, Mayor Davidson.
Um just clarification then, we recently
also had um requests for food booth that
are ball diamonds. Unfortunately, it
didn't go through. Would this be an
opportunity for pop-up vendors out there
who would like to take an opportunity if
they knew there was a ball tournament
coming that they could contact the
clerk, they could um pay the $30 fee,
and be a pop-up vendor at our ball
fields?
» Through you,
Mayor, I'll I can hand it over to the
CAO.
>> I'll I'll just going to say the the
» I'll I'll just going to say the the
answer is yes. You know, bylaw's written
mostly by finance actually to to
encompass and encourage
while just discouraging any bad
behavior.
» Mr. Go ahead.
>> Through you, Mayor, just to add to that,
» Through you, Mayor, just to add to that,
it wouldn't just be the $30 though.
They'd have to be a licensed vendor to
operate within the township, right? So,
that original application fee
be it a ice cream stand or a food truck
or whatever it is, they still have to
get vetted out that through
the fire department side of things if
they have things that need to be
inspected or building or public works or
whomever.
They're clear for the year and then they
could pop up $30 per
baseball night that they want to be out
there.
>> So, those those vendors who have paid
» So, those those vendors who have paid
the yearly fee can then come to the
clerk and say, "I'd like to set up at
the ball tournament." and pay the daily
fee on top of that for that location.
Okay.
Other questions?
I do have another question, Mr. Clark.
And it comes with about permit
displaying the permit.
Do we have a permit that they must
display to say that they have paid their
fees and they are sanctioned in town?
Because without a permit,
how are they are we supposed to enforce
it?
>> We do have a sequentially numbered
» We do have a sequentially numbered
permits with Maple and letterhead and
fairly professional.
>> to Do they need to actually have it on
» to Do they need to actually have it on
the truck? So, we see some
municipalities where they actually have
a placard that says municipality of such
and such, permit number whatever.
>> They definitely should have them. That's
» They definitely should have them. That's
the intent of it and we have them
covered in plastic so that to avoid
grease and dirt on them.
>> Thank you.
Anything further?
No other questions then? No.
Call it. All in favor?
It's carried. Thank you.
Next we have the Q2 financial update and
I guess that's coming from Kim.
» Thank you. Through you, Mayor.
Uh the second quarter of the fiscal
fiscal year 2026 ended on June 30th,
2026 and staff have prepared a report on
departmental activities and performance
by
functional area versus the budget.
I'll start with the operating program.
The Q2 report that was attached
compares the departmental results versus
the budget and as shown in the report,
the year-to-date surplus as of June 30th
is approximately 192,000.
Um
again, the the figures
presented are unaudited and And may be
some uh expen-
Oh, thank you. Uh did you hear Did you
hear up until that? Okay.
>> [laughter]
» [laughter]
>> Um
» Um
So, the property tax revenues have been
uh recognized. So, that represents uh
50% of the annual tax uh levy revenues.
Um and of course, for the operating
budget, the timing uh is the driving
factor. So, um
there may be some grant funding that's
not yet received. There may be expenses
that have not yet been captured, um and
other expenses that are incurred up
front. Uh so, that can create a
disparity between the revenues and
expenditures. However, um this balances
out over time, and we expect the
operating program to be within budget by
the end of the year.
Um we do have staff uh here this evening
to answer any questions that you may
have. Um but I will let uh Mr. Kelly
speak to the capital program report.
>> Uh
» Uh
thanks, Kim. Um yeah, from the capital
perspective, uh we give the update as of
halfway through the year. Thanks, Carl,
for putting that up. So, that we break
it down within the report um by service
area, so you can see how much funding
was carried forward from last year,
either a surplus or deficit, um
how much was approved in this year's
capital budget, around $10.8 million. Um
Um so, that middle column says the
amount of funding that would be
available for this year to be spent, um
and what we've spent year-to-date. So,
we are tracking uh quite well within the
projects. There's a lot that show um
zero spending as of June 30th. That's
cuz a lot of um
the capital programs kind of get going
in Q3, um a lot of the work. So, you'll
see uh a lot more spending has has
occurred over the past month and a half,
but that's not captured um within this
report. And if you go down one more page
there,
Carl, just so I can follow along. Yeah,
so just put in a a graph in there just
to show where the funding that hasn't
been spent yet is [snorts] um allocated
and as you can see a lot continues to be
within infrastructure services and and
parks and that the visual things that
you see out there that are being built.
Um
one last piece not in the report, but we
are working um I know I mentioned it I
think in at Q1 we have the the with the
new website a page
dedicated to our current projects within
the year. So staff go in there and
update the status of those projects on a
periodic basis so you should see in
weeks an update of where all of our
projects are. There's 60 active capital
projects going on right now which is a a
great deal of work, but um good to see a
lot of them are progressing forward and
within the budgets that were there. So
again um similar to operating the staff
are here to comment on any um
projects that you have questions about
and as well as the finance team. So
that's it.
>> Resolution 931 moved by Councillor
» Resolution 931 moved by Councillor
Martin seconded by Councillor Reed. That
Council receive report FIN 2026-29
regarding the Q2 operating and capital
program updates for information.
Questions?
Councillor Woodham.
>> Thank you. Through you Mayor Davidson um
» Thank you. Through you Mayor Davidson um
probably to the finance department.
And thank you. You did say that uh some
grant money may not have been received
yet and if I look under economic
development
the Moorefield Optimist LED sign, it
shows a year-to-date expenditure of
35,000 and I believe
we had a community grant that was paying
for portion of it and I'm just wondering
is this part of the grant money that's
not been received? It's not actual
an unbudgeted amount for our taxpayers?
» Sure. Through Mayor Davidson um yes,
you're correct that that project as
you're aware went through the municipal
grants program was approved for a
funding allocation of just over $8,000
$8,030.
So, the funding what you see there is
the actual expenditures as of June 30th
for prepping that site ready for the
sign, the sign installation that
occurred. Um what you'll see in future
reports is the allocation of that 800 or
$8,030 from our municipal grants program
as well as the net being billed back to
the Optimist for their contribution. Um
no, so the to be clear, the only dollar
amount that is on the tax base from that
whole project is what was approved under
the municipal grants program.
» Thank you, Mr. Kelly.
Other questions?
Seeing none.
All in favor?
Carried.
Moving on to the fire department, 941 to
border list response agreement.
Mr. Harold.
» Thank you, Mr. Mayor. Um
happy to bring this report as well as a
couple others
to council today.
Um
this is a an extension now of the
partnership and where we've come to.
Uh this agreement there is some
agreements in place right now. This
agreement would go over top of the
mutual aid agreements that we have.
To more or less summarize it and say
that if um the closest station, no
matter what the municipality is, would
go to the call.
Um so, if you could picture a map of the
three municipalities
all together and each the entire area is
divided into about 119
different little cubes.
So, inside each of those cubes would be
the six stations that are closest to
that area. That's how finite and down
we've got it. So,
um each cube is GIS'd, has coordinates,
so that that you call by cell phone, you
say you're here, with next generation
911, they can coordinate your cell phone
to see where you are. They know exactly
where you are and dispatch could
automatically on their screen see what's
are the close six stations from one to
six.
So, that's what this is is progressing
towards.
It generally will not affect the first
station out. Where it'll affect is the
second station coming in.
So, for example, you look um here in
Mapleton uh heading towards uh the new
roundabout that end of Mapleton, then it
might be more field than say Palmerston
would respond as first and second.
And then you look down the top end of
Mapleton, it would probably be Drayton
and Arthur that would respond to up
there. So, that we're not having, you
know, stations across all over the place
because they're in within the
municipality, but that they have to
drive 30 km to get to back up their
station. There's stations that are
closer. So, that's what this takes care
of.
We've built into it that
we'll bring a report to council every
year so that you can see uh the
statistics and the data that show uh the
stations that are responding. Just to
make sure it's not lopsided that one
municipality is going into another one a
ton. Um to make sure that it's going to
be cost beneficial.
Our anticipation is there's not going to
be a uh
lot of costs that are going to be
incurred by each municipality because
we'll be helping each other out all over
the place like what we do now.
But the data will be brought to council
every year so that you'll be able to see
it and we'll be able to make adjustments
as we go along. Um but in our opinion as
a fire management team, this is the best
thing we can do for our residents in the
three municipalities to make sure that
we're getting
people on scene quicker and more
efficiently.
All right, Chief.
>> Resolution 941 moved by Councillor
» Resolution 941 moved by Councillor
Reese, seconded by Councillor Martin,
that council receive report 2026-05
regarding the borderless response
agreement for information. And further
that the mayor and clerk be authorized
to sign agreement authorizing Mapleton
Fire Rescue to operate under the
borderless response protocols
established when responding.
Questions?
Um okay, Mike.
Councillor Martin.
>> Uh thank you, Mr. Mayor. Uh just real
» Uh thank you, Mr. Mayor. Uh just real
quickly, I I love this report. Um I'm
glad that the chief has brought his
previous experience as a paramedic into
uh
with the seamless coverage. Uh actually,
probably the most exciting part of this
is that the partnership's mature enough
and at this point where, you know, that
level of cooperation exists, right? I I
think it's wonderful
and, you know, arguably
I hope other municipalities follow this
example and
uh the seamless coverage, right? There's
there's places even in the city where if
you're on one side of the road, uh you
wait a little bit longer for a station
from another town to come, right? So, I
think this is wonderful uh for our
residents and for Minto and Wellington
North.
>> Thank you, Mike. And I'd agree with
» Thank you, Mike. And I'd agree with
that. It's uh very progressive that we
have this tri-fire service and this is
another piece of the progression
to make it seamless that we are
responding together at calls
regardless of the border.
That's what the idea of the tri-fire
was, that we were going to work together
in not only equipment and training, but
also in response. So, this is a a great
piece here.
Go ahead.
>> Sorry, just one real quick follow-up. Uh
» Sorry, just one real quick follow-up. Uh
Chief, is there uh have you identified
anywhere in the three municipalities
that's going to see kind of a real net
benefit or a net gain uh on this even
from a I know you said it's going to be
more of the secondary and third
stations, but what about from a primary
station response? Anything that
colleagues have you marked off the top?
>> Yes, our residents GIS expert. Um
» Yes, our residents GIS expert. Um
There there is a few pockets of areas
that will, no doubt, because
um old
I'll say territories were it went to
your to your municipal border. So, uh a
prime example of that would be
um you think Minto
and uh Mount Forest right up to the
corners there, uh, County Road 6 and
Highway 89.
Harriston covers right up to that very
corner cuz that's Minto right up to that
corner.
So, um,
right away that's going to be an area
cuz you're you're
16 km from Harriston and you're two from
Mount Forest.
So, that's an example. Um, other
examples not as drastic, but uh, the
village like Teviotdale, you know, there
is some Mapleton that's right there.
Palmerston's fairly quick to get there
as opposed to uh, yeah, so it's just
little pockets like that they're going
to see it.
But, the way that we're responding now
is we need two and three stations a lot
of times just because of people and
turning out the right number of
firefighters. So, that's going to be the
net benefit is seeing two stations be
able to get on scene a lot quicker.
Um, and we're lucky here in Mapleton
because with the stations are so close
together, but in in Mount Forest and
Arthur they're 25 km apart their
stations. So, people being able to be
second and third stations in to help
that out, we'll see all of our residents
benefit a lot. So, yeah, excited about
it.
Thank you, Chief. Good question.
Anything further?
All in favor.
It's carried.
Chief, have the others
councils signed off on this yet?
Correct. Yeah, they just they were lucky
with the way summer meetings uh, lined
up. Yesterday was Wellington North,
Minto was this afternoon and everybody's
had no issues and signed off on it right
away. So,
as of tonight all three have signed off
and it will be once it's signed it'll be
in effect and we can get the GIS moving
forward. Thank you, Chief.
Now, you want to move on to your next
report, fire protection grant, please.
This one's just a formality report. Um,
I kind of threw a curveball at the CFO
here and and when I threw this one in,
but the fire marshal's office asked us
to get this in. It's just a pre-approval
for the OF the
uh, office of fire marshal grant that
they put out every year. This is the
fourth year for the grant. It's meant to
purchase equipment through to help with
cancer prevention activities on fire
scenes and in stations.
So, they just asked that we get
pre-approval done just in case some
council's going to lame duck or stuff
like that. Complications-wise, they
didn't want to have anything like that.
So, get the pre-approval that we can
sign the agreement and accept their
money, which I'm pretty sure we all want
to do with open hands. So,
never a problem accepting money.
Resolution 4942 moved by counselor
Woodham, seconded by counselor Ottens,
that council receives report FIR
2026.006
regarding the fire protection grant
program for information and further that
council authorizes staff to submit an
application for funding to support the
purchase of personal protective
equipment under the fire protection
grant program. Any questions?
All in favor?
It's carried.
And last, Chief, a specialty rescue
services agreement.
Uh yes, thank you, Mr. Mayor. We
remember
bringing reports in bunches, so we did
it this week so we could double the size
of the agenda for you. So,
sorry for everybody making you stay
longer.
Um this is also a cleanup of previous
things uh that we talked about.
Uh
a previous report where we talked where
we disbanded the water rescue team and
confined space team that we had. Uh
we've been operating with Centre
Wellington kind of on a
handshake agreement that if we need
anything, they would come and help us.
But, uh we've been we're also working in
the background that we had to formalize
this and get something in writing so
that it's it's covered uh for both
agencies.
Um
this is the best that we can offer
because of not being able to offer it
ourselves. It the next best thing is to
is to sign a neighbor that does this and
is fully certified in this discipline.
So, um Centre Wellington is going to
cover off all of our water rescue and
ice rescue for us and any rope uh
rescues that are needed.
Um under this agreement, they will be
dispatched at the exact same time as our
station that it's involved in. So, for
example, if it's at Conestoga Lake and
our stations are going to page,
Fergus and Elora would be paged at the
exact same time so they can muster their
water rescue team and get on the road to
us.
It doesn't mean that we're not going to
respond. We're still going to respond.
There's three different levels of of
rescue capabilities. There's a uh
awareness, operations, and technician.
We'll be trained to the operations
level, meaning we can get stuff ready on
the shore, we can establish the area, we
can establish some ropes, etc. We just
have to wait till them to get on the
scene to perform the actual in the water
rescue. So, um we'll be working together
with them to formalize that. But, as I
said, this is just giving us permission
to sign the agreement and actually
formalize our relationship with them to
perform these type of rescues for us uh
in our municipality.
>> Thank you, Chief.
» Thank you, Chief.
Resolution moved by Councillor Ain't and
seconded by Councillor Woodham that
Council receive report FIR 2026-007
regarding the specialty rescue services
agreement for information, and further
that the mayor and clerk be authorized
to sign the agreement for specialty
rescue services to be provided by Centre
Wellington Fire Department. Questions
from Council.
To the Chief.
Another great piece. I know we're just
putting it down in writing and I know
Centre Wellington has been doing for us,
uh but it is great to have that now down
in writing and and what it's actually
cost
for us and and it's uh laid out for us.
All in favor?
It's carried.
That's done for the Chief. Thanks,
Chief.
Moving on to source water protection,
Kyle Davis. Kyle, welcome.
» Thank you very much. Uh
Mayor and Council, I'm pleased to be
here today to present this report to
you.
It's as Council may recall, we've had a
little bit of staff turnover in the
water source water department. So this
report is for your consideration on
appointing the two successful candidates
in the two vacant positions, Ms. Jordan
Grigg and Ms. Kiera Martinson as risk
management inspectors and alternate risk
management officials for the Township of
Mapleton. And I'd be pleased to take any
questions that Council may have.
>> Thank you, Kyle. Resolution moved by
» Thank you, Kyle. Resolution moved by
Councillor Woodham, seconded by
Councillor Ottens.
That report SWP 2026-02
regarding risk management officials
pursuant to the Clean Water Act be
received for information and further
that Council appoint Jordan Grigg and
Kiera Martinson as risk management
inspectors and alternate risk management
officials for the Township of Mapleton.
Questions for Kyle.
Councillor Martin.
>> Thank you, Mr. Mayor. I just want to say
» Thank you, Mr. Mayor. I just want to say
congratulations on your recruitment
and getting your team fully staffed. I'm
sure that's helpful for you as well
during
peak vacation season and all that stuff
too, right? It all matters, right? So
it's great to see you firing on all
cylinders.
>> Thank you very much.
» Thank you very much.
>> Were Kyle, were one or both of them at
» Were Kyle, were one or both of them at
the farm show?
>> Yes, both both were. Yes. We we all
» Yes, both both were. Yes. We we all
rotated through. Um
>> Perfect. Thank you.
» Perfect. Thank you.
I
do remember meeting
new people. I just want to make sure
they're the same ones. All right, they
stuck around. Perfect.
Anything [clears throat] further?
All in favor.
It's carried.
Going to 10.5 which is approval of
bylaws.
Moved by Councillor Ottens, seconded by
Councillor Woodham.
That bylaws number 2026-037
038, 039, 040, and 041 be hereby read a
first, second, and third time and
finally passed the 11th day of August,
2026.
Any questions or comments on any of
these bylaws?
Councillor Martin.
» Sorry for all the questions. I had a
quick question about uh number 41.
Uh when this came before council, I
think there was a Linda had mentioned
the size of the barn.
Um and I know it now the bylaw
specifically states uh you know, horse
and buggy. Uh I think that was the scope
was narrowed down, but uh
my question, I guess, perhaps for Mrs.
McCabe is 3,200 square feet considered
small?
Like, is that a routine size that we've
done before?
>> Planning Manager McCabe.
» Planning Manager McCabe.
>> Thank you, through you, Mayor Davidson.
» Thank you, through you, Mayor Davidson.
I don't know.
I I'm
I'm sorry. I would have to have a look
back. I know that we've had a lot of
back and forth with the applicants,
uh
planner and our planner, and um
given
everything that's gone on before this,
it seems perfectly reasonable to me, but
» Yeah, I do recall that we talked about
the the small barn and and uh the uh
applicant was here. It was just a for
the family, and it's going to be a small
barn, so I I I'm assuming that's what
they ended up in doing with a small barn
for the family, uh
horses.
Anything further?
Call the question. All in favor, then?
It's carried.
We have
a number of correspondence for council's
information. Every time I come here, I
say that
the clerk has outdone himself, and this
time he's even outdone himself him self
self again.
Anything from council and any of these
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correspondence?
Seeing nothing.
Go to item 13, then. Do we have a notice
of motion?
We'll go to item 15, other business.
Anybody have
something for other business?
I'll start off with saying that the fair
was fantastic.
It was a very busy fair. We had good
weather, a little little bit of rain 10
minutes on Saturday afternoon, but it's
a just a light drizzle.
But, it was very very busy. I was there
all three days. I was working at the
gate. I was doing the watermelon
contest. I was pied in the face. There's
a lot of things going on on the weekend
at the fair.
But, I know that it was so busy on
Saturday, we actually had to close the
road down because the parking was full.
And we had to start using the shuttle
buses. So, I know the fair board was
quite happy with with the turnout that
they got.
I look forward to seeing their final
numbers of what they brought in.
But, again, that fair cannot happen.
And we're so grateful as a community,
and I I tell them
um
the volunteers, the board volunteers, as
well as all the volunteers that show up
for the fair weekend
to make this happen.
We have
a number of vendors that come. We have
sponsors for the for the fair
that sponsor things. The kids events are
all free. Like that's amazing.
You know, so we have a great great fair
and and the wish we're really proud that
we have that in our community.
Which I am and I know you all are.
I think Gloria and and
um you were there and and so so were
you.
Councillor Otten, we're both there um at
the fair. And what's your take on the
fair when you were there?
» Um yeah, I
I sit there as a vendor, but it's
actually my little creepy way to observe
everybody without you know, cuz I could
just watch. I have a reason to sit there
and watch um because I I find it it has
really increased the last number of
years the attendance and and and the
awareness and the participation. It's
one thing to go to the fair, but it's
even more important to participate in
it. And the number of um entries in the
different, you know, home crafts and
flowers, that's increased considerably
in the last number of years. My husband
was at the tractor pull and he was
sitting beside a man with two kids and
they came from Toronto. And I said, "How
in the world?" And he said, "He just saw
it on social media somehow and he
thought it'd be fun to go to a small
town fair." And his kid said was He
literally said, "Next year when we come,
we should do blah blah blah." And it was
like, "Okay." So it's a thing. And so I
mean
it it's it's a destination, I think, and
we have to keep it that way.
» Yeah, and I will say I'd add on to that
the uh the cattle show, the sheep show,
the dairy show, all of it.
Way more people uh and uh
uh
yeah, coming out and and paying the fee
and putting their their animals into the
show and and so much so that they had to
keep adding pens every year to uh to
house all of these animals. It's a very
good. Councillor Reed.
>> Uh thank you, Mayor. I also wanted to
» Uh thank you, Mayor. I also wanted to
comment on
if anyone had seen Tate Driskell's post
about fair entries. It was a bang-on a
perfect example of why Drayton fair is
is what it is. It's every little kid who
brings in that one little entry they
have that they want to see put up on the
board. Doesn't matter if they win or
lose, it just matters that they got to
take part in something that's so much
bigger than they are. And whether they
came home with a participation ribbon or
first place, they just get so excited
over it and to see that um that post
about our little our little fair, which
isn't so little anymore. When I look at
the fair 10 years ago to the fair today,
it's it's amazing to see what it's come
to.
>> Thank you. Anything else for other
» Thank you. Anything else for other
business?
Councilor Martin.
>> I'll have you know that Moorefield was
» I'll have you know that Moorefield was
also bustling this weekend. Uh,
the ball diamonds Drayton minor ball
hosted the U15 year-end tournament.
Plus, there was a wedding going on at
the community center. So, you want to
talk about a crowd? Um
that was a happening place for a couple
of days. So, there was a good crowds out
there, too. We were actually um
um friends of ours that were up from the
city.
Uh, I was trying to convince them about
the small town experience. And I'm like,
where else can you drive your
side-by-side to the diner for breakfast?
Um so, he said he was going to try and
convince his wife about the merits of
small town living. Um but yeah,
Moorefield was also a happening place
this weekend.
>> Excellent.
» Excellent.
Anything further?
We don't have a closed session tonight.
So, we'll go to number 17.
Moved by Councilor Woodham, seconded by
Councilor Ottens, that bylaw number
2026-042
being a bylaw to confirm all actions and
proceedings of the Council of the
Corporation of the Township of Mapleton
be hereby ready for second and third
time, signed by the Mayor and Clerk,
sealed with the corporate seal. All in
favor?
That is carried. We are adjourned.
Mr. Clark.
At 7:37.