[1:05] Morning everyone. We begin with our land
acknowledgement of the township of
[1:10] Severron. We recognize the following
land acknowledgement. We would like to
[1:14] begin by acknowledging that the land on
which we gather in which the township of
[1:19] Severron operates is part of the
traditional territory of Shaab. For
[1:24] thousands of years, indigenous peoples
have been inhabiting and caring for this
[1:28] land. In particular, we acknowledge the
territory of the Ojiway or Chipoaz
[1:31] peoples. This territory is covered by
the Lake Simco Treaty 16 and the J
[1:36] Collins land purchase. We are grateful
to have the opportunity to work on this
[1:40] land and by doing so give our respect to
its first inhabitants and I'll sing our
[1:45] national anthem please.
[1:51] Oh Canada, [singing]
[music]
[1:55] our home and native [music] land.
True [singing]
[2:02] pat [music] love
in all of us. [singing]
[2:10] With glowing hearts we see [singing]
the rise the true north and free
[2:19] [singing]
from far and wide oh
[2:25] we stand [singing] on guard for thee
God [singing] keep our land
[2:36] glorious [music]
[singing]
[2:38] and
[2:41] Oh Canada,
we stand [singing]
[2:46] on God for [music] thee.
[singing]
[2:52] Oh Canada,
we stand on [singing and music] guard
[2:58] for thee.
[3:06] » Thank you. Approval of the agenda.
Madame Clerk,
[3:11] » thank you. The motion reads that the
agenda be adopted as circulated.
[3:14] » Move in a second. Moved by councelor
Taylor, second by councelor Brennan. All
[3:17] in favor? That's carry. Thank you. Uh
there no any disclosure of peunary
[3:21] interest.
None. We have no presentations or
[3:25] delegations. The consent agenda. this
any member of council councelor Dan
[3:30] Jansson
>> I'd like to pull the uh E.5.1
[3:36] the cold water which is walk parking at
bear drones please thank you
[3:41] deputy mayor Cox
[3:46] I don't I just want to speak to sorry
[clears throat]
[3:51] um just a second I'll sorry Alison I
[3:57] the crosswalk.
>> Okay.
[4:00] » Yeah.
>> You want to just speak to it now?
[4:02] » I just want to speak to it now.
>> I just wanted it to be known to anyone
[4:06] who's listening today that we are going
to go into the design mode and it will
[4:10] be $20,000 and that that will help get
it faster done faster so that we can get
[4:17] it to the budget in January and then we
can get it going for uh the school year
[4:21] of 2027. Thank you. Okay.
>> Any others?
[4:27] Okay. Seeing none, madame clerk, do you
have a motion?
[4:32] » Thank you. Motion reads that the consent
list for August 20th, 2026 and the
[4:36] recommendations contained therein be
adopted as resolutions of council with
[4:39] the exception of E5.1.
>> Move in a second, please. Move by
[4:42] councelor um McIntyre, second by Deputy
Mayor Cox. All in favor? That's carried.
[4:47] Thank you.
The following motion is that the council
[4:52] resolve into committee the whole.
>> Okay. Move in a second, please. By
[4:57] councelor Brennan, second by councelor
Taylor. All in favor? It's carried.
[5:01] Thank you.
[5:05] » Thank you.
>> Yes. Good morning.
[5:08] » Yes. So for our whole
business item is the E5.1 by councelor
[5:15] Jansen.
>> Hey, thank you very much. Um at the last
[5:19] meeting we had before the notice of
motion.
[5:32] No, not that one. You show the next
[5:46] » Okay, everybody can hear me without an
echo. Okay, that's much better. So, at
[5:51] the last meeting, we put forward a a
notice of motion was put forward in
[5:55] regards to a parking plan uh with the
Cold Water BIA uh to use the
[6:00] fairgrounds. It would be a one-time use
uh to allow parking at the fairgrounds.
[6:05] Um uh the plan is included in the
agenda. Uh it was supported by the uh
[6:10] Cold Water Alliance Club. Um I did ask
if any questions were to come forward to
[6:14] uh to let me know. Um I didn't receive
any questions. I'm not sure if there are
[6:18] any questions and if there's if there's
not then uh yep go ahead sorry
[6:23] » thank you council from a process
perspective before any debate can happen
[6:26] on this issue council one has to vote to
reconsider or first to wave the council
[6:31] procedural bylaw
second is is to vote to actually
[6:36] reconsider this because council made a
decision on this back in I think it was
[6:39] May um was the most recent decision as
part of theou discussion so um those two
[6:44] motions and they do require a
supermajority to both pass before the
[6:47] item can be discussed. So with that, the
first motion would be that council wave
[6:52] section 66 to the council procedural
bylaw.
[6:56] » And uh we have a mover. Second uh
council McIntyre, second council Taylor,
[7:01] all in favor
passes. The next motion will be that a
[7:06] portion of motion C 2026-148
be reconsidered as it pertains to the
[7:12] cold water BA and the Taba severance
memorandum of understanding and the use
[7:15] of the cold water fairgrounds.
Mover mover councelor Jansen second
[7:20] council McIntyre. All in favor
that motion passes.
[7:27] » Now feel free to debate the motion
unless uh member
[7:31] » any further discussion required.
Seeing none. Oh, sorry. Did I answer?
[7:37] » Oh, I apologize
[7:41] question.
>> Didn't think so. I thought you figured
[7:43] it. We are good discussion. that.
>> Oh, I'm sorry. It's
[7:50] » um I have a and one of my uh discussion
is is there's some suggestions and some
[7:57] questions. So, the first one is that
we're coming in sorry
[8:03] we're coming in from the community
center parking lot and I talked to you
[8:07] about this Dan. Uh, so we'll be going by
the playground and it says here that
[8:12] there will be three volunteers per zone,
right? I I I think maybe that one might
[8:19] need an extra only because if there are
any children playing because which is
[8:24] what starts at 4. So we should just make
sure we cover that and make sure that
[8:29] there's a lineup there. The other
question I had was it says three
[8:33] volunteers per zone and then on the I'm
very sorry, but then on the uh thing it
[8:41] says there's a little blue person that
says nine station volunteers. Is there
[8:45] nine at every zone?
Um
[8:48] » I believe the plan was to have three at
at each zone.
[8:51] » Yeah, but if you look at the legend, it
says nine stationed volunteers.
[8:56] That's I was just wondering how that
worked.
[8:59] I think that would might have been
total.
[9:03] » No,
>> but there's a person everywhere.
[9:06] » But anyway, sorry.
>> The volunteers are Yeah, just check on
[9:10] those because the volunteers are the if
this is going to work. You need that
[9:14] those volunteers, right? We need lots of
them.
[9:17] » And and um I would hope that you may
have a backup because you never know
[9:21] because I've been there, done that. Oh,
gee, I can't come or I forgot I was
[9:24] supposed to be there. The other one I
have is [clears throat]
[9:28] instead of exiting out Robinson Street,
which can get congested, I would might
[9:35] suggest that you go out onto Community
Center Drive by the horse barn, just
[9:40] because if you come in that way, um if
you go out around that way, you're sort
[9:45] of heading out of town, you could be
right near the street and the flow might
[9:48] be better.
And the other one I have is, and I
[9:53] talked to you about this soon, what
happens if cars are left? I understand
[9:58] that you've got numbers. I understand
what you're doing, but once again, I've
[10:02] been volunteers and rodeos and beer
fests and everything else. What happens
[10:08] at 11:00? If there's six cars left, you
got to lock them in. Then what happens?
[10:13] Cuz I don't know if we can tow them. And
I don't know what happens then. And I
[10:18] have a fear that someone might say, "Oh,
I'm just going to drive home and then
[10:22] decide that go to Legion or go somewhere
and then leave their car." So, I think
[10:27] that's a big one because I think you may
run into quite a few who do it. You
[10:32] might want to bump your
time back because that way if it's
[10:37] 10:00,
you might get them there to move a car
[10:40] over to the another parking lot or
somewhere. It's just a concern I have
[10:44] about people leaving their vehic
vehicles there. Okay. I just like
[10:50] » concerns and I can bring back
clarification on that. Thank you.
[10:54] » Okay.
>> Yes, councilor Minnings.
[10:57] » Hi, thank you through the chair. Thanks
for bringing this back and for the new
[11:01] information.
[11:04] Would you consider signage? I know we've
had parking in Cold Water an issue
[11:09] before and it was due to no signage. So,
do you have signage for this event
[11:13] saying that the parking lot will be
locked and closed at a certain time? Um,
[11:19] and that people should come before that,
otherwise they can't get their car until
[11:24] whatever. Because, you know,
communications is key. And when it
[11:27] doesn't happen, it's not fair to lock
somebody in when they have no idea that
[11:32] their car will be stuck for the night or
whatever. So, is that part of it, Dan?
[11:37] Is that what the committees has in
place? I know that part of it is that
[11:41] the volunteers that are working at that
front gate are to be instructing each
[11:44] driver that the lot will be closed at a
certain time and and that's why that
[11:50] phone number requirement is there.
>> So sorry just sub
[11:55] » but the I think the sign idea is a great
idea uh to add a like a Bristol board
[12:00] sign or something.
>> Thank you. I will only support this if
[12:04] there is an actual written sign because
I know putting it on volunteers to
[12:09] mention it as people are going out I
don't think is enough. I think in
[12:13] fairness Bristol board or what signage
needs to be there and I think that's
[12:18] just a good basic practice. Thank you.
>> I think that's fair.
[12:24] » Um yes,
madam CEO.
[12:28] » Thank you. Uh the director of wreck is
on vacation today so I'm bringing
[12:31] forward some of his concerns. Uh firstly
to address deputy mayor's
[12:36] » hard to hear.
>> Oh sorry because I'm not I'm not very
[12:40] loud but I'll try to be louder. How's
that? Um to address the deputy mayor's
[12:45] concern about the inn out. Uh Craig also
had some concerns. So if you choose to
[12:50] approve this I would suggest you direct
them back to work with staff on a
[12:54] finalized plan. Um, but he did want me
to remind council about why you closed
[13:01] it in the first place. So, uh, the gates
were closed in 2020,
[13:06] uh, to vehicle traffic because we had
concerns about conflicting with the
[13:11] playground. Um,
and since then, numerous groups have
[13:17] come [clears throat] to ask for it to be
open, and you have said no each time
[13:21] because you decided it should be closed.
So his question was, if you say yes to
[13:26] this, how does it become a one-time
thing? Can you say no to future groups?
[13:30] What's the criteria? How do you look at
that? And he wanted me to remind you
[13:35] that the in the fairgrounds master plan,
the fairgrounds is a green space um that
[13:41] isn't supposed to house cars other than
the um [snorts] fair who has a separate
[13:47] agreement and liability insurance with
us. So if you did it, you would also
[13:51] want liability insurance uh from the BIA
to cover the township. Um witches walk
[13:58] sometimes has some alcohol involved. So
there there is some risk there. So just
[14:02] some things to consider about if you
okay this request, what do you do with
[14:07] future requests?
[14:11] » Okay. Uh
yeah, Council Taylor.
[14:14] » Yeah, just a comment. Uh uh the witches
walk is a huge event as a thing and to
[14:22] to comment on what Lori said. Uh I'm
certainly in favor of a one-time trial,
[14:27] see how it goes. But to see all the
community come together, especially the
[14:31] Lions Club to try and pull this thing
off. They've got a proven track record
[14:34] of running large scale events and I
think it's uh you live and learn. You
[14:39] try it this year and fine-tune for the
next year. So, I would certainly support
[14:43] it and I have no problem councelor
Minnings to put a sign up there and but
[14:47] I'm certainly support this. Thanks,
[14:53] » Council Minnings.
>> Thank you. So, uh further to the um CO's
[14:58] comments. So, thank you for that around
alcohol. That wasn't on my radar and
[15:03] it's I think the first time you
mentioned So, my question is to uh
[15:07] councelor Jansen. Is the BIA selling or
serving alcohol at the event?
[15:13] » Uh, the BIA does not serve alcohol.
There are numerous restaurants in town
[15:17] as well as the Legion.
>> Thank you. So, I just held an event for
[15:21] my seniors in Aurelia uh week before
last. and the price for a two-day event
[15:28] for up to 200 people for liability
insurance, which you also mentioned,
[15:33] which should be a standard. Um, naming
the township as one of the payes or as
[15:39] one of the parties on the liability. If
that's not on our contracts to use
[15:44] space, Branny Group, I think it should
be. Um, it cost me under $20 for
[15:50] liability for my event uh with no
alcohol. And if I was to serve alcohol,
[15:55] it would have gone up into the several
hundreds. So, um I think that's is that
[16:00] a standard practice to have liability
insurance with the township covered?
[16:06] » Uh yeah, m and then
>> it is, but just we don't rent the
[16:10] fairgrounds out for this purpose. So, we
don't have that process in place. So, I
[16:14] would suggest that council direct us to
do that. But if you're renting a hall or
[16:18] something that we do rent, then yes,
that's a standard practice.
[16:21] » Thank you. And I understand that about a
capital building, you know, an event
[16:25] space or a meeting hall, a community
hall, but isn't the pub uh the parking
[16:30] lot also township property?
[16:35] » It is. Yes. So then I would I would hope
council would support whether it's just
[16:40] a one-off approval now for this event,
but going forward that if that isn't
[16:45] covered in a contract for using a space
uh for a public event that the p parking
[16:51] lot should be available and should be um
uh under some kind of an insurance too.
[16:57] It is inexpensive for a non-alcohol
event. Thank you.
[17:03] » Yes, councelor Jansen.
Yeah, I uh I agree. And the the plan
[17:08] will be to once this plan is approved
here by council to go and get liability
[17:12] insurance. I don't see any issue with uh
um an addition of working with township
[17:17] staff. Um I think there has to be some
coordination with township staff to uh
[17:22] to to have this um be successful on the
day of. Um, I don't know if that needs
[17:28] to be added to the motion, uh, or or is
it just assumed that township staff will
[17:33] be working with the, uh, uh, the BIA to
pull this off.
[17:43] » Uh, thank you. So, based on the
discussion, staff have updated what was
[17:47] the draft your draft motion. So, with
your, um, acceptance, um, member,
[17:52] because this is your motion. Um, so the
motion now reads that council allow the
[17:56] one-time use of the cold water
fairgrounds for which is walk event
[17:59] parking to be held on October 16th, 2026
in accordance with the parking plan put
[18:03] forward with the Cold Water BAA
and that the Cold Water BA assumes all
[18:07] liability for the use of the fairgrounds
and provide the required liability
[18:10] insurance for use of the fairgrounds.
And further that the Cold Water BA
[18:14] assumes all costs for restoration of any
damages to the fairgrounds as a result
[18:18] of the use for its witches walk event.
and further that the cold water BA be
[18:22] required to work with staff on a final
parking plan for the use of the
[18:25] fairgrounds.
>> If I may point of clarification here, so
[18:29] the issue of backup came up in this
discussion. The issue of a different
[18:33] exit was brought forward. Uh the issue
of the cars and the signage were brought
[18:37] forward. I'm not hearing a clear
any unless these are issues to be
[18:44] resolved in a staff uh sharing thing.
I'm not satisfied right now that I know
[18:49] that those issues have been dealt with.
Uh in the insurance has been
[18:54] » uh yes uh my expectation is that that
was covered under that they work with
[18:58] staff on a final parking plan.
>> I that's fine then. Um
[19:04] councelor McIntyre and then
deputy mayor.
[19:09] » Thank you the chair. Um I'm in agreement
with a oneoff and see which way the wind
[19:14] blows after this. Uh I believe that
Dan's put a fairly good plan together
[19:18] and with the additional
uh requests through the deputy mayor and
[19:23] others that um this could be a very um
interesting event and I think that it
[19:28] should be uh as Dan's put it and with
the revisions I would support it.
[19:39] » Yeah.
>> Through the chair to CEO. So when the
[19:44] BIA meets with staff, I would I would
like to put forward a suggestion that at
[19:49] that time that information make sure we
hang on to it. And I think we also have
[19:54] to say that it's a besides being a one
time. Yeah, I guess one time is covering
[19:58] it. I'm I'm not keen on that. But um and
and I I think that we should come up
[20:05] with a statement on why we are allowing
this but we don't allow baseball people
[20:13] to go in or we don't allow anyone else
to go in. So I think we need a generic
[20:18] statement that says about the fact of
the people coming the safety whatever it
[20:24] is is going to be but we need a generic
statement that covers the fact that if
[20:28] someone else comes forward this is
different than something else because
[20:33] the duck race won't need it because it
the numbers aren't there. The one issue
[20:38] we have is that that night there's
hockey on so they take a lot of the
[20:43] parking lot which with the duck race
they don't and and other ones that are
[20:47] being held that parking lot usually does
not have people a lot of people in it
[20:52] because of the time of year like even
the ferry event and all that that that's
[20:57] not a time of year that the community
center is busy. We run into it with the
[21:02] Lions Club only for our floats getting
in and out and for parking because it's
[21:07] December and the parking lot is busy.
So, we'll wait and see what that goes
[21:11] on. But I I would suggest that maybe we
start to monitor or have the groups
[21:16] monitor um any parking issues they hear,
Rob, or if they have any volunteers
[21:22] because I know for our duck race, we
have people on ATVs going around for
[21:27] safety for people walking down the
street and stuff. just to note are we
[21:30] jammed as bad as we thought we were and
is it a problem. So I just think those
[21:34] are things we have to keep in mind for
the future.
[21:38] » Thank you
member.
[21:41] » Thank you through the chair. And just to
add to uh member Cox's comments, this
[21:45] differentiates from any other event only
because it's at night and the amount of
[21:50] people that are that come to our town of
Cold Water. They're all dressed in
[21:55] black, so hard to see. And and it's a
pilot project. I see this uh a one-time
[22:02] deal, but you know, if if all the stuff
works out, hopefully future councils
[22:07] will allow it for this one event.
[22:14] » Dr. Jansen,
>> thank you. Just on Deputy Mayor Cox's
[22:17] comments, uh a conversation has been had
with uh Cold Water Minor Hockey as well
[22:21] as the the figure skating club. Um uh
from what we've heard, they would need
[22:26] approximately 30 spots. Uh that did
happen last year within the arena
[22:30] parking lot uh uh quite successfully. Um
I was one of the volunteers manning that
[22:36] uh that parking lot area and uh with the
township staff's help, we were able to
[22:40] cordon off an area to make sure and it
does reduce the uh the parking in the
[22:44] arena um by by about a third. Um, so
just wanted to answer that question for
[22:50] you
>> and then back to councelor Jansen. Um,
[22:55] member Jansen. Yeah, I but what I'm
thinking of is we may have other groups
[22:59] go, well, you did it. Why can't we? But
we need to have a and and what the mayor
[23:04] just said and other people have said is
all right, but you should have probably
[23:08] a a pat not a pat, but a a r good
rationale. I mean, there's some at the
[23:12] beginning of this, but if you're going
to do it and and making sure that you
[23:17] tell them you're going to have like 27
to 30 volunteers ensuring that
[23:22] everything is going to be covered and
that at the end of your evening, making
[23:27] sure that all those people who were
volunteers have a debrief the next day
[23:31] to ensure that everything went well or
what the issues were. And and we do that
[23:34] a lot. So, you probably do with other
ones and we've done it with our duck
[23:37] race. We we tend to go, did that work?
No, we should have done this or we
[23:41] should have done that. And that always
helps out for the next year. Thanks.
[23:48] » All right, seeing no further questions,
madam clerk,
[23:52] » I will reread the motion. Um, so the
motion is that council allow the
[23:56] one-time trial use of the Cold Water
Fairgrounds for the Witches Walk event
[24:01] parking to be held on October 16th, 2026
in accordance with the proposed parking
[24:05] plan put forward by the Cold Water BA. I
might add if you with the proposed I'll
[24:10] put draft parking plan if it's going to
be subject to finalization with staff.
[24:14] So I'll start again.
[24:18] Okay. that. So, the motion then reads,
"The council allow the one-time trial
[24:22] use of the Cold Water Fairgrounds for
the for which is walk event parking to
[24:25] be held on October 16th, 2026 in
accordance with the proposed draft
[24:30] parking plan put forward by the Cold
Water BIA. That the Cold Water BA assume
[24:34] all liability for the use of the
fairgrounds and provide the required
[24:36] liability insurance for the use of the
fairgrounds. And further, that the Cold
[24:40] Water BA assumes all costs for the
restoration of damages to the
[24:44] fairgrounds as a result of its use for
the Witches Walk event. and further that
[24:47] the cold water BA be required to work
with staff on a final parking plan for
[24:51] the use of the fairgrounds.
>> Thank you. Mover moved by councelor
[24:56] Jansen. Secure.
>> Oh, sorry. Second by councelor Menning.
[25:04] All in favor?
That motion passes.
[25:10] Uh we move now to the rise
recommendation.
[25:12] » Yes. So the motion is that committee
rise and return back to the formal
[25:15] council session to receive a report on
the proceedings of the committee. The
[25:18] whole
>> mover
[25:23] moved by Mayor Pquette, seconded by
Deputy Mayor Cox. All in favor? The
[25:27] motion passes.
>> Okay. Next motion is that the
[25:30] recommendations of committee the whole
for the meeting of August 20th, 2026 be
[25:34] adopted as resolutions of councel.
>> Mover moved by councelor McIntyre,
[25:39] seconded by councelor Jansen. All in
favor? And that motion.
[25:56] » Okay. Thank you. Okay. We have no notice
of motions. Uh county council boards
[26:01] associate committee summaries. Councelor
Taylor.
[26:05] » Got a few things here. Uh uh sustainable
severance sound met on August the 13th.
[26:10] Uh Quest made a presentation of their
net zero action pathway report to the
[26:15] committee. Uh this report is actually
found on our agenda item today under
[26:19] E4.1.
The township has requested quest to make
[26:23] a delegation to review this report in
early 2027. So they'll be coming back uh
[26:28] with the new council in 2027. So uh in
addition to that, there was uh excellent
[26:34] positive feedback from the attendees at
our meeting. They really like what they
[26:37] saw. Uh secondly at AMO u a delegation
to the ministry of environment
[26:44] conservation and parks minister McCarthy
was there with uh the town of
[26:50] Penitentang Machine wanting to make sure
that the province had no idea no
[26:54] intentions of taking away source
protection authority from SSEA. So we
[26:59] were asked as the township to join them
and Derek Burke and I attended that. It
[27:04] was very positive and they have no plans
to change that rule. So, it's a very
[27:08] good thing there. And thirdly, the
quarter mill. Uh just an update on music
[27:14] nights. The first night, first Friday,
we had 55 attendees. The second Friday
[27:19] was 70. And the next one is tomorrow
night. And the action uh the the uh
[27:26] Jacob Pier Pierce is the performer. So,
it's a if the weather's good, we might
[27:30] crack a hundred there. So, thank you,
>> Deputy Mayor.
[27:35] » to the chair to Mark. Mark, did they
talk at all about um the conservation
[27:40] authority and what was going to happen
with the SSEA or was this just on the
[27:43] source water?
>> Yeah, they're saying that no, it's just
[27:46] strictly that uh they didn't want the CA
to be doing source protection authority.
[27:53] So we we want to stick with SSEA
>> that but I'm what I'm trying to say is
[27:58] the way they're doing the conservation
authorities now is that the county will
[28:02] pay all the fees for the for the
municipalities that have a conservation
[28:08] authority but we still have to pay SSEA
if they leave them alone which I'm
[28:14] hoping you're telling me they may be
leaving them alone as a con like as a
[28:18] environmental association and I just
wondered if that came up. Do you know
[28:22] where I'm going on that?
>> No, that didn't No, that had that had no
[28:25] bearing on. My understanding is that
that they SSEA may be treated like a a
[28:30] CA and still being paid by the county,
but that's uh wasn't part of the
[28:34] discussion.
>> Thank you,
[28:37] » sir. Jansen.
[28:42] » Thank you very much. Uh the BIA hosted a
very successful ferry night this past
[28:46] weekend on uh uh Saturday night. Uh
there was uh quite a large turnout I
[28:52] think larger than we had anticipated
which was really good for uh all the
[28:56] local businesses, the uh the vendors. Um
I do have to say thank you so much to
[29:02] all of our volunteers that uh pitched in
to help. Um we had young volunteers uh
[29:08] um that were helping as well. It was
great to see the community come together
[29:12] to uh to host this magical event. And it
really was magical uh seeing all of
[29:16] these uh very cute fairies uh running
around town. Um the next event that's
[29:22] coming up uh in Cold Water, it's not a
BIA event, but it is uh supported by the
[29:27] BIA, uh the Steampunk Festival. It's
happening on August the 29th, uh just uh
[29:32] uh next weekend. And then the Witches
Walk is coming up October the 16th. uh
[29:36] for the Chamber of Commerce uh SEG Bay,
they have their golf tournament uh today
[29:41] which uh raises lots of money for the uh
Georgian Bay Hospital in uh Midland. Um
[29:46] there is a silent auction if anybody's
interested. Go to Seg Bay uh Seg Bay's
[29:50] website or you can go to their Facebook
page and you'll find their silent
[29:54] auction uh items. It's online so you can
participate even if you're not able to
[29:58] attend in person. Thank you.
>> Thank you, Councelor Brandon.
[30:03] » Yes. Uh thank you, Mayor. Yeah. Um not
going to provide any specific report. Um
[30:08] all four committees that I'm associated
with are quite active
[30:12] uh with background work for various
initiatives for September and October.
[30:19] So uh it's pretty dull stuff now, but
it'll get exciting when the time comes.
[30:22] You'll hear from me before that. Thank
you, Deputy Mayor Cox.
[30:26] » Yeah. Um library board, we don't meet in
the summer. Um, but I did go to a
[30:31] delegation also with the mayor and and
uh Derek. Uh, we went with uh Tom
[30:37] Roberts, the interim CEO from the
soldiers memorial hospital and he was uh
[30:42] with the ministry of health. Uh he was
speaking to the fact of the hip
[30:47] surgeries and knee surgeries which they
get money but it isn't a sustainable
[30:53] amount every year. You have to keep
reapplying. And so he was looking for
[30:56] the fact that could it be made that they
would know what they're getting so that
[31:01] they can keep it and it's for staff
reasons too. There was also 25 beds that
[31:06] each year they wait and they apply to
see if they get that. Um the most
[31:11] interesting fact for me for a delegation
because it's the first time I've ever
[31:15] been to a delegation that had the
minister of health Sylvia Jones, the
[31:20] deputy minister and the head doctor of
all of Ontario, Kieran was there. So, I
[31:25] was totally like, "Oh my gosh, I've
never seen this." Uh, he did his report.
[31:29] She was very impressed with his report.
She said it covered it all. Um, asked
[31:33] about um offloading and we said yes. The
paramedic program and and the county
[31:41] gets funding from the ministry to have
offloaded nurses. Uh, soldiers has kept
[31:46] their offload time down so they were not
penalized. two other hospitals in uh
[31:51] Ontario, I mean in Simco County were she
was quite happy about that. And then we
[31:55] said there was the paramedic home
program that takes pressure off the e
[31:59] the um emergency department. She uh also
wanted to um she asked uh a question
[32:08] that uh was everything going to be going
on board uh and there would be no
[32:14] holdups with the new hospital and Mr.
Robert said yes that things were working
[32:19] with the city of Burilia was in the
hands of the lawyers and things were
[32:22] moving along nicely. So it was very
promising. I I honestly felt very
[32:27] promising about the whole uh funding
because she he had all those numbers. It
[32:32] was an excellent uh delegation. Thank
you.
[32:35] » Thank you councelor Minis.
>> Hi. Thank you. Uh West Shore is very
[32:39] busy this weekend. upcoming everyone's
invited on Saturday is the annual Bayu
[32:46] Park Rate Payers Association
uh fundraising day and uh carries on
[32:52] into a pig roast dinner and I think
there's fireworks again at night. Um and
[32:58] uh we invite everybody to come out and
um certainly meet the committee and
[33:03] participate with the community. Always
hundreds of people there. familyfriendly
[33:07] event. On Sunday, the Cumberland Beach
Rate Payers Group has their fundraising
[33:13] event from 3:00 to 5:00 at the
Cumberland Beach Park. Uh both events
[33:18] are along the beautiful shoreline
properties of uh Lake Cooching. So, um
[33:24] always a great day. So, uh, the Sunday
event has, uh, our former Cumberland
[33:30] Beach, um, resident, uh, very young
person who played in Mariposa Festival
[33:38] at 12 years old. Um, and she's
performing live, uh, from 3 to 5,
[33:44] Samantha.
Um, and we are just hoping that everyone
[33:50] will come. It's $15 to enter and there's
lots of draws and good stuff happening.
[33:56] So, West Shore is busy that way. And um
that's all that I have to report. The
[34:01] Aurelia Public Library Board, which I'm
on, does not meet in the summer, but
[34:06] we'll be back in September. Thank you.
>> Thank you, Councelor McIntyre.
[34:12] » Thank you through the chair. Um the
sidewalk has been completed along 169 at
[34:18] the traffic light. So, the accessibility
from the northlander when it comes to
[34:24] allow people to come into town and along
the sidewalk across at the light has now
[34:29] been completed and it looks marvelous, I
must say. Um, there was a bit of a
[34:34] hiccup at the end, but um, Director
Burke corrected that. Um, I did attend
[34:40] by Zoom a joint accessibility advisory
committee meeting um,
[34:47] in the last uh, week or so. Um they've
introduced a multi-year accessibility
[34:53] plan that they're going about to enact
during the next term of uh four years.
[35:01] So um regrettably that committee I it's
there's one citizen on it. I like to sit
[35:09] on that committee as a citizen after my
term is over here and I'll have to
[35:13] address maybe perhaps the clerk or
somebody on that later. But um in any
[35:18] case, that's all I have at the moment.
>> Thank you. So, I [clears throat] uh have
[35:23] no updates, but what I'd like to say is
we lost two very special people this
[35:29] month. One was a resident of our
township and a huge supporter of the
[35:35] hospital, a good friend of mine. Uh I
guess I'm Am I allowed to say their
[35:39] names or no? Am I allowed to? So, Hugo
Ruff, and for those of you who don't
[35:44] know, Hugo lived down on Wilson's Point,
but his son owned Sunrise Toyota. A
[35:49] wonderful man, um, I went to his
visitation, but the other person, I
[35:54] don't know if everyone knows this lady,
a Holocaust survivor, an amazing,
[36:00] amazing lady that we had over to our
house years ago for lunch. I'm standing
[36:07] in line because Lakehead used to invite
uh me to the convocation. She's in front
[36:13] of me. I had no idea who she was. She
drove a Zoom Zoom car, a Mazda car on
[36:18] her own. She was shunned by her family
cuz she married outside the Jewish
[36:22] faith, lived in Bracebridgeidge with her
son. Um when I read that in the paper, I
[36:27] just she she was in her 90s when she
passed away. What what an amazing lady.
[36:31] if you ever had listened to her speak,
had no hatred in her heart for what
[36:37] happened. Went to schools across all of
Canada trying to educate kids
[36:43] uh on the atrocities that did happen.
But what a wonderful woman. I just
[36:47] wanted to say a shout out to both those
people. So, thank you everyone. So,
[36:51] we're moving on to close session.
>> Thank you. The motion reads that
[36:57] committee resolve in a close session
that this meeting is hereby now closed
[37:00] to the public pursuant to municipal
black so 2001 chapter 25 section 2392
[37:04] for the purpose of considering personnel
matters about an identifiable individual
[37:08] including municipal employees labor
relations or employee negotiations
[37:14] » Taylor
[37:17] thank
[1:04:50] today madame clerk.
[1:04:57] » Okay, and we're back. So, the motion is
that close session adjourn at 10:04 and
[1:05:02] the meeting is hereby now reopen to the
public.
[1:05:04] » Move in a second, please. Moved by
councelor McIntyre, second by councelor
[1:05:06] Minions. All in favor? That's carried.
Thank you.
[1:05:09] » Okay. Next motion is that the
confidential direction of staff
[1:05:12] respecting a personnel matter be
confirmed and voted on in accordance
[1:05:14] with section 2396B of the municipal act.
>> Move in a second, please. Moved by
[1:05:19] councelor Brandon, second by councelor
Taylor. All in favor? It's carried.
[1:05:22] Thank you.
>> Bylaws. So the motion is that bylaws
[1:05:27] number 2026657
through 202660 inclusive or hereby
[1:05:31] passed.
>> Move in a second. Please move by defer
[1:05:34] Cox. Second by councelor McIntyre. All
in favor? It's carried.
[1:05:39] » And then
motion to pass by number 202661
[1:05:44] um is hereby passed and motion to
adjurnn.
[1:05:46] » Move in a second, please. Moved by
councelor Jansen, second by councelor
[1:05:50] Brennan. All in favor? That's carried.
Thank you very much everyone.