1 00:27:20,400 --> 00:27:24,409 foreign 2 00:27:24,419 --> 00:27:26,640 thank you very much uh Madam Deputy 3 00:27:26,640 --> 00:27:28,440 Clerk and good morning everybody good to 4 00:27:28,440 --> 00:27:30,600 uh good to see everybody it's been a 5 00:27:30,600 --> 00:27:33,059 while for me so I'm I'm happy to be here 6 00:27:33,059 --> 00:27:35,159 and uh love seeing all your smiling 7 00:27:35,159 --> 00:27:37,020 faces so early in the morning 8 00:27:37,020 --> 00:27:39,120 uh I want to start by calling this 9 00:27:39,120 --> 00:27:41,220 meeting to order and item number two is 10 00:27:41,220 --> 00:27:42,720 disclose your procure and your interests 11 00:27:42,720 --> 00:27:45,299 I don't have any before me I've not been 12 00:27:45,299 --> 00:27:47,580 aware of any uh is there anyone here who 13 00:27:47,580 --> 00:27:49,080 feels they have a purity interest at 14 00:27:49,080 --> 00:27:50,700 this time 15 00:27:50,700 --> 00:27:52,679 seeing no one if you do at some point 16 00:27:52,679 --> 00:27:54,000 throughout the meeting please let us 17 00:27:54,000 --> 00:27:57,240 know if we can record it for the record 18 00:27:57,240 --> 00:27:58,919 uh item number three approval of the 19 00:27:58,919 --> 00:28:01,500 agenda 3.1 is resolved at the contents 20 00:28:01,500 --> 00:28:04,440 of the agenda for September 2nd 2023 be 21 00:28:04,440 --> 00:28:06,120 approved as circulated can I have a move 22 00:28:06,120 --> 00:28:08,279 in a second or please counselor Belanger 23 00:28:08,279 --> 00:28:10,799 counselor Tim's all in favor 24 00:28:10,799 --> 00:28:13,559 that motion carries unanimously 25 00:28:13,559 --> 00:28:15,360 all right moving on to item number four 26 00:28:15,360 --> 00:28:18,179 bylaws 4.1 resolved at a bylaw to 27 00:28:18,179 --> 00:28:20,580 appoint temporary Municipal by law 28 00:28:20,580 --> 00:28:21,960 enforcement officers for the town of 29 00:28:21,960 --> 00:28:24,000 Wasaga Beach be received and to be 30 00:28:24,000 --> 00:28:25,380 deemed to have been read a first second 31 00:28:25,380 --> 00:28:28,039 and third time passed in number 32 00:28:28,039 --> 00:28:31,200 2023-91 and I'll open the floor uh to 33 00:28:31,200 --> 00:28:33,059 whichever staff member wants to speak to 34 00:28:33,059 --> 00:28:34,320 this 35 00:28:34,320 --> 00:28:36,720 is that you Andrew yeah I'm happy to 36 00:28:36,720 --> 00:28:38,460 start off and then I'll I'll pass the 37 00:28:38,460 --> 00:28:40,679 floor to either Jerry or Danny if if I 38 00:28:40,679 --> 00:28:42,960 miss anything that they want to add so 39 00:28:42,960 --> 00:28:46,200 thank you and uh and uh we appreciate we 40 00:28:46,200 --> 00:28:47,820 you pulling this meeting together on 41 00:28:47,820 --> 00:28:50,100 such short notice uh we've been 42 00:28:50,100 --> 00:28:52,740 observing how yesterday went and 43 00:28:52,740 --> 00:28:55,919 certainly we we want to do our best to 44 00:28:55,919 --> 00:28:57,960 thank the community for all of their 45 00:28:57,960 --> 00:29:00,240 patience at the checkpoints we do know 46 00:29:00,240 --> 00:29:03,120 it is it is an inconvenience 47 00:29:03,120 --> 00:29:05,159 um we do believe that it is working and 48 00:29:05,159 --> 00:29:08,220 yesterday was relatively quiet 49 00:29:08,220 --> 00:29:10,559 um so what we are doing is preparing for 50 00:29:10,559 --> 00:29:13,980 today I won't get into intelligence that 51 00:29:13,980 --> 00:29:16,559 has been shared with us but uh we do 52 00:29:16,559 --> 00:29:18,960 believe that there are uh more coming 53 00:29:18,960 --> 00:29:21,059 today that we want to be as best 54 00:29:21,059 --> 00:29:23,640 prepared as we can OPP are doing a 55 00:29:23,640 --> 00:29:25,559 tremendous job throughout Town 56 00:29:25,559 --> 00:29:27,419 um and what we are looking to do is help 57 00:29:27,419 --> 00:29:29,520 beef up The Presence at the actual 58 00:29:29,520 --> 00:29:32,100 checkpoints in order to do that we have 59 00:29:32,100 --> 00:29:34,260 a private security firm that we have 60 00:29:34,260 --> 00:29:37,200 routine to assist the municipality and 61 00:29:37,200 --> 00:29:39,320 what we are looking to do is have them 62 00:29:39,320 --> 00:29:42,179 become temporary bylaw officers so that 63 00:29:42,179 --> 00:29:44,700 they are able to lay charges for those 64 00:29:44,700 --> 00:29:46,919 offenders that cause problems at the 65 00:29:46,919 --> 00:29:49,080 checkpoints again we hope it will be 66 00:29:49,080 --> 00:29:51,779 minimal but we have to be prepared as 67 00:29:51,779 --> 00:29:54,720 best we can so with that Danny or Jerry 68 00:29:54,720 --> 00:29:56,220 is there anything you wanted to add and 69 00:29:56,220 --> 00:29:57,659 again we won't get into too much 70 00:29:57,659 --> 00:30:01,620 technical detail here but Jerry or Danny 71 00:30:01,620 --> 00:30:02,880 is there anything that you wanted to add 72 00:30:02,880 --> 00:30:06,169 that I've missed 73 00:30:06,179 --> 00:30:11,149 uh why don't we go to uh Danny next 74 00:30:11,159 --> 00:30:13,500 thank you your worship and good morning 75 00:30:13,500 --> 00:30:15,419 members of council yeah this just makes 76 00:30:15,419 --> 00:30:17,640 good tactical sense for us uh you know 77 00:30:17,640 --> 00:30:20,039 we did we did observe yesterday 78 00:30:20,039 --> 00:30:21,779 um at the checkpoints that there there 79 00:30:21,779 --> 00:30:24,600 was some pressure so essentially this 80 00:30:24,600 --> 00:30:27,059 just allows us it doubles the the number 81 00:30:27,059 --> 00:30:30,299 of of people on the ground uh that are 82 00:30:30,299 --> 00:30:33,419 in a position to issue fines so 83 00:30:33,419 --> 00:30:35,039 tactically we just think this is a 84 00:30:35,039 --> 00:30:37,490 really good move 85 00:30:37,500 --> 00:30:40,260 Jerry uh no I think thank you you 86 00:30:40,260 --> 00:30:42,899 worship both Danny and Andrew of the I 87 00:30:42,899 --> 00:30:44,159 think they've got all the pertinent 88 00:30:44,159 --> 00:30:46,320 points in front of us so I think uh I I 89 00:30:46,320 --> 00:30:48,179 I just the reinforce what they've shared 90 00:30:48,179 --> 00:30:53,570 with Council right Chief anything to add 91 00:30:53,580 --> 00:30:55,620 I do not your worship 92 00:30:55,620 --> 00:30:58,200 all right thank you all right Council so 93 00:30:58,200 --> 00:31:00,720 if I'm understanding correctly uh from 94 00:31:00,720 --> 00:31:03,720 staff we're looking to deputize uh each 95 00:31:03,720 --> 00:31:05,279 of these security guards so is that 96 00:31:05,279 --> 00:31:08,279 they're able to uh uh enforce the bylaws 97 00:31:08,279 --> 00:31:10,320 and actually lay the fines and these are 98 00:31:10,320 --> 00:31:13,080 these are uh form one provincial 99 00:31:13,080 --> 00:31:16,490 offenses correct 100 00:31:16,500 --> 00:31:18,539 that is correct 101 00:31:18,539 --> 00:31:20,399 and so these are the same type of fine 102 00:31:20,399 --> 00:31:22,919 you'd get as a traffic ticket is that 103 00:31:22,919 --> 00:31:24,840 correct 104 00:31:24,840 --> 00:31:26,940 enforceable by the court 105 00:31:26,940 --> 00:31:29,220 I'm sorry I didn't I didn't catch all of 106 00:31:29,220 --> 00:31:31,380 that your worship yeah no problem so 107 00:31:31,380 --> 00:31:34,080 this is the same type of fine as a as a 108 00:31:34,080 --> 00:31:35,760 speeding ticket it's enforceable by the 109 00:31:35,760 --> 00:31:38,039 courts and uh you get it you have so 110 00:31:38,039 --> 00:31:40,799 many days to dispute it or you're found 111 00:31:40,799 --> 00:31:42,299 guilty and you're expected to pay it 112 00:31:42,299 --> 00:31:45,360 correct that that is uh correct uh your 113 00:31:45,360 --> 00:31:48,240 worship it is a part one fine uh under 114 00:31:48,240 --> 00:31:50,279 the provincial offenses Act 115 00:31:50,279 --> 00:31:53,100 okay all right any questions or comments 116 00:31:53,100 --> 00:31:56,340 uh from members of council 117 00:31:56,340 --> 00:31:57,720 counselor ego 118 00:31:57,720 --> 00:32:00,899 yes thank you uh your worship I guess I 119 00:32:00,899 --> 00:32:03,179 I go through these deals quite often and 120 00:32:03,179 --> 00:32:06,000 you know I see the young guards there 121 00:32:06,000 --> 00:32:09,059 the young officers will they be safe 122 00:32:09,059 --> 00:32:12,120 could they be harassed badly at these 123 00:32:12,120 --> 00:32:15,409 checkpoints 124 00:32:15,419 --> 00:32:18,179 so I'll I'll take that one and get Danny 125 00:32:18,179 --> 00:32:20,399 if you want to add anything that I may 126 00:32:20,399 --> 00:32:22,799 miss so part of the reason why we're 127 00:32:22,799 --> 00:32:24,899 doing this is to help them 128 00:32:24,899 --> 00:32:27,179 um again Lessons Learned uh we do 129 00:32:27,179 --> 00:32:28,980 believe there needs to be a bit of a 130 00:32:28,980 --> 00:32:30,419 stronger Presence at each of these 131 00:32:30,419 --> 00:32:32,220 checkpoints 132 00:32:32,220 --> 00:32:33,899 um and they're doing the best they can 133 00:32:33,899 --> 00:32:36,240 but we do believe by adding this element 134 00:32:36,240 --> 00:32:38,640 to it it will increase the safety of 135 00:32:38,640 --> 00:32:41,220 those guards that we have retained I 136 00:32:41,220 --> 00:32:43,020 should uh mention also that we are 137 00:32:43,020 --> 00:32:45,740 videotaping all of these checkpoints so 138 00:32:45,740 --> 00:32:48,240 Safety First what we have instructed 139 00:32:48,240 --> 00:32:50,840 them if there's somebody intent on 140 00:32:50,840 --> 00:32:53,159 blowing through the checkpoint do not 141 00:32:53,159 --> 00:32:55,500 get in the way step out of the way we do 142 00:32:55,500 --> 00:32:58,559 not want anyone getting hurt but we will 143 00:32:58,559 --> 00:33:00,360 be capturing all of those cars on 144 00:33:00,360 --> 00:33:03,360 videotape and we have the ability to go 145 00:33:03,360 --> 00:33:05,039 after them after the fact which is 146 00:33:05,039 --> 00:33:07,980 exactly what we intend to do but safety 147 00:33:07,980 --> 00:33:10,380 first we do believe that this added 148 00:33:10,380 --> 00:33:12,059 element will will help improve the 149 00:33:12,059 --> 00:33:13,620 safety and effectiveness of these 150 00:33:13,620 --> 00:33:16,679 checkpoints thank you Andrew all right 151 00:33:16,679 --> 00:33:20,930 thank you councilor white what's next 152 00:33:20,940 --> 00:33:23,519 uh thank you very much for worship 153 00:33:23,519 --> 00:33:24,720 um and appreciate everybody coming 154 00:33:24,720 --> 00:33:25,919 together for this so quickly this 155 00:33:25,919 --> 00:33:27,360 morning 156 00:33:27,360 --> 00:33:29,940 um yeah I was very vocal in opposing the 157 00:33:29,940 --> 00:33:31,500 checkpoints in the beginning however I 158 00:33:31,500 --> 00:33:33,840 do feel that we are here now and it's 159 00:33:33,840 --> 00:33:35,340 the Willy Council to do this so I think 160 00:33:35,340 --> 00:33:36,779 it's definitely appropriate to make sure 161 00:33:36,779 --> 00:33:38,640 they have the tools necessary to uh to 162 00:33:38,640 --> 00:33:39,960 make this effective and safe for 163 00:33:39,960 --> 00:33:41,279 everybody so I will be definitely 164 00:33:41,279 --> 00:33:43,200 supporting this thank you 165 00:33:43,200 --> 00:33:45,600 all right counselor Belanger and I do 166 00:33:45,600 --> 00:33:48,299 see counselor him as well 167 00:33:48,299 --> 00:33:51,480 thank you through you your worship uh uh 168 00:33:51,480 --> 00:33:53,760 last night when I did go out to Eastdale 169 00:33:53,760 --> 00:33:56,760 and then back in 92 there there was uh 170 00:33:56,760 --> 00:34:00,480 an opp in the parking area across from 171 00:34:00,480 --> 00:34:04,440 the Gaspar out there so I'm assuming if 172 00:34:04,440 --> 00:34:05,760 they're not communicating to the 173 00:34:05,760 --> 00:34:08,399 checkpoint uh they're communicating to 174 00:34:08,399 --> 00:34:11,820 other OPP if there's oncoming vehicles 175 00:34:11,820 --> 00:34:16,760 but at any point are we uh 176 00:34:16,760 --> 00:34:19,919 block the road if we know their our 177 00:34:19,919 --> 00:34:21,599 vehicles 178 00:34:21,599 --> 00:34:24,240 um that are you know within a half mile 179 00:34:24,240 --> 00:34:27,899 or a mile of the of the checkpoint or 180 00:34:27,899 --> 00:34:31,200 because obviously that would slow them 181 00:34:31,200 --> 00:34:34,980 down as opposed to them driving by 182 00:34:34,980 --> 00:34:37,200 so if they're through mayor and mayor 183 00:34:37,200 --> 00:34:39,419 Smith we've been monitoring and 184 00:34:39,419 --> 00:34:42,599 adjusting as we go as we see uh the 185 00:34:42,599 --> 00:34:44,520 effectiveness throughout the the date 186 00:34:44,520 --> 00:34:46,820 and you may have noticed on Thursday 187 00:34:46,820 --> 00:34:49,679 essentially we instructed that the 188 00:34:49,679 --> 00:34:52,260 checkpoints be free-flowing because we 189 00:34:52,260 --> 00:34:54,359 were not seeing a lot of modified cars 190 00:34:54,359 --> 00:34:55,859 and we're trying to minimize this 191 00:34:55,859 --> 00:34:57,900 disruption to the community the best 192 00:34:57,900 --> 00:34:59,940 that we can so they were essentially 193 00:34:59,940 --> 00:35:02,820 free-flowing for most of Thursday we 194 00:35:02,820 --> 00:35:05,580 were given advice from the OPB to get 195 00:35:05,580 --> 00:35:07,619 them up as soon as possible that's why 196 00:35:07,619 --> 00:35:09,480 we move so quickly to have them in place 197 00:35:09,480 --> 00:35:11,640 for Thursday so that we can quickly 198 00:35:11,640 --> 00:35:15,180 respond Friday as we started to see the 199 00:35:15,180 --> 00:35:18,060 cars move into town and out of the 200 00:35:18,060 --> 00:35:19,680 interest of safety of the checkpoint 201 00:35:19,680 --> 00:35:22,680 operators we asked them to slow the cars 202 00:35:22,680 --> 00:35:24,780 down a little bit we're trying to keep 203 00:35:24,780 --> 00:35:27,180 it 10 to 15 cars no more than that 204 00:35:27,180 --> 00:35:28,980 backup we don't want to cause too much 205 00:35:28,980 --> 00:35:32,040 traffic but by slowing the cars down it 206 00:35:32,040 --> 00:35:33,839 does make it safer for the checkpoint 207 00:35:33,839 --> 00:35:36,720 operators and then they can flag any car 208 00:35:36,720 --> 00:35:39,540 that that we need to pull aside we do 209 00:35:39,540 --> 00:35:41,940 have spotters well up the road that is 210 00:35:41,940 --> 00:35:44,280 signaling ahead we've got a few coming 211 00:35:44,280 --> 00:35:46,680 be prepared 212 00:35:46,680 --> 00:35:49,920 um we did request that OPP be at those 213 00:35:49,920 --> 00:35:52,140 checkpoints with us they are hanging 214 00:35:52,140 --> 00:35:53,880 back a little bit from the actual 215 00:35:53,880 --> 00:35:56,099 checkpoint we're going to be revisiting 216 00:35:56,099 --> 00:35:58,020 that today and we have requested that 217 00:35:58,020 --> 00:36:00,420 additional support because we do believe 218 00:36:00,420 --> 00:36:02,579 that that presence would make the 219 00:36:02,579 --> 00:36:05,520 checkpoint stock much more safer and 220 00:36:05,520 --> 00:36:07,740 more effective but there is a 221 00:36:07,740 --> 00:36:10,619 significant police presence in town that 222 00:36:10,619 --> 00:36:12,599 has been supporting and I think you've 223 00:36:12,599 --> 00:36:15,300 all seen that overnight and again none 224 00:36:15,300 --> 00:36:17,640 of us want to be doing any of this but 225 00:36:17,640 --> 00:36:20,220 we are doing the best that we can to try 226 00:36:20,220 --> 00:36:23,099 and keep our community safe 227 00:36:23,099 --> 00:36:26,700 thank you uh Andrew counselor Tims oh I 228 00:36:26,700 --> 00:36:28,800 just want to add that uh the checkpoints 229 00:36:28,800 --> 00:36:30,480 on the west end of town are going very 230 00:36:30,480 --> 00:36:34,020 well uh when I was going through but I 231 00:36:34,020 --> 00:36:35,820 do have a question 232 00:36:35,820 --> 00:36:36,480 um 233 00:36:36,480 --> 00:36:38,880 do we have a lot of ride happening in 234 00:36:38,880 --> 00:36:42,119 town this was uh um shared with me that 235 00:36:42,119 --> 00:36:44,940 there are checkpoints within town as 236 00:36:44,940 --> 00:36:47,760 well that are stopping every car 237 00:36:47,760 --> 00:36:50,940 so not on the proposed or or the 238 00:36:50,940 --> 00:36:53,280 activated uh outskirts of town but 239 00:36:53,280 --> 00:36:55,980 within the town limits 240 00:36:55,980 --> 00:36:57,900 yeah through mayor Smith 241 00:36:57,900 --> 00:37:00,420 um the police are being quite uh quite 242 00:37:00,420 --> 00:37:03,180 diligent at pulling over uh a lot of the 243 00:37:03,180 --> 00:37:04,920 modified cars 244 00:37:04,920 --> 00:37:07,560 um we have actually spoken with some of 245 00:37:07,560 --> 00:37:09,960 the occupants of some of these cars and 246 00:37:09,960 --> 00:37:11,460 a lot of them are coming out with 247 00:37:11,460 --> 00:37:14,400 pitfalls of tickets so it's not just one 248 00:37:14,400 --> 00:37:16,980 stop uh the the worst offenders they're 249 00:37:16,980 --> 00:37:19,020 getting multiple tickets multiple 250 00:37:19,020 --> 00:37:22,079 pullovers some are being uh towed away 251 00:37:22,079 --> 00:37:23,940 and impounded 252 00:37:23,940 --> 00:37:27,300 um and the the one good thing is 253 00:37:27,300 --> 00:37:29,220 um again I don't want to give away too 254 00:37:29,220 --> 00:37:31,980 much Intelligence on this open call but 255 00:37:31,980 --> 00:37:34,800 there were a number of planned large 256 00:37:34,800 --> 00:37:38,220 Gatherings yesterday and the opp managed 257 00:37:38,220 --> 00:37:41,520 to intercept all of them I won't 258 00:37:41,520 --> 00:37:44,040 disclose where they were to occur but 259 00:37:44,040 --> 00:37:46,079 you will recall last year the kind of 260 00:37:46,079 --> 00:37:48,140 events that you saw at Canadian Tire 261 00:37:48,140 --> 00:37:51,599 that was planned for yesterday it is 262 00:37:51,599 --> 00:37:54,900 planned for today so they are being very 263 00:37:54,900 --> 00:37:56,040 effective 264 00:37:56,040 --> 00:37:58,079 at getting ahead of all of that and 265 00:37:58,079 --> 00:38:00,660 preventing a lot of that so our hope is 266 00:38:00,660 --> 00:38:02,760 that we can keep out in front of this 267 00:38:02,760 --> 00:38:05,280 and keep our community safe and ideally 268 00:38:05,280 --> 00:38:07,380 for memories of Summer that we can have 269 00:38:07,380 --> 00:38:09,660 Sunday be as normal as possible 270 00:38:09,660 --> 00:38:10,700 okay 271 00:38:10,700 --> 00:38:13,859 all right anyone else wishes to comment 272 00:38:13,859 --> 00:38:16,200 or have any questions 273 00:38:16,200 --> 00:38:19,680 mayor Smith I see Danny in the chambers 274 00:38:19,680 --> 00:38:22,980 uh okay Danny go ahead 275 00:38:22,980 --> 00:38:25,260 thank you uh your worship panel look to 276 00:38:25,260 --> 00:38:28,320 Madam clerk on a housekeeping item 277 00:38:28,320 --> 00:38:31,079 um our bylaw our car rally bylaw gave us 278 00:38:31,079 --> 00:38:32,700 the authority to close the roads for 279 00:38:32,700 --> 00:38:34,380 three days 280 00:38:34,380 --> 00:38:36,300 um because we stood the the road 281 00:38:36,300 --> 00:38:38,220 closures up a little bit early that that 282 00:38:38,220 --> 00:38:41,160 three days would expire at a time that's 283 00:38:41,160 --> 00:38:44,040 not ideal for us I do believe it would 284 00:38:44,040 --> 00:38:46,320 be within council's Authority today to 285 00:38:46,320 --> 00:38:48,240 extend those road closures and what we'd 286 00:38:48,240 --> 00:38:50,700 recommend is that they be extended till 287 00:38:50,700 --> 00:38:54,950 12 a.m Tuesday morning 288 00:38:54,960 --> 00:38:56,880 all right thank you Danny I don't think 289 00:38:56,880 --> 00:38:59,700 anyone have an issue with that 290 00:38:59,700 --> 00:39:01,920 to extend that all right uh we'll leave 291 00:39:01,920 --> 00:39:04,380 that for the clerk to put into or adapt 292 00:39:04,380 --> 00:39:09,119 and adjust the uh the uh the next 293 00:39:09,119 --> 00:39:12,589 resolution 294 00:39:12,599 --> 00:39:15,420 mayor Smith all right before you do are 295 00:39:15,420 --> 00:39:17,339 there any other comments 296 00:39:17,339 --> 00:39:19,440 I do have a few so 297 00:39:19,440 --> 00:39:20,280 um 298 00:39:20,280 --> 00:39:23,040 hey I'm very happy to be back with all 299 00:39:23,040 --> 00:39:25,320 of you and see you and I want to commend 300 00:39:25,320 --> 00:39:27,119 all of council for being here on such 301 00:39:27,119 --> 00:39:29,820 short notice uh it shows our dedication 302 00:39:29,820 --> 00:39:31,440 and commitment to the safety of our 303 00:39:31,440 --> 00:39:34,560 community and uh while we have uh all of 304 00:39:34,560 --> 00:39:37,380 council here I think it's also important 305 00:39:37,380 --> 00:39:39,599 uh to commend our staff especially our 306 00:39:39,599 --> 00:39:42,180 senior staff uh Team who have been 307 00:39:42,180 --> 00:39:44,940 working uh basically Round the Clock uh 308 00:39:44,940 --> 00:39:46,619 and have done in my opinion absolute 309 00:39:46,619 --> 00:39:48,119 phenomenal job I've been in touch with 310 00:39:48,119 --> 00:39:51,540 them regularly uh they've done uh an 311 00:39:51,540 --> 00:39:52,980 outstanding job and I couldn't be more 312 00:39:52,980 --> 00:39:55,440 proud of them so ladies and gentlemen 313 00:39:55,440 --> 00:39:57,060 thank you and make sure you please pass 314 00:39:57,060 --> 00:40:00,599 that on on behalf of council to other 315 00:40:00,599 --> 00:40:03,000 staff that are out there uh doing uh 316 00:40:03,000 --> 00:40:05,460 what you do so well today so it's much 317 00:40:05,460 --> 00:40:07,560 appreciated uh there's a couple of 318 00:40:07,560 --> 00:40:09,240 things I think are important to note and 319 00:40:09,240 --> 00:40:11,400 if I go off offsite you're at Madame 320 00:40:11,400 --> 00:40:13,320 clear please let me know but 321 00:40:13,320 --> 00:40:16,079 um you know I've received um 322 00:40:16,079 --> 00:40:17,760 I don't want to say countless I probably 323 00:40:17,760 --> 00:40:19,920 received 10 emails in the last three or 324 00:40:19,920 --> 00:40:22,440 four days uh to my office some of them 325 00:40:22,440 --> 00:40:24,599 of which you have all been copied on 326 00:40:24,599 --> 00:40:27,839 from a select few uh members of the 327 00:40:27,839 --> 00:40:30,660 public and or business individuals 328 00:40:30,660 --> 00:40:32,280 and and I don't know about the recipe 329 00:40:32,280 --> 00:40:34,079 but when I read these emails the first 330 00:40:34,079 --> 00:40:36,720 thing that comes to my mind is is how 331 00:40:36,720 --> 00:40:40,200 self-serving and and how uncaring uh 332 00:40:40,200 --> 00:40:42,300 individuals are for our community as a 333 00:40:42,300 --> 00:40:43,020 whole 334 00:40:43,020 --> 00:40:45,060 uh the fact that this you know these 335 00:40:45,060 --> 00:40:48,420 Road checks May uh inhibit someone for a 336 00:40:48,420 --> 00:40:49,800 couple of minutes to get to The 337 00:40:49,800 --> 00:40:52,560 SuperStore or the liquor store uh or 338 00:40:52,560 --> 00:40:54,300 they may have to wait to get back into 339 00:40:54,300 --> 00:40:55,859 town should they have left for 10 340 00:40:55,859 --> 00:40:58,320 minutes or something versus the Safety 341 00:40:58,320 --> 00:40:59,400 and Security 342 00:40:59,400 --> 00:41:02,339 uh and well-being of our community I I 343 00:41:02,339 --> 00:41:03,420 don't know about the rest of you it's 344 00:41:03,420 --> 00:41:05,460 just mind-boggling to me 345 00:41:05,460 --> 00:41:08,880 and so I do plan to prepare uh somewhat 346 00:41:08,880 --> 00:41:11,339 of a canned response in the next few 347 00:41:11,339 --> 00:41:13,560 days for a lot of these and there are a 348 00:41:13,560 --> 00:41:15,540 few that I plan to respond to directly 349 00:41:15,540 --> 00:41:17,640 some of those being some business people 350 00:41:17,640 --> 00:41:20,280 who uh quite frankly I'm very surprised 351 00:41:20,280 --> 00:41:23,640 at at the uh the self-centered selfish 352 00:41:23,640 --> 00:41:26,579 uh outlook on them and their sole 353 00:41:26,579 --> 00:41:28,920 business only in our community 354 00:41:28,920 --> 00:41:30,900 um but what I what I'm getting at here 355 00:41:30,900 --> 00:41:32,880 is we have 25 356 00:41:32,880 --> 00:41:34,920 000 residents in this community 357 00:41:34,920 --> 00:41:37,200 another 10 000 roughly part-time 358 00:41:37,200 --> 00:41:40,500 residents and and countless visitors and 359 00:41:40,500 --> 00:41:43,440 I've received maybe 10 emails 360 00:41:43,440 --> 00:41:45,240 um it's such a small amount of people 361 00:41:45,240 --> 00:41:47,520 it's probably not even worth responding 362 00:41:47,520 --> 00:41:49,079 quite frankly 363 00:41:49,079 --> 00:41:50,579 um but they've sent an email so they 364 00:41:50,579 --> 00:41:52,619 weren't a response 365 00:41:52,619 --> 00:41:54,960 um when I look at social media 366 00:41:54,960 --> 00:41:57,180 uh which I have done for the last three 367 00:41:57,180 --> 00:41:59,460 days I've been instructed very clearly 368 00:41:59,460 --> 00:42:01,079 by senior members of staff to stop 369 00:42:01,079 --> 00:42:02,660 reading it 370 00:42:02,660 --> 00:42:04,859 when you've got nothing better to do 371 00:42:04,859 --> 00:42:07,560 it's what you do and it's my advice as 372 00:42:07,560 --> 00:42:09,720 well so I do need to follow it but this 373 00:42:09,720 --> 00:42:11,760 is an important uh item in our community 374 00:42:11,760 --> 00:42:13,560 right now I think that this is precedent 375 00:42:13,560 --> 00:42:15,480 setting and and if we need to move 376 00:42:15,480 --> 00:42:16,980 forward and do this ever again we do 377 00:42:16,980 --> 00:42:20,460 need to learn and understand it well 378 00:42:20,460 --> 00:42:22,980 um but even on social media I'm seeing 379 00:42:22,980 --> 00:42:26,820 the same 50 maybe a hundred people who 380 00:42:26,820 --> 00:42:28,980 are out there attempting to stir the pot 381 00:42:28,980 --> 00:42:31,320 and often are being shut down by 382 00:42:31,320 --> 00:42:34,140 rational individuals in our community 383 00:42:34,140 --> 00:42:36,780 um and so you know we we just cannot 384 00:42:36,780 --> 00:42:39,480 make our decisions based on social media 385 00:42:39,480 --> 00:42:41,700 and I'm not saying we have or we will I 386 00:42:41,700 --> 00:42:44,099 know that the council and our senior 387 00:42:44,099 --> 00:42:45,660 staff are much brighter than that for 388 00:42:45,660 --> 00:42:46,800 sure 389 00:42:46,800 --> 00:42:50,280 um but again it's it amazes me uh how 390 00:42:50,280 --> 00:42:51,300 people 391 00:42:51,300 --> 00:42:54,420 are so self-absorbed and and it's it's 392 00:42:54,420 --> 00:42:55,859 quite disheartening for me I don't know 393 00:42:55,859 --> 00:42:57,780 about the rest of you but when I do read 394 00:42:57,780 --> 00:42:59,760 this stuff it's disheartening for me to 395 00:42:59,760 --> 00:43:01,380 think that these people believe there's 396 00:43:01,380 --> 00:43:03,839 no one else in the world but them 397 00:43:03,839 --> 00:43:06,300 so uh having said that the the other 398 00:43:06,300 --> 00:43:07,680 thing the last thing I want to touch on 399 00:43:07,680 --> 00:43:10,020 is is the opp because I think this is an 400 00:43:10,020 --> 00:43:12,119 important topic 401 00:43:12,119 --> 00:43:14,640 um for a council to have discussion on 402 00:43:14,640 --> 00:43:17,520 uh if not some today but in future and 403 00:43:17,520 --> 00:43:20,040 that is as we went through this process 404 00:43:20,040 --> 00:43:22,500 uh and staff correct me if I'm wrong but 405 00:43:22,500 --> 00:43:24,540 as we went through this process and and 406 00:43:24,540 --> 00:43:29,280 we sat down with the opp 90 or 95 of 407 00:43:29,280 --> 00:43:32,040 what we're doing today we did basically 408 00:43:32,040 --> 00:43:34,020 based on the information and the 409 00:43:34,020 --> 00:43:37,220 expertise that we receive from the opp 410 00:43:37,220 --> 00:43:39,720 uh everything we're doing today we 411 00:43:39,720 --> 00:43:43,020 passed by the OPP uh at no time did they 412 00:43:43,020 --> 00:43:46,680 object to any of it and in my opinion it 413 00:43:46,680 --> 00:43:49,079 was clear to me during these meetings 414 00:43:49,079 --> 00:43:52,560 that the opp was fully prepared would be 415 00:43:52,560 --> 00:43:54,300 fully prepared to deal with this event 416 00:43:54,300 --> 00:43:56,700 this weekend and that they would be 417 00:43:56,700 --> 00:43:59,940 working with us and specifically have an 418 00:43:59,940 --> 00:44:02,160 officer at every one of our checkpoints 419 00:44:02,160 --> 00:44:04,680 along with our security and our bylaw 420 00:44:04,680 --> 00:44:07,440 officers not to stop the cars not to 421 00:44:07,440 --> 00:44:10,020 question the drivers not to profile but 422 00:44:10,020 --> 00:44:12,900 to be there as a show of force and 423 00:44:12,900 --> 00:44:16,020 security that the opp were very much 424 00:44:16,020 --> 00:44:17,700 involved and very much aware of what 425 00:44:17,700 --> 00:44:19,800 we're doing and that it was all legal 426 00:44:19,800 --> 00:44:21,780 and and fell within the constitutional 427 00:44:21,780 --> 00:44:24,540 rights of individuals and and I would 428 00:44:24,540 --> 00:44:27,780 say that the very fact that we uh Danny 429 00:44:27,780 --> 00:44:29,880 and Senior staff and their hard work 430 00:44:29,880 --> 00:44:32,119 were able to 431 00:44:32,119 --> 00:44:37,319 get an injunction from a superior senior 432 00:44:37,319 --> 00:44:40,560 Superior Court Judge uh with respect to 433 00:44:40,560 --> 00:44:42,540 this matter tells me that what we have 434 00:44:42,540 --> 00:44:44,579 done and what we are doing is 435 00:44:44,579 --> 00:44:46,740 constitutional and does fall well within 436 00:44:46,740 --> 00:44:48,560 the laws and rights of individuals 437 00:44:48,560 --> 00:44:51,060 courts do not hand these things out 438 00:44:51,060 --> 00:44:52,740 willy-nilly today 439 00:44:52,740 --> 00:44:55,140 if anything they are more adverse to 440 00:44:55,140 --> 00:44:57,359 giving these things out or doing this 441 00:44:57,359 --> 00:44:59,040 than ever before 442 00:44:59,040 --> 00:45:01,619 and so I as mayor I'm very confident in 443 00:45:01,619 --> 00:45:03,839 what we have done and how we're moving 444 00:45:03,839 --> 00:45:07,020 forward I know that the opp have and 445 00:45:07,020 --> 00:45:09,180 will continue to do a great job within 446 00:45:09,180 --> 00:45:11,160 the community 447 00:45:11,160 --> 00:45:13,380 um but where I am extremely disappointed 448 00:45:13,380 --> 00:45:15,119 and I think we need to have discussion 449 00:45:15,119 --> 00:45:17,520 uh moving forward 450 00:45:17,520 --> 00:45:20,520 um is that the opp told us they would be 451 00:45:20,520 --> 00:45:22,319 at every checkpoint 452 00:45:22,319 --> 00:45:24,119 and and I don't know about the rest of 453 00:45:24,119 --> 00:45:26,940 you but for me having an opp officer at 454 00:45:26,940 --> 00:45:30,300 those checkpoints if for nothing else I 455 00:45:30,300 --> 00:45:31,819 think just 456 00:45:31,819 --> 00:45:35,579 increases their safety uh and the 457 00:45:35,579 --> 00:45:38,940 security of our staff and the uh the 458 00:45:38,940 --> 00:45:41,099 company that we've hired to do this and 459 00:45:41,099 --> 00:45:42,780 the fact that they have not stepped up 460 00:45:42,780 --> 00:45:44,280 even though they've been asked to do so 461 00:45:44,280 --> 00:45:46,260 I know that Andrew has had some 462 00:45:46,260 --> 00:45:48,060 conversations with the detached commit 463 00:45:48,060 --> 00:45:50,579 Detachment commander and they have not 464 00:45:50,579 --> 00:45:52,140 kept their word on this quite frankly 465 00:45:52,140 --> 00:45:55,619 I'm annoyed as hell about it 466 00:45:55,619 --> 00:45:58,079 um you know they were extremely happy 467 00:45:58,079 --> 00:46:00,300 that they had a council now that was 468 00:46:00,300 --> 00:46:01,260 willing 469 00:46:01,260 --> 00:46:04,200 and able to work with them not against 470 00:46:04,200 --> 00:46:07,980 them uh as in the past and we have done 471 00:46:07,980 --> 00:46:10,380 everything they've asked we have stepped 472 00:46:10,380 --> 00:46:14,160 up we have gone above and beyond what I 473 00:46:14,160 --> 00:46:17,460 believe is our part in in securing the 474 00:46:17,460 --> 00:46:20,640 safety of our community and they need to 475 00:46:20,640 --> 00:46:22,500 do their part they need to keep their 476 00:46:22,500 --> 00:46:24,839 word and so I'm going to leave that uh 477 00:46:24,839 --> 00:46:27,960 to staff today but uh I I want to make 478 00:46:27,960 --> 00:46:29,819 Council aware that I believe we need to 479 00:46:29,819 --> 00:46:31,619 have conversation on this afterwards 480 00:46:31,619 --> 00:46:33,960 because if we're going to partner 481 00:46:33,960 --> 00:46:37,140 with any organization including the opp 482 00:46:37,140 --> 00:46:39,240 moving forward we need to be rest 483 00:46:39,240 --> 00:46:40,920 assured as they do 484 00:46:40,920 --> 00:46:42,780 that we're all going to keep our word 485 00:46:42,780 --> 00:46:45,000 and do what we say we will do and I 486 00:46:45,000 --> 00:46:46,500 believe the town in this case has gone 487 00:46:46,500 --> 00:46:48,720 above and beyond and again I commend 488 00:46:48,720 --> 00:46:50,460 staff for that because that's who's been 489 00:46:50,460 --> 00:46:53,220 getting this done so I I'm open to 490 00:46:53,220 --> 00:46:55,680 comments on this if anyone wishes to 491 00:46:55,680 --> 00:46:57,599 comment and the staff as well and then 492 00:46:57,599 --> 00:46:59,880 we'll move on councilor Belanger 493 00:46:59,880 --> 00:47:02,520 yes the three-year your worship not a 494 00:47:02,520 --> 00:47:05,760 not a comment on what you just indicated 495 00:47:05,760 --> 00:47:08,760 because I totally agree but because it 496 00:47:08,760 --> 00:47:11,520 is a public meeting and I had a number 497 00:47:11,520 --> 00:47:13,859 of conversations with the same 498 00:47:13,859 --> 00:47:15,599 individuals you heard from I think 499 00:47:15,599 --> 00:47:18,599 there's a two important points people 500 00:47:18,599 --> 00:47:21,540 have short memories like most of the 501 00:47:21,540 --> 00:47:23,940 people in business that raised a concern 502 00:47:23,940 --> 00:47:27,720 it was that the roadblocks and the 503 00:47:27,720 --> 00:47:30,420 traffic situation uh we were creating 504 00:47:30,420 --> 00:47:33,780 might impact their business 505 00:47:33,780 --> 00:47:37,260 but I would remind them uh of the last 506 00:47:37,260 --> 00:47:40,200 time h2oi was allowed to come into a 507 00:47:40,200 --> 00:47:43,440 town uh that the traffic chaos they 508 00:47:43,440 --> 00:47:47,640 created and I indicated that that what 509 00:47:47,640 --> 00:47:49,500 did they think the traffic would be if 510 00:47:49,500 --> 00:47:53,040 300 to a thousand of these cars were on 511 00:47:53,040 --> 00:47:55,319 our streets and and we know that that 512 00:47:55,319 --> 00:47:58,380 that was chaos but the the second thing 513 00:47:58,380 --> 00:48:01,440 that I think is really important 514 00:48:01,440 --> 00:48:03,540 um we we just had a special budget 515 00:48:03,540 --> 00:48:08,520 meeting uh where we estimated our OPP uh 516 00:48:08,520 --> 00:48:13,500 increase uh at 262 thousand dollars and 517 00:48:13,500 --> 00:48:17,099 the last h2oi was very expensive to the 518 00:48:17,099 --> 00:48:19,440 municipality and we know that that will 519 00:48:19,440 --> 00:48:21,900 be faced and over the the next four 520 00:48:21,900 --> 00:48:25,560 years those costs uh so I I would remind 521 00:48:25,560 --> 00:48:28,260 the public there is there is a cost to 522 00:48:28,260 --> 00:48:31,619 these checkpoints but not nearly as high 523 00:48:31,619 --> 00:48:34,020 as having helicopters in the air and 524 00:48:34,020 --> 00:48:37,020 command centers and and all the rest of 525 00:48:37,020 --> 00:48:40,800 it so you know 262 000 is one percent on 526 00:48:40,800 --> 00:48:44,819 all our taxes and not only are we uh 527 00:48:44,819 --> 00:48:46,800 taking great care of the safety of our 528 00:48:46,800 --> 00:48:49,380 residents uh but we also are doing our 529 00:48:49,380 --> 00:48:53,040 best to limit the impact on on taxation 530 00:48:53,040 --> 00:48:55,800 so uh I just wanted to make those two 531 00:48:55,800 --> 00:48:57,960 points in a public meeting thank you 532 00:48:57,960 --> 00:49:02,170 thank you councilor anyone else 533 00:49:02,180 --> 00:49:05,220 seeing no one else all right again I'll 534 00:49:05,220 --> 00:49:06,900 just reiterate have the utmost respect 535 00:49:06,900 --> 00:49:08,460 for the Ontario Provincial Police and 536 00:49:08,460 --> 00:49:09,720 what they do they keep our community 537 00:49:09,720 --> 00:49:12,420 safe on a regular basis but we need to 538 00:49:12,420 --> 00:49:15,359 be able to to count on uh what we're 539 00:49:15,359 --> 00:49:17,579 told and uh and we'll keep our word as 540 00:49:17,579 --> 00:49:18,720 well 541 00:49:18,720 --> 00:49:21,599 all right uh Council sorry uh Madam 542 00:49:21,599 --> 00:49:24,119 clerk you have a resolution amended 543 00:49:24,119 --> 00:49:28,560 I do so prior to adoption at the bylaws 544 00:49:28,560 --> 00:49:30,839 um I do have a motion to waive the 545 00:49:30,839 --> 00:49:35,099 portion of the car Riley bylaw so I will 546 00:49:35,099 --> 00:49:37,140 propose the following that Council 547 00:49:37,140 --> 00:49:40,160 waives section 5.3 of bylaw 548 00:49:40,160 --> 00:49:43,500 2023-74 to permit a road closure to 549 00:49:43,500 --> 00:49:46,020 extend beyond three days ending at 550 00:49:46,020 --> 00:49:50,160 midnight Tuesday September 5th 2023. 551 00:49:50,160 --> 00:49:51,599 all right you've heard the question 552 00:49:51,599 --> 00:49:53,160 could I have a mover and a second or on 553 00:49:53,160 --> 00:49:54,900 that or any any questions first of all 554 00:49:54,900 --> 00:49:56,099 sorry 555 00:49:56,099 --> 00:49:58,440 seeing none a mover and a secondary 556 00:49:58,440 --> 00:50:01,319 uh counselor ego and uh councilor DeLeo 557 00:50:01,319 --> 00:50:03,060 all in favor 558 00:50:03,060 --> 00:50:05,579 motion carries unanimously 559 00:50:05,579 --> 00:50:09,500 all right uh the resolution uh 4.1 560 00:50:09,500 --> 00:50:12,300 2023-91 I've already read that you've 561 00:50:12,300 --> 00:50:13,619 heard that could I have a move in a 562 00:50:13,619 --> 00:50:15,540 second or for that as well 563 00:50:15,540 --> 00:50:18,000 uh counselor Tims and Deputy Mayor Snell 564 00:50:18,000 --> 00:50:19,920 all in favor 565 00:50:19,920 --> 00:50:22,619 that also carries unanimously 566 00:50:22,619 --> 00:50:25,520 moving item to 4.2 567 00:50:25,520 --> 00:50:28,020 2023.92 resulted a bylaw to confirmed 568 00:50:28,020 --> 00:50:29,700 the proceedings of the council the 569 00:50:29,700 --> 00:50:31,380 corporation of the town of Wasaga Beach 570 00:50:31,380 --> 00:50:33,599 and its special emergency meeting held 571 00:50:33,599 --> 00:50:36,900 Saturday September 2nd 2023 be received 572 00:50:36,900 --> 00:50:38,640 and to be deemed and read a first second 573 00:50:38,640 --> 00:50:41,780 and third time passed in numbered number 574 00:50:41,780 --> 00:50:44,220 2023-2 can I have a move in a second for 575 00:50:44,220 --> 00:50:46,740 this confirmatory bylaw who by councilor 576 00:50:46,740 --> 00:50:49,260 Tim's executive by counselor Eagle all 577 00:50:49,260 --> 00:50:51,000 in favor 578 00:50:51,000 --> 00:50:53,220 that also carries unanimously and if 579 00:50:53,220 --> 00:50:55,980 there's nothing else from staff this 580 00:50:55,980 --> 00:50:58,740 meeting is adjourned thank you everybody 581 00:50:58,740 --> 00:51:01,339 thank you