Council Meeting

THAT the Agenda be approved as presented.

THAT the Council Minutes dated January 14, 2025, be accepted as presented.

THAT Council receive the Consent Report dated January 28, 2025: 1. Arena 1 Emergency Repairs Update (Communication 136001) THAT Council receive the report from the Property and Project Manager on the emergency repairs to Arena 1’s Refrigeration Plant Plate and Frame Chiller; and THAT the budget deviation of $83,376.20 be funded through the 2024 year-end surplus, if any, or from the Strategic Reserve. 2. Eastern Ontario Wardens' Caucus - Municipal Infrastructure Policy Paper WHEREAS Eastern Ontario’s small rural municipalities face insurmountable challenges to fund both new growth related infrastructure and ongoing maintenance of their capital assets including local roads and bridges, clean water, wastewater, waste facilities, and municipally owned buildings including recreational facilities and libraries; and WHEREAS the Federation of Canadian Municipalities has calculated that Municipal Governments across Canada are responsible for approximately 60 percent of public infrastructure that supports our economy and quality of life, but only receive 10 cents of every tax dollar; and WHEREAS the Eastern Ontario Wardens’ Caucus (EOWC) region’s capital infrastructure deficit has increased by 58 percent since 2011 and is now at $6 billion, and growing; and WHEREAS in 2018, the Ontario Government mandated all Ontario municipalities to develop and fully fund capital asset management plans by July 2025; and WHEREAS the EOWC has released a regional Municipal Infrastructure Policy Paper sh

THAT By-law 04-2025 (To Amend Traffic and Parking By-law 46-2003 - No Parking Areas, Stokes Drive) be read a first, second, and third time, and finally passed.

THAT By-law 05-2025 (Confirmation of Council Proceedings for January 28, 2025) be read a first, second and third time, and finally passed.

THAT the meeting be adjourned at 6:09 p.m.