Regular Council Meeting

O'Reilly RESOLVED THAT all of the proposed resolutions shown in Section 10.1, 10.2 and 10.3 of the Agenda be approved and adopted by Council in the order that they appear on the agenda and sequentially numbered, save and except 10.1.2, 10.3.1 and 10.3.4.

RESOLVED THAT the Closed Session agenda be adopted as circulated.

RESOLVED THAT Council convene into closed session at 1:31 p.m. in order to consider matters on the Tuesday, April 4, 2017 Closed Session Agenda and that are permitted to be discussed in a session closed to the public pursuant to Section 239(2) of the Municipal Act, S.O. 2001. S.25.

RESOLVED THAT the Agenda for the Open Session of the Regular Council Meeting of Tuesday, April 4, 2017, be adopted as circulated and with the following amendments: Additions: 10.1.5 Barry Baxter, President, Kawartha Lakes Haliburton Federation of Agriculture Farm Land Tax Rate (Item 10.3.1 on the Agenda)

RESOLVED THAT an exemption to Sections 8.01 and 8.03 of the City Purchasing Policy, be approved, for the purpose of entering into a lease agreement at 24 King Street East, Omemee, ON to relocate the Omemee Public Library.

O'Reilly RESOLVED THAT , as further direction to that part of Council Resolutions CR2016-591 and CR2016-599, which stated “the City Treasurer be directed to pay Ron Robinson Ltd. in the amount of $446,125.40 in exchange for full settlement of Court File Number CV-10-101541-00 and CV-14-505340 on a without-cost basis”, Council more specifically direct the City Treasurer as follows: Payments will be made as follows: $446,105.40 will be paid to Ron Robinson Limited from the DC Reserve ($38,258.37 of which will be paid from the water distribution DC reserve account; the balance of $407,847.03 will be paid out of the sewage collection DC reserve account); $100,968.97 will be paid from the sewage collection DC reserve account to the revenue line of the 2017 Operating Budget for the Risk Management division $11420.48110) to offset the 2017 Operating budget of the Risk Management division for costs incurred in previous years; All credits owing to Ron Robinson Limited will have been cashed by the above actions; no further amounts are owing and the Manager of Corporate Assets is directed to amend the DC Reserve Fund Reconciliation

RESOLVED THAT the deputation of Paul Brown, Chair of the Agricultural Development Advisory Board regarding Farm Land Tax Rate, be received.

RESOLVED THAT the deputation of Barry Baxter, President, Kawartha Lakes-Haliburton Federation of Agriculture and Ben LeFort, Senior Farm Policy Analyst, Ontario Federation of Agriculture regarding Farm Land Tax Rate, be received.

RESOLVED THAT the April 4, 2017 Memorandum from Kelly Maloney, Economic Development Officer - Agriculture, regarding Hunting and Trapping Options in Rural and Urban Areas, be received; and THAT staff provide a report with further detail on the costs associated with an urban trapping program as well as Preventative measures and ways of deterring coyotes in urban areas.

RESOLVED THAT Report CORP2017-005, 2017 Tax Policy Decisions , be received; THAT optional property classes for the 2017 tax year are not adopted ; THAT for 2017 the tax rate reduction for vacant and excess land be set as follows: Commercial: 30% Industrial: 35% THAT for 2017 the tax rate reduction First Class Undeveloped Farm Land be set at 45%; THAT staff investigate the impact of eliminating, or reducing, the tax reduction factor for vacant and excess land in the commercial and industrial property classes effective 2018, reporting back to Council on the results in the Q4 2017 ; THAT the City of Kawartha Lakes implement capping and threshold parameters as shown below: Commercial Industrial 10% 10% Annualized Tax limit 10% 10% Prior Year's CVA Tax Limit 500 500 CVA Tax Threshold for protected properties (Increasers) ($0 to $500) and/or 500 500 CVA Tax Threshold for clawed back properties (Decreasers) ($0 to $500) * * Properties that were at CVA Tax in 2016 or that would cross over CVA Tax in 2017 are to be excluded from capping. THAT the decrease clawback parameters for 2017 be set as shown below; Multi-Residential 0% Commercial: 0% Industrial: 0% THAT the commercial tax ratio be applied to the landfill property class; THAT revenue neutral tax ratios for the multi-residential, commercial, industrial and pipeline broad property classes be adopted for 2017; and THAT the necessary By-laws be forwarded to Council for adoption.

RESOLVED THAT the farmland tax rate be reduced from 25% to 20% of the Residential Rate in an incremental fashion with a reduction of one and a quarter percent (1.25%) each year over four years, aligning with the phase in of the increased assessment values faced by farmers due to increasing land costs. This would provide for a 23.75% rate in 2017, 22.50% in 2018, 21.25% in 2019 and 20% in 2020; and THAT the necessary By-laws be forwarded to Council for adoption. Recorded (Voted)

RESOLVED THAT the By-Laws shown in Section 15.1 of the Agenda, namely: Items 15.1.1 to and including 15.1.5 be read a first, second and third time, passed, numbered, signed and the corporate seal attached.

RESOLVED THAT a by-law to confirm the proceedings of a Regular Council Meeting held Tuesday, April 4, 2017 be read a first, second and third time, passed, numbered, signed and the corporate seal attached.

RESOLVED THAT the Regular Council Meeting adjourn at 2:54 p.m.