The Kawartha Lakes Record

Committee of the Whole

January 16, 2024

Who was there

Present (9): Ron Ashmore, Doug Elmslie, Dan Joyce, Charlie McDonald, Mike Perry, Tracy Richardson, Eric Smeaton, Pat Warren, Emmett Yeo

Taken from the roll call in the town’s own minutes. The minutes record who was not there and almost never why.

Declared interests

Councillor Joycefor Item 7.1.2 for discussion relating to emergency management or Intertek-SAI Global as those items are related to his employment

What was decided (19 motions)

19 carried, 0 recorded otherwise. Every motion below is printed as the minutes print it.

That the Agenda for the Committee of the Whole of Tuesday, January 16, 2024, be adopted as circulated.
Moved by Councillor Perry, seconded by Councillor Ashmore
Carried
That the deputation of Shane Baker and Michael Brooks, regarding a Request to Purchase the Shoreline Road Allowance Adjacent to Grove Road, Fenelon Township , be received; and That this recommendation be brought forward to Council for consideration at the next Regular Council Meeting.
Moved by Councillor Perry, seconded by Councillor Joyce
Carried
That the deputation of Keith Stata, regarding an Entrance to Severed Property Off of Highway 121, Kinmount , be received; and That this recommendation be brought forward to Council for consideration at the next Regular Council Meeting.
Moved by Councillor Ashmore, seconded by Councillor Warren
Carried
That the deputation of James R. Webster, regarding a Request to Purchase the Unopened Road Allowance Adjacent to Part Lot 32, Concession 9, Township of Fenelon , be received; and That this recommendation be brought forward to Council for consideration at the next Regular Council Meeting.
Moved by Councillor Perry, seconded by Councillor Smeaton
Carried
That the deputation of William Denby, regarding the 2024 Tax Increase and the Allocation of Fines Collected by Provincial Offences Administration , be received; and That this recommendation be brought forward to Council for consideration at the next Regular Council Meeting.
Moved by Councillor Warren, seconded by Councillor Joyce
Carried
That the deputation of Doug Shaw, regarding 2024 Water-Wastewater Rates , be received; and That this recommendation be brought forward to Council for consideration at the next Regular Council Meeting.
Moved by Councillor Smeaton, seconded by Councillor Joyce
Carried
That the presentation by Dr. Natalie Bocking, Medical Officer of Health for Haliburton, Kawartha, Pine Ridge District Health Unit, and Dane Record, of PARN, regarding Harm Reduction Afforded by Publicly Available Sharps Bins , be received; and That this recommendation be brought forward to Council for consideration at the next Regular Council Meeting.
Moved by Councillor Richardson, seconded by Councillor Perry
Carried
That the presentation by Claire Basinski, of CIMA+, regarding an Update on the Active Transportation Master Plan , be received; and That this recommendation be brought forward to Council for consideration at the next Regular Council Meeting.
Moved by Councillor Ashmore, seconded by Councillor Perry
Carried
McDonald That the presentation by Ron Taylor, Chief Administrative Officer, and Brenda Stonehouse, Manager of Strategy and Innovation, regarding an Overview of the Kawartha Lakes Strategic Plan 2024-2027 , be received; and That this recommendation be brought forward to Council for consideration at the next Regular Council Meeting.
Moved by Councillor Richardson
Carried
That Report CAO2024-001, Kawartha Lakes Strategic Plan 2024-2027 be received; That the Kawartha Lakes Strategic Plan 2024-2027 contained in Appendix A to Report CAO2024-001 be approved; and That this recommendation be brought forward to Council for consideration at the next Regular Council Meeting.
Moved by Councillor Richardson, seconded by Councillor Joyce
Carried
That the Memorandum from Councillor Richardson, regarding a Joint Venture between the City of Kawartha Lakes and the Ministry of Transportation to Re-establish the Street Light at 929 Cottingham Road, Township of Emily, be received; That Staff report back by Q2, 2024; and That this recommendation be brought forward to Council for consideration at the next Regular Council Meeting.
Moved by Councillor Richardson, seconded by Councillor Smeaton
Carried
That the Memorandum from Councillor Richardson, regarding Calcium Chloride Program for Gravel Roads, be received. That Staff report back to Council by Q3, 2024 with a report on the status of the calcium chloride program for gravel roads, including target and achieved calcium chloride application rates, direct program costs, service and lifecycle cost impacts of the program. That Staff determine whether the program requires adjustment to better minimize gravel road lifecycle costs; and That this recommendation be brought forward to Council for consideration at the next Regular Council Meeting.
Moved by Councillor Richardson, seconded by Councillor Perry
Carried
That the Memorandum from Councillor Smeaton, regarding Service Club Signs, be received; That Staff report back to Council by end of Q2, 2024 with an update on service club and general community signs in Kawartha Lakes; and That this recommendation be brought forward to Council for consideration at the next Regular Council Meeting.
Moved by Councillor Smeaton, seconded by Councillor Perry
Carried
That the Memorandum from Councillor Ashmore, regarding Community Centre Road, Dunsford , be received; and That this recommendation be brought forward to Council for consideration at the next Regular Council Meeting.
Moved by Councillor Ashmore, seconded by Councillor Warren
Carried
That the Committee of the Whole Meeting adjourn at 4:23 p.m.
Moved by Councillor Perry, seconded by Councillor Smeaton
Carried
That the deputation of Christa Blanchard, regarding the Backyard Chicken Pilot Program, be received; and That this recommendation be brought forward to Council for consideration at the next Regular Council Meeting.
Moved by Deputy Mayor McDonald, seconded by Councillor Richardson
Carried
That the deputation of Harry Luchies, regarding the Installation of Rebar at the Soccer Fields at Wilson Fields, Lindsay, be received; and That this recommendation be brought forward to Council for consideration at the next Regular Council Meeting.
Moved by Deputy Mayor McDonald, seconded by Councillor Perry
Carried
That the presentation by Ron Taylor, Chief Administrative Officer, and Brenda Stonehouse, Manager of Strategy and Innovation, regarding an Overview of the Kawartha Lakes Strategic Plan 2024-2027, be received; and That this recommendation be brought forward to Council for consideration at the next Regular Council Meeting.
Moved by Councillor Richardson, seconded by Deputy Mayor McDonald
Carried
That all of proposed recommendations shown in Section 7.1 of the Agenda be approved by the Committee of the Whole in the order that they appear on the agenda, sequentially numbered and forwarded to Council for consideration at the next Regular Council Meeting.
Moved by Deputy Mayor McDonald, seconded by Councillor Warren
Carried

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