03 09 2015 Heritage Committee Minutes0,
Township of
Proud Heritage, Exciting Future
Monday, March 9, 2015
The Township of Oro - Medonte
Heritage Committee
Meeting Minutes
Robinson Room
Time: 6:00 p.m.
Present: Councillor Scott Jermey, Chair Councillor John Crawford, Vice -Chair
Mayor H.S. Hughes Ruth Fountain
Dorothy Moore Trudy O'Donnell
Kayla Thibeault Lynda Whiston
Staff: Roz Llewellyn, Coordinator, Community Recreation; Marie Brissette,
Coordinator, Corporate Services; Janette Teeter, Supervisor Clerk's
Services /Deputy Clerk
1. Adoption of Agenda:
a) Motion to Adopt the Agenda.
Motion No. HC150309 -1
Moved by Fountain, Seconded by Thibeault
It is recommended that the agenda for the Heritage Committee meeting of Monday, March 9,
2015 be received and adopted.
Carried.
2. Disclosure of Pecuniary Interest:
None declared.
3. Adoption of Minutes of Previous Meeting:
a) Minutes of the Heritage Committee meeting held on Monday, July 28, 2014.
Motion No. HC150309 -2
Moved by Moore, Seconded by Fountain
It is recommended that the draft minutes of the Heritage Committee meeting held on
Monday, July 28, 2014 be received and adopted as printed and circulated.
Carried.
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4. Deputations:
None.
5. Communications:
a) Councillor Jermey, re: Introduction of Members.
Members of Council, staff and members of the Committee were introduced.
b) Marie Brissette, Coordinator, Corporate Services, re:
• Township's Procedural By -Law;
• Township's Remuneration By -Law;
• Township's Confidentiality Agreement;
• Township's Heritage Committee By -Law.
Motion No. HC150309 -3
Moved by Moore, Seconded by O'Donnell
It is recommended that correspondence presented by Marie Brissette, Coordinator,
Corporate Services, re:
• Township's Procedural By -Law;
• Township's Remuneration By -Law;
• Township's Confidentiality Agreement;
• Township's Heritage Committee By -Law
be received.
Carried.
c) Councillors Jermey and Crawford, Roz Llewellyn, Coordinator, Recreation and
Community Services, re: History of Oro - Medonte Heritage Committee and Policy # POL-
PR -013, Municipal Heritage Register Policy.
Motion No. HC150309 -4
Moved by Thibeault, Seconded by Moore
It is recommended that the correspondence presented by Councillors Jermey and Crawford,
Roz Llewellyn, Coordinator, Recreation and Community Services, re: History of Oro - Medonte
Heritage Committee and Policy # POL -PR -013, Municipal Heritage Register Policy be
received.
Carried.
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d) Councillors Jermey and Crawford, Roz Llewellyn, Coordinator, Recreation and
Community Services, re: Oro African Methodist Episcopal Church.
Motion No. HC150309 -5
Moved by Whiston, Seconded by Moore
It is recommended
1. That the correspondence presented by Councillors Jermey and Crawford, Roz Llewellyn,
Coordinator, Recreation and Community Services, re: Oro African Methodist Episcopal
Church be received.
2. And That an Oro African Methodist Episcopal Church Building Task Force and an Oro
African Methodist Church Fundraising and Celebration Task Force be established.
Carried.
e) Councillor Jermey, re: Fundraising Initiatives, Oro African Methodist Episcopal Church.
Motion No. HC150309 -6
Moved by Thibeault, Seconded by O'Donnell
It is recommended that the correspondence presented by Councillor Jermey, re: Fundraising
Initiatives, Oro African Methodist Episcopal Church be received.
Carried.
f) Mayor H.S. Hughes, correspondence dated February 17, 2015 from Don Ross, Founder
and Chair, Orillia Museum of Art and History re: Celebration of the 400th Anniversary of
Samuel de Champlain in Oro - Medonte Re- instating a Commemorative Plaque.
Motion No. HC150309 -7
Moved by Fountain, Seconded by Whiston
It is recommended
1. That the correspondence dated February 17, 2015 from Don Ross, Founder and Chair,
Orillia Museum of Art and History re: Celebration of the 400th Anniversary of Samuel de
Champlain in Oro - Medonte Re- instating a Commemorative Plaque be received.
2. And That the Heritage Committee recommends to Council that a letter, under the Mayor's
signature, be sent to Don Ross, Founder and Chair, Orillia Museum of Art and History
that Council supports, in principle, the Orillia Museum of Art and History's petition to the
Provincial Government for the Provincial Government to re- instate a Commemorative
Plaque for the Celebration of the 400th Anniversary of Samuel de Champlain in the
general vicinity as outlined in the correspondence dated February 17, 2015.
Carried.
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g) Quarterly Publication of Community Heritage Ontario, Winter 2015.
Motion No. HC150309 -8
Moved by Fountain, Seconded by Thibeault
It is recommended that the correspondence, re: Quarterly Publication of Community Heritage
Ontario, Winter 2015 be received.
6. Next Meeting Date:
Monday, April 20, 2015 at 6:00 p.m.
7. Adjournment:
a) Motion to Adjourn.
Motion No. HC150309 -9
Moved by Thibeault, Seconded by Fountain
It is recommended that we do now adjourn at 7:25 p.m.
Carried.
Carried.
Councillor ermey, Chair Marie Prissett oordinator, Corporate Services
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