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04 09 1997 COW Minutes , i THE CORPORATION OF THE TOWNSHIP OF ORO-MEDONTE REGULAR COMMITTEE OF THE WHOLE MEETING Report No. 91-01. Wednesday. April 9. 1991 @ 9:00 a.m. - Committee Room Present: 8 Mayor Ian Beard Deputy Mayor Murray Martin Councillor Neil Craig Councillor Walter Dickie Councillor Donald Bell Councillor Thelma Halfacre Councillor Ron Sommers Deborah Broderick, Director, Recreation & Community Economic Development, Jerry Ball, Road Superintendent, Jeff Brydges, Deputy Treasurer, Joe Casey, Deputy Fire Chief, Keith Mathieson, Public Works, Ron Kolbe, C.B.D., Janice McKinnon, Assistant to the Clerk. Staff Present: Also Present Were: George Laidlaw, Bill Robertson, Dennis Lathem. Mayor Beard chaired the meeting and called the meeting to order at 9:00 a.m. 1. 2. DISCLOSURE OF PECUNIARY INTEREST AND GENERAL NATURE THEREOF: -IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE ACT. Councillor Bell declared a pecuniary interest with item 5. (b), the nature being that he is a contributor to a municipal drain #5. Councillor Bell left the room and did not participate or vote on the matter. DEPUTATIONS: (a) Dennis Lathem, George Laidlaw and Bill Robertson from Centra Gas reviewed with Council background information with respect to renewal of the Franchise Agreement. Areas of expansion and potential of same was discussed by the deputation and members of Council. 10:40 a.m. Council recessed for lunch @ 12:20 p.m. and reconvened @ 1 :47 p.m. 3. 8 (a) (b) (c) (d) (e) FINANCE, ADMINISTRATION AND FIRE: Jeff Brydges, Deputy Treasurer, report re: Reduction of Securities, Scott Silo Construction Limited. Jeff Brydges, Deputy Treasurer, report re: Municipal Drains. Lynda Aiken, Clerk, report re: Auctioneer's Licensing. Bill Drury, correspondence re: Request for extension of requirement for building demolition. Bruce Chappell, correspondence re: Property owned by Township of Dro- Medonte, Con. 5, E. pt. Lot 21. 8 4. (a) 5. 6. (a) 1. (a) (b) 8. -2- 3. FINANCE, ADMINISTRATION AND FIRE CONTINUED: (f) Simcoe County District Health Unit, correspondence re: Requesting endorsement of rationale for advocating a provincially funded health system. (g) Simcoe County District Health Unit, correspondence re: Requesting support for continued provision of Environmental Protection Services on behalf of the County of Simcoe Member Municipalities. (h) Minister Without Portfolio Responsible for Seniors, correspondence re: 1997 Senior of the Year Program. (Deferred from March 26, 1997 Committee of Whole Meeting). PUBLIC WORKS: Keith Mathieson, Public Works, report re: Yard Waste Collection, Legislation regarding Branch Pick-up. PLANNING & DEVELOPMENT COMMUNITY SERVICE: Eady & District Community Association, correspondence re: Requesting rental fee be waived for arena. ADDENDUM: Deborah Broderick, Director of Recreation & Community Economic Development, confidential report re: Draft Community Halls re: Master Parks & Recreation Plan. (To be held In-Camera). Deputy Mayor Martin, re: Stop Signs @ Shanty Bay, Conc. 2 and Ridge Road. IN-CAMERA SESSION: Motion No.1 Moved by Dickie, seconded by Martin 8 It is recommended that the agenda for the Committee of the Whole meeting, Wednesday, April 9, 1997 be adopted as printed and circulated with the addition of the following: 9. (a) (b) Deborah Broderick, Director of Recreation & Community Economic Development, confidential report re: Draft Community Halls re: Master Parks & Recreation Plan. (To be held In-Camera). Deputy Mayor Martin, re: Stop Signs at Shanty Bay, Conc. 2 & Ridge Road. Carried. - 3- Motion No.2 Moved by Martin, seconded by Dickie It is recommended that the statement of accounts for the month of March, 1997 totaling $3,762,794.92 be received. Carried. Motion No.3 8 Moved by Martin, seconded by Dickie It is recommended that the report from Jeff Brydges, Deputy Treasurer, re: Reduction of Securities, Scott Silo Construction Limited, be received and the Treasurer be authorized to reduce the letter of credit for Scott Silo Construction Limited, Sprucewood Estates Subdivision, Plan M535, for Phase I by $26,325.00 from $92,418.00 to $66,093.00 and for Phase II by $19,463.00 from $67,855.00 to $48,392.00, based on the recommendation of R. G. Robinson and Associates (Barrie) Ltd., subject to the developer providing a satisfactory statutory declaration of accounts paid. Carried. Motion No.4 Moved by Dickie, seconded by Martin It is recommended that the report from Jeff Brydges, Deputy Treasurer re: Municipal Drains, be received and adopted and further that the following costs from 1994 be absorbed in the 1997 public works operating expenditures and not be billed separately to the benefitting owners: Drain No.5, $80.54; Drain No.7, $80.54; and Drain No. 11, $60.40. Carried. Motion No.5 Moved by Martin, seconded by Dickie It is recommended that the report from Lynda Aiken, Clerk re: Auctioneer's Licensing, be received and adopted. Carried. 8 Motion No.6 Moved by Dickie, seconded by Martin It is recommended that the correspondence from Bill Drury, re: Request for extension of requirement for building demolition as per Agreement dated November 8, 1996, be received and an extension be granted until August 8, 1997 with respect to Section 3(a) of the Agreement. Carried. -4- Motion No.1 Moved by Dickie, seconded by Bell It is recommended that the correspondence from Bruce Chappell, re: Property owned by Township of Oro-Medonte, Con. 5 E. pt. Lot 21, be received and referred to staff for a report back to Council. Carried. 8 Motion No.8 Moved by Martin, seconded by Dickie It is recommended that the correspondence from the Simcoe County District Health Unit, re: Requesting endorsement of rationale for advocating a provincially funded health system, be received and WHEREAS Public Health funding has traditionally been cost-shared between municipalities and the province of Ontario; and WHEREAS there is a continued, if not greater need to ensure province-wide standards, programs, protective services and coordination, especially in the areas of communicable disease control and immunization; and WHEREAS local autonomous boards of health have historically ensured local accountability and implementation of protective and preventive services and programs; and WHEREAS the provincial government has recently proposed to fund and delegate the responsibility and liability for public health solely onto municipalities; and WHEREAS the Commissioners of Who Does What Advisory Panel and the Health Services Restructuring Commission have both strongly supported a continuing provincial role in the funding and provision of public health services and programs; and WHEREAS 100 percent municipal funding would not allow for the province to enforce or ensure the presence or equitable delivery of essential public health programs and protective services, which in itself poses a potential hazard to the citizens of this province. BE IT RESOLVED THAT: 8 The Council of the Township of Oro-Medonte requests that the Minister of Community and Social Services, the Minister of Health and the Minister of Housing and Municipal Affairs amend the previous funding proposal to 100 per cent provincial funding of public health services, with local boards of health remaining in place to ensure programs are planned, delivered and implemented consistent with local need; and That copies of this correspondence be sent to: the Association of Municipalities of Ontario, the Association of Local Public Health Agencies (ALPHA), the Ontario Public Health Association (OPHA), the Simcoe County District Health Unit, and other appropriate parties. Carried. - 5- Motion No.9 Moved by Bell, seconded by Halfacre 8 It is recommended that the correspondence from the Simcoe County District Health Unit, re: Requesting support for continued provision of Environmental Protection Services on behalf of the County of Simcoe Member Municipalities, be received and further that the Council of the Township of Oro-Medonte supports the designation of the County of Simcoe as the municipality responsible for the planning and installation of private sewage systems as outlined in sections 3 to 5 of Bill 107; and That the Council of the Township of Oro-Medonte supports the County of Simcoe entering into an agreement with the Simcoe County District Health Unit for the continued provision of Part VIII of the Environmental Protection Act on a self supporting basis on behalf of the County of Simcoe Member Municipalities at no cost to the municipalities. Deferred. Motion No.1 0 Moved by Halfacre, seconded by Bell It is recommended that the correspondence from the Minister Without Portfolio Responsible for Seniors, re: 1997 Senior of the Year Program, be received. Carried. Motion No. 11 Moved by Bell, seconded by Sommers It is recommended that the report from Keith Mathieson, Public Works, re: Yard Waste Collection, Legislation regarding Branch Pick-up, be received and adopted. Recorded vote requested by Councillor Craig 8 Councillor Bell Councillor Craig Councillor Dickie Councillor Halfacre Deputy Mayor Martin Councillor Sommers Mayor Beard Yea Nay Yea Yea Yea Yea Nay Carried. - 6- Motion No. 12 Moved by Bell, seconded by Sommers 8 It is recommended that the correspondence from Eady & District Community Association, re: Requesting rental fee be waived for arena, be received and the Council of the Township of Oro-Medonte supports the fund raising efforts of the Eady Hall Volunteers and will waive the rental fee provided that a damage deposit in the amount of $200.00 as well as a deposit of $200.00 to ensure that the building is left in a satisfactory condition is received. Both deposits shall be refundable if the above conditions are met. In addition, a hydro consumption charge of $100.00 be levied to cover the hydro usage which will not be refundable. Carried. Motion No. 13 Moved by Sommers, seconded by Bell It is recommended that we do now go In-Camera @ 1 :48 p.m. to discuss a confidential matter pertaining to the Draft Master Parks & Recreation Plan, and being a legal issue. Carried. Motion No. 14 Moved by Bell, seconded by Sommers It is recommended that we do now Rise and Report from In-Camera @ 3:30 p.m. Carried. Motion No. 15 Moved by Sommers, seconded by Bell It is recommended that the confidential report from Deborah Broderick, Director of Recreation & Community Economic Development, re: Draft Community Halls re: Master Parks & Recreation Plan, be received with further information to be provided at the next Committee of the Whole. Carried. Motion No. 16 8 Moved by Bell, seconded by Sommers It is recommended that we do now adjourn @ 3:31 p.m. Carried. Ý v? /'~:ý.. _. ./., /1.. . ,.~..f..{7..~-,. ~J:. :...".L Mayor, Ian Beárd ß tLL ¿,..~""..ëß'_L. /t/ . ^6íerk, Lynda Aiken