01 07 1991 Council Minutes
THB CORPORATION 01' THB TOWNSHIP 01' ORO
RBGULAR KBBTING 01' COUNCIL
MONDAY. JANUARY 7. 1991. , 7:15 P.M. - COUNCIL CBAKBBRS
ONB 1IUNDR.BDTH AND THIRTY-POURTH KBBTING 1988-1991 COUNCIL
Council met this evening, pursuant to adjournment @ 7:15 p.m. with
the following members present:
Reeve Robert E. Drury
Deputy Reeve David Caldwell
Councillor David Burton
Councillor Alastair Crawford
Councillor Allan Johnson
Also Present Were:
Mr. Ron Sommers, Ms. Betty Moore, Mr.
Sperling, Ms. Shirley Woodrow, Mr. Jim
Cowie, Mr. Stephen Woodrow, Mr. Garth
Daniels, Mr. Steve Hayward, Ms. Kris
Menzies and One Member of the Press.
Reeve Robert E. Drury chaired the meeting.
1. DISCLOSURE AND DECLARATION OF CONFLICT OF INTEREST:
Councillor Allan Johnson declared a Conflict with Agenda Item
11 (a), recommendations from the Planning Advisory Committee
Meeting held Thursday, November 29, 1990; the nature of his
conflict concerned a recommendation from this meeting
concerning property. His parents own property adjacent to the
affected lands.
2. CONSENT AGENDA:
a) Ministry of Housing re: New ontario Building Code;
b) Ministry of Revenue re: County-Wide reassessment;
c) W.R. Warman, Chairman, Oro/Barrie/Orillia Airport Commission
re: Initial Environmental Evaluation Report;
d) The Simcoe County Board of Education re: Residency Survey,
Sugarbush and Horseshoe Highlands;
e) Oro Township Horticultural Society re: Request for 1991 Grant
f) Ministry of Transportation re: Interim Road Grant Payment
Summary;
g) Township of Flos re: Notice of Public Meeting re: Amendments
to Consolidated Official Plan;
h) R.G. Robinson and Associates re: Confidential Correspondence
re: Bayou Development site Plan;
i) R.G. Robinson and Associates re: Horseshoe Highlands, Phase
IV (A);
j) ontario Municipal Board, Notice of Motion re: Besse;
k) ontario Municipal Board, Acknowledgement re: Alfa Aggregates
Limited;
1) C.C. Tatham and Associates Limited, Confidential
to Simcoe County District Health unit re: Bravakis Proposal,
Part Lot 10, Concession 5;
m) R.G. Robinson and Associates, Confidential Correspondence re:
a) Johnson Subdivision (Hawkestone Development Application P-
21/89) ;
b) MSL Subdivision (Letter to Reinders)
n) Torkin, Manes, Solicitor re: Confidential Correspondence to D
white, Solicitor, re: Horseshoe Resort Corporation
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3. DEPUTATIONS:
None.
4. REPORTS OF MUNICIPAL OFFICERS:
a) Fred Haughton, Public Services Administrator, Report re:
Worker Training Occupational Health and Safety;
b) Robert W. Small, Administrator/Clerk, Confidential Report re:
1991 Wages; (To be handed out @ Meeting)
c) Ron Kolbe, Chief Building Official re: Monthly Report for
December 1990
5. COMMUNICATIONS:
a) Township of Vespra re: City of Barrie Boundary under County
Restructuring;
b) Township of Flos re: Craighurst Boundary Adjustment and
response to the Township of Vespra re: Amalgamation of
Vespra/Oro/Flos/Medonte/Elmvale;
c) Township of Orillia re: Oro/Orillia Township Boundary;
d) Township of Tay re: 1) Simcoe County Study, Criteria for
Assessing Change - Limited Applicat
by Committee;
2) Fairness of Representation;
e) Kiwanis Club of Barrie re: civic Night Dinner, January 28/91,
Continental Inn;
f) County of Simcoe, Solid Waste Management Department re:
Confidential Correspondence re: Simcoe By-Law No. 3845 and No
3854, (Township Employees);
g) County of Simcoe, Solid Waste Management Department re:
Tipping Fees, 1991 Waste Management Budgets;
h) The North Simcoe Waste Management Association re: Cost of
Disposal of Tires;
i) Jarratt-Coulson Rate Payers Association re: Status of
Official Plan and Buffalo Springs Proposed Development;
j) Township of Tay re: Development Charges Act and Simcoe County
Restructuring;
k) Township of Medonte re: County Restructuring; Township of
Proposal;
1) G.M. Sernas and Associates re: Confidential Correspondence re
request to reduce Letters of Credit, Sugarbush SUbdivision,
Phase III, Stage I and II;
m) Ministry of Natural Resources re: Planning for Flood
Emergencies;
n) Northern Patterns re: Letter of Credit
NOTE: Council recessed @ 8:00 p.m.;
Council reconvened @ 8:15 p.m.
MOTION NO. 1
Moved by Caldwell, seconded by Crawford
Be it resolved that the minutes of the Regular Meeting of Council
held on Monday, December 17, 1990, be adopted as printed and
circulated.
Carried
MOTION NO. 2
Moved by Johnson, seconded by Burton
Be it resolved that the minutes of the Special Meeting of Council
held on Monday, December 31, 1990, be adopted as printed and
circulated.
Carried
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MOTION NO. 3
Moved by Burton, seconded by Johnson
Be it resolved that the accounts presented for the period ending
Monday, January 7, 1991, in the amount of $195,415.45, plus payroll
for the period ending Thursday, December 27, 1990, in the amount of
$45,095.30, in accordance with the computer print-out presented to
Council, be approved for payment.
Carried
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MOTION NO.4
Moved by Crawford, seconded by Caldwell
Be it resolved that the Road Expenditures for the period ending
Monday, January 7, 1991, be accepted as presented, and further,
Treasurer be authorized to issue cheques in the amount of
$172,802.29.
Carried
MOTION NO. 5
Moved by Caldwell, seconded by Crawford
Be it resolved that the recommendations listed on the Consent
Agenda, Item No.5, be approved.
Carried
MOTION NO. 6
Moved by Johnson, seconded by Burton
Be it resolved that the Report from Fred Haughton, Public Services
Administrator, re: Worker Training Occupational Health and Safety,
be received and adopted.
Carried
MOTION NO. 7
Moved by Crawford, seconded by Caldwell
Be it resolved that the Confidential Report from Robert W. Small,
Administrator/Clerk, re: 1991 Wages be received and adopted.
Carried
MOTION NO. 8
Moved by Burton, seconded by Johnson
Be it resolved that the Report from Ron Kolbe, Chief Building
Official, re: Building Department Monthly Report for December 1990
be received.
Carried
MOTION NO. 9
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Moved by Caldwell, seconded by Crawford
Be it resolved that the Correspondence from the Township of Flos,
the proposal by the Township of Oro Boundary Adjustment, Hamlet of
craighurst and the correspondence from the Township of Flos to the
Township of Vespra, re: Amalgamation of
Vespra/Oro/Flos/Medonte/Elmvale, be received.
carried
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MOTION NO. 10
Moved by Johnson, seconded by Burton
Be it resolved that the Correspondence from the Township of Orillia
re: oro/Orillia Township Boundary, be received.
carried
MOTION NO. 11
Moved by Crawford, seconded by Caldwell
Be it resolved that the Correspondence from the Township of Tay re:
Simcoe County Study, criteria for Assessing Change/Limited
Application by Committee and their letter dated December 21st, 1990
to the county of Simcoe re: Fairness of Representation, be
received, and further, the Administrator/Clerk draft a letter to
County Study Committee supporting the Township of Tay's position.
Carr
MOTION NO. 12
Moved by Burton, seconded by Johnson
Be it resolved that the Correspondence from the Kiwanis Club of
Barrie regarding the civic Night Dinner, January 28, 1991, to be
held at the continental Inn in Barrie, starting @ 6:30 p.m., be
received, and further, the Administrator/Clerk advise the Kiwanis
Club of Barrie that the following Members of Council will attend:
Reeve Robert Drury
Deputy Reeve David Caldwell
Councillor Alastair Crawford
Councillor David Burton
Councillor Allan Johnson
Chief Administrative Officer Robert W. Small
carried
MOTION NO. 13
Moved by Crawford, seconded by Caldwell
Be it resolved that the Confidential Correspondence from Mr. Steen
Klint from the Solid Waste Management Department of the County of
Simcoe, re: County of Simcoe By-Law No. 3845 and No. 3854,
concerning the transfer of Township Employees to the County of
simcoe, be received.
carried
MOTION NO. 14
Moved by Johnson, seconded by Burton
Be it resolved that the correspondence from the County of Simcoe,
Solid Waste Management Department, re: Tipping Fees, 1991 Waste
Management Budgets, be received, and further, the
Administrator/Clerk is hereby directed to invite Mr. Klint to a
future Committee of the Whole Meeting in order to review this
correspondence and its implications on the Township's 1991 Budget.
Carried
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MOTION NO. 15
Moved by Burton, seconded by Johnson
Be it resolved that the Correspondence from the North Simcoe Waste
Management Association re: their resolution on the cost of
disposing of used tires, be received, and further, the Corporation
of the Township of Oro endorses the resolution of the North Simcoe
Waste Management Association and directs the Administrator/Clerk to
advise the Minister of Environment, AMO and M.P.P. Allan McLean, of
the Township's position.
Carried
MOTION NO. 16
Moved by Caldwell, seconded by Crawford
Be it resolved that the Correspondence from the Jarratt-Coulson
Payers Association, regarding the fOllowing correspondence:
a) Status of the Township of Oro's Official Plan Update;
b) and the Buffalo Springs Proposal;
be received and referred to the Township Planner and Township
Planning Consultant for a response by January 21, 1991.
Carried
MOTION NO. 17
Moved by Johnson, seconded by Burton
Be it resolved that the Correspondence from the Township of Tay
the attached correspondence from the Ministry of Municipal Affairs,
re: the Development Charges Act and Simcoe County Restructuring,
received, and further, the Administrator/Clerk is to correspond
the Minister of Municipal Affairs in support of the Township of
Tay's request, and further, he is to advise the Minister of the
implications of not granting the municipality an extension.
Carried
MOTION NO. 18
Moved by Caldwell, seconded by Crawford
Be it resolved that the Correspondence from the Corporation of the
Township of Medonte, re: Township of Oro's proposal on
Restructuring of Simcoe County be received, and further, the
Administrator/Clerk advise the Reeve and Council of the Township of
Medonte that the Township of Oro in a letter addressed to the
Chairman of the Simcoe County Study Committee, dated December 14,
1990, indicated that the Township of Oro would have no objection to
the moving of its proposed boundary further north which is now be
contemplated by the Study Committee with its most recent submiss
dated December 27, 1990.
Carried
MOTION NO. 19
Moved by Johnson, seconded by Burton
Be it resolved that the Confidential Correspondence from G. M.
Sernas and Associates Limited, with regards to their request to
reduce their Letters of Credit for the Sugarbush SUbdivision, Phase
III, Stage I and II, be received and referred to the Township
Engineer for a report back to Council.
Carried
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MOTION NO. 20
Moved by Crawford, seconded by Caldwell
Be it resolved that the Correspondence from Northern Patterns
Limited, with regards to the release of their Letter of Credit in
the amount of $5000.00 be received, and further, the Treasurer be
authorized to release the Letter of Credit, provided that the
Administrator/Clerk, Chief Building Official and Township Engineer
agree that all commitments to the municipality have been met.
Carried
MOTION NO. 21
Moved by Johnson, seconded by Burton
Be it resolved that the Correspondence from the Ministry of Natural
Resources re: Planning for Flood Emergencies, be received and
referred to the Fire Chief Paul Eenhoorn.
Carried
MOTION NO. 22
Moved by Crawford, seconded by Caldwell
Be it resolved that Report No. 91-1 of the Special Committee of the
Whole Meeting held on Wednesday, January 2, 1991, and the
recommendations contained therein, be adopted as printed and
circulated.
NOTE: Councillor Allan Johnson declared a Conflict of Interest
regards to Resolution No. 23; the nature of his conflict
a recommendation from this meeting concerning property. His
own property adjacent to the affected lands. Councillor Johnson
left his seat and did not vote or discuss this resolution.
MOTION NO. 23
Moved by Burton, seconded by Caldwell
Be it resolved that Development Application P-1/86, Oro Sand and
Stone, Lots 9 and 10, Concession 13, an application for an Officia
Plan and Zoning By-Law Amendment, proceed to a Public Meeting,
provided that the Township Planning Consultant and Township
and Administrator/Clerk are satisfied that the documentation and
agreement are appropriate.
Carried
NOTE: Councillor Johnson returned to the Council Meeting.
MOTION NO. 24
Moved by Caldwell, seconded by Crawford
Be it resolved that Development Application P-7/90, Terrace Hill
Homes, Lots 13 and 24 and Lot 16-21, Concession 1, Plan 1, being an
application to develop these lands for residential use, not be
supported on the basis that the proposal is not an appropriate use
for these lands, since:
a) it is located on prime Agricultural lands;
b) it is adjacent to prime Agricultural land and an active
Dairy Farm;
c) it is located adjacent to an urban centre and the Township
has continued a policy of restricting development adjacent
to the urban centre.
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MOTION NO. 24 cont'd
Recorded Vote requested by Councillor Crawford
Councillor Burton Yea
Deputy Reeve Caldwell Yea
Councillor Crawford Yea
Councillor Johnson Yea
Reeve Drury Yea
Carried
MOTION NO. 25
Moved by Johnson, seconded by Burton
Be it resolved that Randy Phillips be hired as a Part Time
for the Oro Sportsplex, at a rate of $9.34 for a normal work
44 hours per week as outlined in By-Law No. 86-11.
MOTION NO. 26
Moved by Burton, seconded by Johnson
WHEREAS the Township of Oro has submitted three written briefs to
the Simcoe County study Committee (dated July 12, 1990, September
1990 and December 1990) outlining its position respecting potential
boundary changes affecting the Township, including its common
with the City of Barrie;
WHEREAS, these sUbmissions document in detail the planning
rationale for the Township's position that the boundary of
of Barrie should not be expanded into the Township;
IT RESOLVED that the Township of Oro is prepared to join with
of Vespra and Innisfil in presenting a united position to
the Simcoe County Study Committee and to the City of Barrie that
restructuring of the County should not include the changing of the
present city boundary with any of the three Townships.
Recorded Vote requested by Reeve Drury
Councillor Johnson Yea
Councillor Crawford Yea
Deputy Reeve Caldwell Yea
Councillor Burton Yea
Reeve Drury Yea
carried
MOTION NO. 27
Moved by Johnson, seconded by Burton
Be it resolved that a By-Law to Authorize Borrowing, be introduced
and read a first and second time and numbered By-Law No. 91-1.
Carried
That By-Law No. 91-1 be read a third time and finally passed, be
engrossed by the Clerk, signed and sealed by the Reeve.
Carried
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MOTION NO. 28
Moved by Caldwell, seconded by Crawford
Be it resolved that a By-Law to Authorize the Use of a Grid
Promissory Note, be introduced and read a first and second time and
numbered By-Law No. 91-2.
carried
That By-Law No. 91-2 be read a third time and finally passed, be
engrossed by the Clerk, signed and sealed by the Reeve.
carried
MOTION NO. 29
Moved by Johnson, seconded by Burton
Be it resolved that a By-Law to Appoint or Re-Appoint Certain
Municipal Officers and Employees and to provide for the
of Employees, be introduced and read a first and second time and
numbered By-Law No. 91-3.
Carried
That By-Law No. 91-3 be read a third time and finally passed, be
engrossed by the Clerk, signed and sealed by the Reeve.
carried
MOTION NO. 30
Moved by Crawford, seconded by Caldwell
Be it resolved that a By-Law of the Corporation of the Township of
Oro to Provide for the Annual Interim Tax Levy, Penalty for Non-
Payment of Taxes or Installment during the current Taxation Year
1991 and Interest on Tax Arrears in Subsequent Years, be introduced
and read a first and second time and numbered By-Law No. 91-4.
Carried
That By-Law No. 91-4 be read a third time and finally passed, be
engrossed by the Clerk, signed and sealed by the Reeve.
Recorded Vote requested by Deputy Reeve Caldwell
Councillor Burton Yea
Deputy Reeve Caldwell Yea
Councillor Crawford Yea
Councillor Johnson Yea
Reeve Drury Yea
carried
MOTION NO. 31
Moved by Burton, seconded by Johnson
Be it resolved that a By-Law to Confirm the Proceedings of Council
be introduced and read a first and second time and numbered By-Law
No. 91-5.
carried
That By-Law No. 91-5 be read a third time and finally passed, be
engrossed by the Clerk, signed and sealed by the Reeve.
Carried
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MOTION NO. 32
Moved by Johnson, seconded by Burton
Be it resolved that we do now adjourn @ 8:25 p.m.
carried
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Reev~ Robert E. Drury
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Clerk Robert W. Small