2022–2026 Term · Monday
April 28, 2025
City Council Meeting
Motions
Confirmation of Agenda
Council approved the agenda for the April 28, 2025 meeting as written, including any additional items added during the meeting.
WITH RESPECT to the April 28, 2025 City Council meeting, we recommend that the agenda as printed, including any additional information and new business, be confirmed.
Ratifying Resolution
Council approved a ratifying resolution to appoint someone to the Tbaytel Board of Directors. This formalizes a board appointment decision.
THAT the following ratifying resolution be introduced, read, dealt with individually: 1. Board Appointment - Tbaytel Board of Directors
Council voted against delaying a decision on the Thunder Bay Public Library's facilities plan and its budget impacts until May 5, 2025. The motion to defer failed 9-4.
WITH RESPECT to the Notice of Motion to Amend – Thunder Bay Public Library – Master Facilities Plan Operating and Capital Implications, we recommend that this item be deferred to the May 5, 2025 City Council meeting.
Council rejected a proposal to modify how the Thunder Bay Public Library expands, which would have capped the city's funding contribution at $2.06 million for a new library space at Intercity Shopping Centre while requiring council approval of lease negotiations.
WITH RESPECT to Report 253-2024 - Infrastructure, Development & Operations – Capital Facilities Construction and the Memorandum from Councillor Michael Zussino dated March 31, 2025, we recommend that the resolution as presented within this report be amended as outlined below: Paragraph 1 - Deletion of “rather than Scenario 2 or Scenario 3 of the Thunder Bay Public Library’s Master Facilities Plan which require additional municipal debt, significant investment in a leased space, and indirect impacts on the south core with the sale of Brodie Library” Paragraph 2 – Addition of “AND THAT in addition, the Thunder Bay Public Library enter into negotiations pursuing a term sheet or letter of intent that, prior to any acceptance by the Thunder Bay Public Library, shall be subject to City Council’s approval, with any final negotiated lease also remaining subject to City Council consent for 24,000 square feet of space at Intercity Shopping Centre“; Paragraph 3 – Addition of “AND THAT City Council acknowledges that the Thunder Bay Public Library intends to transition its County Park lease to a month-to-month lease and will report back to City Council at a later date with a request for City Council consent to terminate the lease”; Paragraph 4 – Addition of “AND THAT the City’s contribution to the capital construction cost of the library branch at Intercity Shopping Centre be capped at $2,062,500 and financed as follows: • $1,339,000 budget reallocation from 2018 Waverley capital improvements • $723,500 funded from the Renew Thunder Bay Reserve Fund; Paragraph 5 – Deletion of “AND THAT item 2023-003-ADM TBPL Master Facilities Plan be removed from the Outstanding Items list;” (as this item has already been removed)