March 10, 2025

City Council Meeting

4 motions · 6 procedural

Motions

Confirmation of Agenda

#1 CARRIED

Council confirmed the agenda for the March 10, 2025 meeting, including all printed items and any new business that was added.

WITH RESPECT to the March 10, 2025 City Council, we recommend that the agenda as printed, including any additional information and new business, be confirmed.

Moved by Michael Zussino , seconded by Brian Hamilton

Committee of the Whole Minutes - March 3, 2025 - Deferral -

#4 notable

Council is postponing a decision about declaring two properties at 172 and 168 Woodside Street as surplus city land. The decision has been pushed back 2 years, with council asking for an updated report by March 31, 2027.

WITH RESPECT to the recommendation as contained in the Memorandum from Deanna Walker, Manager - Realty Services, dated February 3, 2025, as presented, we recommend that the decision be further deferred for a period of 2 years

this matter be added to the Outstanding List for report back on or before March 31, 2027. Amendment - Deferral - Surplus Declaration - 172 and 168 Woodside Street ("the Lands")

Moved by Michael Zussino , seconded by Kristen Oliver

#5 LOST

Council voted on whether to speed up the timeline for reporting back on surplus land at 172 and 168 Woodside Street, moving the deadline from March 2027 to October 2025. The motion failed to pass.

WITH RESPECT to the Deferral - Surplus Declaration - 172 and 168 Woodside Street ("the Lands") resolution, we recommend that the report back date be changed from "March 31, 2027" to "October 31, 2025".

Moved by Brian Hamilton , seconded by Greg Johnsen

Woodside Street ("the Lands") resolution, we recommend that

#6 CARRIED notable

Council postponed a decision on the Woodside Street lands for 2 years and requested a report back by March 31, 2027, effectively tabling the matter from a February 2025 recommendation.

this matter be added to the Outstanding List for report back on or before March 31, 2027.

Moved by Michael Zussino , seconded by Kristen Oliver

Procedural

#2 CARRIED Council confirmed the official minutes from two City Council meetings held on February 24, 2025. This is a standard procedural step to approve the record of what was discussed and decided at those meetings.

Moved by Rajni Agarwal , seconded by Kristen Oliver

#3 Council approved the minutes from two Committee of the Whole meetings held on February 24 and March 3, 2025. A separate vote will be held on a deferred motion about declaring surplus land at 172 and 168 Woodside Street.

Moved by Trevor Giertuga , seconded by Greg Johnsen

#7 CARRIED Council approved the official meeting minutes from two Committee of the Whole meetings held on February 24 and March 3, 2025.

Moved by Trevor Giertuga , seconded by Greg Johnsen

#8 CARRIED Council received and approved the minutes from the Neebing Ward meeting held on November 27, 2024.

Moved by Greg Johnsen , seconded by Michael Zussino

#9 CARRIED Council approved two by-laws that update the appointment of municipal law enforcement officers. The first expands enforcement authority to include municipal parking by-laws, while the second updates enforcement for smoking prohibitions on Thunder Bay Regional Health Sciences Centre property.

Moved by Dominic Pasqualino , seconded by Kristen Oliver

#10 CARRIED Council formally confirmed the proceedings and decisions from its March 10, 2025 meeting by passing a standard procedural by-law that documents the meeting's validity.

Moved by Brian Hamilton , seconded by Dominic Pasqualino