Summary

Council approved the 2024 interim tax levy and updated municipal parking enforcement by-laws, the substantive decisions of the meeting. The rest of the session consisted of routine procedural matters including confirmation of the agenda, approval of previous meeting minutes, and formal numbering of the January 8 proceedings as By-law 9/2024.

Motions

Confirmation of Agenda

#1 CARRIED

Council confirmed the agenda for the January 8, 2024 meeting, including all printed items and any new business that was added.

WITH RESPECT to the January 8, 2024 City Council, we recommend that the agenda as printed, including any additional information and new business, be confirmed.

Moved by Albert Aiello , seconded by Michael Zussino

Ratifying Resolutions

#5 CARRIED

Council approved two board appointments: one for the Thunder Bay District Health Unit's Board of Health, and one for the 2024 Ontario Winter Games Organizing Committee.

THAT the following ratifying resolutions be introduced, read, dealt with individually: 1. Board Appointment – Thunder Bay District Health Unit - Board of Health 2. 2024 Ontario Winter Games Organizing Committee

Moved by Greg Johnsen , seconded by Shelby Ch'ng

Procedural

#2 CARRIED Council confirmed the official minutes from two December 18, 2023 meetings (one public meeting and one regular council meeting). This is standard procedure to ensure the recorded decisions are accurate.
Moved by Greg Johnsen , seconded by Kristen Oliver
#3 CARRIED Council approved the official minutes from the December 18, 2023 Committee of the Whole meeting, making them the official record of that meeting's decisions.
Moved by Dominic Pasqualino , seconded by Greg Johnsen
#4 CARRIED Council approved two by-laws: one to set the 2024 interim tax levy and another to update the rules for municipal parking enforcement officers in Thunder Bay.
Moved by Brian Hamilton , seconded by Kasey Etreni
#6 CARRIED Council formally approved and numbered the official record of its January 8, 2024 meeting proceedings as By-law 9/2024. This is standard administrative confirmation that the meeting minutes and decisions are official.
Moved by Greg Johnsen , seconded by Andrew Foulds