August 25, 2025

City Council Meeting

5 motions · 4 procedural

Motions

Confirmation of Agenda

#1 CARRIED

Council confirmed the agenda for the August 25, 2025 meeting, including any additional items and new business that were added.

WITH RESPECT to the Monday, August 25, 2025 City Council, we recommend that the agenda as printed, including any additional information and new business, be confirmed.

Moved by Dominic Pasqualino , seconded by Brian Hamilton

#4 headline

Council is directing administration to develop criteria for where tent encampments can be legally set up in Thunder Bay, then work with partner agencies and residents to identify specific locations. Administration will report back to council for approval and continue updating the public on this work.

WITH RESPECT to the memorandum from Councillor Kristen Oliver, dated July 11, 2025 we recommend that Administration be directed to create criteria for Allowable Tent Encampments in the City of Thunder Bay and report back to City Council for approval

once criteria are approved, Administration work with agency partners, and individuals living in encampments to determine where Allowable Tent Encampments are located
Administration continue to update City Council on this work and share information with the public to provide education, support and assistance related to the Human Rights-Based Community Action Plan
any necessary by-laws be presented to City Council for ratification. Ratification Deferral - Allowable Tent Encampment Areas

Moved by Kristen Oliver , seconded by Brian Hamilton

#5 CARRIED notable

Council delayed a decision on where tent encampments are allowed in Thunder Bay. The vote to approve this policy has been pushed back to the September 2 council meeting.

WITH RESPECT to resolution from August 11, 2025 Committee of the Whole meeting relative to Allowable Tent Encampment Areas, we recommend that ratification be deferred to the September 2, 2025 City Council Meeting.

Moved by Brian Hamilton , seconded by Kasey Etreni

#6 CARRIED

Council approved the official minutes from the Committee of the Whole meeting held on August 11, 2025. This is a standard procedural step to formally record and adopt the meeting minutes.

The Minutes of the following Committee of the Whole meeting, to be adopted: 1. August 11, 2025 Committee of the Whole.

Moved by Kristen Oliver , seconded by Shelby Ch'ng

Ratifying Resolution

#7 CARRIED

Council approved a memorandum on pre-budget consultations for the 2025 budget. This is a procedural step to formally introduce and ratify consultation materials before the budget planning process moves forward.

THAT the following ratifying resolutions be introduced, read, dealt with individually: 1. Memorandum - Pre-Budget Consultations - Budget 2025.

Moved by Kristen Oliver , seconded by Albert Aiello

Procedural

#2 CARRIED Council confirmed the official minutes from its August 11, 2025 meeting, making them part of the permanent record.

Moved by Brian Hamilton , seconded by Kristen Oliver

#3 Council is adopting the minutes from an August 11, 2025 committee meeting that discussed where tent encampments are allowed in the city. One item from that meeting will be voted on separately.

Moved by Kristen Oliver , seconded by Shelby Ch'ng

#8 CARRIED Council approved two by-laws: one to remove a holding symbol restriction on Paquette Road property (allowing it to proceed with development), and another to update the rules governing the Waterfront District Business Improvement Area.

Moved by Albert Aiello , seconded by Rajni Agarwal

#9 CARRIED Council formally confirmed and recorded all the decisions made at the August 25, 2025 meeting by creating an official by-law document signed by the Mayor and Clerk.

Moved by Michael Zussino , seconded by Kristen Oliver