2022–2026 Term · Monday
September 9, 2024
City Council Meeting
Motions
Confirmation of Agenda
Council confirmed the agenda for the September 9, 2024 meeting, including all printed items and any additional new business that was added.
WITH RESPECT to the September 9, 2024 City Council, we recommend that the agenda as printed, including any additional information and new business, be confirmed.
Council will review whether Thunder Bay's hazardous materials route can be changed, and will formally ask the Nuclear Waste Management Organization to keep used nuclear fuel stored near where it's generated rather than transporting it through the city. The city will also send this request to federal and provincial officials.
WITH RESPECT to the Memorandum from Councillor Kristen Oliver, Chair – Inter-Governmental Affairs Committee, dated July 31, 2024, we recommend that Administration review the Dangerous Goods Route and determine if there are potential changes that may be enacted relative to the travel of hazardous materials through the City of Thunder Bay
- a letter be drafted on behalf of City Council urging the Nuclear Waste Management Organization (NWMO) to pursue the option of managing the used nuclear fuel waste closer to the reactor stations where the waste has been generated and is currently stored and thereby avoid the transportation of nuclear waste through Thunder Bay
- a copy of this resolution be shared with NWMO, the Minister of Energy and Natural Resources of Canada, MP Patty Hajdu and MP Marcus Powlowski
- any necessary by-laws be presented to Council for ratification. Request for Referral-Amended-Advocacy to the Province of Ontario to Adopt the Proximity Principle Memorandum from Councillor Kasey Etreni, dated August 30, 2024 containing a motion relative to the above noted was distributed separately on Monday, September 9, 2024.
Council voted to send a proposal about the Proximity Principle to the Inter-Governmental Affairs Committee to gather more information from the Canadian Nuclear Safety Commission before proceeding. The motion failed to pass.
WITH RESPECT to the Memorandum from Councillor Kasey Etreni dated August 30, 2024, we recommend that the resolution relating to Advocacy to the Province of Ontario to Adopt the Proximity Principle from the August 26, 2024 Committee of the Whole minutes be referred to the Inter- Governmental Affairs Committee to gather more information from the federally regulatory-body, the Canadian Nuclear Safety Commission (CNSC)
- the Committee share this information with Council once received
- any necessary by-laws be presented to City Council for ratification.
Council is asking the city to review hazardous materials routes and send a letter to the Nuclear Waste Management Organization asking them to store nuclear waste near reactor sites instead of transporting it through Thunder Bay.
WITH RESPECT to the Memorandum from Councillor Kristen Oliver, Chair – Inter-Governmental Affairs Committee, dated July 31, 2024, we recommend that Administration review the Dangerous Goods Route and determine if there are potential changes that may be enacted relative to the travel of hazardous materials through the City of Thunder Bay
- a letter be drafted on behalf of City Council urging the Nuclear Waste Management Organization (NWMO) to pursue the option of managing the used nuclear fuel waste closer to the reactor stations where the waste has been generated and is currently stored and thereby avoid the transportation of nuclear waste through Thunder Bay
- a copy of this resolution be shared with NWMO, the Minister of Energy and Natural Resources of Canada, MP Patty Hajdu and MP Marcus Powlowski
- any necessary by-laws be presented to Council for ratification. It was requested that Paragraph 1 & 4 and Paragraphs 2 & 3 be voted on separately. Amended-Advocacy to the Province of Ontario to Adopt the Proximity Principle – Paragraphs 1 & 4
Council is asking Administration to review the routes that hazardous materials trucks can take through Thunder Bay and propose any changes needed. If changes are recommended, they'll come back to Council for approval.
WITH RESPECT to the Memorandum from Councillor Kristen Oliver, Chair – Inter-Governmental Affairs Committee, dated July 31, 2024, we recommend that Administration review the Dangerous Goods Route and determine if there are potential changes that may be enacted relative to the travel of hazardous materials through the City of Thunder Bay
- any necessary by-laws be presented to Council for ratification.
Council urged the Nuclear Waste Management Organization to keep used nuclear fuel stored near reactor stations instead of transporting it through Thunder Bay. The motion failed to pass.
AND THAT a letter be drafted on behalf of City Council urging the Nuclear Waste Management Organization (NWMO) to pursue the option of managing the used nuclear fuel waste closer to the reactor stations where the waste has been generated and is currently stored and thereby avoid the transportation of nuclear waste through Thunder Bay
- a copy of this resolution be shared with NWMO, the Minister of Energy and Natural Resources of Canada, MP Patty Hajdu and MP Marcus Powlowski;
Ratifying Resolution
Council approved a board appointment to the Thunder Bay Port Authority. This is a standard governance action to ratify the appointment of a board member or director to the port authority.
THAT the following ratifying resolution be introduced, read, dealt with individually: 1. Board Appointment - Thunder Bay Port Authority