June 24, 2024

City Council Meeting

4 motions · 7 procedural 1 Recorded

Motions

Confirmation of Agenda

#1 CARRIED

Council confirmed the agenda for the June 24, 2024 meeting, including any additional items and new business that were added.

WITH RESPECT to the June 24, 2024 City Council, we recommend that the agenda as printed, including any additional information and new business, be confirmed.

Moved by Brian Hamilton , seconded by Greg Johnsen

#4 LOST notable

Council rejected a proposal to declare three small parkette properties (on Holly Crescent, Thistle Crescent, and Thornloe Drive) as surplus city land available for sale or disposal. The motion would have sent these properties to administration for processing and required public notice.

WITH RESPECT to the Memorandum from Councillor Brian Hamilton dated June 14, 2024 and relative to the minutes of Committee of the Whole June 3, 2024 and Report 2024CLS.031 (Realty Services) we recommend that the following parkette properties; 724 Holly Cresent, 628 Thistle Cresent, and Part of 661 Thornloe Drive be referred to Administration to add to the list of properties recommended for surplus

Administration provide notice to the public as per policy with respect to the surplus of these properties
be brought forward for ratification at the July 22, 2024 City Council meeting
any necessary by-laws be presented to Council for ratification.

Moved by Brian Hamilton , seconded by Kasey Etreni

#6 CARRIED

Council is postponing a decision to sell two vacant city-owned properties at 172 and 168 Street until January 13, 2025. The decision will be revisited then, and any necessary legal documents will be presented to council for approval.

WITH RESPECT to the Memorandum from Councillor Michael Zussino dated June 20, 2024, and the Committee of the Whole minutes from June 3, 2024 relating to Surplus Real Properties, we recommend that the decision to surplus the vacant property, municipally know as 172 and 168 Street, be deferred to January 13, 2025: AND THAT this item be added to the outstanding list

any necessary by-laws be presented to Council for ratification.

Moved by Michael Zussino , seconded by Greg Johnsen

Ratifying Resolution

#9 CARRIED headline

Council approved four key appointments and one landscaping services contract: appointments to the Community Economic Development Commission, a new City Manager, a new Fire Chief, and awarded a landscape architectural services contract for the Waterfront Festival Area.

THAT the following ratifying resolutions be introduced, read, dealt with individually: 1. Committee and Board Appointments - Community Economic Development Commission; 2. Report 235-2024-Infrastructure, Development & Operations-Engineering & Operations - Landscape Architectural Services Award Waterfront Festival Area; 3. Appointment of City Manager; 4. Appointment of Chief of Fire.

Moved by Albert Aiello , seconded by Rajni Agarwal

Procedural

#2 CARRIED Council approved the official minutes from three meetings held in June 2024: a regular council meeting on June 3rd, a special session on June 17th for the Community Economic Development Commission's annual general meeting, and a public meeting on June 17th.

Moved by Albert Aiello , seconded by Greg Johnsen

#3 LOST Council voted on whether to approve the sale or disposal of three city properties on Holly Crescent, Thistle Crescent, and Thornloe Drive. The motion failed with 4 councillors voting in favour and 8 against.

Moved by Brian Hamilton , seconded by Kasey Etreni

#5 CARRIED Council voted to continue conducting business past 1:00 a.m. instead of adjourning for the night.

Moved by Mark Bentz , seconded by Dominic Pasqualino

#7 CARRIED Council approved the official minutes from two Committee of the Whole meetings held in June 2024. This is a standard procedural step to formally adopt the record of what was discussed and decided at those meetings.

Moved by Brian Hamilton , seconded by Kasey Etreni

#8 CARRIED Council approved the official minutes from three ward meetings held in 2024: Current River Ward (April 30), McKellar Ward (October 18 and January 31), and Westfort Ward (March 28).

Moved by Shelby Ch'ng , seconded by Michael Zussino

#10 CARRIED Council approved 18 by-laws in one motion, including closing several street segments (lanes on Junot Avenue, Bruce Street, Sydney Street, Windsor Street, Walkover Street, and Georgina Avenue), designating two city facilities, appointing a City Manager and Fire Chief, and authorizing three separate applications for infrastructure financing through the Ontario Infrastructure and Lands Corporation.

Moved by Michael Zussino , seconded by Greg Johnsen

#11 CARRIED Council formally confirmed and approved the official record of their June 25, 2024 meeting by passing By-law 244/2024.

Moved by Kasey Etreni , seconded by Brian Hamilton