Committee of the Whole

That the agenda for the September 26, 2023, meeting of the Committee of the Whole, be approved.

That Item CCW 2023-231, dated September 26, 2023, regarding the Simcoe County Archives by-law update be received; and That By-law 3535 be repealed and replaced.

Jennifer Coughlin That Item CCW 2023-244, dated September 26, 2023, regarding Simcoe County Archives Operations in June to August, 2023, be received.

That the following Consent Items, having been given due consideration, be received:

That Item CCW 2023-169, dated September 26, 2023 regarding Simcoe County Hospice Alliance Funding Request, be received; and That the Simcoe County Hospice Alliance capital funding allocation for 2022 as outlined in Item CCW 2023-169, be approved.

That Item CCW 2023-240, dated September 26, 2023 regarding One-Time Funding Update Long-Term Care, be received.

That Item CCW 2023-241, dated September 26, 2023 regarding National Seniors Day, be received.

That Item CCW 2023-242, dated September 26, 2023, regarding the Recruitment and Retention Initiative, be received.

That Item CCW 2023-252, dated September 26, 2023, regarding Long-Term Care Preceptor Resource and Education Program in Long-Term Care (PREP LTC) funding, be received; and That staff recruit a temporary full-time Student Placement Coordinator with the funding as outlined in Item CCW 2023-252.

That Item CCW 2023-255 dated September 26, 2023, regarding an Age-Friendly Housing Grant Update, be received; and That staff utilize uncommitted age-friendly reserve funds from both the Housing and Municipal grant programs in future years for approved projects in either of the age-friendly grant programs.

That Council Committee of the Whole recess at 9:54 a.m. to convene a meeting of the Simcoe County Housing Corporation.

That Committee of the Whole reconvene at 10:06 a.m.

MacLellan That Item CCW 2023-223, dated September 26, 2023 regarding County Forest Land Acquisition - Current Practice & Policy Update, be received; and That the revised County Forest Growth, Investment & Protection Policy, substantively in the form attached as Schedule 1 to Item CCW 2023-223, be approved.

That the recommendations contained within the Economic Development Sub-Committee Report, dated September 12, 2023, be approved.

That January and February 2024 meetings be held in person.

That subject to amendments as may be provided by the Procedure By-law, that the 2024 schedule of regular meetings, as amended , and generally outlined in Item CCW 2023-197, be approved.

That subject deliberations in the affirmative, that item CCW 2023-226, dated September 26, 2023, regarding the 2023 Forecast report, be approved.

That the correspondence dated September 7, 2023 from the Town of Midland regarding Amalgamating with the Simcoe County Joint Accessibility Advisory Committee (AAC), be received; and That staff notify the Township of Springwater, the Township of Tay, the Township of Oro-Medonte, the Township of Adjala-Tosorontio and the Joint AAC membership of the Town of Midland joining the Joint AAC; and That staff update the Joint AAC Terms of Reference to include a Town of Midland citizen representative who shall be a person with a disability to ensure that a majority of the Joint AAC members are persons with disabilities in compliance with section 29 (3) of the Accessibility for Ontarians with Disabilities Act, 2001; and That representation on the Joint AAC be revisited with participating municipalities prior to the 2026-2030 Term of Council.

That the recommendations contained within the Bursary Committee Reports, dated September 19, 2023, be approved.

That direction in-camera contained within Confidential Item CCW 2023-212 regarding a proposed or pending acquisition or disposition of land by the municipality or local board, be voted upon and approved, in accordance with Section 239(6)(b) of the Municipal Act.

That direction in-camera contained within Confidential Item CCW 2023-235 regarding a proposed or pending acquisition or disposition of land by the municipality or local board, be voted upon and approved, in accordance with Section 239(6)(b) of the Municipal Act.

The direction In Camera regarding Confidential Item CCW 2023-237 dated September 26, 2023, regarding a proposed or pending acquisition or disposition of land, be approved and voted upon in accordance with Section 239(6)(b) of the Municipal Act, 2001, as amended.

That the September 26, 2023, meeting of Committee of the Whole, be adjourned at 10:42 a.m.