Taken from the roll call in the town’s own minutes. The minutes record who was not there and almost never why.
What was decided (12 motions)
12 carried, 0 recorded otherwise. Every motion below is printed as the minutes print it.
David Snutch That the agenda for the March 12, 2024 meeting of the Committee of the Whole, be approved.
Moved by Councillor Lynn Dollin
Carried
That Item CCW 2024-069, dated March 12, 2024, regarding interdivisional full-time equivalent (FTE) position transfers, be received; and That recommendations regarding the interdivisional FTE position transfers, as generally outlined in Item CCW 2024-069, be approved.
Moved by Orillia Councillor, seconded by Alternate Councillor David Snutch
Carried
That Item CCW 2024-074, dated March 12, 2024 regarding Long-Term Care Quality Improvement Plans 2024-25 be received; and That the Warden and Clerk be authorized to sign the County of Simcoe’s Long-Term Care Quality Improvement Plans.
Moved by Councillor Sandie Macdonald, seconded by Councillor Tim Fryer
Carried
That Item CCW 2024-075, dated March 12, 2024, regarding 2023-24 and 2024-25 Base Funding for Community Services, be received.
Moved by Barrie Councillor, seconded by Councillor Paul Van Staveren
Carried
That the recommendations contained within the Affordable Housing Advisory Committee Report, dated March 5, 2024, be approved.
Moved by Councillor Stephanie, seconded by Councillor Julius Lachs
Carried
That staff report back on how to engage the Province and fellow service managers in making changes to the Landlord Tenant Board process to increase efficiency of hearings in an effort to incentivize increased affordable housing and rental stock development.
Moved by Councillor Tanya Snell, seconded by Councillor Brian Smith
Carried
Jonathan Scott That Item CCW 2024-039, dated March 12, 2024, regarding the County of Simcoe LINX Transit 2024 summary, be received.
Moved by Councillor Yvonne Hamlin
Carried
That Item CCW 2024-068, dated March 12, 2024 regarding the Simcoe County Forest 2023 Annual Report, be received.
Moved by Councillor Michael Smith, seconded by Councillor Beth Prost
Carried
That Item CCW 2024-073, dated March 12, 2024 regarding a request from the Town of Bradford West Gwillimbury to install temporary traffic signals at County Road 4 and Line 9 and County Road 4 and Line 12 be received; and That the current schedule of installing permanent traffic signals at Line 9 and Line 12 within the County Road 4 Phase 1 and Phase 2 widening works be maintained.
Moved by Councillor Tim Fryer, seconded by Councillor David Evans
Carried
That Item CCW 2024-063, dated March 12, 2024 regarding a request to the province to revise the Occupational Health and Safety Act to clarify the definition of “employer”, be received; and That County representatives engage with the Association of Municipalities of Ontario on this issue and otherwise bring forward delegations to the Province when they have the opportunity; and That the Warden write a letter to the Minister of Labour requesting the Province amend the Occupational Health and Safety Act to clarify the definition of “employer” to exclude owners that have contracted a constructor for the project; and That the letter also be circulated to Simcoe Members of Provincial Parliament, the Association of Municipalities of Ontario, the Council of Ontario Construction Associations, and the City of Greater Sudbury; and That the letter and this resolution be circulated to the County’s member municipalities with a request to engage in similar efforts.
Moved by Councillor Kenneth Fowler, seconded by Councillor Brian Smith
Carried
That direction in camera and recommendations contained within Confidential Item CCW 2024-048, dated March 12, 2024 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.
Moved by Councillor Kenneth Fowler, seconded by Councillor Doug Rawson
Carried
That the March 12, 2024 Committee of the Whole be adjourned at 9:27 a.m.
Moved by Councillor Sandie Macdonald, seconded by Councillor Scott Anderson