Council Meeting Minutes – March 18, 2021

MINUTES OF AGENDA NUMBER 30, OF THE COUNCIL OF THE

CORPORATION OF THE TOWNSHIP OF LAIRD, HELD 0N MARCH 18, 2021,

HELD IN PERSON AT THE LAIRD HALL.

Present: Mayor:

Dick Beitz Shawn Evoy Councillors:

Todd Rydall Frank Turco

Electronic Participation: Ed Lapish

Phyllis MacKay Clerk:

Jennifer Errington Clerk Trainee:

David Pollari Road Superintendent:

ON MOTION (No. 33-21) of Shawn Evoy, seconded by Ed Lapish that Council approves Council minutes of February 18, and the recreation committee minutes of February 23, 2021, as amended with removal of ‘local 317’ at the end of sentence in council minutes as per Councillor Turco’s recommendation. CARRIED

ON MOTION (No. 34-21) of Frank Turco, seconded by Todd Rydall that Council approves general accounts to March 18, 2021 as presented in amount of CARRIED $3,076.89.

ON MOTION (No. 35-21) of Todd Rydall, seconded by Shawn Evoy that Council approves road accounts to February 28, 2021, as presented in the amount of CARRIED $56,763.83.

ON MOTION (No. 36-21) of Shawn Evoy, seconded by Frank Turco that Council accepts report on Waste Disposal Site Lighting options and moves forward with requesting Algoma Power Inc. give a quote on having power delivered to 1606 CARRIED Government Road.

ON MOTION (No. 37-21) Frank Turco, seconded by Shawn Evoy that Council CARRIED purchase a 2200 Generac generator, as discussed.

ON MOTION (No. 38-21) of Todd Rydall, seconded by Shawn Evoy that Council CARRIED approves Procedural By-law 1031-21, as presented.

ON MOTION (No. 39-21) of Frank Turco, not seconded that Council approves Bylaw 1032-21, appointing a Clerk for the Township of Laird, with the amendment to

NON-MOTION

remove ‘acting Clerk’ to ‘Clerk’ commencing May 5, 2021.

ON MOTION (No. 40-21) of Todd Rydall, seconded by Shawn Evoy that Council rescinds motion No. 23-21 and approves By-law 1032-21, appointing a Clerk for CARRIED the Township of Laird, as presented.

ON MOTION (No. 41-21) of Shawn Evoy, seconded by Frank Turco that Council CARRIED rescinds motion No. 30-21, as discussed.

The Treasurer’s Report on funding provided to the Township, spend or committed, was reviewed with Council.

ON MOTION (No. 42-21) of Frank Turco, seconded by Todd Rydall that Council disburses funds from One-Time Funding to pay for the 2020 half-ton truck. CARRIED

ON MOTION (No. 43-21) of Ed Lapish, seconded by Frank Turco that Council wishes to reach out to Tulloch Engineering to develop a design for garage roof for CARRIED tender purposes.

ON MOTION (No. 44-21) of Todd Rydall, seconded by Shawn Evoy that Council disburses funds from the one-time Provincial funding to municipalities for modernization, service delivery and capital expenditures, for the purchase of a hydraulic limb saw, two-tine thumb for CX225 Excavator if under $16,000, and CARRIED further investigate dump trailer, as discussed.

ON MOTION (No. 45-21) of Shawn Evoy, seconded by Todd Rydall that Council gets quote on having a survey done to create 7 lots of Block A and reach out to get CARRIED market assessments.

ON MOTION (No. 46-21) of Todd Rydall, seconded by Shawn Evoy that Council CARRIED sets May 29th and May 30th, 2021 as spring clean-up days.

ON MOTION (No. 47-21) of Todd Rydall, seconded by Frank Turco that Council is in support of the Municipal Modernization Program Intake 2 – Third-Party Review Stream application submitted by the administrative office to the Provincial CARRIED Government.

ON MOTION (No. 48-21) of Frank Turco, seconded by Todd Rydall that Council supports Halton Region in petitioning the Provincial Government urging the Province to move forward with implementing the Association of Municipalities of Ontario’s recommendations contained in its submission to the Long-Term Care COVID-19 Commission, and to advocate to the Federal Government to enhance federal health care funding to the Provinces and Territories, along with requesting the Federation of Canadian Municipalities to develop a policy and advocacy CARRIED position on enhanced federal support for long-term care.

ON MOTION (No. 49-21) of Todd Rydall, seconded by Shawn Evoy that Council sets the summer meeting dates as June 10th, July 15th, and August 19th, 2021. CARRIED

Council did not make a decision on agenda item “5. e) Canadian Fallen Firefighters Association, request”.

ON MOTION (No. 50-21) of Todd Rydall, seconded by Frank Turco that Council supports the Niagara Region in its efforts to address homelessness, mental health and addiction in the Niagara Region by petitioning the Federal and Provincial ministries advocating Niagara Regions concerns with regards to lack of affordable CARRIED housing and need for additional funding.

Council did not make a decision on agenda item “5. g) City of Sarnia, Colour Coded Capacity Limits”.

ON MOTION (No. 51-21) of Shawn Evoy, seconded by Frank Turco that Council supports the Niagara Region in petitioning the Provincial Government to amend Bill 197, COVID-19 Economic Recovery Act, 2020, to eliminate the development approval requirement provisions from adjacent municipalities, and that the ‘host’ municipality be empowered to render final approval for landfills within their CARRIED jurisdiction.

Council did not make a decision on agenda item “5. i) E4m, Human Resource Policies”.

ON MOTION (No. 52-21) of Todd Rydall, seconded by Shawn Evoy that Council approves the 2021 amendment to the 5-year Road Plan (2019 to 2023), as CARRIED presented.

ON MOTION (No. 53-21) of Shawn Evoy, seconded by Todd Rydall that Council CARRIED appoints 2021 Committees and Boards, as amended.

ON MOTION (No. 54-21) of Todd Rydall, seconded by Frank Turco that Council wishes to participate in a joint meeting with Macdonald, Meredith & Aberdeen Additional Township, as per request. The Clerk-Treasurer will make CARRIED arrangements.

Councillor Shawn Evoy declared a conflict of interest with the Lakeview Bridge design correspondence, as he is a share holder in a company that may bid on the work to replace the Bridge.

ON MOTION (No. 55-21) of Frank Turco, seconded by Todd Rydall that Council accepts Council’s information on Lakeview Bridge and approves something similar to option 5, as presented, and communicate decision to Tulloch Engineering. CARRIED

ON MOTION (No. 56-21) of Shawn Evoy, seconded by Ed Lapish that the Council CARRIED meeting be adjourned at 10:25 p.m.

Mayor –

Clerk –