Regular Council

RESOLVED THAT the Agenda for the Regular Meeting to be held on July 2, 2024 be approved as presented.

RESOLVED THAT the Minutes of the Regular Council Meeting held June 17, 2024 be approved as presented.

RESOLVED THAT Council accept the presentation and reports from the Northern Policy Institute as presented

RESOLVED THAT Council alter the Regular Meeting Schedule for the month of August 2024 with one (1) meeting to be held on Tuesday August 6th, 2024.

RESOLVED THAT Council approve the RFP from Stantec Page 3 of 8 Regular Council Meeting Minutes - July 2, 2024 Consulting Ltd to provide DSS reports on twelve municipal buildings and the cost be funded from the Buildings Reserve Fund.

RESOLVED THAT Council accept this report as information and authorize the Mayor and Clerk to sign the "Municipal Funding Agreement for the administration of the Canada Community- Building Fund (CCBF) between the Association of Municipalities of Ontario (AMO) and the Township of Terrace Bay AND THAT the appropriate by-law be brought forward.

RESOLVED THAT Council approve entering into a Partnership Agreement with Destination Northern Ontario for Product Development Wayfinding in Terrace Bay, and that the appropriate by-law be brought forward.

RESOLVED THAT Council accept the recommendation from Administration to approve the proposal from Digital Mammoth for the Township of Terrace Bay Website Renewal.

WHEREAS it is apparent that the Ontario Government has overlooked the needs of small rural Ontario; AND WHEREAS Ontario’s small rural municipalities face insurmountable challenges to fund both upfront investments and ongoing maintenance of their capital assets including roads, bridges, water/ wastewater and municipally owned buildings including recreational facilities, libraries and other tangible capital assets; AND WHEREAS small rural Ontario’s operating needs consume the majority of property tax revenue sources; AND WHEREAS small rural municipalities (of 10,000 people or less) are facing monumental infrastructure deficits that cannot be adequately addressed through property tax revenue alone; AND WHEREAS in 2015 the provincial government moved to standardized billing for all non-contract O.P.P. (5.1) locations; AND WHEREAS the Ontario Government has committed $9.1 billion to Toronto alone to assist with operating deficits and the repatriation of the Don Valley and Gardner Expressway; and $534 million to Ottawa for the Page 5 of 8 Regular Council Meeting Minutes - July 2, 2024 repatriation of Hwy 174; AND WHEREAS the annual cost of the Ontario Provincial Police, Municipal Policing Bureau for small rural non-contract (5.1) municipalities is approximately $428 million; AND WHEREAS this annual cost is significantly less than the repatriation costs of the Gardiner Express Way, the Don Valley Parkway and Highway 174 (Ottawa Region) but provides a greater impact to the residents

RESOLVED THAT Council approve a donation to the Terrace Bay Curling Club for rink advertising in the amount of $312.00.

RESOLVED THAT Council approve the by-law to authorize the Township to enter into a Municipal Funding Agreement for the administration of the Canada Community-Building Fund (CCBF) between the Association of Municipalities of Ontario (AMO) and the Township of Terrace Bay be read a first, second and third time and finally passed, signed by the Mayor and Clerk, sealed and numbered on this 2nd day of July, 2024

RESOLVED THAT Council approve the by-law to authorize the Township to enter into an agreement with Destination Northern Ontario for the Wayfinding Project in Terrace Bay be read a first, second and third time and finally passed, signed by the Mayor and Clerk, sealed and numbered on this 2nd day of July, 2024

RESOLVED THAT the next Regular Meeting of Council be held on July 15, 2024 @630pm in Council Chambers

RESOLVED THAT we now do adjourn at 19:26PM.