Council Meeting Agenda
Council Meeting

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Council Chambers - Hybrid
60 Snyder's Road West
Baden, Ontario
N3A 1A1

This meeting will be held in-person and electronically in accordance with Section 238 (3.3) of the Municipal Act, 2001. Please subscribe to the Township of Wilmot You Tube Channel to watch the live stream or view after the meeting.
Delegations must register with the Legislative Services Department. The only matters being discussed at this meeting will be those on the Agenda.

1.
CALL TO ORDER

  
  • RECOMMENDATION

    THAT the Regular Council Meeting held on February 26, 2024 be called to order at 7:00 p.m.

2.
TERRITORIAL LAND ACKNOWLEDGEMENT

  

Councillor S. Cressman

3.
DISCLOSURE OF PECUINARY INTEREST UNDER THE MUNICIPAL CONFLICT OF INTEREST ACT

  

Members of Council and members of the Township’s local boards are required to file a written statement when they have a conflict of interest. If a conflict is declared, please review the Policies and Rules for Council  and complete the Disclosure of Pecuniary Interest Form.

4.
ADDITIONS TO THE AGENDA

  

5.
ADOPTION OF THE AGENDA

  
  • RECOMMENDATION

    That the Agenda as presented for February 26, 2024 be adopted.

6.
MINUTES OF PREVIOUS MEETING(S)

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  • RECOMMENDATION

    THAT the Minutes of the February 12, 2024 Council Meeting and February 15, 2024 Special Council Meeting be adopted as presented.

7.
PRESENTATIONS

  

8.
DELEGATIONS

  

Pursuant to Council’s Procedural By-law, delegations are permitted to address Council for a maximum of seven (7) minutes. Delegations are only permitted to discuss matters listed on the Council agenda as staff reports; informal and formal public meetings; notice of motions; and by-laws. All Delegations where possible are encouraged to register prior to the start of the meeting. For Delegates who are attending in-person, registration is permitted up to the start of the meeting. Delegates who are interested in attending virtually must register by 3:00 p.m. on February 26, 2024, in order to participate electronically.

9.
CORRESPONDENCE

  

10.
CONSENT AGENDA

  
  • RECOMMENDATION

    THAT Consent Agenda Items 10.1 and 10.2 be approved.

10.1
IS-2024-06 - 2023 Annual Water Summary and Quality Report

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  • RECOMMENDATION

    THAT the 2023 Annual Summary and Water Quality Reports be received for information purposes; and

    THAT Council continue to commit to providing the resources for the implementation, maintenance, and continual improvement of the Drinking Water Quality Management Standard (DWQMS) as outlined in this report.

10.2
COR-2024-10 - Pending Sale of Private Property for Non-Payment of Property Taxes – Process to Date

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  • RECOMMENDATION

    THAT Report COR-2024-10 be received for information only.

11.
REPORTS

  

11.1
CAO-2024-01 - Office of the CAO, Mayor and Council Staffing Resources

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  • RECOMMENDATION

    THAT Report CAO 2024-01 Office of the CAO, Mayor and Council Staffing Resources be received as information.

11.2
CAO-2024-03 - Prime Minister’s Path: Options for Next Steps

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  • RECOMMENDATION

    That Council receive Report CAO-2024-03 Prime Ministers Path: Options for Next Steps; and further,

    That Council directs staff to proceed with Option 1, as presented in Report CAO-2024-03.

12.
NOTICES OF MOTION

  

12.1
Councillor S. Martin Regarding the Municipal Heritage Register

  

Councillor S. Martin has given notice to introduce the following motion for consideration this date: 

  • RECOMMENDATION

    WHEREAS Township of Wilmot Council has previously adopted a Heritage Register of Non-Designated Properties; and

    WHEREAS the Heritage Register of Non-Designated Properties has been added to over many years by Heritage Wilmot (now the Heritage Wilmot and Castle Kilbride Advisory Committee), and currently contains 109 properties of heritage interest; and

    WHEREAS Subsection 27(16) of the Ontario Heritage Act stipulates that any non-designated heritage property listed on the municipal register of properties as of December 31, 2022 shall be removed from the municipal register on or before January 1, 2025, if the council of the municipality does not give a notice of intention to designate the property under subsection 29(1) of the Ontario Heritage Act on or before January 1, 2025; and

    WHEREAS since January 1, 2023, Township staff and members of Heritage Wilmot have been diligently working to review the municipal heritage register, prioritize properties of highest interest, and contact landowners of top ranked properties to help determine which properties should potentially be designated in accordance with the provisions of Section 29 of the Ontario Heritage Act; and

    WHEREAS the above-noted work involving the 109 listed properties in the Township of Wilmot is extremely time-consuming and cannot be completed by December 31, 2024 with the limited municipal resources available.

    NOW THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED THAT the Township of Wilmot support the Architectural Conservancy of Ontario’s efforts to have the timeline for properties to remain on municipal heritage registers extended beyond January 1, 2025; and,

    BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED THAT the Mayor be authorized to promptly send a letter to the Honourable Doug Ford, Premier of Ontario, the Honourable Michael Ford, Minister of Citizenship and Multiculturalism, and Mike Harris, Member of Provincial Parliament for Kitchener–Conestoga, requesting that Subsection 27(16) of the Ontario Heritage Act be amended to extend the above-noted deadline for five years from January 1,2025 to January 1, 2030.

13.
ANNOUNCEMENTS

  

14.
CONFIRMATORY BY-LAW

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  • RECOMMENDATION

    THAT the Confirmatory By-Law as attached to this Agenda be read a first, second and third time, and finally passed in Open Council. 

15.
ADJOURNMENT

  
  • RECOMMENDATION

    THAT we do now adjourn to meet again at the call of the Mayor.

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