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JULY 261\ 1999
MINUTES of the meeting of the Municipal Council of the Town of Tillsonburg held
Monday, July 26th, 1999 at 8:00 P.M.M. in the Council Chambers, Municipal Offices,
Tillsonburg, Ontario.
PRESENT: Mayor C. McKnight, Councillors: D. Beres, B. Carroll, S. Lamb, G.
Leachman, S. Molnar, C. Rosehart and R. Smith
ORDER OF BUSINESS:
A. Adoption of Minutes
B.
No. 1 Moved by Councillor Smith
Seconded by Councillor Carroll AND RESOLVED THAT the Minutes of
Council under dates of June 281h, July 6th and 13'\ 1999 be adopted as
printed and circulated.
"Carried"
Adoption of Agenda
No. 2 Moved by Councillor Smith
Seconded by Councillor Carroll AND RESOLVED THAT the Agenda as
prepared for Council Meeting of July 26'h, 1999 be adopted, with the
addition of:
E. Appointments/Delegations
2. Linda Albright and Bill Mates RE: Participate Program -
Summer Place
G. Communications
5. Municipality of Arran-Elderslie RE: Fair Funding Program
for Capital Maintenance and Restoration of Community
Centres and Arenas
6. Trans Canada Trail -Relay 2000 -Request for Resolution
H. Information
6. Town of Aylmer
I. Resolutions
I. To Request the Minister to Further Extend the Repayment
of School Board Remittances
"Carried"
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c. Declarations -Municipal Conflict of Interest Act
None
D. Presentations
1. Presentation of "Certified Road Supervisor" Certificate
Mayor Cam McKnight presented the certificate for a "Certified Road
Supervisor" to Wm. Alan McGilligan of the Public Services Department.
E. Appointments/Delegations
1. Deloitte & Touche RE: Report and Consolidated Financial Statements for
the year ended December 31 '', 1998
2.
Mr. John Arts introduced Cindy Webster, Manager, and Hank Van de
Ridder of Deloitte & Touche, who presented the Management Letter and
Consolidated Financial Statements for the 1998 year end.
Participate
Linda Albright and Bill Mates were in attendance and up-dated Town
Council with respect to the ongoing work at Summer Place, as part of the
Participate Program.
F. Reports
1. County of Oxford RE: Application for Water Allocation -Edwin &
Ewart McLaughlin
2. County of Oxford RE: Draft Plan of Conditions -Edwin & Ewart
McLaughlin
3. CAO RE: Canada/Ontario Infrastructure Works Project
4. CAO RE: Request for Sign Permit -Station Arts Centre
5. Court of Revision Minutes of June 291\ 1999
6. Otter Valley Utility Corridor & Recreation Trail Committee Minutes of
July 61\ 1999
7. CAO RE: Exemption to Fence By-Law 2213 -Ron Verspeeten
G. Communications
1. County of Oxford RE: Lifting of Part Lot Control -The Linkoln Group
Inc.
2. Corporation of the County of Essex RE: Infrastructure Funding-Support
of Resolution
3. Town of Gananoque RE: 'The Golden Rule' in the School System -
Support of Resolution
4. Petition RE: Request for Completion of Roads -Delevan Crescent, Frank
Street, Fourth, Second and Third Streets
H. Information
1. Town oflngersoll RE: Threshing Days Competition -August 291h, 1999
2. County of Oxford RE: County Review of Economic Development
Function
3. CAO RE: Sale of Surplus Scott Air Packs
4. Long Point Region Conservation Authority Minutes of June 2nct, 1999
5. Ministry of Municipal Affairs and Housing 1999 Southwestern Regional
Conference -November 26th, 1999
I. Resolutions
No. 3 Moved by Councillor Smith
Seconded by Councillor Carroll AND RESOLVED THAT Town Council
receive the 1998 audited Financial Statement.
"Carried"
No. 4 Moved by Councillor Carroll
Seconded by Councillor Smith AND RESOLVED THAT the Council of
the Town of Tillsonburg approve the application for water allocation
submitted by Ewart and Edwin McLaughlin and Woodstock Warehousing,
for 33 low density residential units contained in application for draft plan
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of subdivision 32T-96001, for a period of three (3) years until July 26,
2002.
"Carried"
No. 5 Moved by Councillor Rosehart
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Seconded by Councillor Beres AND RESOLVED THAT the Council of
the Town of Tillsonburg reconunend that the Council of the County of
Oxford give draft approval to draft plan of subdivision 32T-96001,
relating to a plan prepared by Kim Husted Surveying Ltd., dated 1997
(revised June 21, 1999), comprising lands owned by Edwin & Earl
McLaughlin and Woodstock Warehousing, being Part Lots 67 and 68,
Judge's Plan Registered as Plan No. 500, located on the west side of
Tillson Avenue and on the south side of North Street, in the Town of
Tillsonburg, subject to the following conditions being met prior to the
final approval of the plan for registration;
AND FURTHER THAT Condition 7F) be amended to stated that the
Parkland Block 18 be 'deeded to the Town of Tillsonburg, seeded and
fenced' and developed in accordance with the park standards set by the
Conununity Services Department;
AND FURTHER THAT the following condition 7G) be added:
"A provision which requires the owner to install a fence along the westerly
boundary of the proposed residential development that is satisfactory to
the adjacent property owner."
"Carried''
Moved by Councillor Beres
Seconded by Councillor Molnar AND RESOLVED THAT By-Law 2908,
being a By-Law to authorize the Mayor and Clerk to enter into an
amending agreement between the Corporation of the Town ofTillsonburg
and Her Majesty the Queen, in right of the Province of Ontario as
represented by the Ministry of Municipal Affairs under the
Canada/Ontario Infrastructure Program be presented to Council for
enactment.
"Carried"
No. 7 Moved by Councillor Beres
Seconded by Councillor Molnar AND RESOLVED THAT the Court of
Revision Minutes under date of June 291h, 1999 be adopted and
reconunendations contained therein be adopted.
"Carried"
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No. 8 Moved by Councillor Lamb
Seconded by Councillor Carroll AND RESOLVED THAT the Otter
Valley Utility Corridor & Recreation Trail Minutes under date of July 6th,
1999 be adopted and recommendations contained therein be adopted.
"Carried"
No. 9 Moved by Councillor Carroll
Seconded by Councillor Smith AND RESOLVED THAT Town Council
approve the exemption to Section 4.l(iii) of Fence By-Law 2213 to allow
the construction of a 1.83 meters (6 foot) fence in the front yard of a
residential lot as applied for by Mr. & Mrs. Ron Verspeeten for 20 Stubbs
Court in the Town ofTillsonburg.
"Carried"
No. 10 Moved by Councillor Leachman
Seconded by Councillor Lamb AND RESOLVED THAT the Council of
the Town of Tillsonburg recommend to Oxford County that the lands
consisting of Lot 60, Plan 41M-133, Part Lots 3 & 4, Reference Plan 41R-
6198, Town of Tillsonburg, be exempted from Part Lot Control and that
the County be requested to enact the necessary exempting by-law as well
as entering into a standard Part Lot Control Agreement with the applicant.
"Carried"
No. 11 Moved by Councillor Rosehart
Seconded by Councillor Beres AND RESOLVED THAT the Council of
the Town of Tillsonburg support the County of Essex's resolution
regarding Infrastructure Funding.
"Carried"
No. 12 Moved by Councillor Rosehart
Seconded by Councillor Beres AND RESOLVED THAT the Council of
the Town of Tillsonburg support the Town of Gananoque's resolution
regarding 'The Golden Rule' in the School System.
"Carried"
No. 13 Moved by Councillor Molnar
Seconded by Councillor Beres AND RESOLVED THAT Town Council
receive the petition from the residents of Delevan Crescent, Frank Street,
Fourth, Second and Third Streets regarding the completion of roads;
AND FURTHER THAT this matter be referred to the C.A.O. for review.
"Carried"
No. 14 Moved by Councillor Beres
Seconded by Councillor Molnar AND RESOLVED THAT the Council of
the Town of Tillsonburg support the Municipality of Arran-Elderslie's
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resolution regarding Fair Funding Program for the capital maintenance
and restoration of our Community Centres and Arenas.
"Carried"
No. 15 Moved by Councillor Lamb
Seconded by Councillor Carroll AND RESOLVED THAT the Council of
the Corporation of the Town of Tillsonburg is committed to participating
in the Trans Canada Trail Relay 2000 and therefore proclaims the Trans
Canada Trail Relay 2000 an official millennium event.
"Carried''
No. 16 Moved by Councillor Beres
Seconded by Councillor Rosehart WHEREAS Bill 106, the Fair Municipal
Finance Act of 1997, came into effect January 1, 1998 intending to
introduce a fair and accountable system of property assessment and
taxation across the province by eliminating sizeable variations in the tax
burdens of ratepayers owning similar properties;
AND WHEREAS on December 18, 1998 the Province gave Royal Assent
to Bill 79, the Fairness for Property Taxpayers Act, which protects small
businesses from large property tax increases in response to concerns
expressed by Ontario businesses that property tax increases resulting from
Bill 106 were unmanageable;
AND WHEREAS Bill 79 limits assessment reform-related property tax
increases to 10 per cent in 1998, and a further 5 per cent in each of 1999
and 2000, calculations of which are provided by regulation;
AND WHEREAS the timeliness of the regulation has caused in an
extended delay in billing taxpayers, creating a shortage in the Town's
cashflow and ultimately in significant short-term borrowing costs;
AND WHEREAS the Province has promised to assist municipalities with
the cost burden of rebilling business taxpayers as required by Bill 79;
NOW THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED THAT the Council of the Town
of Tillsonburg requests the Minister to further extend the repayment of
school board remittances until such time as final 1999 tax billings can be
received to minimize short-term borrowing costs to the Town.
"Carried"
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By-Laws
The following By-Laws received three readings and were finally enacted:
1. By-Law 2908 -To authorize amending agreement -Canada-Ontario
Infrastructure Program -Phase 2
2. By-Law 2909 -To appoint a Director of Corporate Services and Treasurer
3. By-Law 2910 -To authorize a Sub-Division Agreement -Hickory Hills
Developments Inc.
4. By-Law 2911 -To Revise 1998 Tax Rates
Notice of Motion
Closed Session
No. 17 Moved by Councillor Smith
Seconded by Councillor Carroll AND RESOLVED THAT Council move
into Executive -Closed Session.
"Carried"
No. 18 Moved by Councillor Smith
Seconded by Councillor Carroll AND RESOLVED THAT Council move
into Executive -Closed Session.
"Carried"
Meeting adjourned.
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