971117 Regular Council Meeting MinutesOw,
November 17th, 1997
MINUTES of the meeting of the Municipal Council of the Town of
Tillsonburg held Monday, November 17th, 1997 at 7:30 P.M. in the
Council Chambers, Municipal Offices, Tillsonburg, Ontario.
PRESENT: Mayor Cam McKnight, Councillors: I. Horton, D. Beres, B.
Carroll, S. Lamb, G. Leachman, C. Rosehart, R. Smith and
F. Welsh
ORDER OF BUSINESS:
A. Adoption of Minutes
No. 1 Moved by Councillor Horton
Seconded by Councillor Rosehart AND RESOLVED THAT
the Minutes of Council under date of October 27th,
1997 be adopted as printed and circulated.
"Carried"
B. Adoption of Agenda
No. 2 Moved by Councillor Horton
Seconded by Councillor Rosehart AND RESOLVED THAT
the Agenda as prepared for Council Meeting of
November 17th, 1997 be adopted as printed, with the
following additions:
F. Communications
4. Tillsonburg Police Services Board RE:
1998 Budget
I. By -Laws
4. By -Law 2826 - To authorize the Town -'to
enter into an agreement
with OCWA.
"Carried"
C. Declarations - Municipal Conflict of Interest Act
Mayor Cam McKnight expressed a pecuniary interest with respect
to Item 5565 and L010 of the Accounts Payable as found in the
Minutes of the Finance and Administration Committee Meeting of
ONVA November 14th, 1997.
D. Appointments/Delegations
Mayor Cam McKnight welcomed the Tillsonburg Third Scout Troop I
from St. Paul's United Church to the Town Council Meeting.
E. Reports
1. Finance and Administration Committee Minutes of November
14th, 1997
2. Public Services Committee Minutes of November 12th, 1997
3. Economic Development Commission Minutes of October 28th,
1997
4. Fire Committee Minutes of November 3rd, 1997
5. Special and Property Committee Minutes of November 4th,
1997
F. Communications
1. Quebec Committee For Canada RE: Request to Support r..�
Federalist Municipalities in Quebec
2. Town of Rockland RE: Transfer of Police Service
3. M. Scholtz, Chief Librarian RE: Bill 109 - Local Control
of Libraries Act
4. Tillsonburg Police Services Board RE: 1998 Budget
G. Information
1. County of Oxford RE: Notice of Passing of Interim
Control By -Law under Planning Act
2. Ontario Municipal Board RE: Appointment for Hearing -
Ladouceur
3. Oxford County Federation of Agriculture (OCFA) RE:
Interim Control By -Law - Intensive Livestock Farms
4. Well -Head Protection Strategy Steering Committee Minutes
of October 21st, 1997
5. Ministry of Finance RE: Railway Rights -of -Ways -
Property Taxes
6. FCM RE: Canadian Municipalities' Policy Issues
7. Long Point Region Conservation Authority Minutes of
October 1st, 1997
8. FCM RE: Annual Conference - June 5 -8th, 1998
9. Hickory Hills Developments Inc. RE: Hickory Hills
Residents Association
10. County of Oxford RE: Invitation to Attend Inaugural
Meeting - December 9th, 1997
H. Resolutions
No. 3 Moved by Councillor Smith
Seconded by Councillor Carroll AND RESOLVED THAT
the Finance and Administration Committee Minutes of
November 14th, 1997 be received and recommendations
contained therein be adopted.
"Carried"
No. 4 Moved by Councillor Beres
Seconded by Councillor Welsh AND RESOLVED THAT the
Public Services Committee Minutes of November 12th,
10moh 1997 be received and recommendations contained
therein be adopted.
"Carried"
No. 5 Moved by Councillor Beres
Seconded by Councillor Welsh AND RESOLVED THAT the
Economic Development Con�nission Minutes of October
28th, 1997 be received and recommendations
contained therein be adopted.
"Carried"
No. 6 Moved by Councillor Horton
Seconded by Councillor Rosehart AND RESOLVED THAT
the Fire Committee Minutes of November 3rd, 1997 be
received and recommendations contained therein be
adopted.
"Carried"
No. 7 Moved by Councillor Carroll
Seconded by Councillor Lamb AND RESOLVED THAT the
Special and Property Committee Minutes of November
4th, 1997 be received and recoiiimendations contained
therein be adopted.
"Carried"
No. 8 Moved by Councillor Welsh
Seconded by Councillor Beres AND RESOLVED THAT the
Council of the Town of Tillsonburg support the
Quebec Committee for Canada by adopting its unity
resolution, supporting federalist municipalities in
Quebec.
"Carried"
No. 9 Moved by Councillor Smith
Seconded by Councillor Carroll AND RESOLVED THAT
approval be granted to the Tillsonburg Police
Services Board to place a purchase order for two
police cruisers for delivery in the early part of
1998.
"Carried"
No. 10 Moved by Councillor Welsh
Seconded by Councillor Horton AND RESOLVED THAT
effective January 1st, 1998, the Council -Is
Remuneration be amended as per the 1998
remuneration structure thereby reflecting the
Province's elimination of tax-free allowances to
elected officials, all subject to the elimination
of the tax-free allowance by the Province and/or
Federal Government.
"Carried"
No. 11 Moved by Councillor Smith
Seconded by Councillor Carroll AND RESOLVED THAT
the Treasurer be directed to officially notify the
employee groups on the replacement of the existing
Sick Leave Gratuity Plan with a Short Term Income
Protection Plan and THAT the detailed proposal
outlining such replacement, as presented at the
October 27th, 1997 meeting of Council, be attached
to said notification and THAT the Collective
Agreements presently in force, be re -opened to
reflect such income protection replacement and THAT
such notification to the employee groups be
submitted on or about November 17th, 1997.
"Carried"
I. By -Laws
1. By -Law 2821 --- To establish a Public Library Board
2. By -Law 2822 - To Adopt a Schedule of Fees
3. By -Law 2823 - To Amend Zoning By -Law 1994, as amended
(Gilvesy Enterprises Inc.)
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4. By -Law 2824 - To Authorize the Purchase of Certain
Firefighting Apparatus and to Authorize
Borrowing
S. By -Law 2826 - To Authorize the Town to Enter into an
Agreement with OCWA
J. Notice of Motion
K. Closed Session
Moved by Councillor Horton
Seconded by Councillor Rosehart AND RESOLVED THAT Council
moved into Closed Session to consider matters of potential
litigation.
"Carried"
Council moved back into Open Session.
Meeting adjourned at 10:30 P.M.
Mayor Clerk- istrator