Council Meeting

That the meeting of the Council of the Municipality of Dutton Dunwich opens at 5:00 p.m. Motion:

THAT correspondence item 7.a. from the Association of Municipalities Ontario be received and filed. Motion:

THAT correspondence item 7.b. be received and filed. Motion:

THAT the Council of the Municipality of Dutton Dunwich supports the resolution from the Town of Midland requesting the Federal and Provinicial Governments make meaningful improvements to the current stat of "catch and release" justice in the Ontario legal system. Police Services across Ontario are exhausting precious time and resources having to manage the repeated arrests of the same offenders, which in turn, is impacting their morale, and ultimately law-abiding citizens who are paying the often significant financial and emotional toll of this broken system; and THAT a copy of this resolution be forwarded to Rob Flack, MPP, Karen Vechio, MP and the Town of Midland. Motion:

THAT the Council of the Municipality of Dutton Dunwich supports the resolution from the Town of Whitchurch-Stouffville requesting the Province of Ontario to strengthen municipal enforcement powers by: Amending the Municipal Act to enable municipalities to physically bar entry to properties where illegal land uses that have significant detrimental impacts on adjacent residential properties, the environment or create unsafe situations; and Increasing the maximum penalty amounts in the Planning Act to $50,000 for an individual upon conviction and on a subsequent conviction, not more than $25,000 for each day in which the contravention has continued after the day in which the person was initially convicted; and Including provisions to ensure a corporation is liable to fines of not more than $100,000 upon first conviction and not more than $50,000 for each day in which the contravention has continued after the day in which the corporation was initially convicted. AND THAT a copy of this resolution be forwarded to Rob Flack, MPP, Karen Vechio, MP, the Town of Whitchurch-Stouffville, and the Town of Caledon. Motion:

THAT the Council of the Municipality of Dutton Dunwich supports the resolution from the Town of Aurora and declares gender-based violence and intimate partner violence an epidemic; and AND FURTHER THAT Council recommends: That gender-based violence and intimate partner violence be declared an epidemic in the Province of Ontario; That the Federation of Canadian Municipalities, Association of Municipalities Ontario and all municipalities and regions in Ontario declare gender-based and intimate partner violence an epidemic across the country; That the provincial and federal government enact the additional 85 recommendations from the inquest into the 2015 murders of Carol Culleton, Anastasia Kuzyk, and Nathalie Warmerdam in Renfrew County, Ontario, which provide a roadmap to preventing intimate partner violence from escalating to femicide; That the Federal Government starts enactment by adding the word femicide as a term to the Criminal Code of Canada; and That the Provincial and Federal Governments provide the necessary support to municipalities, regions and their emergency social services to meaningfully address the gender-based violence and intimate partner violence epidemic. AND THAT a copy of this resolution be forwarded to Rob Flack, MPP, Karen Vechio, MP and the Town of Aurora. Motion:

THAT relevant correspondence was reviewed. Motion:

THAT the items on the Consent Agenda be approved. Motion:

THAT the Council of the Municipality of Dutton Dunwich decides to proceed with the Keillor/Wallace Street Drain improvement request under Section 78 of the Drainage Act received from Clarence and Frances Shelley, and instructs the Clerk to notify LTVCA as required under S.78(2) of the Drainage Act; and THAT an Engineer be appointed under the appropriate section of the Drainage Act after the 30-day time period from the notice of Council's decision was sent to the LTVCA and OMAFRA has passed. Motion:

THAT the Council of the Municipality of Dutton Dunwich receives the Engineer's report for the Donald Lumley Drain and instructs the Clerk to notify everyone required to be notified under Section 41 of the Drainage Act of it's intention to proceed with the drain; and THAT Council hold a meeting to consider the Engineer's report at the Council meeting scheduled for October 25, 2023 at approximately 5:00pm. Motion:

THAT all 5 members of Council be appointed to the Court of Revision and that Mayor Mike Hentz be appointed Chair; AND FURTHER THAT the regular meeting end to sit as a Court of Revision for the Lucas Drain at 5:15pm. Motion:

THAT the regular meeting of Council reconvenes at 5:41pm Motion:

THAT the Council of the Municipality of Dutton Dunwich receives the report of the CAO/Treasurer titled CCTV – Sanitary Collection System RFP Results dated October 11, 2023, for information. AND THAT Council authorize the award of the CCTV of the Sanitary Collection System to Sewer Technologies Inc at the total bid of $49,500 (excluding taxes). AND THAT the cost be funded from the Sewer Reserve. Motion:

THAT the Council of the Municipality of Dutton Dunwich receives the report of the Planner titled “Zoning By-law Amendment ZBA 1/23 – Housekeeping, Municipality of Dutton Dunwich”, dated October 11, 2023, for information; and THAT Administration be directed to schedule the required public meeting. Motion:

THAT the Council of the Municipality of Dutton Dunwich receives the report of the Cemetery Administrator titled "Cemeteries Update for October 2023", dated October 11, 2023 for information. Motion:

THAT the Council of the Municipality of Dutton Dunwich supports the decision of the Baseball Diamond Committee choosing Simpson's Fence (London) Ltd. to install a new backstop and dugouts for a total amount of $62,821.15. Motion:

THAT By-law #2023-51, being a by-law to borrow on the credit of the Corporation in the amount of $142,000 for the improvement of the Leitch-McCann Drain be read a third time and passed. Motion:

THAT the Council for the Municipality of Dutton Dunwich now moves into a session of the meeting that shall be closed to the public at 6:25 p.m., in accordance with Section 239(2) of the Municipal Act, S.O. 2001, c.25 for discussion of the following matters: Labour relations or employee negotiations - s.239(2)(d) of the Municipal Act - Cemetery and Records Motion:

THAT the Council for the Municipality of Dutton Dunwich hereby comes out of the closed session of the meeting at 7:16 pm, and the regular meeting reconvenes. Motion:

THAT By-law #2023-63, being a by-law to confirm the proceedings of the Municipal Council of the Municipality of Dutton Dunwich, be read a first, second and third time and passed. Motion:

THAT the meeting of the Council of the Municipality of Dutton Dunwich closes at 7:19pm Motion:

THAT the Council of the Municipality of Dutton Dunwich supports the resolution from the Town of Midland requesting the Federal and Provincial Governments make meaningful improvements to the current stat of "catch and release" justice in the Ontario legal system. Police Services across Ontario are exhausting precious time and resources having to manage the repeated arrests of the same offenders, which in turn, is impacting their morale, and ultimately law-abiding citizens who are paying the often significant financial and emotional toll of this broken system; and THAT a copy of this resolution be forwarded to Rob Flack, MPP, Karen Vecchio, MP and the Town of Midland. Motion:

THAT the Council of the Municipality of Dutton Dunwich supports the resolution from the Town of Aurora and declares gender-based violence and intimate partner violence an epidemic; and AND FURTHER THAT Council recommends: 1. That gender-based violence and intimate partner violence be declared an epidemic in the Province of Ontario; 2. That the Federation of Canadian Municipalities, Association of Municipalities Ontario and all municipalities and regions in Ontario declare gender-based and intimate partner violence an epidemic across the country; 3. That the provincial and federal government enact the additional 85 recommendations from the inquest into the 2015 murders of Carol Culleton, Anastasia Kuzyk, and Nathalie Warmerdam in Renfrew County, Ontario, which provide a roadmap to preventing intimate partner violence from escalating to femicide; 4. That the Federal Government starts enactment by adding the word femicide as a term to the Criminal Code of Canada; and 5. That the Provincial and Federal Governments provide the necessary support to municipalities, regions and their emergency social services to meaningfully address the gender- based violence and intimate partner violence epidemic. AND THAT a copy of this resolution be forwarded to Rob Flack, MPP, Karen Vecchio, MP and the Town of Aurora. Motion:

THAT the Council for the Municipality of Dutton Dunwich now moves into a session of the meeting that shall be closed to the public at 6:25 p.m., in accordance with Section 239(2) of the Municipal Act, S.O. 2001, c.25 for discussion of the following matters: a. Labour relations or employee negotiations - s.239(2)(d) of the Municipal Act - Cemetery and Records Motion: