Council Meeting

BE IT RESOLVED THAT the Agenda for the April 23, 2024 Regular Council Meeting be approved as presented.

BE IT RESOLVED THAT the Minutes of the April 9, 2024 Regular Council Meeting, and the April 10, 2024 Committee of the Whole be adopted as presented.

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 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 of the Province overall; AND WHEREAS this will afford relie

BE IT RESOLVED THAT Council authorize staff to bring forward an amending By-law at the next Regular Council Meeting.

BE IT RESOLVED THAT Council receive the draft 2023 audited financial statements for the Municipality of Tweed as presented; AND FURTHER, that Council approve the audited financial statements for the Municipality of Tweed as and for the year ending December 31, 2023; AND FURTHER, that the Mayor and CAO/Treasurer be authorized to sign the Management Report; AND FURTHER, that once the final copies of the 2023 audited financial statements are received, copies are to be posted on the Municipal website and made available to the public at the office upon request.

BE IT RESOLVED THAT Council receive the Quarterly Reports to Council Report as presented.

BE IT RESOLVED THAT Council receive the Administration Department Update as at April 17, 2024 as presented.

BE IT RESOLVED THAT Council receive the March 2024 Tweed By-law Operations Log as presented.

BE IT RESOLVED THAT Council receive the Committee/Board Reports as presented.

BE IT RESOLVED THAT Council authorize staff to investigate installing internet access at the Marlbank Dome as well as Queensborough .

BE IT RESOLVED THAT Council approve partnering with the Tweed & Area Chamber of Commerce on the resident area survey proposal.

BE IT RESOLVED THAT Council, as recommended by the Committee of the Whole authorize staff to prepare a Comprehensive Zoning By-law 2012-30 amendment to allow 1 parking space for residential units of 958 square feet or less, and 2 parking spaces for residential units over 958 square feet; AND FURTHER THAT the definition of "Parking Space" be amended for a parking space size of 9 feet in width by 18 feet in length.

BE IT RESOLVED THAT Council approve the request from the Tweed & Area Chamber of Commerce to waive the Yard Sale Permit Fee for Saturday May 25, 2024 for Tweed Community Yard Sale Day.

BE IT RESOLVED THAT Council go into a Closed Meeting at 7:23 p.m.

BE IT RESOLVED THAT staff follow Council direction from the Closed Meeting.

BE IT RESOLVED THAT the Correspondence - Information be received and filed with the exception of item number 15.2.3.

BE IT RESOLVED THAT Council support item 15.2.3 Prince Edward County request for support of Resolution re: Amend Ontario Regulation 39/121: Blue Box for "Ineligible" Sources.

BE IT RESOLVED THAT Council receive the Committee/Board Minutes as presented.

BE IT RESOLVED THAT Confirmatory By-law No. 2024-27 be read a first, second, and third and final time, passed, signed, and sealed in open Council this 23rd day of April, 2024.

BE IT RESOLVED THAT Council adjourn at 8:30 p.m.