Council

"THAT council now moves into closed session to consider: a. Minutes of the closed session of the regular council meeting held on January 16, 2024; and b. One matter regarding litigation or potential litigation, including matters before administrative tribunals, affecting the municipality; advice that is 2 subject to solicitor-client privilege, including communications necessary for that purpose; and a position, plan, procedure, criteria, or instruction to be applied to negotiations respecting OPA 11."

"THAT the minutes of the regular council meeting held on January 16, 2024 as presented be adopted."

"THAT the minutes of the public budget meeting held on January 16, 2024 as presented be adopted."

"THAT the minutes of the public planning meeting held on January 16, 2024 as presented be adopted."

"THAT the minutes of the special council meeting held on January 18, 2024 as presented be adopted."

"THAT the minutes of committees and boards are hereby received."

"THAT in consideration of correspondence received on January 9, 2024 from the Municipality of Tweed respecting the reinstatement of licence plate renewal sticker fees, council directs staff to send a letter of support for the resolution to Prabmeet Sarkaria, Minister of Transportation."

"THAT in consideration of correspondence received on January 19, 2024, from the City of Sarnia respecting the carbon tax, council directs staff to send a letter of support for the resolution to the Right Honourable Justin Trudeau, Prime Minister of Canada."

"THAT in consideration of correspondence received on January 26, 2024, from the Town of Orangeville respecting social and economic prosperity review, council directs staff to send a letter of support for the resolution to the Honourable Doug Ford, Premier of Ontario and Bruce- Grey-Owen Sound MPP Rick Byers."

"THAT in consideration of correspondence received January 24, 2024 from Enbridge Gas respecting the Ontario Energy Board’s (OEB) decision on Phase 1 of the Enbridge Gas 2024 rebasing application, council directs staff to send a letter of support of the Enbridge Gas correspondences to Todd Smith, Minister of Energy, and Bruce-Grey- Owen Sound MPP Rick Byers."

"THAT council receives all correspondence not otherwise dealt with."

"THAT in consideration of staff report “IPW-2024-02 – West Grey Drinking Water Systems – Inspection Reports”, council receives the report for information purposes."

"THAT in consideration of staff report ‘IPW-2024-03 - SVCA – Category 2 Programs and Services Agreements’, council defers the report until after a delegation is provided by the Saugeen Valley Conservation Authority."

"THAT in consideration of staff report “IPW-2024-04 – SVCA – Inspection Reports”, council receives the reports for information purposes."

"THAT in consideration of staff report ‘Potential Acquisition of the Durham Middle Dam’, council directs staff to proceed with option 2 as outlined in the report."

"THAT in consideration of staff report ‘Grey County request to purchase municipal lands’, council: 1. Directs staff to waive the $500.00 request to purchase municipal lands fee; 2. Declares the 0.73-acre parcel of land described as part of 451 Durham Road West, being part of PIN# 373180550 as shown in red on schedule ‘A’ attached to this report surplus to the needs of the municipality; and 3. Directs staff to proceed with the next steps in the land sale process."

"THAT in consideration of staff report ‘Appointment of Interim Chief Administrative Officer/Deputy Clerk’, council: 1. Directs staff to bring forward a bylaw to appoint Kerri Mighton, Director of Finance/Treasurer as Interim Chief Administrative Officer/Deputy Clerk; and 2. Directs staff to proceed with the recruitment of a permanent Chief Administrative Officer/Deputy Clerk."

"THAT in consideration of staff report ‘Court Security and Prisoner Transportation Agreement’, council directs staff to bring forward a bylaw to authorize the mayor and clerk to execute a transfer payment agreement with the Ministry of the Solicitor General for the court security and prisoner transportation program."

"THAT in consideration of staff report “ZA16.2022 DeMelo and Vainik – No Further Notice Required”, council hereby determines that pursuant to section 34(17) of the Planning Act, RSO 1990, as amended, no further public notice is required in respect to the proposed zoning bylaw amendment."

"THAT in consideration of staff report ‘West Grey Strategic Plan 2024-2026 – Status Report’, council receives the report for information purposes."

"THAT Bylaw Numbers 2024-010, 2024-011, 2024-012, 2024-013, 2024- 014, 2024-015, 2024-016, 2024-017, 2024-018, and 2024-019 be passed and enacted."