Committee of the Whole

That the Township of Huron-Kinloss Committee of the Whole hereby receives for information Report Number BLDG2021-12-30 prepared by Matt Farrell, Building and Planning Manager/CBO

That the Township of Huron-Kinloss Committee of the Whole hereby receives for information Report Number BLE-2021-12-19 prepared by Heather Falconer, By-Law Enforcement Officer.

That the Township of Huron-Kinloss Committee of the Whole hereby receives for information Report Number FIRE2021-12-23 prepared by Chris Cleave, Fire Chief / CEMC.

THAT the Township of Huron-Kinloss Committee of the Whole hereby receives for information Report DRAIN-2021-12-26 prepared by Emily Dance, Clerk and Grant Collins, Drainage Superintendent.

That the Township of Huron-Kinloss Committee of the Whole hereby approves Report Number CS-2021-12-39 prepared by Mike Fair, Director of Community Services, and authorizes the Point Clark Lighthouse five-year Lease Agreement with Minister of the Environment for the purposes of the Parks Canada Agency AND FURTHER approves the appropriate By-law coming forward.

That the Township of Huron-Kinloss Committee of the Whole hereby receives for information Report Number CS-2021-12-55, prepared by Maggie Young, Program Coordinator & Administration.

That the Township of Huron-Kinloss Committee of the Whole hereby receives for information report number PW-2021-12-93, as prepared by John Yungblut, Director of Public Works

THAT the Township of Huron-Kinloss Committee of the Whole hereby receives for information Report No. PW-2021-12-95, prepared by John Yungblut, Director of Public Works.

THAT the Township of Huron-Kinloss Committee of the Whole hereby approves Report Number PW-2021-12-06, prepared by John Yungblut, Director of Public Works AND agrees to extend the current contract for an additional six (6) months AND FURTHER authorizes the appropriate by-law comes forward.

THAT the Township of Huron-Kinloss Committee of the Whole hereby approves Report Number BED-2021-12-49 prepared by Taralyn Cronin, Business and Economic Officer AND FURTHER directs staff to provide comments to the County of Bruce with the concerns as outlined AND to support the principles of Business Accessibility Adaptability Grant to help businesses adapt and make renovations to accommodate those with disabilities to comply with The Accessibility for Ontarians with Disabilities Act, 2005

THAT the Township of Huron-Kinloss Committee of the Whole hereby receives for information report number BED-2021-12-51, prepared by Michelle Goetz, Community Development Officer.

That the Township of Huron-Kinloss Committee of the Whole hereby receives for information Report Number BED-2021-12-52 prepared by Lauren Eby, Business Development Coordinator.

That the Township of Huron-Kinloss Committee of the Whole hereby receives for information Report Number CAO-2021-12-37 prepared by Mary Rose Walden, Chief Administrative Officer.

That the Township of Huron-Kinloss Committee of the Whole hereby receives for information Report Number CAO-2021-12-35, prepared by Elyse Dewar, Project Coordinator.

That Township of Huron-Kinloss Committee of the Whole hereby approves Report Number CAO-2021-12-36 prepared by Mary Rose Walden, Chief Administrative Officer AND approves renewing the lease agreement with the Bruce Botanical Food Gardens Inc. for part of 62 Park Street AND FURTHER approves the appropriate By-Law coming forward.

THAT the Township of Huron-Kinloss Committee of the Whole hereby approves Report CLK-2021-12-135 prepared by Emily Dance, Clerk AND supports resuming in person Council and Committee of the Whole Meetings in, 2022 SUBJECT to the province lifting the vaccine certificate requirements for meeting spaces.

THAT the Township of Huron-Kinloss Committee of the Whole hereby receives for information Report CLK-2021-12-139 prepared by Emily Dance, Clerk

That the Township of Huron-Kinloss Committee of the Whole hereby receives for information Report Number CLK-2021-12-140 prepared by Emily Dance, Clerk

That the Township of Huron-Kinloss Committee of the Whole hereby receives for information Report Number CLK-2021-12-144 prepared by Kelly Lush, Deputy Clerk.

THAT the Township of Huron-Kinloss Committee of the Whole hereby receives for information all items listed in Section 5 AND accepts with regret the resignation of Grant Collins from the position of Drainage Superintendent.

THAT the Township of Huron-Kinloss Committee of the Whole hereby approves closing the Township of Huron-Kinloss Administration Office for a full day on Friday December 24, 2021 AND grant an exemption to Section 3.0 Christmas Holiday of the Time Off Policy for 2021 to indicate that “The Christmas Holiday season be defined at Christmas Eve to New Years Day inclusive AND THAT employees shall not have to use accumulated overtime or vacation time to compensate for December 24, 2021 AND FURTHER THAT a exemption to Section 8 Vacation Time to include with approval from the CAO, employees may carry forward a maximum of six days of vacation time to the year of 2022 AND FURTHER THAT employees that are scheduled to work on December 24, 2021 to be given time -off in lieu.

That the Township of Huron-Kinloss Committee of the Whole hereby moves into a Closed Meeting pursuant to [s. 239(2)(i)] Third-party information supplied in confidence to the municipality (e.g., a trade secret or scientific, technical, commercial, financial or labour relations information) Westario Power AND [s. 239(2)(b)] Personal matters about an identifiable individual, including municipal employees - personnel issues AND [s. 239(2)(d)] Labour relations or employee negotiations - Union Negotiations AND FURTHER return to open session upon completion.

THAT Mayor Twolan reported a closed session was held where third-party information regarding Westario was supplied in confidence AND staff was directed to bring forward a motion in open session AND personal information was received regarding personnel AND information related to Labour relations or employee negotiations was discussed with direction given to staff to bring forward a By-Law regarding Union Negotiations.