Taken from the roll call in the town’s own minutes. The minutes record who was not there and almost never why.
What was decided (17 motions)
17 carried, 0 recorded otherwise. Every motion below is printed as the minutes print it.
That the Council of the Municipality of West Perth accept the agenda as presented.
Moved by Murray Rose, seconded by Alex Foster
Carried
That the Council of the Municipality of West Perth accept Consent Items 4.1 - 4.15 for information and the minutes of the January 13, 2025 Regular Meeting be adopted.
Moved by Doug Feltz, seconded by Steve Herold
Carried
That the Council of the Municipality of West Perth direct staff to proceed with the Notice of Completion and Filing of the Environmental Study Report; and That the Municipality of West Perth endorse option 4, in the event of 75% grant funding is achieved; and That Council direct West Perth to work with staff of UTRCA to pursue grant funding sources.
Moved by Nicholas Vink, seconded by Diane Chessell
Carried
That the Council of the Municipality of West Perth approve entering into an agreement with His Majesty the King in Right of Ontario as represented by the Office of the Fire Marshal for the Fire Protection Grant; and That the Mayor and Clerk be authorized to sign the agreement on behalf of the Municipality.
Moved by Doug Feltz, seconded by Alex Foster
Carried
That the Council for the Municipality of West Perth receives the Ministry of Municipal Affairs and Housing - Municipal Accountability Act, 2024 Information Report.
Moved by Murray Rose, seconded by Andrew Fournier
Carried
That the Council of the Municipality of West Perth confirm their intention to proceed with the drainage work, under Section 41(1) of the Drainage Act, and consider the Final Engineer's Report of the Murray-McIntosh Drain at the Council meeting on February 18th, 2025; and That Council instructs the Clerk to send a copy of the Final Engineer's Report for the Murray-McIntosh Drain and Notice for the meeting to consider the Engineer's Report to all indicated under Section 41(1) & (2) of the Drainage Act.
Moved by Steve Herold, seconded by Alex Foster
Carried
That the Council of the Municipality of West Perth receives the 2024 Quarter 3 Variance Report for information.
Moved by Doug Feltz, seconded by Murray Rose
Carried
That the Council of the Municipality of West Perth receives the 2025 Reserve Budget Report for information.
Moved by Nicholas Vink, seconded by Steve Herold
Carried
That the Council of the Municipality of West Perth receives the 2025 Education Property Tax Rate Report for information.
Moved by Murray Rose, seconded by Alex Foster
Carried
That the Council of the Municipality of West Perth approve the Operating and Capital Budgets as amended with a total levy requisition of $12,100,573.95, which results in a levy increase of $958,050.95 or 8.60% and a tax rate increase of 7.08%.
Moved by Dean Trentowsky, seconded by Murray Rose
Carried
That Council direct staff to prepare the Budget By-Law subject to the completion of Perth County tax policy and budget approval;
Moved by Doug Feltz, seconded by Murray Rose
Carried
That the Council of the Municipality of West Perth donate 100 pins to Mitchell Ringette.
Moved by Murray Rose, seconded by Alex Foster
Carried
That the Council of the Municipality of West Perth accept the correspondence, as information.
Moved by Doug Feltz, seconded by Steve Herold
Carried
That the Council of the Municipality of West Perth give first and second reading to By-law 7-2025 this 3rd day of February, 2025.
Moved by Alex Foster, seconded by Steve Herold
Carried
That the Council of the Municipality of West Perth give third and final reading to By-law 7-2025 this 3rd day of February, 2025.
Moved by Doug Feltz, seconded by Murray Rose
Carried
That By-law 8-2025 being a By-law to confirm the proceedings of the Council of the Corporation of the Municipality of West Perth be read a first and second time this 3rd day of February, 2025.
Moved by Alex Foster, seconded by Steve Herold
Carried
That the Council of the Municipality of West Perth adjourn the Council meeting at 9:38 p.m.