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 (19 motions)
19 carried, 0 recorded otherwise. Every motion below is printed as the minutes print it.
That the Council for the Municipality of West Perth accept the agenda as presented.
Moved by Murray Rose, seconded by Alex Foster
Carried
That the minutes of the December 2, 2024 Regular Council Meeting be adopted.
Moved by Doug Feltz, seconded by Steve Herold
Carried
That the Council of the Municipality of West Perth receives the Wastewater Capital Projects Progress Report for information.
Moved by Murray Rose, seconded by Alex Foster
Carried
That the Council of the Municipality of West Perth receives the Water Capital Budget Progress Report for information.
Moved by Steve Herold, seconded by Ryan Duck
Carried
That the Council of the Municipality of West Perth directs staff to allocate $92,000 as carry-forward capital projects from the following projects into reserves as of December 31, 2024: Keterson Park Lot LED Lighting: $5,000 Keterson Park Furniture and Equipment: $20,000 Active Parks Furniture and Equipment: $21,000 Small Pool Cover: $19,000 Lions Pool Furniture and Equipment: $11,000 Arena Water Heater and Water Tank: $16,000 And that a new reserve for Pool and Splash Pad be created.
Moved by Ryan Duck, seconded by Murray Rose
Carried
That the Council of the Municipality of West Perth pre-approve capital project GEN-0007 - Building Condition Assessment in the amount of $83,000.
Moved by Alex Foster, seconded by Murray Rose
Carried
That the Council of the Municipality of West Perth approve the following Community Grant allocations: Fullarton Centennial Park Board - $3,500 L'Arche Stratford - $4,000 Mitchell & District High School - $5,000 Mitchell Minor Sports - $3,000 Legion Wreath Donation - $500; and That Council directs staff to repeal Policy 82-2021 the Donation Policy.
Moved by Nicholas Vink, seconded by Steve Herold
Carried
That the Council of the Municipality of West Perth direct the Treasurer to transfer $30,000 that was budgeted in 2024 to the Tax Stabilization Reserve 01-1000-0911.
Moved by Ryan Duck, seconded by Doug Feltz
Carried
That the Council of the Municipality of West Perth direct the Treasurer to transfer $99,500 to the Reserve for Drainage Assessment (01-1000-0936); and That a new reserve for Drainage Assessment be created.
Moved by Nicholas Vink, seconded by Andrew Fournier
Carried
That the Council of the Municipality of West Perth accept the 2025 Assessment Impact Report as information; and That Council be advised of an increase in the taxation revenue of $199,552.
Moved by Diane Chessell, seconded by Doug Feltz
Carried
That the Council of the Municipality of West Perth authorize the transfer of $17,093.17 from the Heron Business Park Reserve (01-1000-0829) to cover the 2024 mortgage cash requirements; and That Council authorizes the transfer of $205,118.03 from the Heron Business Park Reserve (01-1000-0829) to cover the 2025 mortgage cash requirements; and That future revenue from the sale of lots in the Heron Business Park be allocated to replenish the reserve to address the overdraft position; and That Council be kept informed on the reserve status through regular reserve reports.
Moved by Nicholas Vink, seconded by Doug Feltz
Carried
That the Council of the Municipality of West Perth approve using 30 units as the benchmark for calculating development charges; and That Council accepts a levy requirement of $94,685 for the 2025 phased-in amount.
Moved by Murray Rose, seconded by Doug Feltz
Carried
That the Council of the Municipality of West Perth receives the Additional 2025 Operating Changes Report for information.
Moved by Ryan Duck, seconded by Diane Chessell
Carried
That the Council of the Municipality of West Perth receives the 2025 Capital Changes Report for information.
Moved by Murray Rose, seconded by Doug Feltz
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 Hillebrecht Drain at the Council meeting on January 13th, 2025; and That Council instructs the Clerk to send a copy of the Final Engineer's Report for the Hillebrecht 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 Diane Chessell
Carried
That the Council for the Municipality of West Perth direct the Clerk to forward correspondence to OMAFRA in support of the request to proceed with Section 76 of Drainage Act - South Maitland River Drain.
Moved by Ryan Duck, seconded by Dean Trentowsky
Carried
That the Council for the Municipality of West Perth give first and second reading to By-law 67-2024, and 68-2024 this 16th day of December, 2024.
Moved by Ryan Duck, seconded by Murray Rose
Carried
That By-law 69-2024 being a By-law to confirm the proceedings of the Council of the Corporation of the Municipality of West Perth be read a third time and finally passed this 16th day of December, 2024.
Moved by Ryan Duck, seconded by Steve Herold
Carried
That the Council for the Municipality of West Perth adjourn the Council meeting at 8:46 p.m.