Council Meeting

THAT the minutes of the special and regular meetings of Council, held on December 13, 2021, be approved as circulated.

THAT Consent Agenda Items 6.3 to 6.5 be received as information.

THAT Report F-001-22, from the Deputy Treasurer/ Tax Collector, dated January 10, 2022, Amendment to Schedule “B” of By-Law No. 84-2021, 2022 Fees and Charges By-Law be received as information.

WHEREAS in 1998 the Thames Valley District School Board (TVDSB) was formed, through the amalgamation of the former Middlesex County Board of Education, Oxford County Board of Education, Elgin County Board of Education and the City of London Board of Education; AND WHEREAS upon amalgamation the TVDSB Trustee distribution consisted of two Trustees elected in each County of Middlesex, Elgin, Oxford for a total of six trustees, and six Trustees elected in the City of London; AND WHEREAS TVDSB electoral group population has remained consistent since amalgamation between 400,000 and 999,999, and as such TVDSB qualifies for a total of 12 Trustees for the TVDSB geography, and one Indigenous Trustee appointed per Ontario Regulation 462/97; AND WHEREAS the number of elected Trustees and the distribution within a Board’s jurisdiction is governed by Ontario Regulation 412/00, in which the Regulation (the Act) requires school boards to pass a resolution by March 31st of an election year, either designating one or more municipalities as a low population, or declaring that no such designation will be made; AND WHEREAS the electoral quotient (2018) for Middlesex County meets the requirements for Middlesex County to be designated a low population municipality; AND WHEREAS by Board resolution, Middlesex County has historically been designated low population, thus been allotted two Trustee representatives; AND WHEREAS as contained within the Act the Board shall have regard based in the principa

THAT the Ontario Minister of Agriculture, Food and Rural Affairs (OMAFRA) letter dated December 23, 2021, and correspondence from the Association of Municipalities Ontario (AMO) dated January 5, 2022, regarding CN Rail and drainage be received for information; AND THAT Council approve the template letter attached to the agenda as prepared by Association of Municipalities Ontario (AMO); AND THAT the letter be sent to each recipient copied in the letter and forwarded to AMO.

WHEREAS at its meeting held on October 21, 2019, Council endorsed the Association of Municipalities of Ontario (AMO) submission titled “Towards a Reasonable Balance – Addressing Growing Municipal Liability and Insurance Costs”; AND WHEREAS at its meeting held on January 18, 2021, Council supported the resolution of the Municipality of Charlton and Dack requesting that the Province of Ontario address municipal insurance cost; AND WHEREAS a provincial review of municipal joint and several liability was completed, but the results have not been released; THEREFORE the Council of the Municipality of Thames Centre once again supports AMO’s request for municipalities to support the 7 recommendations contained in the AMO submission to re-establish the priority for provincial action on this issue to plan for resolution before the end of its current mandate; AND THAT this resolution be sent to the Attorney General, the Honourable Doug Downey and copied to the Minister of Municipal Affairs and Housing, the Honourable Steve Clark, and the AMO President, Jamie McGarvey.

THAT By-laws 1-2022 through to By-law 6-2022 be approved as presented.

THAT the meeting adjourn at 3:15 p.m.