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Monthly Archives: February 2017

Parry Sound 2017 Staff Objectives

26 Sunday Feb 2017

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The last Town of Parry Sound council meeting included a listing of Town Staff’s objectives for 2017. There isn’t too much controversial or concerning in the list. It is however an interesting exercise to review the list to get an idea of what’s on the top of mind for Council and Staff. These objectives are reviewed quarterly with updates included in one of the regular council meting packages.

To make it easier to keep track of these documents I will be hosting a list of relevant Town of Parry Sound documents, along with links. My plan at this stage is to have three types of links for each document. The first is a link to the document at the Town of Parry Sound website if it is available (not all are available with direct links and some are often found only in the Town of Parry Sound council agenda packages). The second link will be to a copy hosted at this site. The third is a copy hosted at this site that I have marked up. This third link may be of interest to those who want to get a quick idea of the issues that I feel are worth noting. Not all three types of links may be available for a document: there may not be a direct link available to the Town’s website, or I may not have marked up a document. In almost all cases there will be a link to the document hosted here at Parry Sounds.

Let me know if there are additional documents you think should be included in the list.

Here is a link to the page on this site that hosts this growing list or reports.

Shine a Light – Municipal Politics

23 Thursday Feb 2017

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Archipelago, North Star, Opinion

Yesterday’s North Star ran an article about concerns regarding the behaviour of councillors during Township of the Archipelago’s council meetings. Here’s a link to the online version of the article.

Having attended some 150 or so meetings of the Town of Parry Sound Council I have yet to see any type of inappropriate behaviour on the part of the councillors in terms of language or respect. Yes, there have been a few occasions where one or more of the members of Council have rolled their eyes, or displayed ‘oppositional’ body language, but these have been very few and are not a part of the culture of the Town of Parry Sound Council. While I may not agree with all of the decisions of Parry Sound Council I do respect them as a group, and as individuals, for their professionalism.

The reported situation with the Archipelago brings back memories of what was going on at McKellar council meetings a couple of years ago. Since the North Star did a series of articles reporting on the behaviour of members of the McKellar Council it seems that things have headed in a more professional direction, to the benefit of all.

Shining a light on the proceedings of councils, be it through the ‘official media’, bloggers, or concerned residents who call out this type of immature and irresponsible conduct is a necessary part of the system of checks and balances. I applaud Anne Stewart for calling out Archipelago Council about her concerns. It takes courage to stand up and say what is often too obvious.

“Boys will be boys” is no longer an acceptable response to inappropriate behaviour. Too many organizations have been exposed as having a culture that is sexist and/or racially insensitive. After a period of ignoring the issue, and then of trying to explain the behaviour really isn’t what it seems to be, followed by explaining the behaviour is not reflective of the true ‘intent’ of the individuals, an organization finally starts to take responsibility. The next step, not always taken by many organizations, is to implement changes in culture, behaviour, and actions. If the problem starts at the top, then the change needs to start at the top.

A suggestion for the Archipelago; start recording and broadcasting your council meetings. Let the public see what goes on at your meetings and let them decide if the conduct of Council is appropriate. Decisions are no longer being made in backrooms in an all-boys club.

The availability of inexpensive recording devices, and easy ways to share the observations, has shone a light on how we as a society operate. Sometimes the light is unwelcome, but it is so necessary.

Parry Sound 2016 Council Minutes – Compiled

22 Wednesday Feb 2017

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It can be hard to search for information concerning what was covered at Town of Parry Sound council meetings using the Town’s website. Agendas and minutes are available for specific dates from the Town’s website, listed by date. There is no way to search all of the agendas or minutes in a particular year for certain topics, for example – rezoning applications.

To get around this I have compiled all of the council meeting minutes for 2016 in a single document. It’s in a standard Adobe Acrobat (PDF) format that permits simple searches. To search the document download the file here, and then use the PDF search function, typically Control F (Windows) or Command F (Mac).

It would have been nice to have also compiled the council agenda packages, but being about 20MB for each meeting it would have resulted in a file that was about 500MB, too large to easily host or quickly download. But once you find the date of the meeting where the topic of interest was discussed you can return to the Town’s meetings page and download the agenda file for that meeting to get the full package of information.

Once again, here’s the link to the compiled 2016 Town of Parry Sound Council Meeting Minutes.

Council Agenda Preview – February 21, 2017

19 Sunday Feb 2017

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Agenda, By-Law, Growth, Official Plan, Rezoning, Strategic Plan, Town Council, Water Management

It’s a rather light agenda this week, no letters and only a single deputation. I suggest you take a look at the full agenda package to see if there is anything you feel is important that I might have missed. There are a couple of interesting items:

  1. Item 9.3.1 summarizes the 2017 goals for Parry Sound Staff. This is what is getting done this year. There may be some surprises. Because it’s a published document, but mostly buried, there is no question that the Town has announced its intentions. I have offered a couple of quick observations in my comments to 9.3.1.
  2. A development of 14 townhouses on Ansley Street is up for formal approval, Items 10.1.1 and 10.1.2. This was the subject of considerable neighbourhood comment a couple of years ago, and now seems ready to break ground with the necessary approvals this week.

Closed Session

c) a proposed or pending acquisition or disposition of land for municipal or local board purposes. (Local Business Relocation, Relocation of the Ontario Provincial Police Detachment).
It looks as though the relocation of the OPP is moving forward. I suspect that they are moving to the 229 interchange on Hwy 400.

d) labour relations or employee negotiations. (Performance Review)

Resolutions and Direction to Staff

9.1.1 – Consent Application – B/2/2017 (PS) (Gingrich, Kingshott and Crookshank-Hurd). Resolution. That Consent Application No. B/2/2017(PS) – (Gingrich, Kingshott and Crookshank-Hurd) – 82, 88, 94 and 98 Louisa Street, be supported.

9.3.1 – Staff Goal Plans. Resolution. That the 2017 Staff Key Strategic ‘Stretch’ Goal Summary and the Goal Plan Summary be approved as attached Schedule “A”.
There are a couple of interesting objectives. The first is the installation of live streaming of council meetings. This will make it much easier for folks to follow what’s going on at Council. The production qualities won’t be up to Cogeco, but it will be so much more accessible, and should cover budget meetings that are currently not being covered. The second item is more concerning, and involves the Town’s hope that they can forego Provincial approval of Official Plan Amendments. The recent decision by a bare majority of Council to approve an Official Plan amendment to permit the relocation of the RBC is currently undergoing Provincial review. If the Town can wrest control of Official Plan amendments from the Province it would mean the Town, at their whim, at odds with the Official Plan and even interests of the majority of residents, could make significant changes to Town policy. Thank goodness for the Ontario Municipal Board. Official Plan amendments, in my opinion, should be restricted to those occasions when the Official Plan receives a comprehensive, community involved, overhaul, or with the approval of the Province. Otherwise, we effectively have no Official Plan. It might mean that a simple majority of council could vote in favour of a rezoning of property to permit a casino, or convert a residential area to a mixed residential and industrial. I thing Staff and Council are reaching too far. Let’s not compromise our current set of checks and balances.

9.5.1 – Request For Proposal (RFP) – Public Washroom. Resolution. That Council accept the Public Washroom Design/Build proposal from Incon Construction Ltd. in the amount of $203,383.00, plus $26,439.79 for a total of $229,822.79, this being the only proposal received.

9.5.2 – Speed limit reduction in school and community safety zones. Direction. That Council direct staff to prepare a 21 day notice advising the public that an amendment to the Traffic bylaw to reduce the speed limit to 40 kph from 50 kph in School and Community Safety Zones, with an effective date of August 1, 2017, will be considered by Council on April 4, 2017; and Comments regarding this proposed by-law amendment should be directed to the Director of Public Works and received no later than 4:30 p.m. March 28, 2017.

9.5.3 – 2016 Water System Summary Report. Resolution. Whereas the Town of Parry Sound owns and operates the Parry Sound Drinking Water System (M.O.E. Designation Number 2200000585) which has been categorized as a “Large Residential” Drinking Water System, and Whereas Ontario Regulation 170-03 (as amended) under the Safe Drinking Water Act requires, according to “Schedule 22 Summary Reports for Municipalities” that all large Municipal Residential Drinking water systems have a report prepared no later than March 31st of each year addressing the items detailed in the Regulation and is given to the members of Council in the case of a drinking water system owned by a municipality; Therefore, be it resolved that Council of the Town of Parry Sound hereby acknowledges receipt of the report titled: “Town of Parry Sound Tony Agnello Water Treatment Plan, Large Municipal Residential Drinking Water System Summary Report 2016”, as prepared by Kyle Hall, Manager of Water Systems.

9.5.4 – Quotation – Western Star 7-ton truck and equipment. Resolution. That Council approve single sourcing and accept the quotation from B&I Western Star for one Western Star 4700, complete with Larochelle equipment in the amount of $179,344.00 including $13,000 for the trade-in of a 2002 Sterling L7501 and a 2006 Sterling L7501, taxes extra.

By-laws

10.1.1 – Site Plan Application – 11 Ansley Street Inc. By-law 2017 – 6712. Being a By-law to grant Site Plan Approval and authorize the execution and registration of a development agreement with 11 Ansley Street Inc.

10.1.2 – Rezoning Application – Z/17/01 – 11 Ansley Street – Lifting of “h” symbol. By-law 2017 – 6713. Being a By-law to amend By-law No. 2004-4653 (The Zoning By-law) as amended to remove a holding provision (“h” symbol”) from 11 Ansley Street

10.1.3 – Consent Agreement – B/3/2016 (PS) (Friendship Centre – 13 & 21 Bowes Street). By-law 2017 – 6714. Being a By-law to authorize a Consent Agreement for the Parry Sound Friendship Centre – 13 Bowes Street and 21 Bowes Street.
This concerns parking and water drainage.

 The Way it Was – View from Tower Hill

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Capital Investments – BOCC Ice Surface (Update)

14 Tuesday Feb 2017

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In a recent post I provided the content of an email I received regarding the Bobby Orr Community Centre. You can find the post at this link. In the meantime I have received information from the Town relevant to the earlier post that clarifies a couple of points and suggests what is planned for the ice pad. In summary:

1. The current BOCC ice surface is 85’ x 185’. I understand that is close to what the Boston Garden (now TD Garden) was at one time (83’ x 191’), a time before there was an NHL standard size. The TD Garden is now 85’ x 200’. The budget for the 2018 upgrade to the BOCC includes an increase in size to the NHL ‘regulation’ 85’ x 200’.
2. The recent renovation mentioned in the earlier post did not involve any change to the ice pad. The current pad is the same one that was installed some 50-plus years ago. An overhaul, and upsizing seems timely. The earlier renovation involved changes to the lobby, halls, change rooms as well as the addition of meeting rooms.

I would like to thank the Town of Parry Sound for taking the time to provide information about the Bobby Orr Community Centre.

Council Meeting Reflections – 2017-02-09

09 Thursday Feb 2017

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By-Law, economic development, Opinion, parry sound, Town Council

Last night’s meeting went pretty much as expected, everything put before Council was approved. A couple of things were notable:

The Town has decided to accept Parry Sound Bikes’ proposal for the Old Fire Hall to convert the building for use as a bike shop. The accepted bid price was $130,000. There were two strong proposals for the building, Maurizio’s proposal to reconfigure the building to a restaurant, and Parry Sound Bike’s proposal. I think it’s a win for the Town and a win for Parry Sound Bikes. It’s a shame we couldn’t have a bike shop and a restaurant.

The Mayor shared his concern that public officials are left with considerable legal expenses in situations where they are accused of code of conduct violations, and are eventually cleared of the charges. He felt that the individuals bringing forth the charges should be responsible for the legal expenses of the public official in cases where there were no violations. I have my own concerns about this suggestion

In Canada, the individual who is accused of a ’transgression’ can defend themselves, using whatever resources they feel necessary, and they can afford. For example, a person accused of abusing a child would be brought to court and would be required to mount their own defense. If cleared of the charge, I do not believe that the Crown would reimburse the individual’s expense related to their defense. Why should it be different in the case of a public official?

As noted by the Chief Administrative Officer, a public official who was found innocent of charges would have their legal expenses covered by the municipality’s insurance. If innocent, the Public Official accused of the code of conduct violation would not be out of pocket of their expense. Not stated, and presumably implied, the individual would be responsible for the expenses if found to be guilty. Yes, the process would be traumatic and distracting, but much less than for an innocent individual brought to trial for an unsubstantiated charge who would not have the support of a municipality and the promise of reimbursed legal expenses.

Council agreed to the Direction and suggested that the letter be directed to ‘vexatious’ claims against a public official. That seems reasonable in my opinion. I do wonder about the reason for this unscheduled raising of the issue. I suspect it relates to a matter elsewhere in the Province, but I wonder if it also relates to blow-back following public comments made by the Mayor a couple of years ago that seemed to disparage a member of the community.

I am reminded of the observation that we as individuals want to be judged by our intent and not our words or actions. As a blogger, I have learned that I need to be very careful with my words. I have come to realize that what you say, and write, is how you are judged. Intent, unless properly expressed with words, is too easily misunderstood. And when a mistake is made, one needs to be quick to correct the mistake and, as necessary, apologize.

Some people hate taking responsibility for a mistake and making the appropriate apology.

A final thought: we need to get the online council meeting process up and running as soon as possible. It is included in the approved 2017 Budget. Once again, Cogeco was unable to cover a meeting of Council. They have a reasonable excuse, the meeting was rescheduled. I believe that neither of this year’s council meetings has been recorded and made available on Cogeco. And none of the budget meetings were recorded. We need to do better if we are to keep people properly informed as to what is going on at council meetings and not depend on bloggers and the official media for their opinion, or lack of opinion, regarding issues before Council.

Woo-hoo! Sunny Days have Returned.

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Council Agenda Preview – February 7, 2017

04 Saturday Feb 2017

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Good news for those of you wanting to keep on top of what’s on the Town of Parry Sound council’s upcoming agenda; the agendas seem to be coming out on Thursday, rather than Friday. This provides people with an additional day to provide comments to Staff and Council on items on the agenda, or organize a deputation on an agenda item. But you need to be on the distribution list to get it delivered to your mailbox. Contact the Clerk at the Parry Sound Town Office to be included.

It seems to be business as usual with a hodge-podge of items on this week’s agenda. Among the more interesting items:

  • There seem to be multiple parties interested in the Old Fire Hall (5.2).
  • Activity seems to be developing activity with regard to having railways pay municipal taxes commensurate with their business activities and local community impact (8.4).
  • Treetops is back on the agenda (6.1).
  • Big Sound Marina operating agreement is up for renewal (10.1.1).
  • 2017 Budget and associated rates and policies (10.4.1, 10.4.2, 10.4.3).

As always there is more on the agenda than is noted above and below. Comments on individual items are offered below (italics). Review the full agenda with the supporting documents for more information. You can try and find it one the Town’s website or you could get it directly through this link.

Closed Session:

  1. c) a proposed or pending acquisition or disposition of land for municipal or local board purposes. (Property Matter)
  1. e) litigation or potential litigation, including matters before administrative tribunals, affecting the municipality or local board. (Zoning By-law Amendment Appeal)

Correspondence

4.1 – Kevin Baker, Harold’s Barber Shop. Re: Concerns about the rates for his installed water meter.
Commercial water rates continue to be a source of confusion. It’s basically a cost of doing business, or living, in Parry Sound; an underappreciated tax of sorts. The alternative is to set up shop in Nobel or McKellar and see how that impacts the bottom line. Taxes there are lower and you get to provide your own water and sewer.

4.2 – Stephen P. Kaegi, CAO, The Township of The Archipelago. Re: Letter addressed to Transport Canada, Marine Office and copied to Mayor and Council. Questions about the proposed operational restrictions of the Wasauksing Swing Bridge.
A pressing issue that doesn’t directly impact Parry Sound, the proposed restrictions on the operation of the bridge will impact Wasauksing and our neighbouring municipalities. Who is responsible, and who is going to pay for a new bridge, the obvious solution to the issue? Perhaps our rich neighbours can find room in their budget for the improvement, but that would of course negatively impact their low, low tax strategy.

4.3 – John Maheu, M.A.Sc., P.Eng., Executive Director of the Association of Ontario Road Supervisors. Re: Congratulations to Peter Brown, Director of Public Works, for his recent Certified Road Supervisor certification.
Does this mean Mr. Brown is now qualified to be a flag person at a road construction job ;-)

Deputations

5.1 – Brad Weiler, Community Recreation and Programs Coordinator. Re: Update to Council on Community Recreation Programing.

5.2 – Aleesha Mullen, Owner/Operator Parry Sound Bikes. Re: Review of her proposal submitted for the Old Fire Hall.
I suspect that this will be a more acceptable proposal, assuming the offer price for the property meets the Town’s expectations. It will cause less ‘after 6:00’ traffic in this semi-residential area which is a concern to local residents. Both this proposal, which I imagine is a bike shop, and Maurizio’s restaurant, are reasonable uses of the property. Let’s just make sure the building isn’t lost through neglect. What’s up for sale next? The CN Station? The Town really doesn’t have the resources or interest in fixing up and using, or renting out, either of these buildings.

5.3 – Debbie Hill, President of CUPE #2049. Re: Update to Council on the status of the CAS lock out of CUPE #2049.

Consent Agenda

8.3 – Funding Formula for Gas Tax, Resolution. Whereas the provincial gas tax funding formula has not received an increase in over 10 years, since 2006; and Whereas with the implementation of Cap and Trade January 1, 2017 it is more expensive for municipalities consuming the fuel; and Whereas the City of Owen Sound adopted a resolution to send a letter to the Minister of Transportation, the Honourable Steven Del Duca, stipulating these facts and requesting that the formulas be revisited; Now, therefore be it resolved that the Council for the Town of Parry Sound supports the City of Owen Sound and will also send a letter to Minister of Transportation to request a review of the gas tax; and Further that this resolution be forwarded to the Association of Municipalities of Ontario, the Federation of Northern Ontario Municipalities, Norm Miller, M.L.A. for Parry Sound-Muskoka and all Ontario municipalities.

8.4 – Property Taxation on Railways. Resolution. Whereas it has been identified that railway companies in the province of Ontario, do not pay a proportionate share of municipal property tax as compared to other properties in their class, or compared to any other municipal tax class; and Whereas in other provinces and jurisdictions the railway companies do remit a more equitable share of taxes to the local tax base; and Whereas taxes in other jurisdictions for railway properties are calculated using a tonmile concept; and Whereas said fees are reviewed and adjusted on a regular basis according to inflation and ongoing current conditions; and Whereas the Province of Ontario has continued to fall further and further behind in their approach to railroad property taxation over the past 112 plus years; Now, Therefore Be It Resolved That the Town of Parry Sound supports the Resolutions passed by Fort Frances, Atikokan and Marathon and calls upon the Minister of Finance for the Province of Ontario to implement a new system of municipal property taxation for railroad right-of-way properties based on utilizing a per ton-mile concept; and Further that this resolution be forwarded to the Association of Municipalities of Ontario, the Federation of Northern Ontario Municipalities, Northwestern Ontario Municipal Association, Norm Miller, M.L.A. for Parry Sound-Muskoka and all Ontario municipalities.
Yup, the railways get a ‘free ride’ from the Feds and the Provinces at the expense of local municipalities. As the Province pulls back local funding, the Municipalities need to look for alternative sources of revenue. The highly profitable railways need to start paying their fair share.

8.6 – 2016 Integrity Commissioner Report. Resolution. Whereas the Council, Boards and Committees Code of Conduct stipulates that the Integrity Commissioner shall file his/her annual report regarding any activities to Council no later than March 31st of each year; and That should there be no complaints/investigations for the year, in this case, 2016, then the Clerk shall report to Council accordingly; Therefore, the Clerk reports that the former Integrity Commissioner, Suzanne Craig, and the current Integrity Commissioner, George Rust-D’Eye have reported that there were no formal complaints filed nor investigations conducted in the year 2016.
No hits, no runs and no complaints. Call it a win.

Resolutions and Direction to Staff

9.3.1 – Bill 68, Modernizing Ontario’s Municipal Legislation Act. Resolution. That Council for the Town of Parry Sound acknowledge receipt of the attached Report and Recommendation regarding changes to the Municipal Act and the Municipal Conflict of Interest Act by the introduction of Bill 68, Modernizing Ontario’s Municipal Legislation Act.
The closed session changes in this legislation really don’t do much to ensure additional transparency. The simple action of having a “closed meeting investigator” does not make me more comfortable. The investigator can only review what is officially recorded in the closed meeting minutes, which of course does not necessarily reflect all of the discussion. I don’t question the integrity of Council; I do question whether the Public gets the benefit of all discussion and concerns that may be expressed in closed sessions that should be shared in open sessions.

9.4.1 – Ontario Regulation 284/09. Resolution. That Council hereby adopts the compliance report for expenses excluded from the 2017 budget outlined in the staff report “Ontario Regulation 284/09”, attached as Schedule “A”, as a requirement of Ontario Regulation 284/09 passed under the Municipal Act, 2001.

9.4.2 – Vacancy Tax Rebate Review. Direction. That Staff initiate the required consultation process for the modification or elimination of the Vacancy Tax Rebate, as outlined by the Ministry of Finance (once available).
This is an interesting rebate program that provides commercial property owners with an effective 30% reduction in property taxes if the property is vacant. This can lead to landlords preferring to leave a property vacant rather than use it, or rent it out. Because of provincial legislation the Town has the opportunity to redefine its local policy in this regard. The Town intends to engage with the community to understand how Parry Sound should define it’s vacancy rate policy.

9.4.3 – Co-location of Lakeland Power Customer Service. Direction. That Staff work with Lakeland Power to develop a co-location agreement which includes the redesign of the front reception office and that staff attain the services of an appropriate consultant to advise on the redesign.

9.4.4 – 2017 Parry Sound Public Library Budget. Resolution. Whereas S.24(1) of the Libraries Act requires that the Parry Sound Public Library provide its annual budget to the Council of the Town of Parry Sound; And Whereas S.24 (2) of the Act provides Council the ability to approve, reject or amend the budget; Now Therefore be it resolved that the 2017 budget for the Parry Sound Public Library, attached as Schedule “A”, is approved.

9.6.1 Request for Donation to the Treetops Community Forest. Resolution. That Council hereby will provide a grant of $____________ to the Treetops Community Forest to be funded from the 2017 Budget; and That the direction passed January 10, 2017 be amended to include the above addition.
I recall that when the project was first brought before Council there was a ‘promise’ that the project would not require funding from the Town. Well here we are with an ask for $10K. It’s hard to oppose the ask, but somehow I feel as though we been ‘duped’. I’m sure there was never an intention to come back to Council for money, but that’s too often the case with poorly planned projects. Better to ask for funding and forgiveness after reality sets in.

By-laws

10.1.1 – Extension of Agreement – Massasauga Management Co. Inc. – Big Sound Marina. By-law 2017 – 6704. Being a By-law to amend By-law No: 2014-6428, the operating agreement between Massasauga Management Co. Inc. and the Town of Parry Sound for operation of Big Sound Marina and the Town Dock, conditional on the Department of Fisheries and Oceans Canada approving the operating agreement and the extension of a head lease between the Town and Department of Fisheries and Oceans or the completion of the divestiture process.

10.1.3 – Rezoning Application – Z/16/07 – 25 Mary Street – Old Fire Hall. By-law 2017 – 6706. Being a By-law to amend By-law No. 2004-4653 (The Zoning By-law), as amended, for 25 Mary Street (Old Fire Hall).
Staff recommends approval of the rezoning application.

10.4.1 – Tax Policies – Capping and New to Class / New Construction. By-law 2017 – 6707. Being a bylaw to specify our Tax Policies, including the claw back percentage, the capping threshold parameters, the minimum tax level for new to class / new construction and to exclude certain properties from the capping program for the year 2017.

10.4.2 – Tax Ratios for 2017. By-law 2017 – 6708. Being a by-law to set Tax Ratios for Municipal purposes for the year 2017.
Staff is recommending that the Town adopt the same ratios as last year with the understanding that while they seem to be in-line with other municipalities in Ontario they are outside the Province’s ‘range of fairness’.

10.4.3 – 2017 Budget. By-law 2017 – 6709. Being a By-law to Adopt the Operating and Capital Budget Estimates for the Year 2017.
No surprises here. I recommend reading the accompanying R&R in the Council Agenda Package to get a nice summary of the 2017 Budget and the factors that impact how it will play out for individual commercial and residential property owners.

10.4.4 – Scale of Cost for Property Tax Sale. By-law 2017 – 6710. Being a bylaw to establish a policy and scale of cost for the sale of land for tax arrears pursuant to Section 385 of the Municipal Act, 2001, c25.
This is an update to 1998 legislation and increases the fees payable to the Town.

Lonely Buoy

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