HomeMy WebLinkAboutMarch 05, 2024 - Special CouncilTHE CORPORATION OF THE MUNICIPALITY OF BAYHAM
SPECIAL COUNCIL MEETING MINUTES
MUNICIPAL OFFICE
56169 Heritage Line, Straffordville, ON
Council Chambers - HYBRID
Tuesday, March 5, 2024
6:30 p.m.
The March 5, 2024 Special Council Meeting was held using hybrid technologies via Zoom
and livestreamed on YouTube.
PRESENT:
MAYOR
DEPUTY MAYOR
COUNCILLORS
STAFF PRESENT:
CAO
TREASURER
PLANNING COORDINATOR / DEPUTY CLERK
FIRE CHIEF
MANAGER OF PUBLIC WORKS /
DRAINAGE SUPERINTENDENT
MANAGER OF CAPITAL PROJECTS /
WATER/WASTEWATER
CURATOR
1. CALL TO ORDER
Mayor Ketchabaw called the meeting to order at 6:30 p.m.
ED KETCHABAW
RAINEY WEISLER
TIMOTHY EMERSON
DAN FROESE
SUSAN CHILCOTT
THOMAS THAYER
LORNE JAMES
MARGARET UNDERHILL
HARRY BARANIK
STEVE ADAMS
ED ROLOSON
JENNIFER BEAUCHAMP
DISCLOSURES OF PECUNIARY INTEREST & THE GENERAL NATURE THEREOF
Councillor Chilcott declared a conflict of interest with respect to specific line items identified in
Item 3.A regarding Municipal Assistance. Her spouse is a non -voting member of the
Straffordville Community Committee and she is an executive member of the Bayham Historical
Society.
3. 2024-2025 OPERATING BUDGET - DRAFT
A. Report TR-10/24 by Lorne James, Treasurer re 2024-2025 Operating Budget — Revised
Draft
The Council Meeting recessed at 7:43 pm, and resumed at 7:51 pm.
Moved by: Deputy Mayor Weisler
Seconded by: Councillor Emerson
Council Minutes
March 5, 2024
THAT the Municipal Assistance Program remain in the 2024 Operating Budget at an
allocation of $7,000.
Moved by: Councillor Emerson
Seconded by: Councillor Chilcott
THAT the Municipal Tree Program be paused for 2024 and the $5,000 allocation be
removed from the 2024 Operating Budget.
AND THAT Grounds Maintenance be reduced by $6,000 in 2024.
AND THAT the following capital items be deferred:
East Pier Rehab engineering until 2025
PB Ball Diamond until 2026
CARRIED
Moved by: Deputy Mayor Weisler
Seconded by: Councillor Emerson
THAT Report TR-10/24 re 2024-2025 Operating Budget — Revised Draft be received for
information;
AND THAT Council approve the normalized expenditures added and identified in Report
TR-10/24;
AND THAT the 2024 Operating Budget be approved with a 10.33 percent tax levy
increase, equivalent to a notional increase of $593,300, and staff be directed to bring
forward the 2024 Tax Rate By-laws.
CARRIED
4. BY-LAW TO CONFIRM THE PROCEEDINGS OF COUNCIL
A. By-law No. 2024-009 Being a by-law to confirm all actions of Council
Moved by: Councillor Chilcott
Seconded by: Deputy Mayor Weisler
THAT Confirming By-law No. 2024-009 be read a first, second and third time and finally
passed.
CARRIED
5. ADJOURNMENT
Moved by: Councillor Froese
Council Minutes March 5, 2024
Seconded by: Councillor Chilcott
THAT the Council meeting be adjourned at 7:56 p.m.
CARRIED
MAYOR CIS