Council Meeting

BE IT RESOLVED THAT the November 4th, 2024 Council Meeting of the Township of South Glengarry now be opened at 7:01 pm.

BE IT RESOLVED THAT the Council of the Township of South Glengarry approve the agenda as amended.

BE IT RESOLVED THAT Staff Report 2024-121 be received and that the Council of the Corporation of Township of South Glengarry approve the 2025 Service Levels for Solid Waste Management Services as outlined in Appendix 1 of Staff Report 2024-124, including the following service level for curbside bulky item pick-up: Option 1: Single Week, Contracted, with Increased Communications

BE IT RESOLVED THAT Staff Report 2024-122 be received and that the Township of South Glengarry discontinue blue box services for non-eligible sources as the curbside blue box program transitions to extended producer responsibility, effective January 1, 2025.

BE IT RESOLVED THAT Staff Report 2024-124 be received and that By- law 2024-68, being a by-law to adopt a Community Grants and Donations Policy for the Township of South Glengarry be read a third and final time, passed signed and sealed in open Council this 4th day of November 2024.

BE IT RESOLVED THAT Staff Report 2024-125 be received and that By- law 2024-70, being a by-law to govern the calling, place and proceedings of Council be read a third and final time, passed, signed and sealed in open council this 4th day of November 2024.

WHEREAS official statistics from the Government of Ontario confirm that rural roads are inherently more dangerous than other roads; AND WHEREAS despite only having 17% of the population, 55% of the road fatalities occur on rural roads; AND WHEREAS preventing crashes reduces the burden on Ontario's already strained rural health care system; AND WHEREAS roadway collisions and associated lawsuits are significant factors in runaway municipal insurance premiums. Preventing crashes can have a significant impact in improving municipal risk profiles; THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED THAT the Township of South Glengarry requests that the Government of Ontario take action to implement the rural road safety program that Good Roads has committed to lead. It will allow Ontario's rural municipalities to make the critical investments needed to reduce the high number of people being killed and seriously injured on Ontario's rural roads; AND FURTHERMORE, THAT a copy of this resolution be forwarded to Premier Doug Ford, the Minister of Transportation, the Minister of Infrastructure, the Minister of Agriculture, the Minister of Rural Affairs, the Associate Minister of Emergency Preparedness and Response, the Minister of Health, Good Roads and the Association of Municipalities of Ontario.

BE IT RESOLVED THAT Council accepts the items listed on the Consent Agenda.

BE IT RESOLVED THAT Council convene to Closed Session at 8:50 pm to discuss the following items under Section 239 (2) of The Municipal Act S.O. 2001: (2) A meeting or part of a meeting may be closed to the public if the subject matter being considered is, (b) Personal matters about an identifiable individual

BE IT RESOLVED THAT Council rise and reconvene into open session at 9:39 pm without reporting.

BE IT RESOLVED THAT By-law 2024-72, being a by-law to adopt, confirm and ratify matters dealt with by resolution be read a first, second and third time, passed, signed and sealed in open council this 4th day of November 2024.

BE IT RESOLVED THAT the Council of the Township of South Glengarry adjourn to the call of the chair at 9:40 pm.