Council Meeting

That the Town of Goderich Council hereby accepts the Monday, August 14, 2023, Regular Council Agenda, as presented.

That the Town of Goderich Council hereby adopts the Monday, July 17, 2023, Regular Council Minutes, as printed.

That the Staff Reports be received for information and the noted action be approved.

That the correspondence be received for information.

That the correspondence items be received for information and the noted action be approved.

That Council concur with the request from Rowland Howe, President of the Goderich Port Management Corporation request for funding support for Government Lobbying re: Port Expansion Plan, in the amount of $50,000.00 and that the funds be taken from the Port Expansion Reserve Fund.

That Concur with the request from Allan Livingstone, Chair, The Royal Canadian Legion re: Request to designate September 17, 2023 to September 23, 2023, as Royal Canadian Legion Week.

That By-Laws 95, 96, 97, and 98 of 2023 be taken collectively.

That By-Laws 95, 96, 97, and 98 of 2023 be read a first and second time.

That By-Laws 95, 96, 97, and 98 of 2023 be read a third time and finally passed.

That Goderich Town Council re-establish the Recognition Committee to begin planning and implementing a Sports Walk of Fame at the Maitland Recreation Centre, and that the Committee Members be as follows: Chief Administrative Officer, Town of Goderich, Janice Hallahan Deputy Mayor, Town of Goderich, Trevor Bazinet Goderich Minor Hockey President, Mike McBride Goderich Lions Club Member, Mike Alcock Maitland Recreation Centre Facility Manager

That Goderich Town Council approve an annual Town of Goderich Remarkable Citizens Ceremony to be held at Town Hall each April, and that the public be given the opportunity to nominate individuals through a portal on the Town's website.

WHEREAS The Town of Goderich has been a participating member of the Partners for Climate Protection (PCP) Program, made available through the Federation of Canadian Municipalities (FCM) and the International Council for Local Environmental Initiatives (ICLEI), since February 2020; AND WHEREAS The PCP program is based on a five-milestone framework that involves completing a GHG inventory and forecast, setting a GHG reduction target, developing a local action plan, implementing the plan, and monitoring progress and reporting results; AND WHEREAS The Town of Goderich created a corporate and community greenhouse gas inventory to satisfy Milestone 1 of the PCP program, passed by Goderich Town Council at the October 18, 2021 meeting; AND WHEREAS The Town of Goderich continues to incorporate climate resilience efforts within its Corporate Strategic Plan, Asset Management Policy, Official Plan, Emergency Management Plan and other Town policies to ensure climate change and sustainability efforts are considered, encouraged and supported; AND WHEREAS Town of Goderich staff continue to promote inter-departmental coordination to ensure the corporation offers an aligned approach to mitigate and adapt to the threats of climate change and its effects to the natural environment, assisting the corporation to reach its Milestone 2 greenhouse has reduction target for corporate operations within the 2030 timeframe; AND WHEREAS Town of Goderich staff commit to encouraging the Goderich community to

That Goderich Town Council approve the Report and Budget Forecast as presented by Rowland Howe at the July 17, 2023, Council Meeting

That Deputy Mayor Bazinet is appointed to the Selection Committee for the Youth Recognition Award.

That Council authorize funding in the amount of $85,000.00 + HST to be taken from the Road Reconstruction Reserve Fund for engineering and planning work to be completed for the Rebuilding Downtown Infrastructure project.

That Council rise at 5:38 PM and go into Closed Committee of the Whole Session pursuant to Section 239(2)(b), (i) and (k); And Further That Chief Administrative Officer Janice Hallahan, Clerk Andrea Fisher, Treasurer Deanna Hastie, Director of Operations Sean Thomas, Administrative Assistant to the Chief Administrative Assistant and Clerk/Planning Coordinator Amanda Piskorski and Andrea Rowntree, remain in attendance for items 15.1 and 15.2; And Further That Town Solicitor Greg Stewart, remain in attendance for item 15.3.

That Goderich Town Council hereby receives the report prepared by the Chief Administrative Officer; THAT in conjunction with the 2023 Employee Group Evaluation, Pay Equity and Compensation Review for Town of Goderich non-union and union employees, that Goderich Town Council approve the Chief Administrative Officer’s attached proposed new position titles for the Town’s Corporate Organizational Structure; THAT as an organizational impact of the Town assuming the responsibility of the recreation facility management services of the Maitland Recreation Centre, Memorial Arena, Bannister Park, Columbus Park and Victoria Park, and related special events, Goderich Town Council approve the Chief Administrative Officer’s attached proposal to restructure the Town’s Corporate Organizational Structure, effective September 1, 2023; THAT Goderich Town Council hereby accelerate the January 1, 2024 cutover date of the Recreation Facility Management Services Transition Plan to September 1, 2023, to manage the recreation facility staff vacancies; THAT the unbudgeted expenditure associated to the accelerated cutover date of the Recreation Facility Management Transition Plan be taken from the Town’s Contingency Reserve. THAT the Town of Goderich issue the attached joint statement to Goderich residents, businesses and YMCA members that as of September 1, 2023, the overall responsibility of the facility management services of the Maitland Recreation Centre, Memorial Arena, Bannister Park, Columbus P

That leave be given to introduce By-Law No. 99-2023 being a By-Law to confirm the proceedings of the Goderich Town Council meeting held on August 14, 2023, and that it now be read a first, second, and third time, and finally passed this August 14, 2023.

That Goderich Town Council does now adjourn at 6:49 PM to meet again at the regular meeting of Council scheduled for September 5, 2023.