Council Agendas

May 15, 2019 - Regular Council Meeting - 6:30 PM

  1. Call Meeting to Order
  2. Approval of Agenda/Conflict of Interest Declaration
  3. Presentation  (none)
  4. Adoption of Minutes
    1. Committee of the Whole & Grants to Organizations Meeting Minutes - April 30, 2019 (Attachment - 6 pages)
    2. Special Council Meeting, Budget Part 1 and 2 - May 7 and 9, 2019 (Attachment - 6 pages)
    3. Special Council Meeting, Wild Salt Architecture - May 9, 2019 (Attachment - 2 pages)
  5. Business Arising from the Minutes (none)
  6. Councillors' Reports
  7. Warden's Report (Attachment - 1 page)
  8. Staff Report (Attachment - 14 pages)
  9. Strategic Priority Topics
  10. Capital and Operations Budget 2019-2020 (Attachment - 29 pages) (Presentation - 7 pages)
  11. For Decision 
    1. Low Income / Property Tax Exemption 2019 (Attachment - 1 page)
    2. Approval of 2019 Provincial mileage rate of .4585 cents per km (Attachment - 1 page)
    3. Approval of Operating Budget
    4. Operating Reserve Budget Approval (Attachment - 1 page)
    5. Approval of Residential and Commercial Rates
  12. Correspondence and for Information
    1. Nova Scotia Event Strategy (Attachment - 1 page)
    2. Building Co-op Housing Update - May 2019 (Attachment - 1 page)
    3. Expanded Equipment Options for Emergency Services Provider Fund (Attachment - 3 pages)
  13. Financial Requests
  14. Agenda Topics for Next Meeting / Notice of Motion by Councillors
  15. Question Period
  16. In Camera - None
  17. Adjournment 

April 30, 2019 - Committee of the Whole Meeting Agenda

  1. Call Meeting to Order
  2. Approval of Agenda/Conflict of Interest Declaration
  3. Presentation - Janine Muise - Comfort Centers Presentation(Attachment - 9 pages)
  4. Adoption of Minutes
    1. EMO Planning Committee Meeting Minutes - February 6, 2019 (Attachment - 2 pages)
    2. 139th Annual Council Meeting Minutes - April 9, 2019 (Attachment - 6 pages)
  5. Business Arising from the Minutes
  6. Financial Statements - March 31, 2019 (Attachment - 14 pages)
  7. Strategic Priority Topics (None)
  8. Grant Allocation and Approvals
    1. 2019 Spring Grants to Organizations (Attachment - 2 pages)
  9. For Decision
    1. RFD - Municipal Building Budget April 2019 - (Attachment - 4 pges) (Attachment - 10 year projection)
    2. National Building Code of Canada 2015 Volume 1 - Post-disaster building exemption status for New Municipal Administration Building (Attachment - 1 page) (Attachment - 1 page)
    3. Cost Shared Program for Paving of Subdivision - Birch Drive (Attachment - 3 pages)
    4. Approval of Policy Article C21 - Reimbursement for Attending Meetings and Conferences (Attachment - 9 pages)
    5. Destruction of Documents (Attachment - 4 pages)
    6. Le Chemin de la Pré - Request for letter of support to Department of Transportation - (Attachment - 13 pages)
    7. Request for Appointment of L. Boudreau as Building Official and By-Law Enforcement Officer (Attachment - 1 page)
    8. 1st reading - Amended Tusket Wastewater By-Law 30 - (Attachment - 24 pages)
  10. Correspondence and for Information
    1. Develop NS Update - Short List for Pre-qualified Internet Service Providers (Attachment - 3 pages)
    2. Municipality of Clare - Approval of funding for Stephanie St. Pierre
    3. Department of Municipal Affairs - Federal Gas Tax Program (Attachment - 1 page)
    4. Lyme Disease Awareness Month 2019 (Attachment - 1 page)
    5. March 2019 Building Permits Report (Attachment - 4 pages)
    6. Mariners Centre Management Authority Resignation Notice (Attachment - 1 page)
    7. Waste Reduction Association of Nova Scotia Sharps Campaign Press Release (Attachment 1 - 1 page) (Attachment 2 - 1page)
    8. Water Shotage Proposal Response from Minister Porter (Attachment - 1 page)
    9. Letter of Support provided to YASTA for NS Music Week Bid for 2020, 2021 and 2022 (Attachment - 1 page)
    10. Letter from Cheryl Gallant - Member of Parliament regarding Bill C-68 concerns (Attachment - 2 pages)
    11. Street light for Residential Park
    12. Mobile Dewatering Truck Garage Construction: West Pubnico Sewer Plant - Tender Update (Attachment - 1 page)
    13. Joint Municipal Fire Services Committee Bulletin  - Training (Attachment - 1 page)
    14. Unsightly Waste Bins - Councillor Leblanc (Attachment - By-Law 27A - 20 pages)
    15. Letter to the TIR regarding the Drumlin Heights Consolidated School sidewalk (Attachment - 1 page)
  11. Financial Requests
  12. Agenda Topics for Next Meeting / Notice of Motion by Councillors
  13. Question Period
  14. In Camera –   Contract Negotiations  (MGA Section 22(e))
  15. Adjournment

April 09, 2019 - 139th Annual Council Meeting - Agenda

  1. Call Meeting to Order
  2. Approval of Agenda/Conflict of Interest Declaration
  3. Presentation - Neil Mackenzie - Nova Scotia Music Week
  4. Adoption of Minutes
    1. Committee of the Whole Meeting Minutes - March 26, 2019 (Attachment - 6 pages)
  5. Business Arising from the Minutes
    1. By-Law #38 Well Supply Upgrade Lending Program By-Law Amendment - Second Reading (Attachment - 4 pages)
  6. Councillor's Reports
  7. Warden's Report (Attachment - 1 page)
  8. Staff Report (Attachment - 14 pages)
  9. Appointment of Auditors (Attachment - 1 page)
  10. Appointment of Solicitors (Attachment - 1 page)
  11. Appointment of Officers (Attachment - 1 page)
  12. Membership to UNSM and FCM (Attachment - 1 page)
  13. Strategic Priority Topics
  14. For Decision
    1. RFD - Terms of Reference for Doctor Recruitment and Retention Committee (Attachment - 1 page)
    2. Abrams River Schoolhouse Society - Community Hall Grant Application Review and Approval (Attachment - 9 pages)
    3. MPAL Memorandum of Understanding (Attachment - 10 pages)
    4. RFD - Negotiation for Land Sale (Attachment - 2 pages)
  15. Correspondence and for Information
    1. Municipality of Argyle  - 2019 / 2020 Operating Budget
    2. Municipality of Argyle Outstanding Accounts Receivable as of March 31, 2019 (Attachment - 1 page)
    3. YASTA's projected funding requirements for the 2019-2020 fiscal year (Attachment - 1 page)
    4. Mariner Centre Expansion Documents 
    5. Eel Brook Fire Department  - Rate Payers Meeting Minutes March 28, 2019 (Attachment - 2 pages)
    6. Senior Safety Coordinator Report - January to March 2019 (Attachment - 3 pages)
    7. Chemin a Cornu - No access to the shore due to water over the road (Picture 1) (Picture 2)
  16. Financial Requests
  17. Agenda Topics for Next Meeting / Notice of Motion by Councillors
  18. Question Period
  19. In Camera –   Personnel Matter and Contract Negotiations  (MGA Section 22(e))
  20. Adjournment

March 26, 2019 Committee of the Whole Agenda

  1. Call Meeting to Order
  2. Approval of Agenda/Conflict of Interest Declaration
  3. Presentation - Jonathan LeBlanc - Eel Brook & District Fire Department - (Attachment - 10 pages)
  4. Adoption of Minutes
    1. Building Committee Meeting Minutes - February 28, 2019 - (Attachment - 2 pages)
    2. Special Council Meeting Minutes - March 6, 2019 - (Attachment - 2 pages)
    3. Regular Council Meeting Minutes - March 12, 2019 - (Attachment - 6 pages)
  5. Business Arising from the Minutes (none)
  6. Financial Statements - February 28, 2019 - (Attachment - 3 pages)
  7. Strategic Priority Topics
  8. For Decision
    1. Policy Change - Article P15 - Leave of Absence - (Attachment - 1 page)
    2. Up to $40,000 investment to support Human Resources need for Major Recreation Infrastructure Project - (Attachment - 2 pages)
    3. Yarmouth Hospital Foundation - 15th Annual Spring Gala - Table Sponsor Request -  (Attachment - 2 pages)
    4. Mariner Center Board of Directors council member request
    5. RFD - Abrams River School House - Community Hall Project Grant Request - (Attachment - 2 pages)
    6. RFD - Building Inspector Succession Plan - (Attachment - 2 pages)
    7. RFD - East Pubnico Water Utilities - Well Capacity Assessment - (Attachment - 2 pages) (Attachment - Water Well Assessments - 3 pages)
    8. RFD - Airport Contract Extension - (Attachment - 2 pages)
  9. Correspondence and for Information
    1. Industry Board Member for Yasta - (Attachment - 1 page)
    2. Bill 92 - Powers to Expend Amendments -  (Website)
    3. Funding Request Denial - Enabling Accessibility - (Attachment - 2 pages)
    4. South Shore Fieldhouse - Financial Statements - (Attachment - 10 pages)
    5. Develop Nova Scotia - Internet for Nova Scotia Initiative Update - March 2019 -  (Website Link)
    6. Federal Budget 2019 - (Attachment - 2 pages)
    7. Thank you letter for $200 donation - CAPEB - (Attachment - 1 page)
  10. Financial Requests
    1. $500 District Community Grant Request - Holy Family Church Council  - (Attachment - 1 page)
    2. $500 District Community Grant Request - Le festival de la barge Committee - (Attachment - 1 page)
  11. Agenda Topics for Next Meeting / Notice of Motion by Councillors
  12. Question Period
  13. In Camera –   Contract Negotiations (MGA Section 22(e))
  14. Adjournment

March 12, 2019 Regular Council Meeting Agenda

  1. Call Meeting to Order
  2. Approval of Agenda/Conflict of Interest Declaration
  3. Presentation - Stephanie St-Pierre, Centre acadien, Université Sainte-Anne (Attachment - 5 pages) (Attachment - 9 pages)
  4. Adoption of Minutes
    1. Committee of the Whole Meeting Minutes – February 26, 2019 (Attachment - 5 pages)
  5. Business Arising from the Minutes (none)
  6. Councillors’ Report
  7. Warden’s Report (Attachment - 1 page)
  8. Staff Report (Attachment - 12 pages)
  9. Strategic Priority Topics
  10. For Decision
    1. RFD - Wedgeport Sewer Committee Council chair (Attachment - 1 page)
    2. RFD - Major Recreation Infrastructure Project (Attachment - 3 pages)
    3. RFD - Tender for Road Extension for future development (Attachment - 4 pages) (RFD - 2 pages) (Proposed Plan Map)
  11. Correspondence and for Information
    1. Minimum Planning Standards Consultation Process (Attachment - 1 page)
    2. Unsightliness of the garbage bins that are located beside the road (Councillor LeBlanc)
    3. Epilepsy Association of Nova Scotia Purple Ribbon Campaign (Warden Donaldson)
    4. HST letter Town of Shelburne (Attachment - 1 page)
    5. Municipal Representative NSHA/DHW Steering Committee (Attachment - 4 pages)
    6. Feasibility study – Community Centre (component of the new school being built) in Wedgeport (Attachment - 26 pages)
    7. Press Release - Modernizing Municipal Government Act and HRM Charter to Benefit Nova Scotians (Attachment - 3 pages)
    8. Green Construction through Wood Program - Status (Attachment - 1 page)
    9. Policy Change – Article P15 – Leave of Absence (Attachment - 1 page)
    10. Amendments to the Emergency 911 Act (Attachment - 3 pages)
  12. Financial Requests
    1. District Community Grant Request of $500 – Association des Acadiens Metis Souriquois (Attachment - 1 page)
    2. District Community Grant Request of $500 – Pubnico Ladies Auxilliary
  13. Agenda Topics for Next Meeting / Notice of Motion by Councillors
  14. Question Period
  15. In Camera – Contract Negotiations (MGA Section 22(e))
  16. Adjournment

February 26, 2019 - Committee of the Whole Meeting Agenda

  1. Call Meeting to Order
  2. Moment of silence for Sandy Dennis
  3. Approval of Agenda/Conflict of Interest Declaration
  4. Presentation (none)
  5. Adoption of Minutes
    1. Regular Council Meeting –February 12, 2019 (Attachment - 6 pages)
  6. Business Arising from the Minutes
    1. Update on Mariner Center Expansion Meeting (Attachment - 2 pages)
    2. Club Social des Iles – Emergency Funding Request (Attachment - 2 pages)
  7. Financial statements – January 31, 2019 (Attachment - 3 pages)
  8. Strategic Priority Topics
  9. For Decision
    1. Tax Reliefs (Attachment - 1 page)
    2. Doctor Recruitment – Alternate Member
    3. RFD – Recreation Dept Summer Employee Budget (RFD - 2 pages)(Budget - 1 page)
    4. Municipal Admin Building (Attachment - 2 pages)
    5. Low Income Tax Exemptions for 2019 (Attachment - 1 page)
    6. Approval of Procurement Policy (Attachment - 14 pages)
  10. Correspondence and for Information
    1. Waste Check Financials January 2019 (Attachment - 1 page) (Attachment 2 - 1 page) (Attachment 3 - 2 pages) (Attachment 4 - 1        page)
    2. Library Funding (WCRL FF Summary - 2 pages) (Presentation - 13 pages) (Attachment - 1 page)
    3. Western REN CEO Report Q3 (Attachment - 5 pages)
    4. Inspection Report – Audit – Yarmouth County Solid Waste Management Authority (Attachment - 2 pages)
    5. Minutes from most recent AMFFA meeting (Attachment - 2 pages)
    6. Joint NSHA/DHW Steering Committee Member Request (Attachment - 2 pages)
  11. Financial requests
  12. Agenda Topics for Next Meeting / Notice of Motion by Councillors
  13. Question Period
  14. In Camera – Airport Contract Negotiation
  15. Adjournment

February 12, 2019 - Council Meeting Agenda

  1. Call Meeting to Order
  2. Approval of Agenda/Conflict of Interest Declaration
  3. Presentation (none)
  4. Adoption of Minutes
    1. ommittee of the Whole Meeting Minutes –January 29, 2019 (Attachment - 6 pages)
    2. District Planning Committee Minutes – February 6, 2019 (Attachment - 2 pages)
  5. Business Arising from the Minutes (none)
  6. Councillors’ Report
  7. Warden’s Report (Attachment - 1 page)
  8. Staff Report (Attachment - 14 pages)
  9. Strategic Priority Topics
  10. For Decision
    1. Club Social des Iles – Emergency Funding Request (Attachment - 4 pages) (Attachment - 1 page) (Attachment - 2 pages) (Club 2018 Financial Statements)
    2. Cost of water distribution for the Mariners Center (Attachment - 2 pages)
    3. Halifax Fire safety training opportunity (Attachment - 2 pages)
    4. Travel and Renumeration Policy (Attachment - 9 pages) (Attachment - 3 pages)
  11. Correspondence and for Information
    1. Acadian Skies and Mi’kmaq Stewardship Committee update (Attachment - 1 page)
    2. Municipal Affairs letter – Addressing recurring water shortage issues (Attachment - 1 page)
    3. Order of Nova Scotia award (Attachment - 1 page)
    4. Quotes for o-turn mowers (Attachment - 1 page)
    5. UARB for sea cucumber plant (Attachment - 4 pages)
    6. NSCC – Rural Innovation District Initiative (Attachment - 2 pages)
    7. Request for Decision - Mariners Centre Expansion (Attachment - 4 pages)
  12. Financial Requests
    1. $500 District Community Grant Request - Immaculate Conception Cemetery Committee (Attachment - 1 page)
    2. $500 District Community Grant Request- Paroisse Saint-Pierre (Attachment - 1 page)
  13. Agenda Topics for Next Meeting / Notice of Motion by Councillors
    1. Planning / Tusket Business Park
    2. Land use bylaw revision for Cannabis - (Attachment - 53 pages) (Attachment - 61 pages) (Memo - 1 page)
  14. Question Period
  15. In Camera – Confidential housing opportunity
  16. Adjournment