Latest Council Agenda

MAY 15, 2025 - REGULAR COUNCIL MEETING - 6:30 P.M.

1. Call Meeting to Order
   1. Regrets
2. Invitation to Stand and Move
3. Approval of Agenda/Conflict of Interest Declaration
4. Presentation - Free Store Presentation from Evangel Assembly
5. Adoption of Minutes
   1. April 24, 2025 - Executive Council Meeting Minutes (Attachment)
6. Recognizing Argyle - Council Announcements
7. Warden's Report (Attachment)
8. Committee Reports 
9. 7-day Notice
   1. Article C57 - Veterans Banner Policy (Attachment)
10. For Decision and Discussion
    1. Budget Presentation - Operating Fund & Capital Fund (Attachment 1) (Attachment 2) (Attachment 3)
    2. Tax Rate Approvals - Residential, Commercial and Resource (Attachment)
    3. Temporary Borrowing from Operating Reserve (Attachment)
    4. Youth Wellbeing Network - Request for Committee Member - Deferred from last meeting (Attachment)
    5. Physician Recruitment Committee - Request for Alternate - Warden Albright (Attachment)
    6. Cell Phone Service - Councillor Greg Foster (Attachment 1) (Attachment 2)
    7. Updates - Councillor Malcolm Madden (Attachment)
    8. Approval of List of Charitable Organization Tax Exemption (Attachment)
    9. Interest on Overdue Accounts (Attachment)
    10. End of May Meeting
11. Correspondence and For Information
    
    1. Correspondence from Mayor Blair to Minister Lohr (Attachment)
    2. Correspondence from Minister Lohr re: Fire Records Management System (Attachment)
    3. Correspondence from Minister Lohr re: Reprofiting of the Beautification and Streetscaping Program (BSP) and the Community Works Program (CWP) (Attachment)
    4. Correspondence from Minister Lohr and Minister Masland re: Fire Services Review (Attachment)
    5. Correspondence from Becky Druhan re: Additional Officer Program (Attachment)
    6. Oceans 11 - Deputy Warden Saulnier (Attachment)
    7. Correspondence from Hear! Here! Society (Attachment)
12. Financial Requests 
    1. Radio CIFA - Renewal of Municipality Logo on Vehicle (Attachment)
    2. Council Community Grants for District 1:
       • Le Club Acadien - $700
       • Village Friends - $700
       • Eel Brook Fire Department - $700
       • Le Jardin des Petits - $400
       • Abrams River School House Society - $600
       • SAR/Eel Brook Community Group - $600
       • Theatre Sud Ouest - $500
    3. Council Community Grants for District 2:
       • Harbour Hill Community Hall - $700
       • Cemetery Committee Comeau's Hill - $700
       • Comeau's Hill & Little River Harbour Beach Committee - $700
       • Association des Clairmont, DeViller, Fitzgerald, and Jacquard - $700
       • Plymouth Recreational Hall Society - $700
    4. Council Community Grants for District 3
       • Wedgeport Royal Canadian Legion Branch 155 - $700
       • Wedgeport Tuna Museum - $700
       • Wedgeport Nature Trail - $700
       • Wedgeport District Fire Dept. Ladies Auxiliary - $700
       • Wedgeport Acadian Heritage Society - $700
    5. Council Community Grants for District 4:
       • Twin Village Social Club - $700
       • Hubbards Point and Area Community Development Association - $700
       • Club Social des Iles - $700
       • St. Joseph Cemetery - $700
    6. Council Community Grant for District 5
       • Belleville and Friends Community Group - $700
       • Le Comité Touristique de la Paroisse Ste. Anne du Ruisseau - $700
       • SAR New Horizons Seniors Club - $700
    7. Council Community Grant for District 6
       • Green Grove Cemetery Association - $700
       • New Horizon Seaside Park Association - $700
       • Lower Argyle Harbourview Cemetery - $700
       • Mount Pleasant Cemetery - $700
    8. Council Community Grant for District 7
       • East Pubnico New Horizons Association - $700
       • Ladies Auxiliary of the East Pubnico Fire Department - $700
       • East Side Community Centre - $700
    9. Council Community Grants for District 8
       • Les Amies du Musee - $700
       • Société historique acadienne de Pubnico-Ouest - $700
    10. Council Community Grant for District 9:
        • Le Village Historique Acadien de la Nouvelle-Ecosse - $700
13. Agenda Topics for Next Meeting / Notice of Motion by Councillors
14. Question Period
15. In Camera 
16. Adjournment

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