Regional Council

No. 20 8 December 1999

 

 

The Regional Municipality

 

of

 

Ottawa-Carleton

 

Council Minutes

 

 

The Council of the Regional Municipality of Ottawa-Carleton met at Haydon Hall, Regional Headquarters, 111 Lisgar Street, Ottawa, on Wednesday, 8 December 1999 at 1:30 p.m.

The meeting was called to order at 1:40 p.m. and opened with the playing of the National Anthem, performed by L’Harmonie de l’école secondaire Louis-Riel.

The Regional Chair, Robert Chiarelli, presided and led Council in prayer.

ALL MEMBERS WERE PRESENT.

 

Announcements/Ceremonial Activities

Recognition of 5th Anniversary of 1st Directly-elected Council

The Regional Chair, Robert Chiarelli, announced that it was the 5th anniversary of the 1st directly-elected Council. He stated that the community was very pleased with the level of services provided by Regional government, and at the same time, being able to hold the line on taxes. He also conveyed that in the year 2000, taxes would decrease without those very important people services being disrupted. The Regional Chair then took the opportunity to recognize and thank the members of Council who were celebrating their 5th year anniversary as a directly-elected Council.

The following members of Council were presented with five-year pins:

Councillor Herb Kreling

Councillor Richard Cantin

Councillor Alex Munter

Councillor Betty Hill

Councillor Robert van den Ham

Councillor Al Loney

Councillor Gord Hunter

Councillor Dan Beamish

Councillor Michel Bellemare

Councillor Madeleine Meilleur

Councillor Jacques Legendre

Councillor Diane Holmes

Councillor Linda Davis

Councillor Wendy Stewart

Councillor Peter Hume

 

 

 

 

 

Confirmation Of Minutes

The minutes of the Regular Council meeting of 24 November 1999 were confirmed.

 

Declarations Of Interest Arising From Prior Meetings Of Council And Committees

No declarations of interest were filed.

 

Communications

1. The Honourable Gilbert Normand, Secretary of State Science, Research and Development, responding to Council’s endorsement of the Federation of Canadian Municipalities - Quality of Life Infrastructure Program Proposal.

The Minister advises that the 12 October Throne speech identified the Governments’ willingness to enter into a new infrastructure partnership with others in the public and private sectors, and that the Government will seek to reach agreement with others no later than the end of the year 2000.

Finally, the nature of the new program would be responsive to the needs of a modern economy, consisting of Transportation, telecommunications, tourism, environment, public health and safety and cultural elements.

NOTE: Item 4 of Transportation Committee Report No. 46, Adopted by Council on

13 October 1999, refers.

 

 

* COMMUNICATIONS HELD ON FILE WITH THE REGIONAL CLERK.

 

Regrets

The following members of Council advising that they will be absent from Council and Committee meetings during the dates indicated:

Councillor R. van den Ham 22 December 1999

 

Motion To Introduce Committee Reports

 

MOTION NO. 216

Moved by Councillor M. McGoldrick-Larsen

Seconded by Councillor A. Munter

RESOLVED THAT Community Services Committee Report No. 38; Corporate Services and Economic Development Committee Report Nos. 51 and 52 {In Camera}; and Transportation Committee Report Nos. 50 and 51 be received and considered.

"CARRIED"

 

 

(COMMITTEE REPORTS BEGIN ON PAGE )

 

 

Community Services Committee Report No. 38

 

1. Community Houses

 

Committee Recommendation As Amended

That Council approve that the 2000 (Community Services) draft estimates include an addition of $100,000 to the base funding of Community Houses, to be funded out of the National Child Benefit supplement savings (cumulative unallocated).

"CARRIED"

 

2. Proposed Reinvestment Of The Year 2000

National Child Benefit Supplement Savings

 

Committee Recommendation

That Council approve the Year 2000 National Child Benefit Supplement reinvestment allocations outlined below:

 

    1. Building Community Capacity $ 693,000

    2. Employment Supports $ 895,000

    3. Employment Development $ 400,000

    4. Ontario Works Child Care $ 205,000

    5. Learning, Earning and Parenting $ 330,000

    6. Success by 6 / 6 Ans et gagnant $ 250,000

7. Cumulative Unallocated $1,493,508

"CARRIED" with Councillors Hill and van den Ham dissenting.

 

Corporate Services and Economic Development Committee Report No. 51

 

1. 2000 Budget Directions

 

Committee Recommendations As Amended

That Council approve the following directions for the development of the 2000 Draft Operating and Capital Estimates:

1. That departments develop their 2000 Draft Estimates assuming no increase in tax requirement over 1999 after adjustments for compensation and police debt service cost increases;

2. That the Community Services Departments (Health, Social Services, Homes for the Aged and Social Housing) develop their 2000 Draft Estimates within the aggregate 1999 funding envelope for Community Services, and that any proposed changes, mandated or otherwise, be highlighted;

3. That other departments develop their 2000 Draft Estimates based on existing programs and service levels and where, if service levels must be adjusted to remain within 1999 funding levels, that these proposed changes be highlighted;

4. That the ten year capital program be developed with continued regard for the ongoing debt management strategy and "pay-as-you-go" policies;

5. That the Region accommodate, through a reduction in the upper tier tax requirement, its share of any property tax mitigation provided to the Corel Centre resulting from any Council decision to use the new professional sports facility property class;

6. A total tax requirement target of $551.3M which would generate a 2.6% reduction in the total Regional tax rate assuming a net growth in assessment of 0.8%;

7. That the Regional Chair, in consultation with the Chief Administrative Officer and the Committee Chairs, prepare a new schedule which will provide for a final approval of the 2000 budget on or before 31 December 1999.

 

Recommendation Nos. 1 to 6 inclusive were put to Council and "CARRIED" with Councillor Byrne dissenting on Recommendation Nos. 1 and 3.

 

Recommendation No. 7 was put to Council and "CARRIED" on a division of 16 YEAS to 1 NAY as follows:

YEAS: Councillors Holmes, Doucet, McGoldrick-Larsen, Hume, Beamish, Byrne, Hill, Munter, van den Ham, Kreling, Meilleur, Legendre, Bellemare, Stewart, Loney and Chair Chiarelli…16

NAY: Councillor Hunter…1

2. Professional Sports Facilities - Property Class

 

Committee Recommendations As Amended

That Council consider the following in response to the recent provincial decision to create a new professional sports facility property class and the Ottawa Senator’s request for property tax relief:

    1. The use of the new optional commercial professional sports facility property class for the 2000 taxation year and the use of the "tax rate approach" to providing property tax mitigation to that class;

    1. The setting of 2000 tax rates for Regional purposes for this property class that, in providing for a virtual exemption on the stadium portion of the property, will reduce the Corel Centre’s total property taxes from $4.6M to approximately $0.7M per year;

    1. That the Minister of Finance be requested to approve the resulting commercial property tax rates under s. 366 of the Municipal Act;

4. That a grant of $144,000 be provided to the City of Kanata in 2000 in order that property tax rates in Kanata do not increase as a result of the disproportionate impact of this policy decision on Kanata’s property tax base, conditional upon Kanata absorbing an amount equivalent to that produced by its assessment growth for the 2000 taxation year;

    1. That the Region offset the impact of the $1.6M in reduced Regional property tax revenue together with the $144,000 grant to the City of Kanata through a reduction in the Regional tax requirement in order that the total Regional property tax rates targeted in the report entitled 2000 Budget Directions are met;

    2. That the new Optional Commercial Professional Sports Facility property class be reviewed each year with the intent that it apply to the Corel Centre as long as the Ottawa Senators are tenants there.

 

MOTION NO. 217

Moved by Councillor R. Cantin

Seconded by Councillor R. van den Ham

RESOLVED THAT the preamble to the recommendations set out in Item 2 of Corporate Services and Economic Development Committee Report No. 51 be amended to read as follows:

"That Council approve the following in response to the recent Provincial decision to create a new professional sports facility property class and the Corel Centre’s request for property tax fairness."

"CARRIED"

 

Recommendation No. 1 was then put to Council and "CARRIED" on a division of 15 YEAS to 4 NAYS as follows:

YEAS: Councillors Holmes, Doucet, McGoldrick-Larsen, Hume, Hill, Munter, van den Ham, Hunter, Kreling, Cantin, Meilleur, Bellemare, Stewart, Loney and Chair Chiarelli…15

NAYS: Councillors Beamish, Byrne, Legendre and Davis…4

 

MOTION NO. 218

Moved by Councillor D. Beamish

Seconded by Councillor J. Legendre

RESOLVED THAT Recommendation No. 2 be replaced with the following:

"That Council approve a tax rate for the Corel Centre which would cut its total 2000 property tax bill by 75% from the current $4.6 million to $1.15 million, given that Mr. Rod Bryden has indicated that his business plan was built on property taxation at this level and given that a 75% reduction is what was also approved by Kanata City Council."

"LOST" on a division of 11 NAYS to 8 YEAS as follows:

NAYS: Councillors Holmes, Doucet, Hume, Hill, van den Ham, Kreling, Cantin, Meilleur, Stewart, Davis and Chair Chiarelli…11

YEAS: Councillors McGoldrick-Larsen, Beamish, Byrne, Munter, Hunter, Legendre, Bellemare and Loney…8

 

Recommendation No. 2 was put to Council and "CARRIED" on a division of 12 YEAS to 7 NAYS as follows:

YEAS: Councillors Holmes, Hume, Hill, van den Ham, Hunter, Kreling, Cantin, Meilleur, Bellemare, Stewart, Loney and Chair Chiarelli…12

NAYS: Councillors Doucet, McGoldrick-Larsen, Beamish, Byrne, Munter, Legendre and Davis…7

 

MOTION NO. 219

Moved by Councillor A. Munter

Seconded by Councillor A. Loney

WHEREAS the Regional staff report suggests that the City of Kanata should use its assessment growth to make up for the lost revenue from the Corel Centre in order to avoid a property tax increase in that municipality and this is impractical because new growth generates new costs (more roads to maintain, parks to operate, firefighters to employ, etc.); and

WHEREAS Kanata bearing a disproportionate burden for Corel Centre tax reduction is only a one-year situation, until the new city of Ottawa comes into effect, at which time the cost of this reduction will be spread across the region; and

WHEREAS the Corel Centre (building only) represents 31% of the total commercial occupied class of Kanata’s current assessment base; and

WHEREAS Regional property taxes will not increase as a result of this decision, but Kanata taxes could go up as much as 3% if the taxation burden is spread to other taxpayers;

THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED THAT staff be directed to negotiate a one-year-only grant with the City of Kanata, the goal of which is to ensure that city property taxes in Kanata do not increase as a result of this decision, to a limit of $343,000 (the equivalent of 75% of the taxes currently paid to the City by the Corel Centre).

"LOST" on a division of 13 NAYS to 6 YEAS as follows:

NAYS: Councillors Doucet, McGoldrick-Larsen, Hill, van den Ham, Hunter, Kreling, Cantin, Meilleur, Legendre, Bellemare, Stewart, Davis and Chair Chiarelli…13

YEAS: Councillors Holmes, Hume, Beamish, Byrne, Munter and Loney…6

 

MOTION NO. 220

Moved by Councillor A. Munter

Seconded by Councillor A. Loney

WHEREAS the Regional staff report suggests that the City of Kanata should use its assessment growth to make up for the lost revenue from the Corel Centre in order to avoid a property tax increase in that municipality and this is impractical because new growth generates new costs (more roads to maintain, parks to operate, firefighters to employ, etc.); and

WHEREAS Kanata bearing a disproportionate burden for Corel Centre tax reduction is only a one-year situation, until the new city of Ottawa comes into effect, at which time the cost of this reduction will be spread across the region; and

WHEREAS the Corel Centre (building only) represents 31% of the total commercial occupied class of Kanata’s current assessment base; and

WHEREAS Regional property taxes will not increase as a result of this decision, but Kanata taxes could go up as much as 3% if the taxation burden is spread to other taxpayers;

THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED THAT staff be directed to negotiate a one-year-only grant with the City of Kanata, the goal of which is to ensure that city property taxes in Kanata do not increase as a result of this decision, to a limit of $250,000.

"LOST" on a division of 12 NAYS to 7 YEAS as follows:

NAYS: Councillors Doucet, McGoldrick-Larsen, Hill, van den Ham, Kreling, Cantin, Meilleur, Legendre, Bellemare, Stewart, Davis and Chair Chiarelli…12

YEAS: Councillors Holmes, Hume, Beamish, Byrne, Munter, Hunter and Loney…7

 

MOTION NO. 221

Moved by Councillor A. Munter

Seconded by Councillor W. Byrne

RESOLVED THAT Recommendation No. 6 be replaced by the following:

"Any tax reductions for the Corel Centre be conditional on a binding agreement between the Region, the owners of the Ottawa Senators Hockey Club and the National Hockey League that the Ottawa Senators Hockey team will remain at the Corel Centre for five more full hockey seasons, as a minimum."

"CARRIED" on a division of 10 YEAS to 8 NAYS as follows:

YEAS: Councillors Holmes, Doucet, McGoldrick-Larsen, Beamish, Byrne, Hill, Munter, Legendre, Loney and Davis…10

NAYS: Councillors van den Ham, Hunter, Kreling, Cantin, Meilleur, Bellemare, Stewart and Chair Chiarelli…8

 

MOTION NO. 222

Moved by Councillor G. Hunter

Seconded by Councillor B. Hill

RESOLVED THAT Council request the Provincial Government to relieve the Corel Centre of a portion of the cost of the new highway interchange with the relieved costs to be absorbed by the Province and/or charged to further development around the interchange.

MOTION NO. 223

Moved by Councillor A. Munter

Seconded by Councillor D. Beamish

RESOLVED THAT the Hunter/Hill motion {Motion No. 222} re: development around the Corel Centre be referred to the Planning and Environment Committee for consideration of such development early in the new year.

"LOST on a division of 10 NAYS to 8 YEAS as follows:

NAYS: Councillor McGoldrick-Larsen, Hill, van den Ham, Hunter, Kreling, Cantin, Meilleur, Stewart, Loney and Chair Chiarelli…10

YEAS: Councillor Holmes, Doucet, Beamish, Byrne, Munter, Legendre, Bellemare and Davis…8

 

Motion No. 222 was then put to Council and "CARRIED" with Councillors Beamish and Legendre dissenting.

 

MOTION NO. 224

Moved by Councillor W. Byrne

Seconded by Councillor D. Beamish

RESOLVED THAT the recommendations be amended to require full financial disclosure from the Ottawa Senators and Corel Centre.

"LOST" on a division of 9 NAYS to 9 YEAS as follows:

NAYS: Councillors Hill, van den Ham, Hunter, Kreling, Cantin, Meilleur, Bellemare, Stewart and Chair Chiarelli…9

YEAS: Councillors Holmes, Doucet, McGoldrick-Larsen, Beamish, Byrne, Munter, Legendre, Loney and Davis…9

 

Item No. 2 of Corporate Services and Economic Development Committee Report No. 51 as amended by Motion Nos. 217, 221 and 222, was then put to Council and "CARRIED" with Councillors Byrne, McGoldrick-Larsen, Davis and Legendre dissenting on Recommendation No. 4; and Councillors Beamish, Legendre, Bryne and McGoldrick-Larsen dissenting on the Item as amended.

 

 

3. Year 2000 And The Region Of Ottawa-Carleton

Interim Report For The Fourth Quarter Of 1999

 

Committee Recommendation

That Council receive this report for information.

"RECEIVED"

 

 

4. Sale Of Surplus Land

Blair Road, Gloucester

 

Committee Recommendations

That Council:

1. Declare a vacant parcel of land described as being Part of Lot 21, Concession 2, Ottawa Front, formerly Township of Gloucester, now in the City of Gloucester and more particularly described as Parts 1, 2 and 3 on a draft plan of survey as shown on Annex "A" as surplus to the Region's needs;

2. Approve the sale of the property identified in Recommendation 1, described as Part 1 on the draft plan, consisting of approximately 4,694 m2 to the MBNA Bank, subject to the successful completion of a road closure and subject to any required easements, for the amount of $405,800;

3. Approve the conveyance of the property identified in Recommendation 1, described as Part 2 on the draft plan, consisting of 553 m2 to the City of Gloucester required for road purposes, for the amount of $1.00;

4. Approve the conveyance of the property identified in Recommendation 1, described as Part 3 on the draft plan, consisting of 214 m2 to the City of Gloucester, subject to the successful completion of a road closure and subject to any required easements, for the amount of $18,500.

"CARRIED"

 

 

5. Sale Of Surplus Property

Echo Drive, Ottawa

 

Committee Recommendation

That Council approve the sale of property municipally known as 145, 159, 163-165 Echo Drive and 23-25 Harvey Street being part of Lots 11 and 12, Plan 61 and part of Lots 24 thru 30, Plan 27, former Township of Nepean, now City of Ottawa, to Claridge Building Corporation In Trust, for the amount of $1,805,000 pursuant to an agreement of Purchase and Sale signed by the Purchaser.

 

MOTION NO. 225

Moved by Councillor C. Doucet

Seconded by Councillor D. Holmes

RESOLVED THAT surplus property on Echo Drive be re-tendered with the stipulation that the six affordable units be retained until there is an indication that the construction of affordable housing in the downtown has re-commenced as a viable component of the market.

MOTION NO. 226

Moved by Councillor D. Holmes

Seconded by Councillor W. Byrne

RESOLVED THAT funds from the sale of the Echo Drive and Harvey Street lands be used to build affordable housing elsewhere.

The Chair ruled Motion No. 226 out of order.

 

Motion No. 225 was then put to Council and "LOST" on a division of 11 NAYS to 6 YEAS as follows:

NAYS: Councillors McGoldrick-Larsen, Beamish, Hill, van den Ham, Hunter, Kreling, Cantin, Stewart, Loney, Davis and Chair Chiarelli…11

YEAS: Councillors Holmes, Doucet, Byrne, Munter, Meilleur and Legendre…6

 

Item No. 5 of Corporate Services and Economic Development Committee Report No. 51 was then put to Council and "CARRIED" with Councillors Doucet, Holmes, Byrne, Hume and Legendre dissenting.

 

 

6. Sale Of Surplus Property

Norwood Avenue, Ottawa

 

Committee Recommendations

That Council:

1. Declare 7111.8 m2 of land located in Part of the Front Half of Lot 16, Junction Gore, formerly in the Township of Gloucester, now in the City of Ottawa, described as Parts 1 through 17 on a draft reference plan, and Parts 2 and 3, Plan 5R-12160, save and except Parts 29 and 34, Plan 4R-13382, as surplus to Regional needs;

2. Approve the conveyance of the lands described in Recommendation 1 to each abutting property owner for the sum of $1.00.

"CARRIED"

 

 

7. Association Of Municipalities Of Ontario

2000 Annual Conference

 

Committee Recommendations

That Council:

1. confirm the Region of Ottawa-Carleton’s commitment to host the Association of Municipalities of Ontario 2000 Annual Conference in Ottawa-Carleton to be held August 13 to 16, 2000;

2. approve the provision of $60,000 in the Region’s 2000 budget to support the event.

"CARRIED"

 

 

8. Ottawa-Carleton Wildlife Centre

 

Committee Recommendation

That Council approve funding for the Ottawa-Carleton Wildlife Centre in the amount of $143,000, as a pre-commitment to the 2000 Regional Budget.

"CARRIED" with Councillors Hill, Hunter and Cantin dissenting.

 

Corporate Services and Economic Development Committee Report No. 52

 

Memoranda of Agreement - The Civic Institute of Professional Personnel

(Health) and (Region), Local 503 C.U.P.E. (Health) and (Region) and Local

2187, C.U.P.E.

 

Committee Recommendations

That Council approve:

1. the Memoranda of Agreement between the Region of Ottawa-Carleton and CUPE Local 503 (Health) and (Region) (summary attached as Appendix A);

2. the Memoranda of Agreement between the Region of Ottawa-Carleton and the Civic Institute of Professional Personnel (Region) (summary attached as Appendix B) and the Civic Institute of Professional Personnel (Health) (summary attached as Appendix C);

3. the Memoranda of Agreement between the Region of Ottawa-Carleton and Local 2187, C.U.P.E.; (summary attached as Appendix D);

4. the application of the terms of the CIPP settlement to the Management Professional and Exempt category (MPE);

5. the application of the terms of the Local 503 settlement to the Local 503 Exempt employee group.

"CARRIED"

 

Transportation Committee Report No. 50

 

1. Tourism and Public Services Sign Policy - Draft Policy Status and

Amendment to Accommodate MTO Logo Sign System

 

Committee Recommendations As Amended

That Council approve:

1. That the Tourism and Public Service sign policy be left as an interim policy with the following modifications;

a. addition of a new policy section to accommodate MTO's recently initiated Logo sign program, and;

b. adjustment of the application area for TODS and Logo signing;

2. Acceptance in principle of a consultant study to undertake a comprehensive Regional sign policy and By-law review and update to be initiated prior to year’s end, in which the Tourism and Public Service signage policy, amongst other sign policy, will be finalized;

3. That municipal facilities such as the Gloucester Splash Wave Pool and the Pineview Golf Course be exempted from the implementation boundary in the east in order to permit Tourism and Public Services signing within approved distances of the Blair Road and Montreal Road interchanges of Regional Road 174;

4. That all signs shall be bilingual, providing equal prominence to English and French;

5. That staff be directed to work with the BIA’S (Market and Rideau) to review the need and install signs on Nicholas Street (for traffic getting off the queensway) to indicate the Market Area and Parliament Hill;

6. That Hunt Club Road be the southern boundary for the duration of this interim policy.

"CARRIED"

 

 

2. Mobility Management Branch Workplan

 

Committee Recommendations As Amended

That Council approve:

1. That the following be added to Facilities management Multi-modal roadway facilities:

That Transportation and Planning staff work together to enhance the present guidelines relating to land use and subdivision approvals in order to increase pedestrian and cycling access to Regional roads;

2. That points 1, 2 and 4 under Cycling facilities be added to the Walking facilities by changing the cycling terminology to pedestrian terminology.

"CARRIED" with Councillor Hunter dissenting.

 

3. Road Closing - Untravelled Portion of Regional Road 174 at the

Southwest Corner of Blair Road - Public Hearing

 

Committee Recommendation

Having held a public hearing, that Council pass a by-law to close an untravelled portion of Regional Road No. 174 (old Highway No. 17) situated on the south-west corner of Blair Road at Regional Road No. 174, and being composed of Part of Lot 21, Concession 2, Ottawa Front in the City of Gloucester, Region of Ottawa-Carleton and designated as PARTS 1, 2 and 3 on a draft plan.

"CARRIED"

 

Transportation Committee Report No. 51

 

Fuel Tax Revenue Initiative

 

Committee Recommendation

That Council recommend to the Premier of Ontario, to the Minister of Transportation and to the Federal Minister of Transportation the initiative of the Government of Alberta which links fuel tax revenue to the needs of major municipalities for transportation system infrastructure.

"CARRIED"

 

 

Motion To Adopt Committee Reports

 

MOTION NO. 227

Moved by Councillor A. Loney

Seconded by Councillor R. van den Ham

RESOLVED THAT Community Services Committee Report No. 38; Corporate Services and Economic Development Committee Report Nos. 51 and 52; and Transportation Committee Report Nos. 50 and 51 be received and adopted as amended by Motion Nos. 217, 221 and 222.

"CARRIED" with dissents as recorded on various items.

 

Motion To Introduce By-Laws

 

MOTION NO. 228

Moved by Councillor B. Hill

Seconded by Councillor R. van den Ham

RESOLVED THAT the following by-laws be enacted and passed.

By-law 90 of 1999 to approve area municipality by-laws regulating traffic on local streets as follows:

City of Gloucester 248 of 1999

City of Gloucester 275 of 1999

By-law 91 of 1999 to assume for public use and establish as common and public highways certain lands to become part of the Regional Road System.

By-law 92 of 1999 to provide for a municipal franchise for the Canadian Waste Services Limited Leachate Pipeline.

By-law 93 of 1999 to authorize the levy of sums required for the repayment of debenture number 99-11 issued in the amount of $4,900.00 to aid in the construction of tile drainage works in The Corporation of the Township of Goulbourn.

"CARRIED"

By-laws enacted and passed.

 

Motions

 

MOTION NO. 229

Moved by Councillor A. Munter

Seconded by Councillor A. Loney

RESOLVED THAT the Rules of Procedure be suspended in order that Council may consider a motion with respect to the Transition Board.

"CARRIED" with Councillor van den Ham dissenting.

 

MOTION NO. 230

Moved by Councillor A. Munter

Seconded by Councillor A. Loney

WHEREAS Regional Council endorses the principle of a Transition Board to manage the transition from the current structure to one new city; and

WHEREAS we believe that such a Board’s mandate should be focused on making sure member municipalities do not undermine this transition and preparing plans for the new Council; and

WHEREAS the draft legislation gives the Board sweeping powers, eliminating local democracy for one year and giving the Board all the powers and responsibilities of local Councils; and

WHEREAS the Board can delegate such powers to "one or more of its members to exercise a power or perform a duty under the Act", opening the door to a single individual with no democratic accountability making major, final decisions about the future of our community;

WHEREAS the Bill forces the Regional Municipality of Ottawa-Carleton to "pay the expenses of the Transition Board for 2000, in the amounts and at the times specified by the Transition Board";

BE IT RESOLVED THAT Regional Council requests that the legislation be modified so that the Transition Board plays a more appropriate planning, coordination and monitoring role; and

FURTHER THAT Council objects to being forced to pay for the Board’s operations and requests that the Province covers this cost; and

FURTHER THAT the Transition Board be required to follow the same rules of public conduct required of municipal Councils, namely that decisions be made in public and that all meetings be held in public unless discussing specific matters related to property, litigation or personnel.

"CARRIED" with Councillor van den Ham dissenting.

 

MOTION NO. 231

Moved by Councillor H. Kreling

Seconded by Councillor R. Cantin

RESOLVED THAT the Rules of Procedure be suspended in order that Council may consider a motion with respect to changing the time for commencing the next Council meeting.

"CARRIED"

 

MOTION NO. 232

Moved by Councillor H. Kreling

Seconded by Councillor R. Cantin

RESOLVED THAT the time for commencing the Council meeting called for 22 December 1999 be changed from 1:30 p.m. to 9:00 a.m. in consideration of the Year 2000 Budget.

"CARRIED"

 

Confirmation By-Law

 

MOTION NO. 233

Moved by Councillor A. Loney

Seconded by Councillor W. Byrne

RESOLVED THAT by-law 94 of 1999 to confirm the proceedings of Council be enacted and passed.

"CARRIED"

By-law enacted and passed.

 

Adjournment

Council adjourned at 6:33 p.m.

 

 

 
     

CLERK

  

CHAIR