Regular Meeting of Council

That the following minutes of the Council of the City of Kenora be adopted as circulated: April 16, 2024 - Regular Council

That all items under the heading of Public Consent Agenda for the City Council Meeting dated May 21, 2024 be hereby adopted as recommended.

That Council hereby appoints the following members for various Boards and Committees of Council : Linda Mitchell to the Planning Advisory Committee; Kim Mowrey to the Sustainability Advisory Committee; Kirsten Fair to the MUSE Board; and further That these appointments be for a term at the pleasure of Council no later than November 14, 2026.

That Council directs Administration to request the following delegations with the various Ministers and issues: - L ong-term care funding from unorganized - Hospital advocacy to the Minister of Health - Policing – Funding opportunities for enhanced By-law Officers Police Auxiliary

That Council hereby approves the Harbourtown Centre Business Improvement Board budget request in the amount of $44,653.37 for 2024; and further That in accordance with Public Notices Bylaw Number 160-2022, public notice is hereby given that Council intends to formally adopt the 2024 Business Improvement Board Levy at its May 21 st meeting; and further That Council gives three readings to a bylaw to adopt the estimates for funds to be raised for 2024 on behalf of the Harbourtown Centre Business Improvement Board.

That Council hereby adopts the removal of levy restrictions applied to the broad tax classes; commercial and industrial, to benefit all tax classes by fairly distributing future inflationary levy increases; and further That Council hereby provides three readings to the following By-laws: A By-law to set tax ratios and to set tax rate increases for the prescribed property classes and subclasses for municipal purposes for the year 2024; and A By-law to adopt the estimates for all sums required for the year, to establish rates to be levied for same and to provide for penalty and interest in default of payment thereof for 2024; and further That in accordance with Notice By-law #160-2022, public notice is hereby given of Council’s intention to set tax ratios and tax rates for 2024 at its May 21st, 2024, meeting.

That Council hereby approves a budget amendment as per the April 16th, 2024, Notice of Motion to invest up to $200,000 in new technology and furnishings for the Council Chambers funded through the 2023 operating surplus; and further That in accordance with Notice By-law Number 160-2022, public notice is hereby given that Council intends to amend its 2024 Capital budget at its May 21st, 2024 Council meeting for this purpose; and further That Council gives three readings to a By-law to amend the 2024 Capital budget for this purpose.

That Council hereby adopts a new Human Resource Policy #HR-3-5 Hours of Work, Professional and Managerial Staff which forms part of the Comprehensive City Policy Manual; and further That bylaw number 165-2019 Non-Union Hours of Work Policy and Overtime Policy be hereby repealed; and further That three readings be given to a bylaw for this purpose.

That Council hereby maintains its current Noise Bylaw to allow the use of fireworks during the prescribe days and times; and further That the City of Kenora will increase its public education surrounding the use of fireworks in the City of Kenora.

That Council hereby maintains its current Noise Bylaw to allow the use of fireworks during the prescribe days and times; and further That the City of Kenora will increase its public education surrounding the use of fireworks in the City of Kenora; and further The Council directs staff to create a bylaw pertaining to the discharge of fireworks and pyrotechnics in the City of Kenora.

That Council hereby approves an additional expenditure of up to $25,000 for the Capital Project purchase of a Grizzly aggregate screener to support the City’s landfill operations; and further That in accordance with Notice By-law Number 160-2022, public notice is hereby given that Council intends to amend its 2024 Utilities Budget at its May 21, 2024 meeting to allocate funds from the Solid Waste Reserve in the amount of $25,000 to offset the cost of this purchase; and further That Council give three readings to a by-law for this purpose.

That Council hereby approves an application to the Northern Ontario Heritage Fund Rural Enhancement Funding Stream for a total of $100,000 for a skatepark enhancement project at the Moncrief Construction Sports Centre with a $25,000 Municipal Accommodation Tax contribution (MAT); and further That Council hereby approves a budget amendment within the Municipal Accommodation Tax to reallocate $25,000 previously budgeted for an Arts and Culture plan to the skatepark enhancement project; and further That in accordance with public notices bylaw 160-2022 Council will amend the Municipal Accommodation Tax budget to reallocate $25,000 previously budgeted for an Arts and Culture plan to the skatepark enhancement project at the May 21, 2024 meeting; and further That Council hereby approves any cost overruns associated with the project; and further That three readings be given to a bylaw for this purpose.

That Council hereby approves a budget amendment in the amount of $35,000 to be funded through 2024 Municipal Accommodation Tax (MAT) revenues to support additional events as identified through the Special Event Granting process; and further That in accordance with Public Notices By-law Number 160-2022, public notice is hereby given that Council intends to amend its 2024 Operating Budget at its May 21, 2024, meeting for this purpose; and further That Council give three readings to a by-law to amend the 2024 budget for this purpose.

That motion number 13 on tonight’s agenda with respect to Tbaytel lease agreements be hereby

That the Mayor and Clerk be hereby authorized to execute the following agreements on behalf of the Corporation of the City of Kenora: • Purchase agreement – Derouard Motor Products Ltd - 2024 four wheel drive, four door pickup truck • Purchase agreement - Kenora GM – 2024 four wheel drive pickup truck • Purchase Agreement - Bayview Toyota – 2024 SUV • Service Agreement -TBT Engineering Ltd – paving program contract administration & design support • Service Agreement - Docks & Lifts – city dock improvements • Service Agreement - Stantec Consulting – bridge & structure inspections & Portage Bay bridge preliminary design • Service Agreement - Moncrief Construction – Municipal paving program • Funding Agreement - NOHFC – McLeod Park Phase II That three readings be given to bylaws for this purpose.

That By-law 59-2024 to 66-2024 and 69-2024 to 77-2024 be now read a First & Second Time and approved in their present form and presented for Third & Final Reading; and further That By-law 67-2024 and 68-2024 be hereby

That the following By-law be now read a First & Second Time, and approved in it’s present form and presented for Third & Final Reading: #78-2024 – Budget Amendment – Special Events Grants

That Council of the City of Kenora provides Administration with direction to provide costed reports to Council for 2025 budget considerations of the following items: 1. Increasing our operational downtown cleaning complement to allow for street washing seven (7) days per week, including statutory holidays. 2. Per item cost of Big Belly Garbage Cans, regular municipal metal garbage cans, animal waste pick up systems, permanent sharps containers, and smoking disposal units; as well as the approximate operating costs associated with increasing these new capital expenditures; as well as any bulk discounts offered for buying items in multiples. 3. Per item costs of bike racks; as well as the operational costs to install, and maintain them. 4. Purchase, installation, and maintenance costs of installing up to a two-stall compostable toilet system, or plumbed toilet system; whichever is more cost effective, with an external hand-washing station at the Keewatin Central Park (Old Keewatin Ball Park); Therefore Be It Resolved that these reports include funding sources that shall include reserves, the Municipal Accommodation Tax, grant funding, and external funding opportunities for any capital expenditures.

the jury that heard Carol Culleton, Anastasia Kuzyk, and Nathalie Warmerdam inquest (The Renfrew County Inquest) issued 86 recommendations to prevent future deaths delivered this recommendations to the Province of Ontario; and Whereas recommendation #85 of the inquest is to include “coercive control” as defined in the Divorce Act, as a criminal offence or as a type of assault under the Criminal Code; and Whereas according to experts, a perpetrator has privileged access to information about the target by virtue of the closeness of an intimate relationship and, as such, is able to identify unique vulnerabilities that can be exploited for coercive control; and Whereas Coordinating Community Responses to Domestic Violence cites scholars and advocates, including the Violence Against Women Network, consistently describing intimate partner violence as both an expression of, and an attempt to maintain, power and control over intimate partners; and Whereas in 2019, according to the Government of Canada, of the 107,810 people aged 15 and over who experienced intimate partner violence 79% were women. 55% of women who experience physical or sexual intimate partner violence feared a partner at some point. Being afraid of a partner can indicate intimate partner violence that is more coercive, more severe, and more likely to reflect a pattern of abusive behaviours; and Whereas data from the Government of Canada Fact sheet on intimate partner violences states that between 2014-2019 in Canada

That pursuant to Section 239 of the Municipal Act, 2001, as amended, authorization for Council to move into a Closed Session at 5:56 p.m. to discuss items pertaining to the following:- - Education & Training Member of Council (2 matters - KDSB Update, Mayor Update) - Receiving Advice Subject to Solicitor-Client Privilege (1 matter - Option to Purchase Agreement) - Personal Matters About an Identifiable Individual (1 matter - Member of Local Organization)

That Council hereby confirms that a portion of the lands identified in the Option to Purchase Agreement between the Corporation of the City of Kenora and 59010558 Manitoba Ltd., dated July 20, 2021, is required by the municipality to provide municipal service(s) within the City of Kenora; and further That these lands shall not be considered for surplus per Section 3 of the Option to Purchase Agreement dated July 20, 2021, which is conditional upon passing of a surplus by-law.

That this meeting be now declared closed at 8:43 p.m.

That Council directs Administration to request the following delegations with the various Ministers and issues: - Long-term care funding from unorganized - Hospital advocacy to the Minister of Health May 21, 2024 Regular Council Meeting Minutes 3 - Policing – Funding opportunities for enhanced By-law Officers Police Auxiliary

That Council hereby adopts a new Human Resource Policy #HR-3-5 Hours of Work, Professional and Managerial Staff which forms part of the Comprehensive City Policy Manual; and further May 21, 2024 Regular Council Meeting Minutes 5 That bylaw number 165-2019 Non-Union Hours of Work Policy and Overtime Policy be hereby repealed; and further That three readings be given to a bylaw for this purpose.

May 21, 2024 Regular Council Meeting Minutes 11 That Council of the City of Kenora provides Administration with direction to provide costed reports to Council for 2025 budget considerations of the following items: 1. Increasing our operational downtown cleaning complement to allow for street washing seven (7) days per week, including statutory holidays. 2. Per item cost of Big Belly Garbage Cans, regular municipal metal garbage cans, animal waste pick up systems, permanent sharps containers, and smoking disposal units; as well as the approximate operating costs associated with increasing these new capital expenditures; as well as any bulk discounts offered for buying items in multiples. 3. Per item costs of bike racks; as well as the operational costs to install, and maintain them. 4. Purchase, installation, and maintenance costs of installing up to a two-stall compostable toilet system, or plumbed toilet system; whichever is more cost effective, with an external hand- washing station at the Keewatin Central Park (Old Keewatin Ball Park); Therefore Be It Resolved that these reports include funding sources that shall include reserves, the Municipal Accommodation Tax, grant funding, and external funding opportunities for any capital expenditures.

Whereas the jury that heard Carol Culleton, Anastasia Kuzyk, and Nathalie Warmerdam inquest (The Renfrew County Inquest) issued 86 recommendations to prevent future deaths delivered this recommendations to the Province of Ontario; and Whereas recommendation #85 of the inquest is to include “coercive control” as defined in the Divorce Act, as a criminal offence or as a type of assault under the Criminal Code; and Whereas according to experts, a perpetrator has privileged access to information about the target by virtue of the closeness of an intimate relationship and, as such, is able to identify May 21, 2024 Regular Council Meeting Minutes 12 unique vulnerabilities that can be exploited for coercive control; and Whereas Coordinating Community Responses to Domestic Violence cites scholars and advocates, including the Violence Against Women Network, consistently describing intimate partner violence as both an expression of, and an attempt to maintain, power and control over intimate partners; and Whereas in 2019, according to the Government of Canada, of the 107,810 people aged 15 and over who experienced intimate partner violence 79% were women. 55% of women who experience physical or sexual intimate partner violence feared a partner at some point. Being afraid of a partner can indicate intimate partner violence that is more coercive, more severe, and more likely to reflect a pattern of abusive behaviours; and Whereas data from the Government of Canada Fact sheet on intimate p

That this meeting be now declared closed at 8:43 p.m. May 21, 2024 Regular Council Meeting Minutes 15