Regular Council

BE IT RESOLVED THAT the minutes of the September 23, 2024, Regular Council Meeting are adopted as presented.

BE IT RESOLVED THAT the items of the October 15, 2024, Regular Council Meeting Consent Agenda are accepted as information.

BE IT RESOLVED THAT Gore Bay Council accepts the Financial Capital Closeout Report as information.

WHEREAS the Marina financially performed better than expected; AND WHEREAS Town Administration has proposed a new schedule for booking Marina slips; THEREFORE Gore Bay Council accept this report for information and approve a $100 deposit for Marina slips for the wait list to be reflected in the 2025 Rate Book.

BE IT RESOLVED THAT Gore Bay Council accepts the Harbour Days 2024 Wrap Up report as information.

WHEREAS Council directed staff to review the Council remuneration due to the elimination of standing committees and transitioning to one to two Council meetings per month; THEREFORE Gore Bay Council directs staff to draft a by-law including the following recommendations: 1. Increase Base Allowance to include funding for Council meetings 2. Maintain the current rate of $60 for attendance at other committees, task force, and significant initiatives as identified in the Council Remuneration report. 3. That the head of council (or deputy) be automatically included in significant capital initiative meetings, and any other members of council (or the public) be approved by resolution.

BE IT RESOLVED THAT Gore Bay Council accepts the Borron St Storm Sewer Improvement Report for information.

BE IT RESOLVED THAT Gore Bay Council accepts the items of the October 15, 2024, Regular Council Meeting Shared Committee/Board Reports as information; and THAT Inspector Walsh be invited to a future council meeting to introduce himself to members of Council.

BE IT RESOLVED THAT Gore Bay Council accepts the minutes of the October 9, 2024, minutes for the Planning and Development Task Force.

WHEREAS the Municipality of Wawa has forwarded a resolution calling upon Michael Mantha to resign from his position was M.P.P. of the Algoma-Manitoulin Riding immediately. THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED THAT Gore Bay Council accepts this as information.

WHEREAS the OPP 2025 Annual Billing has been received; AND WHEREAS municipalities across Ontario have experienced a large increase in their OPP Billing for 2025; BE IT RESOLVED THAT Gore Bay Council accepts this as information.

BE IT RESOLVED THAT Gore Bay Council defers this item to the budget discussions at a subsequent meeting.

WHEREAS official statistics from the Government of Ontario confirm that rural roads are inherently more dangerous than other roads; AND WHEREAS, despite only having 17% of the population, 55% of the road fatalities occur on rural roads; AND WHEREAS, rural, northern, and remote municipalities are fiscally strained by maintaining extensive road networks on a smaller tax base; AND WHEREAS, preventing crashes reduces the burden on Ontario’s already strained rural strained health care system; AND WHEREAS, roadway collisions and associated lawsuits are significant factors in runaway municipal insurance premiums. Preventing crashes can have a significant impact in improving municipal risk profiles; THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED THAT the Town of Gore Bay requests that the Government of Ontario take action to implement the rural road safety program that Good Roads has committed to lead. It will allow Ontario's rural municipalities to make the critical investments needed to reduce the high number of people being killed and seriously injured on Ontario’s rural roads; and FURTHER THAT a copy of this resolution be forwarded to Premier Doug Ford, Hon. Prabmeet Sarkaria, Minister of Transportation, Hon. King Surma, Minister of Infrastructure, Hon. Rob Flack, Minister of Agriculture, Hon. Lisa Thompson, Minister of Rural Affairs, Hon. Trevor Jones, Associate Minister of Emergency Preparedness and Response, and Hon. Sylvia Jones, Minister of Health, and Good Roads; and FURTHER THAT this resolutio

THAT Gore Bay Council enter closed session at 8:46 p.m. in accordance with Section 239(2)(c) of the Municipal Act, 2001.

THAT Gore Bay Council exit a closed session at 9:13 p.m.

BE IT RESOLVED THAT Confirmatory By-law No. 2024-36 receives it first, second, and third readings and is finally passed on this 15th day of October, 2024.

THAT we adjourn at 9:15 p.m.