Regular Council

BE IT RESOLVED THAT the minutes of the January 29, 2026, Regular Council meeting be adopted as presented.

BE IT RESOLVED THAT the Gore Council accepts the items of the February 9, 2026 consent agenda.

BE IT RESOLVED THAT Gore Bay Council THAT Council approve the 2026 budget expenditure of $31,140 plus applicable HST for the supply and installation of two fully engineered replacement pedestrian access ramps at the Gore Bay Marina; AND THAT Council authorize staff to issue a purchase order to Kropf Industrial Inc. for the procurement and installation of the ramps.

BE IT RESOLVED THAT Gore Bay Council accepts the Funding of Amortization and Other Estimated Expenses for 2026 Report for information.

WHEREAS The Committee of the Whole met on February 9,2026, and has recommended the following: THAT Council passes a by-law eliminating municipal tax rate reductions for vacant and excess land subclasses.

WHEREAS The Committee of the Whole met on February 9, 2026, and has recommended the following: THAT Council directs staff to reflect a commercial and industrial municipal tax ratio of 1.0 in the 2026 tax rates through the annual Tax Rate By-law. AND THAT Council directs staff to contribute access funds to the General Capital Reserve Fund.

WHEREAS The Committee of the Whole met on February 9,2026, and has recommended the following: THAT Council adopts the 2026 Budget as presented; AND FURTHER THAT Council establishes the 2026 Budget Levy at $1,520,533 being a 2.74 percent increase in the municipal mill rate over 2025. THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED THAT Gore Bay Council approves this recommendation.

Steele WHEREAS LifeLabs has announced its intention to close its Greater Sudbury laboratory, and the transfer of medical specimen processing from Northern Ontario to laboratories in southern Ontario; and WHEREAS the Greater Sudbury laboratory provides essential diagnostic services to communities across Northern Ontario, including urban, rural, and remote municipalities, and plays a critical role in ensuring timely and reliable medical testing for Northern residents; and WHEREAS patients with chronic illness, newborns, long-term care residents, and individuals on time-sensitive medications depend on predictable laboratory turnaround times to support clinical decision-making; and WHEREAS transporting medical specimens long distances to southern Ontario increases the risk of delays, specimen degradation, and retesting, particularly during frequent winter highway closures—potentially jeopardizing patient outcomes; and WHEREAS Northern Ontario is already experiencing shortages of health-care professionals, and the closure of this laboratory further undermines regional workforce stability, training capacity, and recruitment and retention efforts; THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED that the Town of Gore Bay call on the Province of Ontario and the Ministry of Health to take immediate action to ensure that essential medical laboratory services remain accessible within Northern Ontario, including maintaining local laboratory processing capacity in Greater Sudbury; and BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that

BE IT RESOLVED THAT BY-LAW 2026-03 being a by-law to eliminate vacant and excess land tax reduction receive its first, second and third readings and is finally passed this 9th day of February 2026.

BE IT RESOLVED THAT BY-LAW 2026-04 being a by-law to Establish Estimates, Tax Ratios and Tax Rates for 2026 receives it first, second, and third readings and is finally passed this 9th day of February 2026.

BE IT RESOLVED THAT Gore Bay Council Enter Closed Session at _7:42___ p.m. in accordance with section 239(2)(c) a proposed or pending acquisition or disposition of land by the municipality or local board

BE IT RESOLVED THAT Gore Bay Councils exits closed session at __7:57___p.m.

BE IT RESOLVED THAT By-Law 2026-05 being a Confirmatory By-Law receives its first, second, and third readings and is finally passed this 9th day of February 2026.

THAT we adjourn at _7:58_____ p.m.