COUNCIL MINUTES - FEBRUARY 12, 2001


Council met in regular session Monday, February 12, 2001 at 6:30 p.m. at the
Library Building, Mountain Grove.

Present: Mayor Bill MacDonald
Deputy Mayor Jack Nicolson
Councillors: Marsden Kirk, Boyce Peters, Elva Price, Faye R. Putnam, Frances
Smith and Bill Snyder

Absent: Councillor Bob Harvey


Also in attendance were Heather Fox, Clerk, Bill Nicol, Public Works Manager,
Judy Gray, Treasurer, Bev Howes Irwin, Recording Secretary and David Brison,
Frontenac News Reporter.

One member of the public was also in attendance.


Delegations:

6:30 p.m. - Harold Bryan and John Fenwick from OPAC attended to update Council
on current value assessment information.

7:30 p.m. - Carmen Emery, Tom Ham and Susan Leslie attended to request funding
in the amount of $17,000 on an annual basis to assist in the operation of North
Frontenac Community Services.

7:45 p.m. - Wilfred LaForce. Mr. Laforce sent his regrets that he was unable to
attend the meeting due to illness.


Mayor MacDonald reported on a meeting he had with retiring O.P.P.
Superintendent, Rick Deering to confirm that decisions made during his tenure
would be carried forward to his successor, which he had, and to wish Mr. Deering
well in his new position as Chief of Police in Newfoundland.

Heather Fox reported to Council that Jeffrey Dubois had lodged a complaint
through the Human Rights Commission. The complaint stated Heather Fox and the
Township of Central Frontenac displayed discrimination by not providing a
template to allow the visually impaired to vote unassisted.

The Clerk was instructed to advertise for members of all of the District
Recreation Committees.

Bill Nicol, Public Works Manager, reported that testing on Road 38 indicated
that the road was not a candidate for the "Cold-In-Place Recycling" system due
to insufficient asphalt in some areas. It was agreed to proceed with the
initial plan.

The Clerk briefed Council on the Municipal Performance Measurement Program.

Mayor MacDonald suggested a five (5) minute question period be placed on the
agenda to allow members of the audience to ask questions of individual
Councillors.

The following items were received for information and filed: 1) Central
Frontenac Recreation Committee Minutes May 5, 2000 and September 13, 2000; 2)
North Frontenac Arena Board Minutes, December 20, 2000; 3) Backgrounder,
Province proposes Building Regulatory Reform; 4) Changes to Social Assistance
Delivery; 5) O.P.P. Report; 6) F.M.B. Minutes December 11, 2000; 7)
Mississippi Valley

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Conservation Watershed Review; 8) Animal Control Report; 9) Letter from
Shirley Peruniak re: rail museum; 10) Letter from Dalton McGuinty to Premier
Harris; 11) Tax Collector's Report; 12) Treasurer's Report; 13) New
Provincial Cabinet Members; 14) 9-1-1 Implementation Committee Statement of
Receipts and Disbursements; 15) City of Kingston Household Hazardous Waste
Information; 16) Building Department Year End Report; 17) Lanark
County/Sharbot Lake Detachment 2001 Business Plan; 18) Municipal Performance
Measurement Program binder.


The following resolutions were presented:


#52 W. P. Snyder, Marsden Kirk
That the agenda be adopted as amended.
Carried

#53 Marsden Kirk, W. P. Snyder
That the minutes of January 22, 2001 be adopted as amended.
Carried

#54 Boyce Peters, Jack Nicolson
That the request for funding in the amount of $17,000.00 from the North
Frontenac Community Services delegation be deferred until Budget deliberations.
Carried

#55 Marsden Kirk, W. P. Snyder
That the request from Wilfred Laforce to harvest over mature white pine
trees on the unopened road allowance at Part Lot 20, Concession 8, Hinchinbrooke
District be denied.
Carried

#56 Marsden Kirk, Elva Price
That Stefania Dignum be paid $163.09 for an injured sheep as a result of a
wolf attack on August 30, 2000.
Carried

#57 Marsden Kirk, W. P. Snyder
That the Township of Central Frontenac enter into a Joint Management
Agreement for 9-1-1 Services with the Township of North Frontenac and that a by-
law be presented at the next regular meeting of Council for passage reflecting
the changes.
Carried

#58 Marsden Kirk, Elva Price
That Council proceed In Camera to discuss a proposed or pending
acquisition of real property for municipal or local board purposes.
Carried

#59 Marsden Kirk, Elva Price
That Council arise from the In Camera session without a report.
Carried

#60 W. P. Snyder, Marsden Kirk
That the draft report by Golder Associates Ltd., dated January 2001 for
the Arden Waste Disposal Site be received and the following action taken: That
the Report be submitted to M.O.E. for approval and that compacting the garbage
be included in the report prior to submission and further that an application to
amend the Certificate of Approval be made to M.O.E., Toronto.
Carried
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#61 Faye R. Putnam, Marsden Kirk
That the request from the KFLA Health Unit to consider inclusion of
"replacement or upgraded" on-site sewage system in Section 4.23(d) of the Draft
Zoning By-law, Reconstruction of existing use, thereby eliminating the need to
obtain a minor variance be denied.
Carried

#62 Faye R. Putnam, Boyce Peters
That the information regarding the Employee Assistance Program provided by
the FMB be received and the following action taken: deferred until such time as
the financial impact can be ascertained.
Carried

#63 Marsden Kirk, Faye R. Putnam
That Ian Trickett, Chief Building Official, be authorized to register for
the "Implementation of the Building Code Act" and "Part 3 - Large Buildings -
Health and Safety Requirements" courses, and that the registration fee of
$375.00 per course be paid plus expenses.
Carried

#64 Elva Price, Marsden Kirk
That the information for Pitch-In-Ontario Week, May 7-13, 2001 be received
and filed.
Carried

#65 W. P. Snyder, Marsden Kirk
That the resolution from the City of Cornwall re: Provincial Funding
Formula be received and filed.
Carried

#66 W. P. Snyder, Boyce Peters
That the 2001 municipal levy from Mississippi Valley Conservation
Authority, Rideau Valley Conservation Authority and Quinte Conservation
Authority be received and that a letter of objection to Mississippi Valley
stating that the Township of Central Frontenac does not wish to deviate from the
CVA method of calculation.
And that a letter be forwarded to Quinte and Rideau Valley to object to
the increase in levy.
Carried

#67 Fran Smith, Boyce Peters
That the accounts payable batches #707 to 740 be paid in the amount of
$296,136.24.
Carried

#68 Boyce Peters, Fran Smith
That the Township of Central Frontenac has no objection to the application
for consent in the Township of Bathurst Burgess Sherbrooke, identified as
B117/00, Lot 8, Concession 9, conditional upon the application entering into an
agreement with the Township of Central Frontenac and the Township of Bathurst
Burgess Sherbrooke for the use of the unopened boundary road as an access road.
Carried

#69 Elva Price, Boyce Peters
That the request from Tunnock Consulting Ltd. for additional funding for
disbursements in the amount of $2,252.07 to complete the draft Official Plan be
approved.
Carried

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#70 Fran Smith, W. P. Snyder
That the resolution from the Town of Caledon re: Protocol for joint
capital projects be endorsed and the appropriate letters sent.
Carried

#71 Fran Smith, Elva Price
That the resolution from the Town of Caledon re: Agriculture funding
extension be received and filed.
Carried

#72 Elva Price, Boyce Peters
That the request from the Limestone District School Board for support of
the "Limestone Learning Foundation" be received and supported in principle.
Carried

#73 Boyce Peters, Faye R. Putnam
That the reports identified on the agenda as items 9 (a - t) be received
for information, reviewed and filed.
Carried

#74 Fran Smith, Marsden Kirk
That Council authorize the Central Frontenac Recreation Committee to hold
a Snowmobile Drag Rally event on March 10, 2001 and that Councillor Fran Smith
chair a sub-committee to direct these activities.
Carried

#75 Boyce Peters, W. P. Snyder
That the meeting adjourn until Monday, March 12, 2001 at Mountain Grove or
the call of the Mayor at 7:00 p.m.
Carried


The meeting adjourned at 10:10 p.m.









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Mayor Clerk