The Corporation of The Town of Cobourg

REGULAR COUNCIL MEETING

MINUTES

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Electronic Participation
Members Present:
  • Mayor John Henderson
  • Deputy Mayor Suzanne Séguin
  • Councillor Nicole Beatty
  • Councillor Aaron Burchat
  • Councillor Adam Bureau
  • Councillor Emily Chorley
  • Councillor Brian Darling
Staff Present:
  • Tracey Vaughan, Chief Administrative Officer
  • Ian Davey, Treasurer/Director of Corporate Services
  • Glenn McGlashon, Director of Planning and Development
  • Laurie Wills, Director of Public Works
  • Brent Larmer, Municipal Clerk/Manager of Legislative Services
  • Krystal Christopher, Deputy Clerk
  • Teresa Behan, Deputy Director Community Services

1.

His Worship Mayor Henderson called the Meeting to Order at 6:03 P.M.

His Worship Mayor Henderson recited the Traditional Land Acknowledgment Statement.

3.

The Mayor asked that Council and Members of the Public to pause for a Moment of Reflection.

4.

  • Resolution 183-21
    Moved byDeputy Mayor Suzanne Séguin
    Seconded byCouncillor Aaron Burchat

    THAT Council adopt the minutes of the Regular Council meeting held on April 26, 2021

    Carried
  • Resolution 184-21
    Moved byDeputy Mayor Suzanne Séguin
    Seconded byCouncillor Brian Darling

    THAT Council adopt the minutes of the Special Council meeting held on May 3, 2021

    Carried

7.

S. Tanner provided an update on Northumberland County's Community Safety and Well-being Plan. S. Tanner provided information regarding committee membership, legislative requirements, planning initiatives and the programs model. S. Tanner spoke to strengths in Northumberland, community priorities, goals, objectives, timelines and how to measure the success of each priority. S. Tanner noted the plan is underway and will be submitted on July 1st to the province.

After a question and answer period, S. Tanner was dismissed at 6:30 PM

K. Christopher provided an introduction and overview of the Board Manager Module of eSCRIBE. K Christopher spoke to the managing of vacancies and applications on advisory committees and boards and the Board Manager features.

After question answer period, the presentation concluded at  6:45 PM

8.

Pastor E. Butler presented his request to Council to consider an exemption to the Town's Sign By-law to permit temporary lawn signs larger than the maximum size allowable to be placed on the Church's property for a period of two weeks.

After a question and answer period, E. Butler was dismissed at 6:53 PM

9.

  • Resolution 185-21
    Moved byCouncillor Aaron Burchat
    Seconded byCouncillor Adam Bureau

    THAT Council authorize an exemption to the Church of the Hill from the Sign By-law to allow six (6) temporary lawn signs that are 24 inches by 36 inches in size that thank essential workers on the Church property for a period of two (2) weeks.

    Carried

10.

10.1

  • Resolution 186-21
    Moved byDeputy Mayor Suzanne Séguin
    Seconded byCouncillor Aaron Burchat

    THAT Council receive the notes of the Committee of the Whole meeting held on May 10, 2021 for information purposes.

    Carried

10.2

  • Resolution 187-21
    Moved byCouncillor Nicole Beatty
    Seconded byCouncillor Aaron Burchat

    THAT Council receive the Site Plan Approval Application for 296 George Street, Cobourg for a Multi-Residential Development for information purposes; and

    FURTHER THAT the application be referred to the Planning Department for a report.

    Carried
  • Resolution 188-21
    Moved byCouncillor Nicole Beatty
    Seconded byCouncillor Emily Chorley

    THAT Council accept with regret the resignation from Catherine Richards of the Cobourg Heritage Advisory Committee and that a note of appreciation be sent to the member acknowledging his service to the Cobourg Community; and

    FURTHER THAT the vacant position on the Cobourg Heritage Advisory Committee be advertised and a new member be recruited in accordance with the Town's policies and procedures.

    Carried

10.3

10.4

10.5

10.6

11.

11.1

  • Resolution 189-21
    Moved byDeputy Mayor Suzanne Séguin
    Seconded byCouncillor Adam Bureau

    WHEREAS at the Committee of the Whole Meeting on May 10, 2021, Council considered a Memo from the Chief Administrative Officer regarding the Organizational Review RFP Award

    NOW THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED THAT Council award the Organizational Review Request for Proposal Contract to the successful bidder, KPMG, in the amount of $85,000.00 plus HST (non-refundable) totaling $86,496.00 to be funded in the amount of $60,000 from the approved 2020 Council Operating Budget; and

    FURTHER THAT the remaining $26,496.00 be drawn from the Contingency Reserve Fund to fund the remaining amount of the Organization Review Contract.

    Carried
  • Resolution 190-21
    Moved byDeputy Mayor Suzanne Séguin
    Seconded byCouncillor Brian Darling

    WHEREAS at the Committee of the Whole Meeting on May 10, 2021, Council considered a Memo from the Treasurer/Director of Corporate Services regarding the award of the contract for the replacement of the main interior sewer line in the basement of Victoria Hall;

    NOW THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED THAT Council award the contract to Doyle Home Services to replace the main interior sewer line in the west basement of Victoria Hall at a cost of $55,990 including non-refundable HST to be funded from the 2021 capital budget allocation of $40,000 with additional funds to be drawn from the Holdco Reserve fund in the amount of $35,000 to cover the estimated total project cost of $75,000.

    Carried
  • Resolution 191-21
    Moved byDeputy Mayor Suzanne Séguin
    Seconded byCouncillor Aaron Burchat

    WHEREAS at the Committee of the Whole Meeting on May 10, 2021, Council considered a Memo from the Treasurer/Director of Corporate Services regarding the Cobourg Public Library HVAC Unit Contract Award;

    NOW THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED THAT Council award the contract to Carmichael Engineering Ltd to supply and install one (1) new four (4) ton and one (1) new six (6) ton Carrier roof top heat and cool package units at the Cobourg Public Library at a cost of $18,520 including non-refundable HST to be funded from the Library Building Reserve account.

    Carried
  • Resolution 192-21
    Moved byDeputy Mayor Suzanne Séguin
    Seconded byCouncillor Adam Bureau

    WHEREAS at the Committee of the Whole Meeting on May 10, 2021, Council considered the Town of Cobourg, 2020 Waterworks Draft Final Statements year ending of December 31, 2020;

    NOW THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED THAT Council approve the draft audited financial statements for the Waterworks of the Town of Cobourg for the year ended December 31, 2020.

    Carried

11.2

  • Mayor John Henderson declared a conflict on this item. (Mayor John Henderson declared a conflict of interest as he is a member of the Northumberland Housing Corporation Board of Directors.)
  • Resolution 193-21
    Moved byCouncillor Nicole Beatty
    Seconded byCouncillor Brian Darling

    WHEREAS at the Committee of the Whole Meeting on May 10, 2021, Council considered a Memo from the Director of Planning and Development, regarding an Application for Site Plan Approval – Elgin Park – 265-327 Elgin Street East – Northumberland County Housing Corporation;

    NOW THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED THAT Council authorize and grant Northumberland County Housing Corporation a 50% reduction in the Demolition/Building Permit fees for the project in the amount of $52,525.00 to be funded from the 2021 Affordable Housing Assistance budget and a 5-year, interest-free deferral of the balance of the Permit fees.

    Carried

11.3

11.4

  • Resolution 194-21
    Moved byCouncillor Emily Chorley
    Seconded byCouncillor Aaron Burchat

    WHEREAS at the Committee of the Whole Meeting on May 10, 2021, Council considered a Memo from the Deputy Director of Community Services regarding Recreation Software;

    NOW THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED THAT Council authorize the Town of Cobourg to execute and enter into a three (3) year agreement with Active Network for the Town of Cobourg’s recreation software, which includes a three year (3) extension option agreement to be included with the terms of the Agreement; and

    FURTHER THAT Council authorize that the amount of $17,020.38 for the Active Network conversion be funded from the Cobourg Community Centre (CCC) Operating Budget, under Software Maintenance in the amount of $10,600.00 and office supplies in the amount of $3,000.00 and from Training and Courses in the amount of $3,420.38 to fund the total project cost.

    Carried
  • Resolution 195-21
    Moved byCouncillor Emily Chorley
    Seconded byCouncillor Brian Darling

    WHEREAS at the Committee of the Whole Meeting on May 10, 2021, Council considered a Memo from the Deputy Director of Community Services regarding the Waterfront Parking Lot Repairs;

    NOW THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED THAT Council support the repairs to the Waterfront parking lot at a cost of $30,000 plus HST to be funded from the Parking Reserves; and

    FURTHER THAT Council support the proposed changes to the traffic flow as detailed on the attached drawing and outlined in the staff report.

    Carried

11.5

11.6

  • Resolution 196-21
    Moved byCouncillor Adam Bureau
    Seconded byCouncillor Emily Chorley

    WHEREAS at the Committee of the Whole Meeting on May 10, 2021, Council considered a Memo from the Deputy Director of Community Services regarding the Summer 2021 Community Events Strategy;

    NOW THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED THAT Council direct staff to approve community events permits for the summer of 2021 based on up-to-date provincial guidelines and the following strategy as presented within the Staff Report.

    Carried
  • Resolution 197-21
    Moved byCouncillor Adam Bureau
    Seconded byCouncillor Nicole Beatty

    WHEREAS at the Committee of the Whole Meeting on May 10, 2021, Council considered a Memo from the Manager, Marketing and Events, Community Services, regarding the Summer 2021 Pop-ups at the Harbour and Pop-ups at the Cobourg Beach;

    NOW THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED THAT Council endorse and approve the proposal for the Summer 2021 Pop-ups at the Cobourg Harbour and Pop-ups at the Beach project and allow staff to issue permits for municipal space using the Town of Cobourg Municipal Event Application procedures subject to the current COVID-19 Provincial Emergency Orders at that time.

    Carried
  • Resolution 198-21
    Moved byCouncillor Adam Bureau
    Seconded byCouncillor Emily Chorley

    WHEREAS at the Committee of the Whole Meeting on May 10, 2021, Council considered a Memo from the Recording Secretary, Sustainability and Climate Change Advisory Committee, regarding the naming of Linda Gregg as the representative for Sustainable Cobourg on the Sustainability and Climate Change Advisory Committee;

    NOW THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED THAT Linda Gregg be named as the Sustainable Cobourg representative on the Sustainability and Climate Change Advisory Committee.

    Carried
  • Resolution 199-21
    Moved byCouncillor Adam Bureau
    Seconded byCouncillor Nicole Beatty

    WHEREAS at the Committee of the Whole Meeting on May 10, 2021, Council considered a Memo from the Recording Secretary, Sustainability and Climate Change Advisory Committee, regarding the change of the Committee's name to the Sustainability and Climate Emergency Committee;

    NOW THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED THAT Council change the Committee’s name from the ‘Sustainability and Climate Change Advisory Committee’ to the ‘Sustainability and Climate Emergency Advisory Committee (SCEAC).

    Carried

12.

12.1

  • Resolution 200-21
    Moved byDeputy Mayor Suzanne Séguin
    Seconded byCouncillor Emily Chorley

    THAT Council adopt By-law 034-2021, being a by-law to authorize the Mayor and Municipal Clerk to execute a cash-in-lieu of parking agreement between the Town of Cobourg and Jenna Lee Fitzgerald, George and Orange Taproom & Kitchen, together with any and all mortgagees that may be on title at the point of execution of the agreement for the lands known municipally as 67 Orange Street, Cobourg.

    Carried

12.2

  • Mayor John Henderson declared a conflict on this item. (Mayor John Henderson declared a conflict of interest as he is a member of the Northumberland Housing Corporation Board of Directors.)
  • Resolution 201-21
    Moved byCouncillor Nicole Beatty
    Seconded byCouncillor Adam Bureau

    THAT Council adopt By-law 035-2021, being a by-law to authorize the Mayor and Municipal Clerk to execute on behalf of the Corporation an agreement with Northumberland County Housing Corporation and Lakefront Utility Services Inc. for a 40-unit affordable/market rental residential re-development project at 265-327 Elgin Street East, Cobourg.

    Carried
  • Mayor John Henderson declared a conflict on this item. (Mayor John Henderson declared a conflict of interest as he is a member of the Northumberland Housing Corporation Board of Directors.)
  • Resolution 202-21
    Moved byCouncillor Nicole Beatty
    Seconded byCouncillor Adam Bureau

    THAT Council adopt By-law 036-2021, being a by-law to amend By-law No. 85-2003, by changing the zone category of a portion of the lands known as 265-327 Elgin Street East from “Multiple Residential Type 4 Exception 30 Holding (R4-30[H]) Zone” to “Multiple Residential Type 4 Exception 30 (R4-30) Zone” as illustrated on Figure 1 attached hereto within the By-law.

    Carried
  • Resolution 203-21
    Moved byCouncillor Nicole Beatty
    Seconded byCouncillor Brian Darling

    THAT Council adopt By-law 037-2021, being a by-law to amend By-law No. 85-2003, to permit “Medical Clinic Use” as a permitted land use under Business Park Exception 4 (BP-4) Zone and to permit the future development of medical arts and ancillary health uses on the vacant 1.87 ha parcel at the south-west corner of Burnham Street and DePalma Drive.

    Carried

12.3

12.4

12.5

  • Resolution 204-21
    Moved byCouncillor Aaron Burchat
    Seconded byCouncillor Adam Bureau

    THAT Council adopt By-law 038-2021, being a by-law to appoint temporary Municipal By-law Enforcement Officers to enforce by-laws and Provincial Orders during the ongoing COVID-19 Pandemic in the Town of Cobourg.

    Carried

12.6

12.7

  • Mayor John Henderson declared a conflict on this item. (Mayor John Henderson declared a conflict of interest as he is a member of the Northumberland Housing Corporation Board of Directors.)
  • Resolution 205-21
    Moved byDeputy Mayor Suzanne Séguin
    Seconded byCouncillor Aaron Burchat

    THAT leave be granted to introduce bylaw 034-2021, 037-2021 and 038-2021 and to dispense with the reading of the bylaws by the Municipal Clerk and that the same be considered read and passed and that the Mayor and the Municipal Clerk sign the same and the Seal of the Corporation be thereto affixed.

    Carried
  • Resolution 206-21
    Moved byCouncillor Nicole Beatty
    Seconded byCouncillor Brian Darling

    THAT leave be granted to introduce bylaw 035-2021 and 036-2021 and to dispense with the reading of the bylaws by the Municipal Clerk and that the same be considered read and passed and that the Mayor and the Municipal Clerk sign the same and the Seal of the Corporation be thereto affixed.

    Carried

13.

15.

  • Resolution 208-21
    Moved byCouncillor Nicole Beatty
    Seconded byCouncillor Aaron Burchat

    THAT Council receive the correspondence for information purposes.

    Carried
  • Resolution 209-21
    Moved byCouncillor Aaron Burchat
    Seconded byCouncillor Brian Darling

    THAT Council authorize an exemption for the Pool By-law to allow the pool heater to be located 1.92 from rear lot line at the property located at 692 Ewing Street, Cobourg.

    Carried
  • Councillor Aaron Burchat declared a conflict on this item. (As a member of the Rotary Club of Cobourg I have an indirect interest in the matter.)
  • Deputy Mayor Suzanne Séguin declared a conflict on this item. (Deputy Mayor Suzanne Seguin, declared a conflict of interest as she is a member of the Rotary Club of Cobourg)
  • Mayor John Henderson declared a conflict on this item. (Mayor John Henderson declared a conflict of interest as he is a member of the Rotary Club of Cobourg)
  • Resolution 210-21
    Moved byCouncillor Adam Bureau
    Seconded byCouncillor Emily Chorley

    THAT Council receive the correspondence for information purposes; and

    FURTHER THAT Council approve the exemption of the Town of Cobourg Sign By-law for the Rotary Club of Cobourg

    Amended
  • Resolution 211-21
    Moved byCouncillor Adam Bureau
    Seconded byCouncillor Nicole Beatty

    MOTION TO AMEND:

    THAT Council receive the correspondence for information purposes;

    FURTHER THAT Council approve the exemption of the Town of Cobourg Sign By-law for the Rotary Club of Cobourg until the end of 2021

    Amended
  • Resolution 212-21
    Moved byCouncillor Adam Bureau
    Seconded byCouncillor Nicole Beatty

    MOTION TO AMEND:

    THAT Council receive the correspondence for information purposes;

    FURTHER THAT Council approve the exemption of the Town of Cobourg Sign By-law for the Rotary Club of Cobourg until the end of 2021 and no larger that 16 inches by 24 inches

    Defeated
  • Resolution 213-21
    Moved byCouncillor Nicole Beatty
    Seconded byCouncillor Emily Chorley

    THAT Council receive the correspondence for information purposes; and

    FURTHER THAT Council refer the request for a sign by-law exemption to the Committee of the Whole meeting on  May 31, 2021 with a staff report

    Carried
  • Resolution 214-21
    Moved byDeputy Mayor Suzanne Séguin
    Seconded byCouncillor Aaron Burchat

    THAT Council receive the correspondence for information purposes.

    Carried
  • Resolution 215-21
    Moved byDeputy Mayor Suzanne Séguin
    Seconded byCouncillor Brian Darling

    THAT Council receive the correspondence for information purposes.

    Carried
  • Resolution 216-21
    Moved byCouncillor Nicole Beatty
    Seconded byCouncillor Aaron Burchat

    THAT Council receive the correspondence for information purposes.  

    Amended
  • Resolution 217-21
    Moved byDeputy Mayor Suzanne Séguin
    Seconded byCouncillor Emily Chorley

    MOTION TO AMEND:

    FUTHER THAT a copy of Carol Farren's letter be sent to Tom DeBoer, TD Consulting and the Applicant, Joe Ferreira, to work with the Town of Cobourg to address these concerns

    Carried
  • Resolution 218-21
    Moved byCouncillor Nicole Beatty
    Seconded byCouncillor Aaron Burchat

    THAT Council receive the correspondence for information purposes.  

    FUTHER THAT a copy of Carol Farren's letter be sent to Tom DeBoer, TD Consulting and the Applicant, Joe Ferreira, to work with the Town of Cobourg to address these concerns

    Carried

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19.

  • Resolution 219-21
    Moved byDeputy Mayor Suzanne Séguin
    Seconded byCouncillor Aaron Burchat

    THAT leave be granted to introduce Bylaw 039-2021 and to dispense with the reading of the Bylaw by the Municipal Clerk to confirm the proceedings of Council of the Town of Cobourg at its Regular Council Meeting held on May 17, 2021and the same be considered read and passed and that the Mayor and the Municipal Clerk sign the same and the Seal of the Corporation be thereto affixed. 

    Carried

20.

  • Resolution 220-21
    Moved byCouncillor Brian Darling

    THAT the meeting be adjourned (8:24 PM)

    Carried
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