Taken from the roll call in the town’s own minutes. The minutes record who was not there and almost never why.
What was decided (13 motions)
13 carried, 0 recorded otherwise. Every motion below is printed as the minutes print it.
That Consent Items 2.1 to 2.9 BE APPROVED with the exception of items 2.2, 2.4, 2.5 and 2.7.
Moved by P. Van Meerbergen, seconded by A. Hopkins
Carried
That the following actions be taken with respect to the 1st Report of the County/City Liaison Committee from its meeting held on April 4, 2025: a) the following actions be taken with respect to Public Health Funding: i) that the County/City Liaison Committee members recommend to their respective Councils that the joint advocacy approach to shared costs BE CONTINUED; and ii) that the verbal update from Deputy Warden A. DeViet regarding the Public Health Funding and the communication dated January 21, 2025 from the Middlesex-London Health Unit BE RECEIVED; b) clauses 1.1, 4.1, 4.2, 4.3, 4.5 and 4.6 BE RECEIVED.
Moved by P. Van Meerbergen, seconded by A. Hopkins
Carried
That on the recommendation of the Deputy City Manager, Finance Supports, the proposed by-law, as appended to the staff report dated April 30, 3025 as Appendix “A” BE INTRODUCED at the Municipal Council meeting to be held on May 13, 2025 to: a) approve the Ontario Transfer Payment Agreement between His Majesty the King in right of Ontario as represented by the Solicitor General and The Corporation of the City of London for the provision of funding for the Court Security and Prisoner Transportation Program (“Agreement”) attached as Schedule “1” to the staff report dated April 30, 2025; b) authorize the Mayor and Clerk to execute the Agreement; c) authorize the Deputy City Manager, Finance Supports to approve any future amending agreements between His Majesty the King in Right of Ontario as represented by the Solicitor General and The Corporation of the City of London with respect to the Court Security and Prisoner Transportation Program (“CSPT”); d) authorize the Mayor and the City Clerk to execute any future amending agreements between His Majesty the King in Right of Ontario as represented by the Solicitor General and The Corporation of the City of London with respect to the Court Security and Prisoner Transportation Program (“CSPT”) approved by the Deputy City Manager, Finance Supports; and e) authorize the Deputy City Manager, Finance Supports (or designate) to execute any reports required by the province under the Agreement.
Moved by P. Van Meerbergen, seconded by A. Hopkins
Carried
That, on the recommendation of the Deputy City Manager, Enterprise Supports, the report with respect to the Employee Attendance 2024 BE RECEIVED for information purposes.
Moved by P. Van Meerbergen, seconded by A. Hopkins
Carried
That, on the recommendation of the Deputy City Manager, Environment and Infrastructure, the following actions be taken: a) the proposed amending by-law, appended to the staff report dated April 30, 2025 as Appendix ‘A’, BE INTRODUCED at the Municipal Council meeting to be held on May 13, 2025 for the purpose of amending the Waste Discharge By-Law (WM-16); and b) the proposed amending by-law, appended to the staff report dated April 30, 2025 as Appendix ‘B’ BE INTRODUCED at the Municipal Council meeting to be held on May 13, 2025 for the purpose of amending the Wastewater and Stormwater By-law (WM-28).
Moved by P. Van Meerbergen, seconded by A. Hopkins
Carried
That, on the recommendation of Deputy City Manager, Environment and Infrastructure, the following actions be taken with respect to the construction tender and consulting engineer fees associated with the Springbank Dam Decommissioning project: a) Springbank Dam Decommissioning and Bank Restoration Project (RFT-2024-070) construction contract value with 2220742 Ontario Ltd. o/a Bronte Construction BE INCREASED by $1,649,048.54, including contingency, for a total contract value of $5,999,910.10 (excluding HST) in accordance with Section 20.3 (e) of the Procurement of Goods and Services Policy; b) the contract administration fees for Stantec Consulting Ltd. BE INCREASED in accordance with the estimate on file, at an upset limit of $221,458, including 10% contingency, excluding HST, from $1,056,385.43 to a total upset limit of $1,277,843.43 in accordance with Section 15.2 (g) of the Procurement of Goods and Services Policy; c) the post-construction monitoring fees related to the mussel relocation BE AWARDED to Stantec Consulting Ltd. in accordance with the estimate on file, at an upset limit of $113,600, including 10% contingency, excluding HST, in accordance with Section 15.2 (g) of the Procurement of Goods and Services Policy; d) the financing for this project BE APPROVED as set out in the Sources of Financing Report as appended to the staff report dated April 30, 2025 as Appendix ‘A’; e) the Civic Administration BE AUTHORIZED to undertake all the administrative acts that are n
Moved by P. Van Meerbergen, seconded by A. Hopkins
Carried
That the motion be amended to add a new part d) and amend part c) to read as follows: c) the Civic Administration BE DIRECTED to initiate public engagement with the impacted neighbourhood to rename the (former) Paul Haggis Park and (former) Trooper Mark Wilson Park and; d) the Civic Administration BE DIRECTED to rename Trooper Wilson Place to Peacekeeper Place.
Moved by Mayor J. Morgan, seconded by P. Van Meerbergen
Carried
That the following actions be taken with respect to the report on Commemorative Naming of Streets and City Assets – Status Update: a) the report BE RECEIVED for information; b) the Civic Administration BE DIRECTED to apply the Ontario Human Rights Commission’s “Ontario Human Rights Based Approach Framework” (as appended to the staff report dated April 30, 2025 as Appendix ‘B’) for commemorative naming requests for new Streets and City Assets;
Moved by J. Pribil, seconded by C. Rahman
Carried
That the following actions be taken with respect to the report on Commemorative Naming of Streets and City Assets – Status Update: d) the Civic Administration BE DIRECTED to rename Trooper Wilson Place to Peacekeeper Place.
Moved by J. Pribil, seconded by C. Rahman
Carried
That, on the recommendation of the Deputy City Manager, Finance Supports, the following actions be taken with respect to the 2024 Year-End Operating Budget Monitoring Report: a) the 2024 Operating Budget Year-End Monitoring Report for the Property Tax Supported Budget, Water Budget, and Wastewater and Treatment Budget BE RECEIVED for information. An overview of the corporate positions are outlined below: i) Property Tax Supported Budget surplus of $58.8 million; ii) Water Rate Supported Budget surplus of $0.7 million; and iii) Wastewater and Treatment Rate Supported Budget balanced at year- end after drawing $37 thousand from the Wastewater Budget Contingency Reserve; iv) Notwithstanding the Surplus/Deficit Policy, Civic Administration BE DIRECTED to allocate the Property Tax Supported Budget surplus as follows: 1. $16.6 million to be retained in the Operating Budget Contingency Reserve in accordance with Surplus/Deficit Policy section 4.1.2 b) to be utilized to finance the 2024 cost of statutory development charges exemptions and discounts in excess of budget; 2. $25.3 million to be contributed to the Debt Substitution Reserve Fund in accordance with Surplus/Deficit Policy section 4.1.2 c) i) to reduce future debt issuance; 3. Remaining $16.9 million to be retained in the Operating Budget Contingency Reserve, to be applied evenly as tax levy mitigation in 2026 and 2027 through a budget amendment in the 2026 Budget Update. it being noted that the Water, and Wastewater & Treat
Moved by Mayor J. Morgan, seconded by P. Van Meerbergen
Carried
That, on the recommendation of the Deputy City Manager, Finance Supports, the following actions be taken with respect to the 2024 Year-End Capital Budget Monitoring Report: a) the 2024 Year-End Capital Budget Monitoring Report BE RECEIVED for information; it being noted that the life-to-date capital budget represents $4.0 billion with $2.3 billion committed and $1.7 billion uncommitted; it being further noted that the City Treasurer, or designate, will undertake the housekeeping budget adjustments identified in the report, in accordance with the Multi-Year Budget Policy adopted by amending by-law No. CPOL.-45(c)-209; b) the status updates of active 2021 life-to-date capital budgets (2021 and prior) having no future budget requests, as appended to the staff report dated April 30, 2025 as Appendix “B”, BE RECEIVED for information; c) the following actions be taken with respect to the completed capital projects identified in Appendix “C”, and the budget adjustments in Appendix “D”, as appended to the staff report: i) the capital projects included in Appendix “C”, with net surplus funding of $13.7 million, BE CLOSED; ii) the capital funding identified in Appendix “D”, Table 1 and Table 3, with net surplus funding of $5.2 million, BE RELEASED; iii) the Civic Administration BE AUTHORIZED to execute the required capital budget adjustments identified in Appendix “D”, Table 2, noting that $36.9 million of capital funding is deferred to 2028; iv) the following actions be taken with res
Moved by J. Pribil, seconded by A. Hopkins
Carried
That, on the recommendation of the Deputy City Manager, Environment and Infrastructure, the proposed by-law, as appended to the staff report dated April 30, 2025 as Appendix ‘B’, BE INTRODUCED at the Municipal Council meeting to be held on May 13, 2025, to amend By-law A.-8386- 153, being “A by-law to delegate the authority to bind The Corporation of the City of London in defined instances to identified positions within the Civic Administration”, to repeal and replace Schedule ‘A’ and to add the new Schedule ‘B’.
Moved by A. Hopkins, seconded by P. Van Meerbergen
Carried
That the meeting BE ADJOURNED.
Moved by P. Van Meerbergen, seconded by A. Hopkins