The Nov 2 Township of Wilmot council meeting begins at 7pm, preceded by a closed meeting at 5:30pm. The full open session agenda is available at …ttownship.icreate6.esolutionsgroup.ca/budget/Detail/…. Watch the open meeting at youtube.com/channel/UCcA8f… or follow here 👇. I'll also be a delegation this evening. 
The open council meeting is running a few minutes late due to the preceding closed session.
I'm supposed to be a delegation this evening, but the Zoom links aren't working...
Mayor Armstrong gets things started this evening at 7:10pm. He applauds residents for following health protocols due to COVID.
He mentions Remembrance Day.
He mentions Remembrance Day.
Coun Gerber reads the land acknowledgement.
There's an addition to the agenda.
The minutes for the previous council meeting have been passed.
Now we're on to a zone change application. Details are in the agenda package. See the link in my first tweet in this thread.
Now we're on to a zone change application. Details are in the agenda package. See the link in my first tweet in this thread.
Council are listening to a delegation of local residents who say they'll be affected by the application.
Next: Motion to Convene Into Court Of Revision for the Nachurs Alpine Municipal Drain.
Recommendation - That a Court of Revision now be called for the purposes of the Nachurs Alpine Municipal Drain.
Recommendation - That a Court of Revision now be called for the purposes of the Nachurs Alpine Municipal Drain.
We've moved on to the consent agenda.
Coun Pfenning urges residents to read the reports to see what departments have been up to.
Coun Hallman asks for the Parks, Facilities & Recreation Services Third Quarter Activity Reports to be moved to the regular agenda.
Coun Pfenning urges residents to read the reports to see what departments have been up to.
Coun Hallman asks for the Parks, Facilities & Recreation Services Third Quarter Activity Reports to be moved to the regular agenda.
Coun Gordijk thanks Geoff Dubrick, Scott Nancekivell and Sandy Jackson for their work on erecting the Terry Fox memorial in Petersburg Park this summer.
Coun Hallman asks Ms Jackson (Director of Facilities & Recreation Services) if fencing in Norm Hill Park will be removed to avoid damage due to possible flooding. Ms Jackson says that it's being looked into.
The motion to accept the reports has been carried.
Next: Report on the Township of Wilmot Municipal Alcohol Policy. Coun Fisher says he sat in on the meeting where this was discussed, and he says he thinks the new policy was well received.
Next: Report on the Township of Wilmot Municipal Alcohol Policy. Coun Fisher says he sat in on the meeting where this was discussed, and he says he thinks the new policy was well received.
Ms Jackson is giving a report about the policy. She thanks Manny Jones for her work on developing the Township's policy, and Patrick Kelly (Director of Finance).
Coun Gordijk passes on the thanks of Aaron Fewkes, president of The Community Players of New Hamburg.
Coun Hallman thanks Township staff for the layers of work that went into this new policy and for involving local community groups.
Coun Hallman thanks Township staff for the layers of work that went into this new policy and for involving local community groups.
Coun Pfenning echoes the thanks of the other councillors.
Recommendation: THAT the Township of Wilmot Municipal Alcohol Policy (MAP) be repealed and that Governance Policy GP-004 (Municipal Alcohol Policy) be approved effective January 1, 2021.
Carried.
Carried.
Next: Supplementary Agreement with Createscape Waterloo Region. Ms Mittelholtz is giving her report about an addendum, which is a follow up to the initial report on October 5. I'm supposed to be part of this meeting, but the links I've been sent don
Next is the Supplementary Agreement with Createscape Waterloo Region. I was supposed to be a delegation at this point, but the links I've been sent by the Township don't work. This is the transcript of the presentation I would have given.
Coun Hallman is asking several questions about legal representation and the quality of the educational material that is being provided.
Finally connected and gave my presentation.
Okay, now I'm out of the meeting and back to tweeting. Sorry for the disjointed thread this evening.
Ms Mittelholtz has written an amendment at the request of Councillors Gerber and Hallman.
Ms Mittelholtz has written an amendment at the request of Councillors Gerber and Hallman.
Coun Hallman says she's uncomfortable with this supplementary agreement, and she would like to see an agreement that's independent of the 2016 one that deals with the Unfortunate Four.
Coun Pfenning says she's supporting the supplementary agreement to avoid any further legal costs for drafting another agreement.
She says that the educational component of this project is a conversation that we need to have.
She says that the educational component of this project is a conversation that we need to have.
Coun Gerber agrees with Coun Pfenning's assessment of the costs involved with drafting a new agreement.
This is the proposed amendment that Ms Mittelholtz has drafted.
In addition, some members of council are asking that the PM Path educational content on the Township's website be amended to reflect that while the information is accurate, but it is not complete.
Coun Gerber suggests contacting Nipissing University's Indigenous studies program for their input.
Coun Fisher says he's not in favour of removing content, but agrees with Councillors Pfenning's and Gerber's suggestions.
Coun Fisher says he's not in favour of removing content, but agrees with Councillors Pfenning's and Gerber's suggestions.
Coun Gordijk says that content that's submitted in future should be vetted, perhaps by the Indigenous studies program that Coun Gerber recommended. She says there should be more dur diliegence.
Coun Hallman says the "disclaimer" on every PM's individual history to say that this is not a fulsome account.
Recommendation: THAT the Mayor and Clerk be directed to execute the Supplementary Agreement with Createscape Waterloo Region. (with amendement)
Carried.
Carried.
Next item is the addition to the agenda: Regional Council Composition Review.
The recommendation is for the Township to support the status quo of the make up of Regional council.
Carried.
Carried.
Next is correspondence: Aggregate Property Tax – County of Wellington. It is supported by Wilmot council.
No Notices of Motion.
Coun Hallman with an announcement. She mentions the passing of Marjorie Carroll, the first woman mayor of Waterloo, and the longest ever serving mayor of the city.
Coun Hallman with an announcement. She mentions the passing of Marjorie Carroll, the first woman mayor of Waterloo, and the longest ever serving mayor of the city.
Coun Hallman praises the community for its Halloween activities.
She mentions that she is a member of the New Hamburg Legion, and asks people to donate to them during this period of remembrance.
She mentions that she is a member of the New Hamburg Legion, and asks people to donate to them during this period of remembrance.
Coun Hallman speaks in recognition of Treaty Week, and mentions that they are legal agreements that are still valid today.
Coun Fisher says that he and Coun Pfenning helped out at the Wilmot Family Resource Centre's drive-thru Halloween event.
He thanks Jeff Molenhuis (Director of Public Works) for the new curb in downtown Baden.
He thanks Jeff Molenhuis (Director of Public Works) for the new curb in downtown Baden.
Coun Pfenning speaks in tribute to the young man who died in a recent car accident near the Rec Complex. She thanks staff who helped facilitate a car rally in his honour. She mentions that the man was a friend of her son's.
Coun Hallman mentions it's Movember.
Mayor Armstrong asks us to remember those who have fallen in service to Canada.
We're adjourned at 9:15pm.
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