The Dryden Record

Council Meeting

March 23, 2026

Who was there

Present (6): Jack Harrison, Bill Latham, Martin MacKinnon, Ritch Noel, Michelle Price, Bryan Tardiff

Absent (1): Catherine Kiewning

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 (15 motions)

15 carried, 0 recorded otherwise. Every motion below is printed as the minutes print it.

That Council do hereby adjourn to a Closed Session of Council pursuant to Section 239 of The Municipal Act, 2001, as amended, for the following reasons: Economic Development-2026-02 Van Horne Landing RFP Submission Overview. (A position, plan, procedure, criteria or instruction to be applied to negotiations
Moved by M. MacKinnon, seconded by B. Tardiff
Carried
That the Open Meeting of Council be reconvened.
Moved by M. Price, seconded by B. Latham
Carried
That Council hereby consider the following items of the Consent Agenda - Part 1 - General under date of March 23, 2026 as read and adopted: 13. a, b 14. a, b
Moved by M. MacKinnon, seconded by M. Price
Carried
That the Minutes of the Council Meeting held March 9, 2026 be adopted.
Moved by M. MacKinnon, seconded by B. Tardiff
Carried
That the Minutes of the Planning Meeting held March 9, 2026 be adopted.
Moved by M. Price, seconded by B. Latham
Carried
That as per the recommendation in Staff Report Public Works-2026-02, Council endorse the Drinking Water Quality Management Standard (DWQMS) Operational Plan (Version 16).
Moved by R. Noel, seconded by B. Latham
Carried
That as per the recommendation in Staff Report Finance-2025-06, Council approve the Community Proposal Selection Committee recommendation of the following seven (7) recipients for funding total $102,500 from the Moffat Family Fund, pending final approval by the Moffat Family Council: Confederation College Dryden – Youth Summer Camps the amount of $4,732 Dryden Community Services – Programming Expansion the amount of $12,500 Dryden Food Bank – Milk & Calcium-Rich Food Purchase Program the amount of $26,488 Dryden Public Library Board – Children’s Programming the amount of $10,020 Making Connections for Children & Youth – Universal Recreation for Children & Youth the amount of $20,000 Northwestern Health Unit - Community Pathways Partnership Program the amount of $11,000 Northwestern Health Unit - Nutrition on Weekends Program the amount of $17,760 and, Further that Council authorize the City Clerk to forward these proposals to The Winnipeg Foundation for approval by the Moffat Family Council.
Moved by M. MacKinnon, seconded by M. Price
Carried
That Council hereby consider the following items of the Consent Agenda - Part 2 - By-laws under date of March 23, 2026 as read and adopted: 18. a, b, c, d
Moved by B. Latham, seconded by B. Tardiff
Carried
That By-law 2026-12 being a by-law to amend By-law 2025-10, the Zoning By-law of The Corporation of The City of Dryden, by adding "CD-2" to the zoning classification of the lands municipally known as 6 King Street; and, Further that Section 4.12 - Downtown Commercial (CD) Zone of By-law 2025-10, the Zoning By-law of The Corporation of The City of Dryden, is amended by adding the following to Section 4.12.3 - Exceptions: Downtown Commercial Exception Two (CD-2) - 6 King Street a. Permitted Uses: i. A ground floor commercial use within the existing dwelling shall be permitted on a temporary basis. b. General Provisions: i. The temporary commercial use shall apply only to the existing dwelling on the subject lands. ii. No expansion of the building footprint, gross floor area, or lot coverage shall be permitted under this exception. iii. All other provisions of Section 4.12 - Downtown Commercial (CD) Zone and Zoning By-law 2025-10 shall continue to apply. iv. This Temporary Use permission shall expire three (3) years from the date of passage of the enacting By-law unless extended by Council be adopted.
Moved by B. Tardiff, seconded by M. Price
Carried
That By-law 2026-13 being a by-law to authorize the execution of a Development Agreement with 2755737 Ontario Inc. for the property located at 324 First Street be adopted.
Moved by M. MacKinnon, seconded by R. Noel
Carried
That By-law 2026-14 being a by-law to delete Municipal Code Chapters 183 - Disposal of Real Property, 229 - Streets and Sidewalks and 237 - Taxation be deleted; and Further that by-laws associated with the creation of said Chapters be rescinded.
Moved by M. Price, seconded by B. Tardiff
Carried
That By-law 2026-15 being a by-law to amend Schedule “A” of By-law 3529-2007 by adding the following policy under section Community Development: CD-DI-01 – Disposal of Real Property be adopted.
Moved by R. Noel, seconded by B. Tardiff
Carried
That By-law 2026-16 being a by-law to appoint Kira Fukushima as Deputy Treasurer for The Corporation of The City of Dryden effective April 20, 2026 be adopted.
Moved by M. Price, seconded by M. MacKinnon
Carried
That By-law 2026-17 being a by-law to confirm the proceedings of Council be adopted.
Moved by B. Latham, seconded by M. MacKinnon
Carried
That this meeting be declared adjourned.
Moved by M. Price, seconded by B. Tardiff
Carried

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