Council Meeting

THAT Council hereby consider the following items of the Consent Agenda - Part 1 - General under date of September 26, 2022 as read and adopted: 8. a, b 9. a, b

THAT the Minutes of the Council Meeting held August 22, 2022 be adopted.

THAT the Minutes of the Committee of the Whole Meeting held August 8, 2022 be adopted.

WHEREAS the Constitution of Canada requires that federal electoral districts be reviewed every ten years; and WHEREAS the 2022 Federal Electoral Boundaries Commission for the Province of Ontario was established as an independent commission to reconfigure the boundaries of Ontario’s electoral districts; and WHEREAS the Commission has proposed a new electoral map for consideration at public hearings commencing in September 2022; and WHEREAS the proposal of the Commission would reduce the number of electoral districts in Northern Ontario from ten to nine; and WHEREAS the proposal would see the two largest ridings in the far north, Kenora and Timmins-James Bay, amended and combined into one massive riding called Kiiwetinoong-Mushkegowuk, spanning from the Manitoba border to Quebec, and Kenora’s current riding boundary readjusted dramatically and combined with Thunder Bay-Rainy River, with further significant changes to the Thunder Bay-Superior North and Algoma-Manitoulin-Kapuskasing boundaries; and WHEREAS the previous redistribution caused the Rainy River District to be joined into a riding with the City of Thunder Bay; and WHEREAS the new proposed distribution intends to further combine the main municipal population centres of the current Kenora and Thunder Bay-Rainy River ridings, further eroding effective representation for the rural and outlying communities of the Rainy River and Kenora districts; and WHEREAS the legislation would in fact support, according to the population

THAT pursuant to the provisions of Section 379 of the Municipal Act, S.O. 2001, c 25, as amended, and in accordance with By-law 4543-2018, the "Land Acquisition and Disposition By-law" and Chapter 133, Notices, of the City of Dryden Municipal Code, Council declares the approximately 0.183 hectares of unaddressed vacant real property located West of Boozhoo Avenue described as: CON 6 PT LOT 3 RP23R9946 PTS 1 2 4 TO 8 PCL 41708 & 42615 DKF NORTH, City of Dryden as surplus to the requirements of the municipality; and FURTHER THAT the property be placed for sale in accordance with the City of Dryden's Land Acquisition and Disposition Policy.

THAT Council consider Consent Agenda - Part 2 - By-laws, under date of September 26, 2022 which includes the following by-laws, as read a first, second and third time: By-law 2022-51

THAT By-law 2022-51 being a by-law to authorize the appointment of a Closed Meeting Investigator and the execution of an agreement between The Corporation of The City of Dryden and Paul S. Heayn be read a first, second and third time.

THAT Council gives three readings to a Joint Compliance Audit Committee Terms of Reference for the 2022-2026 Term of Council by-law; and further THAT this regional joint committee includes partnerships with the Cities of Dryden and Kenora; the Municipalities of Machin, Red Lake and Sioux Lookout; and the Townships of Ear Falls, Ignace and Pickle Lake; and further THAT the regional participating clerks are hereby delegated the joint authority to make the appointments to the committee through mutual consensus.

THAT By-law 2022-53 being a by-law to amend By-law 2022-10, a by-law to adopt the 2022 municipal budget estimates for The Corporation of The City of Dryden, be read a first, second and third time.

THAT Council, without debate and with unanimous consent, agrees to dispense with notice regarding the motion proposed by Councillor McKay.

THAT this meeting be declared adjourned.