Council Meeting

That Council hereby consider the following items of the Consent Agenda - Part 1 - General under date of March 10, 2025 as read and adopted: 9. a, b 10. a, b

That the Minutes of the Council Meeting held February 24, 2025 be adopted.

That the Minutes of the Board of Health for the Northwestern Health Unit Regular Board of Health Meeting held November 29, 2024 be received.

That the City-owned property located at 324 First Street, legally described as PIN 42083-0001 PCL 13653 SEC DKF; Lt 1 Con 6 Van Horne, Except LT32886, LT65769, Pt 1&2, 23R9904, Pt 1, 23R10085, Pt 1, 2, & 3, 23R10185, s/t LT263108, City of Dryden be declared surplus; and Further that the property be sold in accordance with the City's Land Acquisition and Disposition Policy.

That Council hereby consider the following items of the Consent Agenda - Part 2 - By-laws under date of March 10, 2025 as read and adopted: By-law 2025-15

That By-law 2025-15 being a by-law to amend By-law 3529-2007, a by- law to adopt the City of Dryden Corporate Policy and Procedure Manual, by adding the following document under section Municipal Government: (a) MU-AD-02 Notices Policy and Procedure be adopted.

That Council supports the City of Dryden's application to the Canada Cultural Spaces Fund (CCSF) for the development of a Feasibility Study for a new Dryden & District Museum facility; And that Council commits $10,000 towards the total project cost of $80,000 to be included in the 2026 operating budget.

WHEREAS The Municipal Property Assessment Corporation's (MPAC) mandate is to assess and classify all properties in Ontario thereby holding a legal monopoly with regards to assessing Ontario properties due to the fact that if a municipality is not satisfied with MPAC's services, the municipality cannot choose a different vendor. WHEREAS MPAC employs the income approach to value multi-residential properties, factoring in average market rental rates, expenses, vacancy rates, and depreciation rates; and WHEREAS MPAC’s income approach for multi-residential property valuation uses non-specific property data i.e. average rental rates, average expenses, average vacancy rates, etc. resulting in inaccurate property valuations and ultimately causing inequitable municipal taxation levels; and WHEREAS the Provincial Government continues to base MPAC property assessments on fully phased-in January 1, 2016 current values, thereby utilizing outdated data for new multi-residential property valuations, further intensifying inequitable municipal taxation levels; and WHEREAS MPAC’s multi-residential assessment methodology disproportionately affects small rural municipalities that have fewer financial resources and limited fiscal tools to mitigate lower taxation revenue and manage growth-related costs in the absence of development charges. NOW THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED THAT the Council of the City of Dryden formally requests that the Government of Ontario instructs MPAC to introduce reform to mult

That By-law 2025-16 being a by-law to confirm the proceedings of Council be adopted.