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 (9 motions)
9 carried, 0 recorded otherwise. Every motion below is printed as the minutes print it.
That Council hereby consider the following items of the Consent Agenda - Part 1 - General under date of October 14, 2025 as read and adopted: 9. a
Moved by C. Kiewning, seconded by B. Latham
Carried
That the Minutes of the Council Meeting held September 22, 2025 be adopted.
Moved by M. Price, seconded by B. Latham
Carried
That Council hereby consider the following items of the Consent Agenda - Part 2 - By-laws under date of October 14, 2025 as read and adopted: By-law 2025-47 By-law 2025-59 By-law 2025-60 By-law 2025-61
Moved by M. MacKinnon, seconded by C. Kiewning
Carried
That Schedule “A” to By-law Number 3529-2007 be and is hereby amended by deleting and replacing the following policy under section Municipal Government: MU-CO-11 – Council Code of Conduct Policy.
Moved by B. Tardiff, seconded by M. MacKinnon
Carried
That By-law 2025-59 being a by-law to appoint Kim Junko as Treasurer for The Corporation of The City of Dryden be adopted.
Moved by R. Noel, seconded by C. Kiewning
Carried
That By-law 2025-60 being a by-law to appoint Teri Trewolla as Deputy Treasurer for The Corporation of The City of Dryden be adopted.
Moved by B. Tardiff, seconded by C. Kiewning
Carried
That By-law 2025-61 being a by-law to authorize the execution of a Facility Use Agreement between the Dryden Junior "A" Ice Dogs and The Corporation of The City of Dryden be adopted.
Moved by B. Latham, seconded by B. Tardiff
Carried
WHEREAS municipalities across the Kenora District face acute labour shortages in essential sectors including health care, hospitality, retail, forestry, and mining, and rely heavily on access to immigration and temporary foreign worker programs to meet these demands; and WHEREAS the Kenora District is among the most rural and remote in Ontario, with municipalities recording some of the highest Rurality Index of Ontario (RIO) scores — such as Red Lake (RIO 98), Pickle Lake (RIO 100), Sioux Lookout (RIO 97), Ear Falls (RIO 95), Machin (RIO 100), and Sioux Narrows Nestor Falls (RIO 96) — underscoring the extreme remoteness and limited labour market access faced by communities across our region; and WHEREAS processing delays for Labour Market Impact Assessments (LMIAs), particularly for renewals, have reached over 6 months in many cases, forcing workers into precarious legal status, disrupting businesses, and threatening the continuity of essential services such as hospitals, seniors’ care, schools, and local retail; and WHEREAS the recently implemented cap limiting temporary foreign workers to 10% of an employer’s workforce further disadvantages small, remote northern communities, where unemployment is far below the provincial average and local Canadian labour simply cannot meet demand; and WHEREAS the inability of LMIA applications to flag urgent renewals for skilled workers already contributing to the Canadian labour force compounds these delays and undermines the federal gove
Moved by M. MacKinnon, seconded by C. Kiewning
Carried
That By-law 2025-62 being a by-law to confirm the proceedings of Council be adopted.