Regular Council Meeting

That Council suspend its rules of procedure in order to hear a presentation from Marilyn Taylor.

1. That Council endorse Municipality of South Bruce Motion #M09-99 and the demand for fair funding of Ontario’s conservation authorities by the Ontario government; and, 2. That the Clerk forward a copy of Motion #M09-99 and this resolution to Conversation Ontario, the Ontario Ministry of Natural Resources, our local MPP, the Central Lake Ontario Conservation Authority, the Association of Municipalities of Ontario and the Municipality of South Bruce.

That Council adopt the recommendations set out in Item Nos. 3.1 and 4.1 as contained within the minutes of the meeting of the Planning & Development Committee held on April 6, 2009.

That Council adopt the recommendations set out in Items Nos. 3.2, 3.3, 3.4, 3.5, 3.6, 3.7, 3.8, 3.9, 3.10, 3.11, 3.12, 3.14, and 3.15 as contained in the minutes of the meeting of the Operations Committee held on April 14, 2009.

1. That Community and Marketing Services Report No. 06-09 in regard to the Community Safety Task Force Final Report be received; and, 2. That the Clerks Division forward a copy of this report to the Durham Regional Police Service – 18 Division (Whitby).

1. That Traffic By-Law No. 1862-85 be amended to incorporate the proposed changes to Schedule “R”, Heavy Traffic Prohibited, as shown in Attachment A to Public Works Report, Item PW 02-09; 2. That staff continue to monitor the pavement condition across the at-grade CN Rail crossing on South Blair Street; 3. That staff continue to investigate future transportation network modifications to assist in addressing existing and longer term mobility needs and heavy trucking issues through the Port Whitby area; 4. That the Region of Durham be requested to install “No Heavy Trucks” signs at the south-west corner of Brock and Victoria and signs that redirect truck traffic to South Blair; 5. That staff be directed to undertake a traffic study once the signage is in place and report back to Council prior to year end with an update; and, 6. That a copy of Public Works Report, Item PW 02-09 be forwarded to the Ministry of Transportation and the Region of Durham.

That Public Works Report, Item PW 17-09 regarding the Impact of the Province’s Cosmetic Pesticides Ban, be received as information.

That the rules of the procedure be suspended in order to allow introduction of the following motion.

That the Clerk report back to Council on opportunities to work with local charities that rely on bingo revenues and to work with the Alcohol and Gaming Commission of Ontario to find a mechanism to expedite the processing of bingo licencing applications at other community Bingo Halls that can support their application.

That Council suspend its rules of procedure in order to permit the introduction of By-law No. 6181-09.