Regular Council Meeting

That Item 7.2 of New and Unfinished Business re: Installation of Plaque – Highway of Heroes Bridge be brought forward on the agenda for consideration at this time.

That the matter re: Installation of Plaque – Highway of Heroes Bridge be lifted from the table.

That the concept of placing a plaque on the Highway of Heroes Bridge, Brock Street South be

That CORR 01-12, being correspondence from the Deputy Clerk of the Corporation of the Municipality of Clarington regarding Special Provincial Funding to Cover Municipal Deficits be endorsed.

That Item 2.2 of Report No. 5 of the Management Committee dated December 20, 2011, be adopted.

COUNCIL DECISION: 1. That Council approve the proposed accommodations plan outlined in the Chief Administrative Officer’s Report No. CAO 04-11 to address the short term departmental office requirements for personnel at municipal headquarters; 2. That the Administration be authorized to retain the services of an architectural consultant to undertake the design work associated with the proposed short term accommodations plan; MINUTES OF THE REGULAR MEETING OF THE COUNCIL OF THE CORPORATION OF THE TOWN OF WHITBY HELD ON MONDAY, JANUARY 16, 2012 AT THE HOUR OF 7:00 P.M. IN THE MEETING HALL OF THE WHITBY MUNICIPAL BUILDING 3. That the Administration be authorized to issue tenders to secure competitive bids from qualified general contractors for the construction of the office space and qualified office furniture suppliers and installers for the short term accommodations plan; 4. That Council authorize the Administration to undertake a comprehensive review of the long term municipal accommodation needs and scenarios and to retain the professional services of a consultant(s) to work with senior staff on the project; and 5. That long term office accommodation scenarios include a review of the office expansion opportunity at the current Rossland Road headquarters location; the opportunity to locate the municipal headquarters in other areas of the municipality; and the corresponding financial impacts of all scenarios.

That Items 4.1 to 4.6, inclusive, of Report No. 1 of the Operations Committee dated January 9, 2012, be adopted, save and except Items 4.3, 4.4 and 4.5.

COUNCIL DECISION: That Report CMS 03-12 re: Playground Program be

COUNCIL DECISION: 1. That Community and Marketing Services Department Report CMS 04-12 regarding the Race Relations and Diversity Committee of Council be received as information; 2. That Council approve changing the name of the Committee to the ‘Ethno-cultural and Diversity Advisory Committee’; 3. That the revised Terms of Reference for the Ethno-cultural and Diversity Advisory Committee of Council be approved as amended to reflect in Section 3.3 of the Terms of Reference that a staff representative from the Region’s Diversity and Immigration Program be included as a non-voting member.; and, 4. That the Town Clerk be directed to advertise for applicants for the Ethno-cultural and Diversity Advisory Committee of Council.

COUNCIL DECISION: 1. That staff be directed to bring forward a by-law similar to that of the City of Pickering to ban the possession, sale, trade and distribution of shark fins or shark fin products within the Town of Whitby; and 2. That the Clerk be directed to forward a request on behalf of Council to the Federal Government, Health Canada and the Provincial Government to take appropriate action.

That the meeting be adjourned.