Council

THAT the Council of the Town of Halton Hills meet in closed session in order to address the following matters: 2.2 FIRE SERVICES REPORT NO. FIRE-2024-002 dated March 8, 2024 regarding labour relations or employee negotiations. (Negotiations)

THAT the Council for the Town of Halton Hills reconvene this meeting in open session.

THAT the following minutes are hereby approved: 6.1 Confidential Minutes of the Council Workshop held on Monday February 26, 2024. 6.2 Minutes of the Council Workshop held on Monday February 26, 2024. 6.3 Confidential Minutes of the Council Meeting held on Monday March 4, 2024. 6.4 Minutes of the Council Meeting held on Monday March 4, 2024.

THAT the following Consent Items are hereby approved: 1. 2023 Annual Purchasing Policy Reporting THAT Report No. CS-2024-004 dated February 29, 2024, regarding Annual Purchasing Policy Reporting – By-law No. 2022-0033, be received for information.

THAT Council do now convene into General Committee.

THAT the recommendations contained in the following Immediate Action Item Reports & Memorandums from the Monday March 25, 2024 General Committee Meeting are hereby adopted as presented: Report No. PD-2024-022 (Recommendation No. GC-2024-0031) Report No. PD-2024-024 (Recommendation No. GC-2024-0032) Report No. RP-2024-006 (Recommendation No. GC-2024-0033) Report No. RP-2024-008 (Recommendation No. GC-2024-0034) Report No. TPW-2024-005 (Recommendation No. GC-2024-0035) Report No. TPW-2024-006 (Recommendation No. GC-2024-0036)

THAT the recommendation contained in the following Confidential Report from the Monday March 25, 2024 Closed Session of Council are hereby adopted as presented; AND FURTHER THAT staff carry out any of Council's direction on these matters as set out in the Confidential minutes dated March 25, 2024. Report No. FIRE-2024-002

WHEREAS Halton Region has an annual West Nile prevention program which includes larviciding, public education, monitoring and surveillance to reduce the risk of West Nile virus in the community; AND WHEREAS the Town of Halton Hills supports local action to reduce the risk of West Nile virus; THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED THAT Council confirms its support to the Region’s 2024 West Nile Virus Response Plan; AND FURTHER THAT the Town of Halton Hills authorizes any permit application for West Nile virus control submitted to the Ministry of the Environment from an appropriately licensed exterminator, to apply a larvicide into catch basins or surface water:  located within and [owned/ managed] by the Town of Halton Hills; and  located on private land that drain into the storm drain system or water ways located within the Town of Halton Hills. AND FURTHER THAT a copy of this resolution be forwarded to the Director of Health Protection at Halton Region.

WHEREAS the Province stated in February 2022 that it planned to transition certain municipal green building standards related to building construction into the Ontario Building Code by the summer of 2023; AND WHEREAS the Province has consulted on advancing harmonization of energy efficiency requirements in buildings by aligning Ontario’s Building Code with National Code tiers as minimum energy efficiency requirements in the next edition of the Code in 2024; AND WHEREAS buildings with better energy performance provide owners and occupants with lower energy bills, improved building comfort, reduce community greenhouse gas emissions, improve resiliency from power disruptions that are expected to be more common in a changing climate, tackling both inequality and energy poverty; AND WHEREAS ensuring that all new buildings in the Province of Ontario are built to the highest energy efficiency means that they will not need expensive retrofits in the future, unlike existing buildings, and the cost of heating and cooling these buildings will be reduced from the moment they are first occupied; AND WHEREAS the building sector is a major driver of energy demand and source of emissions; AND WHEREAS The Town of Halton Hills began implementing its Green Development Standards in 2010 and implemented its third upgraded version on June 15th 2021, with the objective to elevate the sustainability performance of new developments, through a focus on energy performance, water efficiency, protection

WHEREAS current provincial-municipal fiscal arrangements are undermining Ontario’s economic prosperity and quality of life; AND WHEREAS nearly a third of municipal spending in Ontario is for services in areas of provincial responsibility and expenditures are outpacing provincial contributions by nearly $4 billion a year; AND WHEREAS municipal revenues, such as property taxes, do not grow with the economy or inflation; AND WHEREAS unprecedented population and housing growth will require significant investments in municipal infrastructure – as examples, the reconstruction of Eighth Line is estimated to cost $83 Million and the Gellert Recreation Centre Phase 2, $26 Million; AND WHEREAS municipalities and property taxpayers are being asked to take on complex health and social challenges – like homelessness, supporting asylum seekers and addressing the mental health and addictions crises and also being asked to help finance local healthcare facilities which are provincial responsibilities; AND WHEREAS property taxpayers – including people on fixed incomes and small businesses – can’t afford to subsidize provincial facilities and income re-distribution programs for those most in need; AND WHEREAS inflation, rising interest rates, and provincial policy decisions are sharply constraining municipal fiscal capacity to fund the necessary infrastructure to support growth. For example, the Town of Halton Hills has a current infrastructure investment funding gap averaging $26.8 million pe

WHEREAS Subsection 27(16) of the Ontario Heritage Act stipulates that any non-designated heritage property listed on the municipal register of properties as of December 31, 2022 shall be removed from the municipal register on or before January 1, 2025, if the council of the municipality does not give a notice of intention to designate the property under subsection 29(1) of the Ontario Heritage Act on or before January 1, 2025; AND WHEREAS since January 1, 2023, municipal staff and members of the municipal heritage committee in this municipality have been diligently working to: review the municipal heritage register; research the heritage value and interest of listed (non-designated) properties; review and research the heritage value and interest of non-designated properties; contact owners of such properties; determine which properties should potentially be designated in accordance with the provisions of Section 29 of the Ontario Heritage Act; and take all required steps to designate such properties; AND WHEREAS the above-noted work involving over 700 listed properties in this municipality is extremely time-consuming and cannot be completed by December 31, 2024 with the limited municipal resources available. NOW THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED THAT Council authorizes the Mayor to promptly send a letter to Doug Ford, Premier of Ontario, and Michael Ford, Minister of Citizenship and Multiculturalism, requesting that Subsection 27(16) of the Ontario Heritage Act be amended to extend th

THAT the General Information Package dated March 25, 2024 be received.

THAT the following Bills are hereby passed by Council; AND FURTHER THAT the Mayor and Clerk are hereby authorized to execute the said by-laws and affix the seal of the Corporation thereto: BY-LAW NO. 2024-0020 A By-law to adopt Amendment No. 56 to the Official Plan of the Town of Halton Hills, 12, 22 and 24 Dayfoot Drive (Georgetown) Part of Lot 19, Concession 9 (Esquesing) and Part of Lot 17, Registered Plan 341 Town of Halton Hills, Regional Municipality of Halton (File No. D09OPA21.004). BY-LAW NO. 2024-0021 A By-law to amend Zoning By-law 2010-0050, as amended, Part of Lot 19, Concession 9 (Esquesing) and Part of Lot 17, Registered Plan 341 Town of Halton Hills, Regional Municipality of Halton, municipally known as 12, 22 & 24 Dayfoot Drive (Georgetown). BY-LAW NO. 2024-0022 A By-law to adopt the proceedings of the Council Meeting held on the 25th day of March, 2024 and to authorize its execution.

THAT this Council meeting do now adjourn at 5:33 p.m.