Cramahe
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Committee of the Whole
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Council Meeting
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Council Information Package
This is a Council Information Package for information only, with no decisions or votes. Council reviews correspondence from ROMA and resolutions from other municipalities on topics such as firefighter certification, invasive species, tick-borne diseases, Bill 119, shelter funding, property tax reassessment, cancer clinics, voter lists, Ontario Land Tribunal, rural hospital funding, and highway rest stops.
- Resolution supporting Ontario Firefighter Certification Requirements
- Resolution on Modernizing Ontario’s Invasive Plants Rules
- Letter re Provincial support to combat tick borne diseases
- Resolution re Proposed Protecting Ontario Streets and Communities Act (Bill 119)
- Call to Return to Property Tax Reassessment Cycle
Council Information Package
This is an information-only meeting. Council receives correspondence from AMO, a request for proclamation, and numerous resolutions from other municipalities on topics like OPP billing, fire funding, and heritage grants. No votes or decisions are scheduled.
- Request to proclaim October 15, 2026 as Pregnancy and Infant Loss Awareness Day
- AMO policy update including call for Bill 100 reversal
- Resolutions regarding OPP municipal policing billing model and Northern Ontario Policing Grant
- Resolution opposing FIPPA changes
- Resolution supporting sustainable provincial grant funding for fire services
Council Meeting
Council will consider approving updated water and wastewater rates effective July 1, 2026, based on a rate study. They will also decide on assuming Cat Hollow Road as a public highway and authorizing tax sale proceedings for eligible properties. Additionally, council will discuss a heritage committee request to extend the provincial deadline for property designations and vote on by-laws setting speed limits and community safety zones.
- Water and wastewater rates updated effective July 1, 2026
- Assumption of Cat Hollow Road as public highway (Plan 39R14632)
- Tax sale proceedings continued for eligible properties
- New by-laws setting speed limits and designating community safety zones
- Heritage committee resolution to extend Ontario Heritage Act designation deadline to 2030
Council approved updated water and wastewater rates effective July 1, 2026, and passed bylaws to establish new speed limits and community safety zones. The township officially assumed Cat Hollow Road as public property and authorized staff to continue tax sale proceedings. Additionally, Council endorsed a request to the provincial government to extend the heritage designation deadline to January 2030. A one-year service agreement extension was also approved behind closed doors.
- Approved updated water and wastewater rates effective July 1 (CARRIED)
- Assumed Cat Hollow Road as public highway and accepted development works (CARRIED)
- Passed By-law 2026-27 setting township speed limits (CARRIED)
- Passed By-law 2026-28 designating community safety zones (CARRIED)
- Passed By-law 2026-30 imposing wastewater service rates (CARRIED)
- Passed By-law 2026-31 imposing water service rates (CARRIED)
- Endorsed request to Province to extend heritage designation deadline to Jan 1, 2030 (CARRIED)
- Authorized staff to proceed with a one-year service agreement extension (CARRIED)
Council Information Package
This meeting is an information-only session. The council is reviewing correspondence, meeting minutes from the Lower Trent Conservation Board, and various resolutions from other Ontario municipalities for consideration.
- Resolutions regarding sustainable provincial grant funding for fire services
- Request to extend deadlines for designating listed heritage properties
- Support for more rest stops and service areas on Highways 11 & 17
- Proposal to reduce emergency room wait times via enhanced triage protocol
- Information on the Development Charge Reduction Program from the City of Burlington
Economic Development Advisory Committee
The Economic Development Advisory Committee will discuss reestablishing the Signage Sub-Committee after a member's resignation. They will also begin drafting an end-of-term report to Council summarizing the committee's activities and accomplishments.
- Reestablish Signage Sub-Committee for Orchard Road sign request (across from The Big Apple) after resignation
- Prepare draft end-of-term report for Council, due for approval at August 2026 meeting
- Approve minutes from May 4, 2026 meeting
The committee dissolved the Signage Sub-Committee and voted to complete the RT08 grant-funded sign project in-house. Staff will support the project, and C. Nelson will contact the lowest bidder, Fidelity. A report is expected to go to Committee of the Whole in July, with September as a backup.
- Dissolved Signage Sub-Committee, RT08 sign project to be handled in-house by Economic Development Committee (carried)
- Approved agenda as presented (carried)
- Approved minutes from May 4, 2026 (carried)
- Adjourned meeting at 2:34pm (carried)
Special Council Meeting
The special council meeting was largely procedural; council approved the agenda and a confirming by-law. The only substantive action was a closed session where council discussed an extension of a services agreement and directed staff accordingly, but no open-session decisions were made.
- Approved agenda (unanimous)
- Moved into closed session to discuss service agreement (unanimous)
- Directed staff as per closed session (unanimous)
- Approved confirming by-law BL-2026-26 (unanimous)
- Adjourned at 6:03pm
Committee of the Whole
The Committee of the Whole received the Fire Department's 2026 mid-year report for information and recommended that Council support Heritage Cramahe's request to the Province of Ontario to extend the deadline for issuing Notices of Intention to Designate heritage properties.
- Received Fire Department 2026 Mid-Year Report (FIRE-03-26) for information
- Recommended Council support Heritage Cramahe request to extend heritage designation deadline