Goderich public meetings in 2024
47 substantive meetings from 2024, with official agendas or minutes and plain-English summaries.
Special Council Meeting
Goderich Town Council will convene a special session to discuss site plan and property matters, as well as a facility report from September 2024. The meeting includes a closed session to discuss property security and potential litigation.
- Discussion of Site Plan and Property Matters
- Facility Report as of September 2024
- Closed Council Session regarding property security and litigation
- Adoption of Special Council Minutes from September 4, 2024
- Confirmation By-Law No. 137 of 2024
Council Meeting
The meeting will open with a call to order, adoption of the agenda and minutes, and a public meeting to consider By‑Law 130 of 2024, which proposes new fee structures for the Town of Goderich. Staff reports will be received on topics such as the Huron OPP Detachment Board remuneration (By‑Law 135), the Procedure By‑Law (By‑Law 118), the Marriage Licence Modernization (By‑Law 122), and the 2025 budgets for the Mid‑Huron Landfill and Recycling Centre. Presentations will include the Downtown Infrastructure Task Force update and the Goderich Little Theatre’s Livery Centre for the Arts expansion project. The council will also address various correspondence items requiring direction or information.
- Public meeting to consider By‑Law 130 (2024) – new municipal fee by‑law
- Staff report on Huron OPP Detachment Board remuneration – refer to By‑Law 135
- Staff report on Procedure By‑Law – refer to By‑Law 118
- Staff report on Marriage Licence Modernization – refer to By‑Law 122
- 2025 budget presentations for Mid‑Huron Landfill Site Board and Recycling Centre
BIA Board of Management
The provided agenda contains only procedural software boilerplate and no specific discussion or decision items.
Rebuilding Downtown Infrastructure Task Force
The Rebuilding Downtown Infrastructure Task Force meeting scheduled for December 5, 2024 in Goderich, Ontario shows an agenda with no items entered. The agenda fields are empty and no decisions, proposals, or discussions are detailed. No procedural or substantive items are provided in the document.
BIA Board of Management
The provided agenda contains only procedural software placeholders and boilerplate text. There are no specific decisions, proposals, or discussion items listed.
Municipal and Marine Heritage Committee
The Municipal and Marine Heritage Committee will consider direction on Heritage Permit Application No. 2024-014 for signage at 60A East Street. It will also review a heritage designation request for the property at 90 St. Patrick Street. Additional agenda items include adoption of the August 28, 2024 minutes, review of the committee work plan, financial statements, and approval of the 2025 meeting dates.
- Heritage Permit Application No. 2024-014 – 60A East Street – signage
- Heritage Designation Request – 90 St. Patrick Street
- Adoption of August 28, 2024 Heritage Minutes
- Review of Municipal and Marine Heritage Committee Work Plan
- Approval of 2025 meeting dates (Jan 29, May 28, Sep 24, Dec 17)
BIA Beautification Committee
The meeting agenda contains no listed items or proposals. The committee will hold a session without any documented decisions, contracts, or hearings. No substantive business is recorded in the agenda.
Mid-Huron Recycling Centre Board
The Mid-Huron Recycling Centre Board will hold a public meeting to discuss and potentially approve the 2025 draft budget. The board will also review financial reports and a proposed amendment to the operating agreement.
- Public meeting to consider the 2025 Draft Budget
- Approval of accounts ending November 8, 2024, in the amount of $240,979.76
- Proposed amendment to the Mid-Huron Recycle Centre Operating Agreement
- Request for support from Huron Women's Shelter regarding large garbage pick-up service changes
- Resignation letter from Site Supervisor Eric Kirk
Mid-Huron Landfill Site Board
The Mid‑Huron Landfill Site Board will consider and vote on the 2025 Draft Budget for the landfill. It will also approve the accounts ending November 7 2024 for $64,723.54 and set the 2025 meeting dates. Additional items include receiving financial statements and leachate monitoring reports for information.
- Approve accounts ending November 7 2024 in the amount of $64,723.54
- Approve the 2025 Draft Budget for the Mid‑Huron Landfill Site Board
- Approve 2025 meeting dates: Feb 11, May 13, Aug 12, Nov 18, 2025
- Receive Revenue and Expenditures Report to October 31 2024 for information
- Receive Leachate Volumes and Shipment reports up to October 31 2024 for information
Rebuilding Downtown Infrastructure Task Force
The agenda for the Goderich Rebuilding Downtown Infrastructure Task Force meeting on November 13, 2024 contains no listed items. It only shows placeholders for video, description, category, and other fields, with no substantive proposals, contracts, or decisions identified.
Environment Committee
The Environment Committee will approve the agenda and adopt the September 10, 2024 minutes. It will consider and approve the 2025 meeting dates for the committee. The committee will review the Environmental Committee Workplan and Draft Budget. Presentations on the Native Tree Planting Initiative partnership will also be discussed.
- Approval of the agenda
- Adoption of the September 10, 2024 minutes
- Approval of 2025 Environment Committee meeting dates
- Review and approval of the Environmental Committee Workplan and Draft Budget
- Presentation on Native Tree Planting Initiative – partnership with MVCA and Goderich Lion's Club
Council Meeting
Town Council will discuss the draft 2025 Fee By-Law and five-year financial plans for water and wastewater services (2026-2030). The meeting includes decisions on development charge waivers for Habitat for Humanity and mold removal at the Maitland Recreation Centre.
- Draft 2025 Fee By-Law
- Water and Wastewater Five-Year Financial Plans (2026 to 2030)
- Request to waive development charges for Habitat for Humanity
- Removal of mold containing material at the Maitland Recreation Centre
- Part Lot Control Exemption Application for 133 to 153 Meadowlark Lane
Goderich Regional Airport Task Force
The Goderich Regional Airport Task Force is meeting to discuss unfinished business regarding airport operations. The body will review reports on landing fees and a market rate land appraisal report.
- Follow-Up Report on Landing Fees
- Goderich Regional Airport Market Rate Land Appraisal Report
- September Month-End Report
- September Fuel Sales/Activity Report
BIA Board of Management
The Goderich BIA Board of Management meeting on November 5, 2024 has no listed agenda items. No decisions, proposals, or discussions are detailed in the agenda. The agenda appears to contain only procedural placeholders.
BIA Beautification Committee
The meeting agenda contains no listed items. No decisions or discussions are documented. It appears to be a procedural placeholder.
Committee of Adjustment
The Committee of Adjustment is meeting to discuss a consent application to divide a property into two parcels. The proposal involves creating a vacant lot with frontage on Hincks and Mary Street.
- Consent Application GOD C06-24: Proposal to divide 129 Hincks Street into two separately conveyable parcels
Citizen of the Year Recognition Event
The Goderich Town Council will hold a special meeting to present the 2024 Citizen Recognition Awards to six community members. The council will adopt By‑Law No. 108 of 2024 to confirm the meeting’s proceedings and will approve the agenda and minutes. A land acknowledgement will be presented, and a brief question‑and‑answer period will follow.
- Land acknowledgement statement presented by Councillor Thompson
- Unanimous motion to discuss and consider the Citizen Recognition Awards
- Presentation of six Citizen Recognition recipients: Pamela Somers, Levi Hawkins, Patti Smith, Brian Douglas Smith, Philip Maier, Stephanie Hartwick
- Adoption of By‑Law No. 108 of 2024 confirming the special council meeting
- Approval of agenda and adoption of minutes
Council Meeting
The Goderich Town Council will consider and vote on By‑Law 106 of 2024, which temporarily stops traffic on Kingston Street to Courthouse Square for the Remembrance Day Parade on November 11, 2024. The meeting also includes a request for funding to repair the Menesetung Bridge, several heritage permit approvals, a purchase of a used sewer flusher, and a review of the municipal climate‑action offer.
- By‑Law 106 of 2024 – temporary traffic stop on Kingston Street for Remembrance Day Parade (Nov 11, 2024)
- Menesetung Bridge Association request for funding – priority concrete repairs
- Heritage Permit No. 2024‑009 – signage at 80 Courthouse Square
- Purchase of used sewer flusher (staff recommendation: concur)
- Municipal Climate Action Offer – 2024 application (staff recommendation: receive for information)
BIA Farmers Market Committee
The provided agenda contains only procedural software boilerplate and no specific discussion or decision items.
BIA Board of Management
The agenda for the Goderich BIA Board of Management meeting on 2024-10-08 contains no listed items or details. It appears to be a placeholder or procedural agenda without substantive business.
Rebuilding Downtown Infrastructure Task Force
The agenda for the Rebuilding Downtown Infrastructure Task Force on 2024-10-08 contains no listed items. Consequently, no specific decisions, proposals, or discussions are documented for this meeting.
Goderich Regional Airport Task Force
The Goderich Regional Airport Task Force will receive updates on the airport’s monthly reports and fuel sales, hear a delegation update, and discuss agricultural land lease, airfield operating and landing fees, corporate advertising and naming rights, filming and special‑event revenue, as well as lease terms for hangar construction. No formal decisions are listed; items are presented for information and discussion.
- Review of June and July airport month‑end reports (June prt1.pdf, July Prt1.pdf)
- Fuel sales/activity report including JetA1 and 100LL data (June prt2.pdf, July Prt2.pdf)
- Discussion of airfield operating/landing and tie‑down fees, corporate advertising/naming rights, filming and special‑event revenue (Ben Crooks.pdf)
- Lease terms for land and construction of hangars
- Agricultural land lease update
Council Meeting
The council will approve the agenda, adopt the September 9 minutes, and receive a series of staff reports for information or concurrence. Items include a purchase of an Animal Control SUV, a lease of agricultural land at the airport, asbestos removal at 35435 Huron Road, and two heritage permit applications (54 Colborne Street and 84 Kingston Street). The council will also review the waterfront paid parking report and the 2025 Canteen Operation for the Maitland Recreation Centre.
- Purchase of an Animal Control SUV (Leslie Motors RFQ; Lightning Equipment Sales quote) – staff recommendation: Concur
- 2025 Canteen Operation at Maitland Recreation Centre – staff recommendation: Concur and refer to By‑Law 103 of 2024
- Agricultural Land Lease at the Airport (2002 Crop Sharing Agreement By‑Law) – staff recommendation: Concur
- Asbestos Removal at 35435 Huron Road – staff recommendation: Concur
- Heritage Permit Application No. 2024‑008 (54 Colborne Street) and No. 2024‑007 (84 Kingston Street) – staff recommendation: Concur
BIA Beautification Committee
The agenda for the Goderich BIA Beautification Committee on 2024-09-24 contains no listed items; it appears to be a placeholder with no substantive proposals or decisions.
Committee of Adjustment
The Committee of Adjustment will review Consent Application GOD C05-24 for the vacant 2‑hectare property on Wolfe Street. The applicant, Zelinka Priamo Ltd., proposes to split the land into two parcels, each fronting Wolfe Street, with the larger parcel about 1.94 ha and the smaller about 1,048.5 m². The Committee may approve or deny the application, imposing conditions such as required surveys, reference plans, and compliance with zoning and the Drainage Act, to be met within two years. The meeting also includes routine items such as approval of the agenda, adoption of the July 16 2024 minutes, and disclosure of pecuniary interests.
- Consent Application GOD C05-24 – division of 2‑ha vacant property on Wolfe Street (proposed parcels 1.94 ha and 1,048.5 m²)
- Approval of the September 12, 2024 agenda
- Adoption of the July 16, 2024 Committee of Adjustment minutes
- Disclosure of pecuniary interest by members
- Adjournment of the meeting
BIA Board of Management
The provided agenda contains only procedural boilerplate and software interface text. No specific decisions, discussions, or agenda items are listed.
Environment Committee
The Environment Committee will receive and consider correspondence including a tree‑planting brochure and two bylaws related to native plants and municipal trees. It will discuss the Collingwood Pollinator Project and the Lake Huron Pines half‑day event. The committee will also review its 2024 workplan.
- By‑Law 144‑2022 – Prioritize native plant species and prohibit invasive plant species
- By‑Law 115‑2024 – Plant, maintain, and remove trees on municipal property
- Collingwood Pollinator Project presentation
- Lake Huron Pines Initiative half‑day event
- 2024 Environment Committee workplan
Council Meeting
The council will adopt the agenda and adopt minutes from the August 12 regular meeting and the September 4 special meeting. It will consider a zoning by‑law amendment application (GOD Z03‑24) for 397 Bayfield Road and several staff reports, including a proposed permanent digital message board and Stanley Street parking lot construction. The meeting includes the third reading and passage of By‑Laws 94‑98, notably By‑Law 98 authorizing an Experience Ontario Grant for the Goderich Salt & Harvest Festival. Additional motions will approve funding for waterfront signage, a painted mural at 54 Courthouse Square, and support for a Cobourg heritage resolution.
- Zoning By‑Law Amendment Application GOD Z03‑24 – 397 Bayfield Road (1865099 Ontario Ltd)
- By‑Law 98 of 2024 – Experience Ontario Grant for the Goderich Salt & Harvest Festival
- Funding for eight waterfront signs at $500.00 each (Municipal and Marine Heritage Committee)
- Heritage Application No. 2024‑006 – painted mural at 54 Courthouse Square
- Stanley Street Parking Lot Construction (staff report)
Special Council Meeting
The Goderich Town Council will review and approve a concept design to advance the detailed design phase of the Downtown Reconstruction project. Presentations will be given by BM Ross & Associates and GSP Group, and the council will consider recommendations from the Rebuilding Downtown Infrastructure Task Force regarding lane widths, intersection layout, parking configurations, and landscaping. The meeting also includes the adoption of By‑Law No. 93 of 2024 to confirm the special council proceedings.
- Review and approve concept design for Downtown Reconstruction (presentation by BM Ross & Associates and GSP Group)
- Task force recommendation: two 4‑metre travel lanes for downtown core traffic
- Task force recommendation: common intersection design with mountable island, twin crosswalks, and bump‑outs
- Task force recommendation: angle parking (12 stalls) ~2.75 m wide, Type A accessible parking on each connecting street, no reverse‑angle parking
- Adopt By‑Law No. 93 of 2024 to confirm special council meeting proceedings
BIA Advertising and Events Committee
The agenda for the Goderich, Ontario BIA Advertising and Events Committee meeting on September 3, 2024 contains no listed items. The document appears to be an empty or procedural placeholder without any decisions, proposals, or discussions recorded.
Municipal and Marine Heritage Committee
The Municipal and Marine Heritage Committee will review Heritage Permit Application No. 2024-006 for 54 Courthouse Square, with staff recommending concurrence. The committee will also receive the May 29, 2024 minutes, adopt the agenda, and approve the financial statements, including a reserve fund balance of $60,879.20. Additional items include a work plan and updates on heritage designation letters and publications.
- Heritage Permit Application No. 2024-006 – 54 Courthouse Square (staff recommends concurrence)
- Adoption of May 29, 2024 Heritage Committee minutes
- Financial statements: revenue and expenditures report and reserve fund balance $60,879.20
- Municipal and Marine Heritage Committee Work Plan
- Updates on heritage designation letters and Ontario Heritage Trust workshop materials
Rebuilding Downtown Infrastructure Task Force
The provided agenda contains only procedural software boilerplate and no specific discussion items or decisions. No substantive business is listed for this meeting.
Mid-Huron Landfill Site Board
The Mid-Huron Landfill Site Board will meet to approve the account ending July 31, 2024, and receive financial reports and correspondence. The meeting is hybrid and will reconvene after a possible closed session.
- Approval of $143,162.50 account ending July 31, 2024
- Adoption of May 8, 2024, minutes
- Review of Revenue and Expenditures Report to June 30, 2024
- Review of Landfill General Ledger to June 30, 2024
- Consideration of Audit Engagement Letter
Mid-Huron Recycling Centre Board
The Mid-Huron Recycling Centre Board will approve the accounts ending July 31, 2024, in the amount of $168,244.51, and receive financial statements and supervisor reports for information.
- Approval of accounts ending July 31, 2024 ($168,244.51)
- Adoption of May 8, 2024, minutes
- Review of Sun Life Financial Group benefit changes effective September 1, 2024
- Receipt of audit engagement letter from Ronald Burt, Takalo and Burt
- Receipt of supervisor's report for August 13, 2024
Council Meeting
The Town Council will consider several zoning by-law amendments and heritage permits. The meeting includes a tender opening for Suncoast Drive improvements and reports on the 2024 operating budget and capital projects.
- Zoning By-Law Amendment for 34736 Dechert Road
- Tender opening for Suncoast Drive Improvements and Municipal Parking Lot
- Heritage permit applications for 56 Kingston Street, 55 Nelson Street, and 53 Hamilton Street
- Request to purchase an additional Municipal Law Enforcement vehicle for animal control
- Part Lot Control Application for 175-177 Elgin Avenue East
BIA Beautification Committee
The agenda contains no listed items, descriptions, or proposals. It appears to be a placeholder with no decisions or discussions recorded. No actionable items, contracts, or agenda topics are detailed.
BIA Farmers Market Committee
The agenda for the Goderich, Ontario BIA Farmers Market Committee meeting on 2024-07-18 contains no listed items. No decisions, contracts, rezoning proposals, or public hearings are recorded. The meeting appears to have only procedural placeholders.
Committee of Adjustment
The Committee of Adjustment will review three applications to divide or merge residential lots in Goderich. The items include a consent to create a new lot on Hamilton Street, a lot addition on Nelson Street East, and a re-application for a previously approved consent on Oxford Street.
- Consent application GOD C02-24 at 72-76 Hamilton Street to create a new lot
- Consent application GOD C03-24 at 27 Nelson Street East to merge a 2m strip of land
- Consent application GOD C04-24 at 181 Oxford Street to divide a residential lot
- Approval of the May 16, 2024, Committee of Adjustment minutes
- Hybrid meeting held in the Town Hall Menesetung Room
BIA Board of Management
The provided document contains only procedural boilerplate and software interface elements. No specific topics, motions, or decisions are recorded for this meeting.
Environment Committee
The committee will review a presentation regarding the Lake Huron Forever Pledge from Huron Pines. Members will also discuss updates on the Collingwood Pollinator Project and a proposed half-day event for the Lake Huron Pines Initiative.
- Lake Huron Forever Pledge presentation
- Collingwood Pollinator Project update
- Lake Huron Pines Initiative half-day event discussion
- 2024 Environment Committee Workplan review
Council Meeting
The Council will vote on multiple by-laws covering municipal fees, beach chair rentals, and easement agreements. Presentations are scheduled regarding housing updates and the Goderich Port Management Corporation annual report. Staff reports also cover childcare infrastructure and traffic calming policies.
- Updated 2024 Fee By-Law
- Easement Agreement for 436 Huron Road
- Citizen Recognition Policy
- Child Care Air Conditioner Replacement
- Traffic Calming Policy and Bennett St E
BIA Advertising and Events Committee
The provided document contains only procedural boilerplate from a software interface. No specific topics, discussions, or decisions are recorded for this meeting.
Goderich Regional Airport Task Force
The Goderich Regional Airport Task Force will review monthly airport activity reports and correspondence regarding a flight school press release. The meeting also includes a staff report on an Airport Business and Marketing Manager position and an update on aviation hangar interest.
- Staff report on Airport Business and Marketing Manager position
- Update on aviation hangar interest
- May 2024 fuel sales/activity report
- May 2024 month-end report
- Flight school press release from Revival Consulting Inc
BIA Beautification Committee
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Rebuilding Downtown Infrastructure Task Force
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Council Meeting
The Goderich Town Council will review two zoning by-law amendment applications for properties on Dechert Road and Suncoast Drive East. The meeting also includes reports regarding the 2024 Fee By-law update, development charges, and a new body-worn camera policy.
- Zoning By-Law Amendment GOD Z01-24 (34736 Dechert Road)
- Zoning By-Law Amendment GOD Z02-24 (321 Suncoast Drive East)
- 2024 Fee By-law Update
- Development Charges Annual Adjustment 2024
- Body-Worn Camera Policy
BIA Board of Management
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