Essex County Council Regular Meeting Agenda

Meeting #:
Date:	Wednesday, March 16, 2022
Time:	7:00 P.m. - 10:00 P.m.
Location:	https://video.isilive.ca/countyofessex/live.html

Accessible formats or communication supports are available upon request. Contact Clerk’s Office, [e-mail], 519-776-6441 extension 1335

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1.

Closed Meeting

There is no Closed Meeting scheduled for March 16, 2022.

2.

Moment of Reflection

3.

Singing of ‘O Canada’

4.

Land Acknowledgement Statement

We begin by acknowledging that the land on which we gather is the traditional territory of the Three Fires Confederacy of First Nations, comprised of the Ojibway, Odawa and Potawatomie Peoples.

To recognize the land is an expression of gratitude to those whose territory you reside on, and a way of honouring the Indigenous people who have been living and working on the land from time immemorial.

We value the significant historical and contemporary contributions of local and regional First Nations and all the Original Peoples of Turtle Island.

5.

Recording of Attendance

6.

County Warden’s Welcome and Remarks

7.

Disclosure of Pecuniary Interest

8.

Adoption of Regular Meeting Minutes

March 2, 2022 Essex County Council, Regular Meeting Minutes

• Recommendation:

  That the minutes of the March 2, 2022 Regular Meeting of Essex County Council be adopted as presented.

9.

Delegations and Presentations

• Recommendation:

  That the delegation from the Windsor-Essex Ontario Health Team Co-Chairs be permitted to address County Council.

9.1

Windsor-Essex Ontario Health Team (WEOHT)

WEOHT Co-chairs Bruce Krauter, Claudia den Boer and Kristen Kennedy, to provide County Council with information on the recently approved Windsor-Essex Ontario Health Team.

10.

Communications

10.1

Correspondence

• Recommendation:

  That the correspondence listed on the Regular Agenda for March 16, 2022, be received and any noted action approved. 

10.1.1

Pathway to Potential

P2P Monthly Newsletter - March 2022

10.1.2

Great Lakes and St. Lawrence Cities Initiative (GLSLCI)

• Powering the Blue Economy
• Annual General Meeting Survey
• Making Waves - February Newsletter

10.1.3

Association of Municipal Managers, Clerks and Treasurers of Ontario (AMCTO)

Local Government Priorities for the 2022 Provincial Election

10.1.4

Lower Thames Valley Conservation Authority (LTVCA)

February 28, 2022 - Correspondence from Mark Peacock, CAO/Secretary-Treasurer, Lower Thames Valley Conservation Authority, RE Inventory of Programs and Services

10.1.5

Ontario Premier's Office

February 25, 2022 - News Release

Ontario Removing Barriers for Out-of-Province Skilled Workers

10.1.6

Ontario Ministry of Health

March 7, 2022 - News Release

Ontario Making Historic Investment in Provincial Nursing Workforce

10.1.7

Ontario Ministry for Seniors and Accessibility

March 4, 2022 - News Release

Ontario Increasing Seniors Community Grant Funding

10.1.8

Ontario Ministry of Labour, Training and Skills Development

March 1, 2022 - News Release

Ontario Mandating Naloxone Kits in High-Risk Workplaces

10.1.9

Ontario Ministry of Government and Consumer Services

March 9, 2022 - News Release

Province Launches Building Ontario Businesses Initiative

10.1.10

Township of Alnwick-Haldimand

Resolution RE Proclamation, Year of the Garden

10.1.11

Town of Bracebridge

Resolution RE Hospital Capital Funding

10.1.12

Town of the Blue Mountains

Resolution RE Ontario Housing Affordability Taskforce

10.1.13

Town of Collingwood

Resolution RE Termination of the Town of Collingwood's Membership in the OMWA 

10.1.14

City of Markham

Resolution RE Dissolving the Ontario Land Tribunal

10.1.15

Town of South Bruce Peninsula

Resolution RE Municipal Accommodation Tax and Crown Campgrounds

10.1.16

Town of Tecumseh

Resolution RE Consideration of Support for Windsor-Essex Workers

10.1.17

Town of Tecumseh

Resolution RE Small Business Support in Essex-Windsor

10.1.18

Town of Kingsville

Resolution RE Dissolution of the Ontario Land Tribunal

10.1.19

Ontario Health Teams - County of Essex

Correspondence from Warden, Gary McNamara, dated March 2, 2022 to the Hon. Christine Elliot, Minister of Health RE Funding Ontario Health Teams 

10.1.20

Association of Municipalities of Ontario (AMO)

February 25, 2022 - AMO Policy Update – Fire Certification Regulation Response and Federal Transit Investment

10.1.21

Association of Municipalities of Ontario (AMO)

March 1, 2022 - AMO Policy Update – Housing Task Force Response and Ontario Health Team (OHT) Funding Requests

10.1.22

Association of Municipalities of Ontario (AMO)

March 3, 2022 - AMO Watchfile Online

10.1.23

Association of Municipalities of Ontario (AMO)

March 5, 2022 - AMO-LAS Municipal Energy Symposium

10.1.24

Association of Municipalities of Ontario (AMO)

March 7, 2022 - CPO's Prevention Strategy, H&S Rep Training Update, Rebates from WSIB

10.1.25

Association of Municipalities of Ontario (AMO)

March 8, 2022 - Upcoming AMO Training Opportunities, Navigating Conflict Relationships as an Elected Official - May 4-5, 2022

10.1.26

Association of Municipalities of Ontario (AMO)

March 8, 2022 - AMO Policy Update – Consolidated Homelessness Prevention Program, New PTSD Rehabilitation Centre for First Responders, Getting Ontario Connected Act, 2022, and AMO Statement on Ukraine

10.1.27

Association of Municipalities of Ontario (AMO)

March 10, 2022 - AMO Watchfile Online

10.2

Resolutions

• Recommendation:

10.2.1

City of Windsor

Resolution CR93/2022 calling on senior levels of Government to increase support for housing retention policies including but not limited to the creation of long-term sustainable funding envelopes to increase supply and to promote successful tenancies through increased supports and supportive housing programming.

• Recommendation:

  That Essex County Council [support] / [not support] / [file] City of Windsor resolution CR93-2022 calling upon senior levels of Government to increase support for housing retention policies, including but not limited to, the creation of long-term sustainable funding envelopes, to increase supply and to promote successful tenancies through increased supports and supportive housing programming.

11.

Consent Agenda

• Recommendation:

  That the recommendation in the Administrative Report listed as item 11.1, on the Consent Agenda for March 16, 2022, be approved.

11.1

Approval of Invoices – Legal/Consulting Services

Report number 2022-0316-CCS-R006-DS, Approval of Invoices - Legal and Consulting Services, dated March 16, 2022, from David Sundin, County Solicitor

12.

Reports and Questions

12.1

Essex County Accessibility Advisory Committee

Minutes of the Essex County Accessibility Advisory Committee dated, February 10, 2022, Gord Queen, Vice Chair.

• Recommendation:

  That the minutes of the Essex County Accessibility Advisory Committee, dated February 10, 2022 be approved.

12.2

Essex-Windsor Solid Waste Authority

Minutes of the Essex-Windsor Solid Waste Authority dated January 12, 2022, Aldo DiCarlo, Vice Chair.

• Recommendation:

  That the minutes of the Essex-Windsor Solid Waste Authority, dated January 12, 2022 be received.

12.3

Extension of Agreement for Farmland Rent

Essex-Windsor Solid Waste Authority Report, Extension of Agreement for Farmland Rent, dated March 2, 2022 from Michelle Bishop, General Manager, EWSWA

• Recommendation:

  THAT Essex County Council authorize the Warden and Clerk to execute an extension agreement between the Corporation of the County of Essex, Essex-Windsor Solid Waste Authority and Chris Malott Farming Enterprises Inc. for a one-year period November 1, 2022 – October 31, 2023 at the current agreement price of $276 per acre for 10 parcels of farmland making up 813 acres in the vicinity of the Regional Landfill.

12.4

Policy and Procedure Governance Framework

Report number 2022-0316-CCS-R05-MB, Policy and Procedure Governance Framework, dated March 16, 2022 from Mary Birch, Director, Council and Community Services/Clerk

• Recommendation:

  That Essex County Council approve report 2022-0316-CCS-R05-MB and adopt Policy 2022-02 Policy and Procedure Governance Framework as presented.

12.5

Extension of the Long Term Care Home Service Accountability Agreement (LSAA)

Report number 2022-0316-SPH-R02-JBK, Extension of the Long Term Care Home Service Accountability Agreement (LSAA), dated March 16, 2022, from Jayne Brooks-Keller, Administrator, Sun Parlor Home

• Recommendation:

  That Essex County Council accepts the terms of the Extending Letter from Ontario Health West to amend the Long Term Care Service Accountability Agreement for Sun Parlor Home, for the period March 31, 2022- March 31, 2023 and authorizes the execution of the required documents acknowledging the extension.

  That Essex County Council authorize the execution of the Declaration of Compliance indicating that, to the best of their knowledge and belief, Sun Parlor Home has fulfilled its obligation under the Service Accountability Agreement in effect during the period of January 1, 2021 to December 31, 2021.

  That Essex County Council authorize the execution of the High Intensity Needs Funding attestation for the period of April 1, 2021 to March 31, 2022.

12.6

County Road 22 Corridor Study Update - County Road 25 to West Belle River Road

Report number 2022-0316-ISD-R08-JB, County Road 22 Corridor Study Update - County Road 25 to West Belle River Road, dated March 16, 2022 from Jerry Behl, Manager, Transportation Planning and Development

• Recommendation:

  That Essex County Council receive report number 2022-0316-ISD-R08-JB, County Road 22 Corridor Study Update, as information.

12.7

Regional Food and Organics Waste Management Program

Report number 2022-0316-CCS-R04-MB, Regional Food and Organics Waste Management Program, dated March 16, 2022, from Mary Birch, Director, Council and Community Services/Clerk and Sandra Zwiers, Director, Financial Services/Treasurer

• Recommendation:

  That Essex County Council receives for information the memorandum prepared by the Regional Food and Organics Oversight Committee and sent to EWSWA Board Members on January 6, 2022 regarding the Regional Food and Organics and Biosolids Waste Management Project – Facility Ownership and Recommended Next Steps attached as Schedule “A”;

  And Further That County Council receives for information the letter received from Essex-Windsor Solid Waste Authority (EWSWA) dated January 19, 2022 regarding the Resolution of the EWSWA Board – Regional Food and Organics and Biosolids Waste Management Project attached as Appendix “B”; and,

  And Further that County Council receives for information the correspondence from the local municipalities indicating their decision on participation in the Regional Food and Organic Waste Management Program, attached as Appendices “C” to “H” and provide copies to EWSWA;

  And Further that County Council advise the EWSWA prior to March 31, 2022, that all Essex County municipalities will participate in a regional solution for the collection and processing of organic waste material from urban settlement areas, at a minimum, as part of the short-term processing contract commencing January 1, 2025 or immediately upon the expiration of a municipality’s existing waste collection contract, whichever is later.

12.8

Title Ownership of Mobile High Priority Community Healthcare Clinic

Report number 2022-0316-EMS-R01-BK, Title Ownership of Mobile High Priority Community Healthcare Clinic dated March 16, 2022 from Bruce Krauter, Chief, Essex-Windsor Emergency Medical Services

• Recommendation:

  That Essex County Council authorize the Clerk and Warden to execute all documents necessary to take ownership and title of a Mobile High Priority Community Clinic vehicle, to be utilized by the High Priority Community Program or partners of the Windsor Essex Ontario Health Team (WEOHT).

13.

Unfinished Business

13.1

Isolation and Recovery Centre (IRC)

Mayor, Hilda MacDonald, at the March 2, 2022 meeting of Essex County Council, brought forward a Notice of Motion as follows:

Whereas the City of Windsor provided notice that as of June 30,2022 they will cease being responsible for the operation of the Isolation and Recovery Centre (IRC); and

Whereas at least four County municipalities are home to temporary foreign workers; 

Be it Resolved That County Council discuss and debate the IRC and which level of government should apply to the federal government to operate the IRC for the coming year.

13.1.1

Isolation and Recovery Centre - County of Essex

Correspondence from Mike Galloway, Chief Administrative Officer, dated February 28, 2022, to Jason Reynar, Chief Administrative Officer, City of Windsor RE Isolation and Recovery Centre (IRC)

14.

New Business

15.

Adoption of By-Laws

• Recommendation:

  That By-laws 2022-08 and 2022-09, having been read a first, second and third time, be finally passed and enacted. 

15.1

By-law Number 2022-08

Being a by-law to Authorize the Execution of a Lease Agreement between The Corporation of the County of Essex, The Essex-Windsor Solid Waste Authority and Christopher Malott Farming Enterprises Inc.

15.2

By-law Number 2022-09

Being a by-law to confirm the proceedings of the meeting of the Council of the Corporation of the County of Essex for March 16, 2022. 

16.

Notice of Motion

17.

Adjournment