The Corporation of the City of Kawartha Lakes

Agenda

Committee of the Whole Meeting

COW2025-06

Tuesday, May 06, 2025

Open Session Commencing at 1:00 p.m.

Council Chambers

City Hall

26 Francis Street, Lindsay, Ontario K9V 5R8

Members:

• Mayor Doug Elmslie
• Deputy Mayor Charlie McDonald
• Councillor Ron Ashmore
• Councillor Mark Doble
• Councillor Dan Joyce
• Councillor Mike Perry
• Councillor Tracy Richardson
• Councillor Pat Warren
• Councillor Emmett Yeo

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1.

Call to Order

2.

Adoption of Agenda

3.

Disclosure of Pecuniary Interest

4.

Deputations

4.1

COW2025-05.4.1

Request for Relief from a High Water Bill for 81 Cambridge Street South, Lindsay
Michael A. Mudie

• That the deputation of Michael A. Mudie, regarding a Request for Relief from a High Water Bill for 81 Cambridge Street South, Lindsay, be received; and

  That this recommendation be brought forward to Council for consideration at the next Regular Council Meeting.

5.

Correspondence

6.

Presentations

6.1

COW2025-05.6.1

Presentation of the Fifteen (15) Year Report from the Kawartha Lakes Food Coalition
Aisha Malik, Haliburton, Kawartha, Pine Ridge District Health Unit
Kelly Maloney, Economic Development Officer - Agriculture
Heather Kirby, Chair, Kawartha Lakes Food Coalition
Karla Enns, Community Care of City of Kawartha Lakes

• That the presentation by Aisha Malik, of the Haliburton, Kawartha, Pine Ridge District Health Unit, Kelly Maloney, Economic Development Officer - Agriculture, Heather Kirby, Chair of the Kawartha Lakes Food Coalition, and Karla Enns of Community Care of City of Kawartha Lakes, regarding the Fifteen (15) Year Report from the Kawartha Lakes Food Coalition, be received; and

  That this recommendation be brought forward to Council for consideration at the next Regular Council Meeting.

6.2

COW2025-05.6.2

Making Waste Matter: Integrated Waste Management Strategy Update (2025-2029) Presentation
Betsy Varghese, Project Manager and Partner, Dillon Consulting

• That the presentation by Betsy Varghese, Project Manager and Partner with Dillon Consulting, regarding Making Waste Matter: Integrated Waste Management Strategy Update (2025-2029), be received; and

  That this recommendation be brought forward to Council for consideration at the next Regular Council Meeting.

6.2.1

Report WM2025-005

Making Waste Matter: Integrated Waste Management Strategy Update (2025-2029)
Bonnie Ferguson, Waste Technician II

• That Report WM2025-005, Making Waste Matter: Integrated Waste Management Strategy Update (2025-2029), be received;

  That the Integrated Waste Management Strategy Update be approved for implementation; and

  That this recommendation be brought forward to Council for consideration at the next Regular Council Meeting.

6.3

COW2025-05.6.6

2025 Lifecycle Management Capital Program Presentation
Mike Farquhar, Manager, Technical Services

• That the presentation by Michael Farquhar, Manager, Technical Services, regarding the 2025 Lifecycle Management Capital Program, be received; and

  That this recommendation be brought forward to Council for consideration at the next Regular Council Meeting.

6.3.1

Report ENG2025-015

2025 Lifecycle Management Capital Program
Michael Farquhar, Manager, Technical Services

• That Report ENG2025-015, 2025 Lifecycle Management Capital Program, be received; and

  That this recommendation be brought forward to Council for consideration at the next Regular Council Meeting.

7.

Consent Matters

• That all of the proposed recommendations shown in Section 7.1 of the Agenda be approved by the Committee of the Whole in the order that they appear on the Agenda, sequentially numbered and forwarded to Council for consideration at the next Regular Council Meeting.

7.1

Reports

7.1.1

RS2025-023

Proposed Surplus Declaration, Closure and Sale of a Road Allowance adjacent to 357 Alvar Road, Kirkfield
Madison MacCormack, Law Clerk - Realty Services

• That Report RS2025-023, Proposed Surplus Declaration, Closure, and Sale of a Road Allowance adjacent to 357 Alvar Road, Kirkfield, be received;

  That the subject property, being a road allowance adjacent to 357 Alvar Road, Kirkfield, and legally described as Road Allowance between Concession 6 and Concession 7; Carden, North of Road Allowance between Lot 20 and Lot 21, Concession 6; Kawartha Lakes, being PIN: 63272-0152 (LT), be declared surplus to municipal needs;

  That the donation of the road allowance to the adjoining landowner be supported, in principle, in accordance with the provisions of By-Law 018-020, as amended, and the Municipal Act, 2001, and subject to the parties entering into a conditional Agreement of Purchase and Sale (including a condition that the subject road allowance merge with the purchaser’s adjacent properties on closing);

  That notwithstanding Section 4.03 of By-Law 2018-020, the road allowance adjacent to 357 Alvar Road be conveyed for nominal consideration, as the property owner is a nature conservancy and therefore does not acquire a financial advantage as a result of the conveyance;

  That staff be directed to commence the process to stop up and close the said road allowance;

  That a by-law (with any amendments deemed necessary) to close the road and authorize its disposition shall be passed, if appropriate;

  That a deeming by-law be passed contemporaneously with the disposition by-law, if required;

  That the Mayor and Clerk be authorized to sign all documents to facilitate the road closing and conveyance of the lands; and

  That these recommendations be brought forward to Council for consideration at the next Regular Council Meeting.

7.1.2

CORP2025-017

Accessibility Awareness Recognition Awards - Youth Category
Christine Briggs, IDEA Partner

• That Report CORP2025-017; Accessibility Awareness Recognition Awards - Youth Category, be received;

  That a Youth Award category, named eponymously in honour of Kathryn Peeters, be created for the Accessibility Awareness Recognition Award Program; and

  That this recommendation be brought forward to Council for consideration at the next Regular Council Meeting.

7.1.3

ED2025-015

CanExport Community Investments Sub-Program Grant Agreement
Lindsey Shoenmakers, Economic Development Officer - Business

• That Report ED2025-015, CanExport Community Investments Sub-Program Grant Agreement, be received;

  That the Agreement between the City of Kawartha Lakes and His Majesty the King in Right of Canada, as represented by the Minister for International Trade, for the CanExport Community Investments Sub-Program Grant, as attached as Appendix A to Report ED2015-015, be approved;

  That the Mayor and Clerk be authorized to execute any documents and agreements required by the approval of this Agreement; and

  That this recommendation be brought forward to Council for consideration at the next Regular Council Meeting.

7.2

Items Extracted from Consent

8.

New or Other Business

8.1

COW2025-05.8.1

Memorandum Regarding Ontario Works Rates
Councillor Richardson

• That the Memorandum from Councillor Richardson, regarding Ontario Works Rates, be received;

  That the City of Kawartha Lakes request the Provincial Government to Increase Ontario Works rates to match the Ontario Disability Support Program rate increases, to index those rates to inflation, and further to commit to ongoing cost-of-living increases that will make up for the years of frozen rates; and

  That a copy of this recommendation be forwarded to the Minister of Children, Community, and Social Services, the Minister of Health, the Minister of Municipal Affairs and Housing, and the Association of Municipalities of Ontario; and

  That this recommendation be forwarded to Council for consideration at the next Regular Council Meeting.

9.

Adjournment