the upcoming Value for Service review of Barrie's Shared Services Agreement with the County, new Barrie Transit Network launching, calling on the province to improve municipal Codes of Conduct, and lots of calls from other municipalities for the Province to treat everyone equitably
Circulation List: https://barrie.legistar.com/MeetingDetail.aspx?ID=1170411&GUID=9B187D4D-C9DC-4603-B79B-693AC53A9985&Options=info|&Search=
📑📊 Staff Memos
💰📊 Simcoe County Value for Service Review
Memorandum: https://barrie.legistar.com/View.ashx?M=F&ID=12753509&GUID=30217E94-86E8-4C9A-BE20-7D488C48A152 from C. Smith, Senior Manager of Accounting and Revenue
At direction of Council, staff will be reviewing the Shared Services Agreement with the County of Simcoe to ensure it is in alignment with the Strategic Priorities, and undertake a value for service audit of the past 3 years of the County's financial information
The value for service assessment will include:
assessing compliance with the service level agreement between the County and City re: actual costs allocated in 2021-23 and required performance reporting
determining whether Provincial and Federal grants or other revenues received by the County have been appropriately and proportionally allocated to services provided within Barrie in relation to the demands
assessing whether the City is receiving comparable value for service for regional services, compared with other like-sized communities and separated cities
making recommendations on the cost sharing methodology for a future service level agreement, in line with provincial guidelines and requirements, including a review of the proposed capital allocation method suggested by the County
Staff will report to General Committee on this by the end of September, with work tentatively planned to begin in May
🏘️🏗️ 620 Lockhart Subdivision - Phase 2
Memorandum: https://barrie.legistar.com/View.ashx?M=F&ID=12753512&GUID=DF7322BE-960E-43C6-9941-76C9CE373E72 from B. Perreault, C.E.T., Manager of Approvals Development Services
The Engineering Conditions and Drawings associated with the 620 Lockhart Road subdivision are substantially finalized – this will clear the way for registration of the Plan of Subdivision and initiation of full construction, anticipated to start in 2024
🚍🚏 Barrie Transit - New Network Phase 1 Launch
Memorandum: https://barrie.legistar.com/View.ashx?M=F&ID=12753510&GUID=844723CB-0AF4-4953-89A9-85F5B41A6BF5 from M. McConnell, Transit Projects Lead
Barrie Transit's New Network (Phase 1) will be launched on June 2
The New Network is a route plan which introduces Express, Frequent, Local, and Transit On Demand routes to better meet the needs of current and future transit customers
🍹🍻 Liquor Licence Review - Tequilazzo, 15 Cedar Pointe Drive
Memorandum: https://barrie.legistar.com/View.ashx?M=F&ID=12753507&GUID=1EE72174-E57B-4AAA-AEBA-9EDEA03694CB from T. Maynard, Legislative Coordinator
A Liquor Sales License application has been submitted by Tequilazzo, at 15 Cedar Pointe Drive, Unit 18
Any concerns or general objections may be made to cityclerks@barrie.ca – all comments received will be submitted for review and consideration as part of the license process
👥📃 Committee Agendas
🧓♿️ Seniors and Accessibility Advisory Committee
💰🏛️ Finance and Responsible Governance Committee
✍️📨 Correspondence
😷🦺 Occupational Health and Safety Act
Letter from Town of Grimsby, March 7: https://barrie.legistar.com/View.ashx?M=F&ID=12753499&GUID=4F43F1AC-0C3D-4008-B4A6-67958377B84A
Grimsby is asking for the Occupational Health and Safety Act to clarify the definition of "Employer" (in support of Sudbury's Dec.5 resolution)
🦹🧑⚖️ Improving Municipal Codes of Conduct and Enforcement
Letter from Town of Aurora, March 6: https://barrie.legistar.com/View.ashx?M=F&ID=12753500&GUID=AB2430F6-1DC0-434C-8C48-7E9391F48442
Aurora is supporting the AMO's call for the province to strengthen municipal Codes of Conduct, in order to be able to properly deal with workplace safety and harassment issues when a member of Council is involved
Also calling for:
Updating municipal Codes of Conduct to account for workplace safety and harassment
creating a flexible administrative penalty regime, adapted to local economic and financial circumstances of municipalities across Ontario
increasing training of municipal Integrity Commissioners to enhance consistency of investigations and recommendations across the province
allowing municipalities to apply to a member of the judiciary to remove a sitting member if recommended through the report of a municipal Integrity Commissioner
prohibit a member so removed from sitting for election in the term of removal and subsequent term of office
We at EBO are happy to see this support, after the Workplace Harassment Case on last term of Council
💪🧑⚖️ Strong Mayor Powers
Letter from Town of Aurora, March 6: https://barrie.legistar.com/View.ashx?M=F&ID=12753501&GUID=4F664BBF-A3A6-4485-9A44-6A60239F9206
Aurora Council is asking their mayor reconsider using Strong Mayor Powers to alter the current structure of Council and/or Committee meetings, and leave them the same as they were elected to do
🏘️💰 Housing Funding
Letter from City of Quinte West, March 7: https://barrie.legistar.com/View.ashx?M=F&ID=12753503&GUID=3C3D5E08-2B4A-44DA-B03E-ECC286341FF0
Quinte West is calling on the Federal Government to re-evaluate their lack of funding for municipalities with a population less than 50,000 in rural ontario, and make funding available for infrastructure programs to help build infrastructure such as water treatment and sewer mains to help build much-needed new homes, and calling on the Provincial Government to invest more than the currently allocated $200M into their Housing Enabling Water Systems fund.
🛣️🏘️ Highway 413 vs Housing Infrastructure
Letter from Township of Amaranth, February 23: https://barrie.legistar.com/View.ashx?M=F&ID=12753504&GUID=A08A2424-EDA7-4F12-BEC6-DA461F9DEF64
Amaranth is calling on the Provincial Government to pause advancement on the proposed Highway 413 and redirect the $8B to support municipal infrastructure costs and housing construction initiatives, and allocate at least 50% of those funds for small urban and rural Ontario with populations less than 50,000
📜⌛️ Ontario Heritage Act – Deadline Extension
Letter from Town of Coburg, March 8: https://barrie.legistar.com/View.ashx?M=F&ID=12753505&GUID=CEFE8B0C-1E53-4C74-8B28-3DD2809875F3
Coburg is asking for an amendment to the Ontario Heritage Act re: removal of listed (non-designated) properties from municipal heritage records, to extend the designation deadline for five years
🤝🏫 Amenity Sharing with School Boards
Letter from Town of Aurora, March 6: https://barrie.legistar.com/View.ashx?M=F&ID=12753506&GUID=56DB91A5-9E65-464C-85E8-EF3F7C2F20A3
Aurora is calling on the Province and Minister of Education to assist in making school board facilities available to local municipalities on a priority, at a cost recovery rate, plus asking local school boards to enter into a Memorandum of Understanding for the shared use of school gymnasiums on evenings and weekends
🚰💸 Water and Wastewater Affordability
Letter from Town of Cobourg, March 11: https://barrie.legistar.com/View.ashx?M=F&ID=12753513&GUID=C702C74B-EF41-486F-BB41-A252A6B3B491
Cobourg supports the County of Renfrew's correspondence re: the affordability of water and wastewater systems in rural and small urban municipalities, declares that rural and small urban water and wastewater systems are financially unsustainable, and calls on the AMO, Rural Ontario Municipalities Association and Federation of Canadian Municipalities to examine if this unaffordability is systemic provincially and nationally
💰📊 Operational Budget Funding
Letter from Town of Amaranth, March 6: https://barrie.legistar.com/View.ashx?M=F&ID=12753515&GUID=FBD3026C-EF13-4E41-BC1F-6D28F5F929A0
Amaranth is calling on the Province to treat all municipalities fairly and provide equivalent representative operational budget funding amounts to all Ontario municipalities
⏳➕ Late Additions
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