Regular Meeting of Council – Jul 24 2024
Regular Meeting of Council
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Wednesday, July 24, 2024
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Moment of Silent Contemplation
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Approval of or Amendments to the Agenda
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Approval of the Minutes of June 18, 2024 Council (Policy & In-Camera) and June 26, 2024 Regular Meeting of Council
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Correspondence for Information
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Correspondence for Info
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Provincial Survey Results – Municipalities – Wind Setbacks – July 2024
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(66)
Letters to the Warden and CAO from Assistant Commissioner Dennis Daley, Commanding Officer, Nova Scotia RCMP Re: RCMP 2023 Year in Review
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(51)
Employment Opportunity Ads – Custodial positions at the East Hants Sportsplex
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Notice that Gold Bond Canada Ltd., registered the Gold Bond Gypsum Mine Expansion Project for environmental assessment (EA) for the gypsum mine near Milford. Any comments must be received by August 17, 2024. The Minister of Environment and Climate Change will decide if the project can be granted conditional EA Approval on or before September 6, 2024.
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Letter from John Lohr, Minister of Municipal Affairs and Housing advising that the Province has signed a new 10-year agreement with the federal government under the Canada Community-Building (CCBF). This agreement will provide $318 million in the first five years to 49 municipalities, offer up-front and predictable long-term funding to help address local infrastructure priorities.
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Letter from John Lohr, Minister of Municipal Affairs and Housing Re: Coordination on Emergency Alert System
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(43)
PLN23-010 Notice of Application – Development Agreement Application – Milford
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Letter from Dennis Daley, Assistant Commission, Commanding Officer, RCMP Nova Scotia providing an update on the apology to the African Nova Scotians for the Nova Scotia RCMP’s historic use of street checks and other harmful interactions. The apology will take place on Saturday, September 7th at 1:00 pm (livestreams will be available) at the North Preston Community Centre.
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Copy of correspondence from Perry Mitchelmore, P.Eng., PMP, Principal for Mitchelmore Engineering Company Ltd. to Tom Bateman, Manager of Public Affairs, CN Re: CN Railbed Drainage – Damage Assessment – Stormwater Management – East Hants.
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Update letter from Nova Scotia Communities, Culture, Tourism and Heritage regarding the temporary closure of the Lawrence House Museum.
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Letter from the Province confirming funding under the Community Recreation Capital Grant for $5000 to support increasing storage capacity at Burntcoat Head Park.
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Letter from Harold MacNeil regarding ongoing concerns in Lantz in follow up to the CAO response of June 18, 2024 and his letter of May 29, 2024.
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Email from Barbara Adams, Minister of Office of Equity and Anti-Racism. Guidelines and resources have been released to support municipalities and villages to have plans to address systemic hate, inequity and racism by April 1, 2025.
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Response letter from Karyn Cooling, Regional Executive Director, CCRCE
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Notice – Open House & Public Information Meeting will be held on July 17th at the Uniacke & District Fire Hall for the Uniacke Secondary Planning Strategy. Open House 6:30 – 7:30 pm and PIM starts at 7:30 pm
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Correspondence for Decision
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Correspondence for Decision
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Request regarding street sweeping and grass cutting – Councillor Tingley
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Letter from John A. MacDonald, MLA to Warden Roulston Re: Monte Vista Road development. The MLA is requesting that staff be directed to continue processing applications until policy updates are complete.
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Letter from the Province seeking candidates for the J Class Subdivision Road Submission for 2025-26 construction year. Deadline to submit is October 31, 2024.
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Invitation to participate in the 2024 Internet Voting Study by Brock University. Staff confirmed that Intelivote has worked with this researcher in the past and she is highly respected in the evoting industry for approaching evoting from an academic perspective and measuring voter participations and feedback. If Council chooses to participate, a note will be included on the voter instruction letter encouraging electors to participate in a short survey.
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Municipal Firefighter Long Services Awards – Annual Report
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(53)
Municipal Firefighter Long Services Awards – Annual Report
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Corporate & Residential Services Committee Report: Councillor Michael Perry, Chairperson
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(54)
CRS – Committee Report
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Infrastructure & Operations Committee: Councillor Sandra Garden-Cole, Chairperson
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IO – Committee Report
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Planning Advisory Committee: Councillor Norval Mitchell, Chairperson
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PAC – Committee Report
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Second Reading – Bylaw IO-300-1, A Bylaw Respecting the Regulation of Connections and Discharges to Public Sewer Systems
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Second Reading – Bylaw IO-300-1, an Amendment to Bylaw IO-300, Sewer Bylaw
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Second Reading – Bylaw A-200, Water Supply and On-Site Sewage Disposal System Upgrade Lending Program Bylaw
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Second Reading – Bylaw A-200, Water Supply and On-site Sewage Disposal System Upgrade Lending Program Bylaw – July 24, 2024 Council meeting
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Federal Funding Opportunity – Canada Public Transit Fund – EOI – JRTA Request
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Canada Public Transit Fund – Expression of Interest – JRTA Request
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Business from Councillors
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Set Date & Time of Next Council Meetings: September 17, 2024 Regular Meeting of Council (Policy & In-Camera) and September 25, 2024 Regular Meeting of Council
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(In Camera) Land Issue: A. Clarkson/A. Tapper
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(In Camera) Land Issue: J. Woodford
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