Latest Council Agenda

MAY 23, 2024 - EXECUTIVE COUNCIL MEETING - 6:30 P.M.

Department Head Report - 5:45 - 6:30 - Director of Recreation Services, Natalie d'Entremont

1. Call Meeting to Order
   1. Regrets
2. Invitation to Stand and Move
3. Approval of Agenda/Conflict of Interest Declaration
4. Adoption of Minutes
   1. April 24, 2024 - Capital and Grants to Org Meeting Minutes (Attachment)
   2. May 9, 2024 - Regular Council Meeting Minutes (Attachment)
5. Staff Reports
   1. Department Head Report (Active Projects) (Completed Projects)
   2. Clerks Report (Attachment)
   3. Building Permit Report (Attachment)
   4. Strategic Action Items Update (Attachment)
6. 7-Day Notice
   1. Article C17 - Involuntary Destruction of Property (Attachment)
   2. Article C18 - Growing Communities Scholarship (Attachment)
   3. Article C36 - Audit Committee (Attachment)
7. For Decision and Discussion
   
   1. Aquaculture Development Area Update and Information
   2. Article P5 - Hiring and Probation of Staff (Attachment)
   3. Article P16 - Christmas Bonus (Attachment)
   4. Article P19 - Job Sharing (Attachment)
   5. Heritage Advisory Committee - Resignation of Members (Attachment)
   6. Article C5 - Citizen Appointment to Committees, Commissions, and Boards (Attachment)
8. Correspondence and For Information
   
   1. WREN Cell Service Survey Press Release (Attachment 1) (Attachment 2) (Attachment 3)
   2. Economic Impact Study Reveals Importance of Port of Yarmouth (Attachment)
   3. Letter from Minister Lohr - Financial Measures Act (Attachment)
   4. Letter to Minister Masland Re: Pubnico Head Intersection (Attachment)
   5. Letter to AMFFA Re: Request to form a Council Committee (Attachment)
   6. Letter of Support to Le Village historique acadien de la Nouvelle-Ecosse (Attachment)
   7. Letter of Correspondence from Minister Masland Re: Duck Lake Bridge (Attachment)
   8. Memo from Scott Surette Re; Communauté Francophone Accueillante/ Welcoming Francophone Community (Attachment 1) (Attachment 2)
9. Financial Requests - District Community Grants 
   
   1. Distirict 1 Community Grants
      • Suggested Motion: To approve a District Community Grant in the amount of $700 for the following organizations in District 1
        • Theatre Sud-Ouest
        • Abram's River Wharf Association
        • Le Club Acadien
        • Abram's River Schoolhouse Society
   2. District 2 Community Grants
      • Suggested Motion: To approve a District Community Grant in the amount of $700 for the following organizations in District 2
        • Comeau's Hill Cemetery 
        • Association of Clairmont, Deviller, Fitzgerald, Harris and Jacquard
        • Comeau's Hill and Little River Harbour Beach Committee
        • Harbour Hill Community Hall
        • Plymouth Cemetery
   3. District 4 Community Grants
      • Suggested Motion: To approve a District Community Grant in the amount of $500 for the following organizations in District 4
        • Festival de la Barge
        • Amirault's Hill Community Improvement Committee
        • Those Were The Days Vintage Fashion Show
   4. District 5 Community Grants
      • Suggested Motion: To approve a District Community Grant in the amount of $700 for the following organizations in District 5
        • Belleville and Friends
        • Comité Touristique de la Paroisse Ste. Anne du Ruisseau
        • Eve Joe Bourque Society
        • Le Club des Audacieux de Quinan
        • Village and Friends Senior Club
        • Quinan Fire Department
   5. District 6 Community Grants
      • Suggested Motion: To approve a District Community Grant in the amount of $700 for the following organizations in District 6
        • Argyle Baptist Historical Church Building
        • New Horizons Seaside Park Association
        • Green Grove Cemetery Association
        • Glenwood Hall
        • Argyle Mount Pleasant Cemetery
        • Lower Argyle Harbour Cemetery
   6. District 7 Community Grants
      • Suggested Motion: To approve a District Community Grant in the amount of $700 for the following organizations in District 7
        • Laurel Hills Cemetery
        • East Pubnico Fire Department Ladies Auxiliary
        • Pubnico - Light Monument Society
10. Agenda Topics for Next Meeting / Notice of Motion by Councillors
11. Question Period
12. In Camera 
    
    1. Section 22:2 (c) - Personnel Matters - Committee Appointments
    2. Section 22:2 (e) - Contract Negotiation - Yarmouth International Airport Corporation
13. Adjournment

For anyone requiring large print material or other accessible form of communication, please contact Julie Atkinson at (902) 648-3293 or This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.