Latest Council Agenda

May 13, 2021 - Regular Council Meeting - 6:00 PM via Zoom

  1. Call Meeting to Order
  2. Approval of Agenda/Conflict of Interest Declaration
  3. Presentation  (none)
  4. Adoption of Minutes
    1. Committee of the Whole & Grants to Organizations Meeting Minutes - April 27, 2021 (Attachment - 6 pages)
  5. Business Arising from the Minutes 
  6. Approval of Fire Budget (Attachment - 1 page)
  7. Approval of Utility Budgets
    1. Tusket Sewer Charge (Operating & Capital) (Attachment - 1 page)
    2. West Pubnico Sewer Charge (Operating & Capital) (Attachment - 1 page)
    3. East Pubnico Water Utility Charge (Operating) (Attachment - 1 page)
    4. Wedgeport Sewer (Operating) (Attachment - 1 page)
  8. Resolutions
    1. Interest Rate / Date on Overdue Accounts (Attachment - 1 page)
    2. East Pubnico Area Rate (Year 2 of 6) (Attachment - 1 page)
    3. Eel Brook & District Area Rate (Year 3 of 5) (Attachment - 1 page)
    4. Islands & District Volunteer Fire Department Area Rate (Year 5 of 5) (Attachment - 1 page)
    5. Kemptville & District Area Rate (Year 3 of 6) (Attachment - 1 page)
    6. Lake Vaughn Volunteer Fire Department Area Rate (Year 6 of 10) (Attachment - 1 page)
    7. Quinan & District Area Rate (Year 3 of 12) (Attachment - 1 page)
    8. West Pubnico Fire Protection Area Rate (Year 1 of 1) (Attachment - 1 page)
    9. Wedgeport & District Area Rate (Year 12 of 15) (Attachment - 1 page)
    10. FCM Application – Resolution 2021-05 (Attachment - 1 page)
  9. Capital Budget Presentation (Attachment - 7 pages) 
  10. Approval of Capital Budget (Attachment - 3 pages) (Attachment - 1 page)
  11. Presentation of Operating Budget (Attachment - 6 pages) (Attachment - 14 pages)
  12. Presentation of Operating Reserve (Attachment - 1 page) 
  13. Councillors Report
  14. Warden's Report (Attachment - 1 page)
  15. Staff Report (Attachment - 14 pages)
  16. For Decision
    1. Low Income / Property Tax Exemption 2021 (Attachment - 1 page)
    2. National 3-digit Suicide Prevention hotline (Attachment - 3 pages) 
    3. Article C4 - Grants to Organizations Policy (Attachment - 8 pages)
    4. 1st reading - By-law 40 – Regional Emergency Management (Attachment - 4 pages)
    5. Mariners on Main Plan (Attachment - 27 pages)
  17. Correspondence and For Information
    1. NSFM 12 month notice letter (Attachment - 4 pages)
    2. Dept of Fisheries letter to Charlene LeBlanc (Attachment - 1 page)
    3. Safe Restart Fund (Attachment - 1 page)
  18. Financial Requests
  19. Agenda Topics for Next Meeting / Notice of Motion by Councillors
  20. Question Period
  21. In Camera - Contract Negotiations
  22. Adjournment