The Milton Record

Council Meeting

2024-09-09 at 19:00. What was moved that evening, who moved it, and which applications and projects it touched — with a link to the Town’s own minutes for every item.

Who was there

Recorded present: Adil Khalqi, John Challinor II, Kristina Tesser Derksen, Sarah Marshall, Colin Best, Rick Malboeuf, Sameera Ali, Sammy Ijaz, Gordon A. Krantz

Read from the minutes’ own attendance lines. No attendance rate is published anywhere on this site.

What was decided [10 substantive motions]

THAT the Mayor and Clerk be authorized to execute any agreements required in association with the Canada Public Transit Fund (CPTF); THAT staff be authorized to prepare and submit a Capital Plan Application for the Town of Milton based on any notional amount that may be provided by Housing, Infrastructure and Communities Canada for the Town. THAT the Town look for opportunities to advocate to the Federal Government, the Province of Ontario, Metrolinx, other municipalities within the Greater Toronto Area, and other stakeholders as required in order to highlight the strategic importance of the Agerton GO Transit Station to enabling approximately 6,750 new housing units and 9,400 new jobs, with a request for funding consideration through the Metro-Region Agreement stream of the CPTF.
Moved by John Challinor II, seconded by Sameera Ali
Carried
THAT the recommendations contained in Staff Report CORS-025-24 (Council, 9 Sep 2024) be approved.
Moved by Rick Malboeuf, seconded by Colin Best
Carried
THAT the recommendations contained in Staff Report COMS-008-24 (Council, 9 Sep 2024) be approved.
Moved by Rick Malboeuf, seconded by Colin Best
Carried
THAT the recommendations contained in Staff Report DS-065-24 (Council, 9 Sep 2024) be approved.
Moved by Rick Malboeuf, seconded by Colin Best
Carried
THAT report DS-062-24 (Council, 9 Sep 2024) regarding a housekeeping amendment, pertaining to unobstructed pedestrian access to an additional dwelling unit, to Zoning By-law 016-2014 be approved; AND THAT Council ENACTS the draft housekeeping amendment, attached as Appendix A to Report DS-062-24 (Council, 9 Sep 2024), to Zoning By-law 016-2014, as amended.
Moved by John Challinor II, seconded by Sameera Ali
Carried
THAT the Mayor be requested to consider the following when preparing the 2025 Proposed Budget for Council consideration: a. That the 2025 Capital and Operating Budgets and Forecasts be prepared in alignment with the Town’s Council-approved strategic plans and long-term studies (example: Strategic Plan, Official Plan, Asset Management Plan, Fiscal Impact Studies, Master Plans etc.) b. That the 2025 Proposed Operating Budget be presented with an estimated total residential property tax increase of approximately 6.5% (inclusive of projected tax rate changes for the local, regional and education portions of the levy). 2. THAT staff be directed to prepare a Capital and Operating Budget Reference Document for the Mayor and Council to consider, including options to reduce the tax levy impact for the year 2025 as well as opportunities for additional investment.
Moved by Colin Best, seconded by Sameera Ali
Carried
THAT Application Z-16/24 requesting permission for the extension of a Temporary Use Zoning By-law (Municipal By-law 085-2021), initially approved by Town Council on September 13, 2021, to permit the continuation of an existing Cannabis Production and Processing Facility within Unit #10 of a multi-unit industrial building, for a period of up to three-years, on lands municipally identified as 295 Alliance Road, be approved; AND THAT staff be authorized to bring forward an amending Zoning By-law for Council Adoption.
Moved by Rick Malboeuf, seconded by Sameera Ali
Carried
THAT By-law Numbers 073-2024, through to and including Bylaw 082-2024, be READ, PASSED AND NUMBERED; AND THAT the Mayor and the Town Clerk be authorized to sign the said By-laws, seal them with the seal of the Corporation and that they be engrossed in the By-law Book.
Moved by Sameera Ali, seconded by Colin Best
Carried
THAT the recommendations contained in Staff Report COMS-007-24 (Council, 9 Sep 2024) be approved.
Moved by Rick Malboeuf, seconded by Colin Best
Carried
THAT the new budget adjustments that amount to a net decrease of $1,123,950 to approved capital projects, including the transfers to/from reserves and reserve funds as summarized in the Financial Impact section of report ES-024-24 (Council, 9 Sep 2024), be approved; THAT the capital projects identified as pending closure in Appendix B, with an approved budget totalling $28,234,754 be closed; THAT a new 2024 capital project C20010024 Development Charges Study be approved in the amount of $435,149 and funded from Development Charges. THAT $3,500,000 be transferred to each of the Infrastructure Renewal - Stormwater and Infrastructure Renewal – Roads and Structures Reserves from the Project Variance Account.
Moved by John Challinor II, seconded by Colin Best
Carried

Procedural motions [3 motions]

Motions that run the meeting rather than decide anything — approving the agenda, receiving a report, adjourning. Listed apart from the decisions and never added to them, because approving a consent agenda and approving an Official Plan amendment are not the same act.

THAT Report DS-061-24 (Council, 9 Sep 2024), be received for information.
Moved by Sameera Ali, seconded by John Challinor II
Carried
THAT Consent Items 5.1 to 5.7 be approved.
Moved by Rick Malboeuf, seconded by Sameera Ali
Carried
THAT Report DS-063-24 (Council, 9 Sep 2024), be received for information.
Moved by Rick Malboeuf, seconded by Sameera Ali
Carried

Applications this meeting touched [3 files]

The Town’s own record

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