TOWNSHIP OF MACHAR

AGENDA – REGULAR MEETING

MONDAY, JANUARY 23, 2012

 

 

6:30 pm  Call to Order, Disclosures of Pecuniary Interest and General Nature Thereof

 

Guests:  None Scheduled

 

BUSINESS

 

1.  Adoption of Jan 9, 2012 minutes, motion

                -update on Official Plan Review

                -update on Township Boundary signs

                -update on Office Accessibility renovations

 

2.  Review of Spring Newsletter

 

3.  Pay List by Fund as of 16 Jan 2012, motion

 

COMMITTEES

 

4.  Machar Public Works minutes of Jan 12, 2012, motion

 

5.  South River Machar Arena minutes of Jan 4, 2012, motion

 

6.  South River Machar Culture and Rec minutes of Jan 11, 2012, motion

 

7.  South River Machar Fire minutes of Jan 10, 2012, motion

                a.  draft by-law to regulate the setting of open air fires

 

8.  South River Sundridge Airport minutes of Jan 3, 2012, motion

 

9.  South River Machar Library minutes of Jan 12, 2012, motion

 

10.  Central Almaguin Economic Development minutes of Jan 18, 2012, motion

 

11.  Joint Building 2011 report and permit summaries, motion

 

INFORMATION AVAILABLE

 

12.  Don Ivens Memorial Community Volunteer Award nominations by Jan 31, 2012

 

13.  Upcoming 2012 FONOM/MMAH Northeastern Municipal Conference hosted by the City of North Bay May 9-11; highlights include update on provincial legislation, info and insight on various municipal issues, Ministers’ Forum, banquet, annual awards, business meeting

 

14.  Huron resolution appealing to Minister of the Environment to review the findings and recommendations of the Low Frequency Noise Committee; not adequately regulated in ON

 

15.  PCC CERB Queue Call Volume and Service Level for Dec 2011

 

16.  Ontario’s Near North; free marketing opportunity for operators, don’t miss the opportunity to be listed as a fishing hotspot!

 

17.  Ontario’s Near North; another marketing opportunity from ONN, be featured, be recognized, feature rates 1-6 months

 

18.  District of Parry Sound Victim Crisis Assistance and Referral Service/Family Court Support Program, new program implemented by Ministry of the Attorney General, result of review by the Domestic Violence Advisory Council

 

19.  District of Parry Sound Social Services Administration minutes of Dec 8, 2011

 

20.  Explorers’ Edge E-Newsletter Jan 2012; women on skis, muskoka loppet, Port Sydney winter carnival, Canadian Pond Hockey Championships, Sounder ski tour, Port Carling winterfest, comics on the rocks, Parry Sound snowfest, Algonquin Outfitters fun, Kearney dog sled races, Seguin dog sled mail, Family day snowshoe Parry Sound, ParaSport Huntsville…

 

21.  2012 Growing Together CiB Program (Communities in Bloom Ontario), early registration contest, value of the “in Bloom” program, how to be a CommUnity in Bloom, making news…

 

22.  OMAFRA Connects Jan 2012; local events, provincial events, technical updates, programs and services, resources, factsheets, e-letters, phone lines and websites

 

23.  AMO Watch File Jan 5, 2012; Homelessness partnering strategy funding available for ON rural and remote communities, Federal Gas Tax Fund is now permanent, North Perth resolution to implement a moratorium on industrial wind turbines, Township of Stirling-Rawdon resolution to allow municipalities jurisdiction over green energy projects

 

24.  AMO Watch File Jan 12, 2012; Guest column on the OMB – is it villain or scapegoat, Province amends Property Tax and Building Code, new provincial changes to permit billboard signs on bush country highways as of Jan 2012

 

25.  AMO Watch File Jan 19, 2012; in memoriam Michael Power, guest column – new directions for liability reform in Ontario, human rights and housing forum, every municipality must produce an energy plan before Jul 1, 2013, East Ferris resolution that the proposed changes to Part 8 of the Ontario Building Code requiring the installation of tertiary treatment systems for septic systems where septic systems within vulnerable areas are deemed to be a significant threat, not be approved

 

26.  Northern Ontario School of Medicine’s Fall 2011 edition of Northern Passages

 

27.  on Site treatment-technology-innovation-reuse-recycle, Ontario Onsite Wastewater Association Newsletter Fall/Winter 2011

 

CLOSED SESSION

 

28.  Adoption of Jan 9, 2012 minutes, motion

29.  Fire minutes of Jan 10, 2012

 

ADDITIONAL/ROUND TABLE/NOTICE OF MOTION

 

ADJOURN

 

 

**Agenda may be subject to change

 

BP Jan 19, 2012

File:  ag120123r.docx