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