Taken from the roll call in the town’s own minutes. The minutes record who was not there and almost never why.
What was decided (7 motions)
7 carried, 0 recorded otherwise. Every motion below is printed as the minutes print it.
McDermott That: By-law 11-2025: To Confirm the Actions of Council at its Special Council Meeting held February 11, 2025, is given first and second reading.
Moved by Councillor Flagg
Carried
That: By-law 11-2025 is given third and final reading to be signed by the Mayor and Clerk under the corporate seal.
Moved by Councillor Noyes, seconded by Councillor Christensen
Carried
McDermott That: Council adjourns at 3:39 p.m. to reconvene into Regular Meeting of Council on February 24, 2025.
Moved by Councillor Lewis
Carried
That: Council dispenses with the notice requirements to consider Councillor McDermott's Motion regarding Provincial Election Health Care Advocacy.
Moved by Councillor McDermott, seconded by Councillor Lewis
Carried
Whereas the Town of Fort Erie submitted a letter to the Minister of Health dated August 7, 2024, advocating for the continuation of the Douglas Memorial Urgent Care Centre as a primary care safety net in the community, which has not received a response, and Whereas the Province of Ontario has appointed Dr. Philpott as the Chair of the New Primary Care Action Team to develop a strategy to address the shortage of primary care physicians with a mandate to attach all Ontarians to primary care in the next five years (2030), and Whereas the Town of Fort Erie has a population of 36,000 residents, with over 8,000 who are unattached to a primary care physician, demonstrating a need for a primary care safety net locally, and Whereas the Douglas Memorial Urgent Care Centre provides a first point of contact with our health care system for Niagara residents without a primary care physician, which will continue beyond the opening of the South Niagara Hospital in 2028, and Whereas the Council for the Town of Fort Erie passed a resolution on October 21, 2024 requesting a continuation of funding for Douglas Memorial operations, without reduction of any funding to Niagara Health for construction and operation of the new South Niagara Hospital, and that the Premier support that resolution, and Whereas the Province is responsible for managing, organizing and delivering health care, and the resolution of the gap in primary care services in small and rural municipalities should be a priority durin
Moved by Councillor McDermott, seconded by Councillor Lewis
Carried
That: By-law 11-2025: To Confirm the Actions of Council at its Special Council Meeting held February 11, 2025, is given first and second reading.
Moved by Councillor Flagg, seconded by Councillor McDermott
Carried
That: Council adjourns at 3:39 p.m. to reconvene into Regular Meeting of Council on February 24, 2025.
Moved by Councillor Lewis, seconded by Councillor McDermott