Regular Council in Committee

THAT:Council receives Administrative Report No. IS-45-09 for information purposes as a progress update on the various activities associated with our Extraneous Flow Reduction Program. (

THAT:Council hereby receives Report No. IS-46-09 summarizing the Drainage Works competed to date in 2009, and further THAT:Council hereby adopt a systematic program for the completion of future Operations Drainage Works whereby prioritizing of ditching projects is done on the basis of geographical areas of concern. (

THAT:The Council hereby receives Administrative Report No. IS-47-09 regarding the current workload and staffing of the Parks and Cemeteries work group. (

THAT:Council hereby award Contract No. ISF.08-2009 - Janitorial Services to Omni Facility Services Canada Ltd. in the amount of $99,955.80 (including g.s.t.) for year 1 and $101,955.00 (including g.s.t.) for year 2, and further THAT:Staff be authorized to prepare the by-law authorizing the Mayor and Clerk to execute the contact on behalf of the Town of Fort Erie. (

THAT:Council receive Administrative Report No. IS-50-09 for information purposes; and THAT:Staff be authorized to bring forward a By-law to adopt the Roadside Ditch Alteration Policy, as provided in Appendix "A" to Administrative Report No. IS-50- 09. (

THAT:Council, in their 2010 Capital Budget deliberations, consider a submission for facility improvements (identified in Appendix "1" to the report) to implement an enhanced Customer Service Delivery Model. (

THAT:The order of the agenda be altered to consider the Community and Development Services Section to be followed by the balance of the Corporate Services Section. (

THAT:Consent is hereby granted to consider a Community and Development Services matter at this meeting due to extraordinary circumstances. (

THAT:Council approve Site C as the location for the Fort Erie Skatepark, subject to an Agreement with the YMCA of Niagara, and THAT:Council authorize the Director of Legal and Legislative Services/Town Solicitor to negotiate an Agreement with the YMCA of Niagara for the necessary use of its lands for the Fort Erie Skatepark. (

THAT:Council approve the design of Ridgeway Village Square; and THAT:Council request the Ridgeway Community Group to donate up to $75,000 of the funds raised for this purpose to Project No. RDGW09, Ridgeway Village Square; and THAT:Council authorize the award of the design of the Ridgeway Village Square water feature to Crystal Fountains Inc. (

THAT:The hour of adjournment be extended beyond 10:00 p.m. (

THAT:A by-law be submitted to Council to repeal By-law No. 1591-81, being a by-law to issue and charge fees for licences to hunt pheasants and rabbits during the open season. (

THAT:Paragraph 1 of the recommendation be amended after the word “projects” in Line 2 to read “approved save and except for the Wayfinding Signage Program in the amount of $190,000 and that this amount be

THAT:Net capital surpluses and deficits and transfers on completed capital projects totalling $931,786 be allocated in accordance with the summary distribution attached as Appendix "A" to this report, as amended, and further THAT:A by-law be prepared to establish the Bridges & Culverts Reburbishing Reserve Fund for the refurbishing and expansion of bridge and culvert infrastructure, and further THAT:A by-law be prepared to establish the Water Rate Stabilization Reserve for the financing of water treatment costs. (

THAT:Council receive Report No. CS-43-09 for information purposes, the interim financial report for the nine months ending September 30, 2009. (

THAT:The list of taxes and penalties totalling $5,822.03 be deemed uncollectable and struck from the roll, in accordance with Section 354 of the Municipal Act, 2001, and further THAT:Council hereby directs staff to vest the Town's interest in two properties identified by roll numbers 020 010 98612 and 020 019 08100. (

THAT:Council-in-Committee does now hereby adjourn at 10:54 p.m. (