Regular Council

That: Council approves the Consent Agenda Items as recommended. (

That: Council appoints Sarah Chevalier to the Ridgeway Business Improvement Area Board of Management for the period ending November 14, 2022. (

That: The request for a $25,000 Grant by the Board of Crystal Ridge Community Centre be included in the supplementary budget for consideration. (

Whereas Niagara Regional Council is accountable to the taxpayers of The Regional Municipality of Niagara, which includes taxpayers in the Town of Fort Erie, and Whereas an investigation by the Auditor General of Ontario identified several areas of concern at the Niagara Peninsula Conservation Authority, including $3.8 million in purchases between 2013 and 2017 that did not adhere to its own policies for the competitive acquisition of goods and services, and Whereas the 2018 and 2019 Niagara Peninsula Conservation Authority budgets presented to Niagara Regional Council did not provide a full accounting of all spending to the satisfaction of Regional Council, and Whereas Niagara Regional Council lacks the authority to approve, reject or otherwise modify a budget presented by the Niagara Peninsula Conservation Authority, despite Council’s accountability to the taxpayers of the Region, and Whereas voters in The Regional Municipality of Niagara, including the Town of Fort Erie, sent a strong message on October 22, 2018 for the need for honesty, integrity, accountability and transparency in the way governance in the Region and at the Niagara Peninsula Conservation Authority is conducted; Now therefore be it resolved, That: The Town of Fort Erie hereby requests that the Niagara Peninsula Conservation Authority provide a full and transparent accounting of all spending in its 2018 and 2019 operating and capital budgets to Niagara Regional Council, and continue to do so for each subseq

That: The by-law package containing: 27-2019: To Appoint Edward T. McDermott of ADR Chambers Inc. as Integrity Commissioner for the Town of Fort Erie 28-2019: To Authorize the Execution of a Subdivision Agreement with 9136916 Canada Ltd. (Simon Mou and Gary Lau) (Black Creek Signature Phase 1) 29-2019: To Authorize the Execution of an Amending Subdivision Agreement with 1372708 Ontario Inc. (Vaughn Gibbons) (Crystal Ridge Landing) 30-2019: To Authorize the Execution of an Assumption Agreement for the Dominion Woods Phase 2 with Mountainview Homes (Niagara) Ltd. (Mark Basciano) and Niagara South Vacant Land Condominium Corporation No. 141 31-2019: To Rename a Portion of Cherrywood Avenue North to Elizabeth Road 32-2019: To Amend the Management, Supervisory and Exempt Employees Salary Administration Plan (By-law No. 54-2017) 33-2019: To Appoint Kevin Hesse as a Fire Prevention Officer, Fire Prevention Inspector and Municipal Law Enforcement Officer for the Town of Fort Erie 34-2019: To Appoint Caleb Storring as Building Inspector for The Corporation of the Town of Fort Erie and to Repeal By-law No. 45-2017 35-2019: To Authorize the Entry into a Road Maintenance Agreement for Lapp Road and Schaubel Road with The Corporation of the City of Niagara Falls 36-3019: To Authorize the Entry into a Traffic Signal Agreement with The Regional Municipality of Niagara is given first and second reading. (

That: By-law Nos. 27-2019 28-2019 29-2019 30-2019 31-2019 32-2019 33-2019 34-2019 35-2019 36-2019 are given third and final reading to be signed by the Mayor and Clerk under the corporate seal. (

That: By-law No. 37-2019: To Confirm the Actions of Council at its Council-in-Committee Meeting Held on February 19, 2019 and Council Meeting Held on February 25, 2019 is given first and second reading. (

That: By-law 37-2019 be given third and final reading to be signed by the Mayor and Clerk under the corporate seal. (

That: Council adjourns at 7:45 p.m. to reconvene into a Special Meeting of Council on March 18, 2019. (