Regular Council in Committee

That: Council approves the Consent Agenda Items as recommended save and except Report No. PDS-84-2016. (

That: Council awards the contract for the preparation of detailed design and construction documentation for the Crystal Ridge Park Improvements to Dillon Consulting Limited, for an upset limit of $62,105.37 (including 13% HST). (

That: Council accepts and approves the tender submission from Nexterra Substructures Incorporated for the Stevensville Road Sanitary Sewer Extension (Contract No. ISE-16T-SRSE16) in the amount of $242,641.40 (including 13% HST), and further That: Council accepts and approves the use of funding from a benefitting property owner to cover all associated costs, including interest, of the proposed works, and further Page 5 of 12 Council-in-Committee - 17 Oct 2016 Meeting Minutes That: Council authorizes an amendment to the 2016 Capital Budget to add project SRSE16-Stevensville Road Sanitary Sewer Extension with all $306,428.36 in project costs to be funded by reserves and reimbursed by a line of credit extended in the favour of the Town of Fort Erie by Tykolis Holdings Inc. (

That: Council deals with the two recommendations separately. (

That: Council directs staff to submit a 2017 Capital Budget request which captures all costs to complete Phase 2 of the “Fort Erie Wayfinding Study - Phase 2” dated November 14, 2011 adopted under Report No. IS-51-11. (

That: Council directs staff to submit a 2017 Capital Budget request for the hire of a consultant to undertake a new preliminary design and public input process for the design and recommendation of a Gateway Feature(s). (

That: Council directs staff to submit a 2017 Capital Budget request to complete the installation of one Gateway Feature utilizing the preferred public option as a baseline and the retention of Seferian Consulting to further continue a public consultation process. (

That: Council directs staff to prepare a report advising Council on the cost to move forward with preliminary Phase 3 Wayfinding signage and on the costs and process for the implementation of an enhanced boundary sign on the Q.E.W. (

That: Council amends the 2016 Capital Budget to include the project CLEU20, Centennial Library Electrical Upgrades with a budget of $54,807.94, to be funded with $27,407.94 from the Facilities Maintenance Reserve and $27,400.00 from a contribution from the Fort Erie Public Library. (

That: Council removes the second recommendation to be dealt with separately. (

That: Council postpones the transfer of $290,000 from the Roads Refurbishing Reserve until the completion of negotiations. (

That: Council authorizes an amendment to the 2016 Capital Budget to increase costs for additional construction works necessary on the Roads, Water, Storm and Wastewater components of the Central Avenue Bridge Replacement project for the reasons identified within Report No. IS-41-2016, and further Page 8 of 12 Council-in-Committee - 17 Oct 2016 Meeting Minutes That: Council authorizes the transfer of $30,000 from the Water Refurbishing Reserve and $195,000 from the Sanitary Refurbishing Reserve to Capital Project MACK17, and further That: Council authorizes the transfer of $60,000 from the Water Refurbishing Reserve and $27,000 from the Storm Refurbishing Reserve to Capital Project LEWI13, and further That: Council authorizes the return of $280,000 from Capital Project LEWI13 to the Sanitary Refurbishing Reserve. (

That: Council authorizes the transfer of $50,000 from the Roads Refurbishing Reserve and $35,000 from the Storm Refurbishing Reserve to Capital Project CENT13. (

That: Council authorizes staff to accept $1,139,700.00 in capital funding from the 2015 and 2016 Combined Sewer Overflow (CSO) Program Grant(s) from the Niagara Region, and further That: Council substitutes Sanitary Sewer Refurbishing Reserve funding with the CSO grant funds to capital project CATH06 in the amount of $355,500 and CATT06 in the amount of $393,000 for a total of $748,500, and further That: Council substitutes Sanitary Sewer Refurbishing Reserve funding with the CSO grant funds to capital project CPIV13 in the amount of $345,900, and further That: Council substitutes Sanitary Sewer Refurbishing Reserve funding with the CSO grant funds to capital project KING09 in the amount of $45,300. (

That: Council approves the October 5, 2016 Land Committee meeting minutes attached as Appendix “1”, save and except item 2.8, request to purchase Municipal Lands adjacent to 620 Industrial Drive, and further That: Council approves the recommended task as outlined in Appendix “2”. (

That: Council approves item 2.8 of the October 5, 2016 Land Committee meeting minutes attached as Appendix “1”.(

That: Council amends the 2016 Capital Budget to increase the Council Chamber Audio/Video system upgrade project (CCAV19) by $57,000 with funding from the Information Technology Equipment Reserve. (

That: Council-in-Committee does now go into closed session at 8:29 p.m. to discuss the following: (a) Human Resource Matter (Pursuant to Section 239 (2) (d) of the Municipal Act, 2001 – Labour relations or employee negotiations) Re: Canadian Union of Public Employees and its Local #714 Collective Agreement (

That: Council-in-Committee does now rise and reconvene from closed session at 9:08 p.m. without report. (

That: Council-in-Committee adjourns at 9:08 p.m. (