Regular Council in Committee

THAT: Council Rules of Procedure be waived in order to permit the delegation to proceed beyond the 10-minute limit. (

THAT: The list of taxes and penalties totalling $24,981.79 attached as Schedule “A” to Report F-16-2001 be deemed uncollectible and struck from the roll, in accordance with Section 441 of the Municipal Act R.S.O. 1990 Chapter M.45. (

THAT: Council direct staff to prepare a by-law and compete the necessary documentation for the purchase and installation of the wireless network links to the Fort Erie Public Library as supplied by MicroAge at the quoted price of $41,275.00 plus taxes. (

THAT: Council award the project for the Douglastown Pumping Station Upgrade PW-00-DGPU, at the tendered amount of $88,846.38 COUNCIL-IN-COMMITTEE MINUTES – TUESDAY, APRIL 17, 2001 PAGE TEN including g.s.t., to Peninsula Maintenance Ltd. of Niagara-on-the-Lake, Ontario, subject to receipt of M.O.E. approval for the project, and further THAT: Staff be authorized to prepare the necessary by-law authorizing the Mayor and Clerk to execute the contract on behalf of the Town of Fort Erie. (

THAT: Council award the Waterloo Street Reconstruction Project – Contract No. PW-00-WATL at the tendered amount of $534,303.48 including 7% g.s.t. to V. Gibbons Contracting Limited, of Fort Erie, Ontario, pending receipt of M.O.E. approval for the project, and further THAT: Surplus funds in the amount of $60,000.00 be transferred from the Douglastown Pumping Station Upgrade Project to the Waterloo Street Reconstruction Project – Contract No. PW-00-WATL in order to offset the shortfall in budgeted funds, and further THAT: Staff be authorized to prepare the necessary by-law authorizing the Mayor and Clerk to execute the contract on behalf of the Town of Fort Erie. (

THAT: Council accept the tender submitted by 513125 Ontario Limited o/a Da- Lee Dust Control for the supply and application of Virgin Oil for the 2001 Dust Suppressant Program at the unit price of $0.438/litre including g.s.t. at a total upset limit of $28,000.00, and further THAT: Staff be authorized to prepare the necessary by-law authorizing the Mayor and Clerk to execute the contract on behalf of the Town of Fort Erie. (

THAT: Council authorize rate increases for noxious weed cutting on private property within the Town of Fort Erie, and further THAT: By-law No. 37-95 be amended to reflect the 2001 rates. (

THAT: A by-law be submitted to Council, deeming that Lot 70 & 71, Plan 48, NP 388, known municipality as 20 Longtent Avenue, in the former Township of Bertie, now in the Town of Fort Erie, no longer forms part of the registered plan of subdivision, and THAT: The Clerk forward a certified copy of the said by-law to the office of the Minister of Municipal Affairs, and further THAT: The Clerk be directed to register a certified copy of the deeming by-law at the Land Registry Office for Niagara South, and further THAT: The Clerk in accordance with the requirements of The Planning Act notify the property owners affected by the deeming by-law. (

THAT: Council accept this report for information purposes, and further THAT: Council hereby proclaims the week of May 7 to 13, 2001 as Emergency Preparedness Week 2001. (

THAT: Staff be authorized to prepare the necessary documentation for the purchase of a new Pumper Truck from Res-Q-Tech of London, Ontario, for the quoted price of $295,062.61, including extra equipment. The figure quoted above reflects the total price after the g.s.t. rebate. (

THAT: Effective April 17, 2001, draft plan approval for the Nigh Road Draft Plan of Subdivision, Part of Lot 8, Concession 2 LE, Regional File No. 26T- 15-9802 is

THAT: A zoning by-law amendment be submitted to Council amending the Town of Fort Erie Comprehensive Zoning By-law 129-90, by rezoning the portion of the subject lands from “Residential 2R2 Zone” and “Institutional I Zone” to “General Commercial Holding – C2 (H) Site Specific Zone” in order to permit the lands to be used for retail sales, personal service shop, gift shop and a dwelling unit. (

THAT: Council-in-Committee does now hereby adjourn at 9:20 p.m. (