Council Meeting

That the February 25, 2025 Town Council Agenda be approved, as amended to include agenda item 17.1 “Notice of Motion – To add resources to the Winter 2025 Outdoor Maintenance Assistance Program” as a motion under item 18.3 of the agenda. A recorded vote was taken as follows:

That Council shall go into Closed Session Pursuant to Section 239(2)(b) of the Municipal Act, 2001, as amended, as the subject matter pertains to personal matters about an identifiable individual, including municipal or local board employees:  Closed Session Staff Report 2025-0125: Traffic Safety Advisory Committee Community Appointments A recorded vote was taken as follows:

That the following individuals be appointed as community representatives to the Traffic Safety Advisory Committee for the remainder of the 2022-2026 Term of Council: 1. Mira Budd 2. Steven Byrd 3. Sara Clarkson 4. Kate Hepworth 5. Varun Mahajan 6. Sean Mcdonald 7. Orlando Vavala 8. Kathleen Wilson Town Council Meeting Minutes Tuesday, February 25, 2025 Page 3 of 11 A recorded vote was taken as follows:

That Section 8.2. Registrations and Returns, be amended to read “within ten (10) days.” Town Council Meeting Minutes Tuesday, February 25, 2025 Page 4 of 11 A recorded vote was taken as follows:

That the proposed Lobbyist Registry By-law attached as Schedule A to Staff Report 2025-0062 be approved, as amended; and That the scheduled June 4, 2025 General Committee Workshop Meeting be held for the Purposes of conducting training for public office holders under the Lobbyist Registry By- law. A recorded vote was taken as follows:

That Council approve the amended Schedule A to amend the Town’s Purchasing Bylaw No. 2019-24 That the dollar values in Schedule A, as amended, replace all dollar values listed in Purchasing Bylaw No. 2019-24 A recorded vote was taken as follows:

That the following Committee Meeting Minutes be approved, and all Committee decisions therein:  The balance of the February 3, 2025 Governance Review Committee Meeting Minutes  The balance of the February 4, 2025 General Committee Meeting Minutes  February 11, 2025 Planning and Development Committee Meeting Minutes A recorded vote was taken as follows:

That Staff Report 2025-0068 Notice of Intention to Designate 12711 McLaughlin road be

Whereas the Town of Caledon was not consulted prior to the Province of Ontario enacting the Hazel McCallion Act in May 2023 to dissolve the Region of Peel Whereas the Town of Caledon needed to allocate $750, 000 from its Tax Funded Operating Contingency Reserve in 2024 for expenses associated with dissolution of the Region of Peel Whereas the Town of Caledon deemed it advisable to allocate $1,317,000 in its 2025 budget from the Tax Funded Operating Contingency Reserve to deal with the anticipated costs associated with the downloading of services to the Town of Caledon from the Region of Peel Therefore, be it resolved, that the Town of Caledon formally requests that the Province of Ontario reimburse the Town of Caledon for all expenses incurred and associated with the dissolution of the Region of Peel Further, that a copy of this motion be sent to Brampton Council, Mississauga Council and Peel Regional Council Further, that a copy of this motion be sent to the Office of the Premier of Ontario, the Minister of Housing and Municipal Affairs and the Member of Provincial Parliament for Dufferin-Caledon upon the resumption of the legislature after the election. A recorded vote was taken as follows:

Whereas the Province of Ontario established a Peel Transition Board in July 2023 to advise it on the complete dissolution of the Region of Peel. Whereas in May, 2024 the Peel Transition Board was re-tasked by the Minister of Housing and Municipal Affairs to examine the partial dissolution of the Region of Peel in the following areas: Roads, Waste, Water and Waste Water and to prepare recommendations that were to be confidential and to be delivered to the Minister. Whereas the Minister of Housing and Municipal Affairs received the confidential recommendations of the Peel Transition Board in October 2024. Whereas the Minister of Housing and Municipal Affairs introduced legislation in Provincial parliament in December 2024 to proceed with the downloading of roads and associated infrastructure based upon the confidential recommendations of the Peel Transition Board. Whereas, if the confidential recommendations of the Peel Transition Board could be used as a “blueprint” for the changes to other regional governments in Ontario, these Regions and Municipalities should be afforded the opportunity to see the methodology used by the Peel Transition Board to justify its recommendations regarding the changes to the Region of Peel. Whereas Town of Caledon Councillors and Town staff have not seen the confidential recommendations of the Peel Transition Board that relate to the Town of Caledon. Whereas there has been neither any indication of the full financial impact of the downloading of R

WHEREAS the Town of Caledon offers an Outdoor Maintenance Assistance Program funded with $150,000 from the 2025 budget to support eligible low-income older adults (65+), Older Adults 75+ and low-income persons with disabilities in the form of a financial grant (a maximum rebate of $500 per approved applicant). WHEREAS The Outdoor Maintenance Assistance Program was budgeted to allow 300 funded applications, and the program reached its funding capacity for 2025 in the first two months of the year. WHEREAS the Town has experienced ongoing extreme weather patterns resulting in higher than anticipated demand for the program. NOW THEREFORE be it resolved that additional financial resources of $50,000 be allocated from Tax Funded Operating Contingency Reserve to the Outdoor Maintenance Assistance Program up to March 21, 2025 and staff be directed to review the program. A recorded vote was taken as follows:

That By-law 2025-010, as amended, BL-2025-011, Bl-2025-012, BL-2025-014, and BL- 2025-015 be read a first time and passed. A recorded vote was taken as follows:

That agenda item 22.7 BL-2025-016 be

That BL-2025-013 be read a first time and passed. A recorded vote was taken as follows:

That By-law 2025-0017 being a by-law to confirm the proceedings of the Council for the Corporation of the Town of Caledon at its Council Meeting held on the 25th day of February 2025, be read a first time and passed. A recorded vote was taken as follows: