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DATE:

MAY 28, 2012

TIME:	IMMEDIATELY FOLLOWING CITY COUNCIL (PUBLIC MEETING)
PLACE:	S. H. BLAKE MEMORIAL AUDITORIUM
CHAIR:	COUNCILLOR T. GIERTUGA / COUNCILLOR M. BENTZ

AND THAT the work be funded in accordance with Source of Financing Form attached to this report;

AND THAT Appropriation Change Order No. 14 be approved;

AND THAT the General Manager of Infrastructure and Operations report any circumstances to City Council should variation in the Contract quantities occur as the work proceeds;

AND THAT the Mayor and Clerk be authorized to sign all documentation related to this matter;

AND THAT any necessary By-laws be presented to City Council for ratification.

AND THAT Council with Administrative support be authorized to deal with each application on an individual basis;

AND THAT any necessary by-laws be presented to City Council for ratification.

AND THAT Appropriation Change Order No. 13 be approved;

AND THAT the Mayor and City Clerk be authorized to sign all documentation related to these matters;

AND THAT any necessary By-laws be presented to City Council for ratification.

Community Report, May 2012 (Distributed Separately on Wednesday, May 23, 2012)

(Distributed Separately on Wednesday, May 23, 2012)

AND THAT a fuel farm reserve fund be created as detailed in this report;

AND THAT any necessary by-laws be presented to City Council for ratification.

AND THAT the Manager – Supply Management be authorized to issue a purchase order to award this purchase;

AND THAT the Mayor and City Clerk be authorized to sign all documentation related to these matters;

AND THAT the work be funded in accordance with the Contract Source of Financing form attached to this report;

AND THAT any necessary By-laws be presented to City Council for ratification.

THAT assessment related tax increases for the Commercial, Industrial and Multi-residential property classes be capped at the greater of 10% over the previous year’s annualized taxes and 5% of the Current Value Assessment (CVA) taxes;

AND THAT a threshold of $250 be applied such that properties having final capping adjustments that are less than $250 be brought to CVA taxation levels;

AND THAT any property in the Commercial, Industrial or Multi-Residential property class which was levied full CVA taxes in 2011, no longer be eligible for capping protection in 2012 and future years;

AND THAT the new construction eligible properties be taxed at a minimum of 100% of CVA-level taxes in 2012 and subsequent years;

AND THAT the optional property class in the Industrial property class, being the Large Industrial property class continues to apply for the 2012 taxation year;

AND THAT the following tax ratios be adopted for the 2012 taxation year:

Property Class Tax Ratios

Residential 1.00
Multi-Residential 2.74
Commercial 1.952709
Industrial Residual 2.43
Large Industrial 2.465
Pipelines 2.152
Farmlands 0.25
Managed Forests 0.25;
AND THAT the recommended tax rates included in Attachment 4 be approved for the 2012 taxation year;

AND THAT the final tax levy be due in two installments on August 2nd and October 3rd, 2012;

AND THAT any necessary by-laws be presented to Council for ratification.

AND THAT this letter be copied to MP Bruce Hyer, MP John Rafferty, MPP Jim Bradley, Minister of the Environment, and the Northwestern Ontario Associated Chambers of Commerce.

Memorandum from Councillor J. Virdiramo, Chair - Inter-Governmental Liaison Committee, dated May 9, 2012, containing a resolution, relative to the above noted. (Pages 148 - 150)


With respect to the Electoral Boundaries Readjustment Act introduced in the House of Commons by Nickel Belt MP Claude Gravelle, that includes broad support across the north and across partisan lines, we support the electoral districts in Northern Ontario being no less than 10, whereas Northern Ontario means the geographical area comprising the following ten current electoral districts:

Algoma – Manitoulin – Kapuskasing; Kenora; Nickel Belt; Nipissing – Timiskaming; Parry Sounds – Muskoka; Sault Ste. Marie; Sudbury; Thunder Bay – Rainy River; Thunder Bay – Superior North; and Timmins – James Bay;

AND THAT any readjustment of the boundaries of an electoral district must respect the principle of fair representation, and the inhabitants of Northern Ontario are entitled to be governed by that principle;

AND THAT electoral boundaries commissions, in determining boundaries, do not only consider the average population per electoral district but also give weight to historical, geographic, linguistic and democratic factors and principles;

AND THAT it is important that the electoral districts in remote northern and rural regions, because of their low population density and extreme weather conditions, must have reasonable dimensions in order to ensure the fair representation of the inhabitants of those regions;

AND THAT the northern part of Ontario is greater in geographic size than every other province and territory except for Quebec and British Columbia;

AND THAT this resolution be forwarded to the Federal Electoral Boundaries Commission and MPs of the ten Northern electoral districts noted above.

AND THAT the Mayor and Clerk be authorized to execute any necessary documentation;

AND THAT any necessary By-laws be presented to City Council for ratification.