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MUNICIPALITY OF CLARINGTON
Special Council Minutes
April 12, 2002
ROLL CALL
Present Were:
Absent:
Also Present:
Minutes of a special meeting of Council
held on April 12, 2002, at 9:30 a.m.,
in the Council Chambers.
Mayor J. Mutton
Councillor D. MacArthur
Councillor P. Pingle
Councillor G. Robinson
Councillor J. Rowe
Councillor C. Trim
Councillor J. Schell (due to illness)
Chief Administrative Officer, F. Wu
Director of Engineering, T. Cannella
Director of Community Services, J. Caruana
Director of Emergency Services/Fire Chief, M. Creighton
Director of Planning Services, D. Crome
Accounting Manager, L. Gordon
Director of Operations, F. Horvath
Director, Corporate Services, M. Marano
Director, FinancelTreasurer, N. Taylor
Municipal Clerk, P. Barrie
Councillor Trim led the meeting in prayer.
DISCLOSURES OF PECUNIARY INTEREST
There were no disclosures of pecuniary interest stated at this
meeting.
Resolution #C-212-02
Moved by Councillor Trim, seconded by Councillor Robinson
THAT the order of the agenda be altered to allow for the
delegations to address Council during consideration of Reports
FND-007-02 and FND-008-02.
"CARRIED"
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Resolution #C-213-02
Moved by Councillor Trim, seconded by Councillor Pingle
THAT Report FND-007-02 be received;
THAT Report FND-008-02 be received;
THAT the 2002 Capital Budget, as outlined in the document
attached to Report FND-007-02 be approved;
THAT Attachment #1 to Report FND-007-02, summarizing the
financing of capital draws on the Reserve and Reserve Funds be
approved;
THAT the Four Year Forecast be approved in principle;
THAT the Beech Centre be authorized to access the principle value
of the Reserve Fund set aside for their operating support, for their
capital requests, in the amount of $11 ,000;
THAT the Clarke Museum late Capital Budget request be referred
to the Director of Operations;
THAT Council grant an interest-free loan for an estimated $30,000
to the Bowmanville BIA for the purchase of Christmas decorations
to be paid back over a five-year period beginning in 2003;
THAT, should the Newcastle BIA decide to proceed, Council grant
an interest-free loan for an estimated $7,500 to the Newcastle BIA
for the purchase of Christmas decorations to be paid back over a
five-year period beginning in 2003;
THAT the 2002 Operating Budget outlined in the draft Current
Budget document together with Mayor Mutton's memo dated
April 3, 2002, at a target maximum of 2.3% increase in overall levy
over the 2001 levy (exclusive of tax policy) as described in Report
FND-008-02 and Attachment No.1 to that report be approved;
THAT the Schedules in Section B of the Draft Current Budget
document outlining Reserve and Reserve Fund Contributions be
approved;
THAT the Region of Durham be invoiced for Clarington's roadside
dumping clean-up costs, to be recovered from the Regional waste
levy/flat rate as per Report FND-006-02, Clarington Curbside
Garbage Collection;
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THAT the external agencies referred to in Report FND-008-02 and
identified in Attachment #1 to Report FND-008-02, be advised of
Council's decision regarding their grant request;
THAT 2002 staffing changes be approved as per Attachment #3 to
Report FND-008-02; and
THAT the appropriate by-laws to levy the 2002 tax requirements for
Municipal, Regional and Educational purposes be forwarded to
Council for approval, once final tax policy information is available.
"SEE FOLLOWING"
Mayor Mutton advised Council that staff have worked very hard to
put forward the 2002 budget at a 2.3% increase. The original
budget was 3.55%, however, upon further review staff was able to
cut an additional $124,000. The budget as it is presented realizes
a $16.00/per household increase, the lowest in Durham Region and
one of the lowest in the entire GT A. The $30 million Capital Budget
is the most significant Capital Budget ever realized in the
municipality.
John-Michel Komarnicki and Richard Toms, were present to
answer questions of Council with respect to the Visual Arts Centre
2002 budget request.
Cathy McKeever, provided a power point presentation and
answered questions with respect to the Clarington Public Library's
2002 budget request.
A representative of the Bowmanville Museum was called but was
not present.
Dave Climenhage, was present in order to answer questions with
respect to the 2002 budget request of the Clarke Museum and
Archives.
Council reviewed and requested clarification on each of the
departmental budget requests.
The foregoing Resolution #C-213-02 was then put to a vote and
"CARRIED ON THE FOLLOWING RECORDED VOTE":
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Recorded Vote
Declaration of
Pecuniary
Council Member Yea Nav Interest Absent
Councillor MacArthur X
Councillor Pingle X
Councillor Robinson X
Councillor Rowe X
Councillor Schell X
Councillor Trim X
Mavor Mutton X
CONFIRMING BY-LAW
Resolution #C-214-02
Moved by Councillor MacArthur, seconded by Councillor Pingle
THAT leave be granted to introduce By-law 2002-054 being a
by-law to confirm the proceedings of the Council of the Municipality
of Clarington at this special meeting held on the 12th day of
April 2002, and that the said'by-Iaw be now read a first and second
time.
"CARRIED"
Resolution #C-215-02
Moved by Councillor MacArthur, seconded by Councillor Pingle
THAT the third and final reading of By-law 2002-054 be approved.
"CARRIED"
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ADJOURNMENT
April 12, 2002
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Resolution #C-216-02
Moved by Councillor Robinson, seconded by Councillor MacArthur
THAT the meeting adjourn at 11: 15 a.m.
"CARRIED"
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