HomeMy WebLinkAbout2025-06-20
Electronic Council Communications Information
Package
Date:June 20, 2025
Time:12:00 PM
Location:ECCIP is an information package and not a meeting.
Description: An ECCIP is an electronic package containing correspondence received by Staff for
Council's information. This is not a meeting of Council or Committee.
Alternate Format: If this information is required in an alternate format, please contact the
Accessibility Coordinator, at 905-623-3379 ext. 2131.
Members of Council: In accordance with the Procedural By-law, please advise the Municipal Clerk
at clerks@clarington.net, if you would like to include one of these items on the next regular agenda
of the appropriate Standing Committee, along with the proposed resolution for disposition of the
matter. Items will be added to the agenda if the Municipal Clerk is advised by Wednesday at noon
the week prior to the appropriate meeting, otherwise the item will be included on the agenda for the
next regularly scheduled meeting of the applicable Committee.
Members of the Public: can speak to an ECCIP item as a delegation. If you would like to be a
delegation at a meeting, please visit the Clarington website.
Pages
1.Region of Durham Correspondence
2.Durham Municipalities Correspondence
3.Other Municipalities Correspondence
3.1 Municipality of Tweed - Blue Box Producers - June 10, 2025 3
3.2 Prince Edward County - Disability Without Poverty - June 13, 2025 4
3.3 Town of Bracebridge - Road Salt Usage - June 16, 2025 6
4.Provincial / Federal Government and their Agency Correspondence
5.Miscellaneous Correspondence
June 20, 2025
Electronic Council Communications Information Package (ECCIP)
Page 2
Resolution No.Title:Date:Munieipality of Tweed Couneil MeetingCouncil Meetingy\Notices of MotionTuesday,June 10,2025^m^^¥•#.^s-s&-T:t99»Moved bySeconded byD. DeGenovaJ. PalmateerBE IT RESOLVED THAT:WHEREAS under Ontario Regulation 391/21 :BIue Box producers are fully accountable and financiallyresponsible for their products and packaging once they reach their end of life and are disposed of, for'eligible' sources only;AND WHEREAS 'ineligible' sources, which producers are not responsible for, include businesses,places of worship, daycares, campgrounds, public-facing and internal areas of municipal-ownedbuildings, and not-for-profit organizations, such as shelters and food banks;AND WHEREAS failure to include 'ineligible sources under the Ontario Regulation 391/21:6lue Boxprogram is in essence a provincial tax on ineligible sources;AND WHEREAS should a municipality continue to provide services to the 'ineligible sources, themunicipality will be required to oversee the collection, transportation, processing of the recycling,assuming 100% of the cost which amounts to yet another provincial municipal download;NOW THEREFORE IT BE RESOLVED THAT the Municipality of Tweed Council hereby request thatthe province amend Ontario Regulation 391/21:8lue Box so that producers are responsible for the end-of-life management of recycling product from all sources;AND FURTHER THAT Council hereby request the support of all Ontario Municipalities;AND FURTHER THAT this resolution be forwarded to the Honourable Doug Ford, Premier of Ontario,the h-lonourable Todd Mccarthy, Minister of the Environment, Conservation, and Parks, Mike Harris,Minister of Natural Resources and Forestry, Ric Bresse, Member of Provincial Parliament for hlastings-Lennox and Addington, Minister of Affairs and Housing, Rob Flack and all Ontario Municipalities.CarriedPage 3
From the Office of the Clerk
The Corporation of the County of Prince Edward
T: 613.476.2148 x 1021 | F: 613.476.5727
clerks@pecounty.on.ca | www.thecounty.ca
June 13, 2025
Please be advised that during the regular Council meeting of June 10, 2025 the following
resolution regarding support of advocacy to the Federal Government for 'disability without
poverty' was carried.
RESOLUTION NO. 2025-345
DATE: June 10, 2025
MOVED BY: Councillor Roberts
SECONDED BY: Councillor Branderhorst
WHEREAS one in four Ontarians lives with a disability; and
WHEREAS the median household income in Prince Edward County ($75K) is already
well below both the Basic Living Income and the Ontario Median Household Income
($84K); and
WHEREAS persons with disabilities are twice as likely to live in poverty and would
already require an average of 30% more income just to reach the poverty line; and
WHEREAS the new federal benefit for people with disabilities (about $200/month) and
called the Canada Disability Benefit) is about to be rolled out; and
WHEREAS the Federal government has yet to exempt this new federal benefit from
being considered income for federal tax purposes,
NOW THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED:
THAT the Mayor be requested to communicate with Prime Minister Carney that the
Council of the County of Prince Edward calls on the Government of Canada to
commit to exempting the Canada Disability Benefit from income tax and work
towards supporting Canadians with a disability to live without poverty;
THAT Prime Minister Carney be requested to publicly confirm his government's
commitment to making that legislative change as soon as possible; and
THAT a copy of this resolution be circulated to the federal Minister of Finance, the
federal Minister of Health, the Federation of Canadian Municipalities, Prince Edward
Lennox and Addington Social Services, the Rural Ontario Municipal Association
(ROMA), the Eastern Ontario Wardens' Caucus (EOWC) and all municipalities in the
Province of Ontario.
CARRIED
Page 4
From the Office of the Clerk
The Corporation of the County of Prince Edward
T: 613.476.2148 x 1021 | F: 613.476.5727
clerks@pecounty.on.ca | www.thecounty.ca
Yours truly,
Victoria Leskie, CLERK
cc: Mayor Steve Ferguson, Councillor Roberts, Councillor Branderhorst, and Adam
Goheen, Interim CAO
Page 5
June 16, 2025
Re: Item for Discussion – Road Salt Usage
At its meeting of June 11, 2025, the Council of the Corporation of the Town of Bracebridge ratified motion #24-
GC-068, regarding Road Salt Usage, as follows:
“WHEREAS chloride concentrations have increased by at least 0.5 mg/L in 80 of 274 (29%) of the
lakes sampled by the District of Muskoka between 2018 and 2022, and by 15-fold in Lake Muskoka
since 1970;
AND WHEREAS Queen’s University scientist, Dr. Shelley Arnott, a leader in global research on
the effects of road salt on lakes, has demonstrated that in Muskoka lakes, some important aquatic
organisms are negatively affected at chloride exposure levels as low as 10 mg/L, far below the 120
mg/L long term or chronic exposure guideline;
AND WHEREAS roughly one quarter of lakes sampled by the District Municipality of Muskoka now
have chloride levels above 10 mg/L;
NOW THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED THAT the Council of the Town of Bracebridge:
1.Commits to ongoing efforts toward the reduction of road salt as much as possible, while
maintaining safety on roads, including public reporting on annual use, supporting local
efforts to research the ongoing impacts of road salt, and assisting education efforts.
2.Urges the Province of Ontario to work urgently with key stakeholders to develop limited
liability legislation, including enforceable contractor training and a single set of provincially-
endorsed standard Best Management Practices for snow and ice management on private
lands; and to create and fund an expert stakeholder advisory committee to advise the
Province and municipalities on the best courses of action to protect freshwater ecosystems,
drinking water and infrastructure from the impacts of salt pollution.
AND FURTHER THAT a copy of this resolution be sent to the Premier of Ontario; the Ontario
Minister of the Environment, Conservation and Parks; the Attorney General of Ontario; the
Muskoka-Parry Sound MPP; Conservation Ontario; the Association of Municipalities of Ontario; the
Association of Municipal Managers, Clerks and Treasurers of Ontario, the District Municipality of
Muskoka; and other lower-tier municipalities in Muskoka.”
In accordance with Council’s direction, I am forwarding you a copy of the resolution for your reference.
Please do not hesitate to contact me if I can provide any additional clarification in this regard.
Yours truly
Lori McDonald
Director of Corporate Services/Clerk
Page 6