Regional Council

confirm the Minutes of the Council meeting held on January 30, 2025.

receive the correspondence from Marieke Cloutier, Senior Director, Programs and Isabelle Pitre, Manager, Adaptation in Action, Green Municipal Fund, Federation of Canadian Municipalities dated February 5, 2025

receive the memorandum from Dino Basso, Commissioner of Corporate Services dated February 24, 2025.

receive the correspondence from Irene Ford dated February 25, 2025.

adopt the recommendations in the Minutes of the Committee of the Whole meeting held on February 13, 2025.

adopt the recommendations in the Minutes of the Audit Committee meeting held on January 30, 2025.

adopt the following recommendations in the report of the Commissioner of Community and Health Services dated February 14, 2025: The Commissioner of Community and Health Services, or their delegate, be authorized to enter into necessary agreements and allocate funds, including flowing funds to third party entities, to be received under the Federal Unsheltered Homelessness and Encampments Initiative, Provincial Encampment Response Initiative and Last Mile funding programs for the purposes of administering the operational and capital funding programs mentioned in this report. The Commissioner of Community and Health Services, or their delegate, be authorized to execute all necessary documents for participation in and delivery of funding programs outlined in this report, on business terms satisfactory to the Commissioner of Community Health Services, or their delegate, and on legal terms satisfactory to the Regional Solicitor.

the bidding process to host the 2030 Commonwealth Games has been launched by the Commonwealth Games Federation, and Whereas Expressions of Interest are to be submitted by Provincial Governments to Commonwealth Sport Canada by March 31, 2025, and Whereas Expressions of Interest include a list of proposed sports and venues the provincial government would host in the 2030 Commonwealth Games, and a letter from the provincial government stating its “willingness to engage Commonwealth Sport Canada and the Commonwealth Games Federation in the Dialog & Feasibility Phase”, and Whereas Ontario and Canada can use these Games as a way to plan our economy, foster trade, commerce and economic development with the 56-member Commonwealth Countries and Commonwealth Territories that, in 2023, had a population of 2.8 billion, and Whereas no other commitments, financial or otherwise, are required in the provincial government’s Expression of Interest to Commonwealth Sport Canada, and Whereas during the Dialog & Feasibility Phase all provincial governments submitting an Expression of Interest, along with the federal government and Commonwealth Sport Canada, co-create a United Canada 2030 Commonwealth Games Hosting Proposal, and Whereas any Party can withdraw from the Dialog & Feasibility Phase with no malice, prejudice or penalty, and Whereas at the end of the Dialog & Feasibility Phase on August 31, 2025, the United Canada 2030 Commonwealth Games Hosting Proposal including commitments, financial

confirm the private minutes of the Audit Committee meeting held on January 30, 2025.

enact Bylaw No. 2025-12 to confirm the proceedings of this meeting of Council held on February 27, 2025.