LAIRD TOWNSHIP
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Township Office
3 Pumpkin Point Road
R.R. #4
Echo Bay, Ontario, Canada
P0S 1C0
Phone: (705) 248-2395
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MINUTES OF MEETING NUMBER 4 OF
THE CORPORATION OF THE TOWNSHIP OF LAIRD
HELD 0N FEBRUARY 7, 2007
AT THE LAIRD TOWNSHIP OFFICE
AT 7:30 P.M.


Present:
Mayor: Dick Beitz
Councillors: Charles Frenette, Wayne Junor, Todd Rydall
Road Superintendent: Michael Hunter
Clerk: Phyllis MacKay


ON MOTION (No. 24-07) of Wayne Junor, seconded by Wayne Junor that council approves council minutes of January 24, 2007 and recreation committee minutes of January 30, 2007, as presented. CARRIED

ON MOTION (No. 25-07) of Todd Rydall and Chuck Frenette that council approves general accounts to February 7, 2007 as presented in the amount of $7,269.62. CARRIED

It was the consensus of council to discuss North Shore Agricultural Society's debt to the municipality during 2007 budget talks.

ON MOTION (No. 26-07) of Wayne Junor, seconded by Todd Rydall that council endorses resolution of Town of Minto in petitioning the Provincial Government to remove the educational portion of taxes from Royal Canadian Legions in Ontario. CARRIED

ON MOTION (No. 27-07) of Todd Rydall, seconded by Wayne Junor that council endorses the resolution of the Town of Minto in petitioning the Provincial Government reimburse municipalities, for engineering fees on unsuccessful COMRIF applications. CARRIED

It was the consensus of council that a yearly award called "Community Service Award" be presented for the first year to Robert Tuckett. A jacket with the Township symbol will be presented later to Mr. Tuckett.

ON MOTION (No. 28-07) of Todd Rydall, seconded by Chuck Frenette, that council appoints Councillor Wayne Junor as deputy mayor to act on behalf of the municipality when the mayor is unavailable. CARRIED

ON MOTION (No. 29-07) of Todd Rydall, seconded by Chuck Frenette that council endorses Resolution F1-2007 of the Town of Newmarket in requesting the Provincial Government review the Highway Traffic Act and provide a formal decision on the use of Fluorescent Yellow Green school signage prior to the start of the 2007-2008 school year. CARRIED

ON MOTION (No. 30-07) of Chuck Frenette, seconded by Wayne Junor that council endorses the discussion paper of AMO on Strengthening Extended Producer Responsibility for Ontario's Blue Box. CARRIED

ON MOTION (No. 31-07) of Wayne Junor, seconded by Chuck Frenette that the council meeting be adjourned. CARRIED

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