LAIRD TOWNSHIP Community Website Township Office 3 Pumpkin Point Road R.R. #4 Echo Bay, Ontario, Canada P0S 1C0 Phone: (705) 248-2395 Fax: (705) 248-1138 MINUTES OF MEETING NUMBER 31 OF THE CORPORATION OF THE TOWNSHIP OF LAIRD HELD 0N APRIL 16, 2008 AT THE LAIRD TOWNSHIP OFFICE AT 7:30 P.M. Present: Mayor: Dick Beitz Councillors: Donna Connolly, Chuck Frenette, Wayne Junor, Todd Rydall Road Superintendent: Michael Hunter Clerk: Phyllis MacKay ON MOTION (No. 67-08) of Todd Rydall, seconded by Chuck Frenette that council approves council minutes of April 2, and recreation committee minutes of March 27, 2008, as presented. CARRIED Jennifer Moran reviews Countryside Policy as well as presented Parks and Open Spaces, Public Service Facilities and Waterfront Policies. ON MOTION (No. 68-08) of Chuck Frenette, seconded by Donna Connolly that council approves road accounts to March 31, 2008 as presented in the amount of $16,063.14. CARRIED ON MOTION (No. 69-08) of Todd Rydall, seconded by Wayne Junor that council approves general accounts to April 16, 2008 as presented in the amount of $8,808.83. CARRIED ON MOTION (No. 70-08) of Todd Rydall, seconded by Donna Connolly that council approves By-law Number 875-08 accepting 2008 Provincial Infrastructure Investment Program criteria and funds. CARRIED ON MOTION (No. 71-08) of Todd Rydall, seconded by Donna Connolly that council endorses City of Colborne resolution regarding petitioning the Association of Municipalities of Ontario to work with the Provincial Government in establishing funding to offset Ontarians with Disabilities Act requirements. CARRIED ON MOTION (No. 72-08) of Todd Rydall, seconded by Chuck Frenette that council endorses the resolution of City of Ottawa in calling for the Province to pay a proportional share of MPAC costs related to education property taxes. CARRIED ON MOTION (No. 73-08) of Wayne Junor, seconded by Todd Rydall that council donates $250.00 to Matthews Memorial Hospital Association in support of its efforts to recruit new physicians. CARRIED ON MOTION (No. 74-08) of Todd Rydall, seconded by Donna Connolly that council, endorses the resolution of Township of North Frontenac et al in petitioning the Government to base the Federal Gas Tax transferred to municipalities on year-round population. CARRIED ON MOTION (No. 75-08) of Chuck Frenette, seconded by Wayne Junor that council endorses the resolution of Township of North Frontenac et al in petitioning the Province of Ontario to exempt at the very least all Ontario municipalities with populations under 10,000 from paying Ontario Sales Tax (PST) to assist with supporting infrastructure in small rural municipalities that cannot be reasonably sustained through property taxation. CARRIED ON MOTION (No. 76-08) of Todd Rydall, seconded by Donna Connolly that council invites science enterprise Algoma (seA) to a council meeting to hear information on improving agricultural diversity in the Algoma region. CARRIED It was the consensus of council that the clerk attends the Ontario Association of Cemetery and Funeral Professional spring seminar in Barrie, June 18, 2008. ON MOTION (No. 77-08) of Wayne Junor, seconded by Todd Rydall that the council meeting be adjourned. CARRIED CLERK - MAYOR - Copyright 2008 by the Township of Laird. All Rights Reserved.