01 - January 24, 2025 Growth Planning Steering Committee MinutesGrowth Planning Steering Committee
Minutes
January 24, 2025, 2:00 p.m.
Council Chambers
450 Sunset Drive
St. Thomas ON
Members Present: Warden Grant Jones, Chair
Deputy Warden Ed Ketchabaw
Councillor Dominique Giguere
Councillor Todd Noble
Staff Present: Blaine Parkin, Chief Administrative Officer/Clerk
Nicholas Loeb, Director of Legal Services
Peter Dutchak, Director of Engineering Services
Jennifer Ford, Director of Financial Services/Treasurer
Mat Vaughan, Director of Planning and Development
Carolyn Krahn, Manager of Economic Development, Tourism &
Strategic Initiatives
Katherine Thompson, Manager of Administrative
Services/Deputy Clerk
Stefanie Heide, Legislative Services Coordinator
Call to Order
The meeting was called to order at 2:00 p.m. with the Chief Administrative
Officer/Clerk in the chair.
2. Election of Committee Chair and Vice Chair
Moved by: Councillor Noble
Seconded by: Councillor Giguere
RESOLVED THAT Warden Jones be elected as Chair of the Growth Planning
Steering Committee for 2025.
Motion Carried.
Moved by: Warden Jones
Seconded by: Councillor Giguere
RESOLVED THAT Deputy Warden Ketchabaw be elected Vice Chair of the
Growth Planning Steering Committee for 2025.
Motion Carried.
3. Approval of the Agenda
Warden Jones assumed the Chair of the meeting.
Moved by: Deputy Warden Ketchabaw
Seconded by: Councillor Noble
RESOLVED THAT the agenda for the January 24, 2025 meeting of the Growth
Planning Steering Committee be approved as presented.
Motion Carried.
4. Adoption of Minutes
Moved by: Councillor Noble
Seconded by: Councillor Giguere
RESOLVED THAT the minutes of the meeting held on October 18, 2024 be
adopted.
Motion Carried.
5. Disclosure of Pecuniary Interest and the General Nature Thereof
None.
6. Delegations
None.
7. Reports/Briefings
7.1 Manager of Administrative Services/Deputy Clerk - Pre -Budget
Consultation Feedback for the 2025 Ontario Budget
The Manager of Administrative Services/Deputy Clerk presented a report
with a draft letter for the Committee's consideration to be submitted for
pre -budget consultation feedback for the 2025 Ontario Budget.
Moved by: Councillor Giguere
Seconded by: Deputy Warden Ketchabaw
RESOLVED THAT feedback from the Growth Planning Steering
Committee be incorporated into the Pre -Budget Consultation submission
and recommended to County Council for approval at the January 28, 2025
meeting.
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Motion Carried.
8. Other Business
None.
9. Correspondence
None,
10. Closed Meeting
Moved by: Councillor Noble
Seconded by: Councillor Giguere
RESOLVED THAT we do now proceed into closed meeting session in
accordance with the Municipal Act to discuss the following matters under
Municipal Act Section 239 (2):
Closed Meetina Item #1 - Closed Meetinq Minutes - October 18, 2024
Closed Meetina Item #2 - Sunset Provincial Lands
(c) a proposed or pending acquisition or disposition of land by the municipality or
local board; (h) information explicitly supplied in confidence to the municipality or
local board by Canada, a province or territory or a Crown agency of any of them;
and (k) a position, plan, procedure, criteria or instruction to be applied to any
negotiations carried on or to be carried on by or on behalf of the municipality or
local board.
Motion Carried.
10.1 Closed Meeting Minutes -October 18, 2024
10.2 Sunset Provincial Lands
11. Motion to Rise and Report
Moved by: Councillor Noble
Seconded by: Deputy Warden Ketchabaw
RESOLVED THAT we do now rise and report.
Motion Carried.
Closed Meeting Item #1 - Closed Meetinq Minutes - October 18, 2024
Moved by: Councillor Noble
Seconded by: Councillor Giguere
RESOLVED THAT the October 18, 2024 Closed Meeting Minutes be adopted.
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Motion Carried.
Closed Meeting Item #2 - Sunset Provincial Lands
Moved by: Councillor Noble
Seconded by: Deputy Warden Ketchabaw
RESOLVED THAT staff do now proceed as directed.
Motion Carried.
12. Date of Next Meeting
The Growth Planning Steering Committee will meet again at the call of the Chair.
13. Adjournment
Moved by: Councillor Giguere
Seconded by: Deputy Warden Ketchabaw
RESOLVED THAT we do now adjourn at 4:00 p.m. to meet again at the call of
the Chair.
Motion Carried.
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