THE CORPORATION OF THE MUNICIPALITY OF EAST FERRIS REGULAR COUNCIL MEETING MINUTESTuesday, October 14, 2025 5:00 P.m. - 7:00 P.m.Municipal Office Council ChambersPRESENT:Rick Champagne, MayorLauren Rooyakkers, Deputy MayorTerry Kelly, CouncillorNick Brazeau, CouncillorABSENT:Steven Trahan, CouncillorSTAFF PRESENT:Jason Trottier, CAO/TreasurerKim Rose, Clerk1.Call to Order Mayor Champagne called the meeting to order at 5:00 p.m. 2.Adoption of Agenda 2025-211Moved byCouncillor KellySeconded byCouncillor BrazeauTHAT the draft agenda presented to Council and dated the 14th day of October, 2025 be adopted as prepared.Carried Mayor Champagne3.Accepting the Minutes of the Previous Meeting(s): a.Approval of Council Minutes: Regular Meeting of September 9th, 2025 1.Council Minutes September 9, 2025.pdf2025-212Moved byDeputy Mayor RooyakkersSeconded byCouncillor KellyTHAT the Minutes of the Regular Council Meeting of September 9th, 2025 be adopted as circulated.Carried Mayor Champagne4.Business Arising from the Minutes None for this session.5.Declarations of Conflict of Interest- Pecuniary Interest Thereof None for this session.6.Announcements and Updates from Council Members Mayor Champagne noted that the East Ferris Fire & Emergency Services held their recruitment event and thanked the Department for their hard work. He also reminded the public that the Annual Christmas Dinner and Auction held by the Knights of Columbus is coming up in November. Deputy Mayor Rooyakkers noted that Harvest Dinner hosted by the East Ferris Horticultural Club was a success. Mayor Champagne added that it was well attended and a great event. 7.Delegations to Council: None for this session.8.Committee Reports: a.Public Works and Infrastructure Committee None for this session.b.Emergency Management Program Committee 1.MECG Minutes September 9th 2025.pdfMinutes of Emergency Control Group - September 9th, 2025c.Fire and Emergency Services Committee 1.Fire Minutes September 24th, 2025.pdfMinutes of September 24th, 2025d.Planning Advisory Committee None for this session.e.Committee of Adjustment 1.Post-Meeting Minutes - Committee of Adjustment_Sep17_2025 - English.pdfMinutes of September 17th, 2025f.Recreation, Parks and Culture Committee None for this session. Next meeting October 23rd, 2025.g.Striking Committee None for this session.9.Board Reports: a.Library Board 1.Library Board Minutes October 1 2025.pdf2.CEO Report October 2025 (1).pdfDraft Minutes of October 1st, 2025b.OPP Detachment Board None for this session.c.Cassellholme, DNSSAB, Health Unit and NBMCA 1.Cassellholme 1.ch-board-meeting-minutes-for-website-july-17-2025.pdf2.CH - Board Meeting Minutes for Website - August 28, 2025.pdfMinutes of July 17th and August 28th, 20252.District of Nipissing Social Services Administration Board 1.Post-Meeting Agenda Package - dnssab-bm_Sep24_2025.pdfMinutes of September 24th, 20253.North Bay Mattawa Conservation Authority 1.2025-08-13-nbmca-draft Minutes.pdfDraft Minutes of August 13th, 202510.Departmental Reports & Resolutions: a.CAO-2025-02 Review of Municipal Christmas Party Options 1.Report No CAO 2025-02 - Municipal Christmas Party.pdf2025-213Moved byCouncillor BrazeauSeconded byCouncillor KellyTHAT Council for the Municipality of East Ferris accepts an amendment to the recommendation of the CAO in Report No.CAO-2025-02; AND THAT Council approves the Municipal Staff Christmas Party as status quo for 2025, to be revisited at the 2026 budget deliberations. Carried Mayor Champagne11.Notice of Motions None for this session.12.By-laws: None for this session.13.Correspondence and Information Items: a.Office of the Solicitor General 1.Office of the Solicitor General.pdfre: OPP Cost Recovery Model Reviewb.AMO Communications 1.AMO Watchfile, September 11, 2025.pdf2.AMO Watchfile, September 18, 2025.pdf3.AMO Watchfile, September 25, 2025.pdf4.AMO Watchfile, October 2, 2025.pdf5.AMO Watchfile, October 8, 2025.pdfre: Watchfile of September 11th, 18th & 25th and October 2nd & 8thc.FONOM 1.FONOM Elects New Leadership at Parry Sound Board Meeting (1).pdfre: Election of New Executive d.FONOM 1.FONOM Calls on Premier Ford to Champion Highway 11-17 Twinning as a Nation-Building Priority.pdf2.FONOM Suggests a Change in Provincial, Nation Building Priorities (1).pdfre: Highway 11/17 Twinninge.FONOM 1.FONOM Encouraged by Movement Toward Bail Reform (1).pdfre: FONOM Encouraged by Movement Toward Bail Reformf.Municipality of Bonfield 1.Bonfield Remembrance Day Invitation 2025.pdfre: Invitation to 2025 Remembrance Day Ceremony. Mayor Champagne will be in attendance.g.Municipality of Bonfield 1.CUPW and Canada Post Letter.pdf2.CUPW and Canada Post.pdf3.Canadian Union of Postal Workers.pdfre: Appeal Regarding Canada Post Labour Dispute and Impact on Municipal Communicationsh.Town of Newmarket 1.Automated Speed Enforcement Resolution - Oct 6, 25 - Newmarket Council.pdfre: Automated Speed Enforcement i.Municipality of West Lincoln 1.Municipality of West Lincoln Consultation on the Future of Community Natural Gas Expansion.pdfre: Natural Gas Expansionj.Municipality of Bluewater 1.Municipality of Bluewater-LTR-Closure of Before and After School Programs.pdfre: Closure of Before & After School Programs 2025-214Moved byDeputy Mayor RooyakkersSeconded byCouncillor BrazeauTHAT the Council for the Municipality of East Ferris supports the Municipality of Bluewater urging the Province of Ontario to immediately implement other service delivery models that are being successfully modeled elsewhere in the province to address the Early Childhood Educator shortage.AND FURTHER THAT this resolution be forwarded to the Honourable Doug Ford, Premier of Ontario, and the Honourable Paul Calandra, Minister of Education.Carried Mayor Champagnek.Municipality of Brighton 1.Municipality of Brighton re Vote Reform.pdfre: Election Reforml.Circular Materials 1.ICI Circular Materials Letter to Municipality of East Ferris.pdfre: Common Collection System (CCS) and Next Stepsm.Phil Koning 1.Letter to Council re Castle Arms-Cassellholme resolution.pdfre: Castle Armsn.Erin Plourde 1.Plourde Email.pdfre: Proposed Pocket Park - Astor Street South 2025-215Moved byCouncillor BrazeauSeconded byCouncillor KellyTHAT Council for the Municipality of East Ferris directs staff to research the cost of clearing and grading the land on Astor Street South for the purpose of a pocket park. Carried Mayor Champagneo.Lisa Girard 1.Letter Girard re by law amendment request_Redacted.pdfre: By-law Exemption Request: Regulate Animalsp.OPP Inspector, William McMullen 1.Letter of Commendation_Calvin Township Extreme Weather Event_2025.pdfre: Letter of Commendation 14.Action Items: a.Approval of Correspondence and Information Circulated with the Agenda 2025-216Moved byCouncillor KellySeconded byCouncillor BrazeauTHAT Council approve the Correspondence and Information as circulated with the agenda of October 14th, 2025.Carried Mayor Champagne15.Approval of Accounts Payable 2025-217Moved byDeputy Mayor RooyakkersSeconded byCouncillor BrazeauTHAT Council approve the general accounts for the Municipality of East Ferris as indicated in the cheque register(s) dated October 14th, 2025 in the amount of $1,355,278.34.Carried Mayor Champagne16.Other Business Mayor Champagne extended gratitude to the volunteers in the Municipality who received awards at the recent Volunteer Recognition event. 17.In Camera (if required) None for this session.18.Confirmatory By-law a.By-law No. 2025-44: 1st, 2nd and 3rd Reading 1.By-law No. 2025-44 Confirmatory - September 9th, 2025 to October 14th, 2025.pdf2025-218Moved byCouncillor KellySeconded byCouncillor BrazeauWHEREAS Council for the Municipality of East Ferris deems it expedient to pass three readings of the following by-law at this session; BE IT HEREBY RESOLVED THAT a By-law to confirm the proceedings of Council from September 9th, 2025 to October 14th, 2025, BE READ a first, second and third time, passed and numbered 2025-44; AND THAT said by-law be signed by the Mayor and Clerk and sealed with the Seal of the Corporation.Carried Mayor Champagne19.Adjournment 2025-219Moved byDeputy Mayor RooyakkersSeconded byCouncillor BrazeauTHAT we do now adjourn at 6:02 p.m. and meet again on October 28th, 2025.Carried Mayor ChampagneNo Item Selected This item has no attachments.1.Post-Meeting Minutes - Committee of Adjustment_Sep17_2025 - English.pdf1.MECG Minutes September 9th 2025.pdf1.Library Board Minutes October 1 2025.pdf2.CEO Report October 2025 (1).pdf1.Council Minutes September 9, 2025.pdf1.ch-board-meeting-minutes-for-website-july-17-2025.pdf2.CH - Board Meeting Minutes for Website - August 28, 2025.pdf1.Post-Meeting Agenda Package - dnssab-bm_Sep24_2025.pdf1.2025-08-13-nbmca-draft Minutes.pdf1.Fire Minutes September 24th, 2025.pdf1.Office of the Solicitor General.pdf1.AMO Watchfile, September 11, 2025.pdf2.AMO Watchfile, September 18, 2025.pdf3.AMO Watchfile, September 25, 2025.pdf4.AMO Watchfile, October 2, 2025.pdf5.AMO Watchfile, October 8, 2025.pdf1.FONOM Elects New Leadership at Parry Sound Board Meeting (1).pdf1.FONOM Calls on Premier Ford to Champion Highway 11-17 Twinning as a Nation-Building Priority.pdf2.FONOM Suggests a Change in Provincial, Nation Building Priorities (1).pdf1.FONOM Encouraged by Movement Toward Bail Reform (1).pdf1.Bonfield Remembrance Day Invitation 2025.pdf1.CUPW and Canada Post Letter.pdf2.CUPW and Canada Post.pdf3.Canadian Union of Postal Workers.pdf1.Automated Speed Enforcement Resolution - Oct 6, 25 - Newmarket Council.pdf1.Municipality of West Lincoln Consultation on the Future of Community Natural Gas Expansion.pdf1.Municipality of Bluewater-LTR-Closure of Before and After School Programs.pdf1.Municipality of Brighton re Vote Reform.pdf1.ICI Circular Materials Letter to Municipality of East Ferris.pdf1.Letter to Council re Castle Arms-Cassellholme resolution.pdf1.Plourde Email.pdf1.By-law No. 2025-44 Confirmatory - September 9th, 2025 to October 14th, 2025.pdf1.Letter Girard re by law amendment request_Redacted.pdf1.Letter of Commendation_Calvin Township Extreme Weather Event_2025.pdf1.Report No CAO 2025-02 - Municipal Christmas Party.pdf