Council Meeting

O'Sullivan THAT the Agenda for February 3, 2026 be approved, as amended.

O'Sullivan THAT Consent Agenda Items G.1, G.2, and G.3 be approved.

THAT the Minutes of the January 27, 2026 Regular Council Meeting be adopted, as presented.

THAT Council endorse the canoe installation on the County Road 43 bridge; and, THAT this endorsement be shared with the United Counties of Leeds and Grenville.

THAT Council receives the Equity, Diversity, and Inclusion Policy Matrix, for information; and, THAT Council directs Staff to incorporate the policy matrix in upcoming policy creation and review; and, THAT Council requests that Staff report back in six (6) months with more information on the implementation of the policy matrix.

THAT Council directs Staff to include the request from the Kemptville District Hospital to establish an Emergency Department Physician Recruitment incentive in the draft 2026 budget.

THAT Council approve and enact By-Law 08-26 to authorize the levy of interim tax bills for 2026.

THAT Council defers the consideration of the motion.

THAT Council approve and enact By-Law 10-26, being a By-Law to authorize entering into a Transfer Payment Agreement with his Majesty the King as represented by the Minister of Infrastructure for the Province of Ontario to receive funding under the Housing-Enabling Water Systems Fund; and, THAT Council authorize the Director of Public Works and the Chief Administrative Officer, or their designates, to execute and submit to the Ministry of Infrastructure all further documents of an administrative nature required to comply with the terms of the Transfer Payment Agreement.

O'Sullivan WHEREAS the Council of the Municipality of North Grenville endorses the Letter of Support for Enhanced School Bus Safety and the implementation of stop-arm cameras circulated by the Grenville O.P.P. Detachment Board; and, WHEREAS in November 2025, the Ontario government enacted Bill 56, which eliminated municipal Automated Speed Enforcement (ASE) cameras and replaced them with a new $210 million Road Safety Initiatives Fund (RSIF); and, WHEREAS the RSIF was allocated to more than 30 municipalities that previously operated ASE cameras, while municipalities without ASE cameras were not provided access to these funds; NOW THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED THAT the Municipality of North Grenville strongly urges the Provincial Government to enable all municipalities to access the Road Safety Initiatives Fund to support life-saving road safety initiatives, including the implementation of stop-arm cameras on school buses that transport an estimated 800,000 Ontario children to and from school each day on more than 20,000 school buses; and THAT this resolution and the completed co-signing template be forwarded to the Honourable Doug Ford, Premier of Ontario; the Honourable Prabmeet Sarkaria, Minister of Transportation; the Association of Municipalities of Ontario (AMO); the United Counties of Leeds and Grenville; and local municipalities.

THAT the Confirmation By-Law as attached to this Agenda be read a first, second and third time, and finally passed in Open Council.

THAT we do now adjourn at 9:18 p.m. to meet again at the call of the Mayor.

THAT the Agenda for February 3, 2026 be approved, as amended.

THAT Consent Agenda Items G.1, G.2, and G.3 be approved.

WHEREAS the Council of the Municipality of North Grenville endorses the Letter of Support for Enhanced School Bus Safety and the implementation of stop-arm cameras circulated by the Grenville O.P.P. Detachment Board; and, WHEREAS in November 2025, the Ontario government enacted Bill 56, which eliminated municipal Automated Speed Enforcement (ASE) cameras and replaced them with a new $210 million Road Safety Initiatives Fund (RSIF); and, WHEREAS the RSIF was allocated to more than 30 municipalities that previously operated ASE cameras, while municipalities without ASE cameras were not provided access to these funds; NOW THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED THAT the Municipality of North Grenville strongly urges the Provincial Government to enable all municipalities to access the Road Safety Initiatives Fund to support life- saving road safety initiatives, including the implementation of stop-arm cameras on school buses that transport an estimated 800,000 Ontario children to and from school each day on more than 20,000 school buses; and THAT this resolution and the completed co-signing template be forwarded to the Honourable Doug Ford, Premier of Ontario; the Honourable Prabmeet Sarkaria, Minister of Transportation; the Association of Municipalities of Ontario (AMO); the United Counties of Leeds and Grenville; and local municipalities.