The North Grenville Record

Council Meeting

July 15, 2026

Who was there

Present (3): John Barclay, Doreen O'Sullivan, Nancy Peckford

Absent (2): Kristin Strackerjan, Deb Wilson

Taken from the roll call in the town’s own minutes. The minutes record who was not there and almost never why.

What was decided (9 motions)

7 carried, 2 recorded otherwise. Every motion below is printed as the minutes print it.

O'Sullivan THAT the Agenda for July 15, 2026 be approved, as amended. E. DECLARATIONS OF PECUNIARY INTEREST AND GENERAL NATURE THEREOF There were no declarations of pecuniary interest or general nature thereof. F. PUBLIC MEETINGS 1. OPA-01-26 / ZBA-05-26 Tomlinson East Oxford Pit, PD-2026-035 1. OPA-01-26 ZBA-05-26 - PD-2026-035(1).pdf 2. East Oxford Pit - Planning Report - March 2026 - FINAL (1)(1).pdf 3. 21471757-R-Rev0_Water_Rpt_2025-12-04_signed(1).pdf 4. 21471757-L-Rev0-East Oxford MWT Report_04Dec2025(1).pdf 5. Tomlinson_NER(1).pdf 6. CHER - 1486 ONeill Road Oxford Station FINAL with CVs(1).pdf 7. STAGE 1 - P369-0297-2022_23Dec2022_RE(1).pdf 8. 2023-12-06 - East Oxford Stage 2 Archaeology Report(1).pdf 9. MH1209-REP.01 - Tomlinson - ST3 - L. Russell Site(1).pdf 10. MH1207-REP.01 - Tomlinson - ST3 - J. McAvoy Site(1).pdf 11. MH1226.REP 01 R2 - Tomlinson - HIA - 1486 O'Neill Road(1).pdf 12. ZBA-05-26_7312 - Tomlinson Oxford Station Pit TIS FINAL - February 10, 2026(1).pdf 13. Tomlinson East Oxford Pit ARA Site Plans March2026_FINAL(1).pdf 14. Re_ OPA-01-26 _ ZBA-05-26 PEER REVIEW - Level 1 and 2 Water Report _ Maximum Predicted Water Table Report(1).pdf 15. 2026-06-22 LTR - Peer Review - East Oxford Pit AAR(1).pdf 16. 103124.004_LTR_EIS Peer Review_2026-06-18_Rev0(1).pdf 17. Re_ OPA-01-26 _ ZBA-05-26 PEER REVIEW - Level 1 and 2 Water Report _ Maximum Predicted Water Table Report_Redacted(1).pdf 18. Draft MNG OPA for Tomlinson June 2026_V2(1).pdf 19. ZBA_05_26_BY_LAW(1).pd
Moved by Mayor Nancy Peckford, seconded by Councillor Doreen
Carried
O'Sullivan THAT Council approve OPA-01-26 being an amendment to redesignate a portion of the lands at 1486 O’Neill Road from Rural, Mineral Aggregate and Agriculture to Mineral Aggregate – Pit and Agriculture; AND FURTHER, that Council approve application ZBA-05-26, being an amendment to re-zone a portion of the lands at 1486 O’Neill Road from Rural (RU), Mineral Aggregate Reserve (MXAP) and Agriculture (A1) to Mineral Aggregate Extractive Pit – Exception Zone (MXP-5) to permit a licensed pit, and to add aggregate recycling operations as an additional permitted use, and to reduce setbacks to water from 30 metres to 15 metres, and to increase the minimum required setback from processing or aggregate recycling uses to 250 metres; AND FURTHER, that Council passes a resolution containing recommended conditions to be forwarded to the Ministry of Natural Resources and Forestry as part of the related Aggregate Resources Act License Application.
Moved by Mayor Nancy Peckford, seconded by Councillor Doreen
Deferred
THAT Council took a break at 8:39p.m.
Moved by Councillor Doreen, seconded by Mayor Nancy Peckford
Carried
THAT Consent Agenda Item H.1 be approved.
Moved by Councillor Doreen, seconded by Mayor Nancy Peckford
Carried
THAT the Confirmation By-Law 93-26 be read a first, second and third time, and finally passed in Open Council.
Moved by Councillor Doreen, seconded by Mayor Nancy Peckford
Carried
THAT we do now adjourn at 9:35p.m. to meet again at the call of the Mayor.
Moved by Councillor Doreen, seconded by Mayor Nancy Peckford
Carried
THAT Council approve OPA-01-26 being an amendment to redesignate a portion of the lands at 1486 O’Neill Road from Rural, Mineral Aggregate and Agriculture to Mineral Aggregate – Pit and Agriculture; AND FURTHER, that Council approve application ZBA-05-26, being an amendment to re-zone a portion of the lands at 1486 O’Neill Road from Rural (RU), Mineral Aggregate Reserve (MXAP) and Agriculture (A1) to Mineral Aggregate Extractive Pit – Exception Zone (MXP-5) to permit a licensed pit, and to add aggregate recycling operations as an additional permitted use, and to reduce setbacks to water from 30 metres to 15 metres, and to increase the minimum required setback from processing or aggregate recycling uses to 250 metres; AND FURTHER, that Council passes a resolution containing recommended conditions to be forwarded to the Ministry of Natural Resources and Forestry as part of the related Aggregate Resources Act License Application.
Moved by Mayor Nancy Peckford, seconded by Councillor Doreen O'Sullivan
Deferred
THAT Council took a break at 8:39p.m. and reconvened at 8:47 pm
Moved by Councillor Doreen O'Sullivan, seconded by Mayor Nancy Peckford
Carried
WHEREAS the Municipality of North Grenville has received concurrent applications for an Official Plan Amendment (OPA-01-26) and Zoning By-law Amendment (ZBA-05-26) from R.W. Tomlinson Ltd. to permit a Class A, below-water-table aggregate pit on Part of Lots 13 and 14, Concession 8, municipally addressed as 1486 O'Neill Road, proposing a licensed area of 44.1 hectares, an extraction area of 37.2 hectares, and a maximum annual tonnage of 1,000,000 tonnes; AND WHEREAS a concurrent application for an Aggregate Resources Act licence has been submitted by R.W. Tomlinson Ltd. to the Ministry of Natural Resources in connection with the same lands; AND WHEREAS a further Class A, below-water-table pit licence application (ERO 019-2389) has been filed by Cornwall Gravel Company Limited for a 58.27-hectare site on County Road 22 within the Municipality, with a proposed annual extraction volume of 500,000 tonnes, and that application remains pending before the Ministry of Natural Resources; AND WHEREAS these applications reflect broader aggregate development pressure across the Municipality that the current Official Plan policy framework was not designed to address cumulatively; AND WHEREAS the Municipality's Official Plan aggregate policies (Section 7, 2018, consolidated March 2023) have not been comprehensively reviewed and do not provide an adequate policy framework to evaluate below-water- table pit applications with respect to cumulative hydrogeological impacts, haul route effects, p
Moved by Mayor Nancy Peckford, seconded by Councillor Doreen O'Sullivan
Carried

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