Council Matters – March 22, 2022

At the Leamington Council meeting on March 22, 2022, Council:

• Held a Public Meeting under the Planning Act and deferred Zoning By-law Amendment Application No. 248.

• Authorized the purchase of an Electric Ice Resurfacing Machine from Zamboni Company Ltd for $189,545.88 plus HST.

• Repealed the Mandatory Mask By-law 61-20. On March 9, 2022, the Province of Ontario announced that as of March 21, 2022, masks will no longer be required in most settings, except public transit, long-term care and retirement homes, health-care settings, congregate care settings, shelters and jails.

• Approved the recommended reallocation of the modernization funding and approved the project to upgrade Council Chambers to allow for hybrid council meetings at a cost not to exceed $50,000 and be funded through the modernization grant.

• Accepted any designation of host municipality by collecting the Dedicated Gas Tax Funds for Public Transportation Program funds on behalf of the Municipality of Leamington and the Town of Kingsville.

• Authorized the execution of the Windsor-Essex Area Inter-Municipal Court Services agreement for the five year period from January 1, 2022 to December 31, 2026. 

• Adopted an On-Demand transit model with the On-Demand transit service with extended hours of operation to begin on May 2, 2022. Awarded the On-Demand Transit Software Solution to Blaise Transit Limited for a 3 year contract in the amount of $23,900 for year one and $36,000 for years two and three (plus applicable taxes) as well as for call centre services for the On-Demand Transit Service and; entered into an agreement with Windsor Family Credit Union to wrap the new transit buses for advertising purposes.

• Awarded the Sherk & Ellison Intersection Signalization project to Field Electrical Contractors Inc. in the amount of $541,826.10 (plus applicable taxes).

• Awarded the Kinsmen Baseball Diamonds Parking Lot Paving project to Armstrong Paving and Materials Group Ltd. in the amount of $322,333.47 (plus applicable taxes).

• Received a report regarding the Uptown Streetscaping Erie Street Functional Design Options.

• Received the Municipality of Leamington - Electric Vehicle Charging Stations and Municipal Fleet Electrification Plan report, prepared by Essex Energy Corporation. Adopted the report as the basis for future short-term and long-term electric vehicle infrastructure and electric vehicle procurement planning for the Municipality of Leamington. Approved an application to ‘Charge Up Windsor-Essex County’, for the installation of Electric Vehicle Charging Stations at 111 Erie Street North, with a total project cost of $116,200 and a Leamington contribution of $100,000, to be funded from the Provincial Modernization Grant.

• Adopted the Engineer’s letter to provide for apportionment changes for Parcels owned by Great Lake Greenhouse and L241 Mersea Holdings Inc. as a result of severance applications B-01-19, B-02-19, B-03-19 and B-04-19 pursuant to the provisions of the Drainage Act, Section 65 (1).

• Adopted the Engineer’s report for the Changes in Assessment to the Bailey Drain, prepared by Dillon Consulting Limited dated February 18, 2022, for parcel 920-00702 pursuant to the provisions of the Drainage Act, Section 65 (3 & 4).

• Adopted the Engineer’s report for the Changes in Assessment to the Silver Creek Drain, prepared by N.J. Peralta Engineering dated December 22, 2021, for parcel 880-0900 & 800-05000 pursuant to the provisions of the Drainage Act, Section 65 (3 & 4).                                                

To receive further information, please refer to the Municipality of Leamington Council Agenda and Minutes at www.leamington.ca/meetings  Although members of the public cannot attend the meeting in-person due to COVID-19 precautions, the meeting will be streamed live online for public viewing at www.leamington.ca/live