-Council unanimously reaffirmed their support that the Township WILL be defending the Official Plan and Zoning By-laws when it comes to the Macey Bay OMB Hearing on Jan. 23, 2017.
-the policy for public disclosure of information will again be reviewed at our Feb. 13th Council meeting to ensure information that should be made available to the public is available in a timely fashion.
– the OSPCA in Midland will be handling our animal pound services. Our By-law Enforcement Officer is trained to capture stray dogs.
-A two year extension was approved for the Middleton Subdivision on Stewart Lake in MacTier
-Council was required to rescind approval for a new septic system and buggy extension for an island on the border between TGB and Tiny Township since proper notice was not provided to the Tiny Township residents. The whole planning process needs to be repeated including another public meeting.
-Grant allocations were approved for the Southern Georgian Bay Chamber of Commerce ($5K) and inland lake water quality studies ($5K) for 2017. Meanwhile, the results from the 2016 Inland Water Quality Report was presented to Council.
-Councillors Douglas and Bochek have been assigned to the Committee of Adjustment for 2017.
-the 2017 final budget will be approved at the Feb. 13th Council meeting.
-Operations staff have reviewed the condition of all roads in the Township and have prepared upgrade costs and priorities.
– a resolution for planning staff to specifically review basement gross floor area (GFA) was withdrawn since this review was already underway for Six Mile Lake (SML). This issue may be revisited once the GFA Interim Control By-law for SML is resolved this Spring.