Joint Committees of the Whole and Council

RESOLUTION #2024-23 That the agenda be approved as circulated.

RESOLUTION #2024-24 That the minutes of the Joint Committees of the Whole and Council meeting held January 29, 2024 be approved as amended.

RESOLUTION #2024-25 Comprehensive Social and Economic Prosperity Review WHEREAS current provincial-municipal fiscal arrangements are undermining Ontario’s economic prosperity and quality of life. WHEREAS nearly a third of municipal spending in Ontario is for services in areas of provincial responsibility, and expenditures are outpacing provincial contributions by nearly $4 billion a year. WHEREAS municipal revenues, such as property taxes, do not grow with the economy or inflation. WHEREAS unprecedented population and housing growth will require significant investments in municipal infrastructure. Page 4 of 6 WHEREAS municipalities are being asked to take on complex health and social challenges – like homelessness, supporting asylum seekers and addressing the mental health and addictions crises. WHEREAS inflation, rising interest rates, and provincial policy decisions are sharply constraining municipal fiscal capacity. WHEREAS property taxpayers – including people on fixed incomes and small businesses – can’t afford to subsidize income re-distribution programs for those most in need. WHEREAS the province can and should invest more in the prosperity of communities. WHEREAS municipalities and the provincial government have a strong history of collaboration. THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED THAT the Town of Kapuskasing asks the Province of Ontario to commit to undertaking with the Association of Municipalities of Ontario a comprehensive social and economic prosperity review to promote

RESOLUTION #2024-26 WHEREAS many municipalities in Ontario have scene an increase to their insurance rates due to Joint and Several Liability; WHEREAS in 2015 the City of Greater Sudbury (the "City'') entered into a contract with a contractor experienced in road construction projects to complete a project on Elgin Street in the City's downtown core; AND WHEREAS the contract provided that the contractor would be the constructor for the project as that term is defined in the Occupational Health and Safety Act (the "Act''); AND WHEREAS an employee of the constructor operating a grader on the project struck and killed a pedestrian; AND WHEREAS the City was charged with offences under the Act as the constructor and the employer; AND WHEREAS after being acquitted at trial and on appeal, the Ontario Court of Appeal, in a decision issued on April 23, 2021, found the City to be liable for contraventions of the Construction Regulations as an employer as it employed quality control inspectors to monitor the quality of work on the project from time-to-time; AND WHEREAS the Supreme Court of Canada, in a decision issued on November 10, 2023, was evenly divided 4-4 on the issue resulting in dismissal of the City's appeal; AND WHEREAS the consequence of this decision is that municipalities in Ontario, as well as all other owners of property in the province, who wish to undertake construction, are subject to being charged and convicted as an employer for offences in relation to project sites

RESOLUTION #2024-27 That the engineering design of King Street and Oak/Birch Streets as per the 10-year Capital Plan in the amount of $104,300 be awarded to EXP Services Inc.

RESOLUTION #2024-28 That By-Law No. 4574, being a by-law to authorize entering into an agreement with the Kapuskasing Fire Department Volunteer Group for the term January 1, 2022 to December 31, 2022, until a new agreement has been negotiated, be enacted and passed, that the Corporate Seal be affixed thereto, and that the by-law be signed by the Mayor and the Clerk.

RESOLUTION #2024-29 That By-Law 4575, being a by-law to confirm the proceedings of Council, be enacted and passed, that the Corporate Seal be affixed thereto, and that the by-law be signed by the Mayor and the Clerk.

RESOLUTION #2024-30 That this meeting be adjourned at 8:27 p.m.