Committee of the Whole

WITH RESPECT to the March 10, 2025 Committee of the Whole meeting, we recommend that the agenda as printed, including any additional information and new business, be confirmed.

WITH RESPECT to Report 2025CLS.004 (Realty Services) we recommend that the City enter into a Letter of Intent with The Corporation of the Township of Terrace Bay relating to the construction of a new ambulance base facility (the “LOI”); AND THAT Budget Appropriation #02-2025 be approved; AND THAT the Director – Development Services be authorized to execute the LOI and all other required documentation in form and content satisfactory to the Manager – Realty Services and the Chief of SNEMS; AND THAT any necessary by-laws be presented to Council for ratification.

WITH RESPECT to the Memorandum from J. Porter, Climate Adaptation Coordinator dated February 25, 2025, we recommend that Administration apply for a funding opportunity from the Federation of Canadian Municipalities’ Local Leadership for Climate Adaptation initiative for the project titled City of Thunder Bay Climate Adaptation Strategy Renewal; AND THAT if successful the Commissioner Infrastructure & Operations be authorized to sign all documentation related to this matter; AND THAT any necessary By-laws be presented to City Council for ratification.

WITH RESPECT to the Memorandum from Councillor Kristen Oliver, Chair – Inter- Governmental Affairs Committee, dated February 11, 2025, we support, in principle, the request for redistribution of the Provincial Land Transfer Tax and Goods and Services Tax to Municipalities for Sustainable Infrastructure Funding from the Province of Ontario; AND THAT the City of Thunder Bay express its willingness to work collaboratively with the Province in an effort to realize any and all opportunities that may be available with respect to support for long term planning and sustainable infrastructure funding for municipalities in Ontario that result in overall community benefit; AND THAT a copy of this resolution be provided to the Prime Minister of Canada, Premier of Ontario, the Ontario Minister of Finance, Minister of Municipal Affairs and Housing, MP Thunder Bay-Rainy River, MP Thunder Bay - Superior North, MPP Thunder Bay - Atikokan, MPP Thunder Bay - Superior North, the Federation of Canadian Municipalities (FCM), the Association of Municipalities of Ontario (AMO), and all 444 municipalities in Ontario; AND THAT any necessary by-laws be presented to City Council for ratification.

THAT a Committee of the Whole Closed Session meeting be scheduled for Monday, March 17, 2025, at 4:30 p.m. in order to receive information pursuant to the Municipal Act (Section 239 (2)) relative to: (c) a proposed or pending acquisition or disposition of land by the municipality or local board; (j) a trade secret or scientific, technical, commercial or financial information that belongs to the municipality or local board and has monetary value or potential monetary value; and (k) a position, plan, procedure, criteria, or instruction to be applied to any negotiations carried on or to be carried on by or on behalf of the municipality or local board.