Regular Council Meeting

That the minutes of the regular meeting of Council held December 13, 2016 BE ADOPTED as presented.

That the Accounts Payable report dated January 10, 2017 BE APPROVED for payment.

That the report of the Director of Planning & Development Services dated December 21, 2016 (DS-66-2016) regarding the Holding Zone Symbol Removal and Site Plan Control Application of M. Byrd (Applicant and Registered Owner) and J. Gillis (Designer and Agent), on 0.14 hectares of land located along the south side of Adams Lane, west of Front Road, municipally known as 30 Adams Lane (Front Road Planning District) to allow for the development of a 3 storey 10- unit apartment building BE APPROVED IN PRINCIPLE and that a final set of site plan drawings, landscape plans, site servicing plans and elevation drawings be submitted to Administration, and that a bylaw removing the holding zone symbol from the subject lands along with a site plan control agreement be prepared by Administration and brought back to Council for adoption and execution purposes.

That correspondence received from the Township of Zorra dated December 6, 2016 requesting the Province of Ontario to re-evaluate the structure of hydro in terms of access to delivery and to implement structural changes to address the unfair practice of charging more for delivery to rural residents BE RECEIVED.

That correspondence received from Richmond Hill dated December 9, 2016 encouraging the Federal Government to amend the Canada Post Act of 1981 to allow postal banking at Canada Post BE SUPPORTED.

That the Financial Statement, Capital Fund Analysis and the Reserves and Reserve Funds Schedule dated November 30, 2016 BE RECEIVED.

That the Essex Region Conservation Authority (ERCA) 2017 Draft Budget BE RECEIVED.

That the report of the Chief Administrative Officer dated January 10, 2017 being a summary of reports requested by Council BE RECEIVED.

That the following By-laws BE GIVEN first reading: 7971 - A Bylaw to authorize the borrowing of $17,000,000 for current expenditures under Section 407 of the Municipal Act and to authorize the temporary borrowing for works under Section 405 of the Municipal Act for the 2017 fiscal year. 7972 - A Bylaw to levy and collect a portion of the taxes for the year 2017. 7973 - A Bylaw to authorize the execution of an Extension Agreement between Sandra Zaharichuk and the Town of LaSalle.

That by-law numbers 7971 to 7973 BE GIVEN second reading.

That by-law numbers 7971 to 7973 BE GIVEN third reading and finally passed.

That Confirmatory By-law 7974 BE GIVEN first reading.

That Confirmatory By-law number 7974 BE GIVEN second reading.

That Confirmatory By-law number 7974 BE GIVEN third and final reading.