Minutes

For the Community and Emergency Services Committee Meeting

Monday, August 12, 2024

10:30 A.m. - 1:30 P.m.

Tom Davies Square

Present (Mayor and Councillors)

• Councillor Fortin, 
• Councillor Parent, 
• Councillor Lapierre, 
• Councillor Labbee, 
• and Councillor Sizer 

Absent

• Councillor McIntosh 

City Officials

• Joseph Nicholls, General Manager of Community Safety, 
• Brendan Adair, Acting General Manager of Community Development , 
• Meredith Armstrong, Director of Economic Development, 
• Jeff Pafford, Director of Leisure Services, 
• Sarah Moore, Deputy City Clerk , 
• Regina Sgueglia, Clerk's Services Assistant, 
• Rory Whitehouse, Clerk's Services Assistant, 
• and Cassandra Pierobon, Clerk's Services Assistant 

Councillor Lapierre, In the Chair

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1.

Call to Order

The meeting commenced at 10:30 a.m.

2.

Roll Call

A roll call was conducted.

3.

Declarations of Pecuniary Interest and the General Nature Thereof

None declared.

4.

Community Delegations

4.1

Office of the Fire Marshal in Ontario

Keith Wells, Assistant Deputy Fire Marshal with the Provincial Office of the Fire Marshal, provided an electronic presentation regarding the role that the OFM plays in fire safety for Ontarians.

Councillor Sizer arrived at 10:50 a.m.

5.

Consent Agenda

• The following resolution was presented:

  CES2024-22
  Moved By Councillor Labbee
  Seconded By Councillor Fortin

  THAT the City of Greater Sudbury approves Consent Agenda item 5.1.1.

  CARRIED

  The following are the Consent Agenda items:

  
  

5.1

Routine Management Reports

5.1.1

Healthy Community Initiative Fund Applications – August 12, 2024

• CES2024-23
  Moved By Councillor Labbee
  Seconded By Councillor Fortin

  THAT the City of Greater Sudbury approves the Healthy Community Initiative Fund requests, as outlined in the report entitled “Healthy Community Initiative Fund Applications – August 12, 2024”, from the General Manager of Community Development, presented at the Community and Emergency Services Committee meeting on August 12, 2024;

  AND THAT the City of Greater Sudbury directs staff to present a by-law to authorize the grants recommended in the report.

  CARRIED

6.

Managers' Reports

6.1

2025 Ontario 55+ Games Hosting Opportunity

At 11:25 a.m. Committee recessed.

At 11:30 a.m. Committee reconvened.

• The following alternate resolution was presented:

  CES2024-24
  Moved By Councillor Fortin
  Seconded By Councillor Parent

  Alternate Resolution:  

  THAT the City of Greater Sudbury submits an official bid proposal to host the 2025 Ontario 55+ Games;

  AND THAT pending the Ontario Ministry of Sport’s selection and approval of the City of Greater Sudbury as host of these Games, the City delegates authority to the Chief Administrative Officer to enter into the hosting agreement with the Province for hosting obligations and financial support for hosting;

  AND THAT if selected as host of the 2025 Games, the City of Greater Sudbury direct staff to provide the in-kind contributions for staff time and venue access as outlined in the report titled “2025 Ontario 55+ Games Hosting Opportunity” brought forward at the August 12, 2024, meeting of the Community & Emergency Services Committee.

  AND FURTHER the City of Greater Sudbury direct staff to report back on necessary capital upgrades and funding resources. 

  CARRIED

7.

Members' Motions

7.1

Request for Report Regarding Potential Program for Free Access to Transit Services for Students

• The following resolution was presented:

  CES2024-25
  Moved By Councillor Parent
  Seconded By Councillor Fortin

  WHEREAS the Sudbury Catholic District School Board’s Student Senate, in collaboration with the City of Greater Sudbury, initiated a GOVA bus awareness campaign to promote the use of public transportation and educate students about how to effectively and safely navigate the GOVA Transit system, and where the training was very successful in providing students with information on routes and schedules, fares and passes, bike rack usage, accessibility, safety and security and bus etiquette;

  AND WHEREAS User Fees for Student GOVA transit fare may be a barrier for secondary students to access GOVA service on a regular basis;

  AND WHEREAS a free transit for secondary student program could be an opportunity to encourage secondary students to use transit to get to school, work and recreational activities, which will increase the likelihood of students using the transit system into adulthood, as seen in the municipality of Kingston;

  THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED that the City of Greater Sudbury directs staff to consult with the municipality of Kingston, and other municipalities with similar free secondary student transit programs, to analyze the model of service specific to  partnerships with local schoolboards in order for the municipality to provide secondary school students with free access to transit services, and provide a report to the Community and Emergency Services Committee by the first quarter of 2025, to determine if a similar program could be implemented in the City of Greater Sudbury.

  CARRIED

8.

Correspondence for Information Only

8.1

2023 By-Name List Report and Report Card on Homelessness

For information only.

9.

Addendum

No Addendum was presented.

10.

Civic Petitions 

No Petitions was presented.

11.

Question Period

No Questions were asked.

12.

Adjournment

Councillor Lapierre moved to adjourn the meeting. Time: 11:45 a.m.