Council Meeting

That the Council agenda dated September 23, 2025, be confirmed, as amended.

That Council do now proceed to meet in Closed Session at 4:40 p.m. under the Municipal Act, 2001:  Subsection 239(2)(d), where a closed session meeting is held if the subject matter being considered is about labour relations or employee negotiations;  Subsection 239(2)(e), where a closed session meeting is held if the subject matter being considered is litigation or potential litigation, including matters before administrative tribunals, affecting the municipality or local board  Subsection 239(2)(f), where a closed session meeting is held if the subject matter being considered is advice that is subject to solicitor-client privilege, including communications necessary for that purpose.

That Council does now rise and reconvene from Closed Session at 6:30 p.m. with report: 4.1 Approval of Closed Session Minutes That the Closed session minutes be approved. 4.3 Staff Reports a. That Confidential Legislative Services Department Report, 2025-191 be received; and That staff follow the direction provided in Closed Session

WHEREAS Ontario stands together to achieve equitable health and wellbeing for everyone living here; and WHEREAS health is much more than the absence of illness; it is the complete state of physical, mental, spiritual and social wellbeing; and WHEREAS community health is essential to the wellbeing of people, the places where we live, and our health system overall; and WHEREAS better health and wellbeing begins locally, in our homes, in our schools, in our workplaces, and in the community spaces where we live, work and play; and WHEREAS treating people’s illnesses and sending them back to the same conditions that produced their sickness will only result in continued ill- health and stress on our health and social systems; and WHEREAS by ensuring better health and wellbeing for all, and by creating collaborative, coordinated programs and services that confront health inequities across our entire community, we will ease pressures on our health care system and strengthen public health care across the province, part of our core values as a society; and WHEREAS community health care workers, including social workers, nurses, mental health staff, and others, continue to be paid less than their counterparts in other provinces and health care sectors, hurting the ability of the community health organizations our community depends on to retain and recruit vital personnel; and WHEREAS to achieve this future we need to transform Ontario’s health system to a Community Health and Wellbeing

That Council hereby approves the listed consent items on the September 23, 2025, Council agenda; and That the consent items be approved on the recommendations as contained therein.

That Community Safety & Enforcement Department Report 2025-190 be received; and That Council approve the proposed updated By-law to License, Regulate and Govern Short-Term Rental Accommodations in Port Colborne (amended Appendix A) to come into effect on November 1, 2025; and That Council approve the proposed fees and penalties, as outlined in the amended Appendix B, to support administration and enforcement of the By-law to License, Regulate and Govern Short-Term Rental Accommodations in Port Colborne; and That Council repeal By-law 7323/14/25, being the By-law to License, Regulate and Govern Bed and Breakfast Establishments, as it will be replaced by the proposed By-law to License, Regulate and Govern Short- Term Rental Accommodations; and That Council direct staff to bring forward accompanying changes to the City’s Zoning By-Law to support the regulation of short-term rental accommodations before November 1, 2025; and That Council direct staff to bring forward accompanying changes to the City’s Administrative Monetary Penalties System (AMPS) By-law to support enforcement of the new licensing regime before November 1, 2025; and That Council direct staff to implement a comprehensive communications and education campaign to ensure all residents and short-term rental accommodation operators are informed of the new requirements for operating a short-term rental accommodation in Port Colborne; and That Council direct staff to launch a comprehensive registration, licensing and in

That Public Works Department Report 2025-196 be received; and That the Chief Administrative Officer, Director of Public Works and the Director of Development and Government Relations be directed to continue to work with Asahi Kasai to finalize a water and wastewater purchase agreement to be brought forward to Council for approval; and That Council authorize the Mayor and Clerk to execute an increase in the budgetary upset limit of the Early Works Agreement with Peters Construction by up to $4,000,000.

That Development and Government Relations Department Report 2025- 169 be received; and That Council endorse staff’s recommended changes to the Zoning By-law Amendment D14-12-24 as discussed in this report; and That the Zoning By-law Amendment, attached to this report as Appendix A, being a by-law to amend Zoning By-law 6575/30/18 for the lands municipally known as 484 Barrick Road, in the City of Port Colborne, Regional Municipality of Niagara, be approved; and That no further public meeting is required for the consideration of this by- law, pursuant to section 34(17) of the Planning Act;

That Museum and Culture Department Report 2025-188 be received; and That Council approve the Museum, Heritage and Culture Board’s Roselawn Accessibility Concrete Ramp, Washrooms and Foyer renovations as outlined in this report; and That Council approve the funding model as outlined under the “Financial Implications” section of this report.

That Council support the correspondence from the Town of Grimsby regarding support of Niagara GTA Corridor.

That the following by-law(s) be passed and enacted:  By-law No. 7378/78/25  By-law No. 7388/79/25, as amended  By-law No. 7380/80/25