September 17, 2025

Revisions

1. First published Substantive fetched Jun 26, 2026
   • · Motion 1 added: Council approved the agenda as presented.
   • · Motion 2 added: Council approve the minutes from the Council meeting held July 16, 2025.
   • · Motion 3 added: Council approve the minutes from the Emergency Council meeting held July 22, 2025.
   • · Motion 4 added: Council approve the minutes from the Special Council meeting held September 3, 2025.
   • · Motion 5 added: Council approve the Flag Policy with the removal of section 5.4 and the non-substantive changes to section 7.1.
   • · Motion 6 added: Council accept the grant funding from the Federation of Canadian Municipalities and sign the contract for the Climate Ready Plan and Process Fund — Climate Risk Assessment and Adaptation Planning.
   • · Motion 7 added: Council approve the attendance of the Warden or designate at the 2025 Provincial Volunteer Awards Ceremony in Halifax, Nova Scotia, on September 29, 2025, with related expenses to be funded from the Council Travel & Professional Developmen…
   • · Motion 8 added: Council agree to send Warden Fuller, Deputy Warden Malloy, Councillor O'Connell, and Councillor Beaver to attend the NSFM Fall Conference on November 5-7, 2025 in Halifax NS.
   • · Motion 9 added: Council agree to amend the above motion to state, "Council agree to send Warden Fuller, Deputy Warden Malloy, Councillor O'Connell, and Councillor Beaver to attend the NSFM Fall Conference November 4 - 7, 2025 in Halifax NS."
   • · Motion 10 added: Council agree to submit Cameron Road, Bennetts Loop, and Restoration Drive to be double chipped for the 2025-2026 years submission.
   • · Motion 11 added: Council agree to move forward with option 2, and award Monarch Enterprises with the contract to replace (materials and delivery) and install 4,200 square feet of Recplex flooring at the quoted price of $56,700 plus HST.
   • · Motion 12 added: Council approve the ZZAP Architecture & Planning to complete St. Mary's Housing Policy recommendations (2A, 2E, 4B, 4C, 4D AND 4E) as outlined in the quoted proposal for a cost of $13,500 plus HST funded through the Housing Accelerator Fun…
   • · Motion 13 added: Council accept the 2024 2025 Audited Financial Statements for the Municipality of the District of St. Mary's and Sherbrooke Water Utility.
   • · Motion 14 added: Council motion to set the Committee of the Whole meeting time to 5:00pm on the first Wednesday and the third Wednesday of each month set the regular council meeting at 5:00pm with COTW immediately following, change to begin at the next COT…
   • · Motion 15 added: Council motion to move the Committee of the Whole date from Wednesday, November 5th to Monday, November 3rd due to a conflict with the Nova Scotia Federation of Municipalities Conference.
   • · Motion 16 added: Council move In-Camera for contract negotiations at 6:35pm.
   • · Motion 17 added: Council agreed to reconvene to regular session at 7:32pm.
   • · Motion 18 added: Council have completed the contract negotiations with Community First Guysborough Housing Association for property PID 37503422 relating to seed funding approved by Council on October 9, 2024, and accept the return of $5,000 and forgive $3…
   • · Motion 19 added: Council adjourned at 7:34pm.
   • · Attendance added: Beulah Malloy (present)
   • · Attendance added: Dana O'Connell (present)
   • · Attendance added: Scott Beaver (present)
   • · Attendance added: Emma Tibbo (present)
   • · Attendance added: James Fuller (regrets)
   • · Attendance added: Marian Fraser (present)
   • · Attendance added: Lesley McFarlane (remote)
   • · Attendance added: Jadzia Rudolph (present)
   • · Attendance added: Teddy Stevens (present)
   • · Attendance added: Keren Ruller (present)
   • · Participation added: Dana O'Connell recuse