City Council Meeting

the City of Greater Sudbury moves to Closed Session to deal with one (1) Personal Matters (Identifiable Individual(s)) item regarding a performance review, one (1) Information Supplied in Confidence (Competitive position/negotiations) / Position, Plan or Instructions to be Applied to Negotiations item regarding the City of Greater Sudbury Community Development Corporation, one (1) Personal Matters (Identifiable Individual(s)) / Labour Relations or Employee Negotiations item regarding non-union staff, one (1) Personal Matters (Identifiable Individual(s)) / Litigation or Potential Litigation item regarding the Community Safety Department and one addendum to deal with one (1) Acquisition or Disposition of Land / Position, Plan or Instructions to be applied to Negotiations item regarding a property on Ramsey Lake Road, Sudbury in accordance with the Municipal Act, 2001, par. 239(2)(b), (c) (d), (e), (i) and (k).

the City of Greater Sudbury approves the Nomination Committee resolutions NC2022-01 to NC2022-03 from the meeting of April 12, 2022.

the City of Greater Sudbury approves Planning Committee resolutions PL2022-40 to PL2022-43 and PL2022-45 to PL2022-47 from the meeting of April 11, 2022.

the City of Greater Sudbury deals with the items on the Addendum to the Agenda at this time.

the City of Greater Sudbury approves the Finance and Administration Committee resolutions FA2022-16 to FA2022-20 from the meeting of April 19, 2022. Rules of Procedure A Recorded Vote was held: YEAS: (10) Councillor McCausland, Councillor Kirwan, Councillor Lapierre, Councillor Jakubo, Councillor Sizer, Councillor McIntosh, Councillor Cormier, Councillor Leduc, Councillor Landry-Altmann, and Mayor Bigger NAYS: (2) Councillor Vagnini, and Councillor Montpellier Absent (1) Councillor Signoretti

That the second paragraph of the resolution be replaced with the following paragraph: “AND THAT since hot-in-place asphalt recycling is a maintenance treatment that can be used to rehabilitate roadways that up to $1 million of this funding be added to existing Contract ENG21-38 with Road Surface Recycling Limited, including associated geotechnical fees for quality assurance and inspection, for adding locations to the hot-in-place recycling pilot project to be completed in 2022. Rules of Procedure A Recorded Vote was held YEAS: (12) Councillor Signoretti, Councillor Montpellier, Councillor McCausland, Councillor Kirwan, Councillor Lapierre, Councillor Jakubo, Councillor Sizer, Councillor McIntosh, Councillor Cormier, Councillor Leduc, Councillor Landry-Altmann, and Mayor Bigger NAYS: (1) Councillor Vagnini

amended: THAT the City of Greater Sudbury approves additional funding of $6 million from the Capital General Holding Account Reserve in order to supplement the road rehabilitation program in 2022 as outlined in the report entitled “2022 Supplemental Road Rehabilitation Program”, from the General Manager of Growth and Infrastructure, presented at the Finance and Administration Committee meeting on April 19, 2022; AND THAT since hot-in-place asphalt recycling is a maintenance treatment that can be used to rehabilitate roadways that up to $1 million of this funding be added to existing Contract ENG21-38 with Road Surface Recycling Limited, including associated geotechnical fees for quality assurance and inspection, for adding locations to the hot-in-place recycling pilot project to be completed in 2022.

the City of Greater Sudbury read and pass By-law 2022-77 to By-law 2022-82.

the City of Greater Sudbury approves Consent Agenda item 12.1.1.

the City of Greater Sudbury adopts Planning Committee meeting minutes of March 7, 2022.

for Deferral Councillor Cormier moved to defer this item until after the final decision on the KED RFP's has been made. Rules of Procedure A Recorded Vote was held: YEAS: (12) Councillor Signoretti, Councillor Vagnini, Councillor Montpellier, Councillor McCausland, Councillor Kirwan, Councillor Lapierre, Councillor Jakubo, Councillor Sizer, Councillor McIntosh, Councillor Cormier, Councillor Landry-Altmann, and Mayor Bigger NAYS: (1) Councillor Leduc

numerous City owned roads and properties across the city have not historically had boulders or other vehicle barrier systems installed to prevent water access to lakes and rivers; AND WHEREAS the specific City owned road and property at Poupore Road West has not historically had boulders or other vehicle barrier systems installed to prevent access to Lake Wanapitei; AND WHEREAS a community engagement process council directed staff to complete, is anticipated by staff to be finalized in 2023; THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED that staff be directed to re-instate the conditions that existed 1 year ago, and remove ALL boulders at the Poupore Road West turnaround by May 20, 2022, pending the completion of the community engagement process. Rules of Procedure An Electronic Recorded Vote was held: YEAS: (9) Councillor Vagnini, Councillor Montpellier, Councillor McCausland, Councillor Kirwan, Councillor Lapierre, Councillor Sizer, Councillor Cormier, Councillor Landry-Altmann, and Mayor Bigger NAYS: (4) Councillor Signoretti, Councillor Jakubo, Councillor McIntosh, and Councillor Leduc

the City of Greater Sudbury read and pass By-law 2022-68 to By-law 2022-75Z.

although 86 countries have signed or ratified the UN Treaty on the Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons, Canada has not yet made that commitment; AND WHEREAS a Nanos Research poll on April 6, 2021 demonstrated that 74% of Canadians support joining the Treaty on the Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons; and the cities of Cape Breton, Halifax, Langley, Montreal, Oakville, Pelham, North Saanich, Saanich, Sooke, Squamish, Toronto, Vancouver, Victoria, West Vancouver, White Rock and Winnipeg have joined the International Campaign Against Nuclear Weapons (ICAN) Cities Appeal endorsing the Treaty; AND WHEREAS the more Canadian cities that endorse the ICAN Cities Appeal the more the prohibition of nuclear weapons becomes a priority at the national level; AND WHEREAS today there are roughly 13,100 nuclear warheads in the world, and the International Committee of the Red Cross recognizes that nuclear weapons are an intolerable threat to humanity; NOW THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED that the City of Greater Sudbury supports the United Nations Treaty on the Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons by joining the International Campaign to Abolish Nuclear Weapons (ICAN) Cities Appeal and urging the Canadian federal government to sign and ratify this Treaty; BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that a copy of this resolution be sent to the Honourable Mélanie Joly, Minister of Foreign Affairs, the Honourable Anita Anand, Minister of National Defence, and the Honourable Marco E. L. Mendicino, Minister of Public Safety. Rules of Proced

the City of Greater Sudbury is a proud member of the Federation of Northern Ontario Municipalities (FONOM) and a previous host of the organization’s annual conference; AND WHEREAS Greater Sudbury supports opportunities to bring important conferences to our community to showcase our many visitor amenities and services; AND WHEREAS FONOM has announced a request for proposals for communities to host their 2024 annual conference planned for May 13th to 15th, 2024; AND WHEREAS the FONOM conference has grown in recent years attracting more than 250 delegates and exhibitors and brings over $100,000 of economic activity to the host municipality; THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED THAT the City of Greater Sudbury provides its interest, support and commitment to hosting the 2024 FONOM Annual Conference here in the community and directs staff to submit the full hosting proposal for consideration by FONOM. Rules of Procedure An Electronic Recorded Vote was held: YEAS: (13) Councillor Signoretti, Councillor Vagnini, Councillor Montpellier, Councillor McCausland, Councillor Kirwan, Councillor Lapierre, Councillor Jakubo, Councillor Sizer, Councillor McIntosh, Councillor Cormier, Councillor Leduc, Councillor Landry-Altmann, and Mayor Bigger

the KED project has recently seen many additional cost items to taxpayers that are over and above the published project costs, and WHEREAS, Deputy Mayor Sizer, in an e mail answer to a taxpayer’s inquiry about the widely discussed around OHL circles, the rumored for sale of the arena anchor tenant, the Sudbury Wolves hockey franchise, has expressed his opinion that sale rumors exist, in his opinion the team is too lucrative in Sudbury, as a hockey town, and would not likely be moved out of Sudbury, and WHEREAS, several years of pre pandemic league supplied statistics, disagree with his opinion and verify the franchise market attendance trending to league basement all-time lows, financially unattractive for the franchise but attractive for purchase to a more favorable hockey market, as when Bud Burke bought the team from Niagara Falls and moved the franchise to Sudbury. No franchise can be sold (or moved), without the approval of the OHL Board of Governors. The only thing binding the franchise to the City is the arena lease agreement. The City has no say on if an OHL franchise operator can sell or move the franchise. All the franchise owner needs is OHL Board approval. Case in point the Sudbury Wolves have been sold several times with no city directional input. Previous teams owners: Joe Drago, Bill Plante, Adriano Toppazzini, Dr. Ed Leclair, Gord Ewin, Tony Pel, Roger Levert, Ron Dupuis, Ken & Mark Burgess. Any franchise can be sold (or moved), with the approval of the OHL Bo

THAT the City of Greater Sudbury moves to Closed Session to deal with one (1) Personal Matters (Identifiable Individual(s)) item regarding a performance review, one (1) Information Supplied in Confidence (Competitive position/negotiations) / Position, Plan or Instructions to be Applied to Negotiations item regarding the City of Greater Sudbury Community Development Corporation, one (1) Personal Matters (Identifiable Individual(s)) / Labour Relations or Employee Negotiations item regarding non-union staff, one (1) Personal Matters (Identifiable Individual(s)) / Litigation or Potential Litigation item regarding the Community Safety Department and one addendum to deal with one (1) Acquisition or Disposition of Land / Position, Plan or Instructions to be applied to Negotiations item regarding a property on Ramsey Lake Road, Sudbury in accordance with the Municipal Act, 2001, par. 239(2)(b), (c) (d), (e), (i) and (k).

THAT the City of Greater Sudbury approves the Nomination Committee resolutions NC2022-01 to NC2022-03 from the meeting of April 12, 2022.

THAT the City of Greater Sudbury approves Planning Committee resolutions PL2022-40 to PL2022-43 and PL2022-45 to PL2022-47 from the meeting of April 11, 2022.

THAT the City of Greater Sudbury approves the Finance and Administration Committee resolutions FA2022-16 to FA2022-20 from the meeting of April 19, 2022. Rules of Procedure A

As amended: THAT the City of Greater Sudbury approves additional funding of $6 million from the Capital General Holding Account Reserve in order to supplement the road rehabilitation program in 2022 as outlined in the report entitled “2022 Supplemental Road Rehabilitation Program”, from the General Manager of Growth and Infrastructure, presented at the Finance and Administration Committee meeting on April 19, 2022; AND THAT since hot-in-place asphalt recycling is a maintenance treatment that can be used to rehabilitate roadways that up to $1 million of this funding be added to existing Contract ENG21-38 with Road Surface Recycling Limited, including associated geotechnical fees for quality assurance and inspection, for adding locations to the hot-in-place recycling pilot project to be completed in 2022.

THAT the City of Greater Sudbury read and pass By-law 2022-77 to By-law 2022-82.

THAT the City of Greater Sudbury approves Consent Agenda item 12.1.1.

THAT the City of Greater Sudbury adopts Planning Committee meeting minutes of March 7, 2022.

WHEREAS numerous City owned roads and properties across the city have not historically had boulders or other vehicle barrier systems installed to prevent water access to lakes and rivers; AND WHEREAS the specific City owned road and property at Poupore Road West has not historically had boulders or other vehicle barrier systems installed to prevent access to Lake Wanapitei; AND WHEREAS a community engagement process council directed staff to complete, is anticipated by staff to be finalized in 2023; THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED that staff be directed to re-instate the conditions that existed 1 year ago, and remove ALL boulders at the Poupore Road West turnaround by May 20, 2022, pending the completion of the community engagement process. Rules of Procedure An Electronic

THAT the City of Greater Sudbury read and pass By-law 2022-68 to By-law 2022-75Z.

WHEREAS although 86 countries have signed or ratified the UN Treaty on the Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons, Canada has not yet made that commitment; AND WHEREAS a Nanos Research poll on April 6, 2021 demonstrated that 74% of Canadians support joining the Treaty on the Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons; and the cities of Cape Breton, Halifax, Langley, Montreal, Oakville, Pelham, North Saanich, Saanich, Sooke, Squamish, Toronto, Vancouver, Victoria, West Vancouver, White Rock and Winnipeg have joined the International Campaign Against Nuclear Weapons (ICAN) Cities Appeal endorsing the Treaty; AND WHEREAS the more Canadian cities that endorse the ICAN Cities Appeal the more the prohibition of nuclear weapons becomes a priority at the national level; AND WHEREAS today there are roughly 13,100 nuclear warheads in the world, and the International Committee of the Red Cross recognizes that nuclear weapons are an intolerable threat to humanity; NOW THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED that the City of Greater Sudbury supports the United Nations Treaty on the Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons by joining the International Campaign to Abolish Nuclear Weapons (ICAN) Cities Appeal and urging the Canadian federal government to sign and ratify this Treaty; BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that a copy of this resolution be sent to the Honourable Mélanie Joly, Minister of Foreign Affairs, the Honourable Anita Anand, Minister of National Defence, and the Honourable Marco E. L. Mendicino, Minister of Public Safety. Rules o

WHEREAS the City of Greater Sudbury is a proud member of the Federation of Northern Ontario Municipalities (FONOM) and a previous host of the organization’s annual conference; AND WHEREAS Greater Sudbury supports opportunities to bring important conferences to our community to showcase our many visitor amenities and services; AND WHEREAS FONOM has announced a request for proposals for communities to host their 2024 annual conference planned for May 13th to 15th, 2024; AND WHEREAS the FONOM conference has grown in recent years attracting more than 250 delegates and exhibitors and brings over $100,000 of economic activity to the host municipality; THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED THAT the City of Greater Sudbury provides its interest, support and commitment to hosting the 2024 FONOM Annual Conference here in the community and directs staff to submit the full hosting proposal for consideration by FONOM. Rules of Procedure An Electronic

WHEREAS the KED project has recently seen many additional cost items to taxpayers that are over and above the published project costs, and WHEREAS, Deputy Mayor Sizer, in an e mail answer to a taxpayer’s inquiry about the widely discussed around OHL circles, the rumored for sale of the arena anchor tenant, the Sudbury Wolves hockey franchise, has expressed his opinion that sale rumors exist, in his opinion the team is too lucrative in Sudbury, as a hockey town, and would not likely be moved out of Sudbury, and WHEREAS, several years of pre pandemic league supplied statistics, disagree with his opinion and verify the franchise market attendance trending to league basement all-time lows, financially unattractive for the franchise but attractive for purchase to a more favorable hockey market, as when Bud Burke bought the team from Niagara Falls and moved the franchise to Sudbury. No franchise can be sold (or moved), without the approval of the OHL Board of Governors. The only thing binding the franchise to the City is the arena lease agreement. The City has no say on if an OHL franchise operator can sell or move the franchise. All the franchise owner needs is OHL Board approval. Case in point the Sudbury Wolves have been sold several times with no city directional input. Previous teams owners: Joe Drago, Bill Plante, Adriano Toppazzini, Dr. Ed Leclair, Gord Ewin, Tony Pel, Roger Levert, Ron Dupuis, Ken & Mark Burgess. Any franchise can be sold (or moved), with the approval of th