The Greater Sudbury Record

Operations Committee Meeting

September 9, 2024

Who was there

Present (7): Brabant, Fortin, Landry-Altmann, Leduc, Parent, Signoretti, Sizer

Taken from the roll call in the town’s own minutes. The minutes record who was not there and almost never why.

What was decided (4 motions)

4 carried, 0 recorded otherwise. Every motion below is printed as the minutes print it.

the motion be amended to replace the operative clause as follows: "THEREFORE IT BE RESOLVED that staff are directed to provide additional information in the presentation of the Master Plan to Council on October 22, 2024 regarding means to enforce additional diversion throughout the City of Greater Sudbury to address the lack of adequate and effective diversion within the sectors other than low density, including its own facilities. AND BE IT FURHTER RESOLVED that the report includes enforcement recommendations on how non-residents of the City of Greater Sudbury can be prevented from using City landfills."
Moved by Councillor Parent, seconded by Councillor Fortin
Carried
Amended: WHEREAS the Greater Sudbury’s Sustainable Waste Strategy is seeking to establish additional programs to divert waste and to increase the life of our landfills and, WHEREAS numerous and successful measures have already been adopted for non multi-residential properties (blue box and compost programs, garbage pick up limited to two bags and 40 lbs every second week) to promote waste diversion such that the City residents are already exceeding Provincial targets and, WHEREAS the recently implemented gate fees and existing tipping fees have a financial impact for residents that have the need to dispose of garbage when they exceed the allowable garbage limits and, WHEREAS there are currently no requirements or effective programs to encourage or require landlords or tenants of multi-residential units to comply with the City’s blue box, compost or garbage bag limits that are imposed on non multi-residential properties and, WHEREAS there are currently no requirements or effective programs to encourage diversion within the commercial, business or institutional sectors and, WHEREAS the City of Greater Sudbury itself does not currently have an adequate or effective diversion program for its own facilities and operations, THEREFORE IT BE RESOLVED that staff are directed to provide additional information in the presentation of the Master Plan to Council on October 22, 2024 regarding means to enforce additional diversion throughout the City of Greater Sudbury to address the lack of
Moved by Councillor Fortin, seconded by Councillor Parent As
Carried
THAT the motion be amended to replace the operative clause as follows: "THEREFORE IT BE RESOLVED that staff are directed to provide additional information in the presentation of the Master Plan to Council on October 22, 2024 regarding means to enforce additional diversion throughout the City of Greater Sudbury to address the lack of adequate and effective diversion within the sectors other than low density, including its own facilities. AND BE IT FURHTER RESOLVED that the report includes enforcement recommendations on how non-residents of the City of Greater Sudbury can be prevented from using City landfills."
Moved by Councillor Parent, seconded by Councillor Fortin
Carried
As Amended: WHEREAS the Greater Sudbury’s Sustainable Waste Strategy is seeking to establish additional programs to divert waste and to increase the life of our landfills and, WHEREAS numerous and successful measures have already been adopted for non multi-residential properties (blue box and compost programs, garbage pick up limited to two bags and 40 lbs every second week) to promote waste diversion such that the City residents are already exceeding Provincial targets and, WHEREAS the recently implemented gate fees and existing tipping fees have a financial impact for residents that have the need to dispose of garbage when they exceed the allowable garbage limits and, WHEREAS there are currently no requirements or effective programs to encourage or require landlords or tenants of multi-residential units to comply with the City’s blue box, compost or garbage bag limits that are imposed on non multi-residential properties and, WHEREAS there are currently no requirements or effective programs to encourage diversion within the commercial, business or institutional sectors and, WHEREAS the City of Greater Sudbury itself does not currently have an adequate or effective diversion program for its own facilities and operations, THEREFORE IT BE RESOLVED that staff are directed to provide additional information in the presentation of the Master Plan to Council on October 22, 2024 regarding means to enforce additional diversion throughout the City of Greater Sudbury to address the lack
Moved by Councillor Fortin, seconded by Councillor Parent
Carried

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