Community and Emergency Services Committee Meeting

the City of Greater Sudbury approves Consent Agenda item 4.1.1.

the City of Greater Sudbury approves the Healthy Community Initiative Fund requests, as outlined in the report entitled “Healthy Community Initiative Fund Applications – December 11, 2023”, from the General Manager of Community Development, presented at the Community and Emergency Services Committee meeting on December 11, 2023; AND THAT the City of Greater Sudbury directs staff to present a by-law to authorize the grants recommended in the report.

the City of Greater Sudbury approve drawing $25,673.89 to complete the Healthy Community Initiative Fund request for the purchase of maintenance equipment at St. John’s Cemetery from the Cemetery Reserve Fund, as outlined in the report entitled “Healthy Community Initiative Fund Applications – December 11, 2023”, from the General Manager of Community Development, presented at the Community and Emergency Services Committee meeting on December 11, 2023.

the City of Greater Sudbury directs staff to amend By-law 2011-162, a By-law to Adopt an Emergency Management Program and to Adopt an Emergency Response Plan for the City of Greater Sudbury, as outlined in the report entitled “Update to By-law 2011-162 - Emergency Management Program and Emergency Response Plan”, from the General Manager of Community Safety, presented at the Community and Emergency Services Committee on December 11, 2023.

Greater Sudbury is experiencing a significant increase in the number of reported dog attacks, a trend which seems to be occurring in other areas of the province as well; AND WHEREAS this increase is cause for concern and gives rise to a review of our practices in comparison to what other jurisdictions are doing with regard to off leash and vicious dog attacks; THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED that the City of Greater Sudbury directs staff to consult with other municipalities and jurisdictions to determine what deterrent practices and penalties have been implemented that differ from ours with respect to off leash and vicious dog attacks, as well as their level of success, and to report the result of that review together with any potential changes to our practices to the Operations Committee by the end of the first quarter of 2024.

THAT the City of Greater Sudbury approves Consent Agenda item 4.1.1.

THAT the City of Greater Sudbury approves the Healthy Community Initiative Fund requests, as outlined in the report entitled “Healthy Community Initiative Fund Applications – December 11, 2023”, from the General Manager of Community Development, presented at the Community and Emergency Services Committee meeting on December 11, 2023; AND THAT the City of Greater Sudbury directs staff to present a by-law to authorize the grants recommended in the report.

THAT the City of Greater Sudbury approve drawing $25,673.89 to complete the Healthy Community Initiative Fund request for the purchase of maintenance equipment at St. John’s Cemetery from the Cemetery Reserve Fund, as outlined in the report entitled “Healthy Community Initiative Fund Applications – December 11, 2023”, from the General Manager of Community Development, presented at the Community and Emergency Services Committee meeting on December 11, 2023.

THAT the City of Greater Sudbury directs staff to amend By-law 2011-162, a By-law to Adopt an Emergency Management Program and to Adopt an Emergency Response Plan for the City of Greater Sudbury, as outlined in the report entitled “Update to By-law 2011-162 - Emergency Management Program and Emergency Response Plan”, from the General Manager of Community Safety, presented at the Community and Emergency Services Committee on December 11, 2023.

WHEREAS Greater Sudbury is experiencing a significant increase in the number of reported dog attacks, a trend which seems to be occurring in other areas of the province as well; AND WHEREAS this increase is cause for concern and gives rise to a review of our practices in comparison to what other jurisdictions are doing with regard to off leash and vicious dog attacks; THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED that the City of Greater Sudbury directs staff to consult with other municipalities and jurisdictions to determine what deterrent practices and penalties have been implemented that differ from ours with respect to off leash and vicious dog attacks, as well as their level of success, and to report the result of that review together with any potential changes to our practices to the Operations Committee by the end of the first quarter of 2024.