The Corporation of the Municipality of Chatham-Kent Chatham-Kent Council Meeting Council Chambers, Chatham Civic Centre July 8
THE CORPORATION OF THE MUNICIPALITY OF CHATHAM-KENT CHATHAM-KENT COUNCIL MEETING COUNCIL CHAMBERS, CHATHAM CIVIC CENTRE JULY 8, 2002 6:00 P.M. ___________________________________________________________________ CALL TO ORDER The Mayor called the meeting to Order. Present were: Mayor Diane Gagner, Councillors Arbour, Coulter, Crawford, Crew, Fluker, Gordon, King, McGregor, Parney, Robbins, Seney, Sulman, Schnabel, Van Gassen, Vercouteren, Watson and Weaver. DISCLOSURES OF PECUNIARY INTEREST (DIRECT OR INDIRECT) Councillor Coulter declared a pecuniary interest in Infrastructure and Environmental Services Item #10(c) - Effect of September 11th at the Chatham Airport. Councillor McGregor declared a pecuniary interest in Engineering, Water/Wastewater Services Item #12(a) – Connecting Link Project, Highway #40, Dufferin Avenue, Community of Wallaceburg. Councillor Seney declared a pecuniary interest in July 8, 2002 In-Camera report. PROCLAMATIONS (a) The Mayor advised that World Youth Day 2002 has requested that July 18 to July 22, 2002, be proclaimed as "World Youth Day" in the Municipality of Chatham-Kent. The Mayor reported that World Youth Day began in 1984 when Pope John Paul II invited the young people of the world to go on pilgrimage. Since 1984 World Youth Day has been held annually in such places as Rome, Denver and Paris. The 2002 World Youth Day is an eleven-day event, with one of the components, “Days in the Diocese” beginning July 18 to July 22, 2002, where foreign participants will travel to cities across Canada, with the City of Toronto being the last destination. Youth in Canada will welcome their peers from approximately 150 countries into their homes and communities.
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