NOMA Annual Meeting & Conference Agenda as of April 8, 2015 (subject to change)

Wednesday, April 22, 2015 Location: Victoria Inn,

6:00 pm to 8:00 pm Welcome Reception & Registration “Come as you are” Appetizers & Cash Bar

Thursday, April 23, 2015 Location: Victoria Inn, Embassy Ballroom

8:00 am to 4:30 pm Registration & Expo

8:00 am Continental Breakfast

8:30 am Call to Order President David Canfield

Welcome Addresses Andrew Foulds, Acting Mayor, City Thunder Bay Alan Spacek, President Federation of Northern Municipalities Linda Rydholm, Representing Federation of Canadian Municipalities

9:00am Association of Municipalities of Ontario (AMO) Gary McNamara, President

9:30 am An Update from the Municipal Property Assessment Corporation Antoni Wisniowski, President & CAO

10:15 am Health Break 10:30 am Making Wood Work

Marianne Berube, Executive Director, Wood Works! Calvin Brook, Principal, Brook McIroy

11:00 am Concurrent Sessions Municipal Property Assessment Corporation Tourism Northern Ontario – Ways to Attract Tourists McAsphalt Industries – Pavement Preservation

11:45 am Lunch Buffet

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Election for President and Executive Vice President Should an election be necessary, voting for delegates will take place from 12:00 pm to 2:00 pm

12:45 pm Disaster Recovery Planning Scott Crowley, Enterprise Risk Services, MNP 1:30 pm Fiscal Sustainability, Association of Municipalities of Ontario Matthew Wilson, Senior Advisor 2:15 pm Update from the Northern Policy Institute Charles Cirtwill, President and CEO

2:45 pm Ontario Municipal Water Association Update Andrew Henry, President 3:00 pm Accessibility for Ontarians with Disability Act, 2015 Geordie Gibbon, Accessibility Directorate

3:30 pm Health Break

Annual General Meeting – Kensington Room 3:45 pm 1) Call to Order 2) Approval of minutes of 68th Annual General meeting 3) Approval to receive the Presidents Report 4) Resolutions Committee 5) Approval of Auditors Report 6) Appointment of Auditors for 2015 7) Approval of 2015 Operating Estimates 8) Approval to receive Committee Reports 9) Reports from Member District Associations 10) Introduction of 2015-16 Executive and Board 11) Adjournment

5:30 pm Symposium & Cash Bar – Victoria Inn, Thunder Bay

6:00 pm Dinner

7:30 pm Recognition of Retiring Board Members

8:00 pm Dance the night away to the Sensational Hot Rods

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Friday, April 24, 2015 Location: Victoria Inn, Thunder Bay

8:00 am to Registration 12:00 pm 8:00 am Breakfast Buffet – Victoria Inn

8:30 am FedNor Update Aime Dimatteo, Director General

9:00 am Northern Ontario Heritage Fund Update Bruce Strapp, Executive Director

9:15 am Tourism Northern Ontario Strategic Plan Presentation Pat Forrest, Initiatives Coordinator 9:45 am Succession Planning Jim Pine, CAO, Hastings County

10:15 am Ms. Andrea Horwath, Leader, The of Ontario Mr. Jim Wilson, Interim Leader & Mr. Norm Miller, PC Party of Ontario Mr. Bruce Hyer, Deputy Leader, of Canada Mr. John Rafferty, MPP Thunder Bay – Rainy River

10:45 am Health Break

Keynote Address - Inform, Involve, Ignite…The 3 I’s of Change Leadership 11:00 am Robert Harris, President, Robert Harris Resources Inc.

12:00 pm Lunch

12:30 pm Independent Electricity System Operator (IESO) Planning Update Joe Toneguzzo, Director, Transmission Integration

1:00 pm Minister’s Forum Minister Ted McMeekin, Ministry of Municipal Affairs & Housing Minister Michael Gravelle, Ministry of Northern Development & Mines Minister Bill Mauro, Ministry of Natural Resouces & Forestry Minister David Zimmer, Ministry of Aboriginal Affairs

2:15 pm Attendance Draws & Adjournment Wishing you a safe journey home. See you in September at the Regional Conference

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