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The Corporation of the City of Sault Ste. Marie Council Correspondence July 3, 2020 Pages 1. Mayor C. Provenzano 2 - 4 Correspondence to Provincial and Federal Governments regarding financial impact of COVID-19 2. Association of Municipalities of Ontario 5 - 5 COVID-19 Update – July 3 2020 3. Federation of Northern Ontario Municipalities 6 - 7 Blue Box Transition for Municipalities under 5000 update 4. Ombudsman 8 - 101 2019 – 2020 Annual Report 5. Algoma Public Health 102 - 159 June 24, 2020 Agenda package 6. Town of Kingsville 160 - 161 Resolution regarding provincial Rent Assistance Program OFFICE OF THE MAYOR CORPORATION OF THE CITY OF SAULT STE. MARIE June 18,2020 The Right Honourable Justin Trudeau ïhe Honourable Doug Ford, Premier of Ontario The Honourable Catherine McKenna, Minister of lnfrastructure and Communities Terry Sheehan, MP, Sault Ste. Marie The Honourable Steve Clark, Minister of Municipal Affairs and Housing The Honourable Ross Romano, Minister of Colleges and Universities Ail Please find attached a resolution passed by Sault Ste. Marie City Council at our meeting of June 8, 2020. Sault Ste. Marie, like municipalities across the country, is facing significant financial challenges as a result of COVID-19. The financial impact as of May 31, 2020 is $1 ,000,000 to the Operating Budget, and a further $2,000,000 to the Capital Funding Budget. Due to statutory limitations, municipalities cannot run deficits and the primary means of collecting revenue to provide City services is through property taxation, facility rentals, and transit revenue. ln order to continue providing essential services without considering cuts in service or increases to the taxpayers, we need assistance from the Federal and Provincial levels of government. I want to assure you that we want to be a partner in addressing our fiscal challenges. We have worked hard here in Sault Ste. Marie to ensure that we are delivering effective and responsible municipal governance that is respectful of our ratepayers. For example, the City utilized support from the Audit and Accountability Fund to complete an independent review of spending and it found that we are not providing services beyond what is required. Furthermore, over the course of my mayoralty, we have reduced budgeted City expenditures by 2 million dollars, ensured that our electricity distribution and water/waste water rates are among the lowest in the province, reduced the number of full{ime employees working for the municipality, froze non-unionized staff wages along with Mayor and Councillor honorariums, and decreased the size of City Council and its budget. Please let me know if you would like to discuss this matter or attached resolution further. I would be happy to make myself available Sin Christian C. Provenzano, 8.4., LL.B., LL.M P.O. Box 580. 99 Foster Dlive - Sault Ste. Marie. Ontario -' P6A 5N I .' 7 0 -5 - 7 -5 9 - -5 3 4.1 rrr a¡io r. p ro ve n zan o i¿l c i ty s s rn. o n. c a Page 2 of 161 CITY COUNCIL RESOLUTION Agenda Number: 8.4 Title: Financial Assistance for Municipalities (COVID-1 9) Date: Monday, June 8, 2020 Moved by: Councillor R. Niro Seconded by: Councillor C. Gardi Whereas the 2019 novel coronavirus (COVID-19) has impacted municipalities throughout Canada including our own community of Sault Ste. Marie; and Whereas during this pandemic, the Federal and Provincial Governments have rolled out numerous support programs for large and small businesses, employers, employees, seniors, and students; and Whereas the Federal and Provincial Governments have provided billions of dollars in relief during this pandemic to these various groups through their support programs; and Whereas despite repeated requests by the Federation of Canadian Municipalities (FCM), and the Association of Municipalities of Ontario (AMO), to date, there have been no announcements regarding relief funding to cope with municipal budget defìcits created by the pandemic; and Whereas the COVID-19 financial impact to the City of Sault Ste. Marie to May 31 ,2020 is $1 ,000,000 to the Operating Budget, and a further $2,000,000 to the Capital Funding Budget; and Whereas if closures and other COVID-19 restrictions last into the fall our City's budget deficit can only increase; and Whereas reopening City Services after COVID-19 may result in additional expenses as municipalities adhere to new restrictions of providing services; and Whereas municipalities, including Sault Ste. Marie, have no freedom to run deficits, and the only primary means of collecting revenue to provide City services is through property taxation, facility rentals, and Transit revenue; and Whereas during COVID-19 the Federal and Provincial governments have done commendable work in getting through the health side of this pandemic, as well as providing financial relief to the various groups; Now Therefore Be lt Resolved that the City of Sault Ste. Marie request that the Federal and Provincial governments extend emergency funding to municipalities to mitigate the financial impact of COVID-19 Page 3 of 161 so that Sault Ste. Marie can continue to provide essential services without considering cuts in service or increases to the taxpayers who may have already been negatively impacted by COVID-19; and Further Be lt Resolved that copies of this resolution, along with a letter from Mayor Provenzano, be fonruarded to: the Right Honourable Justin Trudeau, Prime Minister of Canada, the Honourable Doug Ford, Premier of Ontario, the Honourable Catherine McKenna, Minister of lnfrastructure and Communities, Terry Sheehan, MP City of Sault Ste. Marie, the Honourable Steve Clark, Minister of Municipal Affairs and Housing, the Honourable Ross Romano, Minister of Colleges and Universities, MPP City of Sault Ste. Marie. , Defuated Debated Officially Read and Not Dealt Wth / Posþoned Christian Provenzano Page 4 of 161 !" #!$%$%$&'( )* +,- ./012 This email originated outside of the Corporation of the City of Sault Ste. Marie. Do not open attachments or click links unless you verify the sender and know the content is safe. AMO Update not displaying correctly? View the online version Add [email protected] to your safe list July 3, 2020 AMO COVID-19 Update Ontario Announces Faster Approvals for Restaurant and Bar Patio Expansions On July 3rd the Ontario Government issued new Emergency Orders to make it faster for municipalities to approve temporary by-laws for expanded restaurant and bar patios. This is in addition to the changes made to regulations under the Liquor Licensing Act in June to allow temporary patio expansions beyond 14 days with municipal approval. The new orders should allow municipalities to approve by-laws within days so that these businesses can take advantage of the summer season. Current requirements can take several weeks to complete. The move comes as most of Ontario has moved to Stage 2 of the reopening framework. Under this stage, hospitality industry establishments are able to host guests for dining outside only, ensuring customers from different households stay at least two meters apart. Temporarily establishing or expanding patios will allow these businesses to serve customers while ensuring physical distancing and should help bars and restaurants to re-hire seasonal staff as business increases. The new orders also clarify rules regarding awnings or other coverings for patios, specifying that two full sides must be open and not substantially blocked. Municipal governments continue to be responsible for enforcing compliance with patio and physical distancing rules. The order is in force immediately. AMO’s COVID-19 Resources page is being updated continually so you can find critical information in one place. Please send any of your municipally related pandemic questions to [email protected]. 1 Page 5 of 161 Nancy Milosevich From: City Clerk Subject: Blue Box Transition - Population under 5000 Attachments: Blue Box population under 5000 .docx From: FONOM Office/ Bureau de FONOM <[email protected]> Sent: Tuesday, June 16, 2020 4:46 PM This email originated outside of the Corporation of the City of Sault Ste. Marie. Do not open attachments or click links unless you verify the sender and know the content is safe. Good afternoon We hope that you and your community are well Recently the Honorable Jeff Yurek Minister of the Environment, Conservation and Parks surprised the Municipal sector by indicating that Municipalities under 5000 to be excluded from transition to Full Producer Responsibility. This is a major concern to FONOM, we have attached a Resolution for your consideration to address this issue. President Danny Whalen commented that "Stewarts produce and sell products in the small and rural communities in the Northeast, and therefore should have the Full Producer Responsibility for recycling in those communities as well." Please let me know if you have any questions or concerns. Mac Mac Bain Executive Director The Federation of Northern Ontario Municipalities 615 Hardy Street North Bay, ON, P1B 8S2 Ph. 705-478-7672 1 Page 6 of 161 WHEREAS the amount of single-use plastics leaking into our lakes, rivers, waterways in Northeastern Ontario is a growing area of public concern WHEREAS reducing the waste we generate and reincorporating valuable resources from our waste stream into new goods can reduce GHGs significantl WHEREAS the transition to full producer responsibility for packaging, paper and paper products is a critical to reducing waste, improving recycling and driving better economic and environmental
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