Sarnia council wants the province to develop a new system for handling complaints against municipal council members.
Councillor Terry Burrell said municipal councils shouldn't be forced to decide whether or not to deliver a reprimand against one of their own members.
He said having a municipal council involved in the penalty phase switches the procedure from a judicial process to a political action.
Council has asked that the Association of Municipalities of Ontario be asked to support the request.
Burrell first expressed his concerns after council was asked to decide a reprimand after the integrity commissioner determined Councillor Bill Dennis acted inappropriately at a meeting in September.
-------------------------------------
A one year extension offered by FedDev Ontario's Regional Air Transportation Initiative program has been accepted.
The city now has until March 31, 2023, to complete construction of a new hangar, plexiglass barriers, sanitization stations, signage and equipment.
The airport received $1.9 million in senior government funding for the upgrades that are hoped to attract a new airline carrier at Chris Hadfield Airport.
----------------------------------
A draft plan for a new industrial park south of Highway 40 has received conditional approval.
Monteith Sutherland Limited wants to create a 48 block industrial subdivision on a 158 acre parcel of land between Kimball Road and McGregor Side Road.
-----------------------------------
A decision to suspend the activities of advisory committees after nomination day has been reversed.
Council decided February 7 to align the committee rules with a previous decision not to hold council meetings between August 19 and the municipal election day, October 24.
However, Councillor George Vandenberg said many committees have since indicated that if the meetings were suspended, a lot of the traction gained would be stopped abruptly.
Councillor Brian White agreed that suspending committee activities disrupts work plans.
-------------------------------------
A one year extension has been granted to the developers of a condominium project at the former Crabbies Golf Course.
The Bright's Grove Golf Club proposed an active residential community on the northern portion of the golf course, between the south extension of Estella, Robert and James Streets and Lakeshore Road, in 2019.
A draft plan had previously been approved for 64 single detached dwellings.
The applicant asked for additional time to finalize the site plan approval and associated development agreement.
---------------------------------------------
The purchase of two 12 metre diesel city buses has been approved.
Staff were directed by council at a meeting last September to table the fleet conversion to electric to the 2023 budget.
The buses, purchased through the Metrolinx agreement for about $1.3 million, will be used as the city reevaluates the business case for full electric buses.
