Committee of the Whole

THAT the Council of the Township of Centre Wellington in considering application S01/16 and having regard for the following; i. Special circumstances or conditions applying to the land, building or use referred to in the application; ii. Whether strict application of the provisions of this By-law in the context of the special circumstances applying to the land, building or use, would result in practical difficulties or unnecessary and unusual hardship of the applicant, inconsistent with the general intent and purpose of the by-law; iii. Whether the special circumstances or condition are pre-existing and not created by the owner or the applicant iv. Whether the sign that is the subject of the variance will have a negative impact on the surrounding properties; and, v. Whether the variance is desirable for the appropriate development of the subject land on which the sign is to be erected; does hereby overturn the decision of the Committee of Adjustment and grants the variance from the provisions of the Sign By-law 2013-004 for relief from Section 2.2.2, 1), a), iv, allowing the roof sign, on the property described as 804 Tower Street South, Plan 821, Lot 1, Part Lot 12, RP61R7401, parts 1 to 5, Fergus; Township of Centre Wellington.

THAT the Council of the Township of Centre Wellington receive and approve the 2016 Asset Management Plan as presented by Dan Wilson, Director, Watson & Associates Economists Ltd.; AND THAT consideration of the Asset Management Plan be made as part of the annual budgeting process to ensure sufficient capital funds are available to fund capital requirements over the long-term, AND FURTHER THAT the Asset Mmanagement Plan be updated as needed over time to reflect the current priorities of the Township.

THAT the Council of the Township of Centre Wellington confirm the agenda for the meeting held November 21, 2016, as amended, to reposition the presentation by Bill Oliphant on initiatives of Centre Wellington Energy Innovations Inc.

THAT the Council of the Township of Centre Wellington approves a dividend payment of $300,000 from Centre Wellington Energy to Centre Wellington Energy Innovations Inc. to execute the strategy and achieve the objectives of Centre Wellington Energy Innovations Inc. as outlined in Report CAO2016-12, dated November 21, 2016.

Page 4 of 9 Committee of the Whole Minutes November 21, 2016 THAT the Council of the Township of Centre Wellington approves the issuance of a demolition permit to demolish the single detached dwelling at 8614 Side Road 9, former Township of West Garafraxa, CON 7 W PT Lots 9 & 10 PT RD ALLOWANCE FC 6-2.

THAT the Council of the Township of Centre Wellington approves the issuance of a demolition permit to demolish the single detached dwelling at 7251 Wellington Road 21, former Township of Pilkington, PLAN 140 PT MILL PROP 2 INVERHAUGH FC 10-13.

THAT the Council of the Township of Centre Wellingtonapproves the issuance of a demolition permit to demolish the single detached dwelling at 7241 Middlebrook Road, former Township of Pilkington, CON B WOGR LOT 8 PT LOT 7 PT LOT 9 TGTHR WITH ROW FC 10-9, 23.

THAT the Council of the Township of Centre Wellington approves the issuance of a demolition permit to demolish the single detached dwelling at 413 Geddes Street, former Village of Elora, PLAN 75 PT LOT 19.

THAT the Council of the Township of Centre Wellington approves the issuance of a demolition permit to demolish the single detached dwelling at 7678 Colborne Street, former Township of Nichol, CON 13 NE PT LOT 19.

THAT the Council of the Township of Centre Wellington authorizes the Mayor and Clerk to execute a by-law appointing a Chief Building Official and Building Officials.

THAT the Council of the Township of Centre Wellington approves the amendments to By-law 5000-05, the Township's Parking Bylaw, as outlined in Report COR2016-76 dated November 21, 2016.

THAT the Council of the Township of Centre Wellington award proposal PROP-06-16 for the provision of External Audit Services to the most qualified respondent having achieved the highest score and lowest cost; Page 6 of 9 Committee of the Whole Minutes November 21, 2016 KPMG LLP of Waterloo.

WHEREAS recent polling, conducted on behalf of the Association of Municipalities of Ontario indicates 76% of Ontarians are concerned or somewhat concerned property taxes will not cover the cost of infrastructure while maintaining municipal services, and 90% agree maintaining safe infrastructure is an important priority for their communities; AND WHEREAS infrastructure and transit are identified by Ontarians as the biggest problems facing their municipal government; AND WHEREAS a ten-year projection (2016-2025) of municipal expenditures against inflationary property tax and user fee increases, shows there to be an unfunded average annual need of $3.6 billion to fix local infrastructure and provide for municipal operating needs; AND WHEREAS the $3.6 billion average annual need would equate to annual increases of 4.6% (including inflation) to province-wide property tax revenue for the next ten years; AND WHEREAS this gap calculation also presumes all existing and multi-year planned federal and provincial transfers to municipal governments are fulfilled; AND WHEREAS if future federal and provincial transfers are unfulfilled beyond 2015 levels, it would require annual province-wide property tax revenue increases of up to 8.35% for ten years; AND WHEREAS Ontarians already pay the highest property taxes in the country; AND WHEREAS each municipal government in Ontario faces unique issues, the fiscal health and needs are a challenge which unites all Page 7 of 9 Committee of the Whole

THAT the Council of the Township of Centre Wellington receive Report PLN2016-59, dated November 21, 2016 for information