The Shelburne Record

Regular Council Meeting

June 2, 2025

Who was there

Present (7): Walter Benotto, Kyle Fegan, Len Guchardi, Shane Hall, Wade Mills, Dan Sample, Lindsay Wegener

Taken from the roll call in the town’s own minutes. The minutes record who was not there and almost never why.

What was decided (9 motions)

9 carried, 0 recorded otherwise. Every motion below is printed as the minutes print it.

BE IT RESOLVED THAT the minutes from the Regular Council meeting held May 26, 2025 be approved as presented and circulated.
Moved by Councillor Fegan, seconded by Deputy Mayor Hall
Carried
BE IT RESOLVED THAT Council receive Report P2025-05 as information.
Moved by Councillor Sample, seconded by Councillor Wegener
Carried
BE IT RESOLVED THAT Council receive Report P2025-04 for information regarding proposed Bill 17, the Protect Ontario by Building Faster and Smarter Act, 2025 as information; and THAT the staff comments included in Report P2025-04 regarding proposed Bill 17, Protect Ontario by Building Faster and Smarter Act, 2025 be submitted to the Environmental Registry of Ontario in response to the applicable posting.
Moved by Councillor Guchardi, seconded by Councillor Fegan
Carried
BE IT RESOLVED THAT Council receives report CAO2025-02 regarding Future Fire Services – Town of Shelburne for information; and THAT Council re-endorses that the Shelburne and District Fire Board be dissolved; and THAT the Town re-establishes a fire department as part the Town of Shelburne by Q2 or Q3 2026 based on a model that includes collaboration with any municipalities purchasing contracted fire services under agreement with the Town of Shelburne; and THAT the Town of Shelburne requests that the Shelburne and District Fire Department Board suspend all current spending and review related to an expanded fire hall or new fire hall which has an estimated future cost of $15 million; and THAT the Town outlines the costing approach of the 2026 one time capital buy-out offers to the municipalities represented on the Board of the Shelburne and District Fire Department by June 4, 2025; and THAT the Town provides the proposed 2026 and 2027 costs for contracted fire services based on a fee per call service model to the municipalities represented on the Board of the Shelburne and District Fire Department by June 4, 2025; and THAT the Town of Shelburne requests a response from each municipality regarding the proposed 2026 one time buy out approach and the proposed 2026 and 2027 fee for service costs under a contract fire services model by July 23, 2025.
Moved by Councillor Benotto, seconded by Councillor Wegener
Carried
BE IT RESOLVED THAT Council of the Town of Shelburne receives staff report FS 2025-05 with respect to the Long-Term Financial Plan 2025-2034; and THAT Council adopts the Long-Term Financial Plan 2025-2034 as presented, replacing the 5 Year Capital Plan 2022-2026.
Moved by Councillor Benotto, seconded by Councillor Fegan
Carried
BE IT RESOLVED THAT Council receives the items listed under Communications for information.
Moved by Councillor Sample, seconded by Councillor Guchardi
Carried
BE IT RESOLVED THAT By-law 25-2025 being a By-law to confirm certain proceedings of the Council of the Corporation of the Town of Shelburne for its regular council meeting held June 2, 2025 be approved.
Moved by Councillor Benotto, seconded by Councillor Wegener
Carried
BE IT RESOLVED THAT we now adjourn to meet at the call of the Mayor.
Moved by Councillor Sample, seconded by Councillor Guchardi
Carried
BE IT RESOLVED THAT Council receives report CAO2025- 02 regarding Future Fire Services – Town of Shelburne for information; and THAT Council re-endorses that the Shelburne and District Fire Board be dissolved; and THAT the Town re-establishes a fire department as part the Town of Shelburne by Q2 or Q3 2026 based on a model that includes collaboration with any municipalities purchasing contracted fire services under agreement with the Town of Shelburne; and THAT the Town of Shelburne requests that the Shelburne and District Fire Department Board suspend all current spending and review related to an expanded fire hall or new fire hall which has an estimated future cost of $15 million; and THAT the Town outlines the costing approach of the 2026 one time capital buy-out offers to the municipalities represented on the Board of the Shelburne and District Fire Department by June 4, 2025; and THAT the Town provides the proposed 2026 and 2027 costs for contracted fire services based on a fee per call service model to the municipalities represented on the Board of the Shelburne and District Fire Department by June 4, 2025; and THAT the Town of Shelburne requests a response from each municipality regarding the proposed 2026 one time buy out approach and the proposed 2026 and 2027 fee for service costs under a contract fire services model by July 23, 2025. For (7): Mayor Mills, Deputy Mayor Hall, Councillor Benotto, Councillor Fegan, Councillor Guchardi, Councillor Sample, and Councillor
Moved by Councillor Benotto, seconded by Councillor Wegener
Carried

The town’s own record

Read the minutes this page was read from →

Where this page and that document disagree, the document is right and this record is wrong. Say so and it will be corrected.