Council

That Council Agenda CL 8-2022, BE ADOPTED.

That the following minutes of Regional Council BE ADOPTED: Open Session Minutes CL 5-2022, Thursday, March 24, 2022 (Special Meeting) Open Session Minutes CL 6-2022, Thursday, March 24, 2022 (Regular Meeting) Open and Closed Session Minutes CL 7-2022, Thursday, March 31, 2022 (Special Meeting)

That Correspondence Item CL-C 22-2022, being a memorandum from A.-M. Norio, Regional Clerk, dated April 14, 2022, respecting Notice of Procedural By-law Amendment - Amendment to Permit Electronic Meeting Participation, BE RECEIVED.

That Correspondence Item CL-C 23-2022 being a letter from D. Reaman, Owner, Reaman Septic Service, dated April 8, 2022, respecting Hauled Waste Program (Report PW 12-2022, Minute Item 6, Minutes PWC 3-2022 (Agenda Item 10.1)), BE RECEIVED.

That Report PHD 6-2022, dated April 5, 2022, respecting Public Health 2022 Annual Service Plan and Budget Submission, BE RECEIVED and the following recommendation BE APPROVED: 1. That the Board of Health APPROVE the Public Health 2022 Annual Service Plan (ASP) and Budget submission to the Ministry of Health for a Total Gross budget of $59,924,650, inclusive of the following one-time funding requests ($22,122,017): 1.1. COVID-19 Extraordinary Costs (Pandemic Response) ($10,837,637); 1.2. COVID-19 Vaccine Program Extraordinary Costs ($8,597,261); 1.3. Recovery of Base Programming ($2,035,762); 1.4. Needles to Support Community Based Safe Injection Activities ($188,000); 1.5. Replacement of Vaccine Refrigerator ($25,000); 1.6. Smoke-Free Ontario Inspector Computer Tablets ($13,532); 1.7. Public Health Inspector Practicum Program ($60,000); and 1.8. Canada Summer Games Extraordinary Costs ($364,825).

That Report PHD 5-2022, dated April 5, 2022, respecting Niagara EMS – System Pressure Update 2, BE RECEIVED and the following recommendations BE APPROVED: 1. That the Regional Chair BE DIRECTED to send follow-up correspondence to the letter sent to the Minister of Health on November 26, 2021, requesting immediate interventions to reduce the offload delay crisis in Niagara hospitals; 2. That staff BE AUTHORIZED to use the Taxpayer Relief Reserve to offset costs up to $750,000, associated with the temporary addition of two 24-hour ambulances and one 12-hour ambulance for 90 days, to increase ambulance availability and response time reliability not mitigated with in year operating budget surpluses; and 3. That staff BE DIRECTED to provide a report to Council, prior to the end of the ninety days of enhanced ambulance staffing, to determine the impact and ongoing requirement for the additional temporary resources. Regional Council Open Session Minutes CL 8-2022 April 14, 2022 Page 6 The following friendly amendment was accepted by the Regional Chair, and the mover and seconder of the motion, to add the following: 4. That the Regional Chair BE DIRECTED to request a meeting with the Minister of Health, President of Niagara Health and Niagara Region Acting Medical Officer of Health for a solution based strategy meeting for the purpose of requesting the Province of Ontario cover 100% of the costs associated with increased ambulance services which are required to address hospital offlo

That Report COM 11-2022, dated April 5, 2022, respecting Budget Adjustment – Homelessness Services, BE RECEIVED and the following recommendation BE APPROVED: 1. That an adjustment to the previously adopted 2022 Regional Municipality of Niagara (Niagara Region) operating budget in the amount of $1,342,953, to be fully funded through Employment and Social Development Canada (ESDC) grants, BE APPROVED.

That CHR 1-2022, dated April 14, 2022, respecting Endorsement of Councillor Huson’s Federation of Canadian Municipalities Nomination, BE RECEIVED and the following recommendation BE APPROVED: 1. That Council ENDORSE Councillor Diana Huson as Niagara Region’s representative to stand for election on the Federation of Canadian Municipalities (FCM) National Board of Directors (Ontario) for the period starting June 2022.

That Minutes PWC 3-2022 being the Open and Closed Session minutes of the Public Works Committee meeting held on Tuesday, April 5, 2022, BE RECEIVED and the recommendations contained therein BE APPROVED.

That Minutes CSC 4-2022 being the Open and Closed Session minutes of the Corporate Services Committee meeting held on Wednesday, April 6, 2022, BE RECEIVED and the recommendations contained therein BE APPROVED.

That Minutes PEDC 3-2022 being the Open Session minutes of the Planning & Economic Development Committee meeting held on Wednesday, April 6, 2022, BE RECEIVED and the recommendations contained therein BE APPROVED.

That Council DO NOW MOVE into closed session for the purposes of receiving information of a confidential nature respecting: A Matter of Information explicitly supplied in confidence to the municipality by the Province of Ontario under section 239(2)(h) of the Municipal Act pertaining to the allocation of provincial funding for the 2022-2023 fiscal year for the Homelessness Prevention Plan program.

That Confidential Report COM 10-2022, dated April 5, 2022, respecting A Matter of Information explicitly supplied in confidence to the municipality by the Province of Ontario under section 239(2)(h) of the Municipal Act pertaining to the allocation of provincial funding for the 2022-2023 fiscal year for the Homelessness Prevention Plan program, BE RECEIVED; and That staff PROCEED as directed in closed session.

That the following Bills BE NOW READ and DO PASS: Bill 2022-22 A by-law to accept, assume and dedicate Block 34 Plan 59M-499, in the City of Welland as part of Regional Road No. 29 (Webber Road). Bill 2022-23 A by-law to accept, assume and dedicate Part of Lot 1, Broken Front Concession, in the City of Niagara Falls as part of Regional Road No. 98 (Montrose Road). Bill 2022-24 A by-law to establish and maintain a Lobbyist Registry for The Regional Municipality of Niagara. Bill 2022-25 A by-law to adopt, ratify and confirm the actions of Regional Council at its meeting held April 14, 2022.