Council

That Memorandum CL-C 79-2023, dated November 16, 2023, respecting Recommendations for Consideration from the Budget Review Committee of the Whole Meeting held November 16, 2023, BE ADDED to the agenda as an Item for Consideration.

That Council Agenda CL 15-2023, BE ADOPTED, as amended.

That Minutes CL 14-2023 being the Open Session minutes of the Regional Council meeting held on Thursday, October 19, 2023, BE ADOPTED.

That Correspondence Item CL-C 78-2023, dated November 16, 2023, respecting Notice of Procedural By-law Amendment, BE RECEIVED for information.

That Report PW 50-2023, dated November 16, 2023, respecting Long Term Closure - St. Paul Street West CNR Bridge, (Structure No. 081215), Regional Road 81 (St. Paul Street West) over the CN Railway, in the City of St. Catharines, BE RECEIVED for information.

That the motion BE AMENDED as follows: That Report PDS 40-2023, dated November 16, 2023, respecting Review of Official Plan Modifications to 2022 Niagara Official Plan, BE ENDORSED BE RECEIVED for information.; and That the Regional Chair BE DIRECTED to send a letter to the province supporting the endorsement.

That Memoranudm CL-C 79-2023, dated November 16, 2023, respecting Recommendations for Consideration from the Budget Reveiw Committee of the Whole Meeting held November 16, 2023, BE RECEIVED; That Correspondence Item BRC-C 16-2023, dated November 16, 2023, respecting 2024 Proposed Budget – Alternatives for Water and Wastewater Operating Budget, BE RECEIVED; and Regional Council Open Session Minutes CL 15-2023 November 16, 2023 Page 5 That Report CSD 50-2023, dated November 2, 2023, respecting 2024 Budget - Water and Wastewater Operating Budget, Rate Setting and Requisition, BE RECEIVED and the following recommendations BE APPROVED: 1. That the 2024 Water & Wastewater net operating base budget increase of 7.95% with $5,526,185 (or 3.85%) for Operating plus $5,864,460 (or 4.10%) for Capital Financing over the 2023 operating budget BE APPROVED in accordance with the 2024 budget planning strategy; 2. That the 2024 Water Operations gross operating budget of $54,496,828 and net budget in the amount of $53,306,335 for the Water Budget, Rates and Requisition BE APPROVED; 3. That the proposed fixed water requisition shown in Appendix 3 to Report CSD 50-2023, based on 25% of the Region’s water net operating budget for the year and divided by 12 to determine the monthly charge, to be billed to each of the serviced Local Area Municipalities starting January 1, 2024, apportioned based on their previous three year’s average water supply volumes, BE APPROVED; 4. That the Region’s proposed 20

That Minutes PBLRC 6-2023 being the Open Session minutes of the Procedural By-law Review Committee meeting held on Monday, October 30, 2023, BE RECEIVED and the recommendations contained therein BE APPROVED.

That Minutes BRCOTW 9-2023 being the Open Session minutes of the Budget Review Committee of the Whole meeting held on Thursday, November 2, 2023, BE RECEIVED and the recommendations contained therein BE APPROVED.

That Minutes PHSSC 11-2023 being the Open Session minutes of the Public Health & Social Services Committee meeting held on Tuesday, November 7, 2023, BE RECEIVED and the recommendations contained therein BE APPROVED. 11.3.1 Minute Item 5.2 respecting COM-C 34-2023 Motion to Include Femicide in the Criminal Code and Update the Definition of a Hate Crime to Include Violent Acts that are Related to Gender The motion contained in Minute Item 5.2 was considered separately as follows: WHEREAS there is considerable variability in the definitions of hate-crime data in use by police services across Canada as there is no standard of reporting; WHEREAS some police forces, including the Metropolitan Toronto Police Service, use what is arguably an exclusive definition - a hate crime is only classified as such when, in the investigating officer’s opinion, the act was "based solely upon the victim's race, religion, nationality, ethnic origin, sexual orientation gender or disability” - and other police agencies, such as the Ottawa Police Service, use a lower threshold where a hate-motivated crime is one that was motivated "in whole or in part, by a bias;”. Niagara’s definition excludes gender identity and sex entirely “Hate/Bias Motivated Crimes means a criminal offence committed against a person or property that is based solely or partly upon the victim’s race, religion, nationality, ethnic origin, sexual orientation or disability; WHEREAS the matter of definition is critical and a uniform

That Minutes CSC 11-2023 being the Open and Closed Session minutes of the Corporate Services Committee meeting held on Wednesday, November 8, 2023, BE RECEIVED and the recommendations contained therein BE APPROVED.

That Minutes PEDC 11-2023 being the Open and Closed Session minutes of the Planning and Economic Development Committee meeting held on Wednesday, November 8, 2023, BE RECEIVED and the recommendations contained therein BE APPROVED.

That Minutes BRCOTW 10-2023 being the Open Session minutes of the Budget Review Committee of the Whole meeting held on Thursday, November 9, 2023, BE RECEIVED and the recommendations contained therein BE APPROVED.

WHEREAS changes in the consultation process and discussion of governance review in Niagara through Bill 39 have now been

That Council DO NOW MOVE into closed session for the purposes of receiving information of a confidential nature respecting: A Matter of a trade secret or scientific, technical, commercial, financial or labour relations information, supplied in confidence to the municipality or local board, which, if disclosed, could reasonably be expected to prejudice significantly the competitive position or interfere significantly with the contractual or other negotiations of a person, group of persons, or organization under section 239(2)(i) of the Municipal Act - Niagara Regional Broadband Network (NRBN) 2024 Contract Renewal

That Confidential Report CSD 51-2024, dated November 16, 2023, respecting A Matter of a trade secret or scientific, technical, commercial, financial or labour relations information, supplied in confidence to the municipality or local board, which, if disclosed, could reasonably be expected to prejudice significantly the competitive position or interfere significantly with the contractual or other negotiations of a person, group of persons, or organization under section 239(2)(i) of the Municipal Act - Niagara Regional Broadband Network (NRBN) 2024 Contract Renewal, BE RECEIVED and the recommendations contained therein BE APPROVED.

That the following Bills BE NOW READ and DO PASS: Bill 2023-81 A by-law to amend By-law 89-2000 being a By-law to Provide for the Regulation of Traffic on Regional Highways (Schedule X: Speed Limits – 40 km/h in School Zones). Bill 2023-82 A by-law to amend By-law 89-2000 being a By-law to Provide for the Regulation of Traffic on Regional Highways – Parking Prohibition in the City of St. Catharines. Bill 2023-83 A by-law to adopt the 2024 Water Budget and to set the requisition to be charged for water supplied to lower-tier municipalities for the period January 1, 2024, to December 31, 2024. Regional Council Open Session Minutes CL 15-2023 November 16, 2023 Page 15 Bill 2023-84 A by-law to set the requisitions to be charged for wastewater received from the lower-tier municipalities for the period of January 1, 2024, to December 31, 2024. Bill 2023-85 A by-law to adopt the 2024 Waste Management Budget for The Regional Municipality of Niagara. Bill 2023-86 A by-law to adopt, ratify and confirm the actions of Regional Council at its meeting held November 16, 2023.