THE CORPORATION OF THE TOWN OF SMITHS FALLS
COUNCIL MEETING AGENDA

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Council Chamber, Town Hall

Land Acknowledgement

On April 22, 2025 we acknowledge that this sacred land on which Smiths Falls is now located has been a site of human activity for over 10,000 years and is rich in Indigenous history. This land is the ancestral and unceded territory of the Algonquin Anishinaabe Nation. We are grateful to the Algonquin ancestors who cared for the land and water in order that we might meet here today. We are also grateful to the Algonquin People for their contribution in the making of the Rideau Canal which runs thru Smiths Falls. We are mindful of broken covenants and the need to reconcile with all our relations. Together, may we care for this land and each other, drawing on the strength of our mutual history of nation building through peace and friendship being mindful of generations to come.

1.
LAND ACKNOWLEDGEMENT

 

2.
CALL TO ORDER

 

3.
APPROVAL OF AGENDA

 
  • Recommended Motion:
    Moved ByD Quinn

    THAT the April 22, 2025 Regular Council Meeting Agenda be approved as circulated. 

4.
DISCLOSURE OF PECUNIARY INTEREST AND/OR CONFLICT OF INTEREST AND GENERAL NATURE THEREOF

 

5.
APPROVAL OF MINUTES

 
  • Recommended Motion:
    Moved ByC McGuire

    The Minutes of the  March 17, 2025 and March 24, 2025 Council Meetings be approved as circulated.

6.
COUNCIL REPORTS/UPDATES & MAYORS ANNOUNCEMENTS

 

7.
PRESENTATIONS / PROCLAMATIONS

 

8.
CONSENT AGENDA

 
  • Recommended Motion:
    Moved ByD Quinn

    That items in Consent Report Number 06-2025 received from the Clerk be received and adopted.

9.
MOTIONS

 

10.
BY-LAWS

 

10.1
Bylaw to Adopt the Backyard Hen Pilot Program for a One-Year Period (Bylaw 10611-2025)

 
  • Recommended Motion:
    Moved ByP McKenna

    THAT a By-law to Adopt the Backyard Hen Pilot Program for a One-Year Period, be received and read a first time and taken as read a second time.

  • Recommended Motion:
    Moved ByP McKenna

    THAT a By-law to Adopt the Backyard Hen Pilot Program for a One-Year Period, be now read a third time and finally passed, signed, sealed and numbered 10611-2025.

10.2
Bylaw to Authorize Execution of a Memorandum of Understanding with the Railway Museum of Eastern Ontario (Bylaw 10612-2025)

 
  • Recommended Motion:
    Moved ByJ Miller

    THAT By-law to  Authorize Execution of a Memorandum of Understanding with the Railway Museum of Eastern Ontario, be received and read a first time and taken as read a second time.

  • Recommended Motion:
    Moved ByJ Miller

    THAT a By-law to Authorize Execution of a Memorandum of Understanding with the Railway Museum of Eastern Ontario, be now read a third time and finally passed, signed, sealed and numbered 10612-2025.

11.
ENQUIRIES/ANNOUNCEMENTS

 

12.
CONFIRMATORY BY-LAW

 

12.1
By-law to Confirm the Proceedings of Council at its Meeting on the 3rd, 17th and 24th days of March, 2025 (Bylaw 10613-2025)

 
  • Recommended Motion:
    Moved ByJ Brennan

    THAT By-law to Confirm the Proceedings of Council at its Meeting on the 3rd, 17th and 24th days of March, 2025, be received and read a first time and taken as read a second time.

  • Recommended Motion:
    Moved ByJ Brennan

    THAT By-law to Confirm the Proceedings of Council at its Meeting on the 3rd, 17th and 24th days of March, 2025, be now read a third time and finally passed, signed, sealed and numbered 10613-2025.

13.
ADJOURNMENT

 
  • Recommended Motion:
    Moved ByS Robinson

    THAT this Council adjourn its proceedings at XXXX and stand so adjourned until the next duly called meeting of Council.

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