Council Meeting - Regular

That Council adopt the minutes of the Regular Council Meeting of October 14, 2025, as presented.

That Council receive the 2025 Major Initiatives, Division and Capital Highlights Quarter 3 Update report for information.

That Council supports the review of Option 4 as the preferred option for the implementation of the Foundational Pathway during the 2026 Business Plan and Budget deliberations.

That Council approve the 2023 and 2024 Financial Statements.

That Council approve By-law 96-2025, being a By-law regulating Urban Tree Conservation to come into effect on April 1, 2026; That Council supports the review of the implementation of the Urban Tree Conservation By-law during the 2026 Business Plan and Budget deliberations; and That Council formally request the County of Bruce, exempt the Settlement Area of Saugeen Shores from the Bruce County Forest Conservation By-law, effective April 1, 2026.

That the main motion be amended to refer to the Striking Committee.

That Council receive the Analysis of Environmental ad-hoc Advisory Committee Recommendations report for information and refer to the Striking Committee.

That Council adopt the "Council Resolution to Join the Federation of Canadian Municipalities – International Council for Local Environmental Initiatives Partners for Climate Protection Program,” recommending that Council appoint Councillor Cheryl Grace and the Planning Policy Coordinator to oversee implementation of the Partners for Climate Protection milestones and be the points of contact for the Partners for Climate Protection program within the municipality; and That Council adopt the Council Calendar 2026.

That Items 10.1 through 10.4 be approved and received for information.

That Council support the Township of Edwardsburg Resolution- Ontario Community Infrastructure Fund (OCIF).

That Council support Halton Region Resolution - Public Safety Requirements to Protect our Communities.

global sister-city relationships, also known as city twinning, have been recognized since the end of WWII as practical tools for fostering international cooperation, cultural exchange, economic development and disaster preparedness. At the intersection of urban governance and international relations, these partnerships connect cities from different parts of the world and provide opportunities for mutual understanding, and collaboration; and Whereas Southampton resident John Willets has travelled to the Passchendaele region and visited the Museum in Zonnebeke, Belgium, while attending as a member of the Royal Canadian Legion Remembrance Day celebration in 2024 and had the opportunity to meet with city-elected officials of Zonnebeke and propose the idea of a sister-city initiative; and Whereas both communities share deep ties to Canadian service and sacrifice in the First World War, particularly in the area of Passchendaele, where the Great Canadian Sacrifice is honoured every year and the Canadian Tyne Cot Cemetery where many Canadian Soldiers are interred; and Whereas this region is part of Flanders, immortalized in John McCrae’s poem In Flanders Fields, a passage that forever binds Canada’s story to this ground of remembrance and renewal; and Whereas Mr. Willetts has already received letters or expression of support for a Sister-City Initiative from: MPP Lisa Thompson, (letter); Saugeen Shores Chamber of Commerce, (letter); Derek Johnson: President of the Southampton Legion

That Council move into a Closed to Public Session in accordance with the Municipal Act, 2001, Section 239 (2): (c) a proposed or pending acquisition or disposition of land by the municipality or local board; and (k) a position, plan, procedure, criteria or instruction to be applied to any negotiations

That Council arise from the Closed to Public Session and resume the Regular Council Meeting.

That Council direct the Director of Development Services to sign the documentation required to enter into a Purchase and Sale Agreement with the Bluewater District School Board.

That By-law 96-2025 is hereby read, passed, and sealed this 27th day of October, 2025.

That By-law 103-2025 being a By-law to confirm the proceedings of the Council of the Town of Saugeen Shores is hereby read, passed, and sealed this 27th day of October, 2025.

That this Regular Council meeting of October 27, 2025, hereby adjourns at 9:54 p.m.