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 (2 motions)
2 carried, 0 recorded otherwise. Every motion below is printed as the minutes print it.
That Council endorse the resolution from the Town of Bradford West Gwillimbury regarding the Ontario Deposit Return Program; and That this resolution be circulated to Premier Doug Ford, the Minister of Finance Peter Bethlenfalvy, MP Ben Lobb, MPP Lisa Thompson, and the Saugeen Valley Conservation Authority.
Moved by D. Huber, seconded by M. Myatt
Carried
official statistics from the Government of Ontario confirm that rural roads are inherently more dangerous than other roads; and Whereas despite only having 17% of the population, 55% of the road fatalities occur on rural roads; and Whereas, rural, northern, and remote municipalities are fiscally strained by maintaining extensive road networks on a smaller tax base; and Whereas preventing crashes reduces the burden on Ontario’s already strained rural health care system; and Whereas roadway collisions and associated lawsuits are significant factors in runaway municipal insurance premiums. Preventing crashes can have a significant impact in improving municipal risk profiles. Now therefore be it resolved that the Town of Saugeen Shores requests that the Government of Ontario take action to implement the rural road safety program that Good Roads has committed to lead. It will allow Ontario's rural municipalities to make the critical investments needed to reduce the high number of people being killed and seriously injured on Ontario’s rural roads; and further That this resolution be circulated to Premier Doug Ford, Minister of Transportation Prabmeet Sarkaria, Minister of Infrastructure King Surma, Minister of Agriculture Rob Flack, Minister of Rural Affairs Lisa Thompson, Associate Minister of Emergency Preparedness and Response Trevor Jones, Minister of Health Sylvia Jones, and Good Roads.