Committee of the Whole Meeting
Additional Information

, Immediately Following City Council (Public Meeting)
S.H. Blake Memorial Auditorium

7.
Reports of Committees, Boards and Outside Agencies

  

Corrected Minutes of the Wednesday, May 21, 2025 Mayor's Taskforce on Building Homes Advisory Committee Meeting, for information.  (Distributed Separately on Monday, August 25, 2025)

12.
Reports of Municipal Officers

  

Report 266-2015 - Corporate Services - Finance recommending that Council approve the release of the City’s $5.0 million capital contribution toward the new Art Gallery facility.  (Distributed Separately on Friday, August 22, 2025)

  • WITH RESPECT to Report 266-2025, we recommend release of the City’s-approved contribution to construction of the new Art Gallery, in the amount of $5.0 million, be released in the following manner:

    50% upon execution of a funding agreement

    50% upon execution of the required land lease amendments;

    AND THAT the Mayor and City Clerk be authorized to sign a funding agreement relative to this project;

    AND THAT any necessary by-laws be presented to City Council for ratification.

Memorandum from Keri Greaves, Commissioner - Corporate Services & City Treasurer, dated August 12, 2025 requesting that Matthew Hills, Executive Director of the Thunder Bay Art Gallery, provide a presentation relative to Report 266-2025 Art Gallery – City’s Financial Contribution.  (Distributed Separately on Friday, August 22, 2025)

13.
Petitions and Communications

  

Memorandum from Keri Greaves, Commissioner - Corporate Services & City Treasurer, dated August 18, 2025 outlining five recommendations to submit to the Federal Government's Department of Finance.  (Distributed Separately on Friday, August 22, 2025)

Pending the passage of the resolution at the Committee of the Whole meeting, the resolution will be presented for ratification at the City Council meeting to be held later in the evening and will require a two-thirds vote.

  • WITH RESPECT to the Memorandum from Keri Greaves, Commissioner – Corporate Services & City Treasurer, Pre-Budget Consultations – Budget 2025 dated August 18, 2025, we recommend that the five recommendations contained in this memorandum be endorsed and submitted to the Federal Government’s Department of Finance;

    AND THAT any necessary by-laws be presented to City Council for ratification.

15.
New Business

  

The following resolution is presented to establish a Committee of the Whole - Closed Session Meeting on September 2, 2025:

  • THAT a Committee of the Whole – Closed Session meeting be scheduled for Tuesday, September 2, 2025 at 4:30 p.m. in order to receive information pursuant to the Municipal Act (Section 239 (2)) relative to:

    (3.1)  A meeting of a council or local board or of a committee of either of them may be closed to the public if the following conditions are both satisfied:

    1. The meeting is held for the purpose of educating or training the members.