City Council Meeting
Additional Information

Tuesday, December 02, 2025 at 6:30 P.m. - 11:00 P.m.

S.H. Blake Memorial Auditorium

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6.

Minutes of Previous Committee of the Whole Meeting (Approval of the 2026-2027 Capital Budget) 

6.1

Minutes of Previous Committee of the Whole Meeting (Approval of the 2026-2027 Capital Budget)

The Minutes of the following Meeting of Special Committee of the Whole, to be confirmed:

1. Special Committee of the Whole - Capital Budget held on November 24, 2025. (Distributed separately on Monday, December 1, 2025)

6.3

Proposed 2026-2027 Capital Budget Survey Results

Memorandum from Policy & Research Analyst Kristyn Lovato-Day, dated November 27, 2025 relative to the Proposed Capital Budget Survey Results, for information. (Distributed separately on Monday, December 1, 2025)

8.

Consent Agenda and Consent Agenda Resolution

8.1

Minutes of Previous Council Meeting

8.1.1

Minutes of Previous Council Meeting

The Thunder Bay City Council-Special Session held on November 24, 2025. (Distributed separately on Monday, December 1, 2025)

8.3

Finance & Administration Standing Committee Minutes

8.3.1

Finance & Administration Standing Committee Minutes

Minutes of Finance & Administration Standing Committee, held on November 25, 2025, for information. (Distributed separately on Friday, November 28, 2025) 

8.4

Growth Standing Committee Minutes

8.4.1

Growth Standing Committee Minutes

Minutes of Growth Standing Committee, held on November 25, 2025, for information. (Distributed separately on Friday, November 28, 2025) 

8.12

Building Faster Fund (BFF) and Housing Accelerator Fund (HAF) Reallocation Funding

8.12.1

Building Faster Fund and Housing Accelerator Fund Funding Reallocation

At the November 25, 2025 Growth Standing Committee meeting, a resolution was passed endorsing Report 262-2025 relative to the Building Faster Fund and Housing Accelerator Fund funding reallocation.

Report 380-2025-Growth-Development Services recommending that Appropriation 20-2025 be approved to reallocate Building Faster Fund Funding and Housing Accelerator Fund funding between the Burwood Road Network Expansion Phase II and Empire Avenue – Brown Street to 100M West projects and increase the Empire Avenue project budget by $180,000. (Distributed separately on Friday, November 28, 2025)

10.

Reports of Administration

10.1

Smart Growth Action Plan

10.1.1

Smart Growth Action Plan

At the November 25, 2025 Growth Standing Committee meeting, a resolution was passed endorsing Report 377-2025 and recommending that City Council adopt the Smart Growth Action Plan as presented.

Report 383-2025-Growth recommending that City Council adopt the Smart Growth Action Plan as presented. (Distributed separately on Friday, November 28, 2025) 

• WITH RESPECT to Report 383-2025-Growth, we recommend that City Council adopt the Smart Growth Action Plan as presented;

  AND THAT Administration report to City Council two times per year on the implementation of the Plan;

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

10.1.2

Smart Growth Action Plan - Amendment

Memorandum from Councillor Trevor Giertuga dated December 1, 2025 containing a motion relative to the Smart Growth Action Plan. (Distributed separately on Monday, December, 1, 2025) 

• WITH RESPECT to Report 383-2025-Growth, we recommend that City Council adopt the Smart Growth Action Plan as presented, we recommend that the following addition be included;

  •    Item A4 - a renewed effort to continue the development of Thunder Bay’s Waterfront Trail Improvement Plan “as presented and approved by City Council under Report No. R178/2016 (Engineering & Operations)”

10.2

2024 Annual Financial Report

10.2.1

2024 Annual Financial Report and Audited Consolidated Financial Statements

At the November 25, 2025 Finance & Administration Standing Committee meeting, a resolution was passed endorsing Report 327-2025 relative to the draft Audited Consolidated Financial Statements and the Trust Fund Statements. (Distributed separately on Friday, November 28, 2025)

• WITH RESPECT to Report 328-2025-Corporate Services-Finance, we recommend that the draft Audited Consolidated Financial Statements and the Trust Fund Statements of The Corporation of the City of Thunder Bay, for the year ended December 31, 2024, be approved;

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

10.4

Thunder Bay Community Tennis Centre - Referral

10.4.1

Thunder Bay Community Tennis Centre - Referral

At the November 25, 2025 Finance & Administration Standing Committee meeting, a referral resolution was passed relative to Report 368-2025,  recommending that administration review an additional financial contribution of up to $650,000 for the capital costs associated with the construction of the indoor tennis facility. (Distributed separately on Friday, November 28, 2025)

• WITH RESPECT to Report 393-2025-Corporate Services-Finance , we recommend that an additional municipal contribution totalling $650,000 be allocated, in the form of a Loan Agreement and Grant, for the Thunder Bay Community Tennis Centre (TBCTC) towards construction of the new indoor tennis facility;

  AND THAT the additional contribution be structured as follows:

  • $325,000 in the form of a Loan Agreement
  • $325,000 in the form of a Grant;

     

  AND THAT the Mayor and City Clerk be authorized to execute the Loan Agreement in accordance with the terms in this report, in form and content satisfactory to the City Solicitor and Commissioner, Corporate Services & City Treasurer;

  AND THAT the Mayor and City Clerk be authorized to execute a Funding Agreement for the Grant in form and content satisfactory to the City Solicitor and Commissioner, Corporate Services & City Treasurer;

  AND THAT the source of financing for the Loan Agreement be committed from the Renew Thunder Bay Reserve Fund;

  AND THAT repayment of the loan, eliminate the commitment from the Renew Thunder Bay Reserve Fund;

  AND THAT the source of financing for the Grant be from the Renew Thunder Bay Reserve Fund;

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

12.

New Business

12.1

Establishment of Committee of the Whole - Closed Session - January 13, 2026

The following resolution is presented to establish a Committee of the Whole - Closed Session Meeting on Tuesday, January 13, 2026:

• THAT a Committee of the Whole – Closed Session meeting be scheduled for Tuesday, January 13, 2025 at 5:00 p.m. in order to receive information pursuant to the Municipal Act (Section 239 (2)) relative to:

  (i) 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.