City Council Meeting
Additional Information

Monday, June 23, 2025, Immediately following Committee of the Whole

S.H. Blake Memorial Auditorium

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5.

Minutes of Previous Meetings

5.1

City Council

5.1.1

City Council Minutes

1.  The Thunder Bay City Council Special Session - Community Economic Development Commission Annual General Meeting held on June 16, 2025. (Distributed separately on Friday, June 20, 2025);

2.  The Thunder Bay City Council (Public Meeting) held on June 16, 2025. (Distributed separately on Friday, June 20, 2025).

6.

Reports of Committees, Boards, and Outside Agencies

6.1

Committee of the Whole Minutes

6.1.1

Committee of the Whole Minutes

1. June 16, 2025 Committee of the Whole. (Distributed separately on Friday, June 20, 2025).

8.

By-laws and By-law Resolution

8.3

By-law 211-2025 - Designated Truck Route By-law

8.3.1

By-law 211-2025 - Designated Truck Route By-law

Confidential Memorandum from Solicitor Michael Grimaldi dated June 17, 2025 relative to Report 200-2025 Designated Truck Route By-law Information. (Distributed separately to Members of Council, City Manager, City Solicitor, and Commissioner-Infrastructure & Operations on Thursday, June 19, 2025).

Memorandum from Director of Legislative Services & City Clerk Krista Power dated June 20, 2025 attaching a petition containing 216 signatures, received by the Office of the City Clerk relative to By-law 211-2025 – Designated Truck Route. (Distributed separately on Friday, June 20, 2025).

Memorandum from Commissioner - Infrastructure & Operations Kayla Dixon dated June 18, 2025 providing information in response to questions asked at the June 2, 2025 Committee of the Whole meeting relative to the Designated Truck Route Report 200-2025-Infrastructure & Operations-Engineering. (Distributed separately on Friday, June 20, 2025).

Memorandum  from Councillor Mark Bentz dated June 23, 2025 providing a Motion to Refer the Designated Truck Route By-law, By-law 211-2025. (Distributed separately on Monday, June 23, 2025).

• WITH RESPECT to By-law 211-2025 – Designated Truck Route (DTR), we recommend that this By-law be referred to Administration for the purpose of further collaboration with Ministry of Transportation of Ontario (MTO) officials, MPP Holland and MPP Vaugeois to express City Council’s concerns for motorist safety on the Thunder Bay Expressway as it relates to the DTR and acquire feedback on additional safety upgrades to the Expressway prior to the implementation of the DTR including:

  1. That the south-bound approach to the Oliver Road intersection on the Thunder Bay Expressway be equipped with advance warning lights to alert long-haul truck drivers of an impending red light to ensure they have sufficient notice for a controlled stop.
  2. That traffic signal synchronization be explored for the Thunder Bay Expressway to improve the safe travel of long-haul trucks through the many intersections within the city limits that will see large increases in truck traffic.

  AND THAT Administration report back to City Council with the results of their collaborations with the MTO and local MPP’s regarding these matters so that safety issues on the Expressway are addressed to the satisfaction of Thunder Bay City Council prior to the implementation of the Designated Truck Route.

10.

Notice of Motion

10.1

Report Back - Temporary Village Initiative - Site Location Comparison

Memorandum from Councillor Kasey Etreni dated June 19, 2025 providing a Motion to Rescind the resolution ratified by Council on May 5, 2025 relating to the Report 143-2025–Growth–Strategy & Engagement – Report Back – Temporary Village Initiative – Site Location Comparison, for Council's consideration.  (Distributed separately on Friday, June 20, 2025). 

Memorandum from Director - Strategy & Engagement Cynthia Olsen dated June 19, 2025 providing additional information to inform Notice of Motion - Temporary Village Initiative - Safety Assessment Findings, for information. (Distributed separately on Friday, June 20, 2025).

• Notice of Motion to Suspend the Rules: (requires two-thirds vote)

  With Respect to By-law 51/2021 (Being a By-law to govern the proceedings of meetings of City Council and its Committees), we recommend that Rule 9.02(a)(1), as set out below, be suspended relative to City Council’s prior decision of May 5, 2025 relative to Report 143-2025.  

  9. 9.02(a)(1)Introduced at City Council

  AND THAT if the above noted rule is suspended that requires the timelines of introduction and debate at the subsequent meeting of City Council which allows debate at the same meeting of presentation;

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

   

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  Notice of Motion to Rescind (requires two-thirds vote)

  WITH RESPECT to Report 143-2025-Growth-Strategy & Engagement, we recommend that Kam River Heritage Park be approved as the site for the Temporary Shelter Village Initiative;
  
  AND THAT Appropriation Change Order 07-2025 be approved;
  
  AND THAT the Director, Strategy & Engagement have delegated authority to make decisions regarding operationalizing the Temporary Shelter Village Initiative;
  
  AND THAT the Director, Strategy & Engagement be authorized to execute documents for the Temporary Shelter Village Initiative and for the duration of the project, on terms satisfactory to the City Solicitor and City Manager;
  
  AND THAT any necessary by-laws be presented to City Council for ratification.

   

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  Motion to Refer the Matter (requires a simple majority)

  WITH RESPECT to the location of the proposed Temporary Village approved within Report 384-2024 (Enhanced Encampment Response – A Human Rights-Based Community Action Plan), we recommend that Administration review alternate locations for the Temporary Village that may include locations previously reviewed by City Council;

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