By-laws numbered (2024) - 20860, (2024) - 20916, (2024) - 20922, and (2024) - 20924 be approved subject to Section 284.11 (4) of the Municipal Act.

3:24:12Okay, so that works out really well.

3:24:15And if I could just,

3:24:17I know this is a little bit off the cuff here council,

3:24:19I'll be really quick.

3:24:20I promise I, because we're done,

3:24:22but I didn't get a chance to say something.

3:24:24So I just want to say a couple of things.

3:24:26One, I just want to really want to thank Sky and staff,

3:24:29Colleen especially, because in your department,

3:24:33thank you for your work in coordinating

3:24:35with the county staff on the administrative side.

3:24:39I really do want to thank the warden publicly as well

3:24:43for just his character, his demeanor

3:24:46in welcoming this conversation

3:24:48to the mutual benefit of both, by the way.

3:24:50It's not just about our side.

3:24:53And then if I could just say,

3:24:57this governance stuff is maybe not stuff

3:25:00that makes the headlines.

3:25:02And everyone does somersaults over,

3:25:06or as the integrity commissioner says,

3:25:08waxes people's surfboards or whatever.

3:25:10But this is actually really, really important.

3:25:15And I made this a goal of mine about 10 years ago

3:25:23when I became the mayor to actually look

3:25:25to repair relationships, restore relationships.

3:25:29And it's taken a long time to get to this.

3:25:32I think the maturity of this council

3:25:35has also seen how those relationships are important.

3:25:40And it's been baby steps, I guess I would say,

3:25:44over the last few terms, there was nobody on there.

3:25:47Then I was allowed on there, but I wasn't allowed to vote.

3:25:50I wasn't allowed to move any motions.

3:25:53Then last term I was allowed to vote.

3:25:55I was allowed to bring motions forward.

3:25:57And then now look what we're doing here.

3:25:59And I've always said, very publicly I've said this,

3:26:03but I just want to say it one more time,

3:26:04is that the citizens of Guelph write

3:26:07a 20-some odd million dollar check every single year.

3:26:12And we hand it over to the county

3:26:15because they're the manager.

3:26:18And we need to be at the table.

3:26:21I think from an oversight and accountability position,

3:26:26we need to at least be at the table as a partner,

3:26:30as a true and equal partner around the discussions,

3:26:34around the things that that big check gets handed to

3:26:38every year.

3:26:39I just really want to thank Council,

3:26:42Councillor Boussatill for stepping into this role too,

3:26:45as the representative of the chair, vice chair,

3:26:47whatever happens there.

3:26:50This is a good thing for the community.

3:26:53And the CAO said, how many times do we have to talk about

3:26:58this is our lane, this isn't our lane, all that kind of stuff.

3:27:01My goodness, I know that all of you and my colleagues

3:27:04get the same kind of questions,

3:27:05but I am inundated with these issues all the time.

3:27:10And when it comes to especially the homelessness

3:27:13and housing and that file,

3:27:16how much more important is it for us to be at the table?

3:27:20This is part of that relationship building and oversight.

3:27:24So thank you to Council, thank you to staff

3:27:27and to the county, hoping that your vote goes the same way

3:27:31and that we have a new chapter in this as we move forward.

3:27:38Okay, thank you for that.

3:27:41And now I'm just looking for the bylaws.

3:27:45And the bylaws are numbered 2024, 20860, 20916,

3:27:5320922, 20924 be approved subject to section 284.114

3:27:59of the municipal act, which colleague of mine wants

3:28:04to throw their hand up for that.

3:28:05That would be Councillor Gibson and or Rourke

3:28:09seconding that anything on the bylaws,

3:28:12hearing seeing none, call the vote, anyone against the bylaws.

3:28:17That's unanimous as well.