Summary

Council remained deadlocked over a Hillcourt Estates land sale, with multiple tie votes preventing progress on whether to move forward or delay the project, ultimately deferring the decision to March 2025 and extending the general land sales deadline to March 31, 2026. In other business, council approved seven routine administrative by-laws covering fee updates, procurement rule changes, and staff reorganization adjustments, and confirmed minutes from earlier meetings.

Motions

Confirmation of Agenda

#1 CARRIED

Council approved the agenda for the March 25, 2024 meeting, including all printed items and any new business that was added.

WITH RESPECT to the March 25, 2024 City Council, we recommend that the agenda as printed, including any additional information and new business, be confirmed.

Moved by Michael Zussino , seconded by Trevor Giertuga

Committee of the Whole Minutes - March 11, 2024 – Amended –

#4 TIE notable Recorded vote: 6-6
TIED 6–6
Yea (6)
Albert Aiello Aiello
Kasey Etreni Etreni
Ken Boshcoff Boshcoff
Mark Bentz Bentz
Rajni Agarwal Agarwal
Trevor Giertuga Giertuga
Nay (6)
Andrew Foulds Foulds
Dominic Pasqualino Pasqualino
Greg Johnsen Johnsen
Kristen Oliver Oliver
Michael Zussino Zussino
Shelby Ch'ng Ch'ng

Council voted to remove a 2023 item about selling city land at Hillcourt Estates from the outstanding list and move forward with any required bylaws, but the vote ended in a 6-6 tie, meaning the motion failed.

WITH RESPECT to the Memorandum from Deanna Walker, Manager-Realty Services, dated February 21, 2024 we recommend that Outstanding Item 2023-005-INO – Sale of City Lands-Hillcourt Estates be removed from the Outstanding List

  • any necessary by-laws be presented to City Council for ratification. Deferral – Amended - Request for Deferral - Sale of CityLands - Hillcourt Estates
Moved by Greg Johnsen , seconded by Kristen Oliver

Hillcourt Estates land sale delayed pending rule clarific...

#5 TIE notable Recorded vote: 6-6
TIED 6–6
Yea (6)
Albert Aiello Aiello
Kasey Etreni Etreni
Ken Boshcoff Boshcoff
Mark Bentz Bentz
Rajni Agarwal Agarwal
Trevor Giertuga Giertuga
Nay (6)
Andrew Foulds Foulds
Dominic Pasqualino Pasqualino
Greg Johnsen Johnsen
Kristen Oliver Oliver
Michael Zussino Zussino
Shelby Ch'ng Ch'ng

Council voted to delay approval of a land sale in Hillcourt Estates until a committee clarifies whether city rules need to be changed to fix confusion about how outstanding items are tracked. The vote was tied 6-6, blocking the motion.

WITH RESPECT to Outstanding Item 2023-005-INO – Sale of City Lands-Hillcourt Estates as contained in the March 11, 2024 Committee of the Whole minutes, we recommend that ratification of the matter be deferred until the Coordinating Committee can clarify, if and what, changes are required to the Procedural By-law 51/2021 to remove the ambiguity relating to the Outstanding Items list.

Moved by Trevor Giertuga , seconded by Mark Bentz

Hillcourt Estates land sale decision delayed

#6 TIE notable Recorded vote: 6-6
TIED 6–6
Yea (6)
Andrew Foulds Foulds
Dominic Pasqualino Pasqualino
Greg Johnsen Johnsen
Kristen Oliver Oliver
Michael Zussino Zussino
Shelby Ch'ng Ch'ng
Nay (6)
Albert Aiello Aiello
Kasey Etreni Etreni
Ken Boshcoff Boshcoff
Mark Bentz Bentz
Rajni Agarwal Agarwal
Trevor Giertuga Giertuga

Council tied 6-6 on deferring a decision about selling city land at Hillcourt Estates. They want to first clarify whether the city's procedural rules need to be changed to clear up confusion about how outstanding items are handled.

WITH RESPECT to Outstanding Item 2023-005-INO – Sale of City Lands-Hillcourt Estates as contained in the March 11, 2024 Committee of the Whole minutes, we recommend that ratification of the matter be deferred until the Coordinating Committee can clarify, if and what, changes are required to the Procedural By-law 51/2021 to remove the ambiguity relating to the Outstanding Items list.

Moved by Mark Bentz , seconded by Trevor Giertuga

Hillcourt Estates land sale removal - FAILED

#7 LOST notable

Council voted to remove a 2023 item about selling city land in Hillcourt Estates from the outstanding tasks list. The motion failed to pass.

WITH RESPECT to the Memorandum from Deanna Walker, Manager-Realty Services, dated February 21, 2024 we recommend that Outstanding Item 2023-005-INO – Sale of City Lands-Hillcourt Estates be removed from the Outstanding List

  • any necessary by-laws be presented to City Council for ratification.
Moved by Greg Johnsen , seconded by Kristen Oliver

Hillcourt Estates land sale deferral rejected

#8 LOST notable Recorded vote: 0-3
LOST UNANIMOUSLY 0–3
Albert Aiello Aiello
Ken Boshcoff Boshcoff
Rajni Agarwal Agarwal

Council rejected a request to delay the sale of city land at Hillcourt Estates until March 2025. The motion failed with no votes in favor and three against.

WITH RESPECT to the Memorandum from Deanna Walker, Manager-Realty Services, dated February 21, 2024 we recommend that Outstanding Item 2023-005-INO – Sale of City Lands-Hillcourt Estates be deferred from March 18, 2024 to on or before March 31, 2025

  • any necessary by-laws be presented to City Council for ratification. Amendment - Request for Deferral - Sale of Lands - Hillcourt Estates
Moved by Greg Johnsen , seconded by Kristen Oliver

City land sale deadline pushed to 2026

#9 CARRIED notable Recorded vote: 11-1
CARRIED 11–1
Yea (11)
Albert Aiello Aiello
Andrew Foulds Foulds
Dominic Pasqualino Pasqualino
Kasey Etreni Etreni
Ken Boshcoff Boshcoff
Kristen Oliver Oliver
Mark Bentz Bentz
Michael Zussino Zussino
Rajni Agarwal Agarwal
Shelby Ch'ng Ch'ng
Trevor Giertuga Giertuga
Nay (1)
Greg Johnsen Johnsen

Council extended the deadline for selling city lands by one year, moving it from March 31, 2025 to March 31, 2026.

WITH RESPECT to the resolution relative to Request for Deferral - Sale of City Lands, we recommend that the deferral date be changed from March 31, 2025 from March 31, 2026.

Moved by Greg Johnsen , seconded by Dominic Pasqualino

Hillcourt Estates land sale delayed to 2025

#10 CARRIED notable

Council has pushed back the decision on selling city-owned land at Hillcourt Estates by over a year, from March 2024 to March 2025. Any necessary bylaws related to this land sale will be presented to council later for approval.

WITH RESPECT to the Memorandum from Deanna Walker, Manager-Realty Services, dated February 21, 2024 we recommend that Outstanding Item 2023-005-INO – Sale of City Lands-Hillcourt Estates be deferred from March 18, 2024 to on or before March 31, 2025

  • any necessary by-laws be presented to City Council for ratification.
Moved by Greg Johnsen , seconded by Kristen Oliver

Procedural

#2 CARRIED Council approved the official minutes from the special session meeting held on March 11, 2024, confirming the accuracy of the record.
Moved by Greg Johnsen , seconded by Dominic Pasqualino
#3 Council is adopting the official minutes from two Committee of the Whole meetings held in March 2024. A motion about selling city land at Hillcourt Estates was flagged for separate consideration.
Moved by Albert Aiello , seconded by Andrew Foulds
#11 CARRIED Council approved the official minutes from two Committee of the Whole meetings held on March 11 and March 18, 2024.
Moved by Albert Aiello , seconded by Andrew Foulds
#12 CARRIED Council received and approved the minutes from the Red River Ward meeting held on September 14, 2023.
Moved by Michael Zussino , seconded by Andrew Foulds
#13 CARRIED Council approved seven by-laws covering routine administrative updates: joining ONE Joint Investment Board's records management framework, updating municipal service fees, authorizing a subdivision agreement with a developer, updating procurement rules, and adjusting signing authority and position titles to reflect recent staff reorganization.
Moved by Andrew Foulds , seconded by Trevor Giertuga
#14 CARRIED Council formally confirmed and documented the proceedings of its March 25, 2024 meeting by officially adopting By-law 34/2024. This is a standard administrative step that validates the meeting's decisions.
Moved by Trevor Giertuga , seconded by Andrew Foulds