The Corporation of the City of Stratford
Community Services Committee
Open Session
AGENDA

Meeting #:

Date:

Monday, February 24, 2025

Time:

7:10 P.m. - 8:10 P.m.

Location:

Council Chamber, City Hall

Committee Present:

Councillor Beatty - Chair Presiding,
Councillor Henderson - Vice Chair,
Mayor Ritsma,
Councillor Biehn,
Councillor Briscoe,
Councillor Burbach,
Councillor Hunter,
Councillor Sebben,
Councillor Nijjar,
and Councillor Wordofa

Staff Present:

Joan Thomson - Chief Administrative Officer,
Tim Wolfe - Director of Community Services,
Kim McElroy - Director of Social Services,
Karmen Krueger - Director of Corporate Services,
Taylor Crinklaw - Director of Infrastructure Services,
Adam Betteridge - Director of Building and Planning Services,
Neil Anderson - Director of Emergency Services/Fire Chief,
Audrey Pascual - Deputy Clerk,
and Miranda Franken - Council Clerk Secretary

To watch the Committee meeting live, please click the following link: https://video.isilive.ca/stratford/live.html

A video recording of the meeting will also be available through a link on the City's website https://calendar.stratford.ca/meetings following the meeting.

1.
Call to Order

The Chair to call the Meeting to Order.

Councillor McCabe provided regrets for this meeting.

2.
Disclosure of Pecuniary Interest and the General Nature Thereof

The Municipal Conflict of Interest Act requires any member of Council declaring a pecuniary interest and the general nature thereof, where the interest of a member of Council has not been disclosed by reason of the member’s absence from the meeting, to disclose the interest at the first open meeting attended by the member of Council and otherwise comply with the Act.

Name, Item and General Nature of Pecuniary Interest

3.
Sub-committee Minutes

1.20250213 - Community Services Sub-committee Minutes February 13 2025.pdf

Sub-committee minutes are attached for background regarding the discussion held at the February 13, 2025, Sub-committee meeting.

4.
Delegations

None scheduled.

5.
Report of the Director of Community Services

5.1
Stratford and District Agricultural Society Use of City Facilities (COM25-001)

1.Stratford and District Agricultural Society Use of City Facilities.pdf

Staff Recommendation: THAT City Council approve the five-year [2025 to 2029] Memorandum of Understanding with the Stratford and District Agricultural Society to support the use and rental of city facilities;

AND THAT the Mayor and Clerk, or their respective delegates, be authorized to sign the Memorandum of Understanding on behalf of the municipal corporation.

Motion by
Sub-commitee Recommendation: THAT City Council approve the five-year [2025 to 2029] Memorandum of Understanding with the Stratford and District Agricultural Society to support the use and rental of city facilities;

AND THAT the Mayor and Clerk, or their respective delegates, be authorized to sign the Memorandum of Understanding on behalf of the municipal corporation.