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

Meeting #:

Date:

Monday, July 22, 2024

Time:

7:05 P.m. - 9:05 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 McCabe, 
• Councillor Nijjar, 
• and Councillor Wordofa 

Staff Present:

• Joan Thomson - Chief Administrative Officer, 
• Audrey Pascual - Deputy Clerk, 
• 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, 
• Dave Bush - Director of Human Resources, 
• 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.

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1.

Call to Order

​The Chair to call the Meeting to Order.

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

As quorum was not reached at the July 11, 2024, Community Services Sub-committee meeting, the meeting was adjourned.

4.

Delegations

4.1

Request for Delegation by the Friends of the Shakespearean Gardens

Reg White, Chair of the Friends of the Shakespearean Gardens will be speaking to Committee to provide information about the group and their activities. 

• Motion by

  THAT Reg White, Chair of the Friends of the Shakespearean Gardens, be heard.

5.

Report of the Council Committee Coordinator

5.1

Stratford Invasive Plant Plan 2024 (COM24-006)

• Motion by

  Staff Recommendation: THAT the Stratford Invasive Plant Plan be adopted;

  AND THAT staff be directed to implement the recommendations contained in the Plan and to include sufficient resources and funding in the annual budget process for Council’s consideration.

6.

For the Information of Committee

6.1

Advisory Committee/Outside Board Minutes

The following Advisory Committee Minutes are provided for the information of Committee:

• Communities in Bloom Advisory Committee of March 7, 2024
• Communities in Bloom Advisory Committee of April 4, 2024
• Communities in Bloom Advisory Committee of May 9, 2024

7.

Adjournment

​Meeting Start Time:
Meeting End Time:

• Motion by

  Committee Decision: ​THAT the Community Services Committee meeting adjourn.