Stratford City Council
Special Council Open Session
AGENDA

Meeting #:

4776th

Date:

Monday, July 21, 2025

Time:

6:30 P.m. - 8:30 P.m.

Location:

Council Chamber, City Hall

Council Present:

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

Staff Present:

• Adam Betteridge - Interim Chief Administrative Officer, 
• Tatiana Dafoe - City Clerk, 
• Kim McElroy - Director of Social Services, 
• Taylor Crinklaw - Director of Infrastructure Services, 
• Karmen Krueger - Director of Corporate Services, 
• Tim Wolfe - Director of Community Services, 
• Neil Anderson - Director of Emergency Services/Fire Chief, 
• and Audrey Pascual - Deputy Clerk 

To watch the Council 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:

​​Mayor Ritsma, Chair presiding, to call the Council meeting to order.

Councillor Burbach has provided regrets for this meeting.

Land Acknowledgment

Moment of Silent Reflection

Respectful Conduct Statement

2.

Declarations 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 to otherwise comply with the Act.

Name, Item and General Nature Thereof

 

3.

Orders of the Day:

3.1

Resolution - Procedural By-law Review - Update (COU28-082)

• Motion by

  Staff Recommendation: THAT the proposed revisions to the Procedural By-law as noted in the Procedural By-law Recommendations attached to Report COU25-082 as Appendix A be considered and direction given on any additional suggested revisions;

  THAT staff be directed to prepare a draft Procedural By-law;

  AND THAT staff be directed to proceed to a Public Meeting to receive comments from members of the public on the draft Procedural By-law.

4.

Reading of the By-laws:

The following By-law requires First and Second Readings and Third and Final Readings:

4.1 Confirmatory By-law

To confirm the proceedings of Council of The Corporation of the City of Stratford at its meeting held on July 21, 2025.

• Motion by

  THAT By-law 4.1 be read a First and Second Time.

• Motion by

  THAT By-law 4.1 be read a Third Time and Finally Passed. 

5.

Adjournment:

• Motion by

  ​THAT the July 21, 2025 Special Council Meeting adjourn.