Owen Sound Committee - Corporate Services Meeting Transcript — July 9, 2026

00:00:11 Speaker 01: Well, good evening, everyone.

00:00:13 Speaker 02: Welcome to the Corporate Services Committee for June nine, twenty twenty six.

00:00:29 Speaker 02: It is now almost five thirty five, and I would like to acknowledge that all members of the committee are here in the council chambers.

00:00:47 Speaker 02: Member Fletcher is joining us online, so welcome, everyone. and we look forward to a great short meeting.

00:00:59 Speaker 02: So I call the meeting to order.

00:01:06 Speaker 02: At number two, calls for additional businesses.

00:01:10 Speaker 02: Anyone with any additional business?

00:01:17 Speaker 02: Seeing none, I move on to item number third: declarations of interests.

00:01:22 Speaker 02: Any?

00:01:31 Speaker 02: Online?

00:01:31 Speaker 02: None.

00:01:32 Speaker 02: Perfect.

00:01:39 Speaker 02: At number four, we have confirmation of the minutes of the corporate services committee meeting held on June eleven, twenty twenty six.

00:01:48 Speaker 02: Any questions, concerns?

00:01:49 Speaker 03: None.

00:01:50 Speaker 03: Could we have a mover?

00:01:53 Speaker 03: Moved by Councillor Miraburo.

00:01:56 Speaker 03: All in favour?

00:02:01 Speaker 03: And I see the hand go up online, and it is Carrot.

00:02:05 Speaker 03: Perfect.

00:02:10 Speaker 03: At number five, there are no deputations or presentations.

00:02:16 Speaker 03: At number six, it's the public forum.

00:02:21 Speaker 03: I don't see any members.

00:02:25 Speaker 03: Oh yes, there is a member here.

00:02:27 Speaker 03: Welcome, Jill.

00:02:30 Speaker 03: Thank you very much.

00:02:42 Speaker 03: I just wanted to quickly say before we got into some of the work today how pleased I am for the agenda today.

00:03:00 Speaker 02: We're currently in a housing crisis, as everybody knows, and we have households and individuals turned away every day from accessing great county emergency housing or even social housing because of a lack of space.

00:03:26 Speaker 02: So what you're discussing today is really critical when it comes to supporting more. people to stay in healthier homes and also to stay in home.

00:03:47 Speaker 02: One thing we did have from RentSafe, I should say, my name is Jill Umbach, and I'm representing RentSafe One Sound and the Poverty Task Force.

00:04:01 Speaker 02: My apologies.

00:04:10 Speaker 02: We had a couple of things presented back in November 2004, and so just a reminder of the changes that are coming up.

00:04:27 Speaker 04: So discussing mold and vital services bylaw, we're really excited that they're before. you today.

00:04:47 Speaker 04: We also wanted to remind people that at that time in November, we also recommended exploring options for reniviction bylaws to prevent bad faith bad faith evictions and maintain our affordable housing stock.

00:05:15 Speaker 04: In particular, we are looking at Hamilton and Toronto bylaws, and then we still recommended that a strong community involvement and reporting mechanism be put in place around a rental housing committee led by the city.

00:05:33 Speaker 04: So those are. two recommendations that we just wanted to put back on notice today.

00:05:47 Speaker 04: But we are very pleased and excited to see what you guys are going to discuss and and put forth today.

00:05:55 Speaker 04: Thank you.

00:05:58 Speaker 04: Thank you so much, Jill, for those two recommendations.

00:06:08 Speaker 04: And I'm sure the committee will look into the considerations.

00:06:13 Speaker 04: Do we have anyone online, Christina?

00:06:15 Speaker 04: All right.

00:06:25 Speaker 04: So there are no questions submitted online.

00:06:37 Speaker 04: At number seven, we have correspondence. and there are no correspondence items being presented for consideration.

00:06:54 Speaker 04: At number eight, we move on to the reports of the city staff.

00:07:09 Speaker 05: Eight A reports for parking and bylaw enforcement, and at eight A one, we have a report CR twenty six zero six seven from bylaw enforcement supervisor regarding the regulatory bylaw management policy.

00:07:35 Speaker 04: And I would pass the mic on to Riley.

00:07:42 Speaker 04: Welcome, Riley.

00:07:46 Speaker 06: Thank you, and through you, Chair Kukraysia.

00:07:57 Speaker 06: Today, I'm presenting a report regarding the proposed regulatory bylaw management policy.

00:08:22 Speaker 06: The purpose of this policy is to create a clear, consistent process for developing, reviewing, updating, and managing the city's regulatory bylaws, which are bylaws that regulate behavior within the city and contain penalties for noncompliance.

00:08:41 Speaker 06: The city currently has 59 regulatory bylaws.

00:08:49 Speaker 06: The existing review policy dates back to. 2007 and does not reflect current practices.

00:08:58 Speaker 04: The proposed policy reflects current practices and establishes a clear, structured, and consistent framework.

00:09:14 Speaker 04: Under the proposed policy, each regulatory bylaw is assigned a division lead, acting as the content expert and project lead for reviews.

00:09:38 Speaker 04: The content expert is responsible for undertaking research, arranging meetings, ensuring consultation occurs, and reporting to committee or council.

00:09:56 Speaker 04: The proposed procedure covers the creation of new bylaws, comprehensive reviews of existing bylaws, and targeted reviews.

00:10:08 Speaker 06: The master schedule is designed to remain flexible.

00:10:22 Speaker 06: Projects may be added, removed, advanced, or deferred as priorities evolve over time.

00:10:33 Speaker 04: All 59 regulatory bylaws have been scheduled within an eight-year rolling review schedule.

00:10:43 Speaker 04: The policy, procedure, and schedules were developed in consultation with the strategic leadership team.

00:10:57 Speaker 04: Similar to the policy review project, each bylaw management project that is scheduled for the following year will be presented to the strategic leadership team,

00:11:22 Speaker 04: who will determine the final list of bylaw projects that will be added to the next year's work plan.

00:11:35 Speaker 04: Bylaw management projects use existing staff resources and are labor-intensive.

00:11:45 Speaker 06: Creation of new bylaws and comprehensive reviews may take anywhere from four to eight months for completion.

00:11:55 Speaker 07: Targeted reviews are more direct and may take anywhere from three to four months.

00:12:17 Speaker 07: Proper management of regulatory bylaws. including timely creation and review, benefits residents, visitors, and staff by keeping rules and requirements up to date, aligned with the city's goals, and consistent with governing law.

00:12:49 Speaker 07: The recommendation in the report is to direct staff to bring forward a bylaw to adopt regulatory bylaw policy number AF zero one five, and repeal policy number CS seven three.

00:13:07 Speaker 07: With that, I'm happy to answer any questions that you may have.

00:13:13 Speaker 07: Thank you for the report, Riley.

00:13:19 Speaker 02: And now I open the floor to questions.

00:13:26 Speaker 04: Looking to my right, any questions?

00:13:29 Speaker 04: Any questions?

00:13:30 Speaker 04: None.

00:13:33 Speaker 04: Looking to my left, any questions?

00:13:37 Speaker 04: Go ahead, Member Fractner.

00:13:42 Speaker 04: Through you, Chair.

00:13:51 Speaker 04: Now it says that you have 59 regulatory bylaws, which is going to be on an eight-year rolling schedule.

00:14:04 Speaker 04: So how will the staff prioritize reviews if any urgent issues arises outside of the planned schedule?

00:14:12 Speaker 04: Thank you.

00:14:14 Speaker 04: Through through you, chair.

00:14:19 Speaker 04: As I said, the the master schedule is flexible.

00:14:35 Speaker 04: So, if something were to come up that that was urgent or we wanted to prioritize, we would look at what the work plan was for that year,

00:14:53 Speaker 04: and we would we would consider what else could be removed. from that to make sure that staff have the time to complete that process.

00:15:07 Speaker 04: Any other questions, Councilor Martin?

00:15:09 Speaker 04: Through you, Chair.

00:15:13 Speaker 04: Thank you very much for this comprehensive report.

00:15:20 Speaker 04: I do have some questions, in no particular order.

00:15:36 Speaker 04: I'm looking at the master schedule. and I'm interested to know just as we we use a priority scale, you know, when we establish things like capital equipment review and and that,

00:15:59 Speaker 04: whether there could be consideration of a of a priority scale or measurement with somewhat similar data elements to start to prioritize around that master schedule.

00:16:11 Speaker 04: The reason I'm asking specific.

00:16:25 Speaker 04: The reason I'm asking specifically is I know that that there was the encampment protocol in 2028, and to me, I would think with certainly the comments we heard earlier this evening,

00:16:45 Speaker 04: that it is really important that we, as a city, have something in place to address our current situation.

00:16:55 Speaker 04: That was my first question.

00:17:06 Speaker 04: It was about a priority scale and whether you feel an encampment. protocol bylaw needs to be perhaps prioritized.

00:17:16 Speaker 04: Thank you, through chair.

00:17:29 Speaker 04: So, as far as the encampment protocol goes, I do think that will be a larger project that will require a lot of consultation to make sure that we get it right.

00:17:53 Speaker 04: Which is kind of the intention of putting it into 2028 was to have some time to think about how we want to do that.

00:18:13 Speaker 04: As far as the priority list itself goes, or prioritizing each of these bylaws and these reviews, I can say that when this was originally drafted,

00:18:31 Speaker 04: there was a priority involved in deciding what would go when.

00:18:45 Speaker 04: Once we were kind of finalizing this, that priority was removed, but it's certainly something we could look at bringing back in.

00:18:57 Speaker 08: Thank you.

00:19:04 Speaker 08: It would be good, perhaps, to consider that.

00:19:16 Speaker 04: If you if you could relook at that, the second question that I had has to do with looking at external stakeholders.

00:19:35 Speaker 04: I know in the report you talk about content experts, but I'm wondering if there are also how the public gets. involved with input or other external stakeholders as you review the bylaws,

00:19:54 Speaker 04: how how you engage the public with that.

00:19:59 Speaker 09: Thank you, through you, chair.

00:20:11 Speaker 09: With with external consultation, the policy currently has it written that the content expert would decide what type of consultation would occur for each specific project.

00:20:28 Speaker 07: So it's it's flexible. depending on what kind of review it is.

00:20:38 Speaker 07: If it's a new bylaw, there might we might need to have more consultation.

00:20:50 Speaker 07: If it's very specific, update to a bylaw, then maybe there's not as much consultation required.

00:21:04 Speaker 07: So the way the policy is currently written is that the content expert would make that determination at that time.

00:21:21 Speaker 04: But council could certainly, if we're looking at a new bylaw, council could certainly recommend a certain level of consultation.

00:21:37 Speaker 04: Through you, chair.

00:22:14 Speaker 04: One thing I've learned certainly is that sometimes there are stakeholders that you may not immediately come to mind.

00:22:32 Speaker 07: That so, I'm anticipating you'll do a comparator with other municipalities and see who they've included as stakeholders as well, because sometimes you just don't know who has has that or could add input.

00:22:53 Speaker 07: So, thank you.

00:22:56 Speaker 04: All right, Gonsleur Mitterbuh.

00:22:58 Speaker 04: Thank you.

00:23:01 Speaker 04: My question was sort of along that same line.

00:23:13 Speaker 04: I'm happy to see the new bylaws that are under consideration, and my question was was similar in that I'd like to see some of these moved up, if possible.

00:23:31 Speaker 05: So, was the date, the proposed date, there for start or completion?

00:23:44 Speaker 05: Like, if you think that the encampment is going to take maybe a year or two years to to get it right.

00:24:03 Speaker 05: Are you starting that now with an end date of twenty twenty eight, or starting in twenty twenty eight, ending twenty thirty?

00:24:13 Speaker 05: Thank you.

00:24:19 Speaker 04: That's a great question.

00:24:30 Speaker 04: So, with the proposed date, I can say that that is when it will come forward.

00:24:37 Speaker 04: Any other questions?

00:24:43 Speaker 04: Seeing none, so I call the vote for this particular report.

00:24:49 Speaker 04: Oh, of course.

00:24:50 Speaker 04: Thank you, Councillor Dodd.

00:24:53 Speaker 04: So, who's moving it?

00:24:55 Speaker 04: Yourself, Craig.

00:24:58 Speaker 04: All right, we have a tie here.

00:25:02 Speaker 04: So moved by Member Craig.

00:25:04 Speaker 04: All those in favour?

00:25:06 Speaker 04: And I see the hand go up online.

00:25:18 Speaker 04: So it is carried unanimously.

00:25:23 Speaker 04: Thank you, Riley.

00:25:43 Speaker 04: At eight a two, we have report CR twenty six zero six eight from the. 068 from the bylaw enforcement supervisor regarding updates to the property standards bylaw and introduction of a vital services bylaw.

00:26:03 Speaker 04: Welcome again, Riley.

00:26:04 Speaker 04: Thank you.

00:26:13 Speaker 04: My next report is regarding proposed updates to the property standards bylaw and the introduction of a new vital services bylaw.

00:26:31 Speaker 04: The report responds to concerns raised through the rent safe on sound collaborative, previous council direction, and operational experience within the bylaw enforcement division.

00:26:54 Speaker 04: These changes are intended. to strengthen tenant protections, improve housing habitability standards, modernize enforcement tools, and provide clearer expectations for property owners.

00:27:09 Speaker 04: In 2025, the Bylaw Enforcement Division received 55 complaints related to habitable housing concerns.

00:27:25 Speaker 04: Twenty of those, 21 of those complaints involved vital services, 13 involved pests, 11 involved water damage and mold.

00:27:50 Speaker 04: Staff believe many concerns remain unreported due to fear of reprisal. or uncertainty about where to seek assistance, in addition, council previously directed staff to review mold-related provisions following recommendations from the Rent Safe, Own,

00:28:11 Speaker 04: Sound Collaborative.

00:28:30 Speaker 04: The proposed amendments address these recurring issues while supporting the city's strategic plan objective of maintaining a safe and inclusive community.

00:28:37 Speaker 06: Several amendments to the property standards bylaw are proposed.

00:28:52 Speaker 06: First, the report proposes the inclusion of model mold provisions developed by the Ontario Association of Property Standards.

00:29:05 Speaker 04: Officers and a provincial working group.

00:29:11 Speaker 04: These provisions provide clear language for addressing mold conditions affecting habitability.

00:29:11 Speaker 04: Second, the report proposes significant updates for vacant and damaged buildings.

00:29:11 Speaker 04: The amendments would prohibit boarding buildings simply because they are vacant, while continuing to permit boarding where a building has been damaged.

00:29:12 Speaker 10: Minor damage may be boarded for up to 60 days before boarding must be removed and repairs made.

00:29:12 Speaker 10: Buildings damaged by fire, explosion. or other catastrophic events, may remain boarded for a maximum of 15 months, provided property owners providing property owners time to work through insurance and reconstruction processes.

00:29:14 Speaker 09: Exemptions to those time limits would apply for heritage properties, active development applications, valid building permits, and circumstances where other legislation requires buildings to remain secured.

00:29:14 Speaker 02: Third, the report proposes the inclusion of lighting standards, as described in the zoning bylaw, to require that property owners maintain. or block exterior lighting from entering the interior of an adjacent property.

00:29:15 Speaker 02: Fourth, the report proposes an administrative amendment to replace the current wording of section two five eight one, going from "all buildings shall be kept free from vermin, termites,

00:29:15 Speaker 02: and other injurious insects," and replacing that with "all buildings shall be kept reasonably free from all pests."

00:29:15 Speaker 02: A definition of pests has been added to include each of the previous. past listed, and to clarify that rental properties must be maintained free of bedbugs.

00:29:15 Speaker 02: Finally, the report proposes an administrative amendment to the provisions describing the maintenance of a driveway or parking area to align with the city's current zoning bylaw and improve enforceability.

00:29:16 Speaker 02: The amendment updates the permitted materials for new driveways to require a non-migrating hard surface or permeable surface.

00:29:16 Speaker 02: A section is added to clarify. that these requirements do not apply to existing legal driveways.

00:29:16 Speaker 02: Inclusion of certain provisions from the zoning bylaw allow for more efficient enforcement processes by allowing the issuance of an order to comply, whereas enforcement of the zoning bylaw requires charging the owner of the property.

00:29:17 Speaker 02: The second component of this report is the introduction of a new vital services bylaw.

00:29:18 Speaker 02: Vital services are services that are fundamental to health, safety, and well-being.

00:29:18 Speaker 02: The proposed Vital Services Bylaw creates a more responsive enforcement framework.

00:29:18 Speaker 02: It allows shorter compliance timelines and immediate enforcement options when significant health or safety concerns exist, including immediate penalties for intentional noncompliance.

00:29:18 Speaker 02: The new bylaw would replace the city's existing heat bylaw, which only addressed heat and provided limited enforcement tools.

00:29:19 Speaker 02: The report recommends set fines ranging from $500 to $1,000 as a deterrent from discontinuing or failing to. maintain vital services.

00:29:19 Speaker 02: In summary, this report proposes practical and balanced updates that respond directly to concerns related to housing, mold, damaged buildings, and the provision of vital services in rental housing.

00:29:20 Speaker 02: The amendment strengthens protection for tenants, improves the city's enforcement tools, and supports safe and habitable housing throughout the community.

00:29:20 Speaker 02: The recommendation in the report is to direct staff to bring forward the amended property standards bylaw and the new vital services bylaw for approval. and to apply for approval of the proposed set fines.

00:29:21 Speaker 02: With that, I would be pleased to answer any questions you may have.

00:29:21 Speaker 02: Thank you for the detailed report, Riley.

00:29:22 Speaker 02: Any questions?

00:29:22 Speaker 02: Go ahead.

00:29:22 Speaker 02: Thank you.

00:29:22 Speaker 02: Through you, chairs.

00:29:23 Speaker 02: So the report notes, and as you mentioned, that habitability concerns are believed to be underreported due to tenants either fearing reprisal or not knowing really where. or how to report their concerns,

00:29:24 Speaker 02: I'm wondering if staff have considered whether any additional measures should be, I guess,

00:29:25 Speaker 02: looked into or maybe implemented to help tenants bring more awareness to how tenants can report their concerns and also feel more protected and safe in doing so.

00:29:26 Speaker 02: Thank you.

00:29:26 Speaker 02: Thank you, through chair, as part of this report, one of the important. measures is communication on the changes to this bylaw.

00:29:27 Speaker 02: So I believe the intention is to have some communication on what the new requirements are for landlords,

00:29:27 Speaker 02: but also explaining how tenants can can report their concerns and the protections that they have when they do report those concerns.

00:29:28 Speaker 02: Any other questions on this side?

00:29:28 Speaker 02: Go ahead, Member Neil.

00:29:28 Speaker 02: Firstly, I'll move the three recommendations.

00:29:29 Speaker 02: I just went through.

00:29:29 Speaker 02: I support the all of them.

00:29:30 Speaker 02: I think there should be a definition for boarding in there.

00:29:31 Speaker 02: And I just t here is boarding in hockey.

00:29:31 Speaker 02: T here is boarding houses.

00:29:32 Speaker 02: Those things mean quite a bit different.

00:29:33 Speaker 02: I know exactly what you are talking about, but I just think that that should be added to the.

00:29:33 Speaker 02: And maybe it's there, and t here is a reason why it's not there.

00:29:33 Speaker 02: But that that's something I noticed.

00:29:34 Speaker 02: Perfect.

00:29:35 Speaker 02: Councilmember, that's a very good point because I didn't know what it meant when another report came to council before about boarding.

00:29:35 Speaker 02: My question is under the bylaw one three application.

00:29:35 Speaker 02: It says that officers can do a preliminary inspection, but shall not, without the consent of the owner occupant, enter the property.

00:29:36 Speaker 02: So. if there's mold on the inside and nobody gives you authority to enter the house, what does that mean?

00:29:36 Speaker 02: What what happens?

00:29:36 Speaker 02: So, I believe the section you're referring to speaks directly to when council moves a recommendation or a resolution that by law enforcement officers do proactive enforcement.

00:29:37 Speaker 02: We do have separate provisions for just when we get a complaint and we go to a house.

00:29:37 Speaker 02: So in those situations, we would be waiting for a complaint to get entrant get entry to that that house or that apartment to to look for the mold.

00:29:37 Speaker 02: We wouldn't be going proactively out to each apartment and asking to do an inspection at this point in time.

00:29:38 Speaker 02: Okay, thank you.

00:29:38 Speaker 02: I I'm happy with all the the changes, especially the ones with you know the boarding up of the the properties, especially. downtown, I know that that can be a real eyesore.

00:29:38 Speaker 02: So I'm happy to see the changes with that, and I'm supportive of all the recommendations.

00:29:38 Speaker 02: The only other thing I wanted is sometimes it's not necessarily the landlord's fault.

00:29:39 Speaker 02: Sometimes it's the tenant that has done something.

00:29:39 Speaker 02: As a former landlord, that has caused the conditions inside.

00:29:40 Speaker 02: So is there any protection in here for the landlord?

00:29:40 Speaker 02: Yes, there is, Christina.

00:29:40 Speaker 02: Would there be a chance to bring up the draft bylaw?

00:29:40 Speaker 02: The next one, sorry.

00:29:41 Speaker 02: Perfect.

00:29:41 Speaker 02: It will be under tenant responsibilities.

00:29:42 Speaker 02: Page five.

00:29:42 Speaker 02: Thank you, Christina.

00:29:42 Speaker 02: So, with that section, Section Sixteen, it does say that the tenant Sixteen B, sorry, Sixteen B says protects the landlord if the tenant or any guest in the in the building, whether intentionally or unintentionally,

00:29:43 Speaker 02: causes damage to the equipment or the component required to provide the vital service, and then sixteen a says that if the tenant is responsible for paying for that utility and they don't pay,

00:29:43 Speaker 02: that that's not the the landlord's fault.

00:29:43 Speaker 02: Any other questions on this side?

00:29:44 Speaker 02: No. All right, Member Franklin.

00:29:44 Speaker 02: Through you, Chair. can the staff clarify how will this practically improve the response time, save an attendant is without heat, water, electricity, or any other essential services?

00:29:44 Speaker 02: That is the first part.

00:29:45 Speaker 02: I do have a second part.

00:29:45 Speaker 02: Once you finish the first, probably I'll go in for the second.

00:29:45 Speaker 02: Thank you for the question, through you, chair.

00:29:45 Speaker 02: So the way that we respond to vital service concerns right now is through the property standards bylaw under the building code act.

00:29:46 Speaker 02: It it legislates. the minimum compliance time of nineteen days before we could go in and do work, unless we can identify an immediate health and safety concern to that person.

00:29:46 Speaker 02: With this process, the the order requirements can be a lot shorter, so we can we can issue an order that requires compliance anywhere from one day up to nineteen days,

00:29:47 Speaker 02: based on the the severity of the situation, as well as based on. how much time we think it will take to actually fix the concern.

00:29:47 Speaker 02: Finally, with the property standards bylaw, we can't issue fines immediately.

00:29:48 Speaker 02: The fine is for failing to comply with an order that we issue.

00:29:49 Speaker 02: With this bylaw, we would be able to issue a fine just for failing to maintain those vital services or for intentionally shutting them off.

00:29:49 Speaker 02: Through your chair, the second part of. the question is: you have proposed $500,000 as fines, and are these fines enough to deter the landlords from discontinuing or failing to maintain the vital services?

00:29:49 Speaker 02: Thank you very much.

00:29:49 Speaker 02: So, when you're looking at the set fines, those are the fines for if we were to issue a ticket to someone.

00:29:50 Speaker 02: Usually, that is reserved for somebody who's getting a getting charged for the first time, there is another option where we can issue a summons to a person, which requires them to come to court.

00:29:51 Speaker 02: And in the penalty sections of the bylaw, there are maximum penalties up to one hundred thousand dollars.

00:29:51 Speaker 02: So, if we have a landlord that continues to do the same thing and we continue to charge them, we can go through that route and seek a fine up to a one hundred thousand dollars.

00:29:51 Speaker 02: Anything else?

00:29:52 Speaker 02: That's late, Councillor Martin.

00:29:52 Speaker 02: Through you, Chair.

00:29:52 Speaker 02: I have a couple of questions.

00:29:53 Speaker 02: Could you clarify what you mean by "reasonably clear and free of pests"?

00:29:53 Speaker 02: My idea of reasonably clear and yours might be different.

00:29:53 Speaker 02: So, what do you mean by "reasonably clear"?

00:29:54 Speaker 02: Thank you for the question.

00:29:54 Speaker 02: So the reason that we've included reasonably is to take into account those situations where a landlord is working with a pest control company to remove the pests.

00:29:54 Speaker 02: So we'll have situations where landlords have gone in, you know, five, six times.

00:29:55 Speaker 02: They've they've had pest control companies come in.

00:29:55 Speaker 02: They're continuing to have. those re-inspections, and they're continuing to have issues.

00:29:55 Speaker 02: The way it is right now is, if they find one single pest, we'd have to issue another order, have them do that process.

00:29:55 Speaker 02: When we do issue an order, there is a fee attached to that.

00:29:56 Speaker 02: So adding reasonably in there is intended to say that if the landlord is showing us that they are working on the problem, that we're not going to get involved unless it. becomes a larger issue.

00:29:56 Speaker 02: Through you, chair.

00:29:56 Speaker 02: Are there occasions when, on behalf of an individual, some of our individuals, our residents may also have other agencies that work alongside with them, or legal aid is actively involved?

00:29:57 Speaker 02: So, are you able to move forward if there is a concern?

00:29:58 Speaker 02: from someone acting on behalf of, and do you require documentation to prove that they have that authority?

00:29:58 Speaker 02: Then, yes.

00:29:58 Speaker 02: So, if someone has a worker that is assigned to them, or if they're working with legal aid,

00:29:58 Speaker 02: we can work with them directly and get information from them when it comes to actually entering the property. we would need the consent from that person,

00:29:59 Speaker 02: unless there was some sort of an agreement between them and the service worker.

00:29:59 Speaker 02: But yes, we do.

00:29:59 Speaker 02: We do work with legal aid a lot of the time, and we do work with with service workers if if need be.

00:30:00 Speaker 02: Any other questions, Mr. Martin?

00:30:00 Speaker 02: No. Member Greg.

00:30:01 Speaker 02: Through you, Madam Chair, I just wanted to disclose before we vote that I am currently a landlord in Owen Sound.

00:30:02 Speaker 02: Thank you for that.

00:30:02 Speaker 02: Through you, Madam Chair, just to Member McCutcheon who commented about the boarding definition, if that is something you'd like added to. the bylaw, if you could just, if we could add that to the recommendation,

00:30:03 Speaker 02: then that would have us include it in the next, in the final version that comes forward for approval to council.

00:30:03 Speaker 02: Chair, go ahead, Memoni.

00:30:03 Speaker 02: Thank you, through the chair.

00:30:03 Speaker 02: Yes, can we add to that that we add the in the definitions that definition of boarding be added, please.

00:30:04 Speaker 02: Okay.

00:30:04 Speaker 02: Any other questions?

00:30:05 Speaker 02: Seeing none, and the recommendation has already been moved by Member Neil.

00:30:05 Speaker 02: So all those in favour.

00:30:05 Speaker 02: And I see the hand going up on nine, and that is carried unanimously.

00:30:05 Speaker 02: That carries us through to eight B under Accounting, which we have no reports.

00:30:05 Speaker 02: Eight C under Clerks, none.

00:30:06 Speaker 02: Eight D Corporate and Facility Services, none.

00:30:06 Speaker 02: Eight E Fire, no reports.

00:30:06 Speaker 02: Eight No reports. 8f Human Resources none. 8g Information Technology none. 8h Taxes and Revenues none.

00:30:07 Speaker 02: At number nine, we have matters postponed, and there are no matters postponed.

00:30:07 Speaker 02: Number ten, there are no motions for which notice was given previously.

00:30:07 Speaker 02: At number eleven, we do not have any correspondence items being presented for information.

00:30:07 Speaker 02: Number twelve, there is no discussion of additional business. At number thirteen, do we have any notices of motion that anybody would like to make? Seeing none to my right and left, and online, no. Perfect. And at number fourteen, it is six o' four, and the meeting is adjourned. Thank you, everyone, for a wonderful meeting.