Council Meeting

THAT Report No. FIN-16-2024 be received for information AND THAT Council direct staff to bring back the operating budget in January with a 4.42% municipal tax rate increase for 2025.

THAT the following meeting minutes be adopted as circulated/amended:  special council meeting minutes of November 29, 2024  regular council meeting minutes of December 3, 2024

THAT Council directs staff to approve the request of Jessica's House Hospice and to donate the rental fees required for the main hall at the Lucan Biddulph Community Memorial Centre on April 28, 2025.

THAT items 10.1 through 10.2 (Correspondence) be received for information purposes.

THAT Council direct staff to conditionally accept the tender submission for Lots A & B from SP Properties Ltd.; AND FURTHER THAT Lot C be released for sale at price of $139,900.00.

THAT Council take a short recess at 5:52 p.m. and reconvene the meeting at 6:00 p.m.

THAT Council adjourn its regular meeting at 6:02 p.m. in order to sit as a Committee of Adjustments under the Planning Act.

THAT Application for Consent B-19/2024 filed by Clifford Harry Knip, to sever a parcel with a frontage of approximately 137 metres (449.5 feet) on Whalen Line, and an area of approximately 0.959 hectares (2.37 acres), and the remnant lands a frontage of approximately 542 metres (1,778.2 feet) on Saintsbury Line, with an area of approximately 26.57 hectares (65.7 acres) for a property legally described as North Part of Lot 8, Concession North Boundary in the Township of Lucan Biddulph, County of Middlesex; BE GRANTED subject to the following conditions: 1. That the Certificate of Consent under Section 53 (42) of the Planning Act be given within two years of the date of the notice of decision. The request for the Certificate of Consent shall be accompanied by a written submission that details how each of the conditions of severance has been fulfilled. 2. That all applicable property taxes, municipal fees and charges be paid to the Township prior to the stamping of the deeds. 3. That, if necessary a revised assessment schedule in accordance with the Drainage Act, as amended, be commissioned and paid for by the Owner. 4. That the applicant’s solicitor submits an undertaking, in a form satisfactory to the Secretary-Treasurer, to register an electronic transfer of title consistent with the Acknowledgment and Direction and the decision of the Committee of Adjustment. 5. That a deposited reference plan be provided to the satisfaction of the Township, which provides a valid legal desc

THAT the Committee of Adjustment be adjourned at 6:07 p.m. in order to convene to a Public Meeting under the Planning Act.

THAT Zoning By-law Amendment application (Z-12/2024), filed by Clifford Harry Knip to rezone the retained portion of lands identified in Consent Application B-19/2024 to a site-specific Agricultural (A3-15) Zone, and amend the remnant lands to a Surplus Dwelling (SD) Zone, for lands legally described as North Part of Lot 8, Concession North Boundary, in the Township of Lucan Biddulph, County of Middlesex be APPROVED, and that the implementing By- law be forwarded to Township Council for consideration upon receipt of a deposited reference plan.

THAT Council adjourn the public meeting at 6:08 p.m. and reconvene its regular meeting.

THAT Council receive the Middlesex County Procurement Services presentation for information as presented.

That the Council of the Township of Lucan Biddulph receive the attached accounts as paid for information, as follows:  November 2024 $1,743,835.18

THAT Council move into closed session at 6:34 p.m. pursuant to Section 239 (2) of the Municipal Act, 2001, as amended to discuss information regarding the Appeal of Official Plan Amendment No. 10 under the following exception: (e) litigation or potential litigation, including matters before administrative tribunals, affecting the municipality or local board.

THAT Council adjourns its closed session meeting at 7:20 p.m. and reconvenes regular council meeting.

THAT if no one cares to speak to By-law 47-2024, that it be considered to have been read a third time and passed.

THAT if no one cares to speak to By-laws 59-2024 through 60-2024, inclusive, on their first, second and third reading, that they be considered to have been read a first time and passed, read a second time and passed and read a third time and passed.

RESOLVED that the Council meeting be adjourned at 7:22 p.m.