Special Council Meeting

That General Government Committee Report No. 2026-01 relating to: 2026 Operating Budget be adopted as presented. General Government Committee Report No. 2026-01 February 2, 2026 To The Council Of The Corporation Of The City Of North Bay Your Worship and Councillors: The General Government Committee presents Report No. 2026-01 and recommends: That: The 2026 Gross Operating Expenses included in the Operating Budget in the amount of $123,796,588 (save and except the City’s share of the District of Nipissing Social Services Administration Board levy of $15,011,777; the Community Development and Well Being budget of $760,267;the Environmental Services budget of $5,643,230; the City’s share of the North Bay Parry Sound District Health Unit’s levy of $1,825,541; and the North Bay Police Service Board (NBPSB) levy of $32,386,031 be approved. The 2026 Tax Levy of $118,575,398 as summarized in attached Appendix A be approved. The Chief Financial Officer be authorized to process all transfers to and from reserve funds included in the 2026 Operating Budget. The Chief Financial Officer be authorized to transfer $19,036,130 from the Operating Fund to the Capital Fund to finance approved capital projects that would otherwise require debenture issuance to fund (Net Capital Levy in Operating Budget). This is often

That General Government Committee Report No. 2026-02 relating to: 2026 Operating Budget – District of Nipissing Social Services Administration Board be adopted as presented. General Government Committee Report No. 2026-02 February 2, 2026 To The Council Of The Corporation Of The City Of North Bay Your Worship and Councillors: The General Government Committee presents Report No. 2026-02 and recommends: 1. That the City of North Bay’s share of the District of Nipissing Social Services Administration Board’s 2026 Healthy Communities Fund of $78,421 be approved. All of which is respectfully submitted.

That General Government Committee Report No. 2026-03 relating to: 2026 Operating Budget – Community Development and Well-Being be adopted as presented. General Government Committee Report No. 2026-03 February 2, 2026 To The Council Of The Corporation Of The City Of North Bay Your Worship and Councillors: The General Government Committee presents Report No. 2026-03 and recommends: That the 2026 Operating Budget in the amount of $760,267 for Community Development and Well-Being be approved. All of which is respectfully submitted. Record of Vote (Upon the Request of Councillor Vrebosch): Yeas: Councillors Lowery, Gardiner, Horsfield, Mitchell, Mayne, Bain, Inch and Mayor Chirico. Nays: Councillor Vrebosch.

That General Government Committee Report No. 2026-04 relating to: 2026 Operating Budget – North Bay Parry Sound District Health Unit be adopted as presented. General Government Committee Report No. 2026-04 February 2, 2026 To The Council Of The Corporation Of The City Of North Bay Your Worship and Councillors: The General Government Committee presents Report No. 2026-04 and recommends: 1. That the City of North Bay’s share of the North Bay Parry Sound District Health Unit’s 2026 levy of $1,825,541 be approved. All of which is respectfully submitted.

That General Government Committee Report No. 2026-05 relating to: 2026 Operating Budget – North Bay Police Services Board be adopted as presented. General Government Committee Report No. 2026-05 February 2, 2026 To The Council Of The Corporation Of The City Of North Bay Your Worship and Councillors: The General Government Committee presents Report No. 2026-05 and recommends: 1. That the City of North Bay’s share of the North Bay Police Service Board’s 2026 levy of $32,386,031 be approved. All of which is respectfully submitted.

That General Government Committee Report No. 2026-06 relating to: 2026 Operating Budget – District of Nipissing Social Services Administration Board (except for the City’s Share of DNSSAB’s Healthy Communities Fund) be adopted as presented. General Government Committee Report No. 2026-06 February 2, 2026 To The Council Of The Corporation Of The City Of North Bay Your Worship and Councillors: The General Government Committee presents Report No. 2026-06 and recommends: 1. That the City of North Bay’s share of the District of Nipissing Social Services Administration Board’s (DNSSAB) 2026 levy in the amount of $14,933,356 (save and except the City’s share of the DNSSAB’s Healthy Communities Fund of $78,421) be approved. All of which is respectfully submitted.

That General Government Committee Report No. 2026-07 relating to: 2026 Operating Budget – Environmental Services be adopted as presented. General Government Committee Report No. 2026-07 February 2, 2026 To The Council Of The Corporation Of The City Of North Bay Your Worship and Councillors: The General Government Committee presents Report No. 2026-07 and recommends: 1. That the 2026 Operating Budget in the amount of $5,643,230 for Environmental Services be approved. All of which is respectfully submitted. Record of Vote (Upon the Request of Councillor Vrebosch): Yeas: Councillors Lowery, Gardiner, Mallah, Bain, Mayne, Horsfield, Mitchell and Inch. Nays: Councillor Vrebosch.

That General Government Committee Report No. 2026-08 relating to: 2026 Capital Budget be adopted as presented. General Government Committee Report No. 2026-08 February 2, 2026 To The Council Of The Corporation Of The City Of North Bay Your Worship and Councillors: The General Government Committee presents Report No. 2026-08 and recommends: 1. That City Council adopt the 2026 General Capital Budget, save and except the City’s share of the North Bay Police Service Board’s (NBPSB) 2026 General Capital Budget, as presented in attached Schedule “A” for Capital Projects to be funded from Capital Levy, Debentures, Federal and Provincial Government Grant Programs, Development Charges, Reserves and other contributions totalling $57,893,473; 2. That City Council adopt the 2026 Water and Wastewater Capital Budget as presented in attached Schedule “B” for Water and Wastewater Capital projects to be funded from Water and Wastewater Rates, Debentures, Federal and Provincial Government Grant Programs, Development Charges, Reserves and other contributions totalling $23,141,264; 3. That City Council approve the required transfers to and from the various funds in accordance with the 2026 Adopted Capital Budgets; 4. That City Council authorize the Chief Financial Officer/City Treasurer to process the budget transfers during the fiscal year, which do not change the overall approved Net Budgets; and 5. That a By-Law be presented to Council for three readings on February 2, 2026 authorizing the ex

That General Government Committee Report No. 2026-09 relating to: 2026 Capital Budget – North Bay Police Services Board be adopted as presented. General Government Committee Report No. 2026-09 February 2, 2026 To The Council Of The Corporation Of The City Of North Bay Your Worship and Councillors: The General Government Committee presents Report No. 2026-09 and recommends: That City Council adopt the 2026 General Capital for: a. Project No. 4499PD – North Bay Police Headquarters Replacement in the amount of $100,000 b. Project No. 6663PD – North Bay Police Services 2026 On-going in the amount of $1,593,000 All of which is respectfully submitted.

That General Government Committee Report No. 2026-10 relating to: 2026 Reserve Fund be adopted as presented. General Government Committee Report No. 2026-10 February 2, 2026 To The Council Of The Corporation Of The City Of North Bay Your Worship and Councillors: The General Government Committee presents Report No. 2026-10 and recommends that: “Council receive Report to Council CORP 2025-066 dated November 4, 2025, from Shannon Saucier re: Reserve Fund Report as at September 30, 2025, for information purposes; and approve the transfer of the balance remaining in the Contingency Reserve No. 99557R, in the amount of $1,106,474 to the Tax Stabilization Reserve No. 99529R.” All of which is respectfully submitted.

That Council: acknowledge the 2026 General Operating, Water & Wastewater Operating, and Capital Budgets were prepared on a cash basis and excluded the following expenses: Amortization of tangible capital assets Employee future benefit costs Solid waste landfill closure and post closure expenses authorize the continued preparation of the City’s annual General Operating, Water & Wastewater Operating, and Capital Budgets using the cash basis format, as set out in Report to Council CORP 2026-002 dated January 27, 2026 from Sara Gage.

That the following by-laws be read a first, second, third time and passed: By-Law No. 2026-10 to authorize temporary borrowing from time to time to meet current expenditures during the fiscal year ending December 31, 2026. By-Law No. 2026-11 to authorize the expenditures of funds approved by the 2026 General Capital Budget and the 2026 Water and Wastewater Capital Budget.

That the following by-law be read a first, second, third time and passed: By-Law No. 2026-09 to confirm the proceedings of the Special Meeting of Council held on February 2, 2026.

That this Regular Meeting of Council do now adjourn at 6:05 p.m.