Special Council Meeting

That General Government Committee Report No. 2025-05 relating to: 2025 Operating Budget be adopted as presented. General Government Committee Report No. 2025-05 March 31, 2025 To The Council Of The Corporation Of The City Of North Bay Your Worship and Councillors: The General Government Committee presents Report No. 2025-05 and recommends: That: The 2025 Gross Operating Expenses included in the Operating Budget in the amount of $120,816,523 (save and except the City’s share of the District of Nipissing Social Services Administration Board levy of $14,480,058; the City’s share of the North Bay Parry Sound District Health Unit’s levy of $1,772,370; the North Bay Police Service Board (NBPSB) levy of $30,102,902; and the City’s budget for Invest North Bay Development Corporation of $10,000) be approved. The 2025 Tax Levy of $114,069,054 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 2025 Operating Budget. The Chief Financial Officer be authorized to transfer $16,923,844 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. 2025-06 relating to: 2025 Operating Budget – District of Nipissing Social Services Administration Board (except Healthy Communities Fund) be adopted as presented. General Government Committee Report No. 2025-06 March 31, 2025 To The Council Of The Corporation Of The City Of North Bay Your Worship and Councillors: The General Government Committee presents Report No. 2025-06 and recommends: That the City of North Bay’s share of the District of Nipissing Social Services Administration Board’s (DNSSAB) 2025 levy in the amount of $14,401,389 (save and except the City’s Share of the DNSSAB’s Healthy Communities Fund of $78,669) be approved. All of which is respectfully submitted.

That General Government Committee Report No. 2025-07 relating to: 2025 Operating Budget – District of Nipissing Social Services Administration Board’s Healthy Communities Fund be adopted as presented. General Government Committee Report No. 2025-07 March 31, 2025 To The Council Of The Corporation Of The City Of North Bay Your Worship and Councillors: The General Government Committee presents Report No. 2025-07 and recommends: That the City of North Bay’s share of the District of Nipissing Social Services Administration Board’s 2025 Healthy Communities Fund of $78,669 be approved. All of which is respectfully submitted.

That General Government Committee Report No. 2025-08 relating to: 2025 Operating Budget – North Bay Police Services Board be adopted as presented. General Government Committee Report No. 2025-08 March 31, 2025 To The Council Of The Corporation Of The City Of North Bay Your Worship and Councillors: The General Government Committee presents Report No. 2025-08 and recommends: That the City of North Bay’s share of the North Bay Police Service Board’s 2025 levy of $30,102,902 be approved. All of which is respectfully submitted.

That General Government Committee Report No. 2025-09 relating to: 2025 Operating Budget – North Bay Parry Sound District Health Unit be adopted as presented. General Government Committee Report No. 2025-09 March 31, 2025 To The Council Of The Corporation Of The City Of North Bay Your Worship and Councillors: The General Government Committee presents Report No. 2025-09 and recommends: That the City of North Bay’s share of the North Bay Parry Sound District Health Unit’s 2025 levy of $1,772,370 be approved. All of which is respectfully submitted.

That General Government Committee Report No. 2025-10 relating to: 2025 Operating Budget – Invest North Bay Development Corporation be adopted as presented. General Government Committee Report No. 2025-10 March 31, 2025 To The Council Of The Corporation Of The City Of North Bay Your Worship and Councillors: The General Government Committee presents Report No. 2025-10 and recommends: That the City of North Bay’s contribution to Invest North Bay Development Corporation of $10,000 be approved. All of which is respectfully submitted.

That General Government Committee Report No. 2025-11 relating to: 2025 General Capital Budget and Water and Wastewater Capital Budget (except the North Bay Police Services Board) be adopted as presented. General Government Committee Report No. 2025-11 March 31, 2025 To The Council Of The Corporation Of The City Of North Bay Your Worship and Councillors: The General Government Committee presents Report No. 2025-11 and recommends: That City Council adopt the 2025 General Capital Budget, save and except the City’s share of the North Bay Police Service Board’s (NBPSB) 2025 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 $77,095,175; That City Council adopt the 2025 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 $17,789,969; That City Council approve the required transfers to and from the various funds in accordance with the 2025 Adopted Capital Budgets; 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 That a By-Law be pr

That General Government Committee Report No. 2025-12 relating to: 2025 General Capital Budget – North Bay Police Services Board be adopted as presented. General Government Committee Report No. 2025-12 March 31, 2025 To The Council Of The Corporation Of The City Of North Bay Your Worship and Councillors: The General Government Committee presents Report No. 2025-12 and recommends: 1. That City Council adopt the 2025 General Capital Budget as presented in attached Schedule “A” for: Project No. 4498PD – North Bay Police Service Electrical & Generator Replacement in the amount of $1,200,000 Project No. 4513PD – North Bay Police Service Radio System Replacement in the amount of $620,000 Project No. 6866PD – North Bay Police Services 2025 On-going in the amount of $1,698,000 All of which is respectfully submitted. Schedule "A"

That Council: acknowledges the 2025 General Operating, Water & Wastewater Operating and Capital Budgets were prepared on the cash basis format and excluded the following expenses: amortization of tangible capital assets employee future benefit costs solid waste landfill closure and post closure expenses; and authorize the continued preparation of the City’s annual General Operating, Water and Wastewater Operating and Capital Budgets using the cash basis format, as set out in Report to Council CORP 2025-32 dated March 21, 2025 from Laura Boissonneault.

That the following by-law be read a first and second time: By-Law No, 2025-35 to authorize the expenditure of funds approved by the 2025 General Capital Budget and the 2025 Water and Wastewater Capital Budget.

That the following by-law be read a third time and passed: By-Law No, 2025-35 to authorize the expenditure of funds approved by the 2025 General Capital Budget and the 2025 Water and Wastewater Capital Budget.

That Council adjourn in-camera pursuant to section 239.(2) of the Municipal Act, 2001 , as amended at 6:37 p.m. for the following reasons: Item 9.1, being labour relations; and Item 9.2, being employee negotiations.

That Council reconvene at 7:10 p.m.

That: Council authorize the Mayor and the Chief Administrative Officer to sign the collective agreement between The Corporation of the City of North Bay and the Canadian Union of Public Employees Local 122-1 covering the period of January 1, 2025 to December 31, 2028; and That Council authorize the net increase in the 2025 Operating Budget to be funded from the Tax Rate Stabilization Reserve #99529; and That Council authorize the net increase in the 2025 Water and Wastewater Budget to be funded from the respective Water Operating Reserve #99576 and Wastewater Operating Reserve #99577; and an execution by-law be brought forward for three (3) readings on March 31, 2025.

That the following by-law be read a first and second time: By-Law No. 2025-41 to authorize the execution of an Agreement between the Canadian Union of Public Employees, Local 122-1 and The Corporation of the City of North Bay.

That the following by-law be read a third time and passed: By-Law No. 2025-41 to authorize the execution of an Agreement between the Canadian Union of Public Employees, Local 122-1 and The Corporation of the City of North Bay.

That the following by-law be read a first and second time: By-Law No. 2025-31 to confirm proceedings of the Special Meeting of Council held on March 31, 2025.

That the following by-law be read a third time and passed: By-Law No. 2025-31 to confirm proceedings of the Special Meeting of Council held on March 31, 2025.

That this Regular Meeting of Council do now adjourn at 7:12 p.m.