Central York Fire Services

Minutes

Joint Council Committee

Meeting #:
Date:	Tuesday, March 03, 2020
Time:	9:30 A.m. - 11:30 A.m.
Location:	Holland Room - Town of Aurora Aurora Town Hall 100 John West Way Aurora ON

Members Present:

• Mayor Mrakas, Town of Aurora
• Councillor Gallo, Town of Aurora
• Deputy Mayor & Regional Councillor Vegh, Town of Newmarket
• Councillor Broome, Town of Newmarket
• Councillor Gilliland, Town of Aurora
• Councillor Bisanz, Town of Newmarket

Staff Present:

• J. Sharma, Chief Administrative Officer, Town of Newmarket
• D. Nadorozny, Chief Administrative Officer, Town of Aurora
• I. Laing, Fire Chief, Central York Fire Services
• J. Gaertner, Acting Director of Finance – Treasurer, Town of Aurora
• R. Comeau, Deputy Chief, Central York Fire Services
• R. Volpe, Deputy Chief, Central York Fire Services
• C. Duval, Assistant Deputy Chief, Central York Fire Services
• M. Mayes, Director of Financial Services/Treasurer, Town of Newmarket
• D. Schellenberg, Manager of Finance & Accounting, Town of Newmarket
• A. Walkom, Legislative Coordinator, Town of Newmarket

The meeting was called to order at 9:33 AM.
Mayor Mrakas in the Chair.

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1.

Additions & Corrections to the Agenda

None.

2.

Declarations of Pecuniary Interest

None.

3.

Presentations

None.

4.

Deputations

None.

5.

Approval of Minutes

5.1

Central York Fire Services – Joint Council Committee Meeting Minutes of January 7, 2020

• Moved by: Councillor Broome
  Seconded by: Councillor Gallo
  1. That the Central York Fire Services – Joint Council Committee Meeting Minutes of January 7, 2020 be approved.
  
  
  
  Carried

6.

Items

6.1

CYFS Preliminary Budget Report – Fourth Quarter

D. Schellenberg provided an overview of the Fourth Quarter Preliminary Budget Report and advised of some minor corrections to numbers in the report. 

Joint Council Committee members discussed the preliminary budget report, including Wellness and consulting expenses, water and hydro expenses, and asset replacement fund contributions.

• Moved by: Councillor Bisanz
  Seconded by: Councillor Gilliland
  1. That the report entitled CYFS Preliminary Budget Report – Fourth Quarter dated March 3, 2020 be received for information purposes.
  
  
  
  Carried

7.

New Business

(1) Chief Laing advised that Deputy Chief Comeau will be retiring on March 31, 2020 and that a retirement party would be held March 31, 2020 at Station 4-1. Mayor Mrakas thanked Deputy Chief Comeau for his service to Central York on behalf of the Joint Council Committee and wished him well in his retirement.

(2) Chief Laing advised that Central York Fire Services had been participating in conference calls with York Region regarding the COVID-19 outbreak. He advised that there is a shortage of protective face masks due to the outbreak and that CYFS would need to find an alternate supplier.

(3) D. Nadorozny provided an update on Station 4-5 and advised that meetings between the architect, contractor and Chief Administrative Officers of Newmarket and Aurora had been underway. 

(4) Mayor Mrakas provided an update on the motion regarding the investigation of consolidation of Central York Fire Services with Stouffville Fire Services for which he provided notice at the January 7, 2020 meeting. He advised he would not present the motion to the Joint Council Committee at this time, due to a motion at York Regional Council regarding the creation of a regional fire service.

(5) Deputy Chief Volpe provided an update on the Motor Vehicle Collision Cost Recovery Program and advised that invoices would start to be issued in early March 2020. 

8.

Closed Session

Mayor Mrakas advised that there was no requirement for a closed session.

9.

Adjournment

• Moved by: Councillor Gallo
  Seconded by: Councillor Bisanz
  1. That the meeting be adjourned at 10:33 AM.
  
  
  
  Carried