Infrastructure and Environmental Services

the report from the Director of Public Works and County Engineer, Credit Valley Conservation – Trail and Pedestrian Bridge, dated October 24, 2024, be received; AND THAT staff be directed to enter the necessary agreement(s)/easement with the Credit Valley Conservation Authority to enable them to access, construct, maintain, repair, alter, use and operate a pedestrian bridge and trail over the Credit River within the Dufferin Road 109 right-of-way, adjacent to the Lockyer Bridge.

THAT the report from the Director of Public Works and County Engineer, Household Hazardous Waste and Electronic Waste Events – 2025 Program Planning, dated October 24, 2024, be received; AND THAT staff be directed to proceed with procurement for the 2025 Household Hazardous and Electronic Waste Events in 2024, prior to approval of the 2025 Budget, to enhance the opportunity of securing a contractor; AND THAT funds for the proposed 2025 Household Hazardous and Electronic Waste Events be approved for inclusion within the 2025 Budget.

the report from the Director of Public Works and County Engineer, Dufferin Main Tract – Mansfield Outdoor Centre Trail Use Agreement, dated October 24, 2024, be received; AND THAT staff be directed to enter a Main Tract trail use lease agreement with the Mansfield Outdoor Centre with a flat fee for the period of December 1, 2024, to November 30, 2025 and report back to Council.

the report of the Chief Administrative Officer and Director of Public works/County Engineer, dated October 24, 2024, with respect to 2025 Organizational Planning – Infrastructure and Environmental Services, be received.

the correspondence from the Township of Mulmur, dated September 12, 2024, regarding transferring of road networks, be received.

staff begin the procurement process to obtain transportation data management and analysis software.

WHEREAS official statistics from the Government of Ontario confirm that rural roads are inherently more dangerous than other roads; AND WHEREAS, despite only having 17% of the population, 55% of the road fatalities occur on rural roads; AND WHEREAS, rural, northern, and remote municipalities are fiscally strained by maintaining extensive road networks on a smaller tax base; AND WHEREAS, preventing crashes reduces the burden on Ontario’s already strained rural strained health care system; AND WHEREAS, roadway collisions and associated lawsuits are significant factors in runaway municipal insurance premiums. Preventing crashes can have a significant impact in improving municipal risk profiles; THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED THAT the County of Dufferin requests that the Government of Ontario take action to implement the rural road safety program that Good Roads has committed to lead. It will allow Ontario's rural municipalities to make the critical investments needed to reduce the high number of people being killed and seriously injured on Ontario’s rural roads; AND FURTHER THAT a copy of this resolution be forwarded to Premier Doug Ford, Hon. Prabmeet Sarkaria, Minister of Transportation, Hon. King Surma, Minister of Infrastructure, Hon. Rob Flack, Minister of Agriculture, Hon. Lisa Thompson, Minister of Rural Affairs, Hon. Trevor Jones, Associate Minister of Emergency Preparedness and Response, and Hon. Sylvia Jones, Minister of Health, and Good Roads.

THAT the report from the Director of Public Works and County Engineer, Credit Valley Conservation – Trail and Pedestrian Bridge, dated October 24, 2024, be received; AND THAT staff be directed to enter the necessary agreement(s)/easement with the Credit Valley Conservation Authority to enable them to access, construct, maintain, repair, alter, use and operate a pedestrian bridge and trail over the Credit River within the Dufferin Road 109 right-of-way, adjacent to the Lockyer Bridge.

THAT the report from the Director of Public Works and County Engineer, Dufferin Main Tract – Mansfield Outdoor Centre Trail Use Agreement, dated October 24, 2024, be received; AND THAT staff be directed to enter a Main Tract trail use lease agreement with the Mansfield Outdoor Centre with a flat fee for the period of December 1, 2024, to November 30, 2025 and report back to Council.

THAT the report of the Chief Administrative Officer and Director of Public works/County Engineer, dated October 24, 2024, with respect to 2025 Organizational Planning – Infrastructure and Environmental Services, be received.

THAT the correspondence from the Township of Mulmur, dated September 12, 2024, regarding transferring of road networks, be received.

THAT staff begin the procurement process to obtain transportation data management and analysis software.