Council Meeting

the agenda and any addendum distributed for the May 28, 2026 meeting of Council, be approved.

the open session and closed session minutes of the regular meeting of Council on May 14, 2026, be adopted.

staff investigate implementing a memorial signage policy and report back.

the report from Headwaters Communities In Action, 2026 Community Grant Allocation Recommendations, dated May 28, 2026, be received; AND THAT the 2026 community grant funds be allocated as follows: Alzheimer Society of Dufferin County $16,250 Bethell Hospice $2,000 Big Brothers, Big Sisters of Dufferin and District $4,000 Caledon\Dufferin Victim Services $3,000 Career Education Council Guelph Wellington Dufferin $1,000 Community Living Dufferin $12,500 Credit Meadows Elementary School $2,500 Dufferin Arts Council $4,100 Dufferin Film Festival $3,750 Dufferin Fire Venturers and Rovers $1,500 Food For You $3,000 Grand Valley Public Library $3,000 Headwaters Arts $0 Home Brothers Group $0 I Have Resolve Foundation $0 Island Lake Public School-Snack Program $2,150 Joyful Sound Gospel Choir $665 Keeping Kids Fed at School: Glenbrook Elementary $2,250 Lesson Up Inc. $0 Lighthouse Counselling & Support Services $0 Montgomery Village Public School Council $1,400 Orangeville & District Senior Citizen’s Centre $1,500 Orangeville Music Theatre $3,235 Orangeville Show Chorus $1,500 Orton Community Association $2,925 Primrose Elementary School $1,600 Queer Village $3,000 Rotary Club of Orangeville $1,500 Rotary Club of Shelburne $3,000 Shelburne Shocks Basketball $3,000 South Asian Canadians Health and Social Services $0 St Andrew Catholic Elementary School $2,500 St Peter School $1,800 St. Benedict Catholic Elementary School $1,150 Theatre Orangeville $4,600 Westminster United Church $2,8

Orangeville Curling Club receive community grant funds in the amount of $960.

Dufferin Farm Tour receive community grant funds in the amount of $1,850.

Items 10.1 to 10.5 be received, and any recommendations set out below, be approved.

the report from the Director of Health and Human Services, Report No. HHS -2026-022, Quarterly Community Services Activity Report – First Quarter 2026, dated May 28, 2026, be received.

That the report from the Director of Health and Human Services, Report No. HHS-2026-021, Dufferin Oaks 2025 Resident and Family Satisfaction Survey, dated May 28 , 2026, be received.

the report from the Director of Health and Human Services, Rep ort No. HHS-2026-024 , Bruce-Dufferin-Grey-Wellington Regional Transit Study Update and Interim Recommendation , dated May 28, 2026 , be received ; AND THAT Council endorse the continuation of Grey Transit Route (GTR) 2 to maintain transit connectivity for Dufferin residents pending a decision on a potential Unified Regional Transit Network; AND THAT the service be funded within the approved 2026 County budget and supported by the Ontario Transit Investment Fund (OTIF), subject to funding approval from the Province.

the motion be deferred to the next meeting of Council.

By-Law 2026-45 through to By-Law 2026-46, inclusive, be read a first, second and third time and enacted.

By-Law 2026-47 be read a first, second and third time and enacted.

the meeting adjourn.

THAT the agenda and any addendum distributed for the May 28, 2026 meeting of Council, be approved.

THAT staff investigate implementing a memorial signage policy and report back.

THAT the report from Headwaters Communities In Action, 2026 Community Grant Allocation Recommendations, dated May 28, 2026, be received; AND THAT the 2026 community grant funds be allocated as follows: Alzheimer Society of Dufferin County $16,250 Bethell Hospice $2,000 Big Brothers, Big Sisters of Dufferin and District $4,000 Caledon\Dufferin Victim Services $3,000 Career Education Council Guelph Wellington Dufferin $1,000 Community Living Dufferin $12,500 Credit Meadows Elementary School $2,500 Dufferin Arts Council $4,100 Dufferin Film Festival $3,750 Dufferin Fire Venturers and Rovers $1,500 Food For You $3,000 Grand Valley Public Library $3,000 Headwaters Arts $0 Home Brothers Group $0 I Have Resolve Foundation $0 Island Lake Public School-Snack Program $2,150 Joyful Sound Gospel Choir $665 Keeping Kids Fed at School: Glenbrook Elementary $2,250 Lesson Up Inc. $0 Lighthouse Counselling & Support Services $0 Montgomery Village Public School Council $1,400 Orangeville & District Senior Citizen’s Centre $1,500 Orangeville Music Theatre $3,235 Orangeville Show Chorus $1,500 Orton Community Association $2,925 Primrose Elementary School $1,600 Queer Village $3,000 Rotary Club of Orangeville $1,500 Rotary Club of Shelburne $3,000 Shelburne Shocks Basketball $3,000 South Asian Canadians Health and Social Services $0 St Andrew Catholic Elementary School $2,500 St Peter School $1,800 St. Benedict Catholic Elementary School $1,150 Theatre Orangeville $4,600 Westminster United Church

THAT Orangeville Curling Club receive community grant funds in the amount of $960.

THAT Dufferin Farm Tour receive community grant funds in the amount of $1,850.

THAT Items 10.1 to 10.5 be received, and any recommendations set out below, be approved.

THAT the report from the Director of Health and Human Services, Report No. HHS-2026-022, Quarterly Community Services Activity Report – First Quarter 2026, dated May 28, 2026, be received.

THAT the report from the Director of Health and Human Services, Report No. HHS-2026-024, Bruce-Dufferin-Grey-Wellington Regional Transit Study Update and Interim Recommendation, dated May 28, 2026, be received; AND THAT Council endorse the continuation of Grey Transit Route (GTR) 2 to maintain transit connectivity for Dufferin residents pending a decision on a potential Unified Regional Transit Network; AND THAT the service be funded within the approved 2026 County budget and supported by the Ontario Transit Investment Fund (OTIF), subject to funding approval from the Province.

THAT By-Law 2026-45 through to By-Law 2026-46, inclusive, be read a first, second and third time and enacted.

THAT By-Law 2026-47 be read a first, second and third time and enacted.

THAT the meeting adjourn.

THAT Dufferin County include the construction of three traffic circles in its 2027 budget. 14. MOTIONS 14.1 Majority Vote WHEREAS the County of Dufferin Procedural By-Law defines "Majority Vote" in Council as "an affirmative vote of more than one- half of the votes cast by those present, as determined pursuant to Section 4(1) of the County of Dufferin Act, S.O. 1994, C. Pr. 13; THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED THAT effective immediately Council of the County of Dufferin change the definition of "Majority Vote" in By-Law 2025-20 and By-Law 2026-39 as follows: Majority Vote in Council means an affirmative vote of more than one half of the votes cast by those present, as determined pursuant to Section 4(1) of the County of Dufferin Act, S.O. 1994, C. Pr. 13 and representing at least five area municipalities. Moved by: Councillor Little Seconded by: Councillor Mills THAT the motion be