The Grey County Record

Joint Municipal Services Committee

September 26, 2025

Who was there

Present (5): Ian Boddy, Warren Dickert, Shirley Keaveney, Terry McKay, Grant Pringle

Taken from the roll call in the town’s own minutes. The minutes record who was not there and almost never why.

What was decided (4 motions)

4 carried, 0 recorded otherwise. Every motion below is printed as the minutes print it.

That staff be directed to investigate opportunity to utilize development charges to support health care and physician recruitment as part of the review of the Development Charges background study.
Moved by Councillor Keaveney, seconded by Councillor McKay
Carried
t Report CAOR-JMS-27-25 regarding scoping joint municipal service potential be received and that staff be directed to include $ 2 5 0,000 in the 2026 B udget to be funded through a combination from the Waste Management Reserve and the One Time Funding Reserve to engage an external consultant to develop a Regional Waste Management Plan to consider opportunities for waste collection efficiencies across Grey County ; and Tha t staff be directed to implement shared training opportunities where possible across Grey County municipalities in 2026 ; and, That staff be directed to collate a library of HR policies that can be accessed by Grey County municipalities to help inform policy development at member municipal levels ; and, That staff be directed to bring back, before the end of 2026, a framework for secondments, mentoring and job shadowing between Grey County member municipalities ; and, That staff be directed to work collaboratively with Grey Bruce OHT and partners and bring back a comprehensive summary of ongoing work in healthcare and physician recruitment in Grey before the end of 2025.
Moved by Councillor Pringle, seconded by Councillor Dickert Tha
Carried
That the correspondence received from The Corporation of the Municipality of Tweed regarding Collaborative Action on Sustainable Waste Management in Ontario be received for information.
Moved by Councillor Pringle, seconded by Councillor McKay
Carried
That Report CAOR-JMS-27-25 regarding scoping joint municipal service potential be received and that staff be directed to include $250,000 in the 2026 Budget to be funded through a combination from the Waste Management Reserve and the One Time Funding Reserve to engage an external consultant to develop a Regional Waste Management Plan to consider opportunities for waste collection efficiencies across Grey County; and That staff be directed to implement shared training opportunities where possible across Grey County municipalities in 2026; and, That staff be directed to collate a library of HR policies that can be accessed by Grey County municipalities to help inform policy development at member municipal levels; and, 1. That staff be directed to bring back, before the end of 2026, a framework for secondments, mentoring and job shadowing between Grey County member municipalities; and, 2. That staff be directed to work collaboratively with Grey Bruce OHT and partners and bring back a comprehensive summary of ongoing work in healthcare and physician recruitment in Grey before the end of 2025.
Moved by Councillor Pringle, seconded by Councillor Dickert
Carried

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