The Corporation of the Town of Essex

Special Council Meeting Minutes

Monday, April 14, 2025 at 5:00 P.m. - 7:00 P.m.

Location: Essex Municipal Building, 33 Talbot Street South

Present:

• Mayor Sherry Bondy
• Deputy Mayor Rob Shepley
• Ward 1 Councillor Joe Garon
• Ward 1 Councillor Katie McGuire-Blais
• Ward 3 Councillor Brad Allard
• Ward 3 Councillor Jason Matyi
• Ward 4 Councillor Rodney Hammond

Absent:

• Ward 2 Councillor Kim Verbeek

Also Present:

• Doug Sweet, Chief Administrative Officer
• Joseph Malandruccolo, Director, Legal and Legislative Services/Clerk
• Kevin Girard, Director, Infrastructure Services
• Kate Giurissevich, Director, Corporate Services
• Jake Morassut, Director, Community Services
• Shelley Brown, Deputy Clerk, Legal and Legislative Services
• Cassandra Roy, Legislative Clerk

​Accessible formats or communication supports are available upon request.  Please contact the Clerk’s Office at [email protected] or 519-776-7336 extension 1100 or 1101.

 

This meeting was held for the purpose of Council having a roundtable discussion on various departmental matters in the Town of Essex.

 

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1.

Call to Order

Mayor Bondy called the meeting to order at 5:02 PM.

2.

Land Acknowledgement

We acknowledge that this land is the traditional territory of the Three Fires Confederacy of First Nations (comprised of the Ojibway, the Odawa, and the Potawatomi Peoples), and of the Huron-Wendat Peoples. We value the significant historical and contemporary contributions of local and regional First Nations and all of the Original Peoples of Turtle Island who have been living and working on the land from time immemorial.

3.

Declarations of Conflict of Interest

There were no declarations of conflict of interest noted at this time.

4.

Adoption of Published Agenda

4.1

Special Council Meeting Agenda for April 14, 2025

• SP25-04-010
  Moved By Councillor Matyi
  Seconded By Councillor McGuire-Blais

  That the published agenda for the April 14, 2025 Special Council Meeting be adopted as presented.

  Carried

5.

Move into the Committee of the Whole

• SP25-04-011
  Moved By Deputy Mayor Shepley
  Seconded By Councillor Allard

  That Doug Sweet, CAO, be appointed as presiding officer of the Committee of the Whole:

  That the presiding officer as appointed shall have the discretion and/or authority to modify, relax or amend any of the procedural rules currently governing Council proceedings except as may be otherwise herein by Council; and

  Further that upon the completion of the Committee of the Whole, the Special Council meeting shall reconvene and the presiding officer of the Committee of the Whole shall then Rise and Report to Council any Recommendations to Council that were made by resolution of the Committee of the Whole.

  Carried

6.

Matters arising from Committee of the Whole

Joe Malandruccolo, Director, Legal and Legislative Services/Clerk, reported that there were no specific recommendations to Council at this time.

• SP25-04-012
  Moved By Councillor Hammond
  Seconded By Councillor Allard

  That Council receive the Report of the Presiding Officer of the Committee of the Whole and that Council adopt the noted recommendations of the Committee of the Whole.

  Carried

7.

Adjournment

• SP25-04-013
  Moved By Councillor Allard
  Seconded By Deputy Mayor Shepley

  That the meeting be adjourned at 6:29 PM.

  Carried